[SorcererJP]

Well, it's my first Mac-tour. In 1988 they played two nights in the Rotterdam Ahoy' (same venue als they will play in october). I only knew TITN (because it peaked in Holland) and I knew the hitsingles as GOYW, You make loving fun (from a compilation-album) and I knew Stevie's Stand Back (because I had taped the Wild Heart from my uncle), so many songs were new to me...but I did not bother...It was just great to experience a rock-concert like that...

I'm not sure if the concert-video was out then, I knew I had taped it on VHS from TV that year, but cannot remember if it was before or after the show. I knew somehow that Billy and Rick were in the band, probably cause the live-video for Isn't Midnight was heavily played on MTV and Music Box.

Alas, it was a memorable night. The Dutch soccer team played against England on the (later won) European Championship in Germany and everywhere in the venue people had radios to miss nothing of the game. The Adventurers where opening for them (and they were from England). We won the game and the atmosphere was exited.

I went alone, was 18 years old and it was my first big concert, I had a seat on the side and had some argument about my seat (he or I didn't take a right look at the seatnumbers, cannot remember).

Alas the show was great, lot's of songs I knew and also lot's of songs I didn't knew...I had lot's of fun and thought these people were real rock-dinosaurs (Well Stevie was only 40 years old in 1988 and I'm almost 40 now...). Billy did congratulated us with winning the game that night and I thought that was great!

The next day (I believe) I got the Rumours-album and whitin a year I had all their albums Stevie's solo albums...and got hooked...

Started heavily tapetrading (before the days of the www) and got this show Mac played in the Ahoy and almost greyed out the tape (if you know what I mean). I do have a digital copy on my iPod nowadays..

Saw Stevie in 1989 (also in the Ahoy'), Mac in Utrecht in August 1990, Mac in Leiden (Time-line up) in late 1994 and then finally Mac in Oberhausen (Germany) again in 2004...was many many times very pissed that she/they only toured the US and I'm thrilled to see them again (twice) next month...