Is anyone here still into live concerts these days?

I still go but only to smaller venues.  Prices at large venues like MSG in NYC are crazy and the sound sucks.  Richard Thompson was great in 2024 and BEAT doing crimson at the Beacon was one of the best shows in Years.  I pray they put out a live album from that tour. 

I attended a Gypsy Kings outdoor concert in Napa, it was cold, crowded and super loud. I much prefer classical music indoors in a good venue or a small club for Latin or Jazz music.

One of THE FEW good shows left is the TSO CHRISTMAS SHOW!!  You know it will sound great, have a really good light show, and use 2,000 gallons of PROPANE for the shooting fire guns!  LOL!  The tickets will still be a reasonable cost, and $1.00 of each ticket will be donated to a local charity.  The band always seems to be up for the show, not ever doing a walk thru show the times I have seen them.  I live near Detroit, so we get to see the East Touring Group, with Chris Cafferty as lead guitar.  Always a great show!

A couple more cool venues in N.C.

Haw River Ballroom 

Visulite Theater 

NC Museum of Art 

Several years ago while our son was getting his Masters degree in percussion at the University of North Texas, they had a summer jazz festival that we went to. All entertainment was free. Saw Tower of Power, band and sound was fantastic.

Just before the Pandemic went to see REO, Don Felder and Styx. All used the same system, but had their own sound engineers. REO's sound was horrible. A total disappointment. Felder and Styx were great.