'I just went to my first stadium concert – and I have some questions'

I finally ticked something off my bucket list recently when I attended my first-ever stadium concert during Luke Combs' sold-out tour in Australia.

You see, generally I follow more alternative bands and their concerts are at smaller venues, so it has taken me until my thirties to watch someone put on a show for an 80,000-plus crowd.

Sorry Swifties, the Eras Tour never entered the chat. But I certainly appreciated the fanfare and the sheer scale of the show itself.

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And right off the bat, my stadium experience certainly didn't disappoint.

The performance by Combs was top notch and the atmosphere was exactly what I expected it to be. Loud, electric, jovial, with a country flair that included cowboy boots and hats for days.

But while I actually had an amazing time, I do have a few questions.

Should you stay seated in the stands?

I am on the shorter side and usually when I go to smaller concerts I make sure to be as close to the front as possible so I can actually see something.

Given this was an entire stadium show, we sat in the seated stands.

For most of the show, the people in our bay remained sitting, bar the odd person who would get up for a particularly boppy part of a song and then sit back down.

It made for a very different concert experience, in my opinion. But I also wasn't complaining, because it meant I could see.

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That is, until it seemed there was a universal understanding that we were nearing the end of the show and now everybody should just stand up and enjoy themselves.

Personally, I was like 'OK, we're standing now'. But there was actually an altercation in our row that led to three people walking out of the show as they were very unhappy the people in front of them had stood up – even though most of the show was over.

Over to you...

How much is too much to film?

We've all lamented about the fact so many people watch concerts through their phones these days. And are you ever actually going to watch all those videos in the future?

Well, I think I just saw someone who completely took the cake in that department.

I myself like to film maybe the first verse and chorus or even just the chorus of a handful of my favourite songs. And then I make a concerted effort to put my phone away and enjoy the show.

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During Combs' set, there was a woman in front of me who filmed the ENTIRE concert.

I'm not even exaggerating. She had her phone plugged into a power bank, and filmed every single song, in its entirety.

Oh, and the kicker: most of the time she was filming the screens alongside the stage. Not even Luke Combs himself.

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Does bigger mean better?

This does bring me to my last point. Is a stadium show better than a concert at a smaller venue? Because the whole time I couldn't really stop thinking about just how far away Luke Combs was from where we were sitting. And we were in the 'close' stands. 

When you're in a more intimate setting it feels like you are really interacting with your favourite artists, and that is definitely lost here.

But the wow-factor of watching 80,000 people belt out the words to a song that has united them all in this moment is definitely something special to be a part of.

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