Hate to break it to you but this has been a problem at live shows forever ~ long before now and long before you existed. I worked in the music industry and have seen thousands of shows, including the hundreds of shows I saw prior to my working in the industry and the hundreds of shows I saw after, too.

I feel for you, I really do, but you're screaming into the void. People going to shows are not going to STFU.

Pro tip: Seeing really loud bands is a good workaround. Dinosaur Jr. plays so loudly you can't hear yourself think, let alone talk.

or* get so Enthused/Raptured
the rest of the Audience
is Forced to Join in

or listen
maybe.

*perhaps a Hoodie
(or baked Goodie)
might Focus that
Sound for you.

good luck!

"Maybe venues can
address this by

turning
it up to
eleven

Overall, I agree with you OP. I think it's pretty rude.

@1 How many shows have you seen in Europe? I don't think I've seen any personally, but from what I understand this is a problem that's way worse in the States as compared to most European countries (or maybe all over the world?)

The evolution of early chimp ape neanderthal homo sapien race has reached a new species. "homo-cell phone-ien". Staring away from the living instead to cell phone images and sounds of the living. Let's hope we find near or nearby households to reach out to. Music is PEACE. Some times to fucking LOUD but still a kind of PEACE. Loudly turn your mind off. Loudly claim "You're not going to take it anymore!" Loudly let others be loud. You're so loud!

When I had enough, I asked the stranger beside me to talk a little louder because I missed part of what he said to his friend. It actually worked well enough that time.