I totally agree- I went to one of the O2 shows and the people sitting around us were sitting texting on their mobiles the whole evening, and when I looked down onto the expensive seats it didn't look much better...I was seated at the Paris show as well but the crowd were so much better there.

And yes, people are allowed to drink during gigs in Europe. I am not against people having a drink while watching a gig, if that's how they want to enjoy themselves, then fine. I've just had too many experiences of having other people's lager thrown all over me because it's hilarious to throw drinks up into the air during the performance, and of being irritated to death by drunks asking me to move out of my space in the front row. Excuse me, no, I did not stand for 2 hours in the freezing cold to get to the front just so that someone who was more interested in getting sh*tfaced can push me out