LB solo (solo!!) tour
 

info swirling on FB - seems that this will be a real SOLO - as ALONE! tour. as a dream come true for all those people who were sad when the acoustic part of his SWS set was over!!

i can come up with tons - and i mean TONS - of songs he can do solo acoustically. starting with RAB and WALK A THIN LINE!!

he needs to take requests too.

Wow, really? I wonder how long of a tour this will be and what cities he will be hitting. I'd definitely be interested in this, since the acoustic sets of this past tour were my favorite part. I like the band, but I feel like the sound is a tad bit too polished with them and just Linds and a guitar will be a real treat!

I'll miss the band for sure, and the fun and craziness that goes along with the whole show, BUT I AM SO EXCITED I CAN"T STAND IT!!!! :blob1::blob1::blob1: Like the 92Y event I didn't get to see...ONLY BETTER!!! :woohoo:

Dream SOLO set list
 

Songs I'd love to hear solo ( in no particular order )...

Shut Us Down ( best opener ever! )
Big Love
Go Insane
Rock Away Blind
Bel Air Rain
Love Minus Zero/No Limit
In Our Own Time ( I think he could make this work solo...I have no idea how, but he does amazing things with songs, and so I'll trust him on this one )
SMAP
WATL ( for Elle )
Down On Rodeo
Red Rover
Cast Away Dreams
End of Time
She Smiled Sweetly
I Am Waiting
Soul Drifter
This Nearly Was Mine/Street of Dreams
Stars Are Crazy
Trouble
That's the Way Love Goes ( just as with IOOT...he could make this work! )
ISA ( acoustic or electric )
Tango In the Night ( acoustic or electric )

I know I'm leaving out a lot I'd love to hear, but these were my first thoughts :nod:

great great idea!!:]:]

let me start working on my setlist.

Hopefully, he'll be forced to rework more older songs, (try Tango in the Night, Lindsey). I don't want a tour heavy on UTS.

Michele

LB solo acoustic setlist - v1
 

ok, let's see:

first thing's first:

WALK A THIN LINE :angel:

now we can go on more calmly:

Down On Rodeo
Bleed To Love Her
To Try For The Sun !!!!!
Cast Away Dreams
End Of Time
Go Insane
Gone Too Far
I Am Waiting
Rock Away Blind
Satisfied Mind
Seeds We Sow (if he has to...)
She Smiled Sweetly
Shut Us Down
Underground
Big Love
Love Minus Zero/No Limit
NGBA - fast version, on electric guitar like at USC
Red Rover
Save Me A Place
Steal Your Heart Away
Bwana?

and maybe if he can rework these somehow:

In Our Own Time
One Take
That's The Way Love Goes
Sleeping Around the Corner
I'm So Afraid

look at our lists... i have 5 UTS songs but they would be superb:

TTFTS!!
SUD
CAD
DOR
IAW

I can't believe I forgot Seeds We Sow on my list :shocked: Some good additions there :nod:

I understand Michelle's sentiment - as we've been blessed with a lot of UTS live recordings, but I still would truly love hearing all those again...superb indeed! And actually, SUD is the only one of those I've heard live in person ( as opposed to live, on a DVD or CD ).

well yeah, but most of UTS songs he did on the last few tours are not the acoustic ones. he did not regularly do DOR or IAW. and i think he never did CAD or To Try For The Sun on any tour?!

Exactly! I would go nuts hearing all of them. It's funny 'cause after seeing so many videos over the years I start to feel like I've heard certain songs live :shrug: Red Rover and DOR. CAD, It Was You. But I haven't heard them! DOR would be amazing, and after hearing the recordings of IAW ( which I always liked anyways ) from 92Y, I would certainly love to hear that one :cool:

He did CAD live. It's on Bass Performance Hall. :nod:

thanks - you are right.:nod:

Oh. He can do it now but he couldn't do it when it meant preventing the storm that happened before Christmas. I.... I have no words right now.

Bee - :nod:

We all would have accepted this! Why couldn't he have?

Lindsey - :mad:

I am trying not to freak out...this is exactly what we wanted in December! It would have been amazing. Surely this 'solo solo' plan must incorporate the UK and Ireland???? I will be so upset if it doesn't. Obviously I don't begrudge anyone who will get to see him but I will feel disappointed and slighted if us UK/IRL fans are left out yet again.

Poet - I really doubt he would do this now for UK/Ireland/Europe.

But he may still plan to come over with full band later - I am holding Neale to his promise!!!!!

I guess I'm in the minority here...

I think a portion of his set dedicated to acoustics is fine, but I definitely need some rock and roll in there. I can't imagine a LB solo show without a rocking 'Tusk' and 'Go Your Own Way.' Also, this means TTWLG will be toned down, if he plays it at all.

Sure, there are lots of songs I'd love to hear acoustically, but I definitely prefer him with his band.

My sentiments exactly. If this is true then he really should come to the UK with this tour.

^^^ +1. I enjoy the combination.

Where is the confirmation for this tour?

I mean, one date in CA and then one promoter supposedly trying to book him in NY in June does not an official tour make... :sorry:

I'd like to see some official information or more dates posted.

No, I don't think you are. I'd prefer the full band, too, but I'm just happy to have him touring again at all. Very happy!! :blob1:

Me too. :nod:

there is no confirmation. each and every one of us can choose to believe whatever we want on whether or not it will be happening and in what form.

all publicly shared info so far includes couple of tweets, a fb convo with upstate NY promoter, date announcement on the website of the venue in SJC, info on Walfredo's fb page that he's touring asia and europe with someone else at this time and unfortunately will not be touring with LB this year (but hopefully next), info about where Neale is in his healing process, and there are people who may have heard what Brett will be doing this summer. that's all.

also, Lindsey Buckingham HQ facebook page is a reliable and timely source of LB info http://www.facebook.com/pages/Lindse...29665067079933.

Seems to be a sign of the times
touring just an artist and his/her
guitar. Some pull it off, others
not so much.

It worked for Shelby Lynne and
Jewel. I imagine Lindsey could
make it work fine.

That's what I thought. So, all the excitement is a bit premature. After all, the same source for the fb page has said on this board that there has been no mention of anything happening with LB this year.

One date at a venue that isn't even selling tickets to that show at this time - combined with the fact that the band members are all doing other things does not mean Lindsey is doing a one-man tour this year. Personally, I would love it but I will be surprised if it happens.

:confused: are you referring to the post saying there doesn't seem to be any chance of a full-band UK tour this year?

come on, CAD, don't tell me you are averse to some excitement, fun, and speculation? ;)

No... :shrug: Oh -- the Neale get well thread...

No - not at all - as long as it is labeled as "speculation"! You had me believing this was a done deal. :distress:

is that what you were referring to? that post was in response to someone saying LB is planning a UK tour.

well, i guess it's all in how you want to perceive it. this was my post - note the conditionals in there: http://ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/showpo...74&postcount=1 :shrug:

If there has been "no plans" then I read that to mean "no plans" -- for any part of the world.


I don't read any conditions in your post, Elle besides "info swirling on fb". It reads as stating fact (about the solo tour). Just sayin'... it's all good. Not trying to rain on your parade here - just don't like to get my hopes up for nothing.

:lol: for the 2nd time on these boards today, i will defend my ways of expression with the fact that english is not my first language - so i may be wrong in believing that "seems" would imply something that may be happening, but not for sure. :laugh:

Seems: to give the impression of being.

Unconfirmed at the very least would have been a better choice of words. :wavey:

And, it would have been great to have added fan speculation, no official announcement has been made and wishful thinking to the descriptives... :)

yes, personally i loved the way SWS tour was set up, and i also generally have a preference for more rocking stuff. in LB's specific case i also love to watch the intra-band interactions, they all seem to be so tight.

but - i know many many people who after seeing a SWS show said "i wish he did the whole set just him and his guitar, that was mind-blowing"!!

and - listening to him doing 3 songs alone at 92Y was unbelievable experience.

That's The Way Love Goes was the first song i thought of when i heard there might be a possibility of the all-acoustic set - because i so want to hear that song again live, and figured it will not happen if he does the acoustic set, alone. but he is exchanging guitars all the time anyway, maybe he can mix some songs on acoustic and others on electric guitar? what we've heard of that USC pop forum where he did his acoustic songs on his old beat up electric guitar sounded so good! so maybe he can somehow rework TTWLG to make it fit just man+guitar mode? as Lindsfan said so well, it is unbelievable what he can do when reworking a song!:nod: although i'd like TTWLG to stay electric, and stay rocking!

another plus to just LB and the guitar set is that it will have to be a very different setlist than last year! :thumbsup: even if somehow he'd decide to do the exact same setlist it would be completely different without the band - as somebody already mentioned. so it will be definitely worth seeing him again. i can think of several artists who have done one tour completely rocking with the band, and then next one completely toned down, acoustic. so that is not completely off-the-wall and is a very interesting approach, as iamnotafraid also mentioned in his post. and LB is definitely the right artist to do it.

if he will really be doing this, i'm sure it will be unbelievable treat for everybody who will manage to see him.:cool: and i really really hope he has some east coast dates and among them at least one (but hopefully more!) that i can and will try my hardest to make.

I would hope so too. I would really love to see that. I prefer LB solo with just his guitar.

You know I sort of feel the same. I love his band but Lindsey could totally rework Tusk and GYOW into an acoustic set. Not sure how it would sound but it will be interesting for sure.
As luck would have it I am going to be in SoCal on May 5th so I will be at the Coach House show. If he plays anywhere on May 8th I am sure to be there too.

With just an acoustic set this opens up Lindsey to be able to play smaller more intimate venues. Places with like 200-500 seats would be perfect.
I am still hoping for a Rhode Island show. I was originally thinking of Park Theatre in Cranston but that might be too big. Greenwich Odeum in East Greenwich is going to be opening in April so that might a good choice. There is a club in Coventry that books old hair bands and some local blues bands. Might work but unlikely.

Then there is a place in Fall River, MA called the Narrows Center for the Arts. They have been getting some big names recently. To be honest with southeastern New England being a market he has not played EVER I don't see why he couldn't play both venues in East Greenwich, RI and Fall River, MA.

Some girls have all the luck! ;):thumbsup:

new Fillmore in Silver Spring, just outside of DC, comes to mind. 1000-2000 when all-standing GA, but i've seen it advertised as 300 when all-seated arrangement.

Maybe he will tour
 

I've wanted to see Lindsey live for quite a while now, but he's never seemed to be close by. I get e-mails from a bar close to where I live which has live entertainment in the summer. Usually the promoter will send out an e-mail about somebody that I've never heard of & ask if I'd be willing to come see him/her for X amount of money. Well, last month I got an e-mail from this person asking if I'd be willing to pay $30 to see LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM in July! :blob2: Well, I just about fell off my chair after I saw that one. You bet I would I wrote back. But so far, I haven't seen that he's been booked, but I am keeping a close watch on that. This place is VERY small, standing room only, & I'd be very surprised if he came. And if he does come there, the moment tickets go on sale, I am talking off work to going & buying them. :nod:

Lee :)

Wow, that's like getting a gold ticket to the Willy Wonka factory. How exciting. A hoped for but unexpected surprise. I hope he ends up coming. Michele

Agreed - sounds absolutely amazing. Fingers crossed for you :)