I started going to shows alone years ago and honestly I love it. I can wander where I like, stand where I want, and I don't have that nagging feeling in the back of my head like "Is this person enjoying the show? Do they wish they were somewhere else?" I relish the opportunity to nurse a beer, make small talk at the bar, zone out and listen to whatever is playing over the PA in the venue. Sometimes, if I'm fortunate, chance may intervene and I'll run into someone I know from the local scene. But really it gives me a space to sink into the experience, that peculiar way that time feels suspended in the dark of the club.
I started going to shows alone years ago and honestly I love it. I can wander where I like, stand where I want, and I don't have that nagging feeling in the back of my head like "Is this person enjoying the show? Do they wish they were somewhere else?" I relish the opportunity to nurse a beer, make small talk at the bar, zone out and listen to whatever is playing over the PA in the venue. Sometimes, if I'm fortunate, chance may intervene and I'll run into someone I know from the local scene. But really it gives me a space to sink into the experience, that peculiar way that time feels suspended in the dark of the club.