Have you ever been to a large size concert alone? How did you cope?

I'm going to see Prince at Croke Park on the 16th June, as I've said before, but the friend whom I was going with has decided not to go all of a sudden. I have decided to go alone even though I feel uneasy around new people. This is a brave decision to say the least, Croke Park can host 80,000 people and I'm gonna be right in the middle of that crowd close to the stage! The pressure I'm going to feel isn't worth thinking about even now! Have you any tips on how to suppress this tension on the day? Did you go to a concert alone before? Please share your stories and thank you in advance.

 

Make friends in the crowd! It's the best way to go....

 

Sal, any tips for how to instantaneously make friends with strangers?

 

Distribute drugs, of course

 

it's easy to make friends in a crowd. make a few happy comments, a few hilarious quips, don't get clingy and buy them a beer. i love going places like that alone. you don't have to deal with people all wanting to go different directions, wait in line for them to get a stupid t-shirt, go with them to the bathroom, get them outta fights when they're drunk, etc. you go and be free.

 

to be honest this is my second concert ever the first was in Belfast where i seen Chris Rea and that was with my grandfather!

 

don't look at it as a crowd of strangers. look at it as a crowd of people who enjoy something as much as you do and they've all come together to have a good time.

 

Ha ha, that tends to be my attitude towards so-called "friends" ...

But we don't all find it so easy to mix spontaneously, which I guess is the reason behind this thread in the first place.

 

I've been to Glastonbury on my own and Glade, although I met up with my friend there, but I was working. I'm going to Paris on my own this year too.

 

I've been to gigs alone, but they were small ones. I once got talking to some people but they decided I was a bit weird and I was actually 3 years older than them and they didn't realise. Good times...

 

Being on a lot of drugs and hugging everyone you meet tends to work I hear. Most of them will think you're a weirdo, but now and then you'll find someone who knows exactly where you're coming from. You'll then form a deep emotional bond till the comedown kicks in and you wonder who the fuck these wankers are....

 

As someone who has seen sal on drugs hugging everyone he meets...i'd not recommend that course of action. I think one day it will end in a fight

 

sure thing! hahaha! don't they search you for beer at concerts anyway?

 

sure thing! hahaha! don't they search you for beer and drugs at concerts anyway?

 

Take the drugs like before you go in...

 

I went after work to a Greatful Dead show in Madison Sq. Garden. I was dressed business casusal about 35 years old. This is The 90's

A young kid accousted me and acused me of being a Narc. and he kept it up

asking: " come on. who do you work for ? Garden Security, NYC Police? Task Force? "

At first, I was taken aback and a bit defensive. Then I realized he was trippin balls and kinda went with it.

 

I've been to see Bruce Springsteen on my own before, and I'm going again on the 31st May. Like everyone else says, it's fun trying to make random friends - you already have one thing in common with everyone - you're a fan of Prince!

 

*sigh* I went to see Stone Temple Pilots back in the mid 90's and lost track of my mate, was wandering around this big arena trying to find her. some guy came up to me and offered me shrooms, and i looked all shocked and stunned and said 'um, no thanks'...
found my mate and told her and she was upset i hadn't said yes ... but well in those days i was a much different person.

oh how the present me would love to go back and kick my own arse in the past for things like that


and nowdays, no way in hell would i go to a show by myself. too scared of large crowds

 

I feel the same way, but with the price of the tickets (£150 for really close tickets on ebay) and the fact that its his 'greatest hits for the last time' tour, I'm not sure I could be happy ever again knowing i squandered such a once in a lifetime opportunity. So I have to go. My father is driving me to Dublin and waiting until its over so some of the troubles others have with transport arent a problem and if I absolutely must get out of there all I have to do is phone him and he'll come and get me, thats nice to know!

 

As PI shows going to a concert with a friend is quite often more problematic than when going on your own, you can spend the tracts of the day just worrying where they are rather than you enjoying the gig.

I don't understand this have to go with a friend stuff tbh, what are they supposed to protect you from anyway ?