[iamnotafraid]

March 8, 2009 Auburn Hills, Michigan (The Palace)

More than ever, the Unleashed show underscored the fact that
Fleetwood Mac has become the Buckingham Nicks show. It gave
the night two distinct flavors, Nicks' ethereal cool and Buckingham's
manic edge.

It gives a dominant edge to Buckingham, with his fluid, finger-
picked guitar styles and aggressively inventive melodies such as
"Go Insane" and a solo rendering of "Big Love". He delivered a spirited
take on "Oh Well", then tore the roof off with a searing solo at the end
of the slow-burning "I'm So Afraid" that made it as much a highlight as
any of the set's bigger hits. Nicks did rise to the occasion with her 1983
solo hit "Standback", and had the night's last word with "Silver Springs".
But even she seemed respectful of, and perhaps resigned to the sheer
force of her former boyfriend's musical personality.

Buckingham noted during the concert that "everytime we get together
again it's always different, always a sense of forward motion, and we
always have more fun." The Unleashed show is more like a holding
pattern, but few in the audience would deny there's fun in hearing all
those hits.

Billboard Magazine, Gary Graff