Snap out of it: Manchester club joins growing trend to ban phone cameras

‘Keep your phones in your pocket and your mind on the music.’ A mobile phone held aloft at a dance event in Northern Ireland. Photograph: JoeFox/Alamy

Over the past decade going to a live event has nearly always been accompanied by a sea of phones capturing every moment of the experience to be shared on social media feeds. But now living in the moment is becoming the new luxury.

Partygoers in Manchester will be asked to cover their smartphone camera with a sticker in a strict rule being enforced by a new nightclub. Amber’s nightclub, which opened on Friday night, is the latest venue to enforce the no-phone rule, clamping down on the endless recording or livestreaming of nights out on mobiles.