Was the On with the Show Tour a fitting farewell?

secret love · #1 01-23-2019, 04:22 AM

Was the On with the Show Tour a fitting farewell? I saw them in Sydney and they were fantastic. The only thing missing was new music.

What they are doing now is not a fitting farewell. It is still something I want to see and experience but it is not a farewell.

Storms123 · #2 01-23-2019, 07:45 AM

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Originally Posted by secret love

Was the On with the Show Tour a fitting farewell? I saw them in Sydney and they were fantastic. The only thing missing was new music.

What they are doing now is not a fitting farewell. It is still something I want to see and experience but it is not a farewell.

I guess OWTS has to be. And a much more fitting name to a farewell tour versus “ An Evening wit Fleetwood Mac” They did more press and publicity around it. Yes we know why they aren’t doing it now. Although lawsuit is settled so I am definitely curious now if they can pull up their big boy and big girl pants and go out and publicize it. If they are so proud of this version of the band, nothing to stop them now from getting out there and talking about it. Will they play the “Today” show when they are in NYC in a few months....time will tell.
If this was a true and proper farewell, I would expect a lot more hype. Seems like this tour is just getting swept under the rug

BigAl84 · #3 01-23-2019, 09:09 AM

This band has ZERO credibility left in terms of what they say vs what they do. Nobody is going to declare the current tour as a final farewell because I'm sure Mick is thinking in the back of his mind there could be yet ANOTHER "reunion" pay day.

The whole thing will probably pan out to be a giant misfire. The current tour was not a runaway success and they've all crapped on Lindsey to the point where he very well might not ever agree to play with them again.

So yes, the OWTS tour could very well be the last tour of all 5.

My eyes are on Christine. I'm curious if she backs away from the band once the tour wraps up this summer and "contractual obligations" are complete.

HomerMcvie · #4 01-23-2019, 10:33 AM

For me, BuckVie was the perfect swan song.

I mean, it would have been nice if Dick and John had toured for the album, but I'm glad they were the final shows for me.

That bitter old hag ruined everything.

**jbrownsjr** · #5 01-23-2019, 11:47 AM

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That bitter old hag ruined everything.

What did I do????

sodascouts · #6 01-23-2019, 11:58 AM

Well, all five of them were there. I guess it was "fitting" in that respect. It was the last tour of the version of the band I loved, so it was their "farewell tour" in that sense, and I'll take what I can get.

I'm just so thankful I got to see all five fireflies before it ended.

Buster · #7 01-24-2019, 12:32 PM

It was a great and exciting tour but not a fitting farewell. It was billed as the return of the Rumours 5, not as a final run. Had I known it was their swan song, I would have gone to more than one show and I certainly would have gone to the final performance.

The band has taken away the opportunity for fans to say goodbye and have closure. I find this extremely disappointing.

sue · #8 01-24-2019, 02:20 PM

I saw them in Leeds, and if I had realised (as is most likely) that it was the
last tour...The last concert I should ever see with all five of them.
Then I would have soaked it in more, appreciated them more , shed a few
tears at the finale and encore.
But I didn’t as I never thought it was their final final tour..

Do I think it was their last tour now....yes ’fraid so..

elle · #9 01-24-2019, 03:38 PM

well, considering i never expected i would get to see Classic 5 together, it was a huge gift for all of us. it was the Tango tour that never was but should have been. i really enjoyed Chris songs and Chris-Lindsey interactions. i was tired of Stevie and Lindsey songs that i heard way more than enough during their 2013 tour already. at the time i thought i went to too many shows. i've seen 7 shows on OWTS.

in retrospect, i'm am beyond happy i've seen so many shows then. the last show i've seen, there was something special about Silver Springs which they ended that show with (at the time i was unhappy they didn't play Songbird which i adored on OWTS tour). there was some special feeling and beauty to it, that was not normally there all other times i've heard that song live. now when i think back on it, it just feels like it was the right, fitting ending of my last FM show that i will ever see.

secondhandchain · #10 01-24-2019, 08:15 PM

No because it wasn't a farewell. They are touring with half a cover band now, so no.

onlynow · #11 01-24-2019, 10:36 PM

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well, considering i never expected i would get to see Classic 5 together, it was a huge gift for all of us. it was the Tango tour that never was but should have been. i really enjoyed Chris songs and Chris-Lindsey interactions. i was tired of Stevie and Lindsey songs that i heard way more than enough during their 2013 tour already. at the time i thought i went to too many shows. i've seen 7 shows on OWTS.

in retrospect, i'm am beyond happy i've seen so many shows then. the last show i've seen, there was something special about Silver Springs which they ended that show with (at the time i was unhappy they didn't play Songbird which i adored on OWTS tour). there was some special feeling and beauty to it, that was not normally there all other times i've heard that song live. now when i think back on it, it just feels like it was the right, fitting ending of my last FM show that i will ever see.

I would like to see this Silver Spgs! Is there a vid of it somewhere? Thx tons!