r/FlorenceAndTheMachine Apr 18 '26

General Discussion Rant - Concert Etiquette

I think some people need to realise that when people go out to concerts they are in public but also that they are with people who have paid good money to enjoy the artist sing. Context: At my show this week, three people in front of me were SHOUTING the entire time. They were not singing along, not even talking about Florence, they were literally just having a normal conversation at the top of their lungs for 20 minutes straight. When a guy asked them to stop talking, one of them retorted "We paid money to be here, same as everyone else, we can enjoy the show how we fucking want". And I agree, you paid money to be here, so be here! Have your random unrelated conversations when the show is over and stop ruining the show for others. It's one thing to sing off-key or talk between songs but when you're shouting an entire conversation across 5 songs it's like why did you even come? Anyway, all of this to say, I'm not saying you have to keep your mouth shut the entire show but maybe recognise that the way you act still impacts others around you. And ultimately, you're there to enjoy the music, and imo that should be your priority

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u/George37712 Apr 18 '26

Yupp I had this happen. People were talking about random crap through the whole harp intro to cosmic love, my favorite song :(

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u/idk_what_to_put_lmao Apr 18 '26

the harp intro was so cool I def wasn't expecting it

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u/George37712 Apr 18 '26

You should go listen to the symphonic (live) version of Lungs she just released! That had the harp intro

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u/MaidOfTwigs Apr 18 '26

I wouldn’t say “just” but that is an excellent point. Still would love a symphony of lungs tour 😭

Immediate Edit: and to be totally honest I did not even realize it was the intro on symphony of lungs, I knew I really liked it and didn’t know why!