The only live performance I’ve seen this year was a band performing in front of Guitar Center in Santa Clara, which I only found out about becuase I happened to be driving past at the time. I have no idea who it was, but the lead guitarist was really good.
The last “big name” I saw in concert was Rush, back in August 2007.
Heh, heh, other than seeing the Beach Boys for free a couple months ago, my last big name was Genesis back in 1981.