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http://www.adressa.no/kultur/article8479017.ece
Helmax, Mac!
CONCERT: Vital reunion with a time most popular and finest pop bands - Fleetwood Mac.
It is an event that one of the all-time most popular pop bands are reunited on tour, and it's even greater that they included Norway on the tour list.
It was really expectation in the air as the lights were off in Oslo Spectrum and the members took their seats on stage.
The only original members Mick Fleetwood and John McVie, the two that the band name, took their places behind the bass and percussion, with beards and caps as two northern English pubveteraner.
Foremost on the stage stood
California-pair Lindsay Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. She with as many fluttering around in her skirt as before, but she's more relaxed posture than in the glory days. She was perhaps not quite at the height vocal all the time, but in certain moments, she was brilliant.
He was equally tanned and energetic as ever. He was well on stage on all 23 tracks. He's a better guitarist than many think, but maybe not quite as good as he thinks himself. They stood at a safe distance from each other center stage, but they approached each other as the concert progressed. The old sweethearts ended the gorgeous harmony song "Sara" with a well-orchestrated, but still touching hug. Two backing singers and three musicians filled out the sound.
Only one item was missing, Christine McVie, perhaps the best songwriter of them all - who joined the band, but visited some concerts on tour.
It would be icing on the cake with her on stage. But the quartet surprised with hundred percent dedication, lots of energy. They had some cool lighting effects, but otherwise the show and effects stripped down. There was talk of taking the starting point in a golden song catalog and conveying songs with credibility and passion.
"Second Hand News" set the tone, and then came the old favorites, new songs and more hidden ancient beads in perfect harmony, a spirited version of the new "Sad Angel" was an early highlight. A handful of tracks from "Tusk" was outstanding, not least Nicks was in magnificent kind of "Sisters Of The Moon". A nice acoustic department brought highlights as "Landslide" and "Never Going Back Again." Then of course the big hitters with "Go Your Own Way" and "Do not Stop" in the header at the far end.
They have enough hits to take off. The album "Rumours" sold 40 million alone. Their luxurious well-produced California-pop came into discredit in the late 70s. With its two dominant couple were the hippies answers to Abba, the two couples' love conflicts could be read out of the text, while a hair-raising lifestyle could be read out of the gossip magazines. But in the midst of this had the talent and love for music intact. This proves the music and the song durability.
What proves that Fleetwood Mac has something also 35-40 years after the crew's heyday, was that it was not the greatest hitter that worked best and got the best response to the concert Sunday night.