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"Work the lights: Use available light " instead of getting some strange colours you could also adjust the whitebalance if you have a DSLR, controlling the colours lighting on stage cast

W. Eugene Smith used to say available light was any light he could get his hands on. But then back in the 1940s, a 21mm lens was a maximum of f/5.6. With today's sensors and lenses, there's no reason to ruin photos with on-camera flash. And setting up flash on stands, or hang them from the stadium rafters (that requires a million dollar liability insurance policy in most venues) I'll just bless Nikon and Canon for making killer cameras that need no stinking flash.

I've shot plenty of concerts way back to my film days. And photographers nowadays have no idea how good they have it with the gear they have today. There's no excuse for boring pictures but their own skills.

How about capturing great movies with great sounds at Loud concerts for your next topic? The challenge there being obtaining non-clipped sounds at such affairs as evidenced by most YouTube movies of such put up by concert goers...

Concert photography has "gotten much worse" because everyone is taking pictures with their smartphones/cameras and not leaving it to the professionals. The professionals, meanwhile, ARE still out there, but are being kicked out of venues and not given the press passes they need because managers/venues equate them with those taking crappy images with their iPhones. Lets hand this profession back to the professionals!

"If you’d like to light your photos yourself, first take the performers into account. Flash photography can be extremely distracting, especially in an otherwise low-light environment. Some venues won’t allow flash photography or professional camera equipment without permission, so check with the venue beforehand to see what you can bring with you. If possible, speak with the performer and compromise with them so you can use your strobes for a few minutes of the set. (The flash built in to most cameras can only reach around 18 meters and is not powerful to light a stage from the crowd.)"

That pretty much says it all. I'm so tired of going to concerts and having to put up with people using flashes. While most of the venues I go to flashes are not allowed that still doesn't stop most people from using them anyway.
By the way I am an avid amateur photographer but I firmly believe I have no right to disturb my fellow concert goers in the quest to take a picture.