I like my music live. That's almost always a local acoustic venue or a festival of some kind. I can't speak to bars or stadiums. I like to buy 'recorded live' recordings to help bring back the concert experience.

Listening to a recording is pretty much a pure musical experience. There are lots of chances to fix mistakes. There is a lot that goes into the production that can't really be done live onstage.

Going to a live performance is going to a show. It helps a lot if the music is good, but that's only part of it. How much you enjoy it depends on how good the performance is, what the venue is like, what the audience is like, etc. I can think of some people who do a great show & I don't even particularly like thier music. The good ones are reacting to their audience, or are good enough to make you think they are. OTOH there are people who put out great recordings, but aren't very entertaining as live performers. Some are in between for me, entertaining both live & recorded but in different ways.