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Maybe it'd be reasonable if the show actually started at the posted time, rather than first spending multiple hours on horrible-to-mediocre opening acts and breaks.

If people are openly bored at your shows then it's probably time to reevaluate how you're running things, rather than getting into shouting matches on Twitter.

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He's talking about people recording the gig on their phone, not playing angry birds.

But this policy hurts both.

personally i don't think Jack cares that its being recorded. he wants an audience.

You go in late. Shows never start at posted times. That's always how it's always worked and always will.

Because no one buys drinks after the show starts. Small venues survive on drink sales. They want you there for a couple of hours beforehand.

it's not some stupid trick to get money. artists just really suck at time management.

It's a business model, not a stupid trick. And artists show up on time like anyone else, when they need to.

> Shows never start at posted times.

From my observations (lived 100m from a stage bar for a few years), 90% of the shows don't. But then an odd artist shows up and they're too cool to have an opening act and they actually start on time and boom you've missed half the show. :(

just show up later? the person you're trying to see was one of those opening acts once

> just show up later?

When? The tickets usually don't say "oh yeah, the show scheduled for 20:00 actually starts 22:13".

Or that the opening act starts at 22:40.

i dont know, an hour, two hours late? what do you expect, push notifications when the headlining band is tuning their instruments? show up an hour or two late and at worst see a little bit more of the opening band or a little less of the main act.

Asking the venue usually works. IME a quick tweet on the day will get the stage times.

I wasn't being sarcastic. I'm serious. Ask the venue and they'll usually tell you.

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