What a great topic - thank you for bringing it up!
I turned 56 in February and yeah, going to gigs has not been the same for a while now.
Generally speaking, I guess I'm still doing fine, healthwise - but indeed: standing for hours is not really something I look forward to - so that in combination with making sure our dogs are not left on their own for too long means that we haven't really seen that many support bands lately. Which is a bit of a shame - but it can't be helped.
My best friend, housemate for decades and, of course, concert buddy is the same age as me but suffering from nerve issues in her leg and back which makes standing for more than, say half an hour, extremely unpleasant, to say the least. Since most shows we go to are standing room only, well, we have to pick them carefully...and she will usually be somewhere towards the side or back where she can lean against something or maybe even sit down on the floor - whereas I still prefer to stand with some wiggle room to move around a bit.However - NOT going to see NMA is NOT an option, we have settled for 3 shows so far this year.
Plus 2 more that are not NMA - and seated...Culture Club (yep, you read that right) and Iron Maiden.
It IS odd that you now have to take all this stuff into consideration - but hey - as long as it's still posiible to go to shows at all, I'm good.
Guys, we still rock!
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