So you bought the security guys a beer, huh? Maybe the road crew?
They allowed the first 3 - 5 rows up to the front of the stage for MOST SYW shows, but it depended on the venue. The Indian casino didn't allow it. Hershey PA only let 2 or 3 rows up, but the stage was so friggin' high you couldn't see them if you were that close anyway. Toronto was odd, because Theresa said they weren't really stopping people, but nobody was really trying to go up there. I did try from the 9th row & they sent me back (I just walked up the aisle & they asked me to go back, so I did.) However, later in the show several people from rows way behind me were allowed up, so I was a bit annoyed.
I have been in both positions - a few rows back & wanting to be closer, and being in the front row & not wanting my space invaded. Here's how I feel about getting up front - if you don't have a front row seat, it's cool to try & get closer IF there's enough room up front & you're not going to get in anyone's way and IF you can easily make it up there.
But nobody should think they're entitled to be up there unless they actually have a front row seat - all 500 people on the floor, even those 29 rows back, paid the same amount that you did for their tix & there's not enough room for everyone up there. If you chose to pay extra for a package & get 8th row, sorry but that's life.
Be cool about it, be polite. Please don't push or shove, please don't spill **** on people or kick them in the head while leaping over rows of seats. People who have front row tix deserve to be IN FRONT, so I don't think it's cool to squeeze yourself in around them. If you are asked to go back to your seat by security, just GO. Don't argue, don't be a dick, it will do you no good.
If you do have a front row seat & someone is in your way or being a dick, tell security. Sorry, but that's how I feel. If someone comes up front & they're cool, polite, keeping to themselves, I'm not bothered. If they are dancing around screaming in my ear & elbowing me with their smooth moves, that's not cool - get the f*ck away from me.