If you go to a concert in Australia, DO NOT DANCE!

goldrush said:

mookeywrench said:

I'd like to hear the point of view from security or another concert goer.

Here you go..
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/stevie-nicks-concert-dancing-incident-highlights-etiquette-conundrum-20171122-gzqrdm.html

One concertgoer, Denise Gibbs, said Ms George's behaviour "put a damper on the night". 

"She was sitting directly behind me and I had her in my ear," she said. "She was disruptive and rude. I felt very sorry for the security guards, they tried very hard to be calm."

Ms Gibbs said she was "furious" because she was a massive Stevie Nicks fan and had paid $500 to sit in her plum row.

"I wish they'd gotten rid of her earlier," she said. "We put up with her for a long time. The girl I was sitting next to, a 24-year-old, was horrified."

When The Age put these claims to Ms George, the Kew resident said she may have annoyed a few people but that was no reason to be dragged away from a seat someone had given her. 

"There were a few people I know who were irritated by me dancing, but I definitely had access to a seat by a man whose wife had left," she said. "Otherwise, I would have gone back to where I was [originally] sitting. I was probably shouting, 'I love you Stevie!'"

Ms George said she did start swearing, but only when the security guards touched her.

"I'm not apologising for swearing," the 57-year-old said. "I don't think that justifies me, a woman, being dragged down the aisle. I'm not a 17-year-old rebel." 

Yeah, the lady is a moron obviously. One of those centre of the universe people I guess. I'm now glad she got kicked out, lol.
Anyway... that is kind of besides the point at the end of the day. It sounds like no dancing wasn't just audience choice there. Sounds like it's specifically not allowed or discouraged. And that is still fucked up. This woman may have just been kicked out for being disruptive, which I think is fair... but what if a bunch of people want to dance and nobody is being disrupted? Would security still try to stop it??

I only wan't to attend shows that are held in pubs these days fuck the security idiots and rules for concerts ...

Not sure of the full story and its context, but a guy was kicked out during the Paul McCartney show this past week here in Melbourne! Made the news, he looked shattered! 

What was he kicked out for?

Thoughts_Arrive said:

PJ_Soul said:

What was he kicked out for?

Dancing in the aisle.
http://themusic.com.au/news/all/2017/12/07/man-arrested-at-paul-mccartneys-melbourne-concert-last-night/

"Victoria Police have since confirmed that the punter was arrested and escorted out of the venue, however they say it was due to his intoxicated behaviour, not because he was dancing in the aisles."

That makes more sense to me than an innocent dude just being arrested for dancing, lol. I'm going to go ahead and believe the cops this time.

Thoughts_Arrive said:

PJ_Soul said:

Thoughts_Arrive said:

PJ_Soul said:

What was he kicked out for?

Dancing in the aisle.
http://themusic.com.au/news/all/2017/12/07/man-arrested-at-paul-mccartneys-melbourne-concert-last-night/

"Victoria Police have since confirmed that the punter was arrested and escorted out of the venue, however they say it was due to his intoxicated behaviour, not because he was dancing in the aisles."

That makes more sense to me than an innocent dude just being arrested for dancing, lol. I'm going to go ahead and believe the cops this time.

The guy was on the evening news in tears because he missed out on the concert. 

Well, bummer. I guess the venues are run by morons, I dunno. Maybe everyone should boycott for few months (would require a media campaign), and the venues will probably change their tune pretty fast when they can't sell tickets.