I went to see Nathaniel Rateliff w/ the Nightsweats open for MMJ.
LOVED NRNS but about 20% of the crowd, including me, left after 4-5 songs into MMJ.
Perhaps was not on the correct meds that night.
I went to that tour. MMJ rocked the joint - made Rateliff seem quaint.
I brought two friends with me who had never heard them before and they agreed that MMJ rocked the joint. The next day I saw a friend who happened to be there and he said what you said: Rateliff was good but they left during MMJ.
My conclusion is that some people like to rock and some don’t. 🤘