I'm not counting festivals into this little experiment, we are talking about indoor concerts, especially those in small venues with no seated area.

Nothing wrong with people having a pint and then enjoying the show in peace, but I've been to 3 concerts this month and on 2 of them the moshpit consisted of people who were absolutely wasted, were not mindful of others standing around them and they were shoving each other so violently that even people standing 3-4 rows away from them were not safe. This is not how moshpits used to look like, and it's definitely not how they always look, and the only common thing I can see when they get violent and out of control is the amount of alcohol the participants have consumed.

Most of the audience goes there to enjoy the music, but they can't due to a small group of people who I'm not even sure if they are there for the music or just treat it as another night out to the pub to get wasted.

If you don't want to be involved in it, you can get a seat at an arena show, but in small venues there are people with reduced mobility standing. And if the venue is sold out it can get dangerously crowded (on one of the shows I couldn't even lift my arms up there were so many people, I genuinely didn't feel safe) If a violent moshpit breaks out at such a venue, it can easily lead to injuries. And standing on the side or at the back is not a solution because that's where we were in one of the venues and people just came out there and took over the place.

And the worst thing is probably, that security just stands there doing nothing. So you can get totally wasted and basically start a fight, but you are not allowed to bring in a small bottle of water...

So my idea would be, a concert venue where they don't serve alcohol (I'm willing to pay more for the ticket to make up for the revenue loss) and you can only enter the venue if you haven't had more alcohol than what you are allowed to drive with still. Would you go to such a concert, or is alcohol truly needed for the experience?