Greensboro rocked my world!!!

[Merf]

This is a LONG post. I am prolific. Bear with me and I hope you enjoy.


This was without a doubt the most amazing night of my life.

I had originally gotten 9th row for this show, then lucked out a few days ago and got a 2nd row center. I was so happy with that. I met up with a lady named Stephanie who was going to buy my 9th row ticket (she had gotten screwed through presales, of course). She was such a cool lady, we hit it off instantly. Her niece (also named Steph) was there with us too. We met up about 4:30 PM at the Four Seasons mall there, less than 5 minutes from the arena. We got to the arena around 5:15 and went inside about 5:45. I picked up my 2nd row at will call. They weren't tearing anyone's tickets yet but they did let us go in so we could buy merchandise. I bought a tourbook and a shirt and Stephanie bought a tourbook. She then decided "on a whim" to go over to the box office just to *see* if they had any front rows left. The lady pulled one for her and one for myself. I bought it, I hesitated maybe like 5 seconds before I did. I had to dump the other ticket to a scalper quickly, unfortunately, but I didn't care-- I WAS SITTING FRONT ROW.

So we get down there and I meet some awesome people (Including Bellablue-- Hi Janine & Tara!) I managed to get my camera in there (hidden in my shirt) without getting my bag looked at once. I found that a little discouraging that they weren't at least checking for weapons. ??? The crickets start and I run like a fool to the stage (others have taught me well) I planted myself right in between Lindsey and Stevie's mics and everyone else in the middle and on the right side followed. About 5 minutes later, Mick and John came out and then Lindsey and Stevie came out. So at this time my mind is very foggy because I cannot BELIEVE I am this close to Fleetwood Mac. Mick's drums are right in front of my face and I can see John over a bigger speaker on the edge of the stage, but I could not see Brett or Carlos or Neale very well at all. I had a perfect view of Sharon (beautiful as always) and Jana (who is super cute and was wearing a very pretty outfit). I was leaning up against the speakers on the front of the stage. Pictures do not even do Lindsey justice. He is absolutely gorgeous. I cannot get over how blue his eyes are. Stevie looks absolutely radiant-- her waist is so freaking tiny and her clothes are gorgeous, her skin and hair and nails are gorgeous-- I could go on for days, but at this point in the concert I am fulling enjoying the music. Overall, no set changes, nothing crazy/different in Greensboro than from Atlanta, except for "Tusk," which I will get to. The crowd was AWESOME. I was so proud. North Carolina, come on and raise up! *sniff* They sat down during Come and Say Goodbye, but that was to be expected.

I'm jumping around a lot. Please bear with me.

They mouth each others' lyrics a lot, I noticed. Stevie smiled at me during "Never Going Back Again" cause I was counting out with my fingers. That was SO awesome. Lindsey gave me that "look" he gives all the ladies several times-- but more on that later. Janine had a Buckingham Nicks album for him to sign so she laid it in front of him on top of the speaker. He looked at it and laughed, said something like "you have that?" He eventually signed it for her at the end, it was the only thing I saw him sign. Stevie shook several people's hands at her end, Lindsey shook several people's hands way down on his end. Stevie took some flowers from a little girl (couldn't have been more than 8 years old) who was holding a sign that said "My name is Rhiannon." Stevie smiled and waved at her and gave a "thumbs up" sign to Rhiannon's mom.

Lindsey just loves giving those speeches before his songs. They were the same ones we've been hearing over and over, nothing new. But of course I didn't mind, I was drooling anyway. Maybe it was because people around me were singing most of the words, but I noticed that during "Peacekeeper" and "Say You Will" a LOT more people are singing all the words than I remember. Not as loud as "Gold Dust Woman" or "Landslide" mind you but still louder than I remember from Greenville. I also heard many singing along to "Goodbye Baby."

"Say You Will" was one of the highlights of the evening for me. Not only do I love this song (not tired of it yet) but Stevie is so freaking adorable during it with her chorus dance. Many were doing it with her. She and Lindsey's dance they do in the middle is nice. They are in the middle of the stage, directly in front of me. They get right up in each other's faces, like an inch away. She's swaying back and forth, smiling slyly and "la la"- ing to the tune of his guitar. He is nodding his head, smiling, and making kissy faces at her. I wish I had taken a picture of that but I think because it was happening right in front of me, I was too dumbfounded to do anything but just watch! Too freaking cute.

"Rhiannon" I don't care how many times I've heard this song, when you are right in front of her and watching her get into it (with her gorgeous little top and long flowy sleeves) YOU are mesmerized as well. I was sucked in. She is just amazing, what else can ya say? She is wearing her gold crescent moon necklace again, like the old days. I didn't notice any other jewelry on her besides a watch (which I always found odd, why she needed a watch on stage).

"Come" now I've said a million times I didn't really like this song till I saw it live. Then I saw him play it three feet away from me while pointing at me and giving us "looks." Now it's like my fave song ever! He pointed to people on either side of his mic stand, then came towards center and planted himself right in front of me (I could have touched his feet if the damn speaker hadn't been in my way) and rocked out on his solo for what seemed like forever. It was amazing, watching him play up close like that. The man is a guitar god! But you all know that. That is a moment I will never forget!

When they moved Lindsey's mic back and forth to the middle of the stage (for the acoustic set and for Goodbye Baby at the end) his mic was always right in front of me. It's quite an awe-inspiring experience to look straight up in front of you and see Lindsey Buckingham smiling down at you while you sing along with him. Freaking wow is all I can say about that. "Big Love" was hot, another one I got to see up close. He stretched his arms over his head and stretched his fingers out and shook around a little bit before he started playing "Big Love." We were like "shake it off, Lindsey, shake it off!" And he smiled at us and shook his arms some more. "Landslide" was nice of course. She thanked us for always being there and supporting them, then she looked over at him and mouthed "you too" and he bowed a little and smiled to her. Then she dedicated it to her Daddy who as many of you know is with them for like the next week. This was really special since she dedicated it to him at the Dance special. "This is for you, Daddy." The pause seemed longer, they held hands then hugged and he kissed her forehead as usual. They look at each other and kind of nod after a few moments when they decide it's time to move on to the next one. I called Marissa during this song. She was happy