Five Tips For Saving FM (Chicago Sun Times)

[MikeVielhaber]

Originally Posted by Ulpian

I agree with the sentiments expressed in this article.

I saw David Gilmour some years ago at the Royal Albert Hall; he did the old Floyd trick of playing the entirety of his new album before the interval, prefaced by one old track. He then did hits/lost treasures in the second half.

No one jeered in the first half. No one walked out. They were hearing stuff for the first 80 mins which was not 'hits' and they didn't care. They came to hear David's beautiful voice and amazing guitar playing.

The Mac could do the same. To pretend that if they changed the set list people would walk out or wouldn't come is disingenuous.

I think David Gilmour and Fleetwood Mac have different audiences though. Fleetwood Mac is more of a pop band with hit songs. Not the case with Pink Floyd. So Gilmour's audience might be more willing to sit and listen to new stuff. Now, I do believe many of those songs you mentioned are expendable and not songs they HAVE to play, but they still have quite a bit of songs they do have to play IMO.