Cincy Meet Up
 

Hey all I was wondering if maybe we could meet somewhere in the venue before the concert? I'm kind of going by myself (in a way...my mom's going with me but she has a friend and there sort of fans but their not huge fans so my enthusiasm is not shared. Plus their sitting in a different section...so yep. All by myself :wavey:) and I would love to be able to share my enthusiasm with somebody! So maybe we could like meet in the main area of the venue...wherever that is lol:laugh:..But yes just let me know and hopefully we can all get together:wavey:

I'm soo screwed. I never got a ticket to Cincy becuase of everything going on in my life. I live in Columbus. R there tickets left?

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I shall be there... with bells!

Ill be there around 5 ...tailgating with some friends.
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yes there are tickets left. get your ass to Cincy!:lol:

Us too! We've got a lot of different friends going & sitting in various different sections. But we'll be out mingling around before the show too. We going to our hometown gay bar afterwards to celebrate 3 different birthdays afterwards.Its a luau party & everyone is invited! Drag show too! If anyone wants to GPS or mapquest it & come join the after party, it's 13 Old Street Monroe, Ohio. Sure to be the best party in town after the show, see u all there!!! ;)

Oh that sounds like fun. We've been trying to decide what to do after. Is that at a bar or someones house? How far from downtown is it? Were staying at the Garfield

It's a neighborhood lesbian/gay bar, been going there since I was 18. The owners & bartenders are fabulous & it's really laid back atmosphere, not the big crazy dance club vibe. Its about 25-30 minutes from downtown. Straight shot up 75. U should come! ;)

Someone took me to that small little club in Monroe one time around 2002 and that was the only time I went ever. But I was going up to Dayton and 1470 and it a huge disco club so that's all I knew and liked. I did get to see Ashley West perform in Monroe that night though so it made it worthwhile. I am funny and never really done the gay scene but I did like going to 1470 which was gay, but brought out everyone really no matter what you were. That was the magic about it. People were themselves inside and never cared. You felt at home and amongst everyone.

Yes, the legendary Ashley West. She was show director of the club in Monroe for years before she retired to Tennessee. She still comes back every couple months to do shows there. 1470 is now Club MasQue. It's HUGE! We go there a lot too! ;)

If anyone is interested in going to the luau after the show, here is a link for the facebook pages to the bar & the luau party event:

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?ei...nt_name_change

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Old-St...n/107259197293

You all have fun. I do miss Riverbend in Cincy. Stevie always put on great kickass shows there. :nod:

Everytime she comes here, whether with the Mac or solo, theres always a strange single storm cloud that comes & soaks the people on the lawn right before she takes the stage & one year, she even came out & said a little "spell", pointed at the cloud & the wind shifted & carried it away. So even tho theres no sign of rain today, I'm just predicting a cloud or two to come along sometime before the show starts. It's the freakiest thing... but still cool nonetheless. ;)

It did always seem to be half sunny with rain looking like it'll move in but it never rained us out at the shows I've seen her there. I always got under the roofed pavilion seating whenever I saw her there at the main Riverbend stage so I was never too worried :laugh: but no one wants rain at a concert! I remember her once saying something about moving the rain away, I'm wondering if it was one of your shows? Maybe GDT 2005 I'm thinking...

http://img263.imageshack.us/img263/7466/ashleywest.jpg

Ashley in the silver, of course. From pics people have uploaded. I have no clue who these other "women" are. But I've never seen anyone spin their head around like Miss Ashley West and I wonder if she can still do that today lol. It happened so fast, it was just a blur when she done it. It was awesomeness :nod:

Yeah, she still has moves that look unnatural on stage, but the big one around here now is India Ferah, shes amazing & has moves that blow our minds, shes been dubbed the new Ashley, been on Rupaul's Drag Race, etc. But here is a video of Ashley right before she retired to Tennessee...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d79SG...e_gdata_player

Yea I got here today and saw storm clouds and was a little worried!! But I guess that it is a good omen:nod:! Ahh I'm so excited!!! Were leaving for the venue at 6 and I can hardly wait...my first Stevie concert :]! I was freaking out driving to my aunt's house because I realized we were in the same city:rolleyes:! Ok I hope everyone has a great wonderful show and that I get to meet some of you there :nod:. I'm in Pit C third row:) I'm probably not gonna be able to make the party at the bar because my mom's friend is my driver :distress:...however I wish all of you that do go have a wonderful time!!!

Yeah and that video don't even do her justice from some of her shows back around 1995-96'ish up at the original 1470. She tore that floor up! I don't think she needs the heavy wigs though, she had her own deep red beautiful shoulder length hair always. Or did. Sometimes the wig would fly off and she'd just unravel her own hair while performing if that happened. She was definitely something else. :nod:

EDIT: OMGoodness, just found this posted from a comeback show after some time off it said, from last year. She still has that spin sheeesh. I wish some of her performances were caught on tape from back in the 90's up at 1470 on that huge dance floor and million dollar light and sound system like no other. Back then no one had cameras or phones when they were out so what we do have from then is very little that I know of. I don't mean to jack the thread with all this though!



Yep looks like that's still her same real hair, just teased all out and lighter auburn now from the deep red I remember in '96.

Have a great time! First concert...wow...that's special! Gotta feeling this one's gonna ROCK! I'll be wearing a Rumours t-shirt...the Reunion one..I'm tall and good looking :p if anyone wants to say hi!

Have a fun time all and try and snap a pic or two if you can :)

Updates???

4 songs in and she sounds great!

Maria (sara1998) made it up for the Edge Walk- I love it!

And there's no one that deserved it more than her! I hope her daughter got to shake stevie's hand too!:cool:

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:o thanks guys. I did make it up, but didn't get a hand shake. Sara did though, and I'm happy with that. I was in a bad spot and shoved Sara up there, her first show and all. JWD, I wish I'd known you were going. I would have loved to have met you.

So cool that Sara got to shake hands with Stevie. Sorry about your luck though. Oh well, at least you got a real close up view of Stevie. There was a little girl up on the shoulders of what I'm guessing to be her parent, holding a bouquet of flowers. She was about three rows back at the right side of the stage during the Edge walk. I was watching as Stevie was going along the front row, hoping that she would see her and get the flowers. I was so relieved that when Stevie did get to that point, she looked out with a very touched expression on her face, and took the flowers from that adorable little girl. Apparently I wasn't the only one rooting for her because there was a round of applause from the audience when that exchange took place. One of the sweetest moments of the concert. Sorry I missed you as well. Stevie DID NOT disappoint though!

I was cheering for that kid as well. She was in a wheelchair, and some people up there were being disrespectful as hell.

Haha, when I was young, I made out a very short bucket list: visit the grand canyon, shop on rodeo drive, and shake Stevie's hand. Since I've done the first two, knowing my luck, if I had gotten my handshake last night, I would've been killed coming home.

Ok wow. I cannot believe I just saw Stevie live...I'm in awe of just how amazing she is live! She was better than anything I could have imagined! She killed it last night! I could not have asked for a better first concert. I totally wrote this last night but just got home and wanted to share it with you guys! Ok here is my full account:

I got ready at my aunts house which was good because it gave me some time to be calm and collected before the show. I had been listening to Stevie music all day and it was really helping me get into Stevie world before the show! So after I had gotten ready we were waiting for my mom's friend to pick us up. Now, she was supposed to pick us up at 6 so we could leave for Riverbend and have enough time to buy souvenirs and everything. Well she ended up getting lost on the way to my aunt's house so we ended up leaving at 6:45. Great. We also ended up getting lost on the way there. Needless to say it was all worth it in the end. But in the moment I was totally freaking out.

When we finally got to the venue I separated from my mom and Donna (her friend) and waited in a huge line for the gift shop...when I finally got there I got two shirts (The black IYD one and the Wild Heart shirt) which later got stolen (more on that in a bit). After I bought my items Michael Grimm was already on stage so I headed to my seat. I had an awesome view of the stage! I was so ready to see Stevie! Michael's set was actually pretty good...it definitely had an "organic" feel to it. Lindsey would be proud of me for using that word! And he seemed particularly grateful to be there. After his set was over I was kind of sitting and talking to a few of the people next to me when I saw a group of people look like they could be ledgies! Immediately I started getting really excited and mustered up the courage to see if they were...I walked over and was like "Hi this might be a really weird question but are you guys from the ledge?" they said yes and it was so awesome to meet you guys...thanks for being so nice and it was fun to have some people to share the concert with:nod:! I really, really wish I could have gone to the after party with you all...but unfortunately that was kind of out of my control.

Ok so finally it was time for Stevie to come out onstage. I'm not even joking when I saw her walk out I got a little teared up. They didn't play "I Gotta Feelin'" tonight...at least not the album version. They just started up with "Stand Back and she made her grand entrance! Stand Back was amazing!! That song is a really good opener and definitely gets the crowd going! Unfortunately it was at this point that two obnoxiously drunk guys decided to take their places next to me...wonderful right? I decided that I was just going to ignore it and that did work up to a certain point. OK onto the next song...Secret Love. This song was amazing live...I thought I had kind of tired of it because of all the promotion she did for it when the album first came out...uh uh...no way. I was totally rocking out. And actually we did have a really good crowd here in Cincy...they were all for the most part totally enthusiastic about her new songs and she had some pretty good sing a longs for some of them which was totally awesome! Anyways after "Secret Love" came dreams which she introduced as the "only #1 single Fleetwood Mac ever had" lol and that she had a "plaque on her wall of #1 single". Ok now I know a lot of people on this board have tired of "Dreams" but that song is still relatively (4 months) new to me so I was totally looking forward to it, being one of the first songs I knew from Stevie/FM and also the top most played song on my ipod ever. So it's a really special song to me and I was totally looking forward to it. The song was going amazingly well and I was totally into the vibe of it and then one of the drunken idiots decided to introduce himself to me. In the middle of a song. And then he did it with the other people in my row...while Stevie was singing. Umm...I'm sorry sir you don't speak when someone is performing. Much less when Stevie freaking NIcks is up there singing. I don't know who taught you manners but seriously. And whenever they played a new song him and his friend sat down. During every single song. It was annoying....uggh really people? OK rant over. For What It's Worth was just so beautiful...the music video looks phenomenal btw. I waited until tonight to see it because I wanted to be suprised and it was totally worth it she looks stunning in the video and her voice on the song tonight was just pure magic. And also many, many people seemed to be singing along to FWIW and it seemed to make her very happy!! OK Gold Dust Woman was the next song and let me just say: she rocked it!! Totally became the Gold Dust Woman for this performance. But let me just say that while the intro was going on I started to dance and one of the drunk guys said " Now this is a real Stevie song"...which made me want to punch him in the face and then he talked to me and said "You have great moves" he was not exactly being subtle in his voice either and I was not about to get a death glare from Stevie so I gave him a death glare of my own which shut him up for pretty much the rest of the night. So Gold Dust Woman was incredible and afterwards she threw her gold shawl over to the drum set and when it landed right on it the audience applauded and she looked so proud of herself for throwing it on the drum kit:D! I'm pretty sure I'm getting the order of these completely wrong but it is late so bear with me...ok. Moonlight was incredible!! So amazing. I know people were saying that there were some problems with the live mix but tonight she sounded incredible!! I', honestly kind of ashamed to admit this but one of the most emotional moments of the evening was actually "Landslide". It WAS the first song that really got me into FM/Stevie so I guess the fact that I was actually there seeing her perform that song live was just too surreal for me to even comprehend. Especially since I had never seen the video before of her through the years so I got this sense of emotion at seeing how far she has in fact come and how awesome it is that she is still performing and inspiring people to this day. I also think it may have been due to the fact that I am leaving for NY for college this friday the lyrics just fit so perfectly right now!! Soldier's Angel...easily the highlight of my night! Just the pure, raw emotion she puts into that song makes it incredible and to hear her sing with that much passion for a song and an equally great cause is just awesome. Rhiannon - she rocked it. It was such an intense Rhiannon that it almost reminded me of the old days...she became Rhiannon tonight guys!! She was totally rocking out. Ghosts Are Gone...I love this song. I constantly rock out to this song at home because sometimes this is just the kind of song you need to listen to on certain days ;). And you can totally tell that she loves performing it because she ROCKED OUT big time!!! That tambourine did not know what happened to it by the end of the song! OK so this might be a total exaggeration but during "Ghosts are Gone" I was totally rocking out to this song and just dancing and stuff...many people were standing but I could've sworn that Stevie looked my way and saw me dancing and smiled at me...but this could all very well be delusions of grandeur on my part. But it was cool to maybe think that we might have had a teeny moment. And at the end of "Ghosts Are Gone" she told everyone to "go out and buy a tambourine and practice the tambourine in your living room to that song." She said that that is how she learned to play and that it might drive all of your friends away but it didn't matter because you knew how to play tambourine :lol:!! Annabel Lee was amazing! It was funny because while introducing it she told the audience that this song was co written by Edgar Allen Poe, to which the audience gave an EXTREMELY enthusiastic response :thumbsup: and Stevie than proceeded to play both herself and Edgar in a conversation between the two of them:lol:! And then I think she mentioned something about love being a train wreck...anyone who was there who understood what she said right before she sang the song? OK for the next one she announced that she had a surprise for all of us...Leather and Lace! She introduced her vocal coach and said some very sweet things about him...and then she said that "he had been their vocal coach for 10 years...since 1997...or wait more than 10 years...10 to 15....I'm not good at math!" :lol: The song was incredible and Steve is an amazing singer! The harmonies worked out perfectly and it was such a treat to hear it live. After it was over she said something about the associates and a tent...I'm assuming it meant that it was close to curfew time and they were telling her to wrap it up...either way she did a mad dash back to the dressing room. Once the drum solos before the Edge started people immediately started to rush the stage. I quickly went up to join. I ended up in the second row from the stage...I didn't get the edge hand touch but just being able to be there and take it all in was precious. Plus not getting the hand hold just gives me another good excuse to go to a show right ;)? Anyways congrats to all the Ledgies that got it...that's awesome and I'm so thrilled for you!! Love Is...what an amazing ballad. It was actually my first time ever hearing it tonight and I thought it was such a profound, true song that anybody could probably find relatable. One thing when she was introducing "Love Is..." she was talking about how both Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Nicks (and then she said "like their two separate people" haha) both ended their shows with a ballad as sort of a goodnight kiss...everyone in the audience cheered and Stevie sort of laughed and said "only us". <3

Over all, I could not have asked for a better experience. Stevie was on fire tonight!! I honestly felt like I was the only one she was singing to at the time because her connection with the audience is so vast. I totally felt like I got to spend two hours with Stevie just totally rocking out :cool:! She is truly a performer and a total "Wild Heart"...this concert made me love and respect her even more than I already did. I love you Stevie...your the poet in my heart:angel:

Yes, Lindsey does that too sol. It touches me. Even though I love it when concerts end with a rock and roll barn burner, when they end with a quiet song, it reminds me of Songbird and it just seems like a tribute to those years and it makes me sentimental.

Michele

I agree! Rock n' roll's wonderful but it's nice to end the show in a really intimate sort of way. And Stevie did mention "Songbird" last night when she was talking about doing the slow encores. Which made me realize again how much I miss Christine :(. But I do agree that if FM/Lindsey or Stevie didn't end their concerts with a ballad it would feel totally off.

I have some older performances of hers from Old Street from back in the mid-late 90's that are FAAAABULOUS! And I think there are some from the old 1470 on youtube floating around, but they are from the late 80's. She had moved to Tennessee around 2004 to take care of her dad who was dying of cancer. When he passed, she inherited his house, so she just stayed down there. But she does come back into Dayton & Cincy every couple months & her shows are always sold out. I miss the old days tho. That's probably why I love India so much, cuz she reminds me of Ashley back in the old (younger) days. Just her energy & crazy dance moves. :)