Chicago 4/13

[britt0308]

New thread for tomorrow night's show! This will be my first FM concert besides seeing Stevie solo on her IYD tour.

I know there are pros and cons to this tour..but regardless I cannot wait to see these beautiful performers with my own eyes. Let's appreciate their talents while we can!

Who's going?! I'm center floor Row 18!

[elle]

New thread for tomorrow night's show! This will be my first FM concert besides seeing Stevie solo on her IYD tour.

I know there are pros and cons to this tour..but regardless I cannot wait to see these beautiful performers with my own eyes. Let's appreciate their talents while we can!

Who's going?! I'm center floor Row 18!

didn't you also see Lindsey on his last solo tour?

have fun!!

[hollieniccole]

Center floor row 2 with M&G! Can't wait! Mom and I are SOOO looking forward to it!

[britt0308]

didn't you also see Lindsey on his last solo tour?

have fun!!

No Elle :( I was considering one of his city winery Chi shows last fall. But with school and money I just ended up not going. NOT passing up his next solo leg however, you can count on that!

[StandbackStevie]

Enjoy the show tonight who is going tonight I will be going next Saturday on April 20th to see them here in Connecticut have blast everyone enjoy. I will break out the bank roll I am been seeing them live since 1987 and Stevie solo since 1986.I an invested as I was debating wether to go or not so I am going like I always do I need to get out have a little fun.So will be partying the mac next Saturday.
:nod::]:blob2:

[jcalzaretta]

How are people getting such good seats? I have seen them 1000 times and cannot get a good seat. I need to be front and center.

There are no cons to the show. They are amazing. This is my third show this week. I cannot believe I had to wait 5 days from DC!

Does anyone have the words to Without You? I love that song. So Buckingham Nicks like - It makes me really want that second BN album!!!

[elle]

How are people getting such good seats? I have seen them 1000 times and cannot get a good seat. I need to be front and center.

3 ways from what i gathered -

Mick's tickets if you got them immediately when they went on sale
platinums (many of those prices went down closer to the show and great ones were available for just a bit over face, in some cases even better seats than Mick's for cheaper)
buying tickets day of the show, or within last 2 days, when unsold platinums went back into the pool (i think?).

[elle]

Enjoy the show tonight who is going tonight I will be going next Saturday on April 20th to see them here in Connecticut have blast everyone enjoy. I will break out the bank roll I am been seeing them live since 1987 and Stevie solo since 1986.I an invested as I was debating wether to go or not so I am going like I always do I need to get out have a little fun.So will be partying the mac next Saturday.
:nod::]:blob2:

glad you decided to go! :)

[Macfanforever]

Have fun guys tonight at the show.Enjoy and be safe.

[dontlookdown]

I predict a setlist change tonight.

And I'm hoping Angel makes an appearance on this tour.
I wish they would mix things up and do a slightly different setlist each night.
Like Tom Petty. Or the Grateful Dead.

[elle]

I predict a setlist change tonight.

And I'm hoping Angel makes an appearance on this tour.
I wish they would mix things up and do a slightly different setlist each night.
Like Tom Petty. Or the Grateful Dead.

me too. if they'd do that i might consider looking for some good tix for another show somewhere close to me.

i don't see a change in the setlist just yet though, but hoping it will happen (and not dropping but adding songs!) at some point in the tour.

swapping Sara with Angel wouldn't hurt anything, they'd still have their nice little Tusk block which works so well - it would work even better!

and although i love love love Eyes, now that i've heard it already live, i wouldn't mind it being swapped with What Makes You Think You're The One. :blob2:

oh and of course, they need to add Walk a Thin Line!!!!!

[dontlookdown]

Walk a Thin Line would be amazing.

[michelej1]

swapping Sara with Angel wouldn't hurt anything, they'd still have their nice little Tusk block which works so well - it would work even better!


No. It would hurt my everything.

I mean, given the pace, Angel might be a nice fit for the Tusk block, but it's not like Angel and Sara are interchangeable. Angel is beloved among focused fans and Sara is a national treasure.

Michele

[elle]

No. It would hurt my everything.

I mean, given the pace, Angel might be a nice fit for the Tusk block, but it's not like Angel and Sara are interchangeable. Angel is beloved among focused fans and Sara is a national treasure.

Michele

is it? i was watching reactions of the whole arena, and didn't see much craziness on Sara, for any of the 3 shows i've seen.

GDW and Landslide, however - everyone went wild. Gypsy and Rhiannon pretty big reactions too, have to reluctantly admit.

also, and that's the song i really was hoping Lindsey would swap out, but NGBA after Landslide gets almost as big of a response as Landslide.

Angel would be a perfect fit for the Tusk block.

[CADreaming]

is it? i was watching reactions of the whole arena, and didn't see much craziness on Sara, for any of the 3 shows i've seen.

GDW and Landslide, however - everyone went wild. Gypsy and Rhiannon pretty big reactions too, have to reluctantly admit.

also, and that's the song i really was hoping Lindsey would swap out, but NGBA after Landslide gets almost as big of a response as Landslide.

Angel would be a perfect fit for the Tusk block.

If they would share the same mic for Angel, a la Tusk, I would gladly have them sacrifice Sara. Interaction is always a good thing. I hate it when they don't acknowledge they are on stage together. It looks ridiculous.

[elle]

If they would share the same mic for Angel, a la Tusk, I would gladly have them sacrifice Sara. Interaction is always a good thing. I hate it when they don't acknowledge they are on stage together. It looks ridiculous.

they've been interacting nicely so far. warm and friendly.

[CADreaming]

they've been interacting nicely so far. warm and friendly.

Oh, I know! :D

[michelej1]

is it?

Yes.

Actually though, I don't think Stevie is overly attached to the song live. The problem is, if she stopped doing it, I highly doubt that she would place a "new" song like Angel in its stead. If she cut Sara, then we'd just lose Sara and probably wouldn't get anything good to replace it. So, I am not wishing for them to cut anything.

Michele

[elle]

Yes.

Actually though, I don't think Stevie is overly attached to the song live. The problem is, if she stopped doing it, I highly doubt that she would place a "new" song like Angel in its stead. If she cut Sara, then we'd just lose Sara and probably wouldn't get anything good to replace it. So, I am not wishing for them to cut anything.

Michele

no cutting, replacing. :) since we know they won't just add...

and however much i don't like Say Goodbye, it is fittingly closing the arc of the story they choose to tell on this tour - from Landslide through Without You to Say Goodbye. so it has to stay, otherwise WATL could be a nice ballad-y closer too :p ;)

[michelej1]

no cutting, replacing. :) since we know they won't just add...

If Stevie made a replacement, it would probably be switching in Soldier's Angel for something. That's the only thing I could see from her. Lindsey is more flexible.

and however much i don't like Say Goodbye, it is fittingly closing the arc of the story they choose to tell on this tour so it has to stay, otherwise WATL could be a nice ballad-y closer too :p ;)

So, do you stand at the foot of the stage softly singing the words to Say Goodbye with them, your eyes slightly misted over? That has got to be a sight!

Well, you know Lindsey. If this tour had a second leg, I wouldn't put WATL out of the running, after a break.

Michele

[elle]

So, do you stand at the foot of the stage softly singing the words to Say Goodbye with them, your eyes slightly misted over? That has got to be a sight!

lol. you know me better than that Michele! :laugh:

but i do think it sounds good actually, guitar work and singing, once i get over the fact that it's that song [which has that sound/melody i don't like]. :p

[StandbackStevie]

glad you decided to go! :)

Everyone around had bets that I was going anyway and I am going I don't vacation much and have the cash to do it.It doesn't matter where I sit as long as I am there usually there is cool people around at every show.Us Fleetwood Mac fans are the best have to say always cool people at the shows the ones I have gone to.I hope I can get a ticket tommorow or monday and will be excited about going to see them on the 4/20 at Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville,Connecticut. Maybe gamble a few bucks too. :nod::]:blob2::blob1::laugh:

[jcalzaretta]

Just got back from the show. My third this week. No cutting Sara. It is amazing. This is the best they sounded. They are having so much fun. The one replacement is to swap out Not That Funny for Bleed to Love Her. They might have a perfect show. It was amazing.

And by the way - MSG not so great. The sound is ****ty there. Anyone who thinks that is the best concert venue is about as smart as Rolling Stone. DC and Chicago far better sound. Amazing week.

[joe68]

Exactly right about NTF. Stops the show dead in its tracks. Besides that, perfect!

[elle]

Just got back from the show. My third this week. No cutting Sara. It is amazing. This is the best they sounded. They are having so much fun. The one replacement is to swap out Not That Funny for Bleed to Love Her. They might have a perfect show. It was amazing.

And by the way - MSG not so great. The sound is ****ty there. Anyone who thinks that is the best concert venue is about as smart as Rolling Stone. DC and Chicago far better sound. Amazing week.

lol - we have exact opposite opinion - Sara is a drag and slows down the show way too much (even though sounds better than i expected which doesn't say that much for it). Not That Funny is a badass coolness weirdest punkish song the way they do it now and says "we are full of energy and not some old farts and we've been that since Tusk", it has to stay!

[elle]

plus wasn't everybody here crying how the set is same old and stale? but you want to keep Sara that was done on the last tour, and throw out the one song that, besides Sad Angel and Without You, actually completely turns around the setlist from what it was in 2009????? Not That Funny adds that alternative coolness to the set and single-handedly changes the set to the energetic new show!

#justsayin'

[Erin]

Let's see...from Mick's M&G, I asked him about Christine recording with them and he shot it down because "she'd have to tour." Thanks for being a dreamkiller Mick! ;) He did threaten her with physical violence if she doesn't play at one of the London O2 shows, so you Brits are a lucky bunch!:D

The show was great as usual, much tighter than when I saw them in Columbus last week.

Anywho pictures here:

https://plus.google.com/photos/116405077339730749395/albums/5866590759340229681

Landslide video:

http://youtu.be/vNx2v5Zuls4

[britt0308]

So so happy after tonight's show. I'll post a full recap tm, Sara has escalated into a thing haha and the energy overall was palthable. The magic lives on.. :)

[shackin'up]

I mean, given the pace, Angel might be a nice fit for the Tusk block, but it's not like Angel and Sara are interchangeable. Angel is beloved among focused fans and Sara is a national treasure.

Michele

Hmm. Sara is an INTERnational treasure. Tusk and Sara are Fleetwood Macs Culthits. Not like the rumours and white album hits.

[Sanne2]

Let's see...from Mick's M&G, I asked him about Christine recording with them and he shot it down because "she'd have to tour." Thanks for being a dreamkiller Mick! ;) He did threaten her with physical violence if she doesn't play at one of the London O2 shows, so you Brits are a lucky bunch!:D

The show was great as usual, much tighter than when I saw them in Columbus last week.

Anywho pictures here:

https://plus.google.com/photos/116405077339730749395/albums/5866590759340229681

Landslide video:

http://youtu.be/vNx2v5Zuls4

Wow GREAT pictures!

[vivfox]

Sad Angel

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[vivfox]

Landslide

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[vivfox]

Tusk

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[elle]

Sad Angel

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"it's really a trip"

"we're gonna be dropping an EP, probably next week online, and then a bit later as a physical piece of work"

[jcalzaretta]

My favorite part of the show was Sisters of the Moon. I had seen them at MSG and DC Verizon Center this week. Chicago was the best concert - NY the worst. Chicago fans better and the sound is so much better at the UC. In any case, I said to my buddy - Stevie says at the end of the song they have not played since 1979. But really it was 1982 for Mirage. At the end of the song, Stevie said - such an old song - have not played in years. Someone yells 1982. She said huh - I've been saying 1979. Damn right - Chicago rocks!!!!!

[vivfox]

At the end of the song, Stevie said - such an old song - have not played in years. Someone yells 1982. She said huh - I've been saying 1979. Damn right - Chicago rocks!!!!!


Hopefully she'll start saying 'the early 1980's' from now on.Waiting with baited breath for the SOTM video to surface.

[Erin]

My favorite part of the show was Sisters of the Moon. I had seen them at MSG and DC Verizon Center this week. Chicago was the best concert - NY the worst. Chicago fans better and the sound is so much better at the UC. In any case, I said to my buddy - Stevie says at the end of the song they have not played since 1979. But really it was 1982 for Mirage. At the end of the song, Stevie said - such an old song - have not played in years. Someone yells 1982. She said huh - I've been saying 1979. Damn right - Chicago rocks!!!!!

That was funny, at least now she knows! My favorite part was when she was talking about Buckingham Nicks and how the album tanked, and the whole audience went "aww." And then she says "no, it really tanked!" and Lindsey pipes in with "tanked!" I also thought it was funny how she said it was winter in the morning and summer by the afternoon. I didn't realize 50 degrees was summer!

[bethelblues]

My favorite part of the show was Sisters of the Moon. I had seen them at MSG and DC Verizon Center this week. Chicago was the best concert - NY the worst. Chicago fans better and the sound is so much better at the UC. In any case, I said to my buddy - Stevie says at the end of the song they have not played since 1979. But really it was 1982 for Mirage. At the end of the song, Stevie said - such an old song - have not played in years. Someone yells 1982. She said huh - I've been saying 1979. Damn right - Chicago rocks!!!!!

Yeah, I'm eager to see the video too. Someone should give Mick a dvd-r copy of the 1982 Sisters Mirage performance at the Meet and Greet to give to Stevie to "remind" her. She might not be aware of how well the staging and performance of Sisters worked for that tour, and she probably doesn't remember that Lindsey was singing the third verse. Or, of course, she may be choosing to conveniently not remember that particular version of the song.

[elle]

Yeah, I'm eager to see the video too. Someone should give Mick a dvd-r copy of the 1982 Sisters Mirage performance at the Meet and Greet to give to Stevie to "remind" her. She might not be aware of how well the staging and performance of Sisters worked for that tour, and she probably doesn't remember that Lindsey was singing the third verse. Or, of course, she may be choosing to conveniently not remember that particular version of the song.

it's probably a part of her life that's completely erased from her memory if it ever was there ;)

[bethelblues]

it's probably a part of her life that's completely erased from her memory if it ever was there ;)

Very true. The band though should at least be familiar with their concert videos, right?? Maybe it's like the case of Without You where Lindsey tells her one thing and she remembers it differently. I will say I was very surprised when on Good Day New York last year the hosts asked Stevie about her excellent impromptu version of Wild Heart at the Rolling Stone photo shoot and she was actually aware of it. So it's hard to tell what she knows and what she doesn't.

[michelej1]

Hmm. Sara is an INTERnational treasure. Tusk and Sara are Fleetwood Macs Culthits. Not like the rumours and white album hits.

I wouldn't really call Tusk a cult hit, mainly because the use by the Trojans makes it really widely known. Even before I lived in California where USC was popular, I heard this song played at college games and it seemed to have a life of its own, outside of Fleetwood Mac. In fact, maybe it's just a cover they do.

Michele

[michelej1]

"it's really a trip"

"we're gonna be dropping an EP, probably next week online, and then a bit later as a physical piece of work"

A physical piece of work like an art sculpture or something. I will mount it in my backyard and place flowers around it. Perhaps, a fountain.

Michele

[vivfox]

Rhiannon

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The Chain

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Dreams

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[elle]

I wouldn't really call Tusk a cult hit, mainly because the use by the Trojans makes it really widely known. Even before I lived in California where USC was popular, I heard this song played at college games and it seemed to have a life of its own, outside of Fleetwood Mac. In fact, maybe it's just a cover they do.

Michele

lol. you know, my son was asking me after the show whose song Don't Stop is and why did they cover it in concert? :laugh: :laugh:

[michelej1]

lol. you know, my son was asking me after the show whose song Don't Stop is and why did they cover it in concert? :laugh: :laugh:

Awwww. And Christine has been gone as long as he's been alive.

Michele

[elle]

Awwww. And Christine has been gone as long as he's been alive.

Michele

yup, just about exactly. he just knew the song as hugely popular / well known.

[michelej1]

Chicago Tribune
http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-04-14/entertainment/chi-fleetwood-mac-concert-20130413_1_buckingham-and-nicks-christine-mcvie-stevie-nicks

Concert review: Fleetwood Mac at the United Center


April 14, 2013|Greg Kot | Music critic

It was billed as a Fleetwood Mac concert Saturday at the United Center, but it was really more about the California duo that Mick Fleetwood invited to join the band in 1974, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks.

Lindsey and Stevie were the Jay-Z and Beyonce of the ‘70s. They were an under-achieving folk-rock duo transformed into a power couple with Fleetwood Mac, a core ingredient in three multimillion-selling albums that provided 15 of the 23 songs performed Saturday: “Fleetwood Mac” (1975), “Rumours” (1977) and “Tusk” (1979).

The concert turned into an extended dialogue between the two, with the rest of Mac’s membership – both current and past – reduced to ancillary roles. Buckingham and Nicks were more than just bandmates, of course, but lovers who broke up just as Fleetwood Mac broke big. That personal travail provided a subtext for countless songs, and the soap opera has continued to play out over the decades. Buckingham played hide-and-seek with the band while conducting a solo career, and he and Nicks appeared uneasy allies at best on recent tours. On Saturday, they were on cozier terms, and the songs and presentation underlined it.

Fleetwood Mac has a rich history that reaches back to swinging London during the late ‘60s. The band was named after its rhythm section, which is still intact. Though he looks more than ever like he could be Fagin’s goofball sidekick in “Oliver Twist,” Mick Fleetwood remains an inventive drummer, steeped in blues but capable of coloring arrangements with orchestral flair. Hey, the man’s got a gong – and wind chimes! – and he knows how to use them. Band cofounder John McVie provided the bass breakdown in “The Chain,” a moment so iconic that it got an ovation from the capacity crowd. But even though Fleetwood got a drum solo, he and McVie were basically just part of the backing band on this night.

Another crucial player in the “Rumours” run written out of the script was Christine McVie, the U.K. keyboardist whose sultry hits were every bit as resonant as those of Nicks and Buckingham. But McVie retired in 1998, and her songs have been retired from the set list, with one exception – “Don’t Stop.”

It was that song that urged, “Don’t you look back, yesterday’s gone” – solid advice for most rock bands trying to remain relevant. Though the set was loaded with yesterday’s songs, Fleetwood Mac does have its own anti-nostalgia machine. Buckingham still plays like a guy looking for his first break. Only his gray hair betrayed any signs of aging. His voice remains pliable and strong, if slightly deranged in its most fevered moments. As a guitarist, he’s a finger-picker who can sound like he’s got four hands going at once, playing lead and rhythm lines simultaneously while mixing a grab-bag of influences – everything from bluegrass to hard rock. He described “Big Love” as a “meditation” on change, but this was more like an exorcism. He attacked his guitar as much as plucked it, a ferocious solo performance that was easily the night’s highlight.

Nicks took longer to warm to the occasion. Her range has narrowed and her register has lowered, and attempts to stretch out and talk-sing through “Rhiannon,” “Gold Dust Woman” and “Sara” turned these warhorses sludgy and slack. But when Fleetwood, McVie and several backing musicians and singers exited, Nicks had the stage to herself with Buckingham, and the intimacy and space in the arrangements suited her. “Landslide” finished with the duo clasping hands, and they resurrected “Without You,” a song from their pre-Mac days that allowed their voices to blend like the California-pop innocents they once were.

Buckingham responded to Nicks’ tune with one he wrote a decade ago about the couple, “Say Goodbye.” The guitarist even broke out the “c” word – “closure” – in describing his relationship with Nicks. Once again, the stage was empty except for the two singers as their public therapy session dissolved into darkness. Then they exited holding hands.

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[Keith]

The "Dreams" video.. Cool view since so many concerts i was always on the side.. Ok performance, but really cool view / video.

[Keith]

So I love the "Rhiannon". Dance right before Stevie begins the "dreams unwind" vocals.. Great video capture.. I love the bare trees focus in the middle of my room..

[vivfox]

Second Hand News

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World Turning

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Sara

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[vivfox]

Gypsy

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[kak125]

love the videos but where is Sisters of the Moon?! i am dying to hear it!!

[SpyNote]

love the videos but where is Sisters of the Moon?! i am dying to hear it!!

Here's Sisters...

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Most of the Chicago show is online (http://stevienicksnews.net/2013/04/13/6th-show-fleetwood-mac-united-center-chicago/) now.

[kak125]

thank you spynote!! i really appreciate it.

[bethelblues]

I have a question about Gypsy. I've noticed that in every video so far Stevie has lowered parts of the song, especially "and it lights up the night." I hadn't realized that before until I saw the band at MSG, and it was very noticeable at that concert and in videos of the tour since the audience is always singing that part of the song higher. Does anyone know when Stevie first made the changes? And was it for the Say You Will tour? Just curious, as I'm not sure if singing it higher would actually be that much of a strain for her voice, at least not like later in the song with "And if I was a child...enough for me to love."

[HejiraNYC]

I have a question about Gypsy. I've noticed that in every video so far Stevie has lowered parts of the song, especially "and it lights up the night." I hadn't realized that before until I saw the band at MSG, and it was very noticeable at that concert and in videos of the tour since the audience is always singing that part of the song higher. Does anyone know when Stevie first made the changes? And was it for the Say You Will tour? Just curious, as I'm not sure if singing it higher would actually be that much of a strain for her voice, at least not like later in the song with "And if I was a child...enough for me to love."

It started with SYW. I am also puzzled why she dodges the high melody on this line, especially since she hits the same high notes when she sings "I STILL see your BRIGHT eyes..." at the end. My theory is that Steve Real probably gives Stevie a nightly note allowance. I'm serious. She is probably allowed to exceed the ___ note no more than a dozen times per show. :shrug: I suppose this helps to ensure that she is keeping some left in the tank as the tour drags on...

Also, this is the same high note that she hits during "Without You:" "...in this complicated world and there you ARE..."

[Ulpian]

I have a question about Gypsy. I've noticed that in every video so far Stevie has lowered parts of the song, especially "and it lights up the night." I hadn't realized that before until I saw the band at MSG, and it was very noticeable at that concert and in videos of the tour since the audience is always singing that part of the song higher. Does anyone know when Stevie first made the changes? And was it for the Say You Will tour? Just curious, as I'm not sure if singing it higher would actually be that much of a strain for her voice, at least not like later in the song with "And if I was a child...enough for me to love."

She sings it low on the Live in Boston version too. I'm just listening to it now.

[bethelblues]

Yeah, that's the earliest video I've seen her do it. The Dance has the same vocal as the studio recording. Interesting theory about her vocal coach. I think that makes sense, especially if Stevie's thinking ahead, keeping her voice ok until the first leg of the tour ends.

[MacMan]

Here's the full Chicago show (mp3's) - Recorded by April Panichaya. She wanted me to post the show for your guys and anyone who went and would like it.

She couldn't post it herself as she's still waiting to be verified to be a member... So to the mods who verify, maybe check your email for her reply to you questions...

The sound on the recording is really good! Little bit of distortion here and there, nothing major, it's a nice warm sound.

Check it out: Mediafire (http://www.mediafire.com/?mfxx16x21fcni)

Thanks for recording April!

[michelej1]

Huffington Post, click for 22 photos:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/15/fleetwood-mac-united-center-photos_n_3085104.html

Fleetwood Mac United Center Photos: Stevie Nicks And Her Crew Hit Chicago Posted: 04/15/2013

As the Tribune's Greg Kot puts it, "the Jay-Z and Beyonce of the '70s" hit Chicago on Saturday for a sold-out show at the United Center.

Led by Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham, Fleetwood Mac played their first of two shows in the Chicago area this year with a set that relied largely on hits from some of the band's most iconic, decades-old albums: "Rumours," "Tusk" and their self-titled 1975 album.

Photographer Joshua Mellin was on hand for the show and shared some great shots with HuffPost.

Ahead of the show, a number of Chicago musicians spoke with Time Out Chicago about their favorite songs from the hugely influential band.

Fleetwood Mac return to the Chicago area on June 14 for a show at Allstate Arena.

[SadAngel86]

Here's the full Chicago show (mp3's) - Recorded by April Panichaya. She wanted me to post the show for your guys and anyone who went and would like it.

She couldn't post it herself as she's still waiting to be verified to be a member... So to the mods who verify, maybe check your email for her reply to you questions...

The sound on the recording is really good! Little bit of distortion here and there, nothing major, it's a nice warm sound.

Check it out: Mediafire (http://www.mediafire.com/?mfxx16x21fcni)

Thanks for recording April!

Thanks for doing this April and posting about it @MacMan! I hope someone records the second Chicago show in June as that's the one I'm going to. :D

[elle]

Huffington Post, click for 22 photos:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/15/fleetwood-mac-united-center-photos_n_3085104.html

Fleetwood Mac United Center Photos: Stevie Nicks And Her Crew Hit Chicago Posted: 04/15/2013

huh?? since when is FM SN's crew? or they are they talking about someone else?

[Richard B]

Here's the full Chicago show (mp3's) - Recorded by April Panichaya. She wanted me to post the show for your guys and anyone who went and would like it.

She couldn't post it herself as she's still waiting to be verified to be a member... So to the mods who verify, maybe check your email for her reply to you questions...

The sound on the recording is really good! Little bit of distortion here and there, nothing major, it's a nice warm sound.

Check it out: Mediafire (http://www.mediafire.com/?mfxx16x21fcni)

Thanks for recording April!
Very cool...thank you both so much.
Is it me or is GYOW missing (Track 19)?

[elle]

Very cool...thank you both so much.
Is it me or is GYOW missing (Track 19)?

not you, i don't see it either.

[SadAngel86]

Very cool...thank you both so much.
Is it me or is GYOW missing (Track 19)?

You're right. There is no GYOW. Bummer, hope she appends the download.

[SpyNote]

It started with SYW. I am also puzzled why she dodges the high melody on this line, especially since she hits the same high notes when she sings "I STILL see your BRIGHT eyes..." at the end. My theory is that Steve Real probably gives Stevie a nightly note allowance. I'm serious. She is probably allowed to exceed the ___ note no more than a dozen times per show. :shrug: I suppose this helps to ensure that she is keeping some left in the tank as the tour drags on...

Also, this is the same high note that she hits during "Without You:" "...in this complicated world and there you ARE..."

She's definitely made some significant adjustments over the last few years. There must be certain tones that do more damage than others. I guess it will preserve her voice and allow her to sing longer. But it is very strange not to hear the bridge of "Edge of Seventeen" ("the clouds never expect it...") or the signature growl that comes right after. She must also not be allowed to go deep on the word "home" in "Sara" and "Gold Dust Woman" or "taaaaaaake me home" in "Stand Back, because she sings it differently. It's disappointing, but I guess it must be done.

[MacMan]

not you, i don't see it either.

The track is there now.

[SadAngel86]

The track is there now.

Thank you!

[Lindsfan]

The track is there now.

Thank you...and thanks for the whole concert too!

[Phil]

She must also not be allowed to go deep on the word "home" in "Sara" and "Gold Dust Woman" or "taaaaaaake me home" in "Stand Back, because she sings it differently. It's disappointing, but I guess it must be done.

Either not allowed or she's just plain lazy... counting the dollars all the while. Shame on her!! Always banging on about how the punters only attend in order to hear the "hits", but what about putting on a half decent performance? She seems to have neglected that part of the equation.

[bethelblues]

So I was going through HuffPost's pictures from Chicago and there's this one of Lindsey sitting down on the stage (Slide 11 of 22). Anyone know when during the concert this happened? I was at Madison Square Garden and I saw nothing like it.

http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/292020/slide_292020_2338473_free.jpg?1366037941100


Edit: Also, did anyone catch that Mick's eyes are included for the Eyes of the World graphics on the screen? Nice touch

[elle]

So I was going through HuffPost's pictures from Chicago and there's this one of Lindsey sitting down on the stage (Slide 11 of 22). Anyone know when during the concert this happened? I was at Madison Square Garden and I saw nothing like it.

http://i.huffpost.com/gadgets/slideshows/292020/slide_292020_2338473_free.jpg?1366037941100

he's been doing it at every show so far, as far as i know. it's during Mick's World Turning solo.

a friend of mine snapped a pic of him sitting down like that at MSG.

[michelej1]

huh?? since when is FM SN's crew? or they are they talking about someone else?

I did not like that.

Michele

[bethelblues]

he's been doing it at every show so far, as far as i know. it's during Mick's World Turning solo.

a friend of mine snapped a pic of him sitting down like that at MSG.

I wish I had seen him doing that at MSG. Really cool. I'm guessing Stevie isn't sitting on the other side of the stage. Come to think of it, it's probably the only real break Lindsey gets the entire show--besides between the main set and encore.

[Hawkeye]

Yeah, that's the earliest video I've seen her do it. The Dance has the same vocal as the studio recording. Interesting theory about her vocal coach. I think that makes sense, especially if Stevie's thinking ahead, keeping her voice ok until the first leg of the tour ends.

The dance and the studio gypsys are not the same vocals.

[bethelblues]

The dance and the studio gypsys are not the same vocals.

We were trying to find the last time Stevie went for some of the higher notes in Gypsy, and The Dance was the example, before she lowered a few lines of the song for the Say You Will Tour. That's what I meant by the comment.

[michelej1]

I wish I had seen him doing that at MSG. Really cool. I'm guessing Stevie isn't sitting on the other side of the stage. Come to think of it, it's probably the only real break Lindsey gets the entire show--besides between the main set and encore.

He's been doing that all the time for all the tours. He never leaves the stage (well, until the encores). Just one time he did leave the stage during World Turning during the SYW tour and I think he walked into something and came back out with a cut on his head. But that was an anomaly. Normally, he stays put.

Man, during the Dance, Mick would be by himself for his solo. Then, at the end Lindsey would get up from the side of the stage and kind of "chase" Mick back to his drum kit, strumming forcefully on his guitar as Mick backed away and then Christine would come from backstage and take her place at the piano and John would return and start working the bass again and they'd all resume playing Not That Funny, one by one, it was like a burst of power. Like the pot had been on simmer and comes roaring back to boil. I really enjoyed that.

Michele

[vivfox]

Check it out: Mediafire (http://www.mediafire.com/?mfxx16x21fcni)


Thanks to this I now have a complete recording of SOTM instead of the snippet from youtube. Kisses!

[vivfox]

"I would have said 79 but I'm going with your 82" Stevie says at the conclusion of SOTM to a fan in the audience. Hoping she'll quote it correctly from here on out.

[kak125]

"I would have said 79 but I'm going with your 82" Stevie says at the conclusion of SOTM to a fan in the audience. Hoping she'll quote it correctly from here on out.

ha i just listened to sisters and that was freaking hilarious! lol i can see her having karen or somebody look it up after the show. lol my mom is 58 and her memory is like ten times worse than stevie's so she gets a free pass on that one. i can tell my mom a story the one day and then the next day she will call me up telling me the same story forgetting i was the one that told her - lol!
stevie cracks me up though i could listen to her talk for days.

[elle]

He's been doing that all the time for all the tours. He never leaves the stage (well, until the encores). Just one time he did leave the stage during World Turning during the SYW tour and I think he walked into something and came back out with a cut on his head. But that was an anomaly. Normally, he stays put.

Man, during the Dance, Mick would be by himself for his solo. Then, at the end Lindsey would get up from the side of the stage and kind of "chase" Mick back to his drum kit, strumming forcefully on his guitar as Mick backed away and then Christine would come from backstage and take her place at the piano and John would return and start working the bass again and they'd all resume playing Not That Funny, one by one, it was like a burst of power. Like the pot had been on simmer and comes roaring back to boil. I really enjoyed that.

Michele

more photos of LB sitting down during WT this year here (i know i've seen at least one more that Amlyn she shared as MSG show was going on that i can't find right now) - http://ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/showpost.php?p=1088378&postcount=6844

[vivfox]

Stand Back

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Gold Dust Woman

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/EpSDPUkhqis" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Silver Springs

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/oU5xUU-DYZU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[vivfox]

Go Your Own Way

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/EuFVLDHECBM" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[vivfox]

love the videos but where is Sisters of the Moon?! i am dying to hear it!!


One of God's Angels sent me this link so we could all see the complete SOTM performance from Chicago. Yay!!!!!

<iframe width="420" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/V4dmkuxvX5g" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

[kak125]

thank you so much vivfox for posting this! you made my day!

[vivfox]

thank you so much vivfox for posting this! you made my day!


I'm very grateful to our secret friend for providing us with the link.And I'm very pleased to share the SOTM excitement with you.

[kak125]

I'm very grateful to our secret friend for providing us with the link.And I'm very pleased to share the SOTM excitement with you.

yes please tell your friend i said thank you! lol i am like a little kid i get so excited watching these videos of SOTM and the rest of the songs from the tour. fm's music has really gotten me through some really hard times.

[michelej1]

Here are some pictures,
http://www.timeoutchicago.com/things-to-do/chicago-blog/16201356/concert-photos-fleetwood-mac-at-united-center

Time Out Chicago, April 19, 2013
Posted in #Chicago blog by Brent DiCrescenzo on Apr 19, 2013

Last weekend, the Mac attacked the United Center. Buckingham, Nicks, Fleetwood and McVie (John, that is; Christine hasn't toured with the group in ages) speed-plucked and harmonized through their back catalog of California radio gold. They're sporting a couple of new tunes, too.

In case you missed it: Some of our favorite local musicians selected their favorite Fleetwood Mac songs for us. Check out the deep cuts dug by Kelly Hogan, John Stirratt of Wilco and more. Hogan never fails to deliver a killer anecdote. Love her.

[michelej1]

Chicago Now, January 26, 2013 By Teppi Jacobsen

Fleetwood Mac at the United Center or I had my tickets until I was scammed

http://www.chicagonow.com/when-you-put-it-that-way/2013/01/fleetwood-mac-at-the-united-center-i-was-scammed-123/


To the person that conned me into paying $440 for four Fleetwood Mac tickets:

I really thought you were legit. I wanted to believe that since you were pretty "normal" when you responded to my Craigslist request to find tickets that I would actually get them. I've purchased tickets through Craigslist before and always gotten them. So, when you responded, I thought WOW, this is amazing.

What you don't understand, now that I have figured out that I will never get those tickets is just how much I wanted to see them. For many reasons. In 1977 when I was in college I frequented a bar in Palatine called Durty Nellies. It was a great place for college kids to hang and holds many fun memories for me. I remember one night standing by the jukebox and hearing a song called Monday Morning". It was from a newer band called Fleetwood Mac. I was instantly hooked.

I saw them in concert later that year and was mesmerized. Loved them. I still loved them years later. In 2003 I saw them at the Allstate Arena. They were even better than they were in 1977, kinda like a fine wine that had aged so well.

I'll never forget that concert because that was around the last time my life was normal. Four weeks after that I was diagnosed with cancer and I recall that concert as the last fun event of my life "BC" (before cancer). I can still envision Lindsey Buckingham killing it on his guitar singing "Looking out for love". Crazy Good. Stevie Nicks voice as clear as a bell singing "Landslide". I am kinda nerdy like that. Music means so much to me; I relate songs and groups to times of my life.

So here I was, offered 4 tickets to the concert this coming April and great seats to boot! You were very patient while I waited to see who would go with me. My daughters were so excited as when they were little girls we enjoyed watching their concert "The Dance" on PBS. We had formed a kick line and danced to "Don't Stop Thinking About tomorrow". So I would take them, what a night I was looking forward to!!!

You requested I pay you through paypal and that gave me the comfort that you were on the level. You answered every email I sent prior to the purchase within seconds. Funny, once I paid for the tickets you haven't answered me at all about mailing them. The fact is there are no tickets and they will never be mailed. You're pretty savvy; you know that you'll get your money and that if I'm lucky and can prove I was scammed I'll get my money back through paypal. I'm sure you see that as a win win. Wrong. I still have no tickets.

I was willing to pay a good deal to see them because they are a part of my past that I hold very dear. You have ruined that for me. I am out $440 and now I am too wary to try Craigslist again. Tickets have been long sold out and until I get my money back I can't afford to buy more.

I hope that people reading this will be careful to not fall into the same trap. I thought I was smart enough to smell a scam. Silly me. I'm just another sucker that fell for it and let my emotions take over my sensibility. I so wanted to see them. I so still do. So you managed to really screw this pooch so to speak. I can only hope that what goes around will come around.

Lindsey and Stevie, I'm not giving up.

If you feel like following my quest for justice or to read my other ramblings, please visit my Facebook page and "like" me!

[michelej1]

June 15, 2013 Chicago Now

http://www.chicagonow.com/when-you-put-it-that-way/2013/06/fleetwood-mac-in-chicago-why-it-was-so-important-i-see-them-123/

Fleetwood Mac in Chicago: why it was so important I see them

Back in January I wrote about how I was scammed buying tickets to see Fleetwood Mac. I was sad. I was mad. I was everything you can imagine. All over a band you say? Sure, there are more important things in the world than seeing a concert. But this one meant a lot to me.

I never did get tickets to the concert at The United Center in April. However, the demand for them was so high that they added a second concert at the Allstate Arena last night. I was fortunate - I got tickets. And I did it through Ticketmaster. Not some low life scam artist on Craigslist.

And if I may say the concert was worth twice what I paid and then some I'm not exaggerating. It was that good. For so many reasons on so many levels.

Music is as important to me as breathing. Well, maybe not that important but you get the picture. It defines my life, stages of it and where I may have been at any given time. It transcends words. This particular band has spent thirty five years with me, singing to me, creating moments that are unforgettable.

When I saw the band for the first time in 1977 I was with my best friend at the United Center which was still at that time, The Chicago Stadium. Last night as I enjoyed the concert with my grown daughters and husband, that friend was at home waiting for her daughter to go into labor. She is becoming a grandmother. There was a certain irony to this as Stevie Nicks sang "Landslide". She sang of getting older. We also had a friend years ago that claimed she wrote the song and I chuckled to myself as it was performed.

I had written in my previous blog about how seeing them in 2003 was the last normal thing I did before I was diagnosed with cancer. So, to be there last night ten years later alive and well was overwhelming. Particularly to be with my girls who I could share the evening with and enjoy it so much together.

Whenever an evening can take me back to my youth I embrace it. I marveled at the band who despite all being in their sixties performed like they did in 1977. Even better than that. Seasoned, perfected performances.

One of the main things that really struck me last night was the overall feeling in the Arena. It was electric. It was emotional. Maybe I'm being dramatic, I don't know. But tell me that watching this wouldn't get you shaking your head asking "wow, how does he do that?"

(Can't figure out how to upload my own video but this is what I witnessed last night, even better)

It was also something to see the relationship between Stevie Nicks and Buckingham. Knowing the back story of their tumultuous time together and them putting that all behind them was a testament to what time can do for all of us, it can heal. They closed the concert with this song, "Say Goodbye". Buckingham explained he wrote it as a way to come to terms with things that happened in the past and make way for the future. Again, I did not video this last night but the performance was just as good.

When the concert ended, each member said a few words. It was Nicks who put it into the words I couldn't think of. That here we were 35 years after their album "Rumours" came out and embracing each song as if it were the first time we'd heard it.

For me, being alive ten years after cancer made hearing those songs all that much more special. And seeing the happiness in that room, in the midst of a crazy messed up world, priceless.

Thanks Ticketmaster, for not scamming me.

[michelej1]

^ Oh, ticketmaster scams you, lady. Never think they don't.

Michele