• I'm a Gen Xer, and I was raised long before the digital age took over. • I'm relieved that smartphones, Instagram, and Snapchat weren't around when I was younger. • Recently, at an Oasis concert, most of what I could see was other people's phone screens.

I went to see Oasis this fall after buying pricey, last-minute tickets in the nosebleed seats.

It was great, but my husband and I paid $275 each for the privilege of mostly watching the band through the iPhone screens of the fans in front of us. They must have taken photos or videos during at least a third of the show.

I'm a Gen Xer who has attended a fair number of concerts in my lifetime. My spouse, a boomer born in 1961, boasts that he has attended over 100 concerts in his lifetime; he's even seen one of his favorite 1970s band

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