I WAS AT THE 4TH AUG CONCERT AND I DONT KNOW ABOUT ANYONE ELSE BUT I ALWAYS FEEL I'M SITTING IN THE BORING SECTION, NOBODY ELSE NEAR TO US WAS DANCING OR EVEN STANDING AND I WAS JUST WONDERING WHAT ALL YOU LOT DO , DO YOU DANCE OR SIT AND TAKE IT ALL IN? I THINK WE GOT ON EVERY ONE ELSES NERVES. WHAY DO YOU THINK?

Depends where you are. If you are in the top tier its not so easy to dance.

Get yourself some floor seats and you will dance all night. Its a totally different atmosphere down there and makes the gig 100x better (if thats possible!!).

I even like Black Sweat down on the floor

Just dance & enjoy yourself!

I sat in a boring section too, but I danced like crazy They prob all stared at me as tho I was but I don't care as I'm there to enjoy myself!

It might inspire the sit down foot tappers to get up & boogie

I was on my feet as soon as the lights went down at the start of the concert. I think I heard a sigh from behind me but pretty much everyone was on their feet in my section. I'd do the same wherever I was sitting.

lalalailoveu said:

I was on block 106 BB - stood in the aisle - kept getting moved by security but when they had gone I moved back and I danced, danced, danced. Then I went to the aftershow and danced there to - opening night it was brilliant!!! Going tomorrow and Saturday and just can't wait.

Dance Dance DANCE!!! Wherever you are!! I was in the top tier for my first show on Aug 4th and, yes, whilst it is quite steep up there and somewhat precarious, how can you not get up and groove???!!!!

The atmosphere is a bit stifled in the Upper Tier (fortunately, all my other shows have been lower tier), but me and my friend were the first to get up and dance in our upper block and most of the rest of the block then followed suit - and it changed the complexion of the concert experience.

If anyone behind complains about you getting up and dancing, politely remind them that Barbara Streisand played a couple of weeks ago

Mindflux said:

And then point them to the terms and conditions on the back of their ticket where it states, "In seated areas other members of the audience may stand during the performance".

They have been warned before they even get there.

Danced my butt off and I was on my own don't care it was sooo groovy, Dance people Dance and then Dance some more

Get up and shake your thang, even if you're in the most boring section possible... Always remember that you will never see any of the people around you again, and if you like getting down , do it!

I was on the floor in C2 on Tuesday - five rows from the stage - and it was like being at a tragic wedding, loads of people standing around kind of watching, even when His Purpleness came over to play all of ten feet away (shakes head in disbelief). I go to a lot of gigs and I've come to the conclusion that it's simply loads more fun if you give in to your emotions - dancing makes you happy, so do it.

Final comment: I think it might be a British thing - I've given up seeing another favourite band in the UK altogether and I go to see them in Europe instead when they tour - crowds in Spain and Italy seem to be much more fun to be a part of. Anyone know different?

Fridge said:

I think it largely depends on who you go and see. At the Madonna gigs last year at Wembley Arena the whole place was on its feet from the moment the lights went out to the end of the show. I can see your point though, British audiences can be a bit more reserved...but there are always exceptions to the rule. When we went to the show on 4th August our whole block was rocking!!

How anyone can hear Controversy/Housequake and not dance baffles me!

thaila said:

You do what you gotta do! I shook my big butt all night and didnt give a shit!
Its YOUR experience ,you enjoy it!

bungle said:

I'll b there Saturday nite in D2 givin it all i got!!!! And if he does Purple Rain, I'll be cryin!!!!!....it's the guitar - gets me every time

Pity they didn't just have end stage and the whole floor as standing. On the other hand that wouldn't have given such a good view for all the seats and there wouldn't have been any room for the VIP section

Tiger7 said:

I don't think you'll have any trouble dancing in D2. I've been down there 3 times now and each time the entire block has been standing.

Fridge said:

Perhaps you should start being a fan of Muse. Their concerts rock!

Yeah but don't you always manage to be next to someone who 'thinks' they can dance. You get an elbow in the face ah sorry mate' and then your foot stamped on ah sorry mate and then a black eye ah sorry mate and wish you'd never been?

Come on we've all 'ad 'em.

phils123 said:

Yeah, my missus was stuck next to this real inconsiderate prick who kept dancing like a fool and singing along like a baboon on acid!!!

...I did apologise to her afterwards though!!
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o2review said:

I was on the top tier and EVERYONE was up dancing, I danced my arse off.. probably looked like a right idiot but I was having the time of my life!

DaveT said:

Well it made me laugh

you should always do what you feel and because we all like Prince and Prince can get are back rocking like no other we choose to dance. It's disrespectful to stand still.

Claire73 said:

We must have superb senses of humour then!!! It's just everyone else....or at least that's what I keep telling myself!

People not dancing at a prince concert I don't think i've ever sat down at one

Out of the 4 shows Ive been to I stayed seated for only one - as I was in the upper blocks. I just cudnt dance up there, I'd be scared to death if I tried lol waay too steep, waay too high.

DaveT said:

REALLY? I've seen Madonna twice and they've been the most boring ones I've ever been to. No-one was moving at all.

Just get on with it!
I took a friend & eventually had to go to the loo,i had no idea whether she was really enjoying it or just keeping up an appearance.

As i looked down from the top step i could clearly see her dancing with a swarm of imaginary killer bees!!! she loved evry second & cried buckets too!
I gotta take her again now!

DANCE DANCE DANCE

I was in block 112 on Saturday and will be back there on 31st and I danced (and sang) from start to finish and so did everyone around me. Can't wait to go back

HotPaisleyGirl said:

Yeah, you should never apologise for dancing at a Prince concert, and just like someone said before, how can you not dance?! This ties in with the post about non prince fans being present - What the hell is all that about?! I was at the front of the stage on the 7th and was surrounded by boring middle aged couples who frowned on us dancing (those seats were a lot of money)!!! That just does not make sense to me. Aren't all Prince fans supposed to feel the music?

We need to lead by example!

thaila said:

I WAS AT THE 4TH AUG CONCERT IN ROW D, AND EVERYONE WAS DANCING (I WAS ON THE GREAT SIDE, DANCE YOUR ASS OFF, WHO CARES WHAT OTHERS THINK, I PRACTICALLY TRIED TO RUN ON STAGE! AND GOT A TELLING OFF BY ONE OF THE BOUNCERS, BUT I HAD THE BEST NIGHT OF MY LIFE, ITS A CONCERT

I was dancing on Tuesday, but I wanted to bust out some better moves, and had to restrain myself from spinning and getting down on the floor in the aisle. So how people can not dance is beyond me!
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