It's a real crap shoot going to see live acts where the musicians are old. I saw Pat Benatar a few years ago and she was fantastic. Hadn't slipped at all. That's what you hope for. I also saw Eddie Money the year before he died. He really wasn't all that good, but you could tell that he was pouring every bit of energy he had in his performance, and that made it okay. Then you have assholes like Don Dokken, who can no longer sing at all and has absolutely no business performing live. That ****er basically stole from me.

I thought Stevie sounded fine in that video, considering her age and the life she's led. She's probably snorted enough coke in her life to kill a blue whale.

I would've paid good money to see even an old Eddie Money, he's such an underrated artist... dude could do a solid hour or so of hits you know by heart

I saw Roger Waters like 4 years ago I believe and he definitely showed his age in his range. And he had to do a political rant but I knew that was part of the gig.

All things considered I watched a great show from a clearly aging artist but I'm happy I saw a founding member of PF in concert. Worth the price of admission to see a legend and you gotta figure that sorta shit into the bill.

Just saw a 55yo Billy Corgan the other night (sounded great), along with with Jane's Addiction (63yo, and couldn't tell he's retirement age, even if the music isn't amazing). I've wanted to go see Aerosmith, who still does shows in Vegas... but dude is the same age as Stevie Nicks (74).

But yeah, this is basically me, chasing the great music of my childhood....

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