Phoenix, Az - US Airways Center May 30,2013
 

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By Ed MasleyThe Republic | azcentral.comFri May 31, 2013 8:20 AM

http://www.azcentral.com/thingstodo/...s-rumours.html

It’s been 35 years since Fleetwood Mac released the soft-rock masterpiece that even now remains their calling card, the 11-times-platinum “Rumours.” And with four-fifths of the classic “Rumours” lineup — Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood, Stevie Nicks and John McVie – back together again, they weren’t shy about blowing the dust off a good portion of that album Thursday night at US Airways Center, setting the tone with a spirited “Second Hand News” and then following through with “The Chain” and the chart-topping “Dreams.”

If Buckingham’s electrifying presence on guitar and vocals made it hard to believe you were watching a man who’d aged 35 years since releasing those songs, Nicks’ vocal on “Dreams” made it clear that the passage of time had not affected everyone in Fleetwood Mac the same. And it’s not that her vocal was off. It’s just that she’d rewritten the entire melody to suit the lower range her voice has settled into in her 60s, which detracted from a number of essential hooks ingrained in every Fleetwood Mac fan’s head. “Rhiannon” also found her backing down from the challenging notes, although delivered with real urgency. But Nicks, who told the crowd “It means a lot to be here; I was born here,” had redeemed herself and then some by the time the night was through, with her charisma and her vocals, really shining on an understated “Landslide,” which may have taken on an even more reflective tone with age.

It wasn’t all nostalgia, either. After three shots of “Rumours,” they tested the waters with “Sad Angel,” a new rocker driven by Buckingham’s chugging guitar. And later in the set, they treated the fans to the newly recorded soft-rock gem “Without You,” a Buckingham-Nicks song that went missing in the ’70s only to resurface in 2010 on YouTube, of all places.

Buckingham set up a showcase of “Tusk” with a speech that began with “There is a rule of thumb — I guess you could call it an axiom — in the music business. If it works, run it into the ground and move on.” It’s with great pride that Buckingham looks back on “Tusk” as the artistic left-field triumph no one, least of all the label, wanted after “Rumours.” Now, of course, it’s revered as one of rock’s most enduring misunderstood classics. And the first two songs they played from “Tusk” — “Not That Funny” and “Tusk” — have certainly retained their offbeat charm, while the Nicks songs that followed, “Sisters of the Moon” and “Sara,” served as a haunting reminder that “Tusk” had more to offer than Buckingham pushing the envelope into artier waters.

Buckingham followed the tribute to “Tusk” with a solo acoustic rendition of 1987’s “Big Love,” which showcased his skills on acoustic guitar with urgent vocals driving home the chorus hook. That led to a breathtaking version of “Landslide” with just Buckingham and Nicks on stage, the former couple holding hands in one dramatic pause while Nicks made the most of the poignant potential in the line “I’m getting older, too.”

From there, they dove back into “Rumours” with the slowed-down country blues of “Never Going Back Again.”

Nicks set the tone for “Without You” with a charming trip down memory lane and followed through with “Gypsy,” an early ’80s hit from “Mirage” that featured one of Nicks’ strongest vocals of the night and some of Buckingham’s flashiest guitar work. They stayed on “Mirage” for the spirited roots-rock abandon of “Eyes of the World” before another of Nicks’ most compelling showcases, the “Rumours” highlight “Gold Dust Woman.”

Next, Buckingham managed to bring in one of Thursday’s most enthusiastic crowd responses for a song that was neither a single nor a track from “Rumours.” A rarely heard highlight of Fleetwood Mac’s self-titled album, their first with Buckingham and Nicks on board, “I’m So Afraid” brought nearly every audience member to his or her feet with a jaw-dropping blend of musicianship and showmanship. He tore it up convincingly enough to win the adulation he deserved for that performance.

Nicks’ solo hit “Stand Back” kept the audience happy but the concert may have peaked with the set-closing “Go Your Own Way,” a rousing “Rumours” highlight that featured Nicks in a little black top hat and Buckingham squeezing out another flashy solo.

The encore got off to an odd start when Mick Fleetwood interrupted “World Turning” with a lengthy solo and then followed with the worst momentum killer in the history of rock and roll, introducing the band. You could feel the energy that peaked with “Go Your Own Way” dissipating by the second. But they made it worth the wait with yet another “Rumours” highlight, “Don’t Stop” — as in thinking about tomorrow. There was probably something ironic in seeing them close that particular show singing “Yesterday’s gone,” but here’s the thing: The highlights of that concert, of which there were many, served as a rousing reminder that maybe sometimes it’s cool to stop thinking about tomorrow and give yesterday another try, especially if you can make it feel as relevant as this show's most compelling moments.

^Even though I don't really like World Turning, I don't feel a tremendous energy drain when they return from the encore with that and the go into the drum solo and band introductions. I guess it is a long process and World Turning is not familiar to the audience. I just never felt it was a momentum killer and by the time they do Don't Stop it seems as if the crowd is just as invested as they were earlier in the show.

Michele

This is almost spot-on how I felt in Vegas.

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Phoenix New Times, May 31, 2013 [click for slideshow pictures]

http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/slide...0-13-39689530/

It would be challenging, at best, to attempt to write an objective concert review about a band that your love for borders on obsession, so I'm not going to try.

Fleetwood Mac's show at US Airways Arena last night, was...well, it was fine. It was what one could reasonably expect from a band at this stage in its career, a career that began well over forty years ago. They played the familiar hits, minus the Christine McVie (who stopped touring with the band in 1998) selections, which meant no “Say You Love Me,” no “Over My Head,” no “You Make Loving Fun,” no “Songbird,” no “Think About,” no “Little Lies.” Her noticeable absence left the band less like the Fleetwood Mac that we all know and love, and more like the Lindsey Buckingham/Stevie Nicks show, with band namesakes, John McVie and Mick Fleetwood serving as a backing band. --Shane Kennedy

Read the full review of Fleetwood Mac by Shane Kennedy [see below].

Phoenix New Times, by Shane Kennedy, 5-31-2013
http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/upo...iew.php?page=3

Fleetwood Mac - US Airways Center - 5/30/2013

It would be challenging, at best, to attempt to write an objective concert review about a band that your love for borders on obsession, so I'm not going to try.

Fleetwood Mac's show at US Airways Arena Thursday night, was, well, it was fine. It was what one could reasonably expect from a band at this stage in its career, a career that began well over 40 years ago. They played the familiar hits, minus the Christine McVie (who stopped touring with the band in 1998) selections, which meant no "Say You Love Me," no "Over My Head," no "You Make Loving Fun," no "Songbird," no "Think About," no "Little Lies."

Her noticeable absence left the band less like the Fleetwood Mac that we all know and love, and more like the Lindsey Buckingham/Stevie Nicks show, with John McVie and Mick Fleetwood serving as a backing band. Much of the banter centered around the (to say the least) well-documented drama between former lovers Buckingham and Nicks. We all know the story.

The actual members of Fleetwood Mac were the minority on stage. A second guitarist, a keyboardist, two female backing vocalists, and a second drummer were curiously hidden behind Buckingham's wall of amplifiers and augmented the band as they lumbered through opener "Second Hand News," and on through "The Chain" and "Dreams."

And then something beautiful happened. Buckingham mentioned that they had been recording new material, some of which appears on their new EP, the awkwardly titled Extended Play and introduced one of those selections, the excellent "Sad Angel." I cannot, off the top of my head, think of any other band that has been around as long as they have that has issued a song so fantastic. I'm serious. It's really good. The entire band, Mick Fleetwood especially, seemed to light up with the opportunity to play great new material.

The band followed up with Nick's witchy crowd pleaser "Rhiannon," and though her voice has changed over the years, she still has "it." There is something very Billie Holiday about her, although her range in her 60s far exceeds Holidays at 20. Her youthful range has been replaced by a depth that can only come from a lifetime of being Stevie Nicks.

After "Rhiannon," Nicks left the stage, leaving Buckingham to talk about the creative versus commercial challenge they faced after the blockbuster Rumours album, and the follow up, Tusk -- a sprawling and uneven double album that has become the stuff of legend, and a musicians' favorite (see notes below.)

Nicks returned to join the band for "Not That Funny," "Tusk," and "Sister of the Moon," which could've been "Rhiannon 2" and is a song that, on record, seemed underdeveloped, likely due to Buckingham's lack of interest in working closely with Nicks at that point in their relationship. They don't make that mistake live. It's a moody, spooky, epic live, one for which Nicks can play up the twirling White Witch persona to the hilt. The lovely "Sara" closed out the Tusk portion of the show, which for me, at least, was the highlight of the evening.

Buckingham was left alone on the stage for his frantic "Big Love," Nicks then returned for her classic reflective weeper "Landslide," then joined Buckingham for his sweet and sour "Never Going Back Again," another new one -- actually a just-recorded version of a pre-Mac Buckingham-Nicks demo called "Without You." This acoustic portion of the show ended with Buckingham and Nicks in a touching embrace.





A small drum kit was set up for the Fleetwood for a mellow version of the fantastic "Gypsy" and the neurotic rave-up "Eyes of the World," both from the underrated Mirage LP. Another Nicks showcase, the intense "Gold Dust Woman," and Buckingham's equally frightening "I'm So Afraid" followed.

I'm not sure what made the band decide to include Nicks' solo hit "Stand Back" in the set; if it were up to me (and it wasn't) I would've picked "Edge of Seventeen" off Nicks' solo debut, Belladonna -- and if they're doing solo material, why not Buckinghams solo classic "Trouble," or the fantastic "Don't Let Me Down Again" from the pre-Mac Buckingham Nicks?

The familiar opening chords from "Go Your Own Way" sent the audience into near hysterics, and with that the band said their farewells.

But wait....Yes! Encore...

"World Turning," as usual, turned into one of those things that I have never heard anyone say that they actually like, the drum solo. Mind you: I frickin' LOVE Mick Fleetwood. But, ugh, drum solos. The obligatory "Don't Stop" followed, to the audiences delight, and with that, the band cleared the stage before, due to popular demand, returning once more for Stevie's tear-jerker "Silver Springs" and, finally, "Say Goodbye" from the 2003 (mostly) post-Christine McVie album Say You Will.

Looking over set lists and reviews from other stops on this tour reveals the same exact nightly set list and same nightly banter. Perhaps that's to be expected in this day and age, but don't we always want to believe that we are special and every show is unique?

All in all, I doubt there was anyone in the audience who left feeling slighted, other than the one holdout who thought there was a chance of them busting out Peter Green's "Oh, Well."

The band was indeed the "Big Machine" that Lindsey frequently refers to them as, and with any machine that big, nothing was left to chance, which would explain the teleprompter in front of Stevie.

For me, one of the great joys of the show was seeing, and hearing, John McVie and Mick Fleetwood play together, as they have for almost 50 years now, and as seamlessly as ever. One cannot say enough about their chemistry and history. Oh, the places they've been!

And despite the hair-splitting, it was a great joy to go with them last night.

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Thanks for digging up these vids from the Tube for us Viv.It feels like I was there.

Concert review: Big love from Phoenix audience for Fleetwood Mac (Photos)
The Examiner, May 31, 2013 By: Ted Hansen [Click for Slide Show Photos]

http://www.examiner.com/review/conce...-fleetwood-mac

For a group whose celebrated past, both in song and in real life, dealt with the pain caused when relationships cease, there sure was a lot of love in the air from Fleetwood Mac during their performance at the U.S. Airways Center in Phoenix on Thursday night, May 30, 2013. There was a love of the audience professed on separate occasions by singer Stevie Nicks, guitarist Lindsey Buckingham and drummer Mick Fleetwood. There was the special love for Phoenix mentioned by both hometown girl Nicks and Buckingham.

As for the relationship between Nicks and Buckingham, it may not have been “get a room,” love, but their hand holding, hugs and repeated compliments of one another on stage suggested any animosity between the two was long gone. Had Nicks and Buckingham been at this point in 1976, the bittersweet song writing that made “Rumours” the outstanding album it was, may never have occurred.
For two and half hours, the Buckingham/Nicks era of Fleetwood Mac was on full display. It may have taken Mick Fleetwood and bass player John McVie eight years before they found the right lead guitarist for their band with Buckingham, but ever since then they’ve been selling out arenas and did so once again in Phoenix. Thankfully for all, Buckingham insisted that his girlfriend at the time, Stevie Nicks, “a wonderful, brilliant lead singer,” as he called her, also join the band when he did.

The audience was already up and applauding before the band hit the stage. Mick Fleetwood’s tall stature made him visible even in the dim light as he took his place behind his kit. McVie followed closely and took his place to Fleetwood’s right side, a place where throughout the show, except to occasionally leave the stage, he did not vacate. Nicks and Buckingham came out hand in hand and took their places on opposite sides of the platform.

Once assembled, the band broke into “Second Hand News,” the first of seven songs from “Rumours,” to be played during their performance (there might have been more had Christine McVie, lead vocalist on “Rumours’” songs “Songbird” and “You Make Loving Fun” not retired from touring in the 1990’s).“The Chain” brought forth the anticipated fiery vocal exchange between Nicks and Buckingham. With “Dreams,” Nicks was ready to “get this party started.” She was a song or two off from when that was to happen.

Buckingham let the audience know that there are “still some chapters left in the book of Fleetwood Mac” as he introduced their first new studio song in a decade, “Sad Angel.” A good, up tempo number, “Sad Angel” made fans hope that the next chapter is more than just the four songs recently released by the band on “Extended Play.”

It could be argued that when Nicks sings such songs as “Rhiannon,” “Sara,” “Gypsy,” or “Gold Dust Woman,” that Fleetwood Mac is her band. McVie and Fleetwood do an outstanding job as her backing rhythm section, content to be present enough to compliment the songs without being overpowering. Although her trademark twirling is not as prominent as it used to be, Nicks’ voice can still remain captivating, as it was for “Landslide.”

But the risk taker of Fleetwood Mac is Lindsey Buckingham, as evident by his breaking the music business rule of, as he called it, “if it works, run it into the ground,” when he spearheaded the release of Fleetwood Mac’s 1979 adventurous album “Tusk.” Time and the audience’s response to the four song set from “Tusk” gave Buckingham the vindication he deserved. Buckingham was highly animated and energized for the album’s title track, a number that grew from a very slow, eerie, beginning to a frenzied guitar effort by Buckingham accompanied by the USC marching band shown on the enormous video screen at the back of the stage.

The momentum created from the “Tusk,” set slowed when Buckingham was the sole performer on “Big Love,” followed by just him and Nicks performing together on the next three numbers. The slowdown in momentum did not translate to a slowdown in quality. Buckingham’s guitar work was mesmerizing and Nicks began to hit her stride vocally.

The final four songs of the regular set gave everyone a chance to see their favorite version of today’s Fleetwood Mac. Is Stevie Nicks your main draw? Then “Gold Dust Woman,” with Nicks at her mystical best satisfied as did her solo output, “Stand Back.” Can’t get enough of Lindsey Buckingham’s amazing guitar work? He blew the roof off the arena with his playing on “I’m So Afraid.” Like the band as a whole? Then “Go Your Own Way,” with its catchy melody, upbeat tempo and well sung-a-long lyrics would suffice.

Although the quartet of Buckingham, Nicks, McVie and Fleetwood are who the audience has come to see, the live version of Fleetwood Mac would not be the success it is without those in the background as well. Keyboardist Brett Tuggle, guitarist Neale Heywood and backup vocalists, Sharon Celoni and Lori Nicks, although kept in the shadows most of the night, gave Fleetwood Mac its on stage fullness.

The night ended with two encores, the first with the crowd pleasing tunes “World Turning,” which included a Mick Fleetwood drum solo and “Don’t Stop.” The second encore included one of Nicks’ better songs, “Silver Springs.” If you weren’t moved by the vocal interplay between Nicks and Buckingham on that song, then you probably had left after the first encore.

If the Phoenix concert is any barometer for those that have tickets to Fleetwood Mac’s upcoming shows, then expect no opening act, plan on the band starting about 20 minutes after the scheduled start time and be prepared for a stellar two and half hour stroll through the highlights of the last 37 years of Fleetwood Mac. It’s okay to say that you loved them.

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The Chain by Ken Corson

Without You with long funny explanation from Stevie & Lindsey by Miss Nasser

Stevie is definitely having a blast out there. She's totally doing stand up now.
(By the time I see them in a few weeks, she should be up to a 30 minute intro for Without You. Can't wait!)

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Sister's of the Moon(awesome snippet) & Sara by Nita Raymond




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She'd still be "delivering eggs" and, I'm guessing, not doing a very good job of it.

Well, she'd have gone back to school.

Michele

This is the best intro ever. :laugh::laugh:

From an even closer view, Stevie's explanation of Without You by ceoBailey

"We made cassettes like donuts."

Never change, Stevie. :lol:

Awww, that explanation is really cute.

Which makes one fantasize about the demos that have not been leaked.

Michele

Never Going Back Again by Caterina Lake

:laugh: thanks for posting that !

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Lindsey's goodbye speech Say Goodbye by 9693297602 & Stevie's dream catcher speech. Mick goodbye speech.Video is mis-titled as Silver Springs.

Michele, I think she said she would still be a waitress AND THE BAND WOULD STILL BE DELIVERING EGGS!

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She said: "Lindsey could have gone off with Fleetwood Mac and had, you know, and there I would be still delivering eggs."

And I know she meant just bringing an order of eggs to a restaurant table, but even so I had this image of Stevie going door to door delivering eggs to peoples' homes, like the milkman used to do in days of yore.

Michele

I had the same mental picture when she first said it, and it was quite amusing.

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