I hope I have a better time
I'm going to NYC for five days in August. While there I'll be catching Rush on the 18th. The last time I caught their show was the Moving Pictures tour back in 1981. They were excellent (of course).
I'm also going to see a triple bill featuring Joe Satriani, Thin Lizzy and Deep Purple at Jones Beach on the 15th. My prior experiences seeing Satriani were the Surfing With The Alien tour in '87 at The Bottom Line and an opening slot for Stevie Ray Vaughn at the Pier (not too long before SRV passed away).
Deep Purple I've also seen twice--both times in Pittsburgh and both times with Morse on guitar. The first tour was for Purpendicular while the other was their first with Don Airey on keys.
As for Thin Lizzy, without Phil Lynot the band's name doesn't carry quite the same weight. Still, maybe he'll be there in spirit.
DM