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The 8 People You See at Every Concert

I love going to concerts. It’s our favorite date night. While the music is the feature, you can’t deny that a concert is a prime people-watching opportunity. No matter who we are there to see, there are certain people we run into every time.

The shirtless guy. Maybe he looks good without his shirt on or maybe he doesn’t. But it’s hot and he doesn’t care.

The girl with the too short shorts. Okay, girls. Times about 100. Doesn’t matter what shape they’re in, we don’t want to see your vajayjay. And what is with the new look of these shorts being high-waisted mom jeans yet don’t come down far enough to cover anything?

The pregamer. Who drank way too much in the parking lot and is now going to miss the concert due to puking before they can even get inside the venue.

The third wheel. Who came to the concert with a couple and is now going to try to get attention from her friend’s boyfriend(or his friend’s girlfriend).

The cool mom. She really doesn’t want to be here, doesn’t know or care for the songs, but she’ll be damned if she allows her kids inside the concert alone.

The PDA couple. Slow dancing during a song is fine. But please don’t try to conceive a child in the middle of a set.

The hoverers. They keep moving closer and closer to you, hoping you’ll move further up toward the stage, as if those few inches will make a huge difference.

The eager leaver. About two songs into the main act, they’re anxious to hit the road to beat all the post-concert traffic.

My stereotype? The one sitting in the back of the lawn say "ohmygosh, there are so many people here, why are there so many people?"

My stereotype? The one sitting in the back of the lawn say “ohmygosh, there are so many people here, why are there so many people?”

Who else do you see at concerts?

Comments

  2. Oh man…. you should have seen the person we seen at a Brett Michaels concert.  She was so drunk that she peed herself.  Security came out and threw her out.  

  3. Too true! I still go to several concerts a year, but last week went to my first ever country show (blog post coming soon). I was amazed how many girls/women were wearing cutoff jean shorts that were smaller than my bathing suit bottoms. Their cheeks were hanging out! My least favorite groups at concerts are the drunken frat boys and the “I have no idea who this band is, so I’ll just talk extremely loud throughout the whole show” people. Unfortunately, I probably fall into the “you’re too old to be singing and dancing in public” category.

    • I’m in that category with you! We mostly see country concerts. It’s so weird that the pockets stick out from the bottoms of the jean shorts because they are so short! You would think that would be a clue! 

    • I’m not one to stay until the very end, but I do like to see most of the main act. 

  5. You missed the sing a long people who aren’t listening to the music just attempting to sing louder than the performer… usually that’s me. 

  6. Oh you forgot the girl who needs to pee but doesn’t want to lose her spot. The one secretly doesn’t enjoy a thing cause she has to pee..oh wait, maybe that is just me.

    • I’ve been there! I learned the secret bathrooms where there isn’t a line so I don’t mind going now. 

  7. I do not go to concerts anymore.I hate being surrounded by so many people but a few of those that you mentioned you end up seeing in other places(girls in the too short shorts and the shirtless guys lol).

    • I tend to sit in the very back of the lawn when we go- not as loud out there! 

  9. Would be the mom that wouldn’t let kids go without me. Love this and never thought about the different types you always see. You are right on.

    • I won’t let my kids go alone, either. I went by myself as a teen but I’d worry too much about my kids. 

  10. I LOVE music and attending concerts is definitely one of my favorite things to do. You’re right, I usually see at least most of those people every time.

    • The people watching is a big part of going. Even if I could do without seeing some of these people. 

  11. Lol! I love that…the “cool Mom”!! I’ve also seen those I’m bored but I have to sit here because I paid for these tickets people!

    • I’m calling it the cool mom b/c I know that will be me someday. 😉 I don’t get the people who go but hate the artist! 

  12. Concerts are a prime opportunity for people watching and I’ve definitely seen some interesting things. I’ve been puked on by a stranger, saw people pee in the lawn and someone dressed as Jack Sparrow tried to dance with me. I’d like to add to your list people who wear coconut bikinis and shouldn’t (Jimmy Buffett) and the baby wearers. Whether it was James Taylor or Kid Rock, I’ve seen a woman wearing a baby not much older than a few months at every outdoor show I’ve been to.

    • Oh yes! How could I forget the baby wearers! It’s just so loud. I admit- I judge. 

  15. Ha ha so true! I’m the “I like the assigned seat” kind of concert gal. I like the option to stand or sit without being trampled! 🙂

    • I like doing that so much better! But the difference in price between seats and lawn is huge, so we usually end up in the lawn. We stay in the back so that people aren’t pushing. 

  16. Every single concert I go to I’m stuck behind the tallest man in the world. It’s inevitable! And seriously with those high-waisted shorts. I just don’t think they’re flattering on ANYONE. Wait til they look back on their old photos years from now…they’ll be appalled. lol

    • Oh, I hate that! It doesn’t happen as much when we’re out on the lawn, but it happened to me at a school concert. I do not understand the high waisted shorts at all! 

  17. I love going to concerts! It’s my THING. At one point, I was even a ticket reseller, which gave me advance notice of all concerts (LOVED!) and I have to say your post is spot on! I also may have ahem been each one at some point 🙂

    • How fun! We try to get to a few concerts every summer. I may have been some of these sometimes, too. 😉 

  18. You are so right! I’ve never thought about it, but these folks are at every concert. And I don’t know what’s up with the high-waisted, mom jeans shorts. They look pretty cute on the thin college gals, but I do not think I’ll be partaking in that fashion trend this summer.

    • Even on the college girls, there are certain parts that should be covered. 😉 No way will I be wearing those! 

  19. As an avid concert-goer (at least I was before I had my son), I have to agree with all of these. 🙂 And I’ve been stuck near some crazy-tall people, as well as the drunks. Oy.

    • The tall people! Yes! And the drunks are crazy- once we had our seats moved b/c someone came up and puked all over ours. It was so gross. 

  22. Love this! I have not been to a concert in quite awhile. I’m not sure which one I would fall under but I’m not sure it’s any of these. I’m sure at some point I’ll be the cool mom when my daughter starts wanting to go to concerts. 

    • Oh yuck! I actually posted about that during the concert- I’m so used to not being around smokers that it was weird to be around smoke. 

  26. LOL! I agree with the too short shorts! I mean really, I wonder sometimes why they don’t just wear their underwear out of the house. 

  29. I always get stuck next to the loud talkers or the heavy perfume wearers that make me sick. I think I have ventured into cool mom category. I don’t want to go, but no way do I let my kids out of my sight at an event like a concert!

  32. i don’t do concerts but these people can be found at any crowded function. I’m the eager leaver, I hate traffic LOL

  33. This is an awesome post! I am a huge concert goer, so I totally related to this one. The hoverers DRIVE ME NUTS!

  34. There is only one venue I will attend … and its seated 😉
    Altho last year we did go and see Rick Springfield, place was filled with 40+ yr old women
    singing along … on the plus side – there were no short shorts.

    • We tend to get lawn seats because we can go to more concerts that way. But I end up in the very back so that I don’t have to deal with the crowd. The craziest concert I went to was when New Kids on the Block did their tour a few years ago. All the screaming 30-40 year olds. 

  36. I’m the ‘I want to stay and see it all’ stereotype but my husband is the let’s beat the traffic guy.  -_- 
    My stereotype annoys him as much as his annoys me…yet we make it work, lolol

    • Oooh, that’s a hard balance! I want to see the majority of the concert, but I’ll leave a little early to beat some of the traffic. 

    • I don’t see how anyone finds them flattering! Of course, I have a short torso so high waisted shorts come up to my chest. 

  38. I’m not really into concerts anymore, but I can totally remember seeing a few of those people! I don’t know which one I fit into.

    • What an awesome bil! I saw NKOTB a couple years ago and it was hilarious to see all of us who had grown up with them yelling and screaming. 

  41. My most recent concert was Garth Brooks in Las Vegas, and it was a work event for my husband, so it was very lah-tee-dah! 🙂 The one other person I noticed was the girl who was apparently so hammered, she passed out during the show and hit her head or something and Garth had to stop the show for forty minutes for her to be treated/removed/ whatever. Still not really sure what happened there!

    • That’s crazy that they stopped the concert! I saw Garth years ago(back in 98 I think it was) and he puts on such an awesome show! 

  44. This is SO FUNNY because it’s true. I’m going to two back-to-back concert July 10th and 11th so I’ll have to see if I ‘find all 8’ 

  46. It has been a while since I have been to a concert like that, heck any concert, but yep you hit it spot on. 

  47. This may sound prudish but I find it disgusting when girls wear shorts where their butt hangs out. What makes it worse is when they get all offended if you say anything about it or they act disgusted if they catch a guy checking them out.

    • I’m with you. I don’t think it’s appropriate. It’s one thing to wear short shorts  but another when they are so short they don’t even count as shorts. 

  48. I’m the eager-leaver. I’m dashing out once I think people are going to start thinking about leaving. I want to be the first one in my car and out of the parking lot.

    • We were with someone like that at the concert this weekend. He practically ran back to the van when we left- it was good though because we actually made it out very quickly instead of being stuck in traffic. 

    • Oh, or the girl who licks the pants of her friend’s guy… or the guy wandering around looking for his friends… or the girl with her head between her legs who ends up in the medic tent. (Although I’d like to forget that one…)

      • Yeah, let’s forget that one. 😉 So much fun to people watch at a concert, though. We saw Luke Bryan this weekend. Not sure who all we are seeing. Probably Florida Georgia Line in September. There’s another one or two we are looking into. 

  51. That’s so funny!  There also always seems to be a couple of people who seem like they have no interest in being there at all and hardly pay attention to the concert!

  52. LOL, those are definitely types you’ll see.  I am going to be the cool mom in September when I take my daughter to see one direction..except I do want to be there LOL

    • My kids would love to see One Direction! Sometime soon I’ll take them to a concert.