Concert T-shirts are a mainstay of live rock concerts.

Admit it – you’ve spent some time at the merch table ogling the latest band logos and cheesy slogans screen printed onto ringer t’s. Even if you have no intention of buying a shirt, you’re drawn to the stand like a fat kid to cake. It’s as if a concert tour doesn’t truly exist unless there is a cotton record with tour dates and city names.

So concert t’s are everywhere. But sometimes we forget the secret rules involved with wearing them.

Here are just a few of the unwritten laws of concert t’s:

• Avoid Shark Jumpers
  Don’t even think about wearing a Modest Mouse We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank tour shirt to any kind of an event taking place in a hipster bar. Unless of course you really enjoy hearing all about why the first three Modest Mouse albums are the only ones worth listening to.
• Don’t Cross Dress
  Skirts on dudes went out with glam rock in the 80’s. We’re not talking about that kind of cross dressing. I’m sure the Kenny Chesney concert was a blast. But wearing the Chesney shirt to a local hardcore fest will make you the center of attention. Being the center of attention at a hardcore show hurts.
• Shirts Should Cost Less than Your Beer Tab
  You’re going to regret buying that shirt in the morning more than drinking all that beer at a show. Make the right choice. Go with the beer.
• Slow Down, Sparkie
  Fight the intense urge to try on your brand new shirt during the actual concert. There’s something creepy about a room full of people wearing the same brand new t-shirt. I can’t really even explain why. But it’s creepy. Don’t do it.

Give us some of your own unwritten laws of concert T’s in the comments.