Tulsa-roll call, reviews, etc.
 

Yeah..........I figure that the band will spend the night in Tulsa since their next concert is in Dallas a couple nights later. BUT, where are they staying.........hmmmmmmmmmm, just wondering.:confused:

That kind of info really isn't released. However, I do believe the band was staying in my hotel in Columbus!!:blob2:

Hmmm....
 

the Renaissance Hotel possibly, The downtown Doubletree??? In the past most of the musicians who played a venue in downtown stayed at the Doubletree...Sure not the Camelot, RIP Camelot.

Just watched the weather on the local news, supposed to rain and be cool with a high of 58 on Sunday...Prepare for a wet evening folks.

Yeah, those would be the two places I would think also. The Doubletree is the closest one to the BOK center........hmmmmm. :shrug: Yep! It's going to be a wet night - but a GREAT one!:nod:

That's not how the schedule goes, but.. I can't see them spending any night in Tulsa. They're probably hubbing out of Dallas for 3-4 of those dates.

Are there any good, fun bars or restaurants close to the BOK Center in Tulsa for before/after the concert to have a drink??

Yes, there is Baxter's about 3-4 blocks away from the BOK center. Great food! It's not usually open on Sundays but he plans to be open from 4-8pm due to the FM concert.

You are correct....I meant St. Louis. Thanks for the correction! ;-)

Isnt there a mexican resturant somewhere in downtown Tulsa that's good and well known too?

Can't say for sure in downtown...
 

Tulsa (From my experiences) but I prefer Pancho's on Admiral (Right down the street from my former home).

Of course there is always Casa Bonita : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casa_Bonita

I hope I have the chance to check that place out someday, after it was immortalized in that episode of "South Park"

Now youre going to be at this show right? You are one person I definitely want to meet!You cant miss me! Sometimes I ask my mother why whe couldnt have made me 5'4 100 pounds!:lol:

Unless...
 

I fall over dead before Sunday I will be there (Knock on wood).

I was 5'-4" when I met Debbie back in 1991 - but God decided to make me have a late growth spurt in my mid 20's.

There is a Mexicali Border Cafe not too far from the BOK...it's okay. Slow service though. It's across from the Brady where Lindsey plays solo. Last time he was in town, some of his band ate there when we went.

Casa Bonita..........used to be a great place...not so much anymore. If you are going for fun and something different then it's okay...food isn't like it used to be.

Damn straight- and hopefully we'll see Linds outside the center or something.. :D

If anyone has any clues, please post before 6pm!! You never know..

I'm excited- wonder if I'll be the only Australian there?

- Spike

Getting PUMPED for Tulsa concert tonight!! (Who's excited??)
 

Hey everyone,

I was listening to Sirius this morning at work and literally switching channels that usually play FM all morning trying to find a FM song, in preparation for my big night tonight.

I was *this close* to calling Sirius and demanding they play a track, and thankfully I heard "Gypsy" at about noon. I was so damn happy. It was hard not singing along in front of my customers.

SO, who's going, and who's excited?

- Spike

I can't make it out there tonight, but where are you sitting?
I might look for you if I know where you'll be.

Has the set list changed? I hope not. It was good when they started the tour.

Tulsa World

http://www.tulsaworld.com/spot/artic...3_JohnMc969502

By JENNIFER CHANCELLOR World Scene Writer
Published: 4/26/2009 2:18 AM
Last Modified: 4/30/2009 2:39 PM

Fleetwood Mac, the multi-Grammy winning, multi-platinum Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, is back on the road for the first time in five years after several successful solo projects. It's also fresh off a tour last year that sold out venues across the globe.

The British-American rock act formed in 1967, and will make this tour with members Stevie Nicks, Mick Fleetwood, Lindsey Buckingham and John McVie. Some of the band's biggest hits include "Go Your Own Way," "Say You Love Me," "Over My Head," "Tusk," "The Chain" and "Dreams." They've recorded more than two dozen albums.

In a recent interview, longtime member Lindsey Buckingham ruminated all things Mac, a band with a long history of monster successes, flops, rebirths, infighting, drug abuse, sobriety, breakups and make-ups.

Buckingham summed up the band's magnetic and sometimes chaotic chemistry in a recent interview: "We are a group of great contradictions, a group that in some strange way probably doesn't really have any business being in a band together because of the range of sensibilities is disparate.

"But that's in fact what makes Fleetwood Mac what it is. It's the whole being greater than the sum of the parts. It's the kind of energy that is created from that kind of contrast in personalities."

Also, band members Nicks and McVie commented on the tour name, "Unleashed," in the telephone interview transcript received by the Tulsa World.

Said Nicks: " 'Unleashed' to me meant unleashing the furies, unleashing us back into the universe. 'Unleashed' to me was an edgy term of throwing this amazing musical entity back into the world that we had been away from for 4 years.

"And so we I never looked at it as being as being 'leashed.' I looked at it as unleashing a fury which is what Fleetwood Mac is a lot of the time."

When asked whether fans could handle the fury, the quips were short and certain.

McVie: "No."

Nicks: "It's heavy. You might have to wear your armor."

I am PSYCHED about this show tonight! My first time seeing Fleetwood Mac... I have seen Stevie twice before but THIS will be the ultimate concert experience! :D

Score!
 

I just got the seats I wanted! I am sooo excited. It does pay to wait until the last minute! Whoo Hooo!:]

I'm in the highest level, but right in front of the band. Lowest row of the top level, right in front of the stage.

I have to ask- how can you look for me if you can't make it there? The mysterious David strikes again. :D

I'm assuming maybe once they can do a concert series and not change the setlist. As long as they don't drop anything good, I don't mind if they sub anything in, I'm more concerned about losing tracks from Tusk altogether, like Sara or Storms. But I'm not going to worry about it too much.

I'm too damn PUMPED!!

My sentiments exactly. And it's my first time taking the plunge to see the 'Mac also.

We (my wife and I) just heard "Stand Back" on the radio on the way home and were singing feverishly- I wonder if it's going to be a good version tonight.

- Spike

I'm very excited for you. You exist in the here and the now. Lucky you! Have a great time! It's a fabulous show!

Heh, thanks :)

Currently listening to the Tusk tracks- Sara, Storms, Tusk- in preparation for tonight!!

"Ask me and I'm there.. because I care"

- Spike

P.S. For anyone wanting to say hi, I'll be the tall Australian guy w/glasses, with a short American girl on his arm ;)

All I can say is that tonights performances of "Gold Dust Woman" & "I'm So Afraid" were the best, repeat the BEST versions I have EVER heard in concert...Stevie & Linds, respectively, torn those suckers up!


I'll give a full review later today (Monday), I have YET ANOTHER dentist appointment.


Btw, Am I the only person who noticed the newly recorded version of "Stephanie" playing on the P.A. pre-show??? I know DavidMN also heard it.

wow, that is quite a statement from your mouth, Brian! What was so specifically special about those versions?

Great show last night! The whole band was en fuego. Both Stevie and Lindesy were on top of their games. No lack of energy for Stevie this time.:)

WHAT?! :shocked: :]

Im not going to say too much here because I want to do a detailed review of all 5 shows Im going to next week when I get back from Denver. But without question, this was the best oout of the 15 shows Ive seen so far this tour. Gold Dust Woman may have been the best Ive ever seen live. Amazing! Oh and I met Brian(Estranged4life) out back of the venue and we got a chance to hang out for a few hours before the show and for awhile after. I must say this here. Brian is without a doubt one of the most real, genuinely nice people Ive ever met. I hope all of you get a chance to hang out with him someday. Brian I love ya buddy!:wavey:

I know Dave. I've had the luck to hang out with him for quite some hours before the july 1st show 2003 in OKC. Genuine and cool indeed.

Well...
 

on "I'm So Afraid", Linds' soloed alot more than usual and you could tell from the energy, that both he and the band were giving, that there was something magical occurring. He finished to a complete standing ovation of everyone in attendance (The arena was very packed - a very good turnout for a Sunday night show) and from the look on his face afterwards you could tell he knew something magical did indeed just occurred.

Stevie's voice sounded very strong on "Gold Dust Woman", she held the "Go Home" line at the end a lil' longer than I had previously heard. She seemed very premeditated in her lines, as if she was thinking how to make this version one to remember - Trust me Gerald, this show (Minus 1 song) SMOKED the July 2003 OKC that both you & I saw in energy & performance.



As for the pre-show instrumental music that played on the P.A. - I was able to pick out "Stephanie", "Bleed to Love Her" & "Red Rover".

Cool, thanks for the insight, Brian, let's pray for a mint boot! About those preshow instrumentals: I heard those three too before lindsey's soloshows in october, and maybe "Down On Rodeo" too.

PS: what's the "minus 1 song" comment about?

Hmmm...
 

"Storms" fell flat on its face in the live setting, Sorry to say. I love the studio version of the song, but live it did not live up to the hype. I think it's time to replace it with "Sisters of the Moon".

Fleetwood Mac rocks Tulsa’s BOK Center - Daily Oklahoman review
 

http://www.newsok.com/article/3366565/

Fleetwood Mac rocks Tulsa’s BOK Center
By Brandy McDonnell Entertainment WrMay 4, 2009

TULSA — The passing of four decades, the retirement of a core member and one of the most turbulent histories in rock ‘n’ roll haven’t dimmed the star power of Fleetwood Mac one watt.

The remaining members of the seminal pop-rock band — singer/guitarist Lindsey Buckingham, singer Stevie Nicks, drummer Mick Fleetwood and bassist John McVie — effectively sent the BOK Center into a time warp back to the 1970s for about two and half hours Sunday night.

“There’s no new album to promote — yet,” Buckingham told the appreciative near-sellout crowd of about 13,000. “So we decided let’s just go out and do those songs that we all love, and hopefully, they’re the ones you love, too.”

For the Tulsa stop on the “Unleashed: Hits Tour 2009,” the quartet let loose on a string of favorites, mostly from their classic ‘70s albums “Fleetwood Mac,” “Rumours” and “Tusk.” The years have taken their toll in a few ways, and the warm vocals of former singer/pianist Christine McVie (who retired in 1998) were certainly missed.

But Fleetwood Mac has maintained its consummate chemistry and musicianship. And that’s amazing considering what Buckingham described as the band’s “complex and convoluted emotional history.”

Emerging from darkness to the crowd’s excited cheers, the group launched the concert with the bouncy “Monday Morning,” putting Buckingham in the lead on vocals and showing off his still fleet fingers.

On his solo “Gift of Screws” tour last fall, the multitalented musician, 59, electrified Tulsa’s intimate Brady Theater, and he proved Sunday that his spellbinding picking and quirky vocals can still captivate an entire arena, too. He blazed through his flamenco-style version of “Big Love,” the frenetic “I Know I’m Not Wrong” and the intense “I’m So Afrai d,” often bending over limply and then straightening to shout “Oh, yeah” at the end of his songs.

With their deep catalog of hits, the group could afford to put their throbbing trademark “The Chain” second on the set list. The dramatic song got the fans chanting along on the chorus and proved that Fleetwood and John McVie still form a formidable rhythm section.

When Nicks stepped into the spotlight with the hopeful hit “Dreams,” the show briefly took a worrisome turn. Her vocals were markedly deeper and less supple than in the past, and she let the trio of female backup singers carry the high note at the end.

But the songstress, who turns 61 on May 26, sounded more like her familiar sultry-voiced self on the evocative “Gypsy.” Plus, she shared the story behind the music: Buckingham was a former schoolmate who called her a couple of years after they first met to ask her to join his hard rock band.

“That moment catapulted me into the greatest musical time of all time, 1965 to 1970, in San Francisco, Ashbury Park. ... where I’m back to the velvet underground,” she said, referencing the opening lines of “Gypsy,” a childhood favorite of mine that brought back potent memories.

By the time she got to her witchy signature track, “Rhiannon,” Nicks’ voice was warmed up and ready to blast out her powerful ballads. With her black dress, glittering shawl and long blond tresses flowing, she looked lovely and ethereal, and it wasn’t long before she was doing her distinctive swaying dance and twirling around the stage.

Later donning a crimson gown and shimmering golden shawl, Nicks wailed tunefully about shattered illusions of love and mesmerized the audience with her hypnotic dancing on “Gold Dust Woman.” My favorite Fleetwood Mac song, it thrummed with the drama of a Wild West showdown.

Though their romance ended long ago, the musical chemistry still crackles between Buckingham and Nicks. The former lovers were in perfect sync as they belted out hits chronicling their rocky relationship, from the achingly beautiful “Landslide” to the rollicking “Second Hand News.” They ended the wistful “Sara” with a tender moment, each laying their head on the other’s shoulder, with Buckingham still playing guitar.

“For the tour, we wanted to include a song we’d never performed live before. This is a stormy song for a stormy group of people,” Nicks said in introducing the heartbreaking “Storms,” which all four members performed at the forefront of the stage, with Fleetwood on a mini drum set.

The quartet stayed front and center for a bold take on “Say You Love Me,” a Christine McVie hit. Nicks and Buckingham took turns on vocals for their rootsier rendition, which was fun but couldn’t surpass the original.

The show featured too many highlights to mention, but Fleetwood Mac made sure to end the set on a high note. An extended drum intro built anticipation before the band erupted into the rollicking pop classic “Go Your Own Way,” which got the fans bouncing and singing along.

Screaming, clapping and stomping their feet, the crowd demanded an encore, and the band obliged with a foot-stomping rendition of “World Turning” which included a raucous extended drum solo from the wild-eyed Fleetwood.

The perky pop hit “Don’t Stop” again got the fans singing and dancing to what seemed to be an upbeat end of the show. But soon after the lights dimmed, they came up again for a second encore, the sparkling ballad “Silver Springs,” a soulful and fitting finale.

Before he left the stage, Fleetwood quipped, “Remember, the Mac is back.” And on Sunday night, they showed everyone at the BOK Center that their greatest hits truly are still great.

Tulsa- Slideshow
 

The meet and greet was awesome, we all got to go on stage before the show, Mick gave me a kiss on my cheek for my birthday and on my coffee cup "Happy Birthday" from Mick Fleetwood.:woohoo:
http://www.tulsaworld.com/webextra/c...ood/index.aspx

So awesome you got a kiss from Mick!!
LOVE the pictures =)

California Chronicle, May 4, 2009

http://www.californiachronicle.com/a...s/yb/129376756

By Sarah Hart, Tulsa World, Okla.
May 4--In their hit song "The Chain," Fleetwood Mac says they'll never break the chain. It seems they've made the chain even stronger.

And after Sunday night, thousands of fans are forever added as links.

Fleetwood Mac roared into the BOK Center to a huge crowd that was at once young, old, rock 'n' roll and classic, heavy metal and soft rock. The crowd roared back, from the opening "Monday Morning" to the second-encore closer "Silver Spring."

Fleetwood Mac formed in the 1960s, and has often had its own internal soap opera. But its solidarity, strength and storytelling remain as polished and relevant today as when their album "Rumours" topped the charts.

"Our band has always had a complex and convoluted, emotional-ness to it," guitarist Lindsey Buckingham said. "But that has always worked in our favor. We take breaks, but every time we get back together, we get a sense of forward motion."

Buckingham said band decided that since they aren't touring in support of an album, "Yet," he said to cheers of those hopeful for a new Fleetwood Mac venture, "We thought 'Let's just go out there and have fun and do the songs that we love ... and hopefully they'll be the ones you love, too.' "

Oddly enough, the next song was "I Know I'm Not Wrong," from their album "Tusk," a song not as well-known as some of their other hits. Still, the audience grooved, and when Buckingham ground his guitar, going into one of many solos of the evening, he hopped like Chuck Berry across the stage.

Afterward,

he grabbed his back as if aching, grinned to the audience hopped some more, growling "Oh yeah!" into the microphone.

The show's spotlight went back and forth between Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, who got the audience going when she told the story of the song "Gypsy."

"I met Lindsey when I was a senior and he was a junior," she said. "I met him one day and didn't see him again for two years. Then, out of the blue he called me one day and asked if I wanted to be in his band. I was like, 'yeah,' and I didn't even know what kind of band it was."

"He later told me it was a hard-rock band. And that moment catapulted me into the greatest musical time of all time, 1965-1970 in San Francisco ... where I'm back to the velvet underground" (the first line of the song "Gypsy").

The crowd went crazy for Nicks, who was looking as beautiful as ever, her waist-length honey-blond hair swaying, her arms wrapped in a sparkly black shawl. Meanwhile, on a screen behind the band, a sentimental song became even more so as snapshots of the band in their younger days went by.

Nicks was equally bewitching on "Rhiannon." She turned her back to the audience and went into her patented trancelike dance, swaying her hips, shawl floating through the air. She was as cool and enigmatic as ever.

It's hard to find a highlight on a greatest hits tour that features songs that you know by heart, but one of the most electrifying was "Gold Dust Woman." Nicks disappeared off the stage often. Before that particular song, Nicks sang former band member Christine McVie's part in "Say You Love Me," which was weird coming from Nicks, but a nice homage to McVie.

Then Nicks darted off stage, and the band started the haunting beginning of "Gold Dust Woman."

On the screens, chunks of gold confetti fell and there was Nicks, gold shawl wrapped around a black cat suit under a flowing red dress. She nailed the song, hitting notes she often leaves up to her backup singers. She was brooding, mysterious and moody, and it was downright spooky in parts.

Buckingham's guitar work was as impressive throughout the show. He's one of the most underrated guitarists in history, inventive and clean, charismatic and cool.

He sang some of his well-known songs, "Big Love" and "Never Going Back Again," and the whole band joined in on "Second Hand News."

Nicks also dazzled with a song from her solo career, "Stand Back."

Some of the most touching moments were Nicks' "Sara" and "Landslide." During "Sara," Buckingham backed up Nicks, and she later went to him for a lengthy embrace, a tender moment between the former lovers.

"I don't personally know anyone in Oklahoma," Nicks said to the frenzied crowd before playing "Landslide." "So I'm just going to dedicate this to all you Oklahomans. We love you."

The band actually had to wait for the audience to stop cheering so they could close the song. It was beautiful, awe-inspiring, and makes you understand why many bands have covered it.

Fleetwood Mac did two encores. When Nicks and Buckingham walked on stage for the first encore, they held hands. The band closed the first encore with the song that makes many think of Bill Clinton's first campaign for president, "Don't Stop." For their first encore song, drummer Mick Fleetwood had a rousing drum session that bumped the BOK Center and got everyone on their toes. Then he introduced the backup band, which includes Lori Nicks, Stevie's sister-in-law. Then he introduced Buckingham, Nicks ("Our first lady," he called her) and bassist John McVie.

The BOK Center was close to a full house Sunday night, and Fleetwood Mac, whose fame has spanned 40-plus years, still has the chops to amaze and captivate any audience from start to finish.

Sarah Hart 581-2480 [email protected]

This is so exciting, thank you to all who have posted on this thread, it's so good to see good, exciting, positive reviews. Just keep hoping they are coming to the UK. AND a kiss from Mick wow - you lucky thing :blob2: Keeping my fingers crossed:nod:

That arena, The BOK Center, was really nice too. Just opened like a year ago. very interesting architechtual design. I dont know who designed it, but from the looks of things they were trying to make it look hip and modern, and as far as I'm concerned they succeded.:cool:

Obviously...
 

this is because when she played the OKC Zoo Amp in May 2007 she dedicated "Landslide" to "the only person I know from Oklahoma is Bill Clinton" :D