An Evening to Remember: Are Concerts Really Chosen Over Sex?

Picture finding yourself with a open night. You are rejuvenated, open to experience, and wanting to break from your typical schedule of evening scrolling. Life itself offers possibilities! Could you opt for a) attending a concert or b) having sex? The answer, as is often the case with these types of queries, is plainly: “It varies.” Mature individuals might logically inquire: what is the show? Who's the other person? Will it be expected to be good?

Few would select a intense rock concert if the other option was one enchanted evening with a beloved celebrity. But adjust either end of the comparison, and it becomes less obvious. For the participants posed this query by a live event company, no further clarification was given – and the result came out decisively and heavily preferring concerts.

Study Data Indicate Surprising Trends

A global report, interviewing a large sample ranging from 18 and 54 from different nations, found that live music have become the most popular leisure activity, ranking above athletic events, movies and – indeed – sex. When limited to a single form of entertainment permanently, a significant portion picked concerts, versus watching movies (17%) and athletic competitions (14%). They were also significantly more as prone to choose watching their top musician on stage (70%) over intimacy (30%).

You appear anticipating delightfully amazed – and quite often you could wind up with a stranger's hair in your mouth

Context and Considerations

Certainly it's expected that a promotional study conducted for a concert promoter might conclude so strongly in favour of concerts – and, with the speculative mood of a would-you-rather, if your top performer is, for example a legendary singer, one can appreciate why seeing him could prevail instead of a ordinary situation. But this either-or decision between concerts or sexual activity, clearly absurd though it may be, is fascinating to consider given the odd juncture we face with each.

The Transformation of Gig Attendance

Over the past few years, concert attendance has grown beyond a shared activity but a intense competition. Major promoters rightly note that stadium attendance has “increased threefold year-over-year”, and music festivals get booked up faster than ever. Simply getting admissions now needs detailed strategy, rapid-fire response times and deep finances (or a high spending capacity). Even if you succeed, it isn't sufficient to just show up and experience the event. Currently there is an expectation, particularly with pop fans, that you might enhance your experience quality by going multiple times (even travelling internationally), learning the set list in advance and understanding the rituals to follow and fan traditions developed through previous crowds.

Numerous concertgoers report feeling shaken by their attendance at major tours: what seemed like a choreographed performance of huge audiences, in which some individuals came unaware of the routine. Those lengthy tour, producing huge revenue, was proof of the degree to which people will go to experience a significant event and see their favourite artist play, though the actual music grows somewhat less important than the production.

The Condition of Current Relationships

Intimacy, by contrast – an accessible and common experience – is in dire straits. Per modern research, nearly one in four of individuals engaged sexually in an regular period, while just under a third were not engaging. In another major country, recent data showed that over a quarter of adults reported not having sexual activity at all in the last twelve months, increasing from smaller percentages in previous decades. In both territories, the trend has been associated with less sexual activity among younger people. Juxtapose this with the sector expanding rapidly for stadium extravaganzas and the cutthroat competition for tickets. Certainly it's more complicated as a simple decision between one or the other – “could you choose experience a popular event repeatedly, or stay celibate?” – but it’s perhaps an sign of which is perceived as the more reliable enjoyment.

Unexpected Similarities

Sex and live music are more similar than you might think. Each symbolizes the activation of a bond, a real-world test of ideas or promise that might have amassed just in your mind. You arrive with a basic expectation of what might happen, but anticipating delightfully amazed – and if it turns out good or bad depends very much on whether your energy and hopes match theirs. Quite often you could wind up with another person's locks in your mouth, and following be lingering for a break and some quiet time by yourself. Likewise with either, stimulants and beverages can either enhance or lessen the situation (but absolutely assist the most unpleasant occasions more bearable).

Finding the Balance

The appeal to live events and relationships relies on discovering that elusive sweet spot between the known and the new, sameness and variation, work and relaxation. Of course it occurs infrequently – but it’s the memory of when it worked, the understanding that it’s possible, that drives us to try again: to {