# Unusual events at concerts? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [May 16, 2021, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-events-at-concerts/942216 "2021-05-16T12:36:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-events-at-concerts/942216/81 "2021-05-18T14:40:42Z")
Looking over the thread, I find it strange that almost every concert I’ve attended has had some weirdness/wildness associated with it. A simpler thread might be “Ever been to a concert where nothing odd happened?” ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-events-at-concerts/942216/82 "2021-05-18T14:51:02Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > > [@kayaker](#): > > > > Nope, but he died a short time later. He wasn’t old. > > I like the subtle implication here that **kayaker** is not to be fucked with. I took it more to mean @kayaker was saying the guy was such an unstable loose cannon he died early through bad life choices. But just in case, I’m going to make it a point to never gratuitously heckle kayaker. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-events-at-concerts/942216/83 "2021-05-18T15:02:01Z")
> [@solost](#): > > I took it more to mean @kayaker was saying the guy was such an unstable loose cannon he died early through bad life choices. IIRC he died as a consequence of his obesity and lifestyle. He wasn’t even 50 I don’t think. ---
**Author:** ![Bijou\_Drains](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bijou_drains/32/2814_2.png) [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-events-at-concerts/942216/84 "2021-05-18T19:01:06Z")
my roommate said there is a free concert with Gil Scott Heron so we decided to go. About 500 people there and only 4 white people including the 2 of us. We got a lot of strange looks. We later found out it was the black homecoming show. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-events-at-concerts/942216/85 "2021-05-18T19:31:59Z")
> [@Bijou\_Drains](#): > > We later found out it was the black homecoming show. Sorry, but this just cracks me up, because I’m hearing [Chris Rock going off on the Black Mall](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=80Hke7PrdmA)… but he’s complaining about “You got your white homecoming, then you got your black homecoming!” ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2021, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-events-at-concerts/942216/86 "2021-05-18T20:54:02Z")
I suppose the part where one of the Blue Men crept up on me from behind, yanked my mouth open, and stuck a fake camera in it, qualifies as unusual from my perspective, though I’m sure it happened at every show. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unusual-events-at-concerts/942216.md?page=4)