Bad behaviour at concerts is not just a recent phenomenon

DOESN’T every middle-aged and older generation think that things are worse now than they used to be?

Younger people don’t behave as their predecessors did, showing little or no respect for authority, or indeed for other people, often speaking publicly in a foul-mouthed way, dressing immodestly, consuming excessive alcohol and often behaving violently. Wouldn’t have happened in “our day“, would it, say many “older” people?

What happened at the Phoenix Park in Dublin last weekend was clearly a disgrace. At least nine people were stabbed at the Swedish House Mafia concert and three people who died subsequently are believed to have suffered the adverse consequences of the after-effects of the illegal drugs they had consumed. There were scores of arrests, reports of widespread drunkenness, visible consumption of dangerous drugs and much intimidating behaviour.