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Originally Posted by Steve6
Was this at a Meat Loaf concert? Leaving because the set list wasn't to there liking sounds crazy to me. Paying nearly €70 for a ticket and doing that, I've never heard of it to be honest.
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No, it wasn't a Meat Loaf show. I had to witness that at a Bruce Springsteen concert. It were predominantly older people who were leaving
while a large number of young people (who probably couldn't afford a ticket) were sitting outside the venue, hoping to hear some of the music. Fans and people who aren't well-off usually spend their money on artists / shows they are really interested in and they only walk out early if the performance is very bad. People who just go to a concert because of the artists' famous name or a handful of hits they know are more likely to complain or leave early if they don't like it.
If music is an essential part of your life, you perceive and judge things differently than a casual listener. Many people seem to have restricted preferences and fixed expectations and aren't that open-minded anymore when it comes to music. I also think it's much harder to get people interested in music these days.
I remember a Meat Loaf concert at which I thought "can someone please replace the audience or provide me with a time machine to travel back to the 1980s". I was grateful and relieved when Meat showed his dissatisfaction with their lack of enthusiasm, the atmosphere got a little better after that.