LB blows up the stage in Ottawa (literally!)
 

10 000 people, he was closing headliner of the day... played ISA and blew up the stage... then they restored power, he played GYOW... and started ISA again as a part of an encore - and blew up the stage again!

so apparently after that he left...

bunch of tweets throughout the whole show how amazing he was etc... and that apparently people were happy even at the end - that crowd loved stuff blowing up - twice!

Lindsfan, redtulip - help with pasting some tweets!!

tweets
 

‏@shambletina
all I have to say is: Lindsey Fu*king Buckingham. I am so fortunate to have seen him live and in such form.

@mcmarteau
@ottawafolk Great lineup tonight! and Lindsey Buckingham, what a guitar player! One word: amazed!

@justjody
Another good night at #ottawafolk2012! Lindsey Buckingham (of Fleetwood Mac) was great! Hope Great Big Sea doesn't get rained out tomorrow.

@w__thompson
#LindseyBuckingham at #folkfest.. Such a wizard. Happy birthday, Brodie! :)

@Nickslive
Photos & Mayhem in Ottawa for Lindsey Buckingham + Stevie Nicks in Washington, DC

‏@AndrewSandison
Lindsey Buckingham!!!!!! #ottawafolkfest amazing show. Simply amazing! pic.twitter.com/AwZJw4qh

@heathomp
This my friends is a really far away, really blurry picture of lindsey buckingham #ottawafolkfest http://yfrog.com/h39m5epj

@mourning_dove_3
Just saw Lindsey Buckingham at the Folk Festival #Ottawa with Nigel!

@OttawaArne
The crowd still is in a good mood despite what happened at the Lindsey Buckingham #ottawafolk2012 concert. Always cool when **** blows up

‏@afooteCTV
Lindsey Buckingham is playing this song, the power cuts out. In the encore he goes to play it again and the power cuts again. Not his night?

@OttawaArne
Lindsey buckingham just blew up the stage again. #ottawafolk2012 and he has left the building.

@OttawaArne
Lindsey buckingham replaying "So Afraid" the infamous song that blew up the stage. #ottawafolk2012

@mcsmartypants
Lindsey Buckingham = awesome #Folkfest

@Compactclarke
Lindsey Buckingham is great but why not have a band instead of a backing track???

@ellellew
@Compactclarke i love the band, but have to say he's even more intense on his own!! (and backing track only on 4 songs anyway)

@OttawaArne
Lindsey buckingham goes straight into "You Can Go Your Own Way" after the glitch and the crowd is happy. #ottawafolk2012

@broken_speaker
Storms cut Lindsey Buckingham's song short. #ottawafolk #mothernature #fleetwoodmac

@WesleyRMB
Lindsey Buckingham's amp just cut out. Is Deandre Martin about to hit the stage? #whatsupwiththat

@OttawaArne
Lindsey buckingham just blew up the stage. Mic's are not working. Technical difficulties. Looks like its fixed up now. #ottawafolk2012

@GraceScorrar
Lindsey Buckingham! So dreamy! I'm swooning. #ottawafolk2012

@CompactMusic
Lindsey Buckingham is a sneaky surprise, nice work @ottawafolk

@kelseyaidan
never going back again - #iloveyou lindsey buckingham

@Nickslive
Lindsey Buckingham Live in Ottawa! RT @ottawafolk: "And now, for tonight, it seems to be just me." @Lndsybuckingham http://via.me/-4uxifl4

@hert39
Lightning overhead at #folkfest because Lindsey Buckingham is a god.

@hert39
Lindsey Buckingham is frekin' amazing! #folkfest

‏@Ange_Perdu_
#nowplaying Lindsey Buckingham - live pic.twitter.com/0nbx6qw5

@AlicjawithaJ
Lindsey Buckingham closing out the Day Two of #ottawafolk2012 pic.twitter.com/qj28tAQP

@Ange_Perdu_
Lindsey Buckingham - live #OttawaFolkFestival http://via.me/-4ux8gz6

@broken_speaker
Lindsey Buckingham at #ottawafolk If I were old, this would take me way back. http://instagr.am/p/PS85AIl5yw/

‏@adymadylive
Lindsey Buckingham @ the ottawa folkfest pic.twitter.com/p8xm1n9G

‏@adamjamesmartin
Why does @ottawafolk have Lindsey Buckingham turned up so loud? It's tinny. And it hurts my ears. @mereycontrary

@coralrosebud
Lindsey Buckingham rocking the stage! #fleetwoodmac #ottawafolk2012 pic.twitter.com/DPkqHEgz
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@1310Tom
Lindsey Buckingham #ottawafolk festival pic.twitter.com/XzjsRqV5

@CBCCory
Tenthousand people here for Lindsey Buckingham how "fleet" it is

‏@vanimal73
Lindsey Buckingham 2 nights in a row. Amazing!

@AlicjawithaJ
Old Man Luedecke just wrapped up their set. Crowd is migrating to the main stage for Lindsey Buckingham, up in 10.

@jonchristie
Sweet!! Lindsey Buckingham at Ottawa Folk Festival #ottawafolkfest-> http://ottawafolk.com w/ @Burgandygurl


EDIT: some additional tweets -

@gloghrin
@lndsybuckingham was spectacular last night! Too bad his sound cut out twice. What's the deal @ottawafolk?

@fulltippedsleev
@Lndsybuckingham rocks at #ottawafolkfest - One thing to play like that - but to sing with that intensity @ the same time?!

‏@marianne_rocks1
An amazing performance by @lndsybuckingham tonight @ottawafolk fest! A fantastic show...I've still got goosebumps! What a great night!!

@littleacornmgmt
Seeing @lndsybuckingham in concert tonight means that I can now die fulfilled. #ottawafolk2012

‏@Stomp23
Wonder if he saw @Dom_D RT @kmacnaull: hope the rain is holding out for @gloghrin at @ottawafolk for @lndsybuckingham

‏@littleacornmgmt
The man himself. @ottawafolk http://ow.ly/i/UUnd #ottawafolk @lndsybuckingham

http://nickslive.blogspot.com/2012/0...and+Reviews%29

Photos & Mayhem in Ottawa for Lindsey Buckingham + Stevie Nicks in Washington, DC

Weird sort of circumstances... Both Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks are performing tonight in Nation Capitals. Lindsey's in Ottawa which is the National Capital of Canada playing the Folk Festival and Stevie Nicks is performing tonight (and tomorrow) in the US Capital Washington, DC at the National Portrait Gallery for The Celebration of Science Dinner. Stevie spoke of her Walter Reed visits and performed Soldiers Angel.

The Ottawa Folk Festival

Twitter reports live from the Folk Festival are saying that the power cut out during Lindsey's performance of "I'm So Afraid" not once, but a couple times... Mic's weren't working... Amps blew out... he attempted the song again, but the power cut out again! THAT can't be good! Lindsey left the stage at one point, came back and said 'They've assured me this won't happen again. How about another song?" But it happened again and he left! Doesn't sound like he was able to finish his set. or the encores. "Go Your Own Way" was apparently played, possibly moved up in the set when So Afraid wasn't working out... He won't be happy!

The weather in the area hasn't been the greatest this evening, the rain has apparently held off, but maybe the humidity was too much... or the power was sufficient for what he was operating.

As always, start from the bottom, and read up...

29m Heather Thompson ‏@heathomp This my friends is a really far away, really blurry picture of lindsey buckingham #ottawafolkfest http://yfrog.com/h39m5epj

32m Andrew Sandison ‏@AndrewSandison
Lindsey Buckingham!!!!!! #ottawafolkfest amazing show. Simply amazing! http://pic.twitter.com/AwZJw4qh

32m JAM ‏@mourning_dove_3
Just saw Lindsey Buckingham at the Folk Festival #Ottawa with Nigel!

33m Arne Berg ‏@OttawaArne
The crowd still is in a good mood despite what happened at the Lindsey Buckingham #ottawafolk2012 concert. Always cool when **** blows up

37m Arne Berg ‏@OttawaArne
Lindsey buckingham just blew up the stage again. #ottawafolk2012 and he has left the building.

37m Andrew Foote ‏@afooteCTV
Lindsey Buckingham is playing this song, the power cuts out. In the encore he goes to play it again and the power cuts again. Not his night?

41m Arne Berg ‏@OttawaArne
Lindsey buckingham replaying "So Afraid" the infamous song that blew up the stage. #ottawafolk2012

42m Laurie Kempton ‏@mcsmartypants
Lindsey Buckingham = awesome #Folkfest

55m T. C. ‏@Compactclarke
Lindsey Buckingham is great but why not have a band instead of a backing track???

57m Arne Berg ‏@OttawaArne
Lindsey buckingham goes straight into "You Can Go Your Own Way" after the glitch and the crowd is happy. #ottawafolk2012

58m Arne Berg ‏@OttawaArne
Lindsey buckingham just blew up the stage. Mic's are not working. Technical difficulties. Looks like its fixed up now. #ottawafolk2012

59m WesleyB ‏@WesleyRMB
Lindsey Buckingham's amp just cut out. Is Deandre Martin about to hit the stage? #whatsupwiththat

59m The Broken Speaker ‏@broken_speaker
Storms cut Lindsey Buckingham's song short. #ottawafolk #mothernature #fleetwoodmac

1h Grace Scorrar ‏@GraceScorrar
Lindsey Buckingham! So dreamy! I'm swooning. #ottawafolk2012

1h Lindsay Waddell ‏@lindswaddell
At a Lindsey Buckingham concert. Really hoping Jason Sudeikis makes his way on stage in a red track suit. #whatsupwiththat @Canfinfan

1h nsalad ‏@nsalad
RT@Nickslive: Lindsey Buckingham & Stevie Nicks both performing tonight in Nation Capitals! Stevie-Washington, Lindsey-Ottawa

1h kelsey aidan ‏@kelseyaidan
never going back again - #iloveyou lindsey buckingham

1h Compact Music ‏@CompactMusic
Lindsey Buckingham is a sneaky surprise, nice work @ottawafolk

1h Matt Hertendy ‏@hert39
Lightning overhead at #folkfest because Lindsey Buckingham is a god.

1h FLEETWOOD MAC NEWS ‏@Nickslive
RT @coralrosebud: Lindsey Buckingham rocking the stage! #fleetwoodmac #ottawafolk2012 http://pic.twitter.com/liEjSh7o

1h FLEETWOOD MAC NEWS ‏@Nickslive
Lindsey Buckingham Live in Ottawa! RT @ottawafolk: "And now, for tonight, it seems to be just me." @Lndsybuckingham http://via.me/-4uxifl4

1h Matt Hertendy ‏@hert39
Lindsey Buckingham is frekin' amazing! #folkfest

1h Greg ‏@69nich
I'm at Ottawa Folk Festival for Lindsey Buckingham (Ottawa, Ontario) w/ 13 others http://4sq.com/Rv1fiP

1h Misguided_Angel ‏@Ange_Perdu_
#nowplaying Lindsey Buckingham - live http://pic.twitter.com/0nbx6qw5

1h Tom Pechloff ‏@1310Tom
Lindsey Buckingham #ottawafolk festival http://pic.twitter.com/XzjsRqV5

1h Jessica ‏@coralrosebud
Lindsey Buckingham rocking the stage! #fleetwoodmac #ottawafolk2012 http://pic.twitter.com/DPkqHEgz

1h Adria M ‏@adymadylive
Lindsey Buckingham @ the ottawa folkfest http://pic.twitter.com/p8xm1n9G

1h The Broken Speaker ‏@broken_speaker
Lindsey Buckingham at #ottawafolk If I were old, this would take me way back. http://instagr.am/p/PS85AIl5yw/

1h Misguided_Angel ‏@Ange_Perdu_
Lindsey Buckingham - live #OttawaFolkFestival http://via.me/-4ux8gz6

1h Alicja Siekierska ‏@AlicjawithaJ
Lindsey Buckingham closing out the Day Two of #ottawafolk2012 http://pic.twitter.com/qj28tAQP

1h Cory O'Kelly ‏@CBCCory
Tenthousand people here for Lindsey Buckingham how "fleet" it is

2h Jon Christie ‏@jonchristie
Sweet!! Lindsey Buckingham at Ottawa Folk Festival #ottawafolkfest-> http://ottawafolk.com w/ @Burgandygurl

2h Alicja Siekierska ‏@AlicjawithaJ
Old Man Luedecke just wrapped up their set. Crowd is migrating to the main stage for Lindsey Buckingham, up in 10.

2h Mike Vankoughnett ‏@vanimal73
Lindsey Buckingham 2 nights in a row. Amazing!

Bummer. I wonder if there will be refunds or a make up show. I wonder if the venue has had similar problems. But I suppose it depends on who their artists are, if it's a power issue. Not all sets require the same output.

Michele

Granted we're only hearing from a handful of the 10,000 people, but everyone seemed to be fine with the show. Amp blow-ups are exciting, I guess, so maybe that made up for shortened set? :shrug: :lol:

I wouldn't think they would do refunds as he was just one act at a festival and he did get through most of his set. Sounds like all that was missed was Trouble and Seeds We Sow, and I'm So Afraid was partial (twice).

Glad the crowd seemed to love him even with the technical difficulties!

no don't think so. he basically played the whole show sans encores. people left happy it seems with what they've heard. you pay for the whole day anyway and it was really cheap from what i remember (like maybe $25 or so)?

i went to a festival in Atlanta once where Cracker was the headliner... someone threw a plastic cup or something like that on the stage after the first song... and Lowery et al were gone after that. no refunds. they were the headliner / closing / biggest act (it was mid 90s).

ENTERTAINMENT MUSIC
Folk Fest: Big Love for solo act 0

BY DENIS ARMSTRONG ,OTTAWA SUN
FIRST POSTED: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 07, 2012 11:05 PM EDT | UPDATED: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 07, 2012 11:56 PM EDT

Lindsey Buckingham

If there ever was anyone who could hit all the right notes for the new Ottawa Folk Festival, Lindsey Buckingham would be at the top of the list.

Fleetwood Mac’s former lead guitarist, and arguably its most successful songwriter, played a solo acoustic show of Fleetwood Mac hits as well as his own songs, stripped down to the bare bones.

Now 62 but looking intense, Buckingham opened his show with Cast Away Dreams. Alas, despite the tune’s hypnotic rhythm, the sound was so loud and sharp, it hurt to listen. However, the problem was fixed by the time he played his second tune, a Fleetwood Mac cover called Bleed to Love Her.

He then described the show’s content, and his career thus far as the “big machine versus the little machine, that is, Fleetwood Mac and my solo career.”

In the late 1970s, Fleetwood Mac was one of the biggest-selling bands on the planet, and Buckingham was the author of their most popular hit songs Go Your Own Way, Never Going Back Again and Big Love.

Packing an impressive arsenal of exotic guitars, Buckingham played some of the most dazzling licks I’ve ever heard from a guitar, and his writing is forceful and unconventional. My only regret was having to leave early to meet an early deadline.

With the threat of rain and the euphoria of opening night dissipated, the mood around Hog’s Back Park ........

http://www.ottawasun.com/2012/09/07/...e-for-solo-act

Matt just reported on FB that LB did play his encores (or at least Trouble) but after that crowd wanted ISA again and that's when the final power cutting off happened. hope he posts here.

Just returned from the incredible Lindsey Buckingham concert. Where to begin. It was a hot day and then when I arrived at Hogs Back Park it had started to lightly rain off and on. I caught the bulk of Kathleen Edwards hour long show and while I enjoyed it for the most part her constant dropping of F- Bombs in her banter was clearly not impressing the crowd. Later on I heard people say that her show was a snooze fest.

I met these people in the crowd who were casual fans but enjoyed the show immensely. I recall them saying at one point they didn't know any of the songs thus far but were enjoying the show. The woman in this group recognized me from the whole Oprah campaign and because she asked I told stories about my adventures meeting Stevie, Lindsey, Mick, Melissa Etheridge, Jamie Lee Curtis etc and at one point they thought I was making it up. By the end they were impressed especially because I knew every song by heart.
Lindsey came on at 9:30 and played the same setlist he has been doing on this tour but during I'm So Afraid the power went out (During his solo at the end which he had only begun) Lindsey was pissed off big time. He said something about the stage crew stating storms in the area. It looked the show was over and then everything was back on and he finished the show. Then because the audience demanded he play I'm So Afraid again he did start to play it only this time he barely got through the chorus after the first verse (If I recall correctly ) and then the power went out again. He left looking really pissed off. Trouble was added to the Encore which I know he didn't play when I saw him in Ithaca NY in June.

Whoa, intense. LB can definitely still rock it!

Thanks for the review :) I'm glad we had someone on the scene :thumbsup:

ANd BTW ;) ...



:p

I don't recall him playing Trouble at all. He must have judging from the video but I really don't remember hearing it. I remember him coming out after GYOW and he said "We are gonna do one more and then get outta here and then he did Seeds.

LOL...That's weird, don't ya think? :shrug: Doesn't he always say that right after Trouble? I don't think he says anything when he first comes out, other than thank yous and stuff. But then, I'm hardly one to talk when it comes to keeping things straight :lol: My memory's long gone!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRUh_...&feature=share

Cast Away Dreams

http://youtu.be/zE353cj12zw

Bleed To Love Her

WOW!!! SaWEET video :blob1:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oz3E3...&feature=share

Seeds We Sow

Last video

Thank you for getting this. Seeds has so grown on me this past year. I love it so much. Such a perfect way to end the evening. The outro almost makes me cry.

Oh, that puts it in perspective. Too bad it was ISA when things went wrong, since that's often the pinnacle to many people, but at least they got everything else.

Michele

Problems can be entertaining, particularly those that end with Lindsey performing push ups to pass the time, followed by Stevie helping him off the ground, stroking his hair and exclaiming, "I had no idea you could do that."

Michele

Yeah, I didn't take that into account, that he was part of a line up.

Michele

Rama tonight.
 

Nice, thanks for posting,

Rama tonight,

Front row,

Last show.

nice to see that LB's solo alone show works just as well in front of 10 000 people as in the small intimate venues -


http://blog.mymusic.com/lindsey-buck...acoustic-show/

← Matthew Good: Solo, Acoustic, Awesome

Lindsey Buckingham Dazzles With Intense Acoustic Show

Posted on September 8, 2012 by Brittany Leona

The CUPE-SCFP main stage of Ottawa's Folk Festival was graced tonight with one of rock's greatest legends: Lindsey Buckingham. One may be tempted to assume that based on his musical career spanning nearly four decades, having released over a dozen albums, being a talented composer, singer and producer, that he would have a larger than life stage presence and the typical rocker attitude to go with it – one would be wrong about the last item mentioned.


From the moment he set foot on stage, Buckingham captivated the crowd, filling the balmy evening air with a thorough mix of works from his solo albums like Cast Away Dreams, Come and Go Insane and hits from Fleetwood Mac to the delight of many (myself included) like Big Love, Bleed to Love Her and Never Going Back Again. Buckingham is a rare find – an artist who, while performing, relives his melodies and lyrics as intensely as the day the material was originally written.

The age range of attendees varied from those who were around during the birth of Buckingham's musical career, to those who were not even a thought at the time. Possessing an ever humbling appreciation for his fans, he thanked the crowd sincerely after each performance and for being part of “this strange experiment” (in reference to his solo act of just himself and a guitar).

Though I was not able to take photographs, this performance has been happily seared into my memory, along with everyone else's who was in attendance I'm sure, as one of the most intense, emotional and fantastic shows seen in a very very long time. Definitely one for the books.

lucky you! please let us know how it was after (i know you will! :xoxo:)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/aviewfr...n/photostream/
(photo)

Lindsey Buckingham

Lindsey Buckingham... the power went out on the old Fleetwood Mac song "I'm So Afraid", he decided to play it again at the audiences request as a final Encore, guess what... that's right, the power went out again... okay, I'm afraid!

To say amazing would be an understatement, powerful... so powerful, especially for one man on stage. It's no wonder he blew the power... twice!

Might even have a video clip for you tomorrow... night all!

more reviews and some really nice photos here -

http://nickslive.blogspot.com/2012/0...and+Reviews%29

@durPMS
Lindsey Buckingham @folkfest last night. Fingers of lightning. #fasthand

nickslive updated chain of events -

http://nickslive.blogspot.com/2012/0...and+Reviews%29


The Ottawa Folk Festival

Twitter reports live from the Folk Festival are saying that the power cut out during Lindsey's performance of "I'm So Afraid" not once, but a couple times... Mic's weren't working... Amps blew out...THAT can't be good! So Lindsey moved on to "Go Your Own Way", finished the tune then left the stage ending his set as per usual. When he came back he said 'They've assured me this won't happen again" he then moved onto the encores of "Trouble" and "Seeds We Sow" with no issue, then attempted "I'm So Afraid" at the very end once again when for the second time things blew up and the sound cut out. And that's where the show ended... Too bad about I'm So Afraid, but in the end most of the show was performed which is great!

The weather in the area hasn't been the greatest this evening, the rain had apparently held off, but there was lightning overhead during his performance and maybe there was a lightning strike near by, maybe once, maybe twice... Or maybe the humidity was too much... Who knows. In the end... From those who attended, it sounds like he put on an impressive performance!

I love your sense of humor, elle.

lol. can't take the credit (although mind goes there immediately, doesn't it?), the whole thing is a direct quote from nickslive link. :thumbsup:

Lucky. He might give some special thank yous and comments for the last show. Always makes me a little teary. Have fun.

Michele

@RicMahoney
Congrats ottawa #folkfest team!What a great fest!Huge crowds for #benharper Thurs and Kathleen Edwards and Lindsey Buckingham last night.

Lindsey talking about power outage after it first got cut off during ISA, moving on to GYOW -

Bookpuddle Blogspot

http://bookpuddle.blogspot.com/2012/...-snapshot.html

Saturday, September 08, 2012 by Cipriano
Mr. Buckingham: A Saturday Snapshot

My ears are still ringing from an outdoor concert I was at tonight.
One of my favorite guitarists of all time -- Lindsey Buckingham.

You may not have heard of him [them again, maybe you have] but I'm sure you've heard of Fleetwood Mac, and he performed with them for somewhere around half a century. The guy is absolutely amazing!

I talked about him here on Bookpuddle a while ago, and tonight was the night of this one-man show. It was a dandy.

Although there were a few God-induced technical glitches.

It was an overcast night, in fact it did turn to rain right after the show -- but apparently some random lightning issues killed the power exactly as Lindsey was halfway through his guitar solo on MY FAVORITE SONG, called So Afraid.

He left the stage, and the problem was resolved a few minutes later. He returned for the rest of his set -- and after the encore, the crowd was yelling:

"Play it again".

He had a few words with a technician, and then graciously obliged the cheering fans [me included]. Amazingly, this time exactly two or three notes into the same solo part, BOOM -- total power failure again, and this time it never went back on.

Which proves something I've been saying for a long time now -- LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM'S GUITAR SOLOS ARE JUST TOO DAMN POWERFUL!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toIaRw1dZjs

I was immediately behind Nicks Fan. I was going to film more, but a security guy told us off about filming at the end of Bleed to Love Her. (I was a bit stealthy filming Big Love, the camera was held close to my chest rather than in the air.)

What's this place's stance on sharing audience recordings of concerts? ;)

Those are fine.

Michele

photos
 

bunch of photos from Ottawa show available here -

http://www.jeffco.ca/photos/2012/lin...ham/index.html

and here -

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tripper...th/7978295128/