Are cell phones ruining the live performance expertise? Members of the rock band Placebo and performer Bruno Mars definitely assume so and have gone so far as to ban followers from utilizing them at their reveals.
Ahead of their newest UK tour, Placebo has requested followers to not take footage or movies with their cell phones at their live shows.
Brian Molko and co kicked off their UK and Ireland tour in Portsmouth and so they requested gig-goers preserve their smartphones of their pockets to allow them to be “present in the moment” and have a transcendent expertise.
An announcement learn: “Dear Placebo fans, we would like to kindly ask you NOT to spend the concert filming or taking photos with your mobile phones.
“It makes Placebo’s performance so much more difficult.
“More difficult to connect with you and to communicate effectively the emotions of the songs.
“It is also disrespectful to your fellow concert-goers who want to watch the show, not the back of your phone.”
They added: “Please be here and now in the present and enjoy the moment.
“Because this exact moment will never ever happen again.
“Our purpose is to create communion and transcendence.
Please help us on our mission. With respect and love.”
Earlier this 12 months, the ‘Every You Every Me’ group hosted a run of phone-free live shows.
Fans had been warned: “Anyone seen using a device during the performance will be politely escorted out of the venue by security.”
At a Las Vegas live performance in March, Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak made viewers members lock their telephones in small pouches that might solely be unlocked electronically on the entrance to the venue.
Gig-goers mentioned the telephone ban was the “best part of the show”.
