Jack White Banning Cellphones From Tour • Page 2

I imagine this probably slays on college campuses/schools/things of that nature

 

They do this in Denver, at least at both Comedy Works locations.

 

That to me is awesome especially considering how much thievery happens in comedy

 

At the end of the day though it is an "If you don't like it don't go" thing and that's okay with me as long as it's known to be the policy before purchase

I guess my philosophy is: If it restricts me from receiving a call/text, I'll never ever go to a show that implements it. If it doesn't and I can still at least hear I got a call/text, I'll put up with it.

 

Exactly! Believe it or not Jack White, your concert is not the most important thing going on in other people's lives. And I'm not going anywhere I'm not treated like an adult capable of using my own judgement. He can go teach high school if he wants to restrict phone usage.

 

Ugh. I feel so old. I can remember going to concerts where there weren't any cell phones at all. There was no feeling of even needing a phone during the concert.

 

That's actually a good idea.

 

I can only speculate, but putting myself in the position of the performer, I can see how it could really suck the energy out of the room to see a good portion of your audience interacting with their phone rather than your music. I've always thought of concerts as a sort of symbiotic experience -- the band feeds the crowd energy, and vice versa.

 

Exactly! People went to concerts for a long, long time without a cellphone. You will be okay if it doesn't work for a couple hours.

 

He’s a hack. He sounds like a rip-off of The White Stripes

 

Exactly. He even tries to sing like the guy from the White Stripes.

 

I actually don't mind it, like I mentioned earlier they do this at comedy shows. The only thing I dislike is how large the actual pouch is itself, you can't really put your phone in your pocket. It's not a big deal when you're sitting down with a table in front of you but it would be rather annoying having to carry the pouch around.

 

If it stops me from having to tap through some jokers snapchat story filming the entire set I am for it heh

 

I went to a Haim show before the new album release that used these pouches and I loved it. No one was looking at their phones and checking what time it was, no phones in my eye sight, everyone really was engaged.... I would love to see more of this

 

I've been to a few shows where they've used Yondr pouches, most recently at the John Mayer/Dave Chappelle Controlled Danger show. You get to hold onto the device, so it's not awful. I also like having my phone incase of emergency with family, etc.

That said, I always have my Apple Watch, I can take calls through that now, and dictate messages. I don't need to snap photos or videos at shows, it's an inconvenience to other people, and it always sounds like garbage anyways.

 

Oh yeah I didn't think of the Apple Watch factor haha, I guess if Apple Watches and the like became more of the norm I'd be very okay with it.

 

I imagine if they become more the norm, they'll ban those too, unfortunately. I think each time door people just haven't bothered looking at wrists.

 

It really is fascinating lol

 

Now that would be ridiculous, it's not like you can take photos/record video with them

 

yeah they should make their pouch look more like a running armband without the actual armband part. the phone is inside the pouch so you can't use the cameras, but you can still see and interact with the screen when you need to through the plastic see-through film.

 

Sounds like a great idea, especially if the film was able to dim the brightness (because that in of itself is annoying.) May be difficult getting a material you can type with over your phone, though. Maybe Yondr 2.0 will figure this out.

Seriously, no idea what their business model is unless they make a good deal from the artist to rent out the bags/removal devices. They're very basic, similar to anti-theft devices on clothing that require a key to unlock.

Probably right, I sure hope so.

 

pretentious bellend. fucking hate him. people spending their hard-earned money to see him and this is what he demands they do? fuck off Jack White you absolute prick.

 

It'd be cool if instead of banning phones from the show he held his show on a 2 hour long giant roller coaster so no one would want to risk dropping their phone on the roller coaster

 

I take it you're not going?

 

It's Jack White we're talking about, not Matt Bellamy