10/06/2013 Cologne, Germany - Lanxess Arena
 

Big Love & [U]Landslide includes dedication[/U] by laraliee




Without You intro and song by laraliee




Stevie's opening speech & Dreams by laraliee

Big Love by Ajoanna




Landslide by Geli0105




Don't Stop by rhmusictv

My unability to write in english kills me again, I'm trying, really.

It was a magic night, at least for 3 people, Alex, Andrea and me. We are friends since a FM concert in 1990 (Essen, Germany), we met there. Alex actually lives in Cologne, Andrea drove 2 hours to visit me the day before, we went to Cologne by train for an hour. We are long distance friends for life. :)

Alex had a rather good ticket, 13th row, but due to bad luck and circumstances (When tickets went on sale, I was stuck in a youth hostel with 60 children, no internet and no means to just GET A FREAKIN' TICKET, which drove me crazy back then) Andrea and me ended with rather depressing seats back, high up. When we arrived at our seats, we saw how far away the stage was, we were really depressed.

You know, I AM middle-aged, but in contrast to every other middle-aged person around me, I'm also a fan for 34 years now, not someone who randomly went there, alot of the people looked rather bored already. I felt that I deserved the best seats in the house. Andrea felt the same and without more talking, we just went down to the ground floor. A steward asked for my ticket, I just kept walking as if I did not hear him, Andrea was an upright woman on her way to her legit place, too. He let us path without controlling our tickets. Yesss!

Down in the area, we met Alex, she decided that we had to be procative, went and found a "good witch" (her own words), who upgraded our tickets to that part of the venue. Bad seats, far far back but anyway. Yesss! again. Andrea and me then got quite bold. On our way to the concert, we had passed by some people who sold good tickets for a high price in front of the venue. We thought that probably not all of this tickets would be sold and went to first row, in front of Stevies mike and just sat down on 2 empty seats. We were so nervous that someone would just shoo us away. Minutes went by, noone requested the seats. Alex found another free seat in front row. Lights went out 10 minutes late and we actually HAD the best seats in the house.
We just stood up, walked 3 meters and stood where we had to be, Andrea and me in front of Stevie, Alex between Stevie and Lindsey. For 20 minutes into the concert, we just couldn't believe that our stunt had really worked out that well. We had the best seats in the house, but we did not even need them :). The concert was the best of the ones we saw (1990, 2003, 2009). I cannot imagine how frustrating sitting back up would have been.

Andrea and Alex made tons of close up videos and photos, Alex' camera did not record good sound, I will try to "uprade" them when I got them (by post), Andrea made soe really good videos that we will post later. Then with an actual concert review.

Let me just say that "Sisters of the Moon" was a standout but GDW had our jaws drop. I have not seen what Stevie did with that song in any clip I saw so far, that were 12 minutes that knocked everyone out.

Thanks for reading my ramblings, will be back when Andrea and me worked up a coherent review.

F FANTASTIC story! Thank you for sharing! During the last Stevie tour in Australia a friend got to front row without having a ticket at all. Sometimes if you are bold AND lucky then magic can happen.

Sometimes you just deserve such a thing. Cool to see did you succeed! I did kinda the same back in 2009 in Antwerp as well as at a U2 concert a few years ago.

Luckily most (of not all) rock-concerts in Holland are general admission in the centre field (the way a rock concert imho is supposed to be...come on who needs chairs to rock! ?), so I might be able to get upfront tonite in Amsterdam as well (will be stuck at work tilll at least 3 and the a 1h trainride), so I might not get at the Ziggodome early enough.

Gold Dust Woman by Claire Kesselaar




Go Your Own Way by Kamikazedieter




Silver Springs by Kamikazedieter

Say Goodbye by Kamikazedieter

You must have been on cloud nine. It sounds incredible the way you described sitting in the depressing seats and just deciding to go down like that. I never would have been able to pull that off.

Michele

[Well, I'm only reading translated reviews, so there may be some substance lost in the translation]

07/10/2013, 11:26 am Clock

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Fleetwood Mac convince the tour opener in Cologne

By Mark Ludwig, dpa

Cologne (AP) - It took only a few drums - and the fans of the rock band Fleetwood Mac felt the Germany tour kick-off on Sunday night at the sold-out Lanxess Arena transported to another time.

"Second Hand News," the song that opens the legendary 1977 released album "Rumours" was the start of a journey into the pop and rock world of the 1970s.

However, about two and a half hour show had no means dust. On the contrary, Fleetwood Mac showed that their power is by no means exhausted. Even with the fans, the band founded in 1967, has apparently still not lost their appeal. About 15 000 listeners had come to the concert in Cologne.

In London as a surprise as the former band member Christine McVie came on stage for a song, it was not though. But singer Stevie Nicks, guitarist Lindsey Buckingham and Mick Fleetwood on drums and John McVie on bass - both belong since its founding in 1967 on the band - made it even live to elicit their songs the atmospheric density and brittleness, which they so special titles making.

Whether "Rhiannon," "Go Your Own Way," "Gypsy" or "Do not Stop" as an encore - almost all the major hits of the band was inducted into the "Rock and Roll Hall of Fame» 1998, to hear . The focus was mainly the songs from the album "Rumours", which is around 40 million copies sold worldwide as one of the most successful albums in pop history.

In addition, the fans were excited about several songs from the 1979 released album "Tusk". Thus, as Buckingham, you have shown that you sometimes had to prevail against the record labels - and not always allowed to continue only that, what is going well.

Besides the big hits, there were also pieces of its new, digitally released 4-song EP, "Extended Play". Two songs the band has recorded over the course of the tour program. "Sad Angels" proved to be a rousing and catchy pop tune. "Without You", however, is a newly discovered piece which Buckingham and Nicks in 1974, recordings as a demo version.

The audience, many of them between 50 and 60 years old, Fleetwood Mac elicited with long applause finally four encores. With the delicate "Say Goodbye" the British-American band released the fans into the night. Fleetwood Mac is still in Stuttgart (October 14) and Berlin (16 October) to live.

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Fleetwood Mac - just do not stop!
07.10.2013 19:33 | Clock

Cologne., The band 15 000 enthusiastic fans at the start of the short tour of Germany in the sold out arena Cologne. It was the evening of Lindsey Buckingham, of the masses brought his guitar to cheer. At the end there were two and a half hours of great concert - and an elixir for four warriors of rock.

Lindsey Buckingham vibrates alternately Beanstalk his legs in the air. He pounds out of his mind one of his guitar. He touches her, hopelessly out of breath, his heart and lets hope that it is the jubelschäumende applause that because it goes to the heart and not some evil Kasper 15 000 people.



In moments like these, not only the flawless joint work of cosmetic surgeons and make-up artists from Stevie Nicks unimportant, but their idiotic decision, with 65 to wobble even on platform soles on the stage. Since Fleetwood Mac is more than a beautiful reminder of times of "Rumours" and "Tusk", since there is a unheard-present live band. Having the right level of routine, based on the still ravishing each evening concert.

A band also that, crazy enough, is named after its solid rhythm section of Mick Fleetwood and John McVie - where it still smoke delicate melancholiegetränkte voice of Mrs. Nicks is a pound of the band, whose "Do not Stop" megahit a Bill Clinton chose his campaign anthem.

And the second is the grenades guitarist, the evening belongs to the sold-out Cologne Arena: Lindsey Buckingham. Whether "Second Hand News" or the new, trendy propulsive "Sad Angel": The man plays in its own league on the strings - as if he wanted to win the world championships in fretboard tightrope, including B-Note.

Even after five encores they hardly want from the stage

The perfect duet song of the two, which one could listen endlessly, is supported by a lot of echo and a little reverb through the arena, it remains at just two, three mixing periods. Stevie Nicks afraid of heights a little, because although they get there still. "Sara," "Gypsy," "Go Your Own Way," "Tusk," "Second Hand News" and "Big Love" (Buckingham's star attraction in the brilliant acoustic version!) - The hit album is well arranged in this short two and a half hours, which experienced only by the occasional hard-talks a little break.

These speeches reveal all that performances in which the band will reluctantly left after five encores from stage form, also for four veteran rock stretching a true elixir of life. No wonder they are so grateful to their fans, which in turn regret nothing. Not even if they have forked out more than 200 euros for the "platinum" tickets ..

Jens Dirksen

Your english is perfect. Ask Skip, he'll tell you. I loved your review and I'm glad you were brave enough to take your rightful seats in the house.

Rhiannon by luccoppieters




Eyes of the World by Stefan Lechner




Stevie's opening speech & Dreams by Stefan Lechner

Lindsey's Say Goodbye speech




Don't Stop by kamikazedieter




Go Your Own Way by caja1987

Tusk by caja1987




I'm So Afraid by caja1987




Sad Angel by Dangelo1809

Go Your Own Way by Salem Jones




I'm So Afraid by Dangelo1809




Go Your Own Way filmed by the guy who stole AncientQueen's seats (Molenaars-kooij)

Stand Back by TwizzlerNL

These videos are fantastic! I just watched every one of them and it made my night! What row were all you guys in?! Looks like some great seats but even the far away ones came out good! Ugh still debating on getting tix to the Vegas show... :thumbsup:

The excitement for me is being able to attend every show on this world tour.

real fans deserve decent seats and shouldnt have to pay ridic prices.
i'm so impressed with your ninja skills
i'm too scared to get into trouble to do something like that.
i'll jump a row or two that's it ... in the dark :lol:

so glad you had a great time!!

Me too and it would never work for me. I'm cursed when it comes to doing things like that. 20,000 people can do it and not get caught and I always will.

Michele

Hi there,

the concert was awesome - some people were surprised that it started around 7.10 pm, as normally concerts start around 8 pm. So, during the first two, three tracks there was a lot of traffic inside the arena. Nevertheless the band played on and it was fantastic. Normally you expect to stand during such a concert but unfortunately it was all seated - and the people remained seated during most of time. Only Lindsey received standing ovations for Big Love and I'm So Afraid.
Stevie dedicated Landslide to all of us Cologne-people, as she doesn't know anybody here. One funny thing about Stevie - first she regretted not to speak German and that she wanna learn it someday (ha ha :)), then it seemed that she spoke slow, so that the continental Europeans would understand most of it :) And she announced to cut the introduction speech of Without You short, as nobody wanted to get a lecture from her. In the end she spoke for ca. 8 minutes :) It was fun to hear this story (the song was there, it got lost, it was found again, got lost again, etc...) and Lindsey's memories about the time, Mick called him to join Fleetwood Mac.

At the very end it seemed, they didn't wanna leave the stage - Stevie stood there after Say Goodbye and gave us the warmest farewell words. After that, Mick came one last time on stage - The Mac is back :)

Ok, that's it from me - sorry for the bad English. Greetings from Germany
Tschö
Tobi

Another great concert review and your english is perfect. Skip could learn a lot from you also.

This video will make you feel like you were there.

Tusk by Tupelo738

I also went to the Cologne concert and loved every second of it.
So much that I bought a ticket for the Stuttgart concert next week. :cool:

I went to Cologne with my mum to see the show. Just as we got there we found out that the biggest food festival in the world was taking place on the day of the concert, and the next couple of days. We ended up spending a ridiculous amount of money for a hotel room, but we had a blast. Finally, after fifteen years of fandom, I saw the band for the first time. My mom, a Lindsey fan, was blown away by Stevie. SOTM and GDW were simply incredible. Our seats were pretty decent, but not that close to the stage, so during the second encore, when some people left to avoid the crowd, we managed to move just like 8 ft from Stevie. I was DYING!!! I wish i could see them again on this tour, but I don’t think I can afford it. Anyway, I’v got a pretty great audio recording of GDW. I wish I recorded the entire show, but I was so excited to be there, I could barely pull myself together for that one lol. I hope a complete bootleg of the show surfaces soon. For me, this was a dream come through.

GDW: http://www.fileswap.com/dl/z8oPD0zk1/

huh? :confused:

has she ever seen Lindsey live before? if this is her first time, how can she be his fan and NOT be blown away by his performance?

He's saying his mother is a Bucky fan and as a Bucky fan, was blown away by Stevie; she hadn't expected to be. (?????)

It's like being a Stevie fan and going to a FM show and being blown away by Bucky even though you're there to stare at Stevie :lol:

Sister's of the Moon by luccoppieters




Sara by luccoppieters

It's not like he is touring all over Europe all the time, so no, she's never seen him live. Basically this ↓↓↓

This is a good point and I have to applaud your mom. I would probably like Lindsey less, if I had not seen him live.

When I first saw FM in 1979, he really was the last thing on my mind when I went to the show. If I knew his songs, they are not the ones that stood out to me. So, his music, playing and production talent had not yet sealed the deal. It was seeing him in concert that sparked my interest and then he retained that interest.

Michele

I'm glad you DIDN'T record the whole show! You got to experience it fully and give the band some energy back with your rapt attention. Awesome.

Hey, Elle!
 

Exactly my take, StreetAngel86!! Elle, I wish you would try to give Stevie half a chance, but if you can't, I am asking you to please try not to bad mouth her at every turn, ok? It always makes me feel a little bad because, of course, I love her and although I know she has her quirks (understatement) does she really deserve that? May I ask why you dislike her so I can try to understand where you're coming from?

When I first came back to The Ledge, I made a few not so nice remarks about Lindsey and you called me out. I stopped making unnecessary snide remarks about him because I realized that it bothered you. You convinced me to listen to all of Lindsey's music from OOTC on. I already knew how extraordinary it was! Never cared much for the man but amazing talent is amazing talent. And, people change so I gave THE MAN another chance too. I still find him to be a bit of a diva but I also find him changed and have come to enjoy him. What do you say? :xoxo:

It was just wonderful seeing my mom go completely insane during GDW. :lol: She is not a big fan of female vocalists, and on the way back from the concert she kept saying how good Stevie sounds live, and how she knew they would be good live, but never expected they would be that good. I loved them both. I loved the whole band. Its been four days since I saw them, and I am still full of happiness.

That is a great recording, thank you very much. I don't want to compare the cologne version to others right now, I felt that this one was special, both Alex and Andrea felt that too, we were in awe. Charismatic, hypnotic, totally crazy and totally professional. Stevie has her moments. We also found Sisters of the moon fantastic, but GDW was another level.

My friends did do photos and videos, but so far, they have difficulties to make them public. I don't like recording in a concert much, it distracts you from the experience.

I just stood there, trying to absorb it all and to be absorbed by it all, if that makes any sense. First time in months that I was really just happy, being in the moment. I'm not there still, but I know that somehow the concert will make my horrible year okay for me in retrospect. And that's not because I made a good video :).

That is so true. This may be the only time I got to see them live, and I really wanted to experience it without any pressure of holding any kind of recording device. I just hope a bootleg appears soon, and if not, I am really happy with just being able to see them.

i understand that, i guess i'm just so used to see the reaction you describe here than the other way around. :)

true! and that's why i was so surprised, although you didn't say whether she was blown away by his performance too or he left her cold. :shrug:

yep, again reaction that you usually see or hear about. :)

huh? i wasn't even talking about Stevie. i was surprised that there was no reaction from a bucky fan seeing him live for the first time. maybe there was a reaction but golddustboy was more interested and happy about his mom's reaction to SN who is his preferred performer, and that's why he described that. :shrug:

you can read into others' posts what you want, it's your prerogative, but try not putting words in my mouth. i'm talking about music and a performance, you are talking about character of a person you don't know. big difference. if i don't like someone's music or performance, i have the right to say it. that is not bad-mouthing them, that's just an opinion on the work they do.

that said, honestly i think Stevie has been performing much much better on this tour than from what i've heard of the previous 2 FM tours. that still doesn't mean that i have to like most of her songs or her slow slow twirls that for some reason drive others delirious (while at the same time LB is doing amazing guitar solo that those people don''t even notice b/c they are so mesmerized by the slowed down twirls). i'm pleasantly surprised by European audiences choosing guitar solos over slow twirls. but whatever makes people happy, it's all good. it's entertainment, taking you away from your everyday problems!

i know the feeling! happy you had such great time and that you managed to come down close.

btw, Stevie has recently started to interact with the audience a little too, it was nice and surprising to see! :thumbsup:

During the ISA solo, she was the first to stand up from her seat, and burst into a raging applause before the song was over :lol: and it certainly was one of the highlights of the show, beside GDW. I love LB. He is a fantastic guitarist and most of the time, a great producer. I am a highly trained classical musician (opera singer-vocal coach), and as one, I have a great appreciation for flawless technical performance and execution of a musical piece, but something I appreciate above anything else is the artists ability to preserve, express and transfer the emotion through their art. Stevie is no instrumental virtuoso, but she is certainly capable of doing that through songwriting eons better then Linds, even if her songs are sometimes rudimentary as Linds once said. What she lacks in the technical part, she compensates with the ability to force you feel exactly the way she felt creating her art, and relive it through your eyes. Isn't that the sole purpose of art in general? Don't get me wrong, I don't find you a bad, irritating person at all. Quite contrary. I just don't understand your need to overanalyze everything Stevie does, so you can criticize her later every time you mention her name, and all that in front of a group of people that obviously mostly adore her. It would be much easier for you to enjoy her work with FM that you can put up with, and ignore the rest. And no, I am not one of the fans who faints of excitement every time she twirls, and wears platform boots. I am one of those fans that loves her for who she is as an artist.

Check your personal messages :)

I love this post.

I would be happy if she spent an entire show just twirling. She wouldn't even have to sing.:lol: