Houston, Texas - Toyota Center - June 5, 2013

[FMlex]

I sure hope we see lots of pictures and video from this concert!

I was there last night, did the Mick M&G, and rocked directly in front of Lindsey's mic the whole night!

Hope everyone who went had a great time! It was my first Mac concert, and I was just BLOWN AWAY at how amazing they are... I'll give a full review later, if anyone's interested.

[WildHearted]

Glad you had a good time! Would love to hear your review.

[vivfox]

Originally Posted by FMlex

Hope everyone who went had a great time! It was my first Mac concert, and I was just BLOWN AWAY at how amazing they are... I'll give a full review later, if anyone's interested.

Oh we're definitely interested.

Originally Posted by WildHearted

Glad you had a good time! Would love to hear your review.

I'm surprised she hasn't written it up yet.

[vivfox]

Originally Posted by FMlex

I sure hope we see lots of video from this concert!
I was there last night

The Chain by Dave Meek




Sad Angel by Natalie Priscilla McGeehan




Go Your Own Way by Clayton Wilkinson

[MikeVielhaber]

Why has Stevie started singing some of Lindsey's lines along with him? I'd never noticed it in The Chain until this video, but I had heard it in GYOW before.

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by MikeVielhaber

Why has Stevie started singing some of Lindsey's lines along with him? I'd never noticed it in The Chain until this video, but I had heard it in GYOW before.

I saw her lips moving on some of his lines, but I never really heard her voice. In the old days, they used to sing over each other and it heightened the intensity, but even with Lori and Sharon, it's not as easy to capture multi-layered voices now, like they could when Christine was there. They did it for Beautiful Child, but they don't really succeed in doing it well on other songs.

Michele

[MikeVielhaber]

Originally Posted by michelej1

I saw her lips moving on some of his lines, but I never really heard her voice. In the old days, they used to sing over each other and it heightened the intensity, but even with Lori and Sharon, it's not as easy to capture multi-layered voices now, like they could when Christine was there. They did it for Beautiful Child, but they don't really succeed in doing it well on other songs.

Michele

Now that I listen to it again it sounds like she's only singing "And if" on the "And if you don't love me now" line. I initially thought she was singing the whole line.

On GYOW I've seen her singing the repeated lines in the chorus which are usually just Lindsey.

[FMlex]

Review to come, but for now I have to get on a plane to head back home (plus, I want to make sure it's logical!).

Here's a couple pictures I took with my iPhone last night until I can write my full M&G review and show review!

Lindsey tearing it up!



Be still, my beating heart...

[michelej1]

Great photos! Have a safe flight.

Michele

[WildHearted]

Originally Posted by MikeVielhaber

On GYOW I've seen her singing the repeated lines in the chorus which are usually just Lindsey.

She started doing that live back in the 70s. Actually, for a while she would sing the entire lead vocal during the chorus of GYOW.

[michelej1]

Houston Chronicle, June 6, 2013 [click for photo gallery]
http://blog.chron.com/29-95/2013/06/...es-to-houston/

Somewhere amid the first few songs of Fleetwood Mac’s more than two-hour set Wednesday at Toyota Center, Lindsey Buckingham explained what he called an “axiom” of the music business.

“If it works, run it into the ground and move on,” he said

It was his way of saying that the Mac was most certainly not doing that and a proper introduction to “Sad Angel,” a feisty song from a new EP released in April.

But really, what fans came for were the classics, the unspoken stories, the still-potent chemistry between Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. That’s not running anything into the ground. It’s simply honoring the work.

“Every time we come back together, it’s different,” Buckingham said. “You’d think after this long there would be nothing left to discover. It appears that there are still quite a few chapters left in the book of Fleetwood Mac.”

Indeed, there’s still something exciting about all of these songs. A trio from 1977′s “Rumours” album — “Second Hand News, “The Chain,” “Dreams” — set a celebratory, sensual tone. People crowded around the lip of the stage and stayed there, dancing and singing to every chorus, guitar lick and drum solo. ”Rhiannon” was the final push to get the lower and upper levels out of their seats.

Nicks flowed in her signature scarves and sparkle and told the crowd she’d lived in Texas for five years. (El Paso, to be exact, when she was a girl.) Buckingham was chatty and excitable, stomping his feet and bending his knees like a kid after hammering into any number of songs.

There was an extended, excellent tribute to the band’s originally misunderstood “Tusk” album that included “Not That Funny,” the thundering title track and Nicks warbling on “Sisters of the Moon.” Much has been made about the change in her vocals, the lowering of keys, the weather of age. But she sounded nothing less than sweet and sincere throughout the evening.

And when she glided over to Buckingham during a heartfelt “Sara,” took his mic for the final line and gave him a hug, there was some bit of unspoken magic between them.

Buckingham was reliably excellent on “Big Love;” “Landslide” is still a deceptively sweet tearjerker; and Nicks did the spin during “Gypsy.” (You know the one.) “Without You,” a lost song from the Buckingham Nicks era, was another highlight. And Nicks was bathed in yellow light and one of many shawls during “Gold Dust Woman.”

“I’m So Afraid” rustled several people into the aisles and up the stairs for a break, but they missed Buckingham’s sensational guitar work. They were back at full focus during Nicks solo tune “Stand Back,” even if it felt a bit loud and messy.

The blaring, triumphant “Go Your Own Way” set the band up for a series of encores that included “World Turning,” a Fleetwood drum solo, “Don’t Stop,” “Silver Springs” and, appropriately enough, “Say Goodbye.” (Some folks skipped out on the final two songs, thinking the show was done.)

“You guys really are the dreamcatchers. You listen to them (songs) as if you’re listening to them for the very first time. And you’ve been doing that for 35 years,” Nicks said. “We want all your dreams to come true. We want love for you.”

[michelej1]

Fleetwood Mac Returns/Thinking about tomorrow: Fleetwood Mac revives great memories — and creates new ones

By Clifford Pugh 6.6.13 Culture Map Houston

http://houston.culturemap.com/news/e...ates-new-ones/

he lines to get into the Toyota Center Wednesday night for the Fleetwood Mac concert were unusually long and slow as security guards searched handbags for cameras and directed ticket holders inside to check the confiscated items at the counter. At a time when everyone has cell phones that can shoot photos, it seemed like a particularly clumsy directive.

"They're old people," a security guard explained, referring to the iconic band of the late 1970s as she directed my friend inside. "They don't want (pictures of themselves) out."

Indeed the band's longtime members, John McVie, Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham and Mick Fleetwood, are all north of 60 and looked a little long in the tooth as they burst onstage even before a lot of the audience had made it to their seats. But age didn't seem to matter as the band performed like new kids on the block in a nearly three-hour show that covered most of their greatest hits along with some poignant tunes that recalled as much of our wistful past as theirs.

The band opened with several of their most popular hits, "Second Hand News," a perfect sing-along song, followed by somewhat sluggish versions of "The Chain" and "Dreams."After Buckingham introduced a song, "Sad Angel," from the band's new EP, the band returned to another classic, "Rhiannon," which showcases Nicks' voice but in a lower key, which, sadly to this ear, lacked the warmth and glow of her earlier work.

Buckingham then took center stage with a couple of songs from the band's experimental 1979 album, Tusk, the punk-tinged "Not That Funny" and the album's title tune, which delighted hardcore Fleetwood Mac fans among the sellout crowd.

With unparalleled guitar riffs and a voice that has grown stronger with age, Buckingham is certainly the heart of the band. But even with a diminished voice, Nicks remains the band's soul. And as the evening progressed, she dominated the stage, swathed in black, with blonde hair framing her face, a tambourine often on her arm and a whiskey-dipped voice that drew richer with each song.

She performed the little-known "Sisters of the Moon," also from the Tusk album, noting this song has not been done on a tour since 1981. She took control with a couple of other big hits, "Sara" and the hauntingly beautiful "Landslide," a duet with Buckingham, as the crowd sang along to the words,"I'm getting older, too."

Nicks dedicated the song to a Houston friend who had apparently fought off a debilitating illness since she was "teeny tiny." "You little Welsh witch, this is for you," Nicks said.

At this point, the concert was barely half over, but the band seemed to draw energy from the audience through a series of hits, including "Without You," in which Nicks' endearing yet rambling introduction was longer than the song, "Gold Dust Woman," "Gypsy" and "Stand Back." Every time she twirled, the audience roared.

By the time the band got to "Go Your Own Way," an electric duet between Nicks and Buckingham with undertones of their one-time romantic relationship — the chemistry surely remains — everyone in the audience was up and dancing like they didn't have to go to work today.

House lights were often raised so the band could make eye contact with the adoring crowd and even after two encores, including the infectious "Don't Stop (Thinking About Tomorrow)," Nicks, Buckingham and drummer Fleetwood didn't want to leave the stage. They lingered, each giving heartfelt thanks to the audience, as Fleetwood, who looks a bit like Santa Claus with a white beard and twinkle in his eye, encouraged everyone to "take care of yourself" and "be kind to one another."

Is the band as good as the first time I saw them in 1977 in Birmingham, Ala., soon after their monster album, Rumours, hit the top of the charts? I'd have to say no, because we were all younger then, and besides, to fans like me, Fleetwood Mac without Christine McVie really isn't Fleetwood Mac.

But the current band still left me with goosebumps as their songs unleashed a flood of fond memories — and they're still having a hell of a fun time doing it.

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by michelej1

"They're old people," a security guard explained, referring to the iconic band of the late 1970s as she directed my friend inside. "They don't want (pictures of themselves) out."

Thanks for your input, Mr. Security Guard.

I've really never seen FM "burst" onto the stage. But it sounds like fun.

I know Mike was just discussing Stevie singing with Lindsey on the song, but is GYOW really an "eclectic duet" ?

Michele

[WatchChain]

During my 30 years of attending Fleetwood Mac concerts, I usually try to sit on the floor. Last night at the Toyota Center, I sat in section 124 for the first time. This is to the far right hand side of the stage. I actually enjoyed these seats BETTER than my previous floors seats because I had a better view.

If I went to the top and the far left of my section in the back, I could actually see PERFECTLY BEHIND the stage. I caught glimpses of Sharon Celani and Lori Perry chilling out and conversing with people backstage on the break while Lindsey was playing "So Afraid". Stevie's wardrobe tent sits behind the stage and you could see she and Lori hanging out there when they weren't on stage.

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by WatchChain

During my 30 years of attending Fleetwood Mac concerts, I usually try to sit on the floor. Last night at the Toyota Center, I sat in section 124 for the first time. This is to the far right hand side of the stage. I actually enjoyed these seats BETTER than my previous floors seats because I had a better view.

Nice. I've often thought that some of the front side seats would be better than floor seats, due to people pushing, shoving, dancing, wearing top hats and everything else annoying under the sun on the floor.

The problem is, unless you know the venue extremely well, it's tough to look at a seating chart and know what you will get and what your field of vision is going to be. It's great that it worked well for you and now when you go to concerts at the Toyota Center in the future, you will already know. Maybe if I get to shows early I should try to see what the view is like in different areas of the venue and write it down for future reference.

Michele