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Imagine finding yourself with a free evening. You feel refreshed, ready for adventure, and looking to break from your regular habits of relaxing at home. Your options awaits your choice! Could you prefer a) seeing live music or b) having sex? The answer, as frequently true with these types of hypotheticals, is clearly: “It depends.” Mature individuals could understandably ask: what is the show? With whom is the partner? Is it expected to be satisfying?

Hardly anyone would select a Limp Bizkit/Slipknot/Korn triple bill if the other option was a magical night with a beloved celebrity. Yet change one side of the comparison, and it becomes less obvious. For the thousands surveyed posed this query through a live event company, no additional clarification was given – and the answer came out decisively and heavily supporting live music events.

Research Findings Show Unexpected Preferences

An international study, polling thousands of participants aged between 18 and 54 from different nations, revealed that concerts currently stand as the world’s top leisure activity, beating out sports, movies and – indeed – intimacy. When limited to only one option of enjoyment for the rest of their lives, nearly four in ten chose gigs, versus watching movies (17%) and sports events (14%). They were also over two times as inclined to select seeing their favourite artist in concert (70%) rather than sexual activity (30%).

You appear expecting to be pleasantly surprised – and frequently you’ll end up with someone else’s hair in your mouth

Factors and Reflections

Naturally it’s not surprising that a promotional study conducted for a concert promoter should come out so heavily in favour of live shows – and, with the speculative spirit of a hypothetical choice, if your top performer is, such as an iconic star, one can appreciate why attending his concert may be chosen rather than a ordinary situation. However this either-or decision between gigs or intimacy, plainly ridiculous though it may be, is fascinating to consider considering the strange moment we’re at with both.

The Transformation of Gig Attendance

Over the past few years, gig-going has evolved into more than a communal experience but a intense competition. Major promoters duly point out that stadium attendance has “tripled year-over-year”, and festivals get booked up quicker than before. Simply getting passes now demands extensive preparation, instant reactions and bottomless pockets (or a high spending capacity). Although you’re successful, that alone won't do to simply turn up and enjoy the show. Currently there is an expectation, especially for music enthusiasts, that you might enhance your enjoyment value by seeing several shows (potentially going abroad), learning the song selection ahead of time and knowing your marks to follow and calls-and-responses established by earlier audiences.

Several fans describe being shaken by their attendance at popular events: what seemed like a choreographed performance of huge audiences, where some individuals arrived unfamiliar with the protocol. The extended concert series, earning massive sums, was proof of the lengths to which attendees will push to experience a cultural moment and experience their top musician perform, although the real performance grows somewhat secondary to the show.

The State of Modern Intimacy

Sexual activity, by contrast – a relatively cheap and common experience – experiences dire straits. Based on modern research, nearly one in four of people had sex in an typical week, while nearly 30% were not engaging. Elsewhere, recent data indicated that a significant portion of adults said they had not intimacy a single time in the last twelve months, increasing from lower numbers in earlier years. In these areas, the trend has been associated with decreased encounters among younger people. Juxtapose this with the sector expanding rapidly for stadium extravaganzas and the cutthroat competition for tickets. Of course it isn't straightforward as a basic option between both alternatives – “could you choose attend a huge concert multiple times, or avoid intimacy?” – but it's possibly an signal of how people see the more consistent satisfaction.

Interesting Comparisons

Intimacy and concerts are more similar than one may assume. Both represent the initiation of a bond, a actual experience of expectations or potential that could have built only in your head. You come with a general notion of the probable outcome, but hopeful of being pleasantly surprised – and how it ends up satisfying or frustrating rests largely on how your vibe and hopes align with others. Frequently you’ll end up with a stranger's hair in your mouth, and afterwards be waiting around for a break and a moment alone alone. And, in both cases, substances and drinks can sometimes improve or reduce the experience (but certainly help the worst occasions more bearable).

Seeking Harmony

The wonder to live events and relationships depends on finding that hard-to-find balance between comfort and excitement, sameness and variation, challenge and comfort. Of course it's uncommon – but it's the remembrance of when they did, the understanding that success is achievable, that motivates us to give it another shot: to {