Letter: Please be seated for tonight's concert

Letter: Regarding the letter printed earlier in the week accusing stewards at the Elton John concert of being over-zealous in asking fans not to stand and "try" to dance during the performance, I think they did a great job and should be congratulated.

It was a "seated concert" and not a Take That type of free standing event. Many attendees were of mature age. With booking fees, most people in the pitch area had paid in excess of £80 for a seat. Why would you then want to stand for two and a half hours?

The annoyance is that if someone in front decides to stand, people behind then have no choice and it creates a reluctant knock-on.

A lady in front of me, when asked to sit down, then decided to dance sitting in her seat, continually bumping and throwing her arms in front of a mature lady alongside her. This eventually caused the lady and her friend to get very frustrated and eventually move for the last half hour of the concert.

Surely people can enjoy an event but still be mindful of disrupting another fan's perspective.

If the correspondent attends a similar "seated" event, I would suggest you stand at the back and watch the super screens instead.

D Bentley

Whitchurch