May 23 Fleetwood mac Anaheim Honda Center

[sywlindseyfan]

So is anyone planninng on getting together from the ledge tomorrow night, or is there going to be a big group hanging out? Excuse me if this has been posted already, but I didn't see the thread, and thought I should get this going.

[sywlindseyfan]

sooooo seriously, is no one going or what?

[LiamMcConville]

I'll be there. :)

[shackin'up]

In my dreams....




have fun!!!

[sywlindseyfan]

I will be there as well! I can't wait...I cant waaIIT!

[RoseGarden]

Wishing all who go a TERRIFIC TIME~~~~:nod:

Please give us reviews!

[MacMan]

David's going :D

[PoetofRhiannon]

I'm going, and I can't wait!

p.s. I'm still keeping my fingers crossed for SOTM. :laugh: I don't care if it is hopeless.

[carol7lynn]

FINALLY! Scored 3 row center section around 4:30. God it was a real nail biter this time round. I have been literally living on TM. My friends got 8th row too about the same time. Stay Tuned.:p:]:blob2:

Carol Lynn
SoCalGal

[ElusiveDreamer]

I just saw them play in San Jose and I am so envious of everyone who still gets to see them this tour! NorCal - well, being good is a given for them up here by the bay, and SoCal - you know they will loose any chains still holding them back and be totally unleashed for you! Have fun -

[michelej1]

Just picked up my ILAA ticket and it's 10th row. I'd been warned, but I got
1st row in Long Island and I was thinking that it would work out. I'm disappointed to say the least, especially because I've got ILAA for 2 more shows and I don't plan on watching the rest of this stupid tour from the 10th row. Checked the box office and the best they had was section 104.

Ugh.

Michele

[carol7lynn]

Stevie, Lindsey,Mick, & John rocked the O.C. like a 7.0 California-quake. :] I was at the stage right in front of Stevie and Lindsey and got to touch Lindsey's boot. WhooHoo.

We got the whole enchilada tonight including Silver Springs :]and the love vibes flowing between Stevie and Lindsey :xoxo:during the entire show, brought tears to quite a few eyes including mine. Everyone in the band definitely brought their A game tonight. And to quote Mick, "The Mac is Back!"

Carol-Lynn
SoCalGal:]

[carol7lynn]

Just picked up my ILAA ticket and it's 10th row. I'd been warned, but I got
1st row in Long Island and I was thinking that it would work out. I'm disappointed to say the least, especially because I've got ILAA for 2 more shows and I don't plan on watching the rest of this stupid tour from the 10th row. Checked the box office and the best they had was section 104.

Ugh.

Michele

Sorry to hear that ILAA screwed you. I used to buy their 5 stars all the time but stopped after they screwed me for both the Eagles and DefLep last year. Now I do better with ticket drops. I actually got them to refund half the price of a 5 star Eagles package last year because of the crappy seat they stuck me with. Long story but once bitten twice shy babe! You actually can do better with scalpers. At least you know where you'll be sitting.

Good luck with the other two shows. I'd call them if I were you and see if a little friendly persuasion gets you a better seat for the next show at least. There is no way you should have gotten 10th row tonight when I was able to get 3rd row this afternoon through TicketMaster for face.

I was at an REO SpeedWagon/Styx/38 Special show the other night front row center. I got that ticket through a ticket drop a week before the show right after ILAA closed sales. All the ILAA seats were in the front row too but way off-sides and they paid 3xs what I did.

Anyway, once again your story is not unique.

Carol-Lynn
SoCalGal

[ElusiveDreamer]

Stevie, Lindsey,Mick, & John rocked the O.C. like a 7.0 California-quake. :] . Everyone in the band definitely brought their A game tonight ...
Carol-Lynn
SoCalGal:]

I'm happy for you and pleased Fleetwood Mac's second-wind is continuing to carry them onward for their fans! Thanks for reporting this!

[DavidMn]

I'm very excited for me show on Thursday at Staples Center! Only thing that sucks is that it's not tomorrow! I'm glad they've resumed their full setlist.:nods

[LiamMcConville]

Great show, under Stevie's mic the entire time. Left at the beginning of World Turning, will stay for the entire encore at the Staples show.

Nice seeing everyone again. :)

Oh - and Storms was amazing.

[michelej1]

Carol-Lynn is right. ALL the pistons were firing tonight. The show rocked with precision abandon, which seems like a contradiction in terms, but it seems to be what happens when the music is ingrained in your muscle memory and you don't have to concentrate on that, just on the crowd. And I think the crowd was key.

The first 10 rows were allowed up and it seems like half of them were standing in front of the stage in a crowd 6 feet deep, almost 30 minutes before the show even began. They seemed to greet more songs with raucous familiarity than previous audiences I'd seen had.

As we waited to go into the arena, I saw a woman selling those tambos. There are two versions. One has a penguin and the other has the 4 heads we've been looking at for the last 6 years. I better write a notation about that in my will. If I die, my well-meaning family might want to slip something related to Fleetwood Mac in my coffin and it just better not be any of those SYW photos. I can't look at those for all of eternity, because I already have!

Anyway, I wanted to take a picture of the tambourines because someone here asked, but I was supposed to be hiding my camera. I couldn't risk getting it confiscated before the show even started!

Monday Morning: Maybe I imagined it, but it seems like there was a longer wait before the song kicked off. You saw the four of them standing there in readiness and just heard a lone, steady percussion sound for several moments. That continued longer than I remember, before the music roared to life. It seems to me that during the early shows, people were enthusiastic about Monday Morning, but more because it was the first song of the set and they were still cheering the start of the concert than because they loved the tune itself. But tonight I think they really got into it. Obviously, The Chain was greeted wildly, but MM didn't seem to be just a tolerated stepchild.

Lindsey kicks things off with his signature silliness, shouting "1, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4," but slurring the words, pausing, teasing, yelping. He's a ham, no doubt about that. People should start throwing cloves and pineapples. But he's also not taking himself that seriously. Much of his routine is self-mocking. It's almost as if he's watching us, watching him and reflecting the kudos he's getting back at the fans. He's playing more than preening.

Stevie's mic problem seems to have been improved, because I could hear her on MM this time around.

Dreams: Stevie says they never get tired of knowing that we come out here to see them when there are other places we could be. [Yeah, there's a Dodger game I'd rather be at, actually]. Then she says, "Let's get this party started," but lowers her voice and says it huskily.

She is very playful and smiley. I can only see her from about the shin up and it doesn't matter what kind of boots she has on in the least. She laughs, circles and kicks and doesn't seem the least bit sleepy, unhappy or feeble. I wouldn't say she limped when she was moving, but I will say that during her GDW poses it looked to me as if she was putting more weight on one foot. Almost as if one might be shorter than the other. But that was more noticeable when she was standing in one spot, than when she was in action.

I notice that Lindsey stands about 2 feet to the right of his mic often, when he's not singing, frequently closer to Stevie on the stage than he had been when the tour started.

IKINW: Lindsey says that having grown up in Northern California, he never thought he'd be living in Los Angeles. Of course, he's right. It's a hell hole compared to Palo Alto! But he says that Los Angeles has a way of drawing you in on its own terms, just like Fleetwood Mac does. They take breaks from each other, but when they're rejuvenated, with a sense of forward motion and possibility.

Gypsy:Stevie talks about joining Fritz in 1967 and says when she asked what kind of band it was, the drummer told her it was a hard, hard rocking band. With that she remembers exclaiming, "I'm in. I can do that!" Was Fritz really that hard rocking? The next day she was at Lindsey's house. They rehearsed Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday and then performed on Friday and Saturday. She wrote this song 10 years later and it was about the Velvet Undergound in San Francisco. The room with paper flowers, they had in their house in Los Gatos, with hers (and Lindsey's) bed on the floor. When she adds that possessive bed detail, it's like she wants to tell everyone who might not know already that she and Lindsey used to sleep together:shrug:.


Go Insane: Honestl,y this is better than its ever been. A masterpiece. At one point, Lindsey is mimicking Brett's keyboard with his own fingertips. Playing air piano.

Rhiannon: I'm not really into rating the strengths of Rhiannons or comparing them, but at the end Stevie gets more passionate than I've seen her in a while, stomping her feet and fiercely shaking her head, shouting, "silly dreamer, dreamer". It's not one of the exorcisms of old, but I'd say there was just a hint of foam at the mouth beginning.

Second Hand News: Lindsey says, "If memory serves me right and I have to admit it doesn't always . . . " but he's fairly sure that SHN is the first song they started recording for Rumours. He said the song has what they had when they were making the record, emotional opposites, who reconciled their problems with humor, optimism and "a good dose of aggression." Stevie plays the air drums for the "ba ba ba bam" parts.

Sara is lovely. I recall Louie remarking that Stevie seemed pained singing it with FM the last time around, but there was no pain tonight. And I would say that while the wistful air is part of the song's charm, the message tonight seemed less of a wistful plea to lost love and more like a pledge. She and Lindsey are looking at each other and singing just before she holds out her hand and sings, "I'll be there" and it comes across as a promise being made, not broken. Enchanting.

Big Love: I don't remember Lindsey giving Big Love an introduction earlier in the tour. This time, I expect because his family is in the audience he'll say how because of them he's not living alone in a house on the hill anymore. But he doesn't mention them. He just talks about how the meaning of the song has shifted over the years and now it has 2 points. He says that it was the first single from TITN (I almost fear he won't remember the title) and it started off as an ensemble piece, but became a template for things to follow. Once it was about alienation, but now the song has shown him the "power and importance of change."

Landslide: Stevie says that there are "way too many people" that they love in Los Angeles that she can't dedicate the song to one person as she usually does. So, instead she'll dedicate it to all of her fairy god daughters. Her little girls: Ruby, Tessa, Stella, Lee Lee . . . She names 2 more that I don't remember and she tells them: "Carry it on girls."

Storms: Stevie says that when they started rehearsals on January 5, of this year they decided to do a song they had never done before and this one is a dark and stormy song about dark and stormy people in dark and storm relationships. After that somber notes, she smiles and says it's a great song, which they call "Always Been a Storm."

Say You Love Me: Wow, this song is really different from the first two times I heard it. Maybe its the audience. They were singing along with it much more than people in the past did and to hear all those voices wooing at once really made this one a show stopper. It was exciting. Plus, Lindsey and Stevie seemed to know it too. At the end, as Lindsey drew out the "falling, falling, falling," and pantomined the drop downwards he laughed into his mic and Stevie laughed too. I will say that I think he is still ruining the verse he sings and takes the audience out of it. That's very annoying.
But everything except his verse . . . it sweeps me up and back to heady FM times.

Gold Dust Woman: Incredible, evolving arrangement. It's longer now. The musical interlude between verses is extended and echo-y. Stevie holds the notes like never before. Lindsey, like a pre-charge bull on a spring, stamps his feet and is shouting "did she make you cry, make you break down" part, just before Stevie throws back her head and wails. Then, as she sings draaa-aaa-gon the back up singers are still chanting "woman, woman, woman." It's as if there are 3 pots on the stage, all doing different things, but all coming to a boil together. They sing "running to the shadows." I think they used to say "through" but not anymore. At the end, when Stevie slips into her silhouette, she doesn't stand still, but continues to toss her head, letting the drum beat slap it back and forth for long seconds.

Oh Well At the end Lindsey goes to the kit and almost lays his head on the nearest drum. Afterwards, John points at him and smile and Lindsey grins widely. Very nice.

Stand Back: I'm not sure, but instead of the man saying "take me" Stevie seems to have changed the words. Now, the man says: "come on."

When Lindsey comes to the mic to (pretend to) say goodnight to the audience, he is just screaming. "Anaheim, you were out of sight. Good night." The guy just shouts at the top of his lungs. I'm no longer worried that his voice will give out. He's been doing it for so long. I just marvel at the wild, crazed charm.

John is the first one off the stage. Lindsey is behind Mick as the walk off, snatching and bear-hugging at the big guy from behind.

For the band introductions, Mick tells the audience that this might be the last time we get to see them like this. Then he clutches his heart and pretends to keel over. Lindsey turns to the crowd and shrugs as if to say, "What is wrong with him??" Mick says he is just kidding. After he introduces the rest of the band he says that as Stevie and Lindsey have alluded earlier, it's such a pleasure to be with these 3 people. Lindsey and Stevie look at each other, gesturing and laughing, as if to say, "I never said that." Mick introduces Lindsey as our mentor in the studio [yeah baby] and our maestro on the stage. He says Stevie is their first lady and poet. Then, he says that that's about it and pretends to forget John. Then he confesses that he is kidding again and says that John is the backbone of the band and his lifelong friend.

Silver Spring I see what you mean about Silver Springs. They used to like to close with a ballad to "calm" the audience at the end of the show. SS is done harder now and gets quiet at the end. I like it.

Lindsey says his goodnight. "See you next time," he bellows. I'll hold him too it. Then Stevie and lastly Mick. Stevie waits in the wings for Mick to finish and they walk off together.

The show was incredible. I know they'll try to take it up a notch for Los Angeles, but I hardly think that will be possible.

Michele

[michelej1]

Sorry to hear that ILAA screwed you. I used to buy their 5 stars all the time but stopped after they screwed me for both the Eagles and DefLep last year. Now I do better with ticket drops.

I was surprised that Anaheim was such a big show. With L.A. so close by, I didn't think there'd be many ILAA packages (seeing as how there were only 5 at the Nassau Coliseum show I attended), but I think there must have been about 30 tonight. I didn't see ILAA people with front row seats, but all but 2 did better than the 10th row ticket I pulled. The fact that I had Cory leave my ticket at the door and told her I would skip the pre-party probably didn't help me get a better seat.

Michele

[michelej1]

I don't usually take pictures, as I tried tonight I noticed just how often Lindsey and Stevie's backs are turned to the audience. Goodness, I think they're playing 25% of the show for Mick's benefit, rather than ours!

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[michelej1]

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[michelej1]

Towards the end of the show, Stevie mixed up the gloves. One hand boasted a full glove and the other a fingerless. When they came out for the encore, Lindsey kissed the gloved one.

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[Edgeof27]

Just picked up my ILAA ticket and it's 10th row.

I'd been warned, but I got 1st row in Long Island and I was thinking that it would work out.

I'm disappointed to say the least, especially because I've got ILAA for 2 more shows and I don't plan on watching the rest of this stupid tour from the 10th row.

Checked the box office and the best they had was section 104.

Ugh.

Michele

Ouch,

10th row, (left, right, or, centre ???)

guess this was due to the demand at this venue, &, first come first served,

not a good endorsement for ILAA,

better luck for your next 2 shows,

[Glittermoondust]

Towards the end of the show, Stevie mixed up the gloves. One hand boasted a full glove and the other a fingerless. When they came out for the encore, Lindsey kissed the gloved one.

http://i300.photobucket.com/albums/nn2/michelej1/Fleetwood%20Mac/Anaheim2009029.jpg


OOooo like this one :thumbsup: Thanks for the pics and the review!!

[SNLB]

After reading reviews of how Stevie wasn't looking and sounding too good and about cancelled/postponed shows, I was hoping everything would be right for Anaheim. It was! I thought Stevie not only sounded wounderful, but looked gorgeous and Lindsey was a madman up there! I'm So Afraid was a show-stopper (as always!) and had everyone on their feet after Lindsey's blistering guitar solo. I absolutely loved Say You Love Me and I enjoyed Storms much more than I expected. Stevie was totally into her songs and Silver Springs was awesome! "You'll never get away from the sound of the woman that loves you". Oooh, I can still see her face in my mind as she was singing this last night. People were leaving before World Turning even got going and a guy sitting behind me yells "Losers! What are you leaving for? Go home, you losers. It's not even over!". I had to laugh at that. I got a kick out of Lindsey and Stevie walking onto the stage hand in hand for the encore, but it was Brett and Neale who followed arm in arm to their spot on the stage. That was funny. I think if John McVie could do his bass parts from back stage, he would. He seems happy to just stay where he is least seen. Great to see The Mac again, even if it was without Christine (but it would be awesome to see them again WITH her!). I also wish they would throw these four into a room and take some new photos. My friend and I, who both celebrate our birthdays in May, exchanged gifts last night before the concert. She wanted to buy me a Fleetwood Mac shirt, but I told her I didn't want a shirt with 6-7 year old photos on it. ;) I did get the keychain though. Same photo but at least it says "Unleashed 2009 Tour" so I won't mix it up with Say You Will's tour merch. :lol: It was another one for the books, as I like to say! Thanks to John, Mick, Stevie, and Lindsey for putting on one hell of show.

Here are a few of my pics:
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m47/gubay/CONCERT%20PHOTOS/fmac33stevie.jpg

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m47/gubay/CONCERT%20PHOTOS/fmac34lindsey.jpg

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m47/gubay/CONCERT%20PHOTOS/fmac39stevielindseymick.jpg

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m47/gubay/CONCERT%20PHOTOS/fmac22snl.jpg

Awwww (but this point, I'd taken so much video, my batteries were running low!)
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[ChristyL17]

You got a keychain? When my mom and I went to the Fort Lauderdale show, that's what my mom wanted, but they didn't have one, bummer!

[SNLB]

You got a keychain? When my mom and I went to the Fort Lauderdale show, that's what my mom wanted, but they didn't have one, bummer!

My friend got the keychain online. She had also ordered the shirt in hopes of getting it in time for last night's show, but they told her it was on backorder. She told me what she had done and would buy me something else at the show if I wanted something. So, she was able to cancel the shirt, but the keychain had been sent. Try the website. Maybe your mom can get the keychain from there.

[carol7lynn]

Michele-Great Pixs. Loved the photos of Stevie and Lindsey. Thanks. I left my camera at home as I just wanted to enjoy the show and really appreciate your photo-journal as it helps me relive the wonderful time that I had last night.

The head of security, a friend of my concert-friends, told us they were going to let the first 13 rows up. Seems like it was an edict of the band and hope the same will hold true for Staples and San Diego. Not worried about San Diego as I have 2nd row there but Staples has been, like Anaheim, releasing crap seats. I don't know if my luck will hold out but we will see.

Again good luck with ILAA but I seriously doubt that not going to the party had anything to do with anything. :sorry: What I do think matters is this; the more tickets that you buy for a given show, the better seats that you get. Single seats get the shaft. That was my experience at the Eagles shows at the Nokia in 2007 and StageCoach 2008 (The one I got a partial refund on.)

They used to list the number of ticket packages available in their source code (Right click your mouse on the order page and select view page source for those of you who are wondering what I'm talking about.) but some loud mouth tipped them of and they changed their computer code. That is how I caught them, I knew that I was the first person to order my ticket. I should have been front row center not front row off to the side almost in GA.

I absolutely loved Stevie's Burgundy outfit, the dress was gorgeous with a lot of intricate stitching and the finger-less gloves were killer too! Nice change up. Lindsey though should lose the jacket he must have sweat his you know whats off last night. Honda Center was hot, hot, hot especially at the stage. Hopefully Staples will be cooler. I saw Van Halen at the Honda Center last year and it was like a sauna in there that night too.

Well, after three concerts (2 REOs & 1 FWM) in three days I'm ready for a rest. Look forward to seeing all of you ledgies at Staples and San Diego.

Chow for Now!
Carol-Lynn
SoCalGal:wavey:

[michelej1]

SNLB,

I didn't catch Neale and Brett doing that. How hilarious. This was the first time I looked up at the screen and noticed that Neale was highlighted on the display for Stand Back. Poor Carlos! I'm sure Stevie will have him back for her next solo tour.

I didn't trust ILAA for Staples, because I knew too many management type people would by vying for those seats. But I am counting on ILAA for Phoenix and San Diego. Grrrr.

They had some insulated thermos type things at the merchandise counter that I might like to buy. Green. That's the only interesting goodie I saw.

Michele

[ChristyL17]

My friend got the keychain online. She had also ordered the shirt in hopes of getting it in time for last night's show, but they told her it was on backorder. She told me what she had done and would buy me something else at the show if I wanted something. So, she was able to cancel the shirt, but the keychain had been sent. Try the website. Maybe your mom can get the keychain from there.

Thanks so much! We'll try that! :nod:

[nailatixela]

Thanks for all the reviews. Loved the big review there michele. I also love that picture with stevie and lindsey where her eyes are closed and she smiles as lindsey kisses her hair. I can't help it but I seems like she is enjoying herself in those moments....sigh

I just noticed mick has a little mouse from that movie (can't think of the name) on his drum set.

[Regina]

Great review, Michelle.
I can't say I've been all that enthused about seeing them again (although I was when my two shows were done). But, the feeling is bubbling and boiling and should be in full gear by the time AC (and possibly MSG) arrive.

I'm glad Stevie seems to be feeling so much better.

[ShangriLaTroubl]

Am I the only one that STILL hates the fact that it's called the "Honda Center" now??? I much preferred Arrowhead Pond Arena..but I guess most of the arenas have corporate names now..:distress:

[SNLB]

Am I the only one that STILL hates the fact that it's called the "Honda Center" now??? I much preferred Arrowhead Pond Arena..but I guess most of the arenas have corporate names now..:distress:

I agree. I'd much prefer Arrowhead Pond. At least it's not as bad as Jobing.com Arena. I think I saw that on Ticketmaster for the Arizona show. I saw it somewhere. I just remember thinking....tacky, tacky, tacky! "I'm going to the Jobing.com Arena tonight!!". Blah! Who could even remember it's called that? Oh, I guess I remembered it, but not in a good way. :(

I noticed Mick's stuffed mice too. Is that Fievel? Anyone know why he has them?

[michelej1]

Maybe one of the twins gave Mick his little mouse. I haven't noticed it at other shows.

When they gathered for a group bow, I saw Mick waving his wooden balls at John and John made the sign of the cross.

Michele

[michelej1]

Ouch,

10th row, (left, right, or, centre ???)

guess this was due to the demand at this venue, &, first come first served,



Center. You make a good point about it perhaps being "first come first served." I hope that's the case. That would be the most fair.

Michele

[SNLB]

Here's a review from the O C Register:

http://www.ocregister.com/articles/fleetwood-mac-stevie-2427149-nicks-lindsey#slComments

And, here is a link to a slew of photos from the show from the O C Register!:

http://www.ocregister.com/photos/fleetwood-mac-stevie-2427149-nicks-lindsey

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Fleetwood Mac's chatty journey through the past

The band revels in revealing stories behind the songs for first tour in five years.

By BEN WENER
The Orange County Register

They're calling it Unleashed: Hits Tour 2009, this latest Fleetwood Mac outing, which stopped Saturday night at a packed Honda Center in Anaheim and returns next week to play Staples Center, the MGM Grand in Las Vegas and San Diego Sports Arena. But that billing is a misnomer two ways.

Unleashed? Well, yes and no. If by "unleashed" you mean "free to do as we please," then sure, there's a touch of the Mac unbound here – especially as the continuing "Rumours" lineup (sadly, still without Christine McVie) is touring for the first time with no new album to promote, theoretically opening the door for them to Jack FM this thing and play what they like.

Of course, when I hear "unleashed" I think of fearless, mercurial, untamed, electrifying musicianship – not exactly what anyone has thought of Fleetwood Mac since Peter Green split at the turn of the '70s. But, again, there's a kernel of truth in their advertising. Check the Stones and the Who for proof: Hall of Famers start performing differently once they reach their 60s, as everyone but Lindsey Buckingham has. (He'll hit six-oh come October; Stevie Nicks turns 61 on Tuesday. Mick Fleetwood is 62 come June and John McVie is six months into his 63rd year.)

There's a looseness that sets in when bands cross that threshold. Partly that's a natural result of aging, as stars start to slow down, move more deliberately (even in the sort of platform boots Stevie favors these days) and tweak material to fit vocal registers that don't range as high as they used to. But more so it's a case of returning to the sort of devil-may-care attitude that fuels so many future rock icons when they're younger.

It isn't that Fleetwood Mac has stopped caring how they sound. It's that they've stopped caring so much about how they sound – whether they've slurred this lyric or blurred that riff or botched a harmony. At some point meticulousness became an albatross. Now, instead of failing to be what they were, they've chosen to perform in the moment and not worry about living up to a rusting ideal. "Let's just go out and have fun," Lindsey put it with uncharacteristic succinctness.

Consequently, as with peers and forebears still making a hearty racket, the result is a new kind of ramshackle fierceness. Not to suggest that a group as relatively mellow as Mac is suddenly roaring like Page and Plant reunited, but Saturday night there was noticeable punch and kick to just about everything – which was anticipated on behemoths like "Tusk" and "I'm So Afraid" (bolstered by another scorching solo from Lindsey) yet proved surprising on swampier fare like "The Chain" and "Gold Dust Woman" and sleeker stuff like "Rhiannon" and "Gypsy."

But getting back to the tour title … "Hits," they say? Again, yes and no. And whose hits, for that matter? As with the Eagles, the Mac has taken to including solo fare: Stevie's chugging "Stand Back" late in the game, Lindsey's "Go Insane" early on, accompanied by mutating ink-blot visuals.

True, the majority of the band's 23 selections on this tour (the set list never changes) remain indestructible classic-rock staples – in addition to the ones I've already named you can add "Go Your Own Way," "Don't Stop," "Second Hand News," "Big Love," "Landslide," the positively dreamy "Sara." Yet even out of that list not everything was a "hit," per se, while numbers like "I Know I'm Not Wrong" and "Storms" (the latter chosen because it had never been played live before) don't even qualify as old-school FM radio gems the way "World Turning" or the evening-closing "Silver Springs" do. (Click here for a complete set list.)


It's also difficult to stage a best-of show when a tunesmith as formidable and essential as Christine McVie remains retired. Expectedly absent were "Over My Head," "You Make Loving Fun," "Little Lies" and "Hold Me." "Say You Love Me," however, was dusted off in tribute, with Stevie (in unflattering makeup that made her look wasted much of the time) and Lindsey (constantly wearing a post-euphoric expression resembling Bill Murray) capably providing McVie's melody.

Also, late in the evening, as Stevie exited once more for a costume change and potty break, the rest of the band served up a plenty raucous (if never quite ripping) rendition of the pre-mega-Mac standard "Oh Well," a fine homage to the group's roots in heavy blues-rock.

Otherwise this satisfying revue was precisely what it should have been called: "The Stevie & Lindsey Show," with all the hoary melodrama and esoteric between-song ramblings that you'd expect from such a program. Kicked off with "Monday Morning," the first track on the first album (1975's "Fleetwood Mac") Buckingham-Nicks appeared on, the performance often felt like a "Storytellers" session, and though it played well to a full house, it arguably would have come off better across several nights at a venue half the size – say, the Greek.

Some tales were illuminating and insightful, particularly Stevie's reminiscences of those heady San Francisco days in the '60s that led her to pen "Gypsy." Other comments, especially from increasingly self-satisfied Lindsey, tended to bog things down. Revealing the roots of a song is one thing, but to drone on and on in pseudo-profound fashion ("Los Angeles has a way of drawing you in on your own terms," good grief) ultimately saps strength and kills momentum. It's a bad habit of his, developed from small-theater solo touring where more ardent fans are willing to indulge his rambling yet haltingly paced thoughts. In an arena, however, it's often best to let the music do the talking.

Personally, I appreciated the telling little moments. The way old flames Stevie and Lindsey entered hand-in-hand, for instance – that was obviously sentimental, OK, but it also established the night's theme with sweetness. Likewise, the acoustic pairing of "Landslide" and a considerably slower, almost theatrical "Never Going Back Again" spoke volumes about the "complex and convoluted emotional history" Lindsey referred to earlier in the set.

An even more compelling (if utterly fleeting) glimpse of the real Mac, however, came nearly at the end – when Mick Fleetwood, looking more and more like Tolkein's Gandalf, strode gallantly across the stage, eyeing the crowd the whole time … and, as he approached John McVie, extended his arm for a job-well-done handshake without so much as looking at the bassist.

That's the Fleetwood Mac bond in a nutshell. They just know now – it's all instinctual. "Every time we get together it's different," Lindsey mentioned. True enough. But the core never changes.

Contact the writer: 714-796-2248 or [email protected]

[michelej1]

These are pictures from the Honda show that were on the BBC News website. You can see the little silver strings dangling from Stevie's sleeves.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/08/africa_enl_1243165308/html/1.stm

[michelej1]

There is a slide show of pictures here:

http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/cyiEbAXI0IL/Fleetwood+Mac+Concert+Honda+Center

[SNLB]

A couple of interesting observations by Ben Wener:

"Say You Love Me," however, was dusted off in tribute, with Stevie (in unflattering makeup that made her look wasted much of the time)

I thought I was the only one to notice. I'd look up at the screen many times and she had a streak of brown eye shadow across her eyelid that made her look pretty bad, especially when she had her eyes partly closed.


Other comments, especially from increasingly self-satisfied Lindsey, tended to bog things down. Revealing the roots of a song is one thing, but to drone on and on in pseudo-profound fashion ("Los Angeles has a way of drawing you in on your own terms," good grief) ultimately saps strength and kills momentum. It's a bad habit of his, developed from small-theater solo touring where more ardent fans are willing to indulge his rambling yet haltingly paced thoughts. In an arena, however, it's often best to let the music do the talking. ;) Love ya, Linds!

An even more compelling (if utterly fleeting) glimpse of the real Mac, however, came nearly at the end – when Mick Fleetwood, looking more and more like Tolkein's Gandalf, strode gallantly across the stage, eyeing the crowd the whole time … and, as he approached John McVie, extended his arm for a job-well-done handshake without so much as looking at the bassist.

Wow, I think he is referring to this moment:
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m47/gubay/CONCERT%20PHOTOS/fmac41mickjohnstevie.jpg
Not my best photo (guess I should have taken along an extra battery!), but I didn't even really pay that much attention to the fact that Mick isn't looking at John. Maybe Ben Wener is reading too much into it, but an interesting observation anyway. And now, the more I look at the picture, the more I see Mick shaking John's hand in passing in a hurry on his way to get to the side of the stage. Hahahaa! Maybe I'm reading too much into it! :D

[SNLB]

There is a slide show of pictures here:

http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/cyiEbAXI0IL/Fleetwood+Mac+Concert+Honda+Center

Those are fabulous (better than what the O C Register has to offer)! Thanks Michele.

[camchristo]

Just picked up my ILAA ticket and it's 10th row. I'd been warned, but I got
1st row in Long Island and I was thinking that it would work out. I'm disappointed to say the least, especially because I've got ILAA for 2 more shows and I don't plan on watching the rest of this stupid tour from the 10th row. Checked the box office and the best they had was section 104.

Ugh.

Michele

If you are spending that much on tickets - just for the ticket and not the ILAA "experience", why don't you just buy a platinum ticket off TM or a broker ticket? You can get a better seat, knowing where you're sitting, for less money.

[michelej1]

If you are spending that much on tickets - just for the ticket and not the ILAA "experience", why don't you just buy a platinum ticket off TM or a broker ticket? You can get a better seat, knowing where you're sitting, for less money.

There's a 2 ticket minimum though, so it's not less money. I couldn't have purchased 2 platinum tickets for $700. ILAA lets you buy a single.

I did buy platinum for the opening night show and I sold the 2nd ticket for almost what I paid for it. But ticket exchange isn't letting you sell for these west coast shows. I could try to sell on Ebay or something, but it's too late now. I've got all my tickets, except for New Orleans.

Michele

[michelej1]

Wow, I think he is referring to this moment:


How unreal that you captured the exact second he was referencing.

Oh! One of Lindsey's speeches seemed like it was 30 minutes long. I am never one to begrudge him anything. I am just surprised that his commentary is expanding over the length of the tour. I rather thought he'd reduce it. He is also getting more spastic.

This is like the GOS tour. It started off quiet with NTL and, indeed, the first 3 songs were gentle in tone, but by the end of the tour he was screaming the opening song and it just went on from there. It's as if the sedate moments were all an act and, as the weeks pass, he becomes . . . unleashed. Like the Hulk bursting out, although Dr. Banner tried his hardest to keep it in for as long as possible.

Michele

[Lee]

Thanks for the posting the reviews & pics. Very nice.

Lee :wavey:

[MacMan]

How unreal that you captured the exact second he was referencing.

Oh! One of Lindsey's speeches seemed like it was 30 minutes long. I am never one to begrudge him anything. I am just surprised that his commentary is expanding over the length of the tour. I rather thought he'd reduce it. He is also getting more spastic.

This is like the GOS tour. It started off quiet with NTL and, indeed, the first 3 songs were gentle in tone, but by the end of the tour he was screaming the opening song and it just went on from there. It's as if the sedate moments were all an act and, as the weeks pass, he becomes . . . unleashed. Like the Hulk bursting out, although Dr. Banner tried his hardest to keep it in for as long as possible.

Michele

Yes. In Vancouver, I thought he wasn't going to stop talking... I think it may have been for Big Love.. A little long I thought..

[ShangriLaTroubl]

I thought I was the only one to notice. I'd look up at the screen many times and she had a streak of brown eye shadow across her eyelid that made her look pretty bad, especially when she had her eyes partly closed.



I've thought about that before. I think she thinks it looks "dramatic" or something, but I've always felt like it looked like she has 2 eyebrows on each eye. I think it would work for wide open eyes, but not for half closed eyes.

[LiamMcConville]

Hey Michele,

Seeing as you've been to other shows, how do you think last nights "Storms" compares? From the recordings I've heard, I thought it was the best yet. Agree?

[carol7lynn]

There is a nice pix of Stevie in today's Calendar section: The Guide (Page E13) of the L.A. Times. The Times also has a review of last night's concert online at this link: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2009/05/live-fleetwood-mac-at-anaheims-honda-center.html

Carol-Lynn
SoCalGalNow:p

[Steviefan49]

Thanks Michele for the awesome review and pictures!!! WOW :thumbsup: Talk about getting chills !! It sounded like they were on FIRE!! WOOOHOOOO

[Livia]

He's a ham, no doubt about that. People should start throwing cloves and pineapples.

:laugh: Great review!

Yes, Stevie, your eye make-up IS dark and careless...please blend that dark shadow in the crease...better yet, go back to the Cover Girl eyeshadow trio you were using in the Mirage days.

[Wildheart82]

Ha ha thats my head in the corner of the 2nd to the last pictures next to the hands holding the camera (those aren't mine). Too funny:lol:

After reading reviews of how Stevie wasn't looking and sounding too good and about cancelled/postponed shows, I was hoping everything would be right for Anaheim. It was! I thought Stevie not only sounded wounderful, but looked gorgeous and Lindsey was a madman up there! I'm So Afraid was a show-stopper (as always!) and had everyone on their feet after Lindsey's blistering guitar solo. I absolutely loved Say You Love Me and I enjoyed Storms much more than I expected. Stevie was totally into her songs and Silver Springs was awesome! "You'll never get away from the sound of the woman that loves you". Oooh, I can still see her face in my mind as she was singing this last night. People were leaving before World Turning even got going and a guy sitting behind me yells "Losers! What are you leaving for? Go home, you losers. It's not even over!". I had to laugh at that. I got a kick out of Lindsey and Stevie walking onto the stage hand in hand for the encore, but it was Brett and Neale who followed arm in arm to their spot on the stage. That was funny. I think if John McVie could do his bass parts from back stage, he would. He seems happy to just stay where he is least seen. Great to see The Mac again, even if it was without Christine (but it would be awesome to see them again WITH her!). I also wish they would throw these four into a room and take some new photos. My friend and I, who both celebrate our birthdays in May, exchanged gifts last night before the concert. She wanted to buy me a Fleetwood Mac shirt, but I told her I didn't want a shirt with 6-7 year old photos on it. ;) I did get the keychain though. Same photo but at least it says "Unleashed 2009 Tour" so I won't mix it up with Say You Will's tour merch. :lol: It was another one for the books, as I like to say! Thanks to John, Mick, Stevie, and Lindsey for putting on one hell of show.

Here are a few of my pics:
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m47/gubay/CONCERT%20PHOTOS/fmac33stevie.jpg

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m47/gubay/CONCERT%20PHOTOS/fmac34lindsey.jpg

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m47/gubay/CONCERT%20PHOTOS/fmac39stevielindseymick.jpg

http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m47/gubay/CONCERT%20PHOTOS/fmac22snl.jpg

Awwww (but this point, I'd taken so much video, my batteries were running low!)
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m47/gubay/CONCERT%20PHOTOS/fmac36snl.jpg

[camchristo]

There's a 2 ticket minimum though, so it's not less money. I couldn't have purchased 2 platinum tickets for $700. ILAA lets you buy a single.

I did buy platinum for the opening night show and I sold the 2nd ticket for almost what I paid for it. But ticket exchange isn't letting you sell for these west coast shows. I could try to sell on Ebay or something, but it's too late now. I've got all my tickets, except for New Orleans.

Michele

Stubsearch sells singles. For any tickets that they have in quantities over 6, they offer singles.

[michelej1]

Stubsearch sells singles. For any tickets that they have in quantities over 6, they offer singles.

Yes and I've been lucky sometimes when you get closer to the date. Sometimes you'll see an odd number of tickets available and you can snag a single. I just didn't see anything good come up for the California shows, although I really tried to hold out.

Liam, I definitely thought the Storms was better than any I'd seen live, but I know there are lots of videos of it on You Tube and I don't know how it compared to those.

Arlene, it was a great come back for them, that's for sure. If people counted the band out after 3 cancelled shows, they counted wrong!

Michele

[michelej1]

Yes. In Vancouver, I thought he wasn't going to stop talking... I think it may have been for Big Love.. A little long I thought..

When John and Stevie are talking as LB speaks, I just wonder what they are saying to each other. Is it stuff like, "Is he ever going to shut up?" Or perhaps it is more benign like, "We've had some great audiences this week . . . I almost tripped over you . . . How's Molly liking school this year?"

Michele

[michelej1]

Carol-Lynn,

Thanks for that L. A. Times review. I wouldn't necessarily call Lindsey's chest muscular!

May 24, 2009
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/music_blog/2009/05/live-fleetwood-mac-at-anaheims-honda-center.html

Fleetwood Mac, the American-British powerhouse behind one of the bestselling albums of all time, is rock's greatest example of the good gained from ignoring every bit of sage advice known to humans about love and relationships.

But thank the dysfunctional heavens they did: The Mac has emerged some 30 years later as a weather-worn but still gripping outfit, currently touring in its most potent configuration, minus the singer and songwriter of some of its most durable hits, the retired Christine McVie.

For those needing a refresher course in popular rock scandal, the band forged ahead for 1977's blockbuster "Rumours" despite breakups between front couple Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, and founding member John McVie and wife Christine.

It's all ancient history now -- or is it? This latest greatest hits trek, titled "The Unleashed Tour," inevitably finds the band revisiting "Rumours" and its more challenging follow-up, the sprawling and fantastic "Tusk," but instead of shying away from its fractious history, Fleetwood Mac has woven it into the concert repertoire.

In one of his song introductions at Anaheim's Honda Center on Saturday night, Buckingham explained that the first "Rumours" tune they recorded revealed his emotional temperature at that moment -- anger, bitterness, even a little humor, but "we had to reconcile . . . at least for a short time." The band then launched into one of its strongest performances of the night, a thrillingly muscular "Second Hand News."

Buckingham often spoke with the measured tones of someone who's been in therapy. Other times, he would yowl, stamp his feet or thump his lean-muscled chest before pointing reverently at the crowd. He also dropped a big hint about the Mac's future: "There's no new album to promote yet" (his emphasis).

Nicks occupied her side of the stage with an entirely different energy. Clutching a tambourine festooned with strips of fabric, her performance was sometimes too sedate, though not without breakthrough moments of fiery engagement.

Maybe the gypsy queen was conserving her energy for the lengthy show (total time was 2 hours and 40 minutes), but her early performance of "Dreams" only spottily struck on the song's slumberous wisdom. Nicks' range has narrowed over the years, but by the middle of the set her voice seemed warmed up, her presence more keen.

For "Gold Dust Woman," Nicks, wrapped in one of her many luminous shawls of the night, reveled in her favorite role of stage-bound shaman, her brown eyes finally blazing as she gave her most convincing vocal performance of the night. McVie and Fleetwood provided stellar rhythm support as she closed the song in a classic Nicks position -- draped arms out, back to the crowd, light pouring in around her figure.

Despite her listlessness at times, Nicks is no less a treasure to behold, the rare rock 'n' roll frontwoman who's still inspiring to legions of young bands. Her sense of mystique provides an important counterpoint to Buckingham, who -- blistering guitar solos and all -- is familiarly situated in the rock god vein.

But when Buckingham and Nicks hugged at the end of "Sara," an awkward but nevertheless moving gesture, they proved they have the ability to surprise the audience as well as each other. And so new depths of Fleetwood Mac will surely be plumbed for lovers everywhere, old and new.

--Margaret Wappler

[ShangriLaTroubl]

Love how Stevie gets into it at the end of Second Hand News in Anaheim, she is doing some great air drums and a nice kick as the song finishes off. Check it out:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deh8kqfb_oI

[ChristyL17]

My friend got the keychain online. She had also ordered the shirt in hopes of getting it in time for last night's show, but they told her it was on backorder. She told me what she had done and would buy me something else at the show if I wanted something. So, she was able to cancel the shirt, but the keychain had been sent. Try the website. Maybe your mom can get the keychain from there.

I'm an idiot, it wasn't a keychain she wanted, she wanted a magnet. I remember us looking and we were surprised they didn't have one. I double checked the site and they didn't either.

[carol7lynn]

LOL! Michele. :D Lindsey's nips were hard though we did notice that. Anyway, I agree muscular it's not.

Carol-Lynn
SoCalGal

[michelej1]

My goodness Alex, it looks like Lindsey and Stevie are looking directly at you. Stevie is giving a big grin into the camera and Lindsey is making one of his patented silly faces. Those are great photos.

Michele

[ChristyL17]

Love these pics! I'm so glad I get to live vicariously through everyone. The concert I went to in Fort Lauderdale already seems like eons ago.

[greatdarkwing]

http://i8.photobucket.com/albums/a24/fleetwoodnicks7/P1010737.jpg

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[greatdarkwing]

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[Glittermoondust]

Awesome photos!!! :thumbsup:

[greatdarkwing]

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[michelej1]

^Oh, it's great that you got both Stevie and Lindsey in clasped, prayer poses. A matched pair. They make great bookends!

Michele

[BTFLCHLD]

thanks michele and all.

silversprings
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[michelej1]

Hollywood Reporter http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/entertainment/5601558/fleetwood-mac-takes-finding-groove/

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Fleetwood Mac's show was ambling along on Saturday. The packed crowd at the Honda Center in Anaheim was being entertained but not really affected.

"We're gonna get this party started," Stevie Nicks said after the second number, and the band began "Dreams" -- a No. 1 single from a 19 million-selling LP, but not what leaps to mind when one thinks "party starter."

And so it went for more than an hour: pleasant old songs, pleasantly recited, with the occasional address to the audience. But then the vibe changed.

The once-huge group played "Say You Love Me," written and originally sung by Mac retiree Christine McVie. Lindsey Buckingham embellished the second verse, almost arguing with the melody. The 40-year rhythm section of Mick Fleetwood and John McVie made it rumble.

The song earned the evening's first true roar, and it was game on.

Nicks then let loose on "Gold Dust Woman," offering her most inspired vocal of the night. Then came "Oh Well," the set's oldest song and by far its hardest-rocking. Buckingham bit off the lines, keeping the emphatic pauses, then ripped off a long guitar solo that was heavier than anything he ever recorded with Fleetwood Mac.

The crowd had caught on, and the rest of the night was terrific.

Taken in full, this was exactly what a heritage rock act playing arenas should deliver: Put aside any simmering personal issues and play 2-1/2 hours of the biggest hits, with a few fan-favorite album cuts and some nuggets -- at a top ticket price of $150.

Of course, "personal issues" were synonymous with Fleetwood Mac at the height of its popularity (18 of the night's 23 songs came from the group's megaplatinum 1975-79 era). Buckingham acknowledged the band's "fairly complex and convoluted emotional history." Those old tensions were evident as the main quartet kept their distance onstage as if separated by minefields. Meanwhile, the giant video screens often showed Buckingham and Nicks side by side as if via Photoshop.

Backed by two musicians -- tucked in a nook that was borderline backstage -- and three singers, the Mac was in good form. Buckingham sang and played with fervor, adding bursts of big guitar. Dressed in her trademark webby chiffon that resembles a giant doily, Nicks played air drums and guitar and real tambourine, her smoky vocals steering clear of the higher ranges but working well otherwise. Fleetwood and John McVie laid down typically solid rhythms, the former taking a brief eyes-closed drum solo.

Christine McVie was missed, with only a few of her songs making the set list. But this was an enjoyable show that justified a veteran act hitting the road with no new material. As Buckingham said: "This time we said to each other, 'Let's just go out and have fun.' ... There is no new album -- yet."

No need, really. (Editing by Dean Gooodman) (please visit our entertainment blog via www.reuters.com or on http://blogs.reuters.com/fanfare/)

[michelej1]

^I find the comment that the Anaheim crowd didn't roar until they got to SYLM quite ludicrous.

I like the idea that Lindsey's "embellishment" of the second verse almost argues with the melody. I don't like what Lindsey does on SYLM. I find it distracting and it undercut's the song's impact, but on other songs -- even other Christine songs, as well as his own -- I think his emphatic, insistent delivery does argue with the melody and it can be very effective,deceptively adding a layer to a message that would otherwise have been simple, shallow.

Michele

[michelej1]

The OC Weekly had 13 pictures, but they were mostly crowd shots, not band shots.

http://www.ocweekly.com/slideshow/view/13508980

[SNLB]

The setlist and marquee shots are cool.

[FMlex]

Lovely photos, everyone!

[wewerefrail]

Thanks for sharing the pictures, tee! It makes me sad that Lindsey is nearly 60 and rocks skinny jeans better than I ever could, as a 21 year old girl.