Cell phone recording of concerts questions

[Urbanized]

LOL "***en"

[catch22]

I must admit I am guilty of it on occasion, but not the whole show or even close to a whole show. Usually just a favorite song or something.

The quality is not that great, but it's more about preserving a small memory of the event. I'm glad I did at the last show I went to as that was probably the very last time I will ever see Rush perform, and they played one of my favorite songs the best I have ever seen them play it live.

Good memory preserver but when i watch that one video of one song I recorded its not to hear the sound as it was, but to recollect the whole experience in my mind again.

[warreng88]

Not a concert but I saw Dave Chappelle at Rose State last year and he is extremely strict about no cell phones. Security was everywhere monitoring for phones and the lady in front of me had to be on her last warning. They told her if they saw it one more time they would smash it.

Here is a related article about a pouch that he is starting to use to ban phones in the theater:

How Dave Chappelle Is Creating a "No-Phone Zone" for His Chicago Shows (Exclusive) - Hollywood Reporter

Sorry to revive an old thread, but Dave Chappelle announced a performance at The Criterion and there will be a strict no cell phone policy. You cannot bring them in and if you do, you have to lock them up.

[skyrick]

I have seen Laurie Anderson, Judy Collins and the Anderson-Ponty Band (former Yes vocalist along with Jean-Luc Ponty) all in the last year in Dallas. The venues were The Kessler Theater (best concert venue ever!), the Granada Theater and the Majestic Theater. All three shows banned cell phone photography and videoing. Anderson-Ponty Band, however, DID allow camera photography without flash. I've seen lots of concerts in all of these venues and the cell phones are allowed at most concerts. It seems it's the artist's choice, not the venue's, whether or not to allow this distraction to occur.