I'm pretty sure what people here will say but I'd like a discussion.

Last night was the second time at these Newark shows that my husband and I were asked (told?) to sit down during the concert. People behind us wanted to be able to sit rather than stand to see around us. I have to say that this was the first time in years and years of concert going that I was asked to sit down.

For the record I didn't. I'm with the Bruce song that says - When they said sit down I stood up However in retrospect should we have simply sat? I can't imagine enjoying the concert that way and yet perhaps they felt the same. Last night we had cheap seats behind the stage which I actually enjoyed but there were certainly irritated people behind us. The other instance we were just off the side of the stage a few nights ago.

Is there a protocol to this - the floor can stand all night but nobody else can? Maybe I am out of the loop but this hit me as really odd. Or is it just the casual audience that they have attracted by doing 10 nights in Newark.