A few years ago I compared a Concertina concert at Warwick and was distressed to see a mass exodus of the audience leave after about thirty minutes, only to be replaced by a similar amount coming in. What had I or the artists done wrong ? The answer nothing. It seems to be the norm as I noticed it again this year in the main marquee. The choices available to season ticket holders are such that they are quite happy to come and go. Is the grass greener on the other side? Time for a meal, beer, walk, attend another event, the choices are vast and as a ticket holder you have many options, Too many?
I know of no other place where in a concert the audience comes and goes and in many cases not at the end of an artists performance , but in the middle of it. Just think a while if you were the artist and you see half of your audience walk out on you and then see loads more coming in,what reaction would you have on stage?
Al