Atlantic City - FM was on fire!
 

All I can say is WOW, THEY WERE ON FIRE! They sound tighter and rocked the night away and were on FIRE!

High notes on Dreams, Rhiannon, and OMG, loved GDW, even better than in March at the Washington, DC show. The GDW wail was AWESOME and she held the note really long. The end of the song Stevie is singing lower and it really works.

Landslide wad dedicated to a guy in Pennsylvania and Stevie said he knows why she is dedicating the song to him.

Lindsey towards the end of the show screamed...."THEY LOVE YOU STEVIE!"

Silver Springs was dropped agan and don't know why. Can't be because of Stevie not feeling well or whatever because Stevie was really energetic and full of smiles and really rocked it tonight.

Could not tell what boots she was wearing but did see the leather boots I think, not sure if they were leggings over the frankenboks or if she wore normal boots, could not tell... but they looked like leather boots. She was moving around a lot and smiling and enjoying herself. Oh, and instead of Stevie going over to Lindsey's mic at the end of Sara, Lindsey came over to Stevie a little and then Stevie walked over to LB and they did there little hug, which I know is staged,but still cute...no sweaty rub that I could tell, just a genuine looking hug, staged or not, again, very cute.

At the end of the intros, Mick grabbed his stage balls and was pointing at John and John made little scissor movements to kind of say... cutting the strings on his balls, not sure if that was what really was going on, but that is what I took away from that.

Stevie did give her little Gypsy story, which the crowd enjoyed.
Stevie also said something as an intro to Storms something about dreaming or dreamy not sure, the guy next to me was talking to me and did not really here what Stevie was talking about.

I waited today until 4 pm to get tickets and got section 2 Floor, row 12. which was further back than I was hoping for, but was a straight line of site to Stevie's mic. I got my camera into the venue but could not take any photos or videos :sorry::distress: because I was the last row right before the soundboard staging area and there were event/security guys standing right behind me, so it would be really obvious what I was doing and did not want to risk getting caught or thrown out.

In summary... FM really rocked Atlantic City tonight and they were on FIRE!
Everyone seemed to really kick it up a couple of notches. Stevie seemed energetic and smiling...no really bored looking moments that I can speak of.

Since I was not able to take video/photos, it actually was kind of nice because even though I went by myself, no one showed up in the seat to my left or right, so had some room to really rock out and dance. And since I was in the last row in the section and the sound guys behind me, did not have to worry about standing in front of people that might want to sit. So, all in all, had a wonderful BLAST and am so glad I was able to experience another magical night with our beloved band. Again, I was reminded why I love this band so much. They are timeless and there were girls in front of me in their 20's rocking out as well.

Thank you Fleetwood Mac for such a wonderful and magical night of music!
I was in awe again about being in the same room with such legends.

I don't think I've ever written in here before, so hello!

Anyway, I went to the AC show tonight, and had a BALL. I was right against the stage between Stevie and Lindsey (closer to Lindsey, though), and didn't stop dancing the entire time.

I was up front at the MSG show a few days ago too, but for some reason, tonight was on a whole other level!

I wish I could afford to travel and see more shows, I'm sad that my Mac week is over. I do have about 50 pictures, though, so I'll be reliving it that way!

:)

Glad to hear you both had fun!

Thanks for the reviews.. Wow no silver springs again... I wonder if it's a time constraint in certain venues... and they don't want to pay the fee to run over.

Yeah, they're really strict about those curfews on a summer Saturday night in Atlantic City :rolleyes:

(Stevie didn't want to sing the extra song)

Great show last night -Stevie had alot of energy last night - got my seat
off ticketmaster around 3 pm - sec. 2 6th row - security was non existant
last night - only once did anyone ever check my ticket and that was
coming back and the end of Stand Back.
What was also amazing is that i got to sit thru the whole show up until
GYOW - first show i have ever been to where the front section sat down
for almost the entire show and i had empty seats on both sides of me -
the couple that was to my left that had also gotten tickets the day of the show moved up to the front of the stage even before the show started -
anyone could have gotten up there - I wondor what the people who scored
front row seats felt when they were already five people deep before the
first song.
Still a great show even after seeing them in DC and Phila this tour - Still
can't understand why they can't change up the setlist - in this case even
dropping one - go to a springsteen show - never the same show and for the
last 2 tours takes sign requests from the audience - even playing covers
they have never played before.
And to cap off a great night finding my wife after the show in the trump
at the hold-em tables cashing in up $300

I wish I had more nerve- and less fear! I think it'd be so...brave- to sneak in a little cdr player with powerful sound, whichever device, in a side pocket, with some cued-up Stevie-ness on it. So,when the opening bars of "Rhiannon" are played, to have the device blare out "At Laaaast, my love has come along" just before she were to sing the opening line 'Rhiannon rings like a bell through the night" but have it stop right away, so as not to throw off her and the band too much.
As the band begins Gypsy, and just as she sings 'So I'm back to the velvet underground', have the cued-up "all the waaayy, all the way down to Emmeline" play for 4 seconds, and so on. Or, as LB plucks out the opening of 'Never Going Back Again' play just a few seconds of the Mirage version ...'intense silence, as she walked in the room'.... And on The Chain, play the opening vocal lines of 'Frozen Love'-- i swear this would all be so much more inspiring to me than just hearing their stagnant set, yet again. (Though i DID really enjoy the Mohegan Sun Show I saw, though i don't think enough to go see them there again in a few days).
I guess I'd get thrown out. Almost be worth it. I'd LOVE it if some other fan did it.
Needless to say, one would have to be in the first several rows for this to work at all.

Oh, and loved the way Stevie is extending "Draaaaaagon" during GDW. During GDW, Stevie really did have the whole audience eating out of her hand and on the edge of their seats.

I am disappointed I was not able to get audio or video but hope some will pop up somewhere. Again, have to say that last night, was AWESOME!

I wonder if anyone that got up front was able to take any decent pics or video,would love to see some if possible.

uh doh...thanx for taking the time to clarify~ i am sure however that stevie did discuss her wishes w/ you as to why she didn't sing SS:rolleyes:~

Time to get off the crackpipe.

funny, love it~

I doubt a little CD player would do anything - it's a loud rock concert. That would just be dumb...

Glad you had a blast - wish I could have been there! Always good to see the band is active.

i am glad that everyone had fun. did they have any new merchandise at the show? or tourbooks?

Had to post this... I am still in AC and about to check out of my hotel room right now, but earlier this morning while in line at a buffet line, a woman came up to me and asked if I went to the concert last night. I am wearing my SYW shirt with the faces on the front. I said yes I was at the show last night, she was too. Then she said... can I ask you something? I said yes.

The woman in line said... Are Stevie and Lindsey married? I chuckled a little and gave the woman a brief history. Then she said, do they think they did drugs? I laughed again and said yes but sober now.

Just thought I would share a little bit of FM experience I had this morning.

Damn, I want to go to another show and it just ended. Oh well.
I will search YouTube later on to see if any lucky person got any video.

I really can not say enough how much this show really ROCKED and Stevie seemed like her energetic self with lots of smiles and could tell they all were having such a wonderful fun time up there on stage.

The sound mix at the show was done so very well. The first part of the show was less muddy sounding than at the Washington DC show. Could also be where I was standing too, but it sounded so good.

I was worried that Stevie might come across as being lethargic or just not into it, but all my worries immediately subsided as soon as the show began and everyone up there gave 110 percent and they really were on FIRE.

I only took a quick glance at the merchandise and did not see any tour books.
Only new thing for me was the tambos with the penguin and the same four face shot we all have known for too long now.

I really doubt there will be a tour book, just my two cents.

Well Luke, you're being disingenuous. Even though that might not have been the case in this venue, you know that there are restrictions for various reasons. Sometimes it's noise, but at Earls Court it had to do with the trains and traffic control. The concert had to let out at a certain time so as not to interfere with the traffic.

I mean, I'm sure you're right as to why SS was not performed this time, but you know a curfew isn't beyond reason, even for raucous Atlantic City.

Michele

That's a new one!

Regarding John and Mick's scissors, I've seen John cut Mick and then Mick cut John back and then John grabs his groin in pain in response. They have their whole little pantomine going on.

Thanks for the great review.

Michele

Silver Springs was cut because Stevie isn't well. Supposedly she's having problems with her feet and back.

Hi all! I was at AC last night as well, and was disappointed by no Silver Springs, like the rest of you. I was wondering, given the presence of the so-called "frankenboks", if Stevie wasn't having some sort of physical trouble. Though she sounded fantastic, even better than when I saw them at the Garden in March, she was not as animated. But I also wonder if it might not have to do with Lindsey being injured as well. Did anyone else notice that he would occasionally shake his hand as if trying to getsome relief from pain? This was most noticible just before Big Love. I thought I heard someone near me in the crowd say he had injured his hand earlier in the tour. It didn't seem to effect his playing, but some of the songs did run a little longer with some extra vamping and pregnant pauses. If I'm not mistaken, the whole show actually ran about 15 minutes longer last night, even without Silver Springs, that it normally does. Just an observation from where I sat in sec. 102.

I found these on Youtube, pretty great quality!

There will be audio popping up.

I thought Stevie was amazing tonight, really on, so it surprises me to hear SS was cut for that reason. It did seem like other songs were longer than usual -- guess the audio will prove that one way or the other -- elongated drum solo, extra intro for Never Going Back Again. I thought they didn't play it because there was a mass exodus after Don't Stop, including about a third of the crowd at the front.

Had a lot of fun at the show with my new friend Jenna and my new fiance Mark. If you leave off the part about the guy behind her spilling wine on her Gold Dust Woman shirt, it couldn't have been much more fun!

So they played a 15 minute long version-including extended guitarsolo- of Frozen Love.
Only nobody noticed.

:D

I'm really lovign all of the recent Gypsys. She's singing it so much better and I like the "And you say hey baby." the best improvment over tyhe begining of the tour is how she moves so much during the guiar solo like she's actually enjoying her freaking self and not standing still behind john if shes not actually singing.

Interesting idea. My friend saw Lindsey during this in Los Angeles and assumed that Lindsey was shaking off muscle cramps, inflammation or something. I myself didn't really think about it because I've never noticed him not shaking, stretching and flexing his hands and fingers. I mean, he doesn't do it incessantly, but I certainly always see him doing it a couple times during the show, especially before Big Love.

Michele

And you heard this where?

From the arena staff...

Thanks so much for such a detailed review! I love reading reviews like that. It makes me feel like I was there! Too bad about dropping Silver Springs. I'm hoping it gets put in the setlist at the next show for everyone. Do you remember at what song Lindsey said "they love you Stevie!". What a fun, real moment!

ohwell

Not sure, can't remember, but I think it was right after Mick introduced Stevie.

As a side note, someone at the casino I talked to noticed that Stevie seemed to be doing a lot of leg stretches between songs, so maybe her legs/feet were hurting, not sure, but did not affect her vocal performance at all from what I could tell. The Stand Back twirls were still done well at the typical speed we have seen as the average speed during this tour. LOL, I wonder how one can measure a Stevie twirl speed. LOL ... we would need a Stevie Twirl-O-Meter. LOL.

Maybe Stevie can rest up before the next show if they stay in Atlantic City and get a massage or nice spa treatment. I got a massage at Caesars and was in heaven. The spa there is so very zen.

Looking forward to any audio that pops up.

Stevie did look radiant that night, hard to really capture all of that on a youtube video, but damn, when she was on the big video screens in the arena, she looked good. :nod:

Steve did a good job during Dreams, Gypsy, and Rhiannon this time around where in DC, I got the feeling it was kind of phoned in, but damn, these songs were done really well that night.

edit: oh, as a side note, after my massage, my husband and I were still sitting around the main spa lobby and some guy on the phone is talking loudly and pacing around like someone important. After a while, got the strong impression he was some sort of agent for Gene Simmons. (would have been much cooler if it was Stevie's agent or something like that, but still kind of cool anyway).

Great reviews! I wish I had gone. Next time.

Lindsey also was FANTASTIC. ISA solo... Lindsey was so into it.
Oh Well, Tusk, Go Insane, totally rocked the house.
A woman came up to me during Tusk and mentioned the whole "USC marching band" thing and this version was even better than the video.

I too have noticed that Lindsey shakes his hand to limber up his fingers before Big Love. Not sure it really is due to pain or stiffness (just guessing here), but more to prepare for the song and the finger picking it requires. Plus could just be a little bit of showmanship... kind of like a pianist would limber up their fingers right before playing.

I so wish there would be a professionally done DVD of this tour like what was done for the live in Boston DVD, but am so glad the fan base is so active in sharing audio and video.

GYOW really had the crowd dancing and just remembered too that as soon as Rhiannon started, the whole audience immediately stood up and started to yell and applaud and danced during the whole song (at least my section did anyway). Same with GDW, my whole section was so into the song.

The guy next to me said the last time he saw FM was in 1977 and he was just trying to soak it all in. I could tell he was really impressed with how well the band still rocks.

The morning after the show, was at a slot and a guy talked to me about FM (had on my concert t-shirt), he also has been to several shows this tour and is really impressed with the band.

I did take some photos of FM four face shot signage all around Caesars and the venue, will post asap. Was really cool to be walking around Caesars and see posters of Fleetwood Mac all over the place.

After the concert, a security guard at Caesars asked me how the show was and could tell he was a fan. He asked about Christine and said she is missed.
I reassured him though that the show still ROCKED and said he should catch a show if given a chance.

There were so many people in the casino that asked me how the show went (again wearing my concert t-shirt), and really can tell that FM just sends everyone back in time to a simpler and more enjoyable time and is remembered on fondly.

LOOOVED THIS SHOW!!! I've seen the tour in Philly, Baltimore and now AC and definitly think this was one of the best. From "Monday Morning" thru "Don't Stop", they were 100%...loved it. I was about 46 rows back from the stage. Liked being on the floor, but think I would have rather been in the stands. Maybe next time they come back around I'll be within the first 10 rows or so (fingers crossed, lol).

"Gold Dust Woman" was the big highlight...looved it. "Storms" grew on me...at first it wasn't my favorite song, but it was one I was most looking forward to in AC. The only downside to me was no "Silver Springs"...was disapointed. Saw the show in Baltimore and no "SS", the next night they do it at MSG, so I thought for sure they'd do it in AC. Oh well...I did get to see it live when they played Philly so I'm happy about that. Had to laugh right before "Big Love" though...Lindsey started his hour long speech and the guy next to me said "Would he just sing the damn song already!" LOL.

I took a few photos although they're not great of course...3 I took off the screens from Gold Dust Woman came out pretty clear...I'll post them then for everyone. I also took 4 videos that I'll link here in a bit.

Thanks Michele. I never noticed Lindsey doing this before, but then again, I never really was looking for it. I usually watch what Stevie is doing for visual cues as to how she's feeling, but never paid attention to what he does between songs. Since you've seen this before, then it's gotta be a regular thing, and it's no wonder he would need to limber up before a song like Big Love.

instrumentals
 

Sorry if this has been mentioned before in another thread, but did anyone notice the acoustic guitar instrumentals that were played while the roadies were setting up? I heard Beautiful Child and Destiny Rules. Does anyone know anything about these? They sounded great!

I did notice Destiny Rules but missed Beautiful Child. I wish there was a way of getting a hold of this audio. Lindsey did the same thing for his tour with the acoustic versions of his music playing and I would kill to have it!

By all accounts the band did rock the house! Yes, Stevie is alive and moving, Lindsey is has endless energy along with Mike and John, God bless him, is John! LOL (killer bass)

Lots of energy from the whole band this night and the crowd "was with them"!

Silver Springs is being dropped because Stevie can't sing it anymore at this point of the tour. Although you can't tell on stage, the band is dead tired and are looking forward to the next couple of months off. Don't know for sure if the band was hubbing out of New York for the pass couple of shows or going straight to NH for the next show but they left quickly after the show because a storm was approaching the area and John won't fly in bad weather. (who would given the choice!)

Sandy, I stayed at Bally's and they had those poster through out the casino so we asked a guard if we could take one and he let us! It's very cool!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Jq0npZx9Lo

yeah, I'm sure the band met with the arena staff to discuss Stevie's health issues, just so they're well informed in case anyone asks.

Gimme a break.

Well, when fans went to Don Corleone and asked with unsteady hands and tremulous voice that Sardonic World be disposed of, they knew that down the line, some day, there would be a price to pay. That day has come. The Big Love intro: an offer we can't refuse.

Michele

THANK YOU!

That is cool that you got a poster! I know the band has a grueling schedule and I am sure they are tired,hell I know I would be and am 39 years old.
They sure did pump up the energy though on stage. Lindsey sure wailed on that guitar!

That GDW video is AMAZING!