What was you most memorable Stevie show/shows that you attended?
 

I just thought I'd start this fun topic to find out what great memories you all have. For me, there are 2 shows that stand out:

12-31-99, Las Vegas, House Of Blues. Once in a lifetime experience. Ended up right in front of Stevie the whole night and got my first Edge handshake ever.

7-20-05, Red Rocks. Though some have said her voice wasnt at it's peak during this show, and I tend to agree somewhat, I'd waited 19 years since the video came out to see her there. Thought she'd never play there again. SO when I found out she was, missing it wasnt an option for me.

Vegas 5.14.05 - never will forget.

Greenville, SC 2003 Say You Will Tour - the night Stevie and I touched.

Cool. She only did that a few times during SYW. But of course she saw you and came right to you. Who wouldnt?:cool:

As far as Fleetwood mac goes I have a couple there too that stand out:


10-3-1997, Cincinnati. My first Fleetwood Mac concert ever.


7-19-03, San Diego, First time ever in the front row.

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that's right. at my show she only shook 2 hands. a girl in a wheelchair and me. girl knew I'd have a coronary if she didn't touch me. then when I got her cup from a stagehand, honey I drank that tea so fast...I was scared someone would knock me in the head to get it (I was all paranoid). it was the best mix of raspberry tea ever...and now Stevie and I are one...technically, I could clone her.:) the straw still has her lipstick on it...after 3 years.

That's so cool. What's great about that kinda stuff is it's so personal for you.:nod:

and to make it an even more special night, there's a DVD and it clearly shows her go to walk offstage, she goes "oh" and turns and comes back for me and shakes my hand before leaving. you never really see me, but to have that on DVD is priceless to me.

Oh I know. On a related note, do you know if a DVD exists of that Millenium show in Vegas?

never heard of video in circulation :sorry:

I figured that. It was such a small venue and we were all packed in like sardines.:lol: My friend Alicia(Haunted Song) did send me the Dvd's of the 5-11 Vegas show and the 7-17 Dallas show where I got to do the handshake. WHat I love about both is you can clearly see me taking her hand. GOOSEBUMPS!

October 2001 - when I met Stevie after the show

And Birmingham, England on SYW tour.... being Lindseys 'Come' girl :p

Awesome! Where did the 2001 show take place that you Met Stevie at?

Duh...sorry.. forgot to add that. It was Las Vegas

I would have loved to have been at that one

You always remember your first...
 

Wild Heart - Worcester Centrum (early June maybe).
Joe Walsh opening up with Marilyn Martin in his band (she hadn't moved over to do double duty with Stevie yet).
Everyone in the audience smoking ciggies..etc. Someone lit firecrackers in the auditorium during the show. Stevie made the *tsk tsk* motion with one finger on her right hand rubbing the top of a finger on her left hand when she heard/saw the pop pops.
Stevie's voice was v. fragile, particularly during the beginning, but she played the sacrificial lamb and went on with the show. Seemed like she was heavily cough-syruped (def. NOT on a stimulant that night), but everyone in the crowd was sooooooo baked that no one seemed to care.
Lot's of teen girls in the crowd wearing little leather bands (like a shoelace) with feathers on the end, attached to their parted-in-the-middle hair by a roach clip.
Stevie also had that little square tent on the side of the stage that she ran to between songs, like a mini dressing room.

I've only been to three - so it's slim pickings...

But it would HAVE to be the Auckland show where I met Stevie after the show - It was so amazing.

I actually just remembered this morning that Stevie cracked a joke when I met her, to the best of my knowlege it went like this...

Stevie had just walked out from her dressing room, and we were waiting outside - I was holding a bouqet of flowers, so when Stevie came over we said Hi and she went to shake my hand, but because the flowers were so big, I couldn't - and Stevie said "Oh, hello Mr. No-Hands!!!" and she started to laugh quite heavily at her own joke. :laugh: :laugh:

It sort of reminds me of the whole singing fish 'joke' in the Destiny Rules doco :D

Jason. I was THERE. :eek: 8th row!!!!

Unforgettable for me was Rock A Little at Jones Beach, because it was my first show and she was INSANE. Then, this past Gold Dust Tour- when I FINALLY touched her hand after all these years!!!

LOL! Stevie is the best!

no ****?!

well, I happened to find a picture taken from like middle of the floor taken by someone that shows a clear shot of the first few rows, I'll see if I can find it and send to you, you might see yourself!

yes, send it to me if you can find it- that would be wild.

I'd have to say in 1998 on her Enchanted tour...at Irvine Meadows. Didn't think her performance was anything special, but we had a Ledgie get-together before the show and I ended up carting a plethora of Ledgies (actually, I think most are now ex-Ledgies...if anyone who was there, is STILL here, please speak up and be recognized; I don't remember everyone's name these days) in my van to & from the show from our "meeting spot" to save on parking fees & gasoline.

I was there but this neanderthal didn't know about the Ledge at the time...

My most memorable - I guess I'd have to say the March 1977 Rumours show at the San Diego Sports Arena mainly because it was the tour Stevie developed the persona that would enchant for at least the next 3 decades. I also saw her on the white album tour but, to me, she hadn't become a star yet.

The most memorable show I didn't see - her cancelled San Diego appearance during her first solo tour. I'm still a little bitter 25 years later :( but I swear I'll get over it :laugh:

Terry

here 'tis
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if you follow the woman in the blue at the very back on the left...follow her arm up and you'll see two arms clapping directly under Stevie. that's moi.

But no me, that I can see. :o

awww. dangit.

I was there at that one, too! March 10th. Stephen Bishop was opening act. ("Save It For A Rainy Day" was his "hit" at the time)

The one where Lindsey botched the introduction of "Rhiannon" (saying "this one is from our new album called Rumours"), thinking they were about to play "Dreams". Sure, Lindsey..."they" changed the set list on you. Riiiiiiight. :D

Have you heard the bootleg of the first half of that show?

My buddy & I drove down in my parents' 1973 Toyota Corona station wagon. It was his 22nd BD...and 12 days before my 21st. MANY moons later (like 22.5 years), he was the best-man at my wedding.

I don't think I have. I don't have it on the list of bootlegs that I have. Stephen Bishop is from San Diego - not sure if I even saw the opening act. 1977 is not the best year for my memory. As a matter of fact, neither was 78, 79, 80 or 81. Hell back then you got high just entering the Sports Arena. :D

It was a beautiful day too. The temprature that day in Denver was a record 105! But where Red Rocks is is about 10 miles west of the coty up in the hills, so up there it was about 75-80.:cool:

Despite those bitches in front of you!:lol:

What's this? You getting so heavily involved in a Stevie event?:eek: J/K Bud, glad you had a good time.:cool:

Damn that mustve been a blast of a road trip!:cool:

All this show talk got me thinking, I am truly blessed to have been able to participate in the last 3 years of Stevie/Fleetwood Mac tours. A friend asked me why I went to so many and I said this: " I waited almost 20 years before getting to see them on the Dance tour." I thought that might be it, but of course it wasnt. So when SYW came around, I was DETERMINED to be a part of the tour to every extent I could. It was just a great feeling, and even if I never get to see them again, I went for it, and I have no regrets.:nod: And As far as Stevie solo goes, I missed the TISL tour because of her various ailments. No biggie, but when the Gold Dust tour came around, I figured that this would probably be her last MAJOR tour, so I wanted to get in as many in there as I could also.

I wish I had been at that show. I only have the audio & a video of one of those nights. But that show was one of my favorite shows that year in terms of performance. I LOVE Jones Beach Rock a Little performances! Hot damn. :thumbsup:

My most memorable Stevie shows I guess would be the opening night of the Fox Wilshire run in 1981, the Forum & the Cal Expo gigs in 1986 in mid-July (both with Mick Fleetwood on congas--he actually fell but not Stevie), & the two Southern Cal gigs in late 1983: the Forum (which was amazing to me) & Irvine Meadows.

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...t32Irvine9.jpg http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...t33Irvine9.jpg http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b2...t34Irvine9.jpg Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre - Sept. 24, 1983

That's right!!! lol

David, we were so excited. We decorated my camaro with streamers and wrote on the back, "Stevie or BUST!" MY girlfriends and I all dressed up in our 80's Stevie best and hit the road (I grew up on Eastern LI, about an hour's drive to Jones Beach).

We didn't have great seats and I had no idea what an "Edge Walk" was. When we saw her TOUCHING people as she walked across the stage, we almmost sh*t ourselves. I remember thinking that *I* wanted to be down in the front one day too. (Which I was, 25 years later :woohoo: )

She was totally crazy and passionate and wild. And for years, this performance is what I compared all other shows to, which was unfair of me. I feel really fortunate that I was able to be a part of that.

I think its amazing reading about people's concert experiences from tours like RAL, Rumours and the White Album tour, the very thought of being at any of the old tours is completely frustrating yet exciting for me, - why the hell was I born in a) 1982, and b) in England!! Im in love with the bootlegs and can imagine how amazing it must have been being there. Of course, Im utterly grateful that I saw the mac twice on the SYW tour but feel like im missed out on so much!

Come to think of it, it was probably 20 years later, not 25, that I got to touch her hand. RAL was like, 1986 right?

Most memorable Stevie show for me was Vegas 5-10-05. B&tB did it.

Second would be Pittsburgh with Henley, when I finally shook her hand.

Mine too! :nod:

The most memorable Stevie concert for me I am going to have to say was the AHI benefit in Phoenix on 12/06/2001. I bought a donor ticket and had front row and it was pretty much in the center, too. This was my first front row ever and I finally got to have a handshake when she did the Edge walk. However she stopped and bent down right in front of me to shake the people hands' that were in back of me and I got a full view of her cleavage/breasts. :shocked: :o :o :o :laugh:
I mean a full view! I was inches away from them! Too bad only the first half on the show is on DVD cause I would love to see the expression on my face.

Would it have been something like Lindsey's expression in your sig :laugh: