I was there last night. It was an incredible show. There were no set list changes but they did seem slightly reenergized. I had never seen them live before so that could be part of it but I think that Lindsey and Stevie were more amped up than usual, not as in towards each other but just more into performing. Stevie's voice sounded a lot better than it has in past years and she did some ad libbing during some songs and even went for a few notes I was expecting her to dodge. The gold dust woman wail was closer to the full thing than she's done in recent shows. As someone noted on Twitter and my dad and I agreed, she was in rare form last night. She dedicated landslide to the supreme witch from American Horror Story and Hoda Kotb from NBC who were both in the audience. Lindsey's guitar playing blew me away, I'm used to studio versions and The Dance so this was a completely different animal. Mick and Christine seemed somewhat subdued, although for Chris this isn't out of the ordinary. Chris's voice also sounded amazing, she seems to be regaining muscle memory and notes like the chorus of you make lovin fun come smoother now. She did seem to be having some issues with the keyboard as she noted after say you love me "this thing can be tricky sometimes" and something strange happened during don't stop. It sounded like she started playing the verse before Mick and Lindsey had done their into parts. There were some fun moments with the band and the audience as we'll... When Lindsey introduced Big Love as coming out in 1987 some girl in the front row matter of factly announced "I was two" and Lindsey had fun with that. Someone released balloons into the crowd, the goal being to get them to the stage and all three singers at various times attempted to throw them back into the crowd with varying levels of success. Overall a great show and the best concert I've ever seen. Never dreamed I'd ever get to see Christine McVie live and it was everything I'd hoped for and more.
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