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Envision being gifted with a open night. You're feeling refreshed, ready for adventure, and wanting to break from your usual routine of evening scrolling. Your options offers possibilities! Would you opt for a) going to a gig or b) engaging in intimacy? The outcome, as typically the case with these sorts of questions, is clearly: “It varies.” Thinking adults could understandably ask: what is the concert? With whom is the partner? Will it be likely to be satisfying?

Not many would pick a Limp Bizkit/Slipknot/Korn triple bill if the other option was a dream date with a favorite star. But adjust either end of the scenario, and it becomes more complicated. For the 40,000 people presented with this choice from a gig organization, no additional context was provided – and the response emerged clearly and heavily preferring live music events.

Study Data Indicate Unexpected Trends

A global survey, questioning a large sample aged between 18 and 54 from different nations, revealed that gigs have become the most popular pastime, ranking above games, films and – absolutely – sexual intercourse. When limited to a single form of entertainment for the rest of their lives, a significant portion selected gigs, compared to film attendance (17%) and athletic competitions (14%). The group was significantly more as inclined to select attending their preferred performer on stage (70%) instead of sex (30%).

You appear hopeful of being happily shocked – and frequently you might find with someone else’s hair in your mouth

Factors and Reflections

Of course it makes sense that a PR survey commissioned by a concert promoter might conclude so overwhelmingly supporting gigs – and, in the freewheeling tone of a would-you-rather, if your favourite artist is, for example Paul McCartney, it's understandable why attending his concert could prevail rather than a routine situation. However this binary choice between concerts or sexual activity, plainly ridiculous as it is, is fascinating to consider amid the peculiar moment we experience with each.

The Change of Live Music Experience

In recent years, gig-going has become not just a shared activity but a intense competition. Major promoters rightly note that stadium attendance has “grown significantly year-over-year”, and music festivals sell out faster than ever. Merely acquiring passes now demands detailed strategy, quick decision-making and significant funds (or a substantial budget). Though you manage, it isn't sufficient to merely attend and experience the event. Currently there is an assumption, at least among concertgoers, that you might enhance your enjoyment value by going multiple times (even travelling internationally), studying the set list in advance and knowing your marks to follow and calls-and-responses established by past attendees.

Many fans admit to shaken by their participation at large concerts: appearing as a orchestrated show of huge audiences, where some individuals came unfamiliar with the protocol. Those lengthy event, earning massive sums, was proof of the extents that people will go to participate in a cultural moment and watch their preferred performer perform, although the live sound appears more and more less important than the production.

The Condition of Current Relationships

Sex, conversely – an accessible and available enjoyment – experiences dire straits. According to recent surveys, about a quarter of adults were intimate in an typical week, while about three in ten were not engaging. In another major country, recent data showed that over a quarter of people reported not having sexual activity a single time in the past year, rising from fewer people in earlier years. Across these regions, the change has been attributed to decreased encounters among younger people. Compare this with the sector driving growth for major events and the intense rivalry for tickets. Naturally it isn't straightforward as a simple decision between one or the other – “would you rather experience a popular event repeatedly, or remain abstinent?” – but it might be an signal of which is perceived as the more reliable pleasure.

Interesting Comparisons

Intimacy and concerts are closer aligned than one may assume. They both embody the activation of a relationship, a actual experience of ideas or potential that may have developed just in your mind. You show up with a general notion of the probable outcome, but expecting to be happily shocked – and how it ends up good or bad depends very much on whether your energy and hopes correspond with partners. Regularly you might find with a stranger's hair in your mouth, and later be waiting around for a cigarette and some quiet time on your own. And, in both cases, drugs and alcohol can either enhance or reduce the experience (but certainly help the most dire situations more bearable).

Finding the Balance

The wonder to both gigs and sex hinges on locating that perfect combination between familiarity and novelty, similarity and difference, effort and ease. Certainly it's uncommon – but it's the remembrance of when it worked, the understanding that it’s possible, that drives us to give it another shot: to {