This crap from yesterday's Seattle Times:
"Fleetwood Mac's latest CD, "Say You Will," is a stiff, but nobody will be going to White River tomorrow to hear new songs. It's the classics they want, and the band has been delivering on its current comeback tour.
Keyboardist Christine McVie has retired and is not along, but John McVie, Stevie Nicks, Mick Fleetwood and Lindsey Buckingham are joined by two guitarists, a keyboardist, a percussionist and two backup singers, so they have her parts covered.
It's the last date of the tour.
Patrick MacDonald: 206-464-2312,
[email protected]. "
This guy's friggin' clueless. First off, to simply call SYW "a stiff" without any analysis or explanation is a cop-out.
Second, anyone who has attended one concert would know that the new songs, for the most part, have been big crowd pleasers. So saying that no one would "be going to White River to hear new songs" is ridiculous.
Third, it isn't even close to the last date of the tour.
I've been seeing a lot of this lazy entertainment reporting lately. Who are these guys? Someone in an earlier thread lamented the dirth of good music reporting, and I have to agree.
Just venting, folks. But a few e-mails to this clown might be in order.