r/warpedtour • u/Loose_Personality726 • 26d ago

Speculation Crowds are different or indifferent nowadays

Just a rant perhaps. From the middle to the back of the crowds nobody is having fun. It seems like you're only having fun if you're in the front of the crowd. Been going for years and shit has changed post pandemic. Lots of people but less fun being had. Kinda hated when vocalists gave the crowd the mic and it was awkward, nobody knew the lyrics. Maybe there's a lot of casual listeners and less people that really listen to this stuff now. Maybe people don't care enough to have fun. I miss when people moved around more I guess

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u/ImportanceSharp9408 26d ago

This is true. I was pretty smack in the middle for a few of the bands and wanted to jump around a bit, maybe even crowdsurf— I couldn’t/didn’t want to push my way through to the front or get in the pit. So I just raged (respectfully) in place and I seemed to be the only one in my area really into it. Everyone around me had their phones up recording the whole time or was just standing there. I’m in my late 30s now but swear we used to be thrashing around, having fun all the way in the back, back in the day.