The article discusses the author's experience attending concerts in their middle age, highlighting how these events serve as nostalgic time machines to revisit youthful days. While the author eagerly anticipates seeing Oasis again, they reflect on the recent trend of young people finding older concert-goers at gigs, like Taylor Swift's, embarrassing. Unlike others, the author embraces musical diversity and does not judge others for their musical tastes, ultimately celebrating the joy concerts bring across generations.
For my generation, gigs seem to function as temporary time machines that give you a chance to revisit the glory days.
A recent survey suggested that four in 10 of people between 25 and 34 think the idea of people in their 50s and 60s attending a Swift gig is embarrassing.
I suspect I would have thought they were quite cool. I have never cared about musical snobbery.
The only concert I attended last year that was not drenched in nostalgia was Taylor Swift's Eras tour.
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