Paris 11/10/2013
 

Saw The Mac tonight in Paris and all I can say is WOW! Incredible gig! Was at the very front, shook Lindsey's hand and I take back an earlier post I made where I mentioned I didn't enjoy Stevie's 'weird' dancing during GDW... seeing it live is incredible! And hearing Stevie tell her stories was great! Will post a proper review when I'm home in afew days and will upload some photos but for now all I can say is Wow! Just Wow!

lots of lindsey-audience interaction in this one:

Just got home from the show and I agree with GDW, it was incredible. I had an inkling it would be when Stevie screamed "let's get this party started" into the mic at the very beginning.

An all around great performance from everyone. Stevie's voice was solid and Lindsey's finger picking was amazing. I was grateful for every song, even the weathered warhorses. Perhaps the only miss for me was "Without You" which doesn't translate too well on stage in its current incarnation.

Highlights: Rhiannon, Tusk, SOTM, Sara, GDW, NGBA, Landslide, ISA, Say Goodbye. Aww heck pretty much all of them.

Landslide was dedicated to Anthony, a waiter who took good care of Stevie and her friends during a three week stay in Paris and made them feel like Frenchwomen. She mentioned having the hardest time hunting down a pair of Karl Lagerfeld boots, the very ones she was wearing that night I believe.

Speeches were long but surprisingly funny. When Stevie jumped from 1971 (?) to 2010 during the "Without You" intro, she added: "yes we're vampires, we've been here forever".

Silver Springs was back in the set.

Thank you and good night.

Sad Angel -

I kept wondering about this show because it seemed like it was the last one to sell out among Mick's VIP packages. I didn't know what overall ticket sales were, but I worried that maybe it would be a laggard.

It sounds like that was not the case and you guys had a great night.

Ha. I wish I could have been there to ask Stevie to tell the story of what happened with Rupert Hines, as long as she was in France at the scene of the crime.

Michele

I just want to quickly add that during Stevie's WY intro, I was watching Mick and Lindsey and the eye rolling and head shaking and the looks they gave eachother I found totally hilarious.

http://www.lemonde.fr/culture/articl...4745_3246.html

An evening of perfect songs with Fleetwood Mac Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy

Le Monde.fr | 12.10.2013 at 12:11 • Updated 12.10.2013 at 18h39 | By Sylvain Siclier

As recalled at one time the singer and guitarist Lindsey Buckingham, the story of Fleetwood Mac has consistently been full of ups and downs. For ten years, it is rather high, which dominates with three world tours in large rooms.

That of 2003-2004, with nearly one hundred forty concerts found himself in the twenty-five while generating the most revenue. The 2009 not far from aligned ninety dates, almost as much as the course in 2013, which began on April 4 at Columbus (Ohio) and the expected time until December 7 in Auckland, New Zealand .

TUBES PETS

In 2009, Fleetwood Mac had his Parisian stage at the Zenith. This time it is the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy, the capacity of more than double when the pop-rock band played Friday, Oct. 11. From the documents filmed on phones that run on the Internet, the show does not vary from one night to another.

With twenty-two or twenty-three songs, most of which are tubes (Second Hand News, Dreams, Rhiannon, Tusk, Sara, Gypsy, Go Your Own Way, Do not Stop ...) or sound familiar (Sisters of The Moon, Landslide, Eyes Of The World, Gold Dust Woman, Silver Springs ...) for two hours from concert.
Two of the four new songs sold on iTunes since late April are also the directory, the first since the last album of the formation Say You Will (2003). Sad Angel and Without You (not to be confused with a theme of the group, in 1969, when he was a blues band led by guitarist Peter Green) sound like songs that could be included in the greatest albums in the mid-1970s to the early 1980s.


There, at the end of the concert, the song during World Turning, a drum solo from Mick Fleetwood, one of the founders of the group in London in 1967. Today, only the hard rock bands still allow this time with Mick Fleetwood happens not to be too long chore. Because he is a craftsman of the first regular strikes, powerful, a drummer who accompanies others and do not play the demo. There is a well calibrated thanks to the "best audience of the tour in the most beautiful city of the tour" speech. Nobody is fooled but that's part of the show.

Spins DANCING

There also has some long stories told by the group Buckingham and singer Stevie Nicks, whose joint arrival in 1975, in the training party is to settle in the United States, corresponded to its global expansion. There is the impassive presence of bassist John McVie, also the first steps of Fleetwood Mac in England and one member, with Mick Fleetwood to have experienced all the various incarnations of the band. Dancing and whirling Stevie Nick, with top hat and tambourine, Short-billed no more today than it was decades.

And then there is, first and foremost, a perfect collection of songs, which occasionally take a little bite when Buckingham propels some solos (in finger-style playing, a bit like the flamenco guitar). Songs that mix pop and folk, country and rock vocal harmonies reinforced by two singers.

Music that appeals to fans of Californian rock 1970s, which saw spending a lot of musical modes without s' efforts to run after. She is played by sixties, which means voice are still there, as well as the ease of instrumentalist.

The band's official website .

Paris-Match [Ouch. You French are picky!]

Last night in Paris ... Fleetwood Mac

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Our reporter yesterday evening concert Fleetwood Mac at Bercy.

There are four years, Fleetwood Mac gave a concert at the Zenith in Paris, the first after nearly 30 years of absence in France. Last night Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, John McVie and Mick Fleetwood had targeted larger, invading Bercy (sitting configuration), which did not display completely full at the start of the show. Surrounded by four additional musicians, Fleetwood Mac started out with a bang, linking three tracks on the album "Rumours" recently reissued. The sound is powerful, bass shook the bleachers, and Mick Fleetwood hits his drums with the precision of a metronome.

Come hand in hand, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks take center stage in turn. Buckingham, a cross between Sting and Art Garfunkel will show throughout the 2:30 show what a great guitarist he is. Accurate, it has a unique sound and deliver solo anthology ("Big Love" alone on stage), cheered by 10,000 spectators. Nothing to say no more about Nicks who carry the crowd with a stripped down rendition of "Landslide" sublime. Very comfortable, she says her love paris, dedicating a song to Anthony, a server she met on the Ile St Louis or launches into a very, very long explanation before song "Without You."

But after an hour and a quarter together, the atmosphere begins to fall. Already she was not boiling hot, the fans of FM being rather discrete nature of ... Stretching titles, Fleetwood Mac tired and bordering on unbearable with too lengthened versions of "Gold Dust Woman" and "I'm so afraid. " A "Go your own way" at the end of a little set back on the flame, like "Do not stop." But nothing to do, if Fleetwood Mac has always been a blues band since its inception in 1968, this furrow dug too last night in Paris was ultimately boring and disappointing. Damage.

ha! he's improving. used to be only Art Garfunkel. a bit of Sting in there - much better! not sure whether that''s b/c his hair is not as high anymore, or the slick suit jacket, or whatever... but i'd take it. :nod: :laugh:

Go Your Own Way by agadsa




Rhiannon by agadsa




Stand Back by melouzaza

Sara by a music lover in Paris




Landslide by Julien Flamand




Big Love by Julien Flamand

Sister's of the Moon by papillote88




Tusk by Julien Flamand




Dreams by Julien Flamand

Hold on....has Stevie been doing that "Ooooh hoooo" at the beginning of Sara (right before "Drowndin'...in the sea of love") the whole tour?? I haven't been watching the videos from all the shows, so this completely surprised me!

I don't know that she's done it every time, but it's a great surprise! What a wonderful addition to hear her doing a little falsetto. Sounds sublime.

Without You intro and song by papillote88

Rhiannon by melouzaza




Tusk by Kris Vandierendonck




Silver Springs by Kris Vandierendonck

I'm So Afraid by docjamel




Say Goodbye by Julie Flamand




Don't Stop by Julie Flamand

Love it!

Here's a clearer audio of it:

http://www.mediafire.com/listen/c9gc...talking%29.mp3

Ahh. Cool. Can I get you to post the recordings of SOTM and GDW from this show?

Here are Mp3s for the entire show: http://www.mediafire.com/folder/jai2...Paris_10.11.13

Thank you very much. I love the way we Ledgies work together to satisfy our musical needs.

You are welcome! Took me long enough but finally got the torrent thing down. I have Dublin, Manchester and Amsterdam Mp3s from the torrents too, so if anyone wants, i can put them in their respective threads.

If it's not too much trouble, please do. People are always asking for MP3's of these concerts.They will be greatly appreciated. Remember, most people will never write their thanks, but they will be thanking you in their brains. Your download counter will show you how popular the links are.

Sure! I'll bump some of those threads up with the link.

Enjoy!

I had row 2 tickets, we were seated on Lindsey's left. People were still filing in and I noticed afew people milling about near the front of the stage so decided to go have a chat with them. A guy and a girl, Ed and Ruby if I remember correctly, and they were really friendly and nice. Anyway we were chatting away and I mentioned I would love to be more on Stevie's side of the stage, and they told me the show was about to start and I should just stay standing with them and assured me security would not tell me to move, and once the show starts loads of people move forward anyway so I dashed to grab my bag and my friend who was sat with our stuff, and we took a prime spot infront of Mick Fleetwood's drums. A beefy security guy walked by, I thought he was going to tell me to sit down and I'm not sure but I thought I heard him say it to someone, but I'd had afew wines and can't be certain. Anyway he didn't say anything to us and wandered off. Hurrah!
The gig itself was absolutely fantastic! I think the best concert I've been to. It was fab!
Lindsey's guitar playing, seeing it up close is something else! That man's fingers move so goddam fast, he truly is incredible. I've always appreciated his talent but seeing him play live I think I've a new found respect for the man! At the end of the show someone handed him a little piece of paper which he put in his pocket. I guess it was some girls number. That amused me.
Stevie was on top form and her voice sounded great. As I mentioned it an earlier post I never cared much for her dancing in Gold Dust Woman before. However after seeing it live, it blew me away. I'll never laugh at it again!
She wore her shoes that she was wearing a while back during her (I think) In Your Dreams premiere in London. At the end of the show once the rest of the band had left the stage Stevie told the story of her search for these boots and then when she finally found them. Lastly she thanked the audience and all the fans for allowing her to still do what she loves doing. She said she loves being on stage and performing and the fact she can still do that is fantastic and she thanked us all for being a part of it because without us she (and they) wouldn't be able to do it. She then said that when we all get home that night that she wants us to write on a piece of paper "I am extraordinary". I thought that was very touching.
Mick and John were as solid as ever. Unfortunately I couldn't really see John from where I was standing but I got acouple of snaps of him. Mick Fleetwood ended with his 'The Mac is baaack' speech, and he echoed Stevie's words.
Overall it was bloody fantastic and I would go and see them again in a heartbeat! I'm still on a Mac live high!!
Will post afew photos soon..

That's great that you were allowed to stake your position. Sometimes, they make everyone sit down and then as soon as the lights go off they rush the stage, but you can never guarantee how fast you will be getting back up there. Sounds like the show was a thrill.

Looking forward to your photos.

Michele

Landslide by agadsa




Dreams by Pierre Delort




Say Goodbye by Pierre Delort

Sister's of the Moon by vettemaster96




Sad Angel by vettemaster96




Second Hand News by vettemaster96

I went a bit OTT with my camera and took around 250 photos, half of which turned out well... the rest, not so much. Obviously I won't post all of them here so here are just a few of my favourites...

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More to come...

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The quality should be better than they actually seem in these photos, so sorry about that. I had to upload them to photobucket to post them here so maybe that's why they don't look great...

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I have to get ready for work now but can share more later of anyone is interested.

Thank you so much for these!

Thank you for sharing all your photos. This is my fave.

[QUOTE=Gold Dust Woman;1107275]The quality should be better than they actually seem in these photos, so sorry about that. I had to upload them to photobucket to post them here so maybe that's why they don't look great...

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She is wearing THE boots....LOVE them!!!:nod:

Yep, she changed into them at the end and shared her story of her hunt for the boots.
And you are welcome vivfox. I figured I might aswell just share the link instead of posting them all individually.

I truly believe there are a lot of people that won't click on links because they fear what going to other sites my do to their computers or cell phones. Everyone's pics are always welcoming because one never knows when they will capture that money shot in someone else's vision.