[quote="dimsim3478"]That's fair, I just happened to love both the setlist and the "tone" of the show, at least from what I could tell from the Blu-ray. Anyway did you feel that seeing it in the flesh was that different to the recording?[/quote]

Yeah I could see more on the bluray lol.

Lol, arena concerts.

I think as badly as I want to hit the 30th Anniversary concert, it can't actually be as absorbing an experience as seeing them at smaller venues, in my experience. Every festival show I've gone to with a favorite artist has paled in comparison to a gig they did at a smaller venue, just much more intimate and powerful as far as artist-audience engagement goes.

That said, being in a sea of fellow fans, having each others' backs if anyone falls down, and singing along at the tops of your lungs...that's pretty damned magical too, and you get a far more impressive sense of community from a huge arena full of fans fhan you do a few hundred people in a bar.