AV Club writer Scott Tobias' piece about his thoroughly unpleasant experience at Lollapalooza—which inspired him to say "fuck it" and throw in the towel right before one of the bands he really wanted to see was to take the stage—struck a chord with me, perhaps because it pretty much encapsulated the fears I had about every outdoor summer show I've attended and thought about attending this year. Overcrowding? Check. Sound bleeding from area to area, thanks to there being way too many stages? Yep. Porta-Potties that were placed on such an unstable patch of land, they actually trembled while people were trying to do their business? Oh. My. God.
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