Franz Ferdinand concert was no place for a violent mosh pit

However, some poor souls in general admission had to put up with a group of males in their late teens acting as if they were at Download, a heavy metal music festival.

They were throwing each other around, crashing into other people, squashing people against the barriers and acting in the most antisocial, obnoxious way.

Now, I’m not some uptight old bloke who simply can’t stand to see young ’uns’ having fun, and I’ve been to gigs where that kind of thing is the norm. It’s fair enough if it’s a hardcore metal gig where that sort of thing is expected and indulged in by the majority of the people down the front but this was a Franz Ferdinand gig, not Five Finger Death Punch (or whoever these kids like to throw each other around to).

Granted, that kind of thing is not for me – it never has been.

There’s a time and a place for everything and, seeing as they were the only people indulging in this behaviour, clearly making those around them uncomfortable and annoyed, they should have been told to stop and, if they persisted, thrown out.

I’ve seen this a lot over the past few years and there seems to be a generation evolving which thinks it is OK to act like this and to hell with everybody else’s enjoyment.

This is nothing new, of course; there were teddy boys in the early 1960s and punks in the late 1970s.

They’re not the first and they won’t be the last but at least have the decency to limit this kind of behaviour to gigs where people don’t mind that kind of thing, not where middle-aged people, young teens and, frankly, decent, ordinary people come to watch and appreciate music. These people are entitled to have a good time without having someone else’s idea of a “good time” forced on them.

I believe gig venues should take action to ensure a good time for all and tackle antisocial behaviour which was distracting for me and for others, I’m sure, a major thorn in their side that evening.

Andrew Sweeney, Hollingdean, Brighton