Is anyone here still into live concerts these days?

@goodlistening64 nope. I’m not talking about background vocals but rather the main vocals supposedly being sung by Taylor Swift during her shows.

Look, I don’t have a dog in this hunt. She is not my cup of tea and I haven’t bought any of her albums but one since she went "pop" and became more of a cult figure than a singer.

But Youtubers like this guy, Wings of Pegasus, have analyzed several of her songs and shows and found that yes, the vocals were canned.

Now, her fans don’t really seem to care, and if they are willing to pay $500 or more to see her, whatever. At least she is generating economic activity and helping support the other singers and performers, the road crew, local hotels and restaurants, etc., so good for her.

This guy’s video channel isn’t devoted to trashing Taylor, but rather for trying to scream to the industry that it is time to stop it with all the perfect pitch mods they do in the studio and live, and let the music breathe with reality.

Artificial perfection is boring. Might as well be listening to an A.I. generated song, and apparently soon we will be. Ugh.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k8rMNMURShM

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