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To sit or not to sit? That appears to be the big question when going to a concert in Australia<\/a> these days.<\/p>\n

Sammy attended Lady Gaga’s first Melbourne show last week<\/a> and was yelled at by the people behind her because she stood up during parts of the two-and-a-half hour performance<\/a>. She told Yahoo Lifestyle it was a really “scary” moment while she was trying to have fun.<\/p>\n

“They just kept hurling abuse at us,” she said.<\/p>\n

“It really put us off. We were quite shocked and shaken up by the fact that these two men were screaming at us and threatening us.”<\/p>\n

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It’s the first time Lady Gaga has done a string of shows in Australia in more than a decade.<\/p>\n

In that time, the pop star has dropped half a dozen albums and fans were understandably excited when she revealed she would be coming down under as part of her Mayhem world tour.<\/p>\n

Sammy and her friend paid $700 each for their prime seats at Marvel Stadium and they leapt to their feet early into the concert.<\/p>\n

The hitmaker’s show is full of energetic and uplifting songs, and the Aussie wanted to enjoy herself.<\/p>\n

She also insisted that she wasn’t stood for the entire show, but just for the songs she liked.<\/p>\n

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But two different men, believed to be in their 40s or 50s, who were sat separately, quickly told Sammy and her friend off for blocking their view.<\/p>\n

“He was saying things like, ‘Shut the f**k up and sit down or we’re gonna make you shut the f**k up and sit down,” she recalled.<\/p>\n

Bewildered by what was happening, Sammy even went to venue security and the police to see whether they would weigh in. She claimed they fully supported her.<\/p>\n

Sadly, this only escalated the verbal abuse from the men sitting behind her.<\/p>\n

“For the rest of the concert, they just screamed at us, ‘You guys are f**king dumb b***hes because you went to the cops,'” Sammy said.<\/p>\n

But she was worried the abuse would continue after the concert ended and wanted authorities to be aware of what was happening.<\/p>\n

Yahoo Lifestyle has reached out to Marvel Stadium for comment.<\/p>\n

Aussies are divided on what concert etiquette is<\/p>\n

People appeared to have very strong feelings about what to do if you’re in a seated section at a concert.<\/p>\n

“Seems pretty straightforward to me. If you want to dance, pay the extra for floor tickets,” wrote one person.<\/p>\n

“I cannot stand people who have an issue with others standing AT A CONCERT!! Seated section does not mean you NEED to be seated the whole time,” added another.<\/p>\n

“I have arthritis in both my knees. Standing is literally painful. [I] don’t mind if people stand up occasionally to clap at the end, [or] for a small dance in the middle. But I also paid to like, see the show? To stand the whole time is rude in my opinion,” replied a third.<\/p>\n

A fourth said: “Lady Gaga is not the type of concert you SIT at. This is a dancing concert.”<\/p>\n

If it was an Andre Rieu or Adele concert, it would likely be a very different conversation.<\/p>\n

Sammy said her TikTok was filled with direct messages from other people who attended the Friday and Saturday night Gaga shows and were also told to sit down.<\/p>\n

She added that it’s not as simple as “just pay for general admission if you wanted to dance”, which is what a lot of people told her on social media.<\/p>\n

General admission (GA) can sell out incredibly quickly, especially for a concert like Lady Gaga, and you might want to have the option to sit.<\/p>\n

She added that she wouldn’t have been able to see anything if she was in GA.<\/p>\n

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This exact issue happened to another woman in Melbourne in October.<\/p>\n

At Jelly Roll’s show at Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena, a woman could be seen standing up in the seated section being berated by people behind her to sit down.<\/p>\n

One person was even seen throwing an item at the woman.<\/p>\n

The discourse sparked by that video was the same, with many believing that a seated ticket meant you were supposed to sit.<\/p>\n

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One woman attracted the wrong type of attention at a recent Melbourne concert. Picture: wisdominthewild\/TikTok<\/p>\n

Admittedly, Jelly Roll’s country music is very different to Lady Gaga’s and is much slower, and being seated would have likely been more the norm.<\/p>\n

Sammy told Yahoo Lifestyle that while she totally appreciated that everyone has their opinion on the issue, no one deserves to endure what she did last week.<\/p>\n

“That’s just completely disrespectful,” she said.<\/p>\n

“There could have been an open conversation about it that would have been absolutely fine.<\/p>\n

“But unfortunately, that didn’t happen.”<\/p>\n

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