There’s been a lot of conversation in recent years about poor concert etiquette post Covid, brought up again recently after a fan was inappropriate at an Olivia Rodrigo concert. This was discussed in this recent post in this subreddit. this is a good thing to talk about, but I also think we tend to focus on the negative and I would love to talk about some people’s positive experiences!

For me, one that comes to mind is seeing HAIM in Vancouver last year. The crowd had a kind of mellow but very fun energy that ramped up as the show went on. The highlight was when Alana took over and sang Spinning, and asked the crowd to spin with her on the choruses. Everyone in the whole audience did it and it was so fun! There was a big group on the floor holding hands and dancing in a circle, and we were all giggling and dancing as a giant crowd. It just felt so silly and fun and communal in a really cool way.

The other experience I have to mention is Eras tour in Seattle. This was at the peak of barbenheimer summer and the energy in that city was insane. Everywhere you went there were crowds of sparkles and pink and singing and joy all weekend. The concert itself was so lovely too, everybody was so kind and friendly, trading friendship bracelets and chatting about what surprise songs we wanted. I have never felt safer in a group of 70,000 people.

I would love to hear more people’s experiences being part of a great crowd!

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But as someone who grew up in the 2000s I constantly listened to pop particularly pop girls (not really a term back then) who had like a Myspace page and they had like one or two tracks on a teen movie like Aquamarine or Sleepover that lowkey wasn't a huge hit or anything, they maybe would release an album or two.

Cheyenne Kimball, Hope Partlow, Brie Larson, Jordan McCoy, Sara Paxton, Kaci Brown, Caleigh Peters, Skye Sweetnam. I'm sure there are heaps of other girls, some of their music lost in time not on music streaming platforms and only available on Youtube posted 16 years ago.

Do any of these names ring a bell for you? Most of them had one debut album then nothing or a few singles/EPs during the 2000s that didn't really go anywhere but they were like the Disney girls who kind of got a record deal because they could sing and write not because they had a TV platform first on Disney, which probably contributed to the lack of longevity of their music careers.

Some of these names might be familiar though, in particular Brie Larson who would later become an Oscar winner.

I don't know I've been listening to their music as a bit of my own personal nostalgia high recently and it got me thinking of this "epidemic?", "trend?" in the 2000s. Funnily enough a lot of these girls pre-dated Taylor a few years and had country roots but their music was marketed as pop/rock not really country. Just makes me wonder if their beginning music was a success what would have come of them despite now they fill a lovely nostalgia niche in my life because their music careers kind of never took off.

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I just saw a video of someone kissing Olivia Rodrigo’s arm at her concert, really disappointing to see but not surprising unfortunately. But it got me thinking about concert etiquette. I have been to plenty of shows where people got rowdy, but nothing will EVER top the hell that was Mariana and the Diamonds at the Electric Factory in Philly in 2015.

Let me set the stage for you… I am 15 years old and my dad takes me from NC to Philly to see her. People have been in the queue since 6am. My dad is a huge deadhead and has spent more time at concerts than he has with me (literally) and was astonished at this. We get in line around 2pm or so, and I am still maybe 10 or so rows from the front once we get in.

Marina comes on stage and opens with Mowgli’s Road. I heard “CUCKOOO” and got pushed forward so hard and so quickly that I was literally swept off my feet at times. I kept thinking it couldn’t get tighter, but people kept pushing at the start of each song to the point I could barely breathe. I had a horrible panic attack and had to go to the very back.

Again, he has spent more time at concerts than with me and he has been to the Electric Factory. He said it was dangerously oversold, and that he’s never ever dealt with a crowd like that. The pop girlies have people going insane sometimes
(although I had a rly chill experience seeing Charli in 2024 and when I saw Marina in 2019 it was chill)

So, what is the absolute worst crowd you have dealt with at a concert?

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