1. This maybe doesn’t affect everyone but when you live in the Highlands there is pretty much nowhere for under 18’s to go to gigs. I’ve missed out on so many gigs because of this. There’s basically only one venue in the whole of the Highlands that under 18’s can get into so at least one more venue would be nice.
2. Right this one really annoys me! If you’ve paid money to go to a gig then why are you standing talking the whole way through it???
3. This one kind of ties in with number two but I don’t understand why people go to a gig and then stand at the bar all night.
4. This one ties in with number 3! If you’re going to a gig, fair enough drinking is fine but don’t get paralytic drunk and fall about. Trying to dodge getting trampled on by drunk people isn’t always very easy!
5. Okay, this one is quite a recent thing that annoys me. Security guards and photographers really get in the way and end up in pretty much all of my photos. I don’t get why photographers get to stand in front of the stage to be honest, we’ve paid to see a band not a photographer. I’m short enough as it is, trying to see over very tall security guards and photographer’s heads to get good photos just makes it more difficult! *Please see point 9 for a very important back track on point 5*
7. This one is kind of similar to number six. I’ll just use this as an example – when I went to see Two Door Cinema Club in Aberdeen earlier this year a few people were throwing bottles and cups onto the stage and almost hitting the band. Why would you pay to see someone and then throw things at them???
8. This one isn’t really anything to do with gigs but I’ll throw it in with this anyway! When I was still in school a lot of my friends would say to me that the bands and singers I listened to were weird just because they weren’t chart music. Try listen to a totally random unknown band every so often. You’ll end up finding some really good music that’s actually been properly written with real instruments in it! (They do exist believe it or not!) If someone had mentioned half of the bands I listen to now to me a couple of years ago I wouldn’t have had a clue who they were but by doing this I’ve found out about so many bands and singers!
9. Please ignore point 5!!!!! After taking on board comments from local photographers I completely back track on my rant on this topic! I know they have a job to do and also locally there are never very many security guards that stop us seeing the stage - obviously at bigger gigs elsewhere there are and again I know they have a job to do - they just always seem to want to do it in front of me (perhaps I look dodgy!)
I was going to try and make ten but there are not enough things to write about! I obviously still love gigs but sometimes these things do get a bit annoying and I’m certain other people will think the same about some of these too! I don’t rant a lot and I’ll definitely make sure that this is my first and last rant on here so I don’t scare too many people away!