I go with a good friend now as we are luckily into the same stuff or guys in the band but in my youth I spent around 5 years going to gigs on my own. never minded it all. if your bored you can leave and if you only fancy the headliners you can stay in the oub
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but seriously though I have noticed this a lot with players who follows the guitar patterns. you can hardly here the bass but their player is awesome, especially john who has a right hand like a metronome