10 Ways Not to Be an A--hole at Concerts

Here are 10 ways not to be an a--hole at concerts.

Over the years, there've been a plethora of times where musicians were hit by something onstage while they were performing or the artist had to stop the show because someone in the crowd was getting hurt by the people around them. Some of the times, a member of the audience was ejected from the venue for blatantly disruptive and potentially harmful behavior.

But crowd behavior has been especially bad during the 2020s.

A study that was conducted by No Deposit Fan in 2023 even went as far as to name the U.S. states where crowds seemed to behave the worst during shows. Kentucky and Maine crowds ranked the highest as far as engaging in the most "rude or disruptive behavior" that year but a lot of other states made the list too.

Thanks to social media, wild behaviors at concerts tend to go viral online. So, it's entirely possible that people in crowds are seeking to attain some form of internet notoriety and thus act out.

We don't really know why people have been acting out at shows so much over the last few years, we just know that concerts can seem slightly less enjoyable when the experience is ruined by obnoxious attendees.

So we compiled a list of 10 behaviors you shouldn't engage in when going to a show, just to show basic concert etiquette and not take away from anyone else's experience. It may not be your first time seeing a particular artist live, but it is someone else's and music is supposed to bring us together — not drive us apart.

And honestly, there are way more than 10 ways, but these are just the essentials.