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Alicia Keys Latest Artist To Enforce No Cell Phone Policy at Concerts (slashgear.com)
Shane McGlaun, reporting for SlashGear:It appears that artists of all sorts are getting very serious about keeping fans from using smartphones while they are at their concerts or events. The latest musician to ban cell phones at her events is Alicia Keys. Fans aren't forced to give up their smartphones at the door to be locked up in some locker or box until the show is over. Rather, fans are handed a special pouch that is locked up with their smartphone inside the fan keeps that pouch with them during the event, but they can't get to the device to call, take photos, or shoot video. If they need to use their device during the show the users can go back to the door and a worker passes a disc about the size of a bagel over the bag to unlock it and the fan can step outside to use their smartphone.
now if they would just do this in movie theaters too, then I can enjoy the expensive experience!
Unless someone, somehow, manages to reverse-engineer the disc-bagel (cough-magnet-cough)
What if there's an emergency?
Just bring a pair of scissors in case of an emergency.
So who is liable if there is an emergency and nobody in the crowd is able to access a phone to actually report it?
From electronics stores. All you need folks is a small magnet or any handy electromagnet.
Banning cell phones so you don't have to try to look around people who insist on holding their phones over their heads. Or banning cell phones because you don't want an amateur video of your concert on youtube. Given my jaded view of the music industry, I'd bet on the latter. However, I've always wondered what the people who insist on taking photos and videos of everything they see do with those. Are they the modern day equivalent of those who used to corner people with their slide projectors while they begrudgingly sat and pretended to care? Enjoy your life, quit pretending everybody else wants to experience every second of it too.
I'm just waiting for the first time that the inability to make a 911 call quickly from one of these shows (heart attack, stroke, active shooter, etc.) results in someone's unnecessary death. After one lawsuit erases the benefits of the entire tour, the insurance companies will start levying huge surcharges for any shows that ban cellphones, and all this nonsense will take care of itself.
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Do they charge for the bag? Or do they take a deposit or something? Otherwise I bet these bags will be taken home, taken apart and "cracked" about the first time they are used. Or someone will just poke a hole in the bag big enough for the camera lens and use an Apple Watch or similar device to trigger the camera.
. . . . a Bluetooth Camera/Audio pickup. Unless this "Yondr" bag is a dual-layered Faraday shield. . . .
if you cant sleep at night becuase you don't make enough money on cd's, streaming, downloads, concerts and merchandising, maybe you should contact Dr. Conrad Murray to help you sleep. Or, just go fuck yourself.
For those wondering how they block the signal they don't.
It is a just a bag with a lock on it, the phone operates like normal and if you don't put it on vibrate or no sound it will still ring.
What happens if there is an emergency?
How long to wait? I predict 5 minutes.
Can't you just cut this open with a pocket knife?
I even RTFA but it was not helpful on that question.
Perhaps they're just relying on most people not doing that and making it easier to enforce since there will be few people to chase down.
I like the guy whining that in this day and age the cell phone is how he remembers. Apparently, at least some humans consider their wetware memories an archaic vestigial device.
And before someone starts complaining about "But we didn't used to have cellphones!" no we didn't, now we do: It's called progress. One thing that has helped emergency response times quite a bit in high income nations is the proliferation of mobile phones. When something happens emergency services can be notified in seconds, and get the response rolling that much faster.
Happened when I was in a car accident. I was dazed for maybe 20-30 seconds, then got my phone out and called for help. They had fire responders on scene in under 2 minutes, police 30 seconds later and EMS in about 4. In that case, it didn't matter, everyone was fine other than bruises, but had there been something serious, it is much more likely it could have been dealt with. The only reason the response was so fast was that it was in a populated area, and that I was able to call for help almost immediately.
To me it seems like the concert issue is one of acceptable behaviour, not the phones themselves. It is using them in inappropriate ways. Well the answer there isn't "take them away" or "lock them up" it is to let people know what is and isn't allowed, and to enforce that by removing people if necessary. People can learn, it turns out, and most can understand what rules apply to what social situation and obey them. There are those that can't and you have to deal with them, but you do it on an individual basis not by something like this.
Future Concert Goer: I went to concert, had phone put into bag by security. Had fun time especially without people holding their phones above their head or talking on phone during concert. I went home and next morning tried to use my phone and it was still in the bag. Now how do I get it out of the bag? Is there some time-out where the bag will unlock automatically or do I have to go back to concert venue and have them open bag or do I have to mail it to Artist and pay them a fee to unlock bag?
If you follow a chain of links, it appears that she used this for a show at the Highline Ballroom in NYC. It holds about 700 people. The other musical act mentioned, The Limineers, is a group I've never heard of but they seem to be playing a ton of festivals and mostly smaller amphitheaters. Other users include various comedians. I'll be impressed when someone who can draw tens of thousands of people to see them is willing to do it and risk pissing their fans off. Let me know if Kanye ever decides to try this. I'll be really interested to see what the reaction is.
Looking up the tech it's just a cloth bag... Scissors. Their fancy "lock mechanism" has been defeated with fucking scissors. Good job.
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I saw Weird Al Yankovic this past weekend. Entering the venue, we were specifically told that we could use cell phones if we liked. Part of his show involved everybody getting their cell phone out and waving them over their head - we all have cell phones, so c'mon, let's get real!
In the conflict between people who don't understand how much of a nuisance they are with their phones, and the people who are self-righteously snooty about how other people use their phones, I'm not sure there's a clear winner. I can see the impulse from both sides, a little, but in the long run I think I'm going to say this goes down as a dumb policy.
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Why not just bring 2 phones? Have your fake phone put into the bag while your real phone stays out?
Or are we talking about airport-like security scans where thye xray your belongings and make you pass through a metal detector?
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I wonder how durable these bags are. Wildly guessing, I'd speculate that if they're cheap enough to hand out on mass numbers, they're also made of light enough materials to be torn open by hand, or cut into with, perhaps, the extraneous key I have on my keychain for when I'm tempted to pry or screw something with a key but don't want to muck up one of the keys that actually open things I care about. One thing I do know, is that if any venue tries this stunt with me, and I can't tear the bag open, it's going home with me to be cut open and shredded there.
If you want to be a pretentious "live in the moment or you're not living", "photographs make your memories inauthentic", and "disconnect from the world, open your eyes, smash your cell phone" type, fine. Don't use your own cell phone. Don't try to shove your freshman-level philosophy class down my throat.
Imagine all the people...
So after the concert, everyone has to go back through the turnstiles to get their bags unlocked and returned to the promoter? What if someone says they left their phone in the car so they don't need a bag - are they searched? Do people need to surrender something like a license to get a bag? If not, what prevents them from either leaving with the bag or ripping it open during the show, making the process much more expensive for the performer/promoter? What about people who can't bear to be out of contact with their kids caregiver even for the length of a show? I would guess that the bag makes vibration less effective, and they are unlikely to ever hear ringing at a concert. (I wouldn't have an issue with it, but don't respond that they should put up with it since it was common in my day - people's expectations have changed.)
I can understand this more for comedians - a leak of their material is much more important, since the difference between hearing their material on a smartphone or live is pretty small, so long as the audio is good enough to understand. However, the difference between being at a concert and watching someone's cell phone video of a concert is so large that I can't imagine anyone saying, "No, I don't need to go see Alicia (or whomever) - the cell phone video was just as good as being there."
Oh Noes! How can Millenials exist for 5 minutes without accessing their devices? It's like asking someone to remove their right arm to enter a concert!
California is already considering a special lane for highways where they will be allowed to text and drive.
If telephones are outlawed, then only outlaws will have telephones.
I paid for the ticket... I can use my experience how I wish (within reason).
I can watch the show.
I can take a nap.
I can ignore you and watch a sporting event.
I can ignore you and listen to another band's music.
I can promote you by tossing a clip or two up on Twitter/you tube, etc.
I can't yell 'Fire!'
I can't punch/grope, etc. the person next to me (without their expressed, unintoxicated, permission).
If you (performer) are worried about your precious concert getting 'out' - do what the Grateful Dead did - embrace it. They still sold a ton of records and had arguably the most loyal fan base of any act - ever!
I purchased the ticket and (in the US) have every right to promote or snub you as I see fit. AK can take her ego and stuff it into one of those little phone bags and get on with it.
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WON'T SOMEBODY THINK OF THE CHILDREN???
People aren't dropping dead at concerts and being revived by your smartphones. Jezus.
Probably made from Tyvek. Very cheap, but cannot be torn, can be cut with scissors easily however.
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If telephones are outlawed, then only outlaws will have telephones.
*holds non-cellular iPad in his hand*
"That's a pocket-sized computer with a camera, mic, and speaker that happens to have a WiFi connection to the cell phone in my car!"
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I'd never go to these performers (refuse to call them "artists") concerts....
Just wait for some one needs to dial 911 and can't due to an locked bag. Also how far will the search for phones go? pad downs? strip search?
Unless they are going to frisk everybody, just bring two phones. When they ask if you have a phone, serve up the dummy.
I'm sure the venues will LOVE the extra cost of buying all these bags and all the extra work for their staff to lock/unlock them. Everyone has a phone now, so the larger the crowd, the longer this takes and more expensive. It takes long enough to get out of the parking lot of these larger venues, so getting in and out taking twice as long isn't going to work out so well... They've gotta pay their staff to work longer for this extra work as well.
Granted, I haven't been to an arena concert in over a decade, but the last concert I was at (a non-arena concert last fall) they were happy to have fas taking pictures with their phones. I've seen other performances from the band I saw posted online that were shot with varying degrees of consumer hardware, and the artists have never (to the best of my knowledge) protested against it. I guess I just run with a different crowd or something.
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You can call emergency numbers even without a SIM card. I'm sure it would be possible to have a local cell at the venue, providing a strong signal so that phones wouldn't use any other service, and it would only enable emergency calls. Security staff would of course have some other kind of radio comms.
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Stupid.
She thinks she is such a special Earth nugget that everybody's lives have to change for her purse?
First of all, if you bring your phone you can turn it off. Secondly, who at a concert do you trust with your phone? Some tweaks in clean clothes?? Hey just put it in the pouch kid. Torrent all of her old shit until you can't stand her voice.
Just wait for some one needs to dial 911 and can't due to an locked bag. Also how far will the search for phones go? pad downs? strip search?
What can a call to 911 accomplish that flagging the venue security couldn't? If anything it would slow down response time since most big venues have onsite first responders who can help right away. As for how, maybe a little thing called a metal detector?
I browse on +1 so AC's need not respond, I won't see it.
It's just a neoprene bag. It won't block bluetooth, it won't disable your smart watch or bluetooth/WiFi tethered camera.
The problem is sheer logistics. So fans are streaming into a concert venue, and you're going to stop each person, search for cellphones wherever they might be carried, and put them into bags. Some irreducible number of people will claim a medical need to stay in touch with someone at home, such as a baby about to arrive, so notes from doctors will have to be parsed and judged in real time. With the best of intentions, a few phones are going to get dropped or stepped on during the bagging process. It will be like going through the airport, and fans are going to react accordingly. I predict a horrible mess, followed by the realization that unless there are body scanners in use, a lot of phones will slip through anyway.
So is the motive to enforce a device etiquette which is sorting itself out anyway, as it does after the introduction of any new tech, or is Keys defending her IP by preventing photography? If there is any suspicion that it's the latter, her live performances will now take place in empty halls. She will end up being worse off than all those other performers whose brand is kept current by fuzzy amateur videos on YouTube.
This is a short-sighted and half-baked idea. I'd rather others not be using their phones at a concert because it's distracting. People concerned with videoing/recording "ripping off the artist" don't get it. It's way cheaper for fans to buy recorded music and videos ("free", often, in the case of YouTube), so it's not about getting a recording of the song/performance, it's about recording the experience, which isn't any good to anyone who didn't go. If anything, fans sending videos to friends is free advertisement and a boon to the performer's ticket sales in the future.
There are always some jerks who won't do reasonable things they're asked to do, but if a performer asks fans to not irritate others by messing with their phones during the performance and a lot of the fans ignore the request, that says something about the performer's fans and hence something about the performer.
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The Yondr bag will definitely cause issues if someone uses their phone and a CGMS transmitter to monitor, and react to, their blood glucose. There are work-arounds, like bringing a separate non-phone receiver, bringing a separate meter, leaving the concert to have security let you check your Bg, or not going to the concert at all.
I'm certain there are some ADA concerns here that nobody has touched on yet. Also certain that the security people who enforce putting your phone in a bag do not have a protocol for this situation.
Who is Alicia Keys?
Congrats to the founder of yondr (cool name, bro) for getting some sweet VC money though.
Yup, I wonder if Blackberries are exempted seeing as they're not that smart and also Alicia Keys used to be the so-called Creative Director of the beleaguered Research in Motion, makers of the struggling Blackberry phones.Who really owns one of these anymore??
And at the 3 Coldplay concerts I've been too we did cell phone waves (outdoor nighttime event). it was frickin' awesome.
To each their own I guess.
Not that I disagree with the politeness argument, I don't, but the flashing light argument is pure BS. If you've ever been on stage, I have been a spotlight rigger at commercial shows, the performers can barely see the audience because of the spots and highlights and if they want to address the audience they generally have to ask for all the stage lights to be brought down.
errr....umm...*whooosh* *whoosh* Is this thing on ?
And why would I want to attend one of her concerts?
And by the way.... Get off my lawn!
You are out with your significant other and have a sitter at home watching your precious clones and an emergency pops up and you need to be contacted.
What then? will they stop the show and broadcast an announcement for the parents of child xxyy?
no matter how good it is, it is human nature always wants to make things better
Need to call 911, or be reached in an emergency by their family, during a concert.
So if someone needs to make a call for emergency reasons it's ok just to run back to the front desk to make your call?
Oh wait you still cannot until they unlock it.
hmm...I wonder who thought of the security concerns of this policy? He/She who holds all the keys may become a target....or worse....hold them intentionally...
I take a 30 second video and a few snapshots when I go to concerts. Mainly just to have it in my gallery so I can remember it better in the future. I have no problem skipping this activity if the artist/venue doesn't approve. I think doing more would be likely to upset those around me. Probably there are some that think my amount is too much. It does make me nuts when people record the whole time.
For the price they charge at these concerts, you better at least get a pic or video. I wouldn't see Alicia Keys anyway.....bye Felicia.
Right, I will forego the use of a device which many people have come to feel is a necessary part of their personal safety and lifeline to the outside world to join thousands of others who have done the same to watch Someone Special whose security maintains an airtight envelop aorund her at all times on and off the stage.
Because Alicia Keyes.
Alicia Keyes is now the very archetype of a person who needs to stick a fork into themselves because they're done.
I do not believe there are any ADA rules regarding cellphones.
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Phones are nasty. Lets put them in bags, all moist and dark. Never sterilize them and use over and over. Yeah !
Sadly people can't seem to voluntarily respect others and use their cell phones for capturing video, pictures and audio. Also to note that it is possible that all those cell phones could potentially cause some interference with some wireless devices used in the performances. But here's the rub that may void all of this. That is what happens when an emergency occurs and nobody has a functioning cell phone.
They shove it up your ass?
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...as long as the screen isn't visibly damaged. The venue will be buying me a new one to replace it after the concert.
Wasn't Alicia taking a bunch of money from Blackberry a couple years ago promoting the use of cell phones, including ads "do want you love" or something to that affect? Hippocratic it seems....
...but I don't want them to put my cellphone inside me.
Cameras and recording devices have been prohibited at the majority of live performances since recording devices became practical to carry. Why on Earth should a recording device suddenly be exempt because it is buried in a phone?
I went to see a play in a 300 seat venue on Friday. and was blessed with being adjacent to a drama school group. The on-again off-again blue glow from these infernal devices was bloody distracting. I must, however, concede that I saw nobody recording the performance or using a flash; just completely ignoring the show. I realise that teens and 20-somethings cannot imagine a life without their personal phone but I also wonder why the phone is more important than the music/play/ballet/opera/whatever that they paid good money to see.
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...dictate to the employer (the ticket owner) how they can use their personal property?
...for opening the bag. It has existed for centuries. It is called a knife.
And for those of us who are on call 24/7? While I prefer voice communication being able to answer an SMS or e-mail in a noisy venue when on call is a necessary evil of my work and I suspect many others. I am not advocating the notion of on-call at all. To the contrary I hate it. However this is the reality of those of us trying to make a living.
Does anyone actually watch shitty cell phone recordings of concerts instead of buying the CD or going to a concert?
Time makes more converts than reason
does the employee (the performer) dictate to the employer (the ticket owner) how they can use their personal property?
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A line is crossed when the device you call a phone in on context is used to monitor blood glucose in another. This easily falls under 13a here, in a very similar case settled with a concert provider:
13. The United States asserts specifically that Clear Channel Entertainment’s April 2000 Policy and its conduct discriminate against individuals on the basis of disability in the full and equal enjoyment of the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages or accommodations of a place of public accommodation, in violation of 42 U.S.C. 12182(a) and 28 C.F.R. 36.201(a) by:
a. Imposing or applying eligibility criteria that screen out or tend to screen out individuals with disabilities in violation of 42 U.S.C. 12182(b)(2)(A)(i) and 28 C.F.R. 36.301;
b. Affording an individual or class of individuals on the basis of a disability or disabilities with an opportunity to participate in or benefit from goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages or accommodations in a manner that is not equal to that afforded to others, in violation of 42 U.S.C. 12182(b)(1)(A)(ii) and 28 C.F.R. 36.202(b);
c. Failing to make reasonable modifications in policies, practices, or procedures, in violation of 42 U.S.C. 12182(b)(2)(A)(ii) and 28 C.F.R. 36.302(a);
d. Providing an individual or class of individuals on the basis of a disability or disabilities with goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages or accommodations that are different from those provided to other individuals, in violation of 42 U.S.C. 12182(b)(1)(A)(iii) and 28 C.F.R. 36.202(c); and,
e. Denying an individual or class of individuals on the basis of a disability or disabilities the opportunity to participate in or benefit from its goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages, or accommodations, in violation of 42 U.S.C. 12182(b)(1)(A)(i) and 28 C.F.R. 36.202(a).
And, from the same case - note 17a and that this issue falls under the ADA in 17c
17. Injunctive Relief
a. Clear Channel Entertainment agrees not to discriminate against any guest with diabetes with regard to their bringing diabetes related medical equipment or diabetes related food into a concert venue.
b. Clear Channel Entertainment hereby adopts the policy, effective thirty (30) days after the entry date of this Order, entitled “Standard Operating Procedure: Guest Access to Diabetic Supplies” (the “Policy”), which is attached hereto as Appendix A and incorporated herein by reference.
c. The United States agrees that the Policy complies with Title III of the Americans With Disabilities Act.
d. Clear Channel Entertainment will provide training for its employees who have responsibility for implementing elements of the Policy. Where the relevant personnel responsible for implementing parts of the Policy are not employees of Clear Channel Entertainment, Clear Channel Entertainment will provide appropriate written or oral instruction.
"ATTENTION PATRONS:
Your concert ticket includes a $15.00 cell phone deposit.
If you in any way use your cell during the concert, you
will not have the deposit returned.
Ushers will enforce the policy by monitoring the numbered
seats.
Thank you,
The MANAGEMENT"
There is nothing like seeing a good band or musician in a small club like venue, the sound and feel is so-much better. In the SF bay area there are many small clubs and some of the best shows happen there. I can recall seeing Blue Oyster Cult playing under a pseudonym Soft White Underbelly giving great shows and playing tunes they'd never do on a big stage. Even today, every now and then someone really famous will wander in and play a set with the house band or whomever is top bill for the night.
errr....umm...*whooosh* *whoosh* Is this thing on ?
I'm not sure they're doing it for the right reasons. I suspect the artists motivation is to not have videos of their performances floating on the net. Which is a stupid reason. It's actually good advertisement. Before I go to a concert I'd like to know what to expect. I don't buy a ticket at face value. Any and all concerts I've been to was because I saw recordings of the live performance and I knew what to expect.
So Alicia Keys is a nanny now as well as a performer.
from TFA: "a special pouch that is locked up with their smartphone inside the fan keeps that pouch with them during the event, but they can't get to the device to call, take photos, or shoot video." - until they rip or cut the pouch open.
Maximum inconvenience for people who follow their rules, minimum inconvenience for people who plan on breaking their rules.
"fans are handed a special pouch that is locked up with their smartphone inside the fan keeps that pouch with them during the event"
Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?
Garry Knight
and crush the damn things into dust.
As someone who works at a concert venue this is just another thing the workers have to manage all while dealing with the drunks, troublemakers, and people who think they should be allowed to bring in all manner of food, drinks, weapons, and whatever else they seem to think they need to shlep from home to a concert. How about we just make this simple. Strip down everyone before they go in.
Well guess shooters will know what mass gatherings to hit now
Seems silly to me. The cost barely justifies the ends. I sympathize with artists (most of whom struggle to make a living), yet if one does the math, the cost is not justifiable. e.g. Say an arena seats 10,000, and 6,000 phones need to be checked. If 6,000 (cellphone security bags) cost perhaps $5/ea, that is $30,000. Consider a 10%-to-20% loss per event, that is 600-1200 replacements per event, at an additional cost of $3,000-$6,000 per event.
I question if that artist would be loosing that much in lost sales, as I cannot see fans opting to wait for the YouTube version vs. being there for the event.
True, I may be biased, as I prefer to support my fav artists first hand. Yet, if I happen to take a video at an event, it is because I want to remember something. And, if I show it to friends, there is a good chance those friends will buy tix for that artist's next event (or perhaps a CD or a download).
On the other hand, who foots the bill for the devices? Surely it is passed-on to the ticket buyer.
Self-importance and self-indulgence is the root of ALL evil.
Law enforcement everywhere is GOING DARK!!! They must havz cellphonez and they must havz access at all times or THEY'LL GO DARK.
There was apparently no law enforcement detective work prior to their wanting to download your iphone.
Just like concerts with useless divas didn't exist before cellphones.
Let's just band everything that's irritating.
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Cops can't search a purse without a warrant or consent, why can a concert venue? Oh, right. You aren't allowed to attend unless you surrender your 4th Amendment rights.
You need not surrender your 4th Amendment rights. In case you didn't know, there are better musicians performing at bars and coffee houses in every city for a fraction of the cost (if not free), begging concert-goers to post their photos and videos on YouTube.
Sorry, requiring me to traverse a crowd, get a 'bagel' from a cretinous bouncer and unlock a bag in order to deal with a true emergency is only going to get you sued eventually. I have no trouble being told to keep it in my pocket and silent. I have no problem not using it to record shows, take selfies or post to (insert social media site of the day). But if it goes off, I am checking it. I have children. Yes, the species flourished before cell-phones. But we are better off with them. We are even better off adhering to etiquette regarding them.
Obviously doesn't have the chops of the Beastie Boys, who recorded an entire concert with phones supplied to fans, in 2006.
Nothing like hearing the dumbass next to you with a phone that's ringing and he won't turn it off. Ring and ring and ring and..... Because the person on the other end has to tell them that it's daytime outside.
I recently stumbled on the internet Frank Zappa explaining why his audience turned over every 5 or so years. (Every five years he had a new batch of fans, earlier fans fading away). In a nutshell, when you get to be 30 going to a rock concert and having someone throw up on your shoes isn't worth it anymore.
Once at a Bowie concert the roaring drunk in the seat behind me dumped a large beer on my back.
Which gets me to my point. Go to a popular music event and you expect the possibility of such things, along with drunks, drug overdoses, the occasional fight or even riot. At a lesser level, expect that at times some audience members near you may be louder than the music.
Go to a highbrow classical concert and you expect at the worse the occasional tipsy giggler and maybe your nose being assaulted by perfume coming from the silver haired ladies coats.
Which audience do you think has more (or any) members who view it as their right to film and take pictures of the event?
Consider the hostility some, not all, but some posters here have against the artists who may merely be trying to put on a concert that respects both the artists, the art, and the fellow concert goers right to hear and experience the damn music without someone throwing up on their shoe. It's a wonder more people aren't punched in the nose at such events.
I have a new Alicia Keys Policy. I don't listen to her shitty music, or watch her shitty videos, or attend her boring stupid concerts.
On the plus side, I get to use my smartphone AND not listen to Alicia Keys' "music".