July 5, 2013 San Diego, Ca. Viejas Arena

[jkmaletic]

Closing remarks video I shot. The bright lights really washed it out, but it's still watchable I guess.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56B8o...Nx8k9PVaza1VnA

[vivfox]

The Chain (does Stevie say the word"again" at the beginning of this snippet?) by Foster Russell

[Samantha]

I had such an amazing time last night. I was so sad when it was over because there's not another show to look forward to. They looked great, sounded great, everything was just awesome.

My friend and I sat in a fun section where the people behind us were standing and dancing the whole time, so we didn't feel bad doing the same! It made me laugh because I'd say the majority of the crowd stayed seated most of the time, but I can't tell you how many middle aged men jumped up for Gypsy and tried to get their spouse to stand up and dance with them. It struck me as funny because I just wouldn't think Gypsy is what gets the men excited for some dancing.

The crowd went absolutely nuts for I'm so Afraid, gave a standing ovation afterwards. Gold Dust Woman was a huge crowd pleaser too. I have such a girl crush on Stevie Nicks and I have to say, the ending was just something else. I was at the Hollywood Bowl show and I really love how this one has evolved, just incredible. Landslide was quickly dedicated to three of her friends that were there, and then to San Diego. She told a story about a very short tour she and LB did for Buckingham Nicks and she said it was the show at The San Diego Civic Theater (I believe), where there were silver doilies hanging from the ceiling and everything was sparkling, that she had a premonition, then turned to LB and said, "A premonition", that they were going to really make it big, and that it "sort of came true." Being a native San Diegan, and maybe a little off balance, I went ahead and told my mom that it was dedicated to me. San Diego/me, what's the difference? Later in the show she said something else about premonitions to Lindsey, but I can't even remember what it was in reference to.

The Without You intro was super cute, Stevie asked for George Burns to take over, Lindsey asked if they were the new George and Gracie and if they could maybe be people a little younger. Stevie said that they were really funny, and they themselves are closing in on that age so when the music is all gone they can go on tour in a comedy act. The whole band just seemed to be having a really great time. I noticed John looked into a few songs, and after the drum solo for World Turning when he came up from the side of the stage and Stevie came from back stage, Stevie did the cutest dance over to him and they kind of danced a little bit for like 3 seconds before going back to their places.

Overall, it was just such an awesome experience. My mom walked down the isle to Song Bird when she and my dad got married in the 70's and Rumors was a staple album in my house growing up. I remember my dad telling me how unique Stevie Nicks was when I was a kid and they were inducted into the Hall of Fame. I just feel so lucky to have been able to see my all time favorite band not just once, but twice. I so hope they tour again, there's no way I'll miss it.

[vivfox]

Without You intro by ceo Bailey

[vivfox]

Landslide includes dedication by ceo Bailey

[vivfox]

Sad Angel by ceo Bailey




Sara by ceo Bailey

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by Samantha

The Without You intro was super cute, Stevie asked for George Burns to take over, Lindsey asked if they were the new George and Gracie and if they could maybe be people a little younger. Stevie said that they were really funny, and they themselves are closing in on that age so when the music is all gone they can go on tour in a comedy act.

How funny that Lindsey asked if they couldn't be someone younger. Good to know that the show gets better and better, rather than going backwards.

Michele

[WildHearted]

That Without You intro was golden. Lindsey: "It didn't look good for you, did it?"

[Deeshere]

I think this is one of the best without you intro's I have seen all tour. Stevie and Lindsey are so happy and relaxed with each other and they really are great when they are spontaneous and playing off each other.

If I'm not mistaken I believe that when Lindsey walks back to Mick he says "she's happy" (while looking a Stevie) and Mick also agrees and says "she's happy" Which is GREAT because maybe Stevie will now agree to make a new Fleetwood Mac CD.

[jkmaletic]

Stand Back shot by me...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9TL5D...Nx8k9PVaza1VnA

[michelej1]

Fleetwood Mac goes back & forth

[Click for slideshow]
UT San Diego http://www.utsandiego.com/news/2013/...?#article-copy

Despite a few bumps, the veteran Anglo-American band played with purpose and passion Friday at SDSU, By George Varga1:56 p.m.July 6, 2013

Fleetwood Mac showed, and sometimes defied, its age during the legendary band’s generous Friday concert at San Diego State University’s Viejas Arena.

As a result, “Don’t Stop,” the group’s 1977 hit and second encore, took on new poignancy with its now-weathered refrain: Yesterday's gone. So did 1975’s rustic ballad, “Landslide,” whose wistful chorus – Children get older / I’m getting older, too – assumes a different resonance 38 years later.

Then again, for a band that was formed in London in 1967 and whose enduring core members first joined forces in Los Angeles in 1974, Fleetwood Mac’s longevity and renewed energy is worthy of celebration and reflection. Its 23-song SDSU show offered ample opportunity for both, with the band’s members (all now past 60) and their multigenerational audience forming an unusually large, boisterous mutual admiration society.

The evening began with an impressive salvo of “Second Hand News,” “The Chain” and “Dreams,” all from the band’s epic 1977 “Rumours,” one of rock’s most popular albums, then and now. The concert, a notable improvement over the band's mostly rote 2009 San Diego Sports Arena show, concluded with four encore selections. They included the bristling “World Turning,” the jaunty “Don’t Stop” (the only song by former singer and keyboardist Christine McVie, who quit the band in 1998), the country-tinged “Silver Springs” and the gentle acoustic ballad “Say Goodbye.”

In between came a mix of classics (“Rhiannon,” “Go Your Own Way”) and deep album cuts (“Eyes of the World,” "I'm So Afraid"), plus one new song (“Sad Angel,” excellent), and a recently unearthed older one (the Cat Stevens-flavored ballad “Without You,” so-so). Guitarist-singer Lindsey Buckingham and singer Stevie Nicks also did a few songs from their respective solo catalogs, a move that impeded the concert’s flow nearly as much as the four consecutive numbers from the band’s more experimental 1979 album, “Tusk.”

The absence of more new material did not appear to bother many in the enthusiastic SDSU audience. Nor did Buckingham seem concerned, as he noted in a U-T San Diego interview Thursday.

"Well, sure, of course you want to keep doing new material, if you can," he said in the interview. "But there is also, I would say, a point you get to where you do come to terms with the fact that you have this great body of work. And there's nothing wrong with going out and playing it. In a way, it can be a little freeing, because if you don’t feel you have to remake yourself every time (you tour), you can go put and deal with the (vintage) material in a slightly fresh way, every time.

"And that can be just as effective, once you come to terms with that, it kind of releases you and there's a point where you really need to come to that (realization). Because you have to understand that, probably, the audience is not really there to hear the new as much as to hear a reaffirmation of the body of work."

The underlying sentiments to parts of that body of work sometimes got jumbled during Friday's show. But that’s par for the course with this famously dysfunctional band, whose best songs from the mid-1970s were born from the crumbling love affairs between Nicks and Buckingham and between McVie and her-then husband, bassist John McVie.

Given this context, it kind of made sense that Nicks’ declaration early Friday night – “This party starts now!” – came just before “Dreams,” her wrenching 1977 song about the then-imploding relationship between her and Buckingham. The swirls and twirls that were once Nicks’ trademarks remain, but came only intermittently (and slower). During “Go Your Own Way” she playfully chased Buckingham, but not too fast, across part of the stage.

Nicks, 65, and Buckingham, 63, briefly held hands and embraced on stage several times. They also engaged in some between-songs banter that prompted Nicks to liken them to George Burns and Gracie Allen.

“Can’t we be someone younger?” Buckingham playfully responded.

Older and wiser, the two are keenly aware that their romance, while now decades in the past, still carries a special allure for fans. This holds especially true for those who might use “Rumours” as an emotional barometer of their own lives.

Bassist McVie and drummer Mick Fleetwood, the band’s two remaining charter members still on board, were rock-solid throughout. The sound was enhanced by several instrumentalists and backing singers, including Lori Nicks (Stevie's sister), who gave added dimension to the music. Kudos, too, to the band's audio engineers, who achieved impressive warmth and a clear, crisp sound balance in the usually echo-heavy arena. (The secret, as in most sprawling venues of this size, is simple: The lower and more defined the volume, the less muddled the sound.)

Buckingham played guitar with finesse and ferocity. Refusing to rest on his laurels, he often sang with such passion that it almost seemed as if his career prospects depended on it. The 1975 song "I'm So Afraid" featured his most extended solo of the night, and he made every note count as he expertly built up the intensity. (The same song also featured intricate unison lines by Buckingham and second guitarist Neil Haywood that evoked the work of the English band Wishbone Ash.)

Nicks sounded more constricted, her trademark tremolo less tremulous, her lower vocal range somewhat diminished. But she is still a commanding presence and the sheer force of her personality usually made up for her technical shortcomings. In a few instances, her struggle to hit the notes of her youth lent added depth to the songs. In others, she simply fell (and sounded) a bit flat.

After the fourth and final encore, “Say Goodbye,” Nicks thanked the audience for making her and the band’s dreams come true over the past four decades. She also urged fans to listen to the band’s vintage songs in the future as if they were hearing them for the very first time.

It was sage advice at a nostalgia-fueled concert that could serve as a preview of the band's valediction (Buckingham's reference to "new chapters in the Fleetwood Mac" notwithstanding). No fewer than 15 of the 23 selections came from the first three albums he and Nicks made with the band: 1975’s “Fleetwood Mac”; 1977’s “Rumours”; and 1979’s “Tusk.”

But the high-tech stage production was very much of the moment. And Fleetwood Mac's best songs, like the group itself, both define and transcend their time. Don't stop, indeed.

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by michelej1

Nicks, 65, and Buckingham, 63, briefly held hands and embraced on stage several times. They also engaged in some between-songs banter that prompted Nicks to liken them to George Burns and Gracie Allen.

“Can’t we be someone younger?” Buckingham playfully responded.

Yes George Burns did live to be 100 or so, but Gracie died when she was 69. They started in vauldeville when they were young enough to be Lindsey and Stevie's kids. Then they moved to radio and then television. They probably reached the height of their fame in the 1950s, in their fifties. Georgie and Gracie are the ones who should be asked to have someone younger than Stevie and Lindsey compared to them!

Michele

[vivfox]

Originally Posted by jkmaletic

Closing remarks video I shot. The bright lights really washed it out, but it's still watchable I guess.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56B8o...Nx8k9PVaza1VnA