I went to the The Front Bottoms concert yesterday (the 28th) and there was this girl (idk how old they were, definitely not much older or younger than me though) there going around and giving our friendship bracelets (as they put it, even) that had the names of different songs on it and they gave me one (specifically, the one for Batman from the new album).
Wherever you are The Front Bottoms bracelet girl I hope you are well and that you know that this Batman bracelet is awesome and I want you to know that you made my first concert experience way better
remembering how when i was posting videos of sd tfb concert on my story i couldn’t post batman because i was singing SO STUPIDLY LOUD like. ESPECIALLY towards the end but how am i like not supposed to scream my lungs out when they play BATMAN.
okay idk if anyone here is on the tfb reddit but someone posted their experience fainting at a show in australia
and i'm totally with op on this one. it IS fucked up. it pisses me off so much that you're not allowed to bring water into a lot of concerts/live shows.
i know full well it's not for any reason other than profit, because they usually sell water bottles inside venues for upwards of $5 a piece. "oh they want to make sure you aren't bringing in alcohol or whatever" then require sealed bottles. i will very happily bring an unopened water bottle.
i went to the we're all doomed dan howell live show in 2022 and i had prescribed medication that i needed to take while i was there. the venue would not allow me to bring my sealed water bottle in, and i was forced to spend $4 on an 8oz cup of soda so i could take them.
i also have low blood pressure and issues with dry mouth because of the meds i take, and i have to drink a lot of water or my throat gets sticky and i can get lightheaded. security does not give a rat's ass why you need to bring the water in.
by law (in the us at least) workplaces have to provide drinking water, whether that be a drinking fountain or safe tap water and cups, to employees for free. most restaurants allow you to get a cup of water for free. i feel like being allowed to have a sealed water bottle at a venue should be bare minimum an ada requirement.
op should not have had that experience. some people have fainting disorders, and you can get severely injured or killed if you faint, especially at a concert.