With this summer's concert season set to break attendance records, it's time to remember a few key items on your concert checklist: don't forget the tickets, be sure to put on some sunscreen, and, oh yeah, don't get arrested.
Like any event with crowds of people (and typically a lot of alcohol) concerts seem to generate their fair share of dumb crime stories.
Here are seven sure-fire, and really dumb, ways to get yourself arrested at a concert.
Drive home intoxicated. Drunken driving is never a good idea. But police will definitely be on the lookout for people driving under the influence leaving a concert. And getting pulled over isn't even the worst way to get arrested for DUI after a concert: You could also get in a wreck and kill your friend
Get too aggressive in the mosh pit. For some reason, people are still trying to start mosh pits at concerts. Whether you call it moshing, slam dancing, "pitting," or hardcore dancing, it doesn't take much for moshing to turn into fighting, which quickly leads to arresting.
Stage dive on someone's head. If a mosh pit is dangerous, diving headfirst off the stage is really dangerous, both for you and the people you're diving on. If you stage dive onto someone who isn't expecting it, you could get arrested for battery or like Fishbone frontman Angelo Moore, who had to shell out $1.4 million dollars.
Leave your kids in the car. Can't find a sitter while you go to the show? You should probably just stay home. Leaving your kids locked in the car is never a good plan, but especially not in the summer.
Nothing can harsh a mellow summer faster than having to go to jail. Have fun, enjoy the music but don't get arrested.