Is it worth signing up to become a Backstage member then? I'm not bothered about early entry into the GC area for a gig. In fact, I'd rather take regular GC tickets - I joined the queue at 3pm on Friday and ended up standing with the backstage members anyway.

I saw lots of things in GC - pushing, shoving, lots of bitching, people taking pics of other fans and then sneering at them as they showed them to their mates, and some lady steaming her way into the crowd to get a look at the set list that someone got hold of.

The members I saw were pretty miserable. (I have a great picture to prove it but I won't post in on here)
I'm guessing that they've been to so many shows that the enthusiasm isn't there for them anymore.