Is anyone here still into live concerts these days?

The last concert I went to was back in 2019.  My son took me to the 50 years of Jethro Tull  concert.  I believe we were at Mohegan Sun Casino in Conn.  I got my son into Tull back in the 90’s, I had been to well over 30 Tull concerts before this last one. The concert hadn’t changed a bit, same concept.  Big difference is Ian Anderson’s voice, he can’t hit the notes any more and all the songs were slowed way down to accommodate his aged voice.  No more concerts for me, too much hassle, too loud and the crowds are inconsiderate.   I would rather take a stroll down Beale St. in Memphis in the evening and listen to the locals play.  

@allenf1963 I live north of Charlotte, near Statesville. We are indeed blessed with several good sounding venues for live music in this area within 2- or 3-hours driving distance. Not bad. MSG in NYC was always special. Would love to see Radio City. Have fun and keep supporting these local venues. I’m glad they survived the Covid-19 years. Many just barely did.

Ah, Ziggy's will always be a special venue. I really miss it in its old location. Saw a ton of shows there and recorded some. They had a killer sound system. Saw Medeski, Martin, and Wood there for the first time. Wow. 

“Is anyone here still into live concerts these days?”

Since Covid. 
 

Sadly no. 
 

Perhaps the desire will return….

@thecarpathian -- I saw Warren Zevon twice (1983 and 1996), and those shows rank up there in my Top 20% of live concerts.  The 1996 show was my favorite.  In a small club in Winston-Salem, NC, called Ziggy's with a capacity of around 500 for that show.  It was a solo, acoustic show by Zevon, so he reworked his songs to fit just one person playing them -- some were acoustic guitar, some electric guitar, some a Hammond Organ and Synths.  Unique and killer.

@moonwatcher -- I was devastated when Jay had to shut down the old Ziggy's.  Wake Forest University used their clout with the city and screwed him over big time.  All those business properties on Baity Street and Deacon Boulevard were bought up or run out of business by a WFU front (me included) so Wake could develop it and add off-campus offices and parking.  After years, they just announced that whole stretch of Deacon Boulevard from University Parkway to the football stadium is being turned into an entertainment district.  I knew that was the plan when properties were being bought and flipped, but it's taken around 15 years.

Ziggy's was amazing while it lasted.  I first went to a show when it was the little white house where the Joel Coliseum parking lot is now located.  Saw Los Lobos in 1986.  It's mind blowing to see the list of the bands that played at Ziggy's from 1986 to 2006.  It was THE PLACE bands wanted to play on their way from D.C. to Atlanta.  Now, bands go to Cat's Cradle in Carrboro, Orange Peel in Asheville, or one of the Charlotte venues.  I mean, the huge Prog/Death Metal band Opeth played Ziggy's three times.  They still play smaller venues in the U.S. (I saw them 2 nights in a row in 2020 at The Apollo Theater in Harlem), but the also sellout 100,000 attendance festivals numerous times a year.

I keep wishing The RamKat will start booking bands like Ziggy's did...but it hasn't happened yet.