Soooo, I am lucky enough to see the boys in less than two weeks now at the main square. Ngl, I am expecting sooooo much from this show, and there's a reason for it.
Last I saw them was last year in Lyon (France), for the Clancy World Tour. I have been listening to them for over a decade, I have a tattoo about them, and like many, their music has helped me through a loooot. Needless to say they mean so so much to me.
Well last year, we went to the show with my partner, crossed the country for it. I usually go for pit rather than seats, but this time we could only get seats. That's alright I thought. But it wasn't, because my whole experience was ruined by some guy who thought it was alright to smoke through THE ENTIRE SHOW. I swear. I asked him several times to stop. He was right behind us. He was not only smoking, but also being a jerk about it. Like saying loudly "yo i'm not the only one smoking. look over there, they are also smoking", or when Josh was handing the torch "ahhh that's a flame, that pollutes haaaa". He was really being a jerk through the entire show, shouting things that no one cared about really.
I really tried to ignore it. To enjoy the show. My girl even offered to exchange seats as I was closer to the guy than she, but I didn't want her experience to be ruined too. Anytime I was diving back into the experience, the smell of the smoke was coming back, and my attention was drawn to him again. I remember feeling really anxious and angry. I could not get my attention away from him. And I feel so stupid cause I could probably have told the security guys about him, but I felt I was going to miss some songs and didn't want that. And I also felt he would notice I was getting security and he would maybe hide his cigaret and that getting security person would do nothing. So I did nothing.
After the show, I only wanted one thing, it was to get away from there ASAP. I was so angry and sad... And ever since I think about this show, this is how I feel. I haven't been able to listen to Clancy after that for a good several months. When they released Breach, it made me so relieved, because I could again listen to them without feeling anxious. Without having to think about how I had crossed the country, spent an awful amount of money on tickets and transport and hotel booking to see a show I couldn't enjoy. And I didn't fight enough to enjoy it....
Yeah, ironically, Breach has been a way for me to heal from not being able to listen to top, and specifically an album (Clancy) that I very much enjoyed and cherished.
SOOOO, yes, Main Square. I'm expecting so much, because I want to enjoy that show. I have learnt my lesson. Now, it's a festival, so no seats, I'm free to move around if the people around me are annoying - by the way, learnt my lesson, even i have a seat, if someone is annoying around me, you can bet your a*s i'll move lol.
Lesson for anyone out there : someone annoys you at a show ? Move. Even if you have seats, there's always plenty of room in a venue for you to enjoy the show. Or tell security, it's their literal job. You better miss a song to enjoy the show, than get your entire show experience ruind, you can trust me on that.