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[CADreaming]

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3 am Tampa post show thoughts

I really hope someone filmed the intro to Landslide. Stevie making fun of her own chattiness during intros/dedications was hilarious.

Pretty sure that was the best Gold Dust Woman I’ve ever seen. “You can’t fix me, you can’t (fake?) me, you can’t take me, you can’t save me…”

Silver Springs kicked ass.

During a LB intro my friend said she feels like she’s in a lab and so I jokingly called Lindsey Professor Buckingham. About two songs later Stevie says something like “Lindsey and his ‘professic’ way of speaking” and I almost died.

I like how Stevie pretty much went for a stroll thru the park during NGBA. When she was approaching lb, some lady yelled “get him, Stevie!” This caused Stevie much amusement and she was holding back laughter which resulted in the cutest half smile.

My throat hurts from screaming and my calves hurt from jumping but it would be quite alright if every night I got to hang out beneath Stevie’s mic.

I luh her lots.

06/08/13 at 3:03am

[WildHearted]

Originally Posted by CADreaming

I like how Stevie pretty much went for a stroll thru the park during NGBA. When she was approaching lb, some lady yelled “get him, Stevie!” This caused Stevie much amusement and she was holding back laughter which resulted in the cutest half smile.

That's hilarious.

[CADreaming]

Originally Posted by WildHearted

That's hilarious.

I know!

Did anyone go to this show? More info, please.

[CADreaming]

What was this?? Lol!

http://youtu.be/r9pZ3MlZKkk

[mottabam]

Originally Posted by CADreaming

What was this?? Lol!

http://youtu.be/r9pZ3MlZKkk

Stevie took a long time dedicating landslide to an old high school friend who lives in the area, and another lady she met last year while on vacation in Key West, Fl who apparently worked at the hotel where the band was staying. She was also joking around how she just walked down the streets of Key West as Myself..Stevie Nicks. Cute as could be. Anyways, Lindsey thought she was done talking and started Landslide. She had to turn and stop him because she had more to say.
As for the show I can honestly say I have not seen this much passion from the band since The Dance film or perhaps further back in 82. My friends used words like "Amazing", "Incredible" for the show. We all loved it.
The sound was just perfect. I'd say they were having a great time, perhaps the day off before and knowing they had 2 days before Atlanta..IDK but there was something special about the show. Great crowd also, lots of young people.

[Musicman408]

Glad to hear the home state show went so well. Just devastated I wasn't there!!!

[McTrouble]

Originally Posted by mottabam

Stevie took a long time dedicating landslide to an old high school friend who lives in the area, and another lady she met last year while on vacation in Key West, Fl who apparently worked at the hotel where the band was staying. She was also joking around how she just walked down the streets of Key West as Myself..Stevie Nicks. Cute as could be. Anyways, Lindsay thought she was done talking and started Landslide. She had to turn and stop him because she had more to say.
As for the show I can honestly say I have not seen this much passion from the band since The Dance film or perhaps further back in 82. My friends used words like "Amazing", "Incredible" for the show. We all loved it.
The sound was just perfect. I'd say they were having a great time, perhaps the day off before and knowing they had 2 days before Atlanta..IDK but there was something special about the show. Great crowd also, lots of young people.

LindsEy with an E!

Sorry, it's a bugbear of mine.....fans should know how to spell his name!

[vivfox]

Originally Posted by CADreaming

What was this?? Lol!

http://youtu.be/r9pZ3MlZKkk

Landslide by Scott Silverman

[vivfox]

Sara by Erin Weiffenbach




Silver Springs by MrMYarr




Gold Dust Woman by John Stangle

[cliffdweller]

Originally Posted by CADreaming

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I really hope someone filmed the intro to Landslide. Stevie making fun of her own chattiness during intros/dedications was hilarious.

Silver Springs kicked ass.

Yep. Loved those moments. I teared up during Silver Springs. Imo, that was the best live at-the-show version I've ever heard/experienced. It felt transcendent.

I loved the beginning of Landslide when Lindsey was waiting for Stevie, and they had a false start and then started laughing and Stevie did a little dance and she and Lindsey had some real unscripted banter. I love their candid moments. They are few and far between.

Highlights:
Silver Springs
Gold Dust Woman
Stand Back
Eyes of the World
Sisters of the Moon--While Stevie's voice doesn't soar the way it used to on this one, it was nice to hear live for the first time in my life ever. I just wish she had tried to make the choruses a little more dramatic. That song is all about drama and darkness.

Still unsure about how I feel about Sad Angel, and if they were going to do a BN song, they should've done Frozen Love. Without You does not showcase the greatness that is BN. I know they performed it because of the new EP, but still, it was kind of boring live.

Lindsey rocked my socks off. I realized how much I miss hearing him and watching his charismatic stage presence with Fleetwood Mac. This was the best FM show I've seen since 2003. They are in top form right now and I hope to hear the rest of those new songs Lindsey was talking about last night. Put an album out now!

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by CADreaming

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3 am Tampa post show thoughts

I really hope someone filmed the intro to Landslide. Stevie making fun of her own chattiness during intros/dedications was hilarious.

Pretty sure that was the best Gold Dust Woman I’ve ever seen. “You can’t fix me, you can’t (fake?) me, you can’t take me, you can’t save me…”

Silver Springs kicked ass.

During a LB intro my friend said she feels like she’s in a lab and so I jokingly called Lindsey Professor Buckingham. About two songs later Stevie says something like “Lindsey and his ‘professic’ way of speaking” and I almost died.

Professic? I love it.

Michele

[michelej1]

Fleetwood Mac shows why their popularity endures at Tampa show

BY Carl Lisciandrello TBO.com staff Published: June 8, 2013
The Tampa Tribune
http://tbo.com/arts_music/fleetwood-...show-20130607/

TAMPA - Their fans may have been quite a bit younger when Fleetwood Mac hit the charts with one of music history's most renowned works some 40 years ago.

But the years have been kind for the '70s rock icons, who showed a nearly packed house of 14,071 at the Forum on Friday night why their popularity not only endured, but has attracted a new generation of loyalists.

Even the most casual fan could sense the close connection between Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood and John McVie, back together and promoting "Extended Play" - their first release in 10 years.

Fleetwood Mac told poignant, compelling stories within their lyrics. They opened up on stage, offering an important glimpse into the very personal side of why this foursome remains so ingrained in the spotlight.

Specifically, the connection between Buckingham and former girlfriend, Nicks, became apparent as the duo shared a hug following "Sara."

That propelled Buckingham into an introduction of "Big Love," in which he explained how this was a song about transition, contemplation and meditation that illustrated the "importance of change" - clearly an ode to his former romantic relationship with Nicks. What followed was an inspired acoustic solo that brought the crowd to its feet.

Nicks then gave a shout-out to a pair of friends before she and Buckingham paired on an emotional "Landslide."

The pair remained on stage as they recounted their journey to Los Angeles and introduction to the band in 1970. They told of a song on which they collaborated even before they knew of Fleetwood Mac, which had been "stolen" but was found online in 2011. "Without You," the primary vehicle in the new four-song EP, was a sweet duet that deftly showed the closeness they have maintained as they transitioned from romantic couple to close friends.

While they interacted and shared playful glimpses throughout the night, even holding hands twice to the crowd's delight as they returned to the stage, the show allowed the individual artists to spotlight their considerable talents.

Nicks, whose soulful voice belies her 65 years, set the stage by opening with a playful "Second Hand News" and spirited "The Chain."

She mesmerized with "Gold Dust Woman," emerging with a gold wrap and floating across the stage in one of her recognizable solo dances which she repeated during "Gypsy."

Nicks may be the recognizable face of the band, but Buckingham reminded fans of his considerable talent and why Fleetwood later introduced him as "our leader and inspiration."

Buckingham's guitar prowess was on full display during "I'm So Afraid" and "Go Your Own Way," and he set the tempo throughout as the band performed hit after hit from "Rumours," the 1975 album that launched them to stardom.

Fleetwood had his best moment during "World Turning," the first encore in which he toyed with the audience and launched into a drum solo that helped him work up a sweat and work the crowd into a frenzy.

But the band saved their most emotional moments for last. Nicks and Buckingham, again hand-in-hand, came out alone for a final encore that began with Nicks' heartfelt "Silver Springs" and ended with Buckingham sharing his philosophical thoughts on "discarding illusions in order to grow" and embracing "acceptance, faith and resolve" as they concluded with "Say Goodbye."

Hopefully for their fans, this wasn't a goodbye, but just a "so long" as they look ahead to the next great story in their legendary collaboration.

[michelej1]

Tampa Bay Times June 7, 2013 by Jay Cridlin

http://www.tampabay.com/features/fle...pa-bay/2125589

Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks walked onstage Friday at the Tampa Bay Times Forum hand in hand, like the oldest of friends in the world.

Then, for the next eight songs, the onetime lovers didn't interact. Not even a little. Not a nod. Not a glance. Certainly nothing as intimate as skin-to-skin contact.

Could there be a better encapsulation of the Fleetwood Mac experience?

Thirty-six years after Rumours, the definitive breakup album of the 20th century — yeah, I said it — the interpersonal conflict that drove Fleetwood Mac to its greatest creative heights remains an integral part of its mystique and eternal appeal. Fans with a ticket to a Fleetwood Mac show expect not only decades of indelible pop hits, they expect a taste of the drama that begat them.

The band knows this. Which is why Nicks and Buckingham waited until that ninth song — Sara, a slithering meditation on rancor and reconciliation among lovers — to look each other eye to eye, to edge in each other's direction, to share a microphone and, finally, to embrace.

Such is the choreography of a modern Fleetwood Mac show. Whatever dysfunction once festered between Nicks, Buckingham, gregarious drummer/mascot Mick Fleetwood and bassist John McVie — John's ex, retired singer-songwriter Christine, hasn't toured with the band in years — it hasn't stopped them from delivering the goods live.

Buckingham, for example, remains one of the most dynamic guitarists on the planet. He's played a couple of smaller solo shows in Tampa Bay since 2011, but on the big stage, his fingerpicking wizardry on the tomahawking Tusk, buzzsawing Big Love and incendiary I'm So Afraid is breathtaking to behold.

The free-spirited Nicks seems to get a little loopier with every tour — she laughed off some good-natured ribbing from Buckingham when they failed to connect on the opening notes of Landslide — but she remains an enchanting presence behind the mic, whether dusting blond strays from her eyes on Dreams or twirling in a silken tornado on Stand Back.

Fleetwood Mac's hit-packed sets don't change all that much, but they did throw in a couple of long-lost favorites, such as the bouncy folk ditty Without You, a Buckingham-Nicks demo lost for years before it surfaced online, and which appears on the band's new Extended Play EP.

And then there was Sisters of the Moon, a driving rocker from 1979's Tusk that Nicks said hasn't been performed regularly since 1981. Between Nicks' incantatory moan and Buckingham's furious power chords, it was a great example of the push-and-pull sexual tension that brought 14,071 fans to see them interact.

After Don't Stop and Silver Springs, Buckingham and Nicks closed with the acoustic, heartfelt duet Say Goodbye, and then a hug and a kiss at center stage.

How could they not? Dysfunction may be Fleetwood Mac's meal ticket. But it's one they can't cash in without love.

[michelej1]

^I do not believe that Lindsey and Stevie did not share a nod or glance during the first eight songs.

Nice to hear SOTM described as a driving rocker.

Michele

[Angie1980]

Great to have you back Viv!!!