Dads at gigs.
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shoddysolutions
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I went to see Stiff Little Fingers aged 14. I bought tickets for me and a mate, mate's parents wouldn't let him go, so I went on my own and loved it.
My first gig was Madness a year earlier, with a friend and his 16yr old sister.
I'm looking forward to taking my daughter to gigs when she's older.
My first gig was Madness a year earlier, with a friend and his 16yr old sister.
I'm looking forward to taking my daughter to gigs when she's older.
..] with whom I actually share some musical tastes with ? I hate to use 'ism's' but all this ageism crap is bullshit 
Geri said:
Mine took me to see The Flying Dutchman when I was about 11 .... 4 hours plus of Wagner???
They also took me to a few shorter classical concerts, which weren't so bad
All those enforced attempt to instil cultural awareness in me.... I still have issues over that
Helped me along the way to getting into Jimi (earlier) and the CLASH (a bit later) though
Fortunately a childhood household full of books didn't put me off books in the same way .... phew! 
Monkeygrinder's Organ
Dodgy geezer swilling vapid lager
My Dad used to come to gigs when I was a teenage metaller. At the time I didn't really like it but seeing as he'd driven us from Lincoln to Sheffield or somewhere similar I couldn't really object. In hindsight I think it's really cool.
Tank Girl said:MA, my daughter is 13 and I'm 34, you'll be fine, kids love young mum's
and if you're really lucky all the boys will think you're like stacy's mom
we've been to a couple of gigs together and had a great time
yeah i know....i just like for them to think im gonna be a curmudgeonly ole witch to them when theyre old enough to do all that
....of course i'll enjoy doing things like that with em in reality :-D...
especially my daughter i think
(not that i wont with my son, but me n her can do all the girly stuff n all
...)Well my daughter can't wait for me to take her along to the White Stripes in a coupla weeks. Even though I took my girl to glastonbury when she was 11, she considers this to be her first 'proper' gig. I'm 37 and she's 14 - and I'm looking forward to taking her to plenty more gigs in the future. She's hoping Meg's gonna be chucking out some drumsticks hehe
First gig I went to - my parents took me - but they didn;t actually come in with me. I'd neevr have gone under that arrangement.
They went off to do whatever there is to do round St Austell way on a Monday evening and let me enjoy meself.
I have no intention of going to a gig with my daughter I'll probably hang around in a nearby pub if need-be. She came to Glasto with us last year and I think she found that hideously embarrassing.
They went off to do whatever there is to do round St Austell way on a Monday evening and let me enjoy meself.
I have no intention of going to a gig with my daughter I'll probably hang around in a nearby pub if need-be. She came to Glasto with us last year and I think she found that hideously embarrassing.
kyser_soze
Hawking's Angry Eyebrow
#JTG said:I hope dad did the decent thing and stayed unobtrusively at the back while his son went down the front to have a good time
I dunno - given the audience for My Chemical Romance the youth were probably stood at the back looking sullen and sensitive while the Responsible Adult Supervisors were off down the front dancing
My Ma dragged me round endles festies when I was a little kid and now comes out clubbing/partying every now and again (been to a few Tribals and stuff) and I know that when/if I do the parent thing that when the little guttersnipes are gigging I'll be along too if I like the band.
Looking up @ Prodigy...they've been around, on and off, for about 16 years now, so as an Olde Skoole Raver you have every right to be going to their gigs...
Monkeygrinder's Organ
Dodgy geezer swilling vapid lager
kyser_soze said:
You'd be down the front for the good bits, and the kid could go down for the stuff they've made since they went shit. Half a gig each like.
My dad came and picked me up from the first gig I ever went to (age 12). Cos he didn't want me taking a late bus home on my own. It was Slayer at Manchester Apollo. I look at him now and wonder what he'd be like now if he'd come to the gig with me that night. Reckon it might have changed his life...
I also can't see the logic in allowing a 12 year old to go to a thrash metal gig, and then not trusting them to get public transport home afterwards. Maybe I will when I'm a parent...
I also can't see the logic in allowing a 12 year old to go to a thrash metal gig, and then not trusting them to get public transport home afterwards. Maybe I will when I'm a parent...
mancboy said:
My girl wants to go and see the Alkaline Trio with her mate, also 14, at the Manchester Academy, and I won't let her go unless she gets transport sorted out with the mates mum (I don't drive otherwise I'd do it). I think it's fine to go into the gig by themselves cos it's going to be full of people who will be into the same thing, and people tend to look out for youngsters at gigs, IME, but not fine to get the last train home on a Saturday night full of pissed up dickheads who think young goth/punk kids are an easy target for verbal and physical aggression.
Epona
Radar 2006-2020, Sonic 2006-2022, Jakey 2007-2024
JTG said:I hope dad did the decent thing and stayed unobtrusively at the back while his son went down the front to have a good time
Last time I went to a gig with my parents, they elbowed their way to the moshpit while I propped up the bar at the back, which I considered to be a safe distance from the crush of the crowds and stagedivers flailing limbs.
I believe my parting words of concern to them at the start of the gig were something like "Now remember to be careful, and if you can't find me afterwards I'll wait for you outside the front doors until the crowds have thinned out a bit."
My parents are very cool and sometimes make me feel old
I enjoy going to gigs with them.
Epona
Radar 2006-2020, Sonic 2006-2022, Jakey 2007-2024
mancboy said:
Ah reminds me of the first gig I went to in London. We missed the last train home, and my dad promptly (starting his journey at around midnight) drove from Guildford to Wembley and back to pick up me and my mates, dropping each and every one of them off safely at their doorstep.
First time I took my eldest to a gig, she was in a sling so couldn't object much.Major Tom said:
I took my eldest two to anything I could. They both had Crass and Poison Girls under their belts several times before they were five.
And so it continued. Lost count of how many festivals I took them to.Last year I went as "chaperone" to Leeds Fest so that Happytobe.....'s mates' parents would let them come. I was completely surplus to requirements.
brokenyolk
vegetable lover
On Sunday took my two year old to see some Indian drummers at the Barbican. We had a great time dancing....... and in the summer we went to a Grime gig - thought it might be a bit much for him but he stood at the side of the stage and when the crowd erupted after a shout out to South London, he exploded into excitement and shouting, rather than tears - i felt very proud!
and in the summer we went to a Grime gig - thought it might be a bit much for him but he stood at the side of the stage and when the crowd erupted after a shout out to South London, he exploded into excitement and shouting, rather than tears - i felt very proud!
