25 February

Many kids growing up dream of this moment, being the band striding to the stage in a stadium full of thousands of adoring fans. It’s not really about music, it’s about the desire we have from the youngest age to be recognised and admired. To have status. Popular music became that dream short-cut to recognition for so many, after the 1960s. We don’t see how this is a social and cultural thing, not music. Music would exist without it. The stadium show is the culmination of social impact, where you get a huge chunk of society ‘recognising’ and supporting you. You’ve ’made it’. This is the gig culture I talk about. Where music is hijacked for social ends.