{"id":8390,"date":"2017-11-27T11:56:57","date_gmt":"2017-11-27T11:56:57","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2017-11-27T11:56:57","modified_gmt":"2017-11-27T11:56:57","slug":"opinion-put-your-phones-away-at-concerts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/feature\/opinion\/opinion-put-your-phones-away-at-concerts\/","title":{"rendered":"OPINION: Put Your Friggin Phones Away At Concerts"},"content":{"rendered":"
WHAT a weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It was one of the biggest weekends in the history of the UAE in terms of musical performances.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Not only did the four Yasalam concerts see some of the best artists give their all, Ed Sheeran blitzed the stage at Autism Rocks Arena, DJs like Carl Cox and Tiesto performed in Abu Dhabi and the afterparties were outta this world.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But upon attending some of these events, a standard peeve really, really irked me.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The aspiring videographers, social media influencers and general braggers were on their phones for nearly the entire concert.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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