Did you see Lady Gaga in concert? Were you accompanied by little people? Were you horrified when Lady Gaga told everyone to get their c**ks out? I really wish I’d been there but without my kids because that would have defeated the purpose of being out at a Lady Gaga concert.
If I wanted to go to a concert with my kids? I’d buy Wiggles tickets. Oh wait, I’ve been doing that for 12 years and counting.
Oh come on people, do we really need a ratings system for concerts? How about the fact THEY ONLY START AT 9PM? Is that maybe your first clue that it’s not a suitable place to take your 8-year-old daughter?
Ok wait, maybe I’m being harsh.
Let’s hear the background. News Ltd reports…..
BLOOD, sex, gore, eating disorders and so much more – all in a day’s work for singer Lady Gaga. But when her Australian tour kicked off this week, using elements of bulimia, binge drinking and expletives as props, the chaperoning parents in the audience were not dancing to the same beat as other fans.They are asking why no Australian concert is obliged to carry a classification to warn them, say, that a woman in a G-string might ask a kid to “get their c. . k out”?
There has never been a body set up to regulate the material featured in live performances in this country or force them to disclose warnings.
In her Monster Ball show, Gaga takes the audience into a gothic Wizard Of Oz land, where a video of a model making herself vomit onto Gaga is shown on a film loop. “This is a place where you can be free. A place where all the freaks are outside and I locked the f. . .ing door,” Gaga said during her show.
Linda Fitzsimmons took her nine-year-old daughter Jessica to the debut show on Wednesday and said that she was “shocked and surprised” by it.VIDEO: The making of Lady Gaga’s ‘Telephone’
“I couldn’t believe it. (Jessica) likes her songs and I’m OK with her listening to them. There’s no swearing in them and she’s too young to understand the hidden meaning,” she said. “But if I tried to take her to an MA 15+ movie someone would stop me at the counter. Why not with concerts?”
Promoter Michael Coppel said it is almost impossible to classify a concert and the responsibility lies with the parent. “It’s hard to rate a show. What someone might see as risque differs from person to person,” he said.
The Classification Review Board said it was not their area to comment on.
Mr Coppel said he doubted that Australian tours would ever carry classifications, because most promoters do not see the show before they book it.
When I was a kid, the first concert I remember going to was with my parents and it was The Osmonds.
That was a pretty hectic night for an 8-year-old and they were Mormons!
So what is it with today’s parents where we think it’s cool to be taking our kids to adult concerts? I include myself in this group because I took my 12 year old to see Beyonce last year. He was pretty luke warm about the idea but I had a spare ticket and couldn’t find anyone else to come with me.
I thought it would be fun. It was but he got sleepy and we had to leave early. This is not surprising because it was 11pm and he is a child. My bad. Didn’t think that one through.
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I was at the concert last night in Melbourne and ever after all this was horrified to see SO MANY children there. One woman had two 8-year-olds with her.
They had their ears covered for the first 20 minutes of the concert, and then they left once images of Gaga eating a heart while blood ran out her eyes was projected on the big screen. I hope the poor babies didn't have nightmares.
I even saw a girl who couldn't have been older than 5 or 6 in the audience. The language, the costumes and the content were entirely inappropriate.
All that said, for anyone 18+ (or, 16+ is also probably fine) she was AMAZING. If there are tickets left, go get them now! The woman is genius!
i was doing a show a few years back and while there was not a classificationa s such there was a restriciton on children under the age of 8. Sorry i but i think this is firmly in the court of the parent. Do you take your kid to a night club and then complain they serve alcohol to any one in the venue?? I'm sorry if i offend but it's up to you not the censorship board who get it wrong more than right anyway. This stuff makes me angry, i now teach kids and i got complaints because we sang "we will rock you" at the request of a 5 yr old. The problem was we sang the word blood. There is no way of knowing what each child will find frightening or too much but their parent.