[Jyqm]

Feels like I haven't posted anything here in quite a while...

Anyway, I know a lot of folks here went to quite a number of shows on the Say You Will tour, and Mick's apparent mention of a possible 2006 tour already has a coupe of people speculating about how many shows they'll hit up next time. But I must admit, I don't really understand the appeal. Even putting aside the issue of having enough disposable income for going to multiple shows, what is it that makes you want to attend multiple Mac shows?

I ask not because I think a Fleetwood Mac concert isn't a great show - it is. But on any given tour, it's more or less exactly the same show every time. Doesn't that get boring? I think if I went to two identical shows within such a short span of time, it'd lose quite a bit of the magic.

I did have a ticket to what would have been the Chicago-area show on the second leg of the SYW tour, which I bought because I was excited to hear five different songs. Once "Destiny Rules" and DYLMDA were dropped, though, I was kind of annoyed, and I have to say I wasn't too disappointed when the show ended up being cancelled.

The only artists I've ever seen multiple times on the same tour are Springsteen, Dylan and Elvis Costello, but those are all guys who are notorious for really mixing things up from show to show. (Dylan, for one, just did a five-night stand in Chicago, playing fourteen-song sets, and managed to perform over 60 unique songs.) I can always get excited for one of their shows, because I know I'm going to hear something new, or somethign I didn't expect, or least something different from the night before.

So, for the folks who go to multiple Mac shows, what's the appeal? What keeps you coming back?