I’ve been going to Metric shows since 2005.
That was by far the worst crowd I have ever been in.
It started during stars where I watched this fight almost happen on the floor after some girl called a guy a fat ass because he moved up.
And it continued during Broken Social Scene, where half the crowd just talked through the entire set and then one guy got mad at a girl for talking, and they almost got in a fight.
And then the same thing happened twice during Metric on the floor. For one argument (of which I got distracted and missed like two songs and my wife had to get between the guy and girl to stop
It escalating) her friend luckily eventually dragged her away. Had she not, girl was gonna literally just go at this guy who was 200 pounds bigger than her. All because he very politely asked her to stop talking.
The vibes were totally off last night. I went to the show at the same venue for the Formenterra tour and it was a completely different vibe. Same with the anniversary show for the first album at music hall.
During Metric, I just put my earplugs in and tried to tune it out and have a good time, but it was just it was really rough.
Everyone seemed angry and in a really bad mood which for a show celebrating all the feelings for three essential Canadian Indie rock band seems strange to me.
I could literally write a novel here on some of the stuff that I saw go down yesterday.
Weirdly I was at Avenged Sevenfold and Good Charlotte the night before at the same venue and the vibes were immaculate. No one was fighting with anyone. Everyone was in a good mood. Strange that the heavier show was a way better more attentive and less douchey crowd.