American Crowds at Bon Jovi shows

Originally Posted by Alphavictim

-Americans are fatter. That's why jumping at shows is illegal in the US - due to health and security reasons as well as static rules.
-Economic standard is higher in the US than in, say, Brazil. If you got to a rock show and get to shield out all the problems for 3 hours, get a full on experience just as good as anybody else could hope for, you're gonna enjoy it more. Also...
-The US get more "top level" concerts, so you're pretty much spoilt.

Originally Posted by Becky

The band don't like general admission. I have video footage of Richie talking about that somewhere in reference to the problems they had in Groten, CT, on the KTF tour. But there were also problems in Little Rock that same tour when it was GA. It just wasn't bad enough to make the news.

I won't go to any show that's GA. When the band played on the beach in Alabama, I watched them from my hotel room balcony so I could avoid the crowd. Just my personal preference.

Originally Posted by Alphavictim

-Americans are fatter. That's why jumping at shows is illegal in the US - due to health and security reasons as well as static rules.
-Economic standard is higher in the US than in, say, Brazil. If you got to a rock show and get to shield out all the problems for 3 hours, get a full on experience just as good as anybody else could hope for, you're gonna enjoy it more. Also...
-The US get more "top level" concerts, so you're pretty much spoilt.