The article is full of excuses, like the ones you mention. But that's not the point, at all. The point is still copyright infringement and superstars somehow di

The article is full of excuses, like the ones you mention. But that's not the point, at all. The point is still copyright infringement and superstars somehow dictating what is and isn't acceptable. Times change. People have cameras in their pockets. They use and abuse them pretty much 24/7. I agree that it's a dickish thing to do at a concert, but that's not the point entirely. That's a societal debate. Not one artist's decision. Smoking has been banned in concert halls for nearly as long as I can remember. No one has ever searched people for cigarettes or forced them to put their tobacco in magical pouches. Unlike being a dick with your phone, smoking in enclosed spaces is all sorts of nasty (you know the drill, fire hazard, health hazard etc). Depending on where you are, you might get fined. But no one cares enough to actually enforce that on any kind of regular basis. But somehow, for some reason, here we have a bunch of people who are apparently willing and able to force concert-goers to put their phones away. That smells like an industry agenda to me.