(Mis)Behaving at gigs

I'm not very good at reviewing gigs, they played this, the lights did this, everyone went home. Job done. Bloc Party are equally hard to review, they play the songs with the kind of ferocious energy you expect them to, a little crowd banter and the wander off to Dirty Dancing songs, it's your average rock n roll gig, however breathtaking.
Even when being supported by Foals (whose new songs sounded amazing), I struggle to write a piece that doesn't SOUND heartless, however much I enjoy the gig.

But there is a problem I have with gigs, not just with this gig, but gigs in general.

Saturday was a much needed break for me, I've been working hard recently, I hadn't seen Pete since Christmas and Bloc Party in even longer so it was a night I'd been looking forward to in quite a while.
As a respectful 22 year old, I am entitled to have a few drinks and by the time 3 pints had gone, Bloc Party arrived on stage and I was the slightest bit lary. Now when I was younger, I would be at the very front, with someone using my shoulders as a platform to jump and it hurt as they pushed down on me and then kneed me in the back as they landed again. It was part of the gig though, that's what happens if you mooch around at the front, accept it and move on.

As I've got older, I'm not really up for the whole claustrophobic mess of the pits anymore so I go a little further back, drink and throw some shapes without surging into someone at random intervals and generally enjoy myself. I don't invade anyone's personal space as I'm still close enough that personal space is really not an applicable term.

However. People still feel the need to push you, give you stares and generally treat you like a twat as you seem to be enjoying yourself. I forget when exactly it became unreasonable to have a bit of a dance to your favourite bands whilst wanting to keep hold of your wallet, keys and trainers. At the event at work this weekend, you literally couldn't move for people dancing, to get from one place to another, you had to dance your way across a room. There were bands, people danced, DJ's - dancing, the lights came up and people still danced outside the venue (the powers of A class drugs).

However, the idea that at a rock and roll show you are only allowed to get crushed at the front or stand completely still and watch is ridiculous. If your deathly stare at a band is interrupted by someone dancing and having fun, please sit in the balcony's, almost every venue has them. Kensington Olympia is fucking massive and still had a balcony. Look down on the swarming, dancing masses and appreciate the sight. Do not treat me like I'm an idiot for having fun.

It's very annoying