There's a show i really want to go to tonight. it's one of my favorite bands

There's a show i really want to go to tonight. it's one of my favorite bands.

Problem is i don't have any friends irl. Is it weird to go by yourself to a show? Has anyone ever done that?

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just pretend taytay is with you the entire time and it will make you feel fine

if you think going to a concert and seeing a group you like live will make you feel less bad than sitting home and doing the same thing you do every day, just go

>Is it weird to go by yourself to a show?
Yes.
>Has anyone ever done that?
Of course, but they're weirdos. Don't be a weirdo.

Who gives a fuck, just go alone you goof

I go to shows by myself all the time. Nothing wrong with it whatsoever. There are always loads of other people there on their own.

Fucking go dude. No one thinks it's weird and the only advantage of going with friends is having someone to talk with before/during/after the show.

Don't listen to these people op. They have given up all dignity. Normies will think you're pathetic.

I don't have any friends irl either. Going to a show by yourself is completely normal.

It's not weird at all. half the people there are alone and no one fucking knows your alone.

Some of you guys are ridiculous insecure.

I goto shows alone even when I have the option not to because it's straight up a better experience.

I went to the melvins/napalm death/melt banana show by myself about two weeks ago because my friend bailed on me. Literally not a single person noticed, and if they did notice they didn't care.

yeah i go alone too.

i got shitty autist anxiety but i go and realize nobody even notices you're alone. everyones caught up in themselves to care.
also if the show sucks u can leave whenever which is what i like. i dont have to wait on some shitty friend that wants to hang around
oh and why i'm on the topic, i can straight up enjoy the music. most of my irl friends are fucking plebs and dont like my music.

You're really delusional if you think a single person is even notable at a show. Have you ever been to a concert?

yeah ok but that's a pretty big show. this show is gonna be kind small, idk i'm just nervous. it's fucking stupid i just have this retarded self-concious bullshit.

>Have you ever been to a concert?
Yes.

I goto small shows a lot. I choose to goto them alone. We're adults man. No one gives a fuck about someone being alone at an event. It doesn't mean anything, it doesn't reflect on anything, and especially with music because it's rare to be friends with someone who has your own music taste.

No one will notice because it's not a notable event.

>Work up the courage to go to an Animal Collective concert alone
>I turn up a couple minutes late
>As i walk into the event, the whole crowd turns to look at me
>One of them yells "HOLY SHIT, HE'S ALONE!"
>whole event laughing hysterically as I take a seat
>Calls of "weirdo," "creeper," ect.
>want to die.
>after the show, security comes up to me in the hallway.
>he says "did you come alone? We have a no-singles policy!"
>he escorts me out of the show
>I run into Panda Bear on the way out
>Star struck, I say, "I loved your show. "
>He leans down and whispers in my ear "Never come here again"
Last time I ever do that shit

You had it easy. MC Ride spat on me and called me a nigger when I pulled that shit.

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>he's never heard of the no-singles policy

I got kicked out of a show for not having a girlfriend. You can go, but read your ticket carefully.

what band?

Wild Nothing

Oh. Then I guess you can't stoop any lower anyway.

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It doesn't matter. There are always quite a few people alone at almost every show I've been to.
If the people there are fans of the band, they are not going to laugh at someone for wanting to go alone. Chances are, no-one will even notice.

Having said that, I am extremely self-conscious and, for me personally, it would depend on the band.

If it were something like Taylor Swift or Smash Mouth it would be a little odd to go by yourself.

But for Post-rock, shoe-gaze etc. you are golden. I went to see MBV by myself a few years ago and it was the best show I've ever been to. Just had a couple beers and let dem sweet noisey ripples wash over me famm. Half the people there were alone. Everyone was just appreciating the music.

Why are you under the impression that everyone isn't alone at a concert? Usually unless it's a couple on a date, people who go together are not notably together. Oh and also we're not in highschool. Being single isn't negative. It never has been.

No adult gives a fuck if you go somewhere alone, period.

drove 3.5 hours to see a pavement reunion show by myself. no ragrets, do it OP.

>Being single isn't negative. It never has been.
this is the most virgin thing i've ever read on Sup Forums

yeah it's a dreampop/shoegaze show

thanks for making feel better. i bought the ticket case of this thread. Sup Forums can be really great sometimes.

lol what

no-singles policy. it means you can't go to a show/cinema/circus alone

westerngazette.co.uk/Single-adults-banned-park-case-paedophile/story-24477493-detail/story.html

But it really isn't

the entire reason to live is to share love and compassion with someone you care about and passing down your genes.

Nah man I do it all the time. I see myself as an empathetic person and whenever I go somewhere with a friend I'm too busy worrying about whether they are actually enjoying it, especially if I convinced them of going with me. I can't even enjoy the shows myself because I worry too much. So I just started going alone all the time. It's much better.

>life's meaning is biologically determined

Spotted the "intellectual skeptical" teen

who are you seeing?

glad you decided to go user, I promise you'd regret not going otherwise.

Wild Nothing

i think they might be "chillwave"

The meme that going to shows on your own is bad needs to die.

Sure, but no one really gives a shit if someone is alone, you don't have to constantly be with someone for everything in life. Being by yourself from time to time is pretty normal, man.

I went go to shows/bars by myself all the time.

I've had better times + i actually got laid several time (things that probably wouldn't happen if i was there with a friend).

glad are going. have fun.

>glad are going
>are

ay Wild Nothing's pretty great, worth seeing for sure. And I'd call him/them dreampop since chillwave has become a completely ambiguous genre label now.

90% of the time I go to a show alone I end up making a new friend. The only exception was Deafheaven, and that shit wasn't very fun to be alone at either. If you brought a friend maybe you wouldnt end up talking and meeting other people, but I still prefer going with friends.

nice i've been excited for this for like a few weeks now

I think the most virgin thing is thinking that not being single will fix all your problems.

Girls are alright, but if you're a lonely piece of shit you'll still be a lonely piece of shit.

Yeah jesus christ how big is that venue

I've gone to Sasquatch twice by myself. Those were the funnest times I've gone too. You don't have to worry about friends wanting to go to other stages while you're trying to watch other bands.

damn that must've been great

jesus is this real

yes

I go (usually) alone to like one or two shows a week, you start to meet people and see them around

when I'm not with friends I tend to be more relaxed when talking to strangers. because when I'm with friends then in the back of my head I know that my friends might judge me for the people I chat up. for that reason I enjoy going out by myself, but the setting has to be right and I have to be in the mood.

the good thing about a concert is that you don't have to hang around. if the show is over, you can try to chat with the band or buy some merchandize or have one last drink at the bar, but you don't really have to. you saw what you came for and the evening isn't ruined if you don't feel like hanging around after the show. whereas when you go out on your own in to a club, and it doesn't feel ok right at the beginning you either have a very long or very short awkward situation until you decide to leave. you basically came for nothing.

just enjoy the show, that what you came for, to see the performance. how you act during the concert isn't important, you're not the performer. it's the guys on the stage that have to be concerned about pleasing the crowd. not you.

thanks i really appreciate that. made me feel a lot better about going

>you start to meet people and see them around
countless famous bands have been initiated because strangers bumped into each other again and again and suddenly realized they had the same taste in music.

The people here are assuming that all the other people there are going to be strangers. If they're not they might very well judge you.

this is utter bullshit. We self-determine the meaning in life and you'd be very strange to think passing on genes is important

you're welcome.

I'm a shy person, but I feel quite comfortable alone in a crowd. I'm not agoraphobic and I don't mind talking to complete strangers. from experience I know that it's actually harder for me to overcome my shyness when I'm in the comfort zone of my friends.

wtf, if they're not then just say "hi, didn't expect to see you here" like an adult

>"hi, didn't expect to see you here"
"So who are you here with user?"

>wtf, if they're not then just say "hi, didn't expect to see you here" like an adult
it never works like that. never.

I'd feel comfortable going to gigs alone if I looked like an adult. I'm 20 but look closer to 14 and whenever I've tried to go to shows alone before I get stared and sniggered at.

I'm laughing at you right now.

oh, so you really are that insecure, aren't you?

then somehow have your doctor prescribe you growth hormones

Whenever I see (or smell more often than not) some socially outcast degenerate who's too much of a psychopath to find friends to go with him to a show, I make sure to put myself between him and my girlfriend is move to another area if the venue.

>acting tough on the internet

not that this would ever happen, but i'll bite:

"just came here by myself"
"oh i did too"
or
"you can come hang out with me and my friends if you want"

who the fuck cares

with a little bit more confidence it does, it's just words, a simple sentence. there's nothing to it to say it, well depening on the volume of the band.

just be more confident

I'm 5"10', just incredibly skinny, have a young face and can't grow facial hair.

>I make sure to put myself between him and my girlfriend is move to another area if the venue
wat

>"you can come hang out with me and my friends if you want"
cos pity socializing is not humiliating at all
>just be more confident
>just
Yeah, why don't people ever think of that?

I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings, but you don't really have to be feel intimidated. believe me it's not a big deal past a certain age to meet acquaintances when you on your own.

it's better to beat your girlfriend after the show because he might have made eye contact with her, that'll teach her to attract other men

>I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings
You do not need to worry about that. I was making fun of you.

>cos pity socializing is not humiliating at all
you really are fucked up, now I really think you are weird.

I know, same here

just go to the fucking concert, nobody gives a fuck if you go alone, and nobody will even notice ffs

>with a little bit more confidence it does, it's just words, a simple sentence
people judge you harshly over the smallest things. they just don't vocalize it because they're trying to be polite. the only winning move is to not play at all.

>going to a show on a school night

wtf

Well it's good we're having fun.
It's weird not to enjoy pity socializing?

often times they judge you in a positive way and won't tell you either. you're on the losing end when you don't pick up the cues. negative or positive.

M O D S

I'm in my junior year of college
but i have a 10 am class how am i supposed to stay out that late?! O_o

the day i stopped giving a fuck what other people thought about me was the happiest i ever became

Or you could just not give a shit about people _who you don't know or care about_ judging you.

>often times they judge you in a positive way and won't tell you either
lmao no. i almost never positively judge people i perceive to be weird at all. my fears are based out of the fact that i myself constantly engage in the behaviors that i'm so afraid other people will engage in. i see how (internally) harsh i am towards other people, and i think that everybody will be just like me in that respect.

>It's weird not to enjoy pity socializing?
it's weird to assume it's pity socializing instead of being genuine interest in you. I don't know what kind of assholes you're acquainted with, but judging from your negative attitude they possibly can't be much worse than you are.

you know how it is... a happy person will meet happy people... a sad person won't

When I was 15-16 I went this one club for their psytrance (suomisaundi, no bro-trance) events alone, only few times did I manage to get in without anyone asking for ID.
I didn't bother me to go alone but now that I'm 20 it kind of bothers me to go alone to go check out DJ's I like cause the people there will be my age and there might be people I know, I still go anyway.
Last year I went to a club to see few DJs and it was free entry before 10pm, so I went in before 10 and was on my phone on internet for 3h just sitting there waiting for the DJs to start.

>often times they judge you in a positive way and won't tell you either
lol no

Uh, just fucking forget school for a day?

>it's weird to assume it's pity socializing instead of being genuine interest in you
If you know them and know they aren't interested in you it's not weird to assume that they aren't interested in you.

well as I said, not everyone is such an asshole as you are. trust me. and if they are they usually have a more inclusive humor than you do.

you know you're bein a self-fulfilling prophecy right now?

>it's weird to assume it's pity socializing instead of being genuine interest in you
always assume the worst, user. that's not pessimist. it's realist.

Just go, you might even meet someone there

that's not me

>I am constantly an asshole therefore everyone else is.
Pretty sound logic.

well, this is on a completely anonymous imageboard, so i don't really care. also, did your mom ever tell you, "if you don't have something nice to say, don't say it at all"?

You seeing breakbot too? kek

well, if they are not interested in you, then just say hi and go on enjoy the show. what's the deal? if they don't bother about you to begin with, why worry they might find you weird?!? seriously you are mighty insecure.

Do you remember any of the people you judge to be weird, or are they just strangers?

Because most people who see someone being an idiot don't remember them.

just go ya cunt