How are you feeling before the first date of the tour
 

How would you sum up in one sentence how you're feeling before the first date of the tour?

I have a weary, resigned acceptance that this is still Fleetwood Mac but I am not duty-bound to love every iteration of this band that is offered up; I have a modicum of interest in their performance and a hope that I fear may be misplaced that a rich vein of their back catalogue will be mined.

A bit wordy, but there you go...

I am very excited to see what the setlist is going to be. Then I will watch youtube hoping they do well in concert and hopefully make me feel better about this incarnation of FM.

With much respect for this new line-up I'm very curious with excitement of what they'll make of it!

I'm stoked to hear what they come up with set-list wise. Lots of opportunity with new space opened up for deep cuts. Which is not to say that I don't think they have plenty of past experience in blowing chances for something cool and falling back on the same tired stuff. (To a certain extent I also understand why they stick to playing the well-worn hits, I heard a joke recently about veteran bands not scaring the old folks with unpredictable new music and comforting them with the safe and predictable; I imagine a lot of it is that.) However, I will stay cautiously optimistic that there will be at least a few fun surprises. Mike is great and I think he will be wonderful. I still don't know a ton about what to expect with Neil, but a fresh younger voice can only improve the harmonies. For those that attend tonight, please give us your full reviews. Incidentally, isn't it time to pull the Buckingham/Mcvie tour dates thread off the Rumours part of the forum and replace them with the Mac tour dates? I find that strange that they are still here this long afterwards.

I am ,of course, curious but I don't expect too many surprises and while I'm happy that they are on the road again, I am more than concerned about how Stevie has basically taken over this band for her own image and I don't want to hear non Fleetwood Mac songs in the set..

Oh Well..
 

Of course I'm definitely curious about the setlist and how they will sound - I hope we have a lot of videos show up on YouTube.

I’m feeling a little nauseous but surprised by how curious I
am to see the setlist and some clips. Outside of the naseua, it’s how I feel every time a FM or SN tour begins.

Very sad for them. It hurts to see once-legendary artists surrender all of their integrity and dignity.

Yes to this. Well said

I feel kind of strange.....big load of confliction
I will miss Lindsey, but am very curious as to what the Set list will be.
Also how the dynamics of the new line up will react and sound.

I don't want them to fail completely and then - I want them to.

I want all the negative reviews, I'm that spiteful - but only as long as they say nice things about Christine and John. Still conflicted.

100% to all of the above. The dates should absolutely be listed.

Can't wait to read about the setlist, even though I know I'll have to wade through the haters, who will feel the need to comment on every aspect of it, to get to the actual information I want. Oh well, on with the show!

I’m looking forward to seeing the set list but I feel there won’t be too many surprises. I also will be interested in reading the reviews as this tour intersects with Buckinghams. I have opted out of this tour but will see Lindsey. I have seen Neil with Crowded House a couple of times and he is great......but :cool:

i won't lie, and this shouldn't be a surprise to anyone here. i want their tour to fail. miserably. it won't - but i want it to. they went with the money, they deserve to have it all implode on them. :thumbsup: :angel:

Feeling grossed out.

Oh!! With everything going on in the world I almost forgot this excrement storm is about to hit the ventilator too! :lol::blob2:
Having everything crossed for blah reviews!


(Besides news and politics, college football is here again :woohoo: )

I feel like March is too long a wait. :blob1::wavey: :)

Like EVERY single concert, the tour will have some good reviews, and some bad reviews, from both fans and professionals.

BLY, what did you think of the set list, now that it's been posted? Did anything really surprise you?

THIS is What a living breathing creativity is. You should be ashamed Stevie Nicks.https://youtu.be/vupxwCV9I_g

It sounds like a typical modern acoustic Lindsey Buckingham song, which isn’t a bad thing, but he hardly breaks any new ground.

Stevie singing Black Magic Woman. I sure didn’t see that coming.

Mick announced months ago that Stevie insisted on doing the song and for her to sing it. I think people did not take him serious.

How disappointed you must be! :lol:

Me too! (Buffalo in March...may the weather cooperate. :D )

Took a break from this place so didn't manage to comment before the setlist came out; now that I've seen it I'm very pleased. I'm glad they're doing some different stuff and changing things up a bit (alas, I knew "Why" was just a dream....).

Anyway, I love Mike Campbell and am looking forward to hearing this version of Fleetwood Mac in March. I gave Don Henley and Co. handfuls of money to hear a band that was 50% Eagles and 50% other dudes this summer and loved every minute of it. I figure with the Mac I'm doing even better; 67% actual band!:laugh: I'm not worried about artistic integrity or artistic ambitions of a band of septuagenarians; I'm all in for cash-grab tours of greatest hits and a smattering of bonus tracks. I just want to hear the songs that I've listened to all my life (I'm 40) performed by the bands (kinda ;) ) that recorded them while they're still touring. Maybe that makes me a bad fan...but I'm a happy one!