Article in San Diego examines the rising phenomenon of incessant audience chit-chat. Though concert chatter is nothing new, with the spread of cellphones, the endless talk has reached what some feel is an intolerable high.
Just why people pay up to $100 or more per seat to attend a concert, only to talk throughout it, is a mystery. But talk they do, and not just in San Diego, Los Angeles or London.
At Atlanta's 7,500-seat Chastain Park Amphitheatre, artists including Rickie Lee Jones and R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe have scolded loudly talking fans.
During a 2003 Chastain concert to promote his ambitious “Greendale” album and film, Neil Young commented from the stage: “Once I made the mistake of playing acoustic in Las Vegas, and people talked through every song. I don't do that anymore. Nice to know there's a little bit of Vegas right here in Atlanta.”
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