Back from Bad M., unfortunately my last show and what a downer - audience wise. The show itself was great but I have never ever experienced such a disrespectful audience at a MK concert (and as you know, I've been to quite a few). I arrived quite late, probably 19.15, there was a traffic jam on my favourite autobahn (not), the A3, and it took me an eternity to find that official concert parking lot. It was on a VERY big lawn and you had to walk like forever to get to the venue. I didn't have a FoS ticket but a "normal" GA one - press tickets are for free but not always better - so my friend and I were somewhere among the "normal" crowd.
And boy, there was so much talking and beer-buying going on, I felt like I participated in one big picnic with meaningless background music rather than being at a MK show. People were wandering around, chatting, boozing. I mean, it's okay to get ONE beer, maybe two, but SEVEN? As my friend remarked, who wants to numb himself with alcohol when you have MK onstage, performing those beautiful tunes with those great lyrics? Only idiots, one would assume.
Those people really got me aggravated and I told them off, EACH one. When they asked me to let them pass, I said no, go home and booze. What really irritates me is that boozing at concerts seems to be the most normal thing in the world for most people, and nobody cares how it disturbes others. One drunk guy got really violent and pushed a woman away. Hello??? This and the constant chatting made it impossible to concentrate. I was so looking forward to hearing the Submariner, but then it literally drowned. Heard the mood must have been better at the FoS area, so lesson learned. Next time, better ticket. But then, it's sad that you only seem to get a "proper" concert experience when you spend more money (or in my case, spend money, even though you are there for your job).
Wasn't too impressed with the venue to be honest, W
