And on a lighter note....

I went to a mighty boosch show and they banned all cameras and recordings and said you would be ejected if caught. They had a good few security around and actually ejected a few people.
 
Byker28i said:
I went to a mighty boosch show and they banned all cameras and recordings and said you would be ejected if caught. They had a good few security around and actually ejected a few people.
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But I bet good many more left with images and video.
In a large audience I suspect it's unrealistic an expectation these days.
I was at a Queen (with Paul Rodgers) gig in Cardiff a good many years ago, and got my collar felt when recording Brian May's solo.
I was taken to security, where they requested I remove the one still image they could find on the old Fuji camera, which I did, and then I was free to return to the hall with my camera still in my hand :lol:
I still have the video.
They simply don't have the manpower to enforce the rule over such large crowds.
That said I DO see the point. If you're busy recording and looking at the teeny screen, you're missing out on the experience, which, when ticket prices are so huge, is a little pointless IMO :-)
 
The Yeah Yeah Yeahs posted notices not gigs last year asking fans not to watch their gigs through their phones/cameras.
I would expect that enough of her fans could pressurise the few to put their cameras etc away during shows. My experience is that it is still a minority that record gigs, but KB gigs being such a rarity might give more the urge to get that personal memento.
 
People feel the need to record the event

I remember going to florida in 1988 with a sony camcorder that had a black and white viewfinder.

It was nice to come home and see what Florida looked like in colour on my 28" TV

I rarely video anything unless it's got the kids in it

I did read something a while back that made me think, some grown up kids had been watching all their old videos after their parents had passed away

Plenty of shots of them but none of what they wanted to see, their parents, if you're recording your kids, give them the camera now and again, it'll mean a lot in 40 years
 
I can see her point TBH. I'm sure people want to record the shows and some of those people may well sell the recordings - look at the plethora of bootlegs available for bands like Led Zeppelin. Then there're the other people in the audience who will have paid a fair few quid to see the performance but be denied the opportunity by those with their iPads (other tablets and recording devices are available...) blocking those behind them's views. If you want a recording of a performance, pay a few (compared to the ticket price) quid for the official one which is likely to be of far greater quality than your wobbly effort (with [more than likely] 100 or more little white rectangles bobbing along the bottom of the frame!)
 
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