See a few bands, and in their own way they're all good.
U2, Depeche Mode, Spandau Ballet.
I find big stadium gigs to be a little too remote and impersonal, and prefer more provincial gigs for an intimate connection with the band.
As such I love Electric 6, and they're in the UK again this autumn so catch them if you can, they're doing the 'Fire' album.
But for me, in recent times, the best I have seen for pure unadulterated audience connection and value for money is a band called Urban Voodoo Machine. They perform with between 8 and 15 people on stage doing a heady mixture of blues/gypsy/punk/mariachi with a liberal sprinkling of burlesque thrown in for good measure.
Sept 22 will see me watching them in Leeds....