A Night Out to Remember: Are Concerts Truly Chosen Over Sex?

Imagine being gifted with a open night. You're feeling refreshed, open to experience, and wanting to break from your usual routine of relaxing at home. Your options offers possibilities! Would you opt for a) attending a concert or b) having sex? The answer, as frequently true with these sorts of questions, is clearly: “It varies.” Reasonable people could understandably ask: what is the concert? With whom is the other person? Could it be expected to be satisfying?

Not many would choose a intense rock concert if the choice was one enchanted evening with Jonathan Bailey. However tweak one side of the equation, and it turns less clearcut. In the case of the 40,000 people asked this question through a gig organization, no additional clarification was given – and the response emerged decisively and heavily supporting live music events.

Survey Results Show Unexpected Trends

An international study, questioning a large sample aged between 18 and 54 across 15 markets, revealed that live music currently stand as the world’s top leisure activity, beating out games, movies and – yes – intimacy. If restricted to one type of enjoyment for the rest of their lives, 39% of respondents chose concerts, against going to the cinema (17%) and sports events (14%). The group was significantly more as prone to prefer seeing their favourite artist in concert (70%) over sexual activity (30%).

You appear expecting to be delightfully amazed – and regularly you’ll end up with another person's locks in your mouth

Factors and Reflections

Certainly it’s not surprising that a marketing research conducted for a live event company might conclude so heavily in favour of gigs – and, amid the playful tone of a would-you-rather, if your preferred musician is, such as a legendary singer, you can see why watching him might win out instead of a routine encounter. But this two-option scenario between concerts or sexual activity, obviously silly as it is, is noteworthy to reflect on given the odd point we’re at with each.

The Evolution of Live Music Experience

Lately, gig-going has evolved into more than a shared activity but a intense competition. Live organizations rightly note that arena crowds has “tripled year-over-year”, and live events sell out quicker than before. Just obtaining admissions now requires extensive preparation, rapid-fire response times and significant funds (or a generous credit card limit). Although you’re successful, that alone won't do to merely attend and experience the event. Currently there is an expectation, at least among music enthusiasts, that you can boost your experience quality by going multiple times (including overseas trips), learning the song selection ahead of time and knowing your marks to follow and fan traditions developed through past attendees.

Many attendees describe being scarred by their attendance at popular events: appearing as a scripted production of thousands of people, to which particular fans arrived unfamiliar with the routine. Those lengthy tour, producing huge revenue, showed of the degree to which attendees will push to experience a significant event and watch their preferred performer play, although the actual music seems increasingly less important than the production.

The Situation of Current Relationships

Sexual activity, on the other hand – an accessible and available enjoyment – faces difficult times. According to recent surveys, approximately 25% of individuals were intimate in an typical week, while about three in ten were sexually inactive. In a different nation, modern figures indicated that more than 25% of individuals reported not having sex a single time in the past year, increasing from lower numbers in earlier years. In both territories, the change has been attributed to less sexual activity among younger people. Compare this with the market booming for stadium extravaganzas and the intense rivalry for passes. Of course it isn't straightforward as a basic option between one or the other – “would you rather see a major tour multiple times, or stay celibate?” – but it's possibly an signal of which is perceived as the more dependable pleasure.

Surprising Parallels

Relationships and gigs are more comparable than people often believe. Both represent the initiation of a connection, a actual experience of expectations or potential that might have amassed only in your head. You show up with a general notion of the probable outcome, but hopeful of being delightfully amazed – and if it turns out enjoyable or disappointing relies heavily on whether your energy and hopes correspond with partners. Regularly you might find with a stranger's hair in your mouth, and afterwards be lingering for a cigarette and personal space alone. Likewise with either, substances and drinks can potentially heighten or detract from the situation (but certainly help the worst occasions more bearable).

Finding the Balance

The magic to both gigs and sex depends on finding that elusive sweet spot between the known and the new, similarity and difference, challenge and comfort. Certainly it occurs infrequently – but it’s the memory of when it worked, the awareness that it can happen, that inspires us to give it another shot: to {