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Imagine being gifted with a open night. You feel rejuvenated, eager for new things, and wanting to shake up your usual routine of relaxing at home. The world awaits your choice! Would you choose a) seeing live music or b) having sex? The outcome, as is often true with these sorts of hypotheticals, is obviously: “That depends.” Reasonable people might logically wonder: what is the concert? With whom is the other person? Could it be going to be enjoyable?

Not many would select a heavy metal lineup if the choice was one enchanted evening with a beloved celebrity. However tweak either end of the equation, and it turns less obvious. For the participants asked this question through a major concert promoter, no additional clarification was provided – and the response came out clearly and heavily in favour of live music events.

Research Findings Reveal Unexpected Choices

An international survey, questioning thousands of participants aged between 18 and 54 across different nations, revealed that concerts are now the number one form of entertainment, beating out games, movies and – yes – sexual intercourse. Given the choice to a single form of enjoyment permanently, 39% of respondents picked gigs, against going to the cinema (17%) and games (14%). Participants were more than twice as prone to choose watching their top musician in concert (70%) instead of sexual activity (30%).

You arrive hopeful of being happily shocked – and regularly you could wind up with a stranger's hair in your mouth

Factors and Reflections

Of course it makes sense that a promotional study carried out for a concert promoter would result so overwhelmingly supporting live shows – and, amid the playful tone of a hypothetical choice, if your top performer is, such as an iconic star, you can see why attending his concert might win out rather than a common or garden encounter. But this two-option scenario between gigs or intimacy, plainly ridiculous even if it seems, is interesting to consider given the odd juncture we experience with each.

The Transformation of Concert Culture

Over the past few years, gig-going has evolved into more than a group event but a competitive sport. Event companies duly point out that arena crowds has “grown significantly year-over-year”, and festivals get booked up quicker than before. Just obtaining admissions now needs military-level planning, quick decision-making and deep finances (or a generous credit card limit). Although you manage, that alone won't do to simply turn up and watch the performance. There’s now an assumption, especially for music enthusiasts, that you can boost your return on investment by going multiple times (even travelling internationally), studying the song selection in advance and memorizing the cues to perform and audience interactions created by previous crowds.

Many concertgoers admit to scarred by their attendance at major tours: appearing as a orchestrated show of thousands of people, where particular fans arrived unfamiliar with the routine. The extended event, producing huge revenue, showed of the degree to which attendees will push to participate in a historic occasion and experience their top musician perform, even if the real performance grows somewhat overshadowed by the spectacle.

The State of Current Relationships

Intimacy, on the other hand – an affordable and common experience – is in dire straits. Per contemporary studies, about a quarter of people engaged sexually in an average week, while about three in ten were sexually inactive. In another major country, current statistics indicated that a significant portion of individuals admitted to avoiding sex at all in the previous year, rising from smaller percentages in earlier years. In these areas, the shift has been attributed to reduced intimacy in youth demographics. Compare this with the sector expanding rapidly for large concerts and the fierce battle for tickets. Certainly it isn't straightforward as a basic option between one or the other – “could you choose experience a popular event multiple times, or remain abstinent?” – but it might be an signal of what is viewed as the more dependable pleasure.

Unexpected Similarities

Relationships and gigs are more comparable than people often believe. Each symbolizes the initiation of a relationship, a actual experience of ideas or potential that could have built just in your mind. You come with some idea of what might happen, but hopeful of being delightfully amazed – and if it turns out enjoyable or disappointing relies heavily on how your vibe and hopes align with others. Frequently you might find with another person's locks in your mouth, and later be hanging out for a cigarette and a moment alone alone. Likewise with either, stimulants and beverages can potentially heighten or reduce the experience (but certainly help the worst occasions simpler to handle).

Finding the Balance

The magic to both gigs and sex hinges on discovering that perfect combination between familiarity and novelty, consistency and change, challenge and comfort. Certainly it's uncommon – but it's the remembrance of when they did, the awareness that success is achievable, that motivates us to give it another shot: to {