What you need to underSTAND about stadium concerts
Thursday June 16th, 2016, marked my first ever appearance at an arena concert tour, given by none other than Coldplay . Don't throw rocks at this sad excuse of a 22-year-old for never having been to one before - truth is that, til now, I've simply been too busy (and too broke) to attend what is considered a staple experience of adolescent-and-young-adult life: the concert. The day tickets went on sale, many months ago, I immediately opted for one in the pitch; the closer I was to Chris Martin's soulful singing, the better (and the cheaper). However, being positioned in the standing area of a concert tour as big as Coldplay's was to prove itself a learning curve ( "isn't every experience ultimately a learning curve??" crows the good-willed teacher within me ). Being pressed against a mass of other excited and jolting bodies for an extended period of time tends to impart upon one a wealth of lessons. What follows is a list of some of my take-home observatio...