My top 5 Best Treasures from this band

[BLY]

1. Seeing them live on the 2nd leg of the Rumours tour in 1978 in Philadelphia
2. Seeing them live in 1982 on the Mirage tour in Philadelphia
3.The release of the DVD of the Dance and seeing them live in 1997 on the Dance tour in Philadelphia
4.The release of Rumours on a DVD 5.1 Surround sound disc
5. The release of the their 5 studio albums on deluxe box cd/vinyl sets and all the alternate versions of these classic recordings.

[michelej1]

Seeing them live when Christine made her cameo appearances. Screamed my lungs out.

Lindsey showing up for the BTM shows. Cried my eyes out.

The Dance. When I first got it I watched that DVD so often. I mean multiple times in the same day.

[Macfan4life]

1. Seeing them live on the 2nd leg of the Rumours tour in 1978 in Philadelphia
2. Seeing them live in 1982 on the Mirage tour in Pittsburgh
3. Seeing them live in 1997 on the Dance tour in Philadelphia
4.The release of Rumours on a DVD 5.1 Surround sound disc
5. The release of the their 5 studio albums on deluxe box cd/vinyl sets and all the alternate versions of these classic recordings.
The Mirage tour never came to Pittsburgh (unfortunately). You must have seen them somewhere else.

[Macfan4life]

The Mirage tour never came to Pittsburgh (unfortunately). You must have seen them somewhere else.
1. My first concert Stevie Nicks and Joe Walsh. It was a bomb of a concert but everyone cherishes their first concert and the impact it had on them.
2. Christine solo. Such a rare event and probably the best concert I have seen in my life.
3. 1987 live. The first time seeing them live but without Lindsey.
4. On With the Show. Never thought I would hear Songbird live again. Had great seats and it was a surreal moment.
5. Buck/Vie show. What a treat to have Chris and Lindsey do shows together.


I loved the Dance concert as a reunion and loved Silver Springs. I watched it so many times that when I saw them live for the Dance, it was just like the video. It was so scripted and the band was playing more like a studio than that raw arena rock sound. As much as I pinched myself this was happening seeing them all 5 on the stage...... I still think the Farewell concerts of 1990 were better than any show the Dance had to offer.

2 honorable mentions: Shaking BOTH Stevie's hands in 1998 during Edge Walk while she stared down at my wife beater that read "Rock Hard" (she had a very curious look) and meeting Lindsey and shaking his hand in 2018. I also got to strum his guitar at the end of GYOW. All of my life I always watched from afar with the lucky ones during Stevie's edge walk and Lindsey's guitar strum. I never thought my entire life that I would ever get to be one of those people.

[BLY]

The Mirage tour never came to Pittsburgh (unfortunately). You must have seen them somewhere else.

Your right, it was Philadelphia ......corrected. Thanks! It was the Wild Heart tour that was in Pittsburgh.

[soul_drifter333]

Getting to see Lindsey for the first time on the OOTC Tour and the OOTC album Still my fave album and tour of all time by anyone...ever

Getting to meet and get a pic taken with Lindsey on the SWS Tour

Front rows seats to several shows and getting to play Lindsey's guitar at 2 different shows

Getting to see Steve for the first time on 3 different Wild Heart shows

Shaking Stevie's hand on the Edge walk on the Enchanted Tour

Edit - So many I forgot a few lol

Meeting and getting Lindsey to sign my GOS CD jacket and playing his guitar at the show

Front row for Buck/McVie (Chris' side)

Christine's solo show

[Macfan4life]

Your right, it was Philadelphia ......corrected. Thanks! It was the Wild Heart tour that was in Pittsburgh.
How cool
We were at the same show :)
Little did we know that in 2020 we would meet on this thing called the internet ;)

[BLY]

How cool
We were at the same show :)
Little did we know that in 2020 we would meet on this thing called the internet ;)


I think we “met” here several years ago but yes isn’t that weird.😎

[sleepless child]

1. My BuckinghamNicks album
2. Seeing Stevie live for the first time in Pittsburgh during the Wild Heart tour
3. Seeing the OG 5 for the first time in Pittsburgh for The Dance Tour
4. Flying to Vegas for the first time to see Stevie live at Caeser's Palace. (very dissapointed except for Beauty and the Beast)
5. Getting "almost" front row in front of Lindsey during the 2009 tour. I didn't expect to be so blown away by him as I was. Made me a bigger fan.

[Jezzup]

BLY, I was at the Philly shows in 82 and 97 as well. The 82 show was my first live concert and my all-time favorite. Still remember the crowd exploding as they took the stage. Blown away by Lindsey's performance. So much energy.

[BLY]

BLY, I was at the Philly shows in 82 and 97 as well. The 82 show was my first live concert and my all-time favorite. Still remember the crowd exploding as they took the stage. Blown away by Lindsey's performance. So much energy.


That is so cool. the Mirage tour was so amazing. Everyone was so pumped to see the band live again and they didn’t disappoint. I was also a big fan of Men at Work the opening act.

[HomerMcvie]

1-Tusk tour when I was in 7th grade. I was a CRAZED fan back then, and ate up every note.

2-Mirage Tour, 5th row center. Them at their best.

3-Meeting about 5 Ledgies from here, about 10 years ago. We had get togethers for several years, and we're all still friends, and keep in touch.

4-Christine's return. She showed that old goat that $he wasn't the only heroine in FM.

5- BuckVie. What a great swan song for the band. The loves of my life, minus that annoying goat! Talk about a win win!!!!

[aleuzzi]

1. Saw Lindsey in Ithaca the night after Bob Welch’s suicide. It was a great show and at the end, my friend and I just walked right up to the stage. As Lindsey was leaving he saw my hand extended, turned and gripped it. I squeezed and he squeezed back.

2. Having a Q&A exchange with Bob Weston (where I got to tell him I thought he was handsome) and two Q&A exchanges with Bob Welch. Those old Penguin Q&As were excellent.

3. My Bare Trees and Mystery songbooks. Love working through them on the piano.

4. Watching Stevie sing “Silver Springs” on the televised Dance special. I, like everyone else in the audience, spontaneously stood up and cheered when it was done....it, to me, was a triumphant moment beyond anything I had been expecting.

5. First hearing Out of the Cradle and In the Meantime respectively. Both of these solo projects featured the artists at their best and featured songs of such high quality that validated their status as musicians, singers, and writers.

[HomerMcvie]

2. two Q&A exchanges with Bob Welch.

I totally forgot about "talking" with Bob Welch on his site. That should have totally made my top five. I left Nashville the morning that he took his life. I got back to my other home and heard the news. It was a surreal day...:(

[Macfan4life]

When I look back on Bob's site, its one of my biggest regrets not sending him a message or participating in his online Q&A chats. WTF was I thinking. I was not a member here then but sort of remember coming here in those early days. You could buy his autographed CD's on his site. If you read those in depth interviews, it will blow your mind. I love the story of him stating he ran into Lindsey shortly after he joined FM and Lindsey confiding in him how toxic they all were.

Anyway, I forgot to mention my biggest treasures of the band and the reason I became a big fan......the HBO Mirage tour concert. I think it debuted on HBO in February 1983. I became hypnotized and recorded the concert from the TV to my tape recorder. LMAO (I was 12)
I even wrote a several page hand written letter to HBO executives asking them to air the concert again. Believe it or not but I got a nice return letter that talked about how popular some of their concerts are and it was "possible" the concert could return. It never did LOL. I have to laugh because I am trying to remember everything I wrote to them about in my long letter. It would be so funny if I ever kept a copy or something.
In 1982-1983 HBO had some amazing concerts....all the big acts touring at that time had HBO concerts....Stevie Nicks, Fleetwood Mac, Men at Work, Pat Benatar, Donna Summer, Olivia Newton John, Dolly Parton, Blondie, etc. I remember them all.

[HomerMcvie]

When I look back on Bob's site, its one of my biggest regrets not sending him a message or participating in his online Q&A chats. WTF was I thinking. I was not a member here then but sort of remember coming here in those early days. You could buy his autographed CD's on his site. If you read those in depth interviews, it will blow your mind. I love the story of him stating he ran into Lindsey shortly after he joined FM and Lindsey confiding in him how toxic they all were.

Anyway, I forgot to mention my biggest treasures of the band and the reason I became a big fan......the HBO Mirage tour concert. I think it debuted on HBO in February 1983. I became hypnotized and recorded the concert from the TV to my tape recorder. LMAO (I was 12)
I even wrote a several page hand written letter to HBO executives asking them to air the concert again. Believe it or not but I got a nice return letter that talked about how popular some of their concerts are and it was "possible" the concert could return. It never did LOL. I have to laugh because I am trying to remember everything I wrote to them about in my long letter. It would be so funny if I ever kept a copy or something.
In 1982-1983 HBO had some amazing concerts....all the big acts touring at that time had HBO concerts....Stevie Nicks, Fleetwood Mac, Men at Work, Pat Benatar, Donna Summer, Olivia Newton John, Dolly Parton, Blondie, etc. I remember them all.

Bob was so down to Earth. I always wanted to invite him and Wendy out to dinner, but never did. I guess I was too afraid they'd say no. I sure did regret it once he was gone. Remember when Wendy got banned from here?

I don't remember how I even heard about the Mirage video(we were way too poor for cable - 4 channels with an antenna), but I've got it on Betamax! I talked Mom into buying beta....I was quite the visionary! I've still got the video somewhere. I'd never throw it away!

[aleuzzi]

I totally forgot about "talking" with Bob Welch on his site. That should have totally made my top five. I left Nashville the morning that he took his life. I got back to my other home and heard the news. It was a surreal day...:(

It was surreal and tragic and awful. When my friend and I saw Lindsey the following night, we thought he might say something to the audience, but he didn’t. I have mixed feelings about him not addressing it.

Those Q&A sessions were not on Bob’s site. They were on The Penguin, to which The Ledge belongs. I am grateful for those documents. Bob’s were so full and generous, though he was definitely bitter about the RRHOF snub, especially during the first of the two conversations.

I remember the Javier Pachecho Q&A went off the rails because Stevie’s fans were upset with the way he portrayed her in his answers.

[HomerMcvie]

It was surreal and tragic and awful. When my friend and I saw Lindsey the following night, we thought he might say something to the audience, but he didn’t. I have mixed feelings about him not addressing it.

Those Q&A sessions were not on Bob’s site. They were on The Penguin, to which The Ledge belongs. I am grateful for those documents. Bob’s were so full and generous, though he was definitely bitter about the RRHOF snub, especially during the first of the two conversations.

I remember the Javier Pachecho Q&A went off the rails because Stevie’s fans were upset with the way he portrayed her in his answers.

I get it. I mean, people are paying to have a good time. With FM members dropping like flies the past few years, it's like admitting that your number is in the queue. Too depressing for concert talk, IMO.

I'm trying to remember if Bob's own site had a name other than his name. I can still picture the layout, but that's about it now...

Then the old bit*h should come here and see what so many of us lifelong fans think of her these days. $he'd try to buy the board, just to shut it down! $he's a SAINT, I tell you. A SAINT!!!:lol::lol::lol:

[Macfan4life]

Yes thanks for clarifying my memory about the Penguin. Funny because Bob praised Stevie on lots of those interviews. She visited him during her Enchanted tour and he was very grateful for her continued friendship. This was less than a year after the RRHOF snub which Mick and Christine were leaders in.
I know he used to sell stuff which also makes me remember another private site.
In any event, I was a young fool for not partaking in any of that.

[aleuzzi]

Yes thanks for clarifying my memory about the Penguin. Funny because Bob praised Stevie on lots of those interviews. She visited him during her Enchanted tour and he was very grateful for her continued friendship. This was less than a year after the RRHOF snub which Mick and Christine were leaders in.
I know he used to sell stuff which also makes me remember another private site.
In any event, I was a young fool for not partaking in any of that.

Yes, he did have his own sight. I rarely went there. It wasn’t a terribly sophisticated set up. The Penguin, on the other hand, was a godsend to FM fans. Such a wealth of info. The Q&As are still available here: http://fleetwoodmac.net/fwm/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=28&Itemid=42

[jmn3]

Top 5 for me:
1. The Dance - they made this band cool for my generation and it was one of the first times I felt a musical connection with my parents. I listened to that cassette and the VHS so many times that I can still probably recite the entire thing including all the nonsense banter. I began my love of the band years earlier as a small child with Tango and then in my very early teens when my Mom asked for a Rumours cassette for Christmas one year, but The Dance brought my fandom to a complete other level. I still think Tusk and Don't Stop with the USC Marching Band was one of the coolest things ever. Big Love was actually stunning to see one man make that much noise with one guitar. Silver Springs was truly amazing. And I have a total soft spot for the banjo Say You Love Me.

2. The whole 1997-99 period with The Dance, the RRHOF, Behind the Music, Stevie's tour the following year....it was overload and an incredible time to get into this band fully. There was so much beyond Rumours that I began to appreciate and despite not having a thing called YouTube yet, the internet was a wealth of knowledge and insight into the band.

3. Pittsburgh 3/1/2009 - first night of the tour. I sat to the right side of the stage, had very little insight into what the setlist was, and it was incredible. They were LOUD, a big rusty, and full of surprises (Monday Morning, I Know I'm Not Wrong, full-band Go Insane, Storms, a questionable Say You Love Me, OH FREAKING WELL, Silver Springs as the encore)

4. Christine's Return - seeing them again in Pittsburgh in 2014, when Chris started singing You Make Loving Fun and the audience just went insane, what a moment. And with 4 tracks from Tango played, it was like finally getting a Tango-era setlist.

5. This place. What a completely awesome source of information and laughs this site has been over the years. I lurked for probably 5 years and then started posting in the year leading up to SYW. I never got into the drama and have remained pretty low-key, but I have gotten so much out of this place.

[jbrownsjr]

1984 Christine McVie Agora Cleveland. I couldn't believe how much better the show was than the MTVperformance. They blew me away. I was seated right in front of Christine's grand piano. Which was stage left.

1992 OOTC Tour Peabody's. That show was wild!! Lindsey kept getting his hair sweat all over me. I was a bit drunk so I didn't care. Standing room only.

1982 Buying Mirage for my mom's birthday and never really giving it to her. I played that album so much, I had to get another copy.

1987 Opening up Tango in the Night and listening to it straight thru.

2017 BuckVie Greek Amp with my friends. Explosive show. Sold out crowd was so rowdy and full of energy. I can still feel it.

(Of course all the FM shows) So many of them and they run together in my head. I will say one of the best shows I've seen of FM was the BTM tour. Rick and Christine stole that show in Cleveland and the crowd ate it up.

[aleuzzi]

Top 5 for me:
1. The Dance - they made this band cool for my generation and it was one of the first times I felt a musical connection with my parents. I listened to that cassette and the VHS so many times that I can still probably recite the entire thing including all the nonsense banter. I began my love of the band years earlier as a small child with Tango and then in my very early teens when my Mom asked for a Rumours cassette for Christmas one year, but The Dance brought my fandom to a complete other level. I still think Tusk and Don't Stop with the USC Marching Band was one of the coolest things ever. Big Love was actually stunning to see one man make that much noise with one guitar. Silver Springs was truly amazing. And I have a total soft spot for the banjo Say You Love Me.

2. The whole 1997-99 period with The Dance, the RRHOF, Behind the Music, Stevie's tour the following year....it was overload and an incredible time to get into this band fully. There was so much beyond Rumours that I began to appreciate and despite not having a thing called YouTube yet, the internet was a wealth of knowledge and insight into the band.

3. Pittsburgh 3/1/2009 - first night of the tour. I sat to the right side of the stage, had very little insight into what the setlist was, and it was incredible. They were LOUD, a big rusty, and full of surprises (Monday Morning, I Know I'm Not Wrong, full-band Go Insane, Storms, a questionable Say You Love Me, OH FREAKING WELL, Silver Springs as the encore)

4. Christine's Return - seeing them again in Pittsburgh in 2014, when Chris started singing You Make Loving Fun and the audience just went insane, what a moment. And with 4 tracks from Tango played, it was like finally getting a Tango-era setlist.

5. This place. What a completely awesome source of information and laughs this site has been over the years. I lurked for probably 5 years and then started posting in the year leading up to SYW. I never got into the drama and have remained pretty low-key, but I have gotten so much out of this place.

I was at the Pittsburgh 2014 show. Drove down from NYS and made a weekend of it. Great show. People went nuts when Christine started to sing her first song of the set, featured directly after the opener. She was just so happy to be performing.

I saw them in Rochester in 2009 and was impressed with muscular performances by Buckingham, McVie, and Fleetwood. Oh Well kicked butt and the retooled arrangement of Tusk was killer. But Stevie seemed lost and disengaged throughout—until Stand Back, where she came alive, only to then recess again into a ghost-like haze.

[aleuzzi]

1984 Christine McVie Agora Cleveland. I couldn't believe how much better the show was than the MTVperformance. They blew me away. I was seated right in front of Christine's grand piano. Which was stage left.

1992 OOTC Tour Peabody's. That show was wild!! Lindsey kept getting his hair sweat all over me. I was a bit drunk so I didn't care. Standing room only.

1982 Buying Mirage for my mom's birthday and never really giving it to her. I played that album so much, I had to get another copy.

1987 Opening up Tango in the Night and listening to it straight thru.

2017 BuckVie Greek Amp with my friends. Explosive show. Sold out crowd was so rowdy and full of energy. I can still feel it.

(Of course all the FM shows) So many of them and they run together in my head. I will say one of the best shows I've seen of FM was the BTM tour. Rick and Christine stole that show in Cleveland and the crowd ate it up.


Ummm, you also MET Christine backstage, for which I will be eternally jelly.

[jbrownsjr]

Ummm, you also MET Christine backstage, for which I will be eternally jelly.

Excuse me, but she met me. :)

[HomerMcvie]

Ummm, you also MET Christine backstage, for which I will be eternally jelly.
I thought that was a secret??? I have the pics, but I've always kept mum about it...

[jbrownsjr]

I thought that was a secret??? I have the pics, but I've always kept mum about it...

Both of you are in BIG trouble for revealing this top secret information.

[aleuzzi]

Oh no! I didn’t realize it was top secret! So sorry. Seriously.

[jbrownsjr]

Oh no! I didn’t realize it was top secret! So sorry. Seriously.

It's not a secret. :lol:

[HomerMcvie]

It's not a secret. :lol:

Bitch, I swear you asked me not to say anything!!!

I've got 3 pics from your meeting.

[jbrownsjr]

Bitch, I swear you asked me not to say anything!!!

I've got 3 pics from your meeting.

She came over, we brushed each other's hair and talked about how Tony has completely given up on $tevie. :laugh:

[HomerMcvie]

She came over, we brushed each other's hair and talked about how Tony has completely given up on $tevie. :laugh:

She brushed your hair? What, did she take the escalator to the downstairs playground?:lol::xoxo::lol::xoxo::lol:

[aleuzzi]

She came over, we brushed each other's hair and talked about how Tony has completely given up on $tevie. :laugh:

I knew you were talking about me. I could sense a disturbance in the force!

[jbrownsjr]

She brushed your hair? What, did she take the escalator to the downstairs playground?:lol::xoxo::lol::xoxo::lol:

You must know by now the playground is smooth as Warm Ways.

[HomerMcvie]

You must know by now the playground is smooth as Warm Ways.

So you shave........everywhere! You might just want to buy stock in Nair!:lol::wavey:

[jbrownsjr]

So you shave........everywhere! You might just want to buy stock in Nair!:lol::wavey:

I wanna be with you EVERYWHERE!

[HomerMcvie]

I wanna be with you EVERYWHERE!

Apparently I'd need to slip my hands inside sandpaper gloves to Hold Me....err....You!:p:p:p

[Villavic]

1. Seeing them live on the Reunion tour, Thanksgiving 1997 NYC
2. The Classic Albums DVD Making of Rumours
3. The Mirage tour VHS video.
4. On With the Show, NJ. Though I was dissapointed about sound and all three voices, it was my definitive farewell to their gigs. Even before Lindsey was fired. It was "this is it" to me.
5. Deluxe editions & Rumours T-shirt.