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I have only been to two concerts in my entire life. The first one was to support a friend of ours who was attempting to break into th e music promotion business. We were all 20ish, I think, and our friend manged to get Jan and Dean to play at the AUD. This was 1989, if I am remembering the year correctly. Our friend's career did not last long, he lost money on the Jan and Dean concert ( big surprise there) and did not pay some of the creditors.

The experience of attending a concertwas fun, but the noise level really bothered me. I have sensitive hearing which makes concerts something I avoid.

The second concert was two or three years ago and was an outdoor venue. We saw Tom Petty. My husband loves Petty's music, I find it very whiny. Because the concert was outdoors I was assured by my husband, friends and kids the noise level would not be bad, and it wasn't. The problem , and that problem prevents me from attending another concert, is concert etiquette.

I do not understand the logic of paying the price for tickets in the seating arena if every one is going to stand up blocking the view of the people in back rows. Or stand in the aisle and block people's view. I did not want to stand the entire time we were there, if I did I would have purchased lawn seating, which actually is the standing area.

So the Petty concert was not the experience I had hoped for and not what my husband and son were looking for either. They had to be my body guards towards the end because of my incessant nagging of the drunkards in front to sit down. Security tried their best to control the standing and at one point removed several people for refusing to sit down. I was not the only one unhappy about people standing, but at least I did not involve security. Nagging is my approach.

It is best if I do not attend concerts.