Tour 2006? Straight from Mick

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Associated Press Writer
CLEVELAND (AP) -- Mick Fleetwood sometimes has to lean over at
the dinner table and concentrate on what somebody is saying a few
feet away.
The 57-year-old drummer for Fleetwood Mac said his partial
hearing loss is why he became involved in Monday's experimental
"quiet" rock concert at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, in which
about 100 people took part, with mixed results.
The concert featured the band Eagles of Death Metal, which first
played two songs without any amplification. The audience, listening
through miniature radio receivers, reacted mostly with smiles to
the adjustable sound.
The band then followed with three amplified songs on speakers,
as it normally performs. Many in the crowd jumped up, dancing and
waving their arms.
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, based in
Rockville, Md., measured the unamplified sound at 62 decibels -- a
normal level -- and the amplified sound at 124 decibels, which they
said is like a jet engine.
Fleetwood, a 1998 inductee into the Rock Hall, said many rock
musicians now wear ear protection or monitor their music
electronically, but he questioned whether quiet concerts would
catch on.
"Who's to say? Could you see 18,000 people someday listening to
Pink Floyd on head phones? Maybe, with a weird magic wand," he
said. "What I'd hope this does is make the point that you can wear
ear protection, such as earplugs, at concerts and still enjoy the
concert."
Ben Schreckengost, 21, a former member of a rock band, said the
quiet concert didn't impress him much. "I would think live is
better," he said. "I like to sing along. You don't feel the bass
and the drum."
But Yulia Kokhan, 26, enjoyed the muted tones. "I don't like
loud," she said.
Fleetwood Mac, a classic rock band dating to the 1960s, still
performs and will likely have another tour in 2006, Fleetwood said. ------