29/9/13 - Birmingham LG Arena

[elle]

Originally Posted by ali101

That is a great idea. I don't know about everybody else but the exciting stuff are songs not previously played or songs performed in a new context. And for anyone who thinks that is an unsuccessful idea take a look at Bruce Springsteen - 16 months 223 songs and only 3 performed at every show. Yes he is a very different act but the real fans enjoy the rarities and the bucket list attendees enjoy the more obvious. It also kept it fresh and exciting for the him and the band. Fleetwood Mac have always toured with the exact same set so moving away from that comfort zone will not happen. Ever. But it is still a shame and a one off show or handful of shows with a rare song list would be extraordinary.
Most people on this forum take delight in finding previously unseen footage or demos or live versions.
It would be nice but dream on silly dreamers.

nobody thinks that's bad or unsuccessful idea. except for the Mac. that's exactly what i told Mick at a m&g "no reason for you to be like Grateful Dead but you can be like Bruce. he said, not gonna happen, not with the mac, we are not that kind of band. had a feeling he was regretting they are not while saying that, but obviously it's not up to him. Stevie and Lindsey seem to hold all the cards there, and they have their setlists set in stone.

[applebucked]

Before Stevie and Lindsey joined, they didn't seem to have a set setlist. Even the White Album tour had some sort of variation to it. I think it started with the Rumours tour.

Meanwhile, enjoy the Buckingham Perfect every time I post.

[elle]

Originally Posted by applebucked

Before Stevie and Lindsey joined, they didn't seem to have a set setlist. Even the White Album tour had some sort of variation to it. I think it started with the Rumours tour.

Meanwhile, enjoy the Buckingham Perfect every time I post.

probably because at the beginning of the white album tour, Stevie and Lindsey were just hired hands.

(i think their status has changed some time during that tour into actual band members, but not before?)

[TheWILDheart]

What they could do is have set songs at each space in the setlist, and then jumble it up each night. For example, if we use the current set:

Second Hand News/Monday Morning
The Chain
Dreams
Sad Angel
Rhiannon
Not That Funny/I Know I'm Not Wrong/What Makes You Think You're The One
Tusk
Sisters of the Moon/Angel
Sara
Big Love
Landslide
Never Going Back Again/Go Insane/Crystal
Without You
Gypsy/Straight Back/Seven Wonders
Eyes of the World/Blue Letter/Book of Love
Gold Dust Woman
I'm So Afraid
Stand Back
Go Your Own Way

Encore:

World Turning/Say You Love Me
Don't Stop

Silver Springs
Say Goodbye/Goodbye Baby

Then each night, just pick the tracks they want to play in that slot

[applebucked]

Actually that's what they should be doing. (but in your list, Straight Back and SYLM need to have Christine there.)

[CADreaming]

Originally Posted by elle

Stevie and Lindsey seem to hold all the cards there, and they have their setlists set in stone.

Exactly. Ya'll are just beating a dead horse. Give up the ghost!

And why is this discussion in this thread anyway? LOL.

[applebucked]

Originally Posted by CADreaming

Exactly. Ya'll are just beating a dead horse. Give up the ghost!

And why is this discussion in this thread anyway? LOL.

We can't help beating the dead horse even more.

As for your question, I have no idea.

[CADreaming]

This is my new favorite GDW.

[vivfox]

The Chain (great sounding video) by andrew munro




Go Your Own Way by Andrew Armstrong




Stand Back (beginning is cut) by John Potter

[vivfox]

The Chain by Andrew Coventry




Don't Stop by Mrnevrim




Sara by Mrnevrim

[michelej1]

http://www.bloomberglaw.com/exp/ewog...J2IjogIjEiCn0K
Oct 05 2013 02:50:46

Oct. 05 (Birmingham Mail) -- I'M very surprised that your reviewer Steve Adams only gave the Fleetwood Mac concert four stars and thought there was too much melodrama.

I totally disagree and loved the way that the band interacted with the audience unlike some of the modern bands who just grunt their way through a performance.

As for the criticism of Lindsay Buckingham being pompous, that is ridiculous. No mention of the fact that they were on stage for 2 hours 40 minutes. My opinion was that it was a fantastic concert with great songs and superb musicianship. Definitely a 5+ star performance forme.

John Ramsay, Solihull

[michelej1]

Birmingham Mail Review: Fleetwood Mac, at LG Arena, Birmingham
30 Sep 2013 11:37

http://www.birminghammail.co.uk/what...-arena-6114486

Rocks greatest soap opera goes on and on...

By Steve Adams

Forget Downton Abbey, if you wanted Sunday night drama then the LG Arena was the place to be this weekend, as Fleetwood Mac offered another episode in rock’s longest-running soap opera.

The Anglo-US act will forever be remembered for Rumours, one of the greatest and biggest-selling albums of all time, which was inspired by the band members’ dissolving relationships - and for some reason they feel compelled to milk the melodrama at every opportunity.

Singer Stevie Nicks and guitarist-singer Lindsey Buckingham – whose break-up provided by many of the songs on that album - arrived on stage holding hands, turned to face each other during several poignant numbers and even shared a hug during Sara.

It was frankly overkill – as were some of the extended introductions – and detracted from an otherwise excellent show.

Sara itself was a highlight, and while Nicks can no longer hit the high notes on tunes such as Rhiannon (Buckingham largely did that for her), she remains a captivating performer with a great set of pipes, gloriously exemplified on Landslide, Silver Springs and new – but old – song Without You.

That said, Buckingham was the undoubted star of the show, and while he remains a frustratingly pompous figure – he’s as aware of his talent as we are – there’s no escaping the brilliance of his guitar playing, notably during an extraordinary acoustic rendering of Big Love and electric wig-outs on I’m So Afraid and Go Your Own Way.

The band did just that on this gig – there was no room for a Christine McVie guest slot, as at the London shows – and with material as strong as Tusk, Second Hand News, The Chain and Don’t Stop, come the end no one in the packed house was quite ready for them to Say Goodbye.

[vivfox]

Landslide includes full dedication by MrWallacio

[ali101]

Originally Posted by TheWILDheart

What they could do is have set songs at each space in the setlist, and then jumble it up each night. For example, if we use the current set:

Second Hand News/Monday Morning
The Chain
Dreams
Sad Angel
Rhiannon
Not That Funny/I Know I'm Not Wrong/What Makes You Think You're The One
Tusk
Sisters of the Moon/Angel
Sara
Big Love
Landslide
Never Going Back Again/Go Insane/Crystal
Without You
Gypsy/Straight Back/Seven Wonders
Eyes of the World/Blue Letter/Book of Love
Gold Dust Woman
I'm So Afraid
Stand Back
Go Your Own Way

Encore:

World Turning/Say You Love Me
Don't Stop

Silver Springs
Say Goodbye/Goodbye Baby

Then each night, just pick the tracks they want to play in that slot

I agree that would be great and just because it wont happen doesn't mean you cant think about it.