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As A Live music Supporter There Is No Greater Feeling Than Watching Your Favourite Band Live In concert, But Why Do So Many People Get Rebuked For Wishing To Watch Their Favourite Band On A Regular Basis?
As an enthusiastic music fan, I can think of nothing better than going to watch my favourite bands performing live. In the past few years I’ve gone all over the UK to follow the bands that I am most passionate about, and have even ventured over to Ireland and mainland Europe a few times. On a number of occasions, I’ve actually bought tickets for a complete tour of about ten or twelve dates and had an amazing road trip with a friend to go to them all.
There are many people who think that doing such a thing is a bit odd, but I usually ask them if they find it strange that someone would go and see a football team at every match they play, and as we are well aware, there are countless people all around the world who do so. And not many people question why they do it! Anyway, I don’t honestly care what other people think about it. There are many people have hobbies that are of no interest to me, so why is it acceptable for me to be criticised for doing something that I love so much?
In any case, when my very favourite band confirms some shows, the first thing me and my friend do is to get out our diaries and hope for the best with our bank balances. Finance is always the biggest obstacle, as a proper road trip is not just about the cost of tickets, but fuel and accommodation costs too. If the tour seems affordable, then holiday from work needs to be confirmed. And we do figure that if we decide to go to a gig straight from work and then travel back home afterwards, anything under two hours in transit each way is quite acceptable.
After that it’s a question of identifying hotels wherever we need them, booking them online, looking at maps of the few venues that we aren’t already familiar with, and then we’re all set to to rock and roll – literally! As the countdown begins, the expectations rise.
I inevitably have butterflies in my stomach before they walk on stage, and this sensation never diminishes no matter how many times I watch them. And without getting on my soapbox about manufactured pop music, it’s brilliant following a proper band, people who write all their own music, are all extremely accomplished musicians and sound incredible live. They don’t have to depend on choreographed dance steps, loads of lighting, Laser eye beam effects and firework displays – their music and their personalities are more than enough to keep the fans happy.
But for this band, budgets are tight, so when we can assist them by doing things like staffing their merchandise stall or taking with us things we know they don’t have with them, it seems like we’re helping with their crusade. It’s good to feel useful!
We’d dearly love for this band to be famous and for all music fans to have heard of them, though unfortunately they have a number of fans who would rather they remained a well kept secret so that they only play in local venues and can talk to fans after each show. But as I have pointed out to so many people, small venue concerts don’t pay the rent, fund reliable cars, finance the Laser eye surgery and elbow operation that two of the guys need or most critically, provide any money to spend on promoting their music.
To get back to something I commented on earlier, the music business in 2011 is far more interested in making a fast buck and hasn’t much interest in nurturing musicians with potential because they take years rather than days to make a name for themselves. It’s really sad to think that many talented musicians get out of the industry because they cannot survive financially, whilst the music business throws vast amounts of money at the participants in television reality shows, spending millions on their ‘image’ – presumably cosmetic surgery, Laser eye treatment, long sessions with stylists, expensive choreographers and almost certainly the infamous autotune. But, naturally, it’s all about the music!
I’m visiting Wembley Arena in a few days. But I’m going to watch the support act. I’ve paid almost £30 just to see half an hour of quality music. I really won’t bother to stay and watch the headline act, because I’ve seen them once before at a festival and they were fairly awful. Taking into account the size of Wembley, I’ll probably wish I’d already had my Laser eye surgery done as I’m well aware that my eyesight has got quite bad, so it’s likely that the money I’ve spent will give me a blurred view of a few moving dots on stage, but it’s still essential to me that I show my support for the musicians I love.
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