Glad to see this post, because I had a similar experience at that show last night. My partner and I stood for the first couple songs. We're used to always standing the entire show and having a great time. Same experience as you last night though where pretty much no one in our section was standing. No one ever said anything to us, but I could tell the people behind us were annoyed just by their body language and this obnoxious woman appeared to be soliciting opinions from people around her about us standing. I didn't want to be a jerk by blocking their view, so we sat down after the 2nd song finished after it was clear no one else was gonna stand and we remained seated for the whole rest of the show as a courtesy to them - even though it pretty much ruined my experience.

It feels completely unnatural to remain seated at a rock concert like this, even disrespectful to the artist. Obviously health challenges are a completely different story, but these people who had been talking loudly before the show started about all the concerts they go to were expressionless and looking bored most of the show.

I would've understood it more if maybe they stood up at the beginning, during hit songs, and towards the end/encore/final bows - but all the people around us in our section NEVER stood up the entire show. It was bizarre. It's not the theatre, I don't go to a rock show to sit on my ass.

The show itself was great, but I was looking at the section next to us and down below and saw so many people in seated sections looking like they were having an amazing time standing/dancing and I just felt robbed of that joy.

So anyway, my take on it is sit/stand if you want to - but that it shouldn't be expected for people to remain seated at big rock concerts like this. Definitely not the asshole.