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News Coverage of Opening Night 1979 — Pocatello
Very short but beautiful trip back to opening night of the TUSK tour, news reporter Michael Kastner. Lindsey and Mick are excited about the nine new songs in the set.
Some of the 1978 mishaps with Stevie’s voice and Lindsey’s medical problems surface here. There was obviously a widespread concern about Stevie’s problems and a full-scale tour schedule. You really did used to hear all the time in those days that the band may need to cancel some upcoming show if her voice didn’t hold up. We heard about that all the time — so different from 1998 to the present, when she can tour with the best of them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4Fy...o9eUVw&index=1
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The issue was Stevie's voice. The show was later rescheduled for December 1987. Without technology and prerecorded backing tracks, cancellations these days are uncommon. |
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What I heard in this video coincide with what Mick told while commenting about the financial debacle of the tour.
Every time our BAC 1-11 jet roared into a new airport, six black limousines pulled up to the tarmac and whisked us hither and yon. It was all wonderful, occasionally depraved. and ruinously expensive; but it also helped to keep us going during the most challenging and exhausting year of our lives, from October 1979 to September 1980. We started at the Pocatello (Idaho) Mini Dome on October 26. I think the voice therapist was Robin. She was with Stevie since the Rumours days.
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This was in my recommended videos a few days ago. Its a 9 year old clip which is weird how they suddenly pop up to the recommended side. I loved this for several reasons. Mostly for Mick and Lindsey giving such a young and inexperienced reporter a chance in a small town. Lindsey states there are 9 new songs in the set. And sure enough I am pretty sure all new 9 songs stayed in the set. I have often wondered why Fleetwood Mac always started their tours in the most rural places. Many bands start in Houston or a large city. Fleetwood Mac always started in Ames, Iowa or Idaho for Tusk. Does anyone know why? I can guess that they don't want to play for a mass market until they tweak their set? Most bands would not even play Idaho because its so rural. Was the Tusk tour the only time they played there?
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It IS Pocatello, Idaho—so I imagine some of the reporting relished in framing the band as decadent, west-coast Prima-Donnas (is that how you spell it?).
What an odd place to start the tour. Unless they wanted to work out kinks and get experience with the new set in a smaller venue first? |
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Not That Funny Over and Over What Makes You Think You're the One Sara Save Me a Place Tusk Angel Sister of the Moon What was the ninth chosen new song?
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My heart will rise up with the morning sun and the hurt I feel will simply melt away Last edited by Macfan4life; 12-06-2023 at 10:36 AM.. |
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Fast forward a bit...in 2003/2013 they opened their tour in Columbus OH. That was probably a good location for how they were routing the tour and the cities they were hubbing out of. They also did several days of dress/tech rehearsal before the show. There were probably only so many arenas that had an extended time period available for the band.
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Yes, I checked some first dates and Think About Me and Over & Over weren't included. So actually only 7 new songs were included.
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The TUSK material seemed to come and go from October to September. It’s hard to keep track of. Here’s the best I can do, given what’s out there: Played intermittently
Played every show (barring emergencies)
Rehearsed but possibly never played 79–80
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And starting in more out of the way cities to get their "sea legs" is a common strategy. If things need to shake out better to do it there and be super slick by the time you get to major cities.
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The song is clean pop/classic Fleetwood Mac. It's a shame that it didn't do better on the charts. |
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It’s too bad Mick didn’t delve more about rehearsals and how the band came up with setlists, etc in his books- I think that’s the kind of stuff fans would really like to learn about. |
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