Obviously he has now stopped touring but he has left a legacy of marathon tours and sell-out stadium and arena appearances since the early 1970s. I went to concerts in Birmingham in 1989 and Sheffield in 1992. The Birmingham show was the better of the two on account of superior acoustics (ears ringing for hours afterwards) compared to Sheffield when I couldn't tell a word he was singing for the first two songs. I think in more recent years he was let down by predictable stage patter and the same song arrangements. He had some fine and loyal musicians in his road group but, watching the show on television or at Glastonbury, for example, I had the feeling everybody was just going through the motions. It it ain't broke, don't fix it - I wouldn't say ND's live performances were broken but could definitely have used a shot in the arm or a boot up the arse before they became too stale. New arrangements, some songs that hadn't been performed for many years, perhaps an all-new band to refresh the show. Who knows ?