mozhug25
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I was on the front row for Liverpool night 2 (bought tickets with my own money!) With it being all seated, there was no list, although usual list people had managed to get in first (Marianne being one). Our seats were empty, thankfully, but they were sat around us looking tense until they got asked to move by the people who had actually bought the seats. I don't know if the woman next to me was from the list as I didn't recognise her, but she was friendly with them and seemed to know them. They got her to ask us to move and we said no because it was already cramped and we'd paid for front row. They all kept moving up and were starting to get into my space, so I put my hands on the barrier to block them. Woman next to me decides to put her clenched fist on top of my hand, pressing her full weight on it, and pinning my hand to the barrier. She had rings on too. I'm only small and couldn't get my hand free. Eventually she turned around and acted like she hadn't noticed, which was ridiculous - how can you not feel another person moving their hand beneath yours? When the show was about to start, she was being condescending and acting like we didn't know anything about Morrissey or his concerts, just because we'd never been at the front. She also said we should move because we would get crushed, and we didn't move and weren't crushed. Venue staff tried to get them all to move away from the stage but they didn't. Thankfully, once the show started, there was no pushing and shoving and I had a great time. 
If people want to queue for hours outside venues where it's standing room only in front of the stage, then fine. I think it's a bit strange to want to go to every gig and be at the front every time as surely it stops being special. But fine. It's a free for all if there's no seats. Trying to take the seats of people who have paid good money for them is disgusting though. Being rude to other fans like they were to Andr3ws is disgusting too, and acting like we didn't know a thing about Morrissey just because we don't usually sit at the front is simply ridiculous. I don't care whether someone has been to no concerts, one concert, 300 concerts, whether they sit at the front or back, think The Kid's A Looker is the best song ever, has been following since the 80s or an hour ago - we are all there to enjoy the show and should be polite. The ones who aren't capable of basic manners should stay home and watch it on Youtube - after all, many of them seemed to prefer watching the entire thing through their phones instead of with their own eyes
If people want to queue for hours outside venues where it's standing room only in front of the stage, then fine. I think it's a bit strange to want to go to every gig and be at the front every time as surely it stops being special. But fine. It's a free for all if there's no seats. Trying to take the seats of people who have paid good money for them is disgusting though. Being rude to other fans like they were to Andr3ws is disgusting too, and acting like we didn't know a thing about Morrissey just because we don't usually sit at the front is simply ridiculous. I don't care whether someone has been to no concerts, one concert, 300 concerts, whether they sit at the front or back, think The Kid's A Looker is the best song ever, has been following since the 80s or an hour ago - we are all there to enjoy the show and should be polite. The ones who aren't capable of basic manners should stay home and watch it on Youtube - after all, many of them seemed to prefer watching the entire thing through their phones instead of with their own eyes
