Amen!!!

I couldn't agree with you more. I cannot stand those freaking leechers. You would think that beggers can't be choosers. But that's not the case. The last show on the Original Sinsuality at the Greek Theatre, I had bought the tickets prior to the show. Well do to a huge argument/break-up I had an extra ticket at the last moment. So at the show, I thought I'd try and see if anyone would buy it. All I wanted was 20 bucks and the ticket was alot more than that. But all of these bozos who had no ticket or money wanted tickets, but they wanted to be as close as possible. There were actual bozos who knew the exact seating chart. If I love the artist who I'm gonna see. I wouldn't care where the seat was. Well I gave the ticket to some girl who gave me two pictures of Tori, 4x6. She was nice and she said that that was all she had to give. So I didn't mind.
But these are the same leechers that you described. Just like the way all those people rush the stage. The people even did that on that last tour when she would sing The Beekeeper and since that song was very special to Tori they had to tell the people to wait till she did the final note to rush the stage. It's sad that people need to be told things like that and that they just don't have the courtesy. Same for all those bozos who stand up in front of people who are sitting down. Come on now. Dont' be such an a$$***@

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Some people just don't understand or respect other people at her shows. I am a big believer in having a good time, just not at the expense of others who also paid good money to see the show -- and for whom it may well be their first or one-and-only chance to see her perform. We pay to see and hear Tori play, sing, perform, dance -- and nobody else.

I don't really care for or about the leechers, but I guess I'd be jealous of their front row seats if I didn't have a better seat. (BTW, just who are these people I've read about anyway? I was at the Seattle show, but I was a VIP so my tix were in the orchestra pit -- even farther up than the leeches, thankfully. Are they the goons who rush the stage before Code Red ends and try to push people out of the way?)

You take the good, you take the bad, you them both and....

you have a Tori show

I've been listening to Tori sense Under the Pink. By the time I was old enough to actually know what a real concert was she was on the Boys for Pele tour. I wasn't old enough to drive so my sister took me. Even then I remember hearing people that just didn't know when to shut the hell up. But that didn't overshadow the fact that it was just so unbelievably cool. The positive I got out of it far outweighed the negative. I went to two shows that year and I have gone to two shows every year. I don't have the means to be an uber-fan who can follow her around to every show. But I have recollections of Tori stopping the show at times and telling people to shut up. 100% of the time to the satisfaction of the audience. She even yelled at people I showed up one year which was the worse experience ever, I had to carry them out and miss 2/3's of the show. Yeah, so sense the Beekeeper, I Tori concert alone. Disrupting a Tori concert is the worse feeling ever, even when its not your fault. Anyway, moving along, I found out for the first time this year about meet and greets. I guess waiting in the line at the back of the theatre and not having Tori show up kind of sucks, but it was a cool, got to meet Yoav and I did hear a few stories about people who go to a lot of shows. Certain people were pointed out about being to a ton of shows are what not. But I really couldn't see anybody that I could define as "leechers". Some maybe a little compulsive but for the most part everyone seemed like a real fan. Nobody really seemed like they were just there for the upgrade they wanted to meet Tori. I guess my experiences have been a bit different but Tori's always taken control when she thinks things are disruptive to other concert goers. Smitty seems like he tries to use his best judgment when handing out upgrades but you can't really bat a thousand. There are some Tori picks out and who am I to say who should get what. Maybe she just feels like the have a real appreciation for her, not that ours is any less. At my show it seemed like Smitty was just giving them out to people who spoke to him and made a positive impressions and uber fans. The San Diego show was just an example of an upgrade gone wrong, but it didn't ruin the show at all. It was 2 minutes worth and if she played angry after that just appreciate it as another facet of a Tori show. Will she top touring? Someday, yes. But soon? I don't think so really. There's always been people who don't know how to act at shows, she's a professional something minor like that wouldn't keep her from coming around to see the rest of us Maybe I'll get lucky and she'll come back to Knoxville, haha.

I feel so bad for you guys. I have heard horror stories but I saw five shows this year, and everyone around me seemed pretty cool. Those girls definitely deserved getting kicked out. If the performer on stage finds you distracting--you are definitely distracting. It's too bad more people couldn't get kicked out I guess.

This was my first Tori concert and I have to say the girl in front of me kind of made the expererience less than perfect. She talked through the whole show to her friend very loudly. I did shss her one time, and she was quiet for a little while. I think she was drunk, but throughout the show she was texting, which doesn't seem like it would be as bad as her talking on the phone, but it was. The light from her phone was really bright and annoying. She also kept getting up and started clapping when a song wasn't even over yet. I don't think she was a fan, why do people get those seats if that is what they are going to do. I agree with you, have some respect for her and others trying to enjoy the concert. Tori had every right to kick those girls out!!!!

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