Should Gaga ban phone recordings next tour?

[Starmie25 22,995]

Let's discuss phone etiquette for a sec.

Her Coachella performance was exceptional, but the sea phones from the first night was a bit of a buzzkill. It also trickled down heavily into some of the tour dates too. 

Gaga obviously is aware of this issue, hence why she keeps asking us to "PUT OUR HANDS UP"! 50x a night. 

And yes, i am aware of the irony.

I did attend the MAYHEM BALL and i did in fact take out my phone to record, however i only took a total of 2 minutes from the 1 hour and a half show. 

WDYT? 

Edited Friday at 12:12 PM by Starmie25

[River 129,874]

This thread would give @ChicaSkas a heart attack 

[River 129,874]

With how much we pay for these concerts.. let us record them is the least they can do to make us like we are worth something 

[Bronco 29,220]

I will say, having been to a concert that had the phone ban and yandr pouches in use - it is a significantly better experience if you are in the pit and its standing.

I personally would back the yandr phone lock pouches being used for standing and not have it in force for the seats.

Phones are way more disruptive to the vibe in the pit vs seats.

[Starmie25 22,995]

2 minutes ago, River said:

This thread would give @ChicaSkas a heart attack 

?

[Starmie25 22,995]

Just now, River said:

With how much we pay for these concerts.. let us record them is the least they can do to make us like we are worth something 

You make a valid point, true.

[RAMROD 118,469]

It's 2026 and almost 2027, you can't stop people using their phones for recording. It's way normalized now ever since pocket cameras days in early 2000s. It's their rights and prerogative to do so. It's mainly serves as proof they were physically at that show. I feel like the more some people have resistance over this, the more the rest of the people will fight back. People need to just get with the time. 

[Head Empty 27,480]

18 minutes ago, River said:

With how much we pay for these concerts.. let us record them is the least they can do to make us like we are worth something 

The thing is that concerts are worth their money way more when you're actually engaged with it instead of trying to look for a good angle amidst a sea of phones 

I understand the value of a good recording but I think it would be a net positive if phones weren't so present.

Edited Friday at 12:43 PM by Head Empty

[DESTROY UR DISEASE 21,811]

23 minutes ago, Starmie25 said:

hence why she keeps asking us to "PUT OUR HANDS UP"! 50x a night. 

actually it's 114 times

 

[Starmie25 22,995]

5 minutes ago, Head Empty said:

The thing is that concerts are worth their money way more when you're actually engaged with it instead of trying to look for a good angle amidst a sea of phones 

Copacabana:

https://vt.tiktok.com/ZSgaE4dyH/

[Starmie25 22,995]

15 minutes ago, Bronco said:

personally would back the yandr phone lock pouches being used for standing and not have it in force for the seats.

Interesting, I think her team used the lock pouches concept for REQUIEM filming.

Edited Friday at 12:43 PM by Starmie25

[Bronco 29,220]

9 minutes ago, RAMROD said:

It's 2026 and almost 2027, you can't stop people using their phones for recording. It's way normalized now ever since pocket cameras days in early 2000s. It's their rights and prerogative to do so. It's mainly serves as proof they were physically at that show. I feel like the more some people have resistance over this, the more the rest of the people will fight back. People need to just get with the time. 

We shouldn't normalise antisocial behaviour though.

Like there were clips of someone at the london Ariana gigs where someone had set up a ring light and phone stand to record themselves lipsynching & dancing with ari in the background. 

That's disruptive as ****.

There's also countless examples of people filming others enjoying themselves and posting it online. That's gross as ****. And if you are a regular concert attendee you can see how often people stop dancing and enjoying themselves when they see someone near them pull their phone out. 

Like since people can't control themselves. Why should we accept it?

[Bronco 29,220]

1 minute ago, Starmie25 said:

I think her team used the lock pouches concept for REQUIEM recording.

I believe so, I saw Ghost in Manchester and they used them and genuinely had a much better time and made actual friends with people around me at the barrier. 

And the crowd was way livelier than the average crowd is nowadays. 

I really think having a phone ban for standing but not seating would be a best of both worlds approach.

And its better than the placebo approach where they just have security shine high intensity torches at people filming or they stop mid song/show and start kicking off/refusing to continue.

[River 129,874]

31 minutes ago, Head Empty said:

The thing is that concerts are worth their money way more when you're actually engaged with it instead of trying to look for a good angle amidst a sea of phones 

I understand the value of a good recording but I think it would be a net positive if phones weren't so present.

I know, me personally, I take a 5-10 seconds vids of each song and then I engage with the song and having fun, but I still want something to remember.

Each person can choose how they want to experience the concerts

[CYCLOPS 6,463]

44 minutes ago, River said:

This thread would give @ChicaSkas a heart attack 

she can get an exception, but only her