"The seating is as it has been for a number of years"
And is therefore one of the reasons I wouldn't normally contemplate going to any of the Ham concerts at the prices that were being charged for them this year. A friend of mine bought a ticket for the John Kirkpatrick concert at a cost of £15+ (actually MORE than the sort of price I've paid to see him or similar in our local theatre venue - which has comfortable raked seats); she has back problems, and had to leave at the interval as the seating was far too uncomfortable for her, and it was causing her problems. I think if you're going to charge theatre prices for tickets for these concerts then the seating and accommodation provided should reflect that (although how this could be done in a marquee venue, goodness knows), or the price of the seats should be reduced to a level which takes into account the fact that punters cannot be provided with the sort of facilities that that sort of price should normally command.

Tricky ... as I'm sure that the costings probably wouldn't allow for that :-(