4/26 Pittsburgh, PA CONSUL Energy Center

[michelej1]

^Great review. You had me cracking up talking about the people in your section and your being 6'5".

Michele

[kak125]

the show tonight was so amazing! i got 3rd row seats last week so i was excited and nervous and afraid everybody would sit for the show. so as soon as the show started everybody started running towards the front and i heard security say go for it so i went right up to the front on stevie's left. 1 minute into the show the older couple next to me went to security and started flipping out about how they spent thousands on their front row seats and they expected to sit during the show. security basically told them there was nothing they could do so they stood the entire time and they were to the right of me and nobody else came up. i had an entire 10 foot area to myself to dance and hang around and my awesome hubby stayed in his seat. i had so much fun during the show but i was annoyed that even though the crowd was into it nobody knew the words to half the songs! halfway through the show the drunk girls behind me started dancing and getting all crazy but they were so trashed that it was beyond ridiculous. i cant remember which song it was but i went back to stand with my hubby for a bit and stevie was just standing there in the dark staring at the floor. it was so odd i never seen her do that before she just stood there and was kind of bent over in the dark just staring and at some point my hubby was like wtf is she doing?! i had no idea and just shrugged it off but he kept asking me the longer it went on. at some point she had to sing and went back to her mic but that sure was odd. i loved the stevie/lindsey interaction and enjoyed hearing people ask if they were married -ha! one thing i missed was the crazy lindsey from the unleashed tour. he was amazing but more reserved tonight. they put on one hell of a show though and everybody went nuts for them. i went to a bar afterwards and so many young guys kept talking about how hot stevie was. she definitely still has it thats for sure. one thing i wish she would do is just acknowledge the audience so many people would yell out to her when she was right in front of then but she just ignored everybody which i thought was odd. oh well it was an amazing show and i cant wait to see them again!

[jmn3]

Originally Posted by michelej1

^Great review. You had me cracking up talking about the people in your section and your being 6'5".

Michele

Thanks! I should point out, my section didn't hold exclusive rights on sucking. It seemed the whole upper bowl was seated all night. I mean, these people wouldn't stand up for anything! It was worse than an Eagles concert (who I love, but have got to have the most boring concert attendees I've ever seen)!

And who leaves after GYOW? Who goes to a concert in 2013 and doesn't expect at least one encore? The amount of people that left after Don't Stop was alarming....I told the people next to us "the stage lights are still on, and the house lights are still off...there's more!"

[kak125]

Originally Posted by jmn3

Thanks! I should point out, my section didn't hold exclusive rights on sucking. It seemed the whole upper bowl was seated all night. I mean, these people wouldn't stand up for anything! It was worse than an Eagles concert (who I love, but have got to have the most boring concert attendees I've ever seen)!

And who leaves after GYOW? Who goes to a concert in 2013 and doesn't expect at least one encore? The amount of people that left after Don't Stop was alarming....I told the people next to us "the stage lights are still on, and the house lights are still off...there's more!"

i totally agree my in-laws were in the 100 level and nobody stood until gyow and then after that i saw thousands of people leaving it was ridiculous! i was embarrassed!! ugh! the girls around me were laughing when they came out and played silver springs because we knew half the people were probably running back to their seats -ha!

[MikeVielhaber]

Seriously, who pays all that money for ticket (overpriced as they are) and skips out on the encore?

[StandbackStevie]

Originally Posted by MikeVielhaber

Seriously, who pays all that money for ticket (overpriced as they are) and skips out on the encore?

I agree stay until the house lights come on,I don't even eat or drink at the shows can do that afterwards not when your paying $150 and $175 regular ticketmaster prices for tickets and others have paid more alot more.I had to say there was 3 guys at mohegan sun show that just kept getting up to get beers thru out the the concert I said to the girl next to me why don't they each get a six pack and leave it under there seat she laughed and agreed with me had great people around me having a ball like I do at a show,I move sing and cheer
.If this was my last tour to see them it was an amazing show and a great show to make it my last concert.

[kak125]

i will never get why people pay all that money and then they leave before the show is over. then again this is pittsburgh and as much as i love my city everybody does that to avoid traffic. its so annoying! whoever took these videos did an amazing job!
lol one more thing i had to laugh about is that fleetwood mac's fan base must be getting younger because my in-laws who were in their 60's felt old at the show. i love that they have younger fans though its so awesome!

[kak125]

Nicks, Buckingham take center stage at Fleetwood Mac show

Tribune-Review

Two things that struck the audience at Fleetwood Mac's show at Consol Energy Center on Friday night were how great Stevie Nicks looks and sounds at her age, and how peculiar and intriguing her relationship with co-star Lindsey Buckingham remains.
Nicks and Buckingham gave a stellar concert at Consol, where the other members of the classic band were relegated to the background and, often, even out of sight. Nicks and Buckingham performed more as a duo, although the British drummer and founding member Mick Fleetwood got in a few appearances with a drum solo and dialogue with the audience toward the end of the show.
Nicks sports her signature thick, long, blonde hair, along with a frilly black top and skirt, and her popular shawl — which she spreads out with her arms, as she twirled to “Gypsy” on stage in a favorite move. Her distinctive voice often eerily sounded exactly like it did in the radio classics of three decades ago. Nicks' vocal range has decreased, though, as she avoids the higher notes and sometimes sings at a lower octave.
Although Nicks' and Buckingham's tumultuous romantic relationship ended years ago — a devastating split that drove Nicks to avoid Fleetwood Mac for a long time — the two send mixed messages now that they have reunited as bandmates. They often stood way apart on stage and didn't interact much, but at other moments, they showed affection toward each other. The two ended their encore with “Say Goodbye,” a song that Buckingham wrote about Nicks, and the emotion between the two was undeniable, if anything for old time's sake.
Although Fleetwood Mac played for two and a half hours with no opener or intermission, and we heard plenty of classic hits, most songs from Christine McVie didn't make the set list, except for “Don't Stop” in the encore. This created a notable void, since so many of the band's biggest hits came from McVie, who left the band in the late ‘90s. Fans miss her, but Nicks and Buckingham have made the best of her absence. Nicks included some of her solo work, including “Stand Back,” with complementing video images of a younger, glamorous Nicks twirling in a red outfit.
The audience included mostly middle-aged fans, but also a big crop of younger-generation 20-somethings who love Fleetwood Mac's music.


Read more: http://triblive.com/aande/music/3911...#ixzz2RfTC7GKW

[SpyNote]

Originally Posted by MikeVielhaber

Seriously, who pays all that money for ticket (overpriced as they are) and skips out on the encore?

People who HAVE all that money.

[SandyMac]

My video best viewed at the 720p quality setting on YouTube.

SOTM
http://youtu.be/SNwSspgCjMs

[SandyMac]

My video from Pittsburgh. Best viewed at 720p HD

GDW

http://youtu.be/XA5imCk8PJ8

[AncientQueen]

Originally Posted by SandyMac

My video best viewed at the 720p quality setting on YouTube.

SOTM
http://youtu.be/SNwSspgCjMs

Wow, thank you. Great video.

[michelej1]

Pittsburgh City Paper

http://www.pghcitypaper.com/FFW/arch...-fleetwood-mac
Posted by Nicole Chynoweth on Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 10:55 AM


Three years have passed since Fleetwood Mac’s last tour, but their performance at Consol Energy Center last night proved their on-stage spark is hardly exhausted. For about two and a half hours, the band sent the crowd on a nostalgic journey through their back catalog with many of their greatest hits, as well as a long lost demo and a new track from their upcoming EP. While the band as a whole put on a great show, the musical chemistry between Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks could not be ignored.

“Second Hand News” opened up the show, presenting Buckingham’s awe-inspiring fingerpicking skills almost immediately. As soon as the last chord sounded, Mick Fleetwood, seated atop an impressively large drum kit, rattled his shimmering chimes and broke into “The Chain.” John McVie’s dark, ominous bass solo hypnotized the squealing audience. Both songs set the tone for the evening: the Mac is back.

After “Dreams,” Buckingham took to the mic to discuss Fleetwood Mac’s return to the road.

“Every time we go apart and come back together, it’s different,” he said. “There are some chapters left to write for Fleetwood Mac.”

With that, the band performed “Sad Angel,” a new song from their next release. Much like many other Fleetwood Mac favorites, the song was upbeat with Buckingham’s fingerpicking driving the song.

Most of the set list seemed to focus on Buckingham’s talent as a guitarist, especially during his solo acoustic performance of “Big Love,” during which he thrashed and smacked his strings. Nicks’ vocals and theatrics also took center stage, specifically during “Rhiannon” and “Sara.” “Landslide” and “Never Going Back Again,” both performed acoustically by the duo, drew even more attention to them, as though the rest of the band hardly existed.

Buckingham gave a brief speech about a business axiom before tearing into two songs from Tusk. He explained the phrase, “If it works, run it into the ground and move on,” reminds him of that album, which shocked Warner Brothers quite a bit.

“It was not what they ever expected and most probably not what they wanted.”

“Not That Funny” allowed Buckingham to get more aggressive with his vocals, while he turned “Tusk” into a chaotic, barbaric chant. He crept up to the microphone like a jungle cat, building the song with increasingly louder coyote-like yelps. Fleetwood’s drum solo further established the savage manner of the song.

In addition to playing old favorites, Nicks and Buckingham performed a song they had recorded as a demo in the 1970s and lost somewhere along the way of their rise to fame.

“It was before we were even doing drugs. We were sober, and we still lost it!” Nicks said.

The song, entitled “Without You,” was a ballad written by Nicks about Buckingham. They rediscovered it on YouTube recently and have been performing it throughout their tour. Fleetwood moved off of his platform and in between Nicks and Buckingham, making the song seem even more intimate, as though the trio were reliving a moment from the start of their career together.

“Gypsy” and “Eyes of the World” had the crowd singing, while Nicks’ performance of “Gold Dust Woman” turned into a haunting, theatrical performance. She writhed around in a gold outfit, like the melting Wicked Witch of the West. Buckingham countered Nicks’ dramatics with his evocative rendition of “I’m So Afraid.” He thrashed and smacked his guitar strings like a man gone mad, creeping across the stage with a slow skip.

“Stand Back” and “Go Your Own Way” livened up the audience after Nicks and Buckingham’s bizarre performances. “World Turning” included an appropriately over-the-top solo from Fleetwood, with him screaming “Are you still with me?” in between his flurried drum rolls.

The band left the stage, only to return with a rousing performance of “Don’t Stop.” Brett Tuggle’s piano solo stole the show. The band left and returned to the stage once more for a poignant performance of “Silver Spring.”

As the band bid the audience farewell one last time, Nicks showed her gratitude for their fans, dubbing them “the dream catchers.”

“This whole thing is all your fault. You did it,” Nicks said as she thanked the crowd for their support over the years.

Fleetwood, donning a red top hat, red shoes, and knickers, gleefully trotted to the microphone to also show his graciousness.

“We are glad to be back doing what we love to do,” he said.

And with a tip of his hat, the ringleader exclaimed a prophetic message.

“Remember…the Mac is back!”