All this does is split the fanbase, because for every person who likes phone-free events, there are others who feel that phones are an essential part of life an

All this does is split the fanbase, because for every person who likes phone-free events, there are others who feel that phones are an essential part of life and phone bans are a boomer relic. But for musical scenes like classical music or jazz that are small and fragile and can’t afford to split their audience, this is a real problem.