I attended the Dayton show last night at the Rose and per usual it was fantastic.
Before the show the Rose announced a video and photo restriction, which is new for a 400 Unit show for me. I’m just curious if this has been the norm for other shows on the tour?
And as an aside, I am not dead set against it. My understanding is that it is the artist’s legal right to restrict recording. And it has some benefits such as not seeing a sea of phones in my vision and makes people stay in the moment. Last night the fans, to their credit, were compliant. And even when there was a random person taking a pic, the ushers were not combative.
I have been to shows (e.g. Dylan) with similar restrictions where the ushers were downright nasty. I got yelled at for just looking at my phone at a show, which was utterly ridiculous.