Providence-1/28

[Lee]

http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/musi...OSL/story.html

Have a good time whenever day you all go!

Lee

[nicepace]

Originally Posted by Lee

http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/musi...OSL/story.html

Would it be possible to copy and paste the text of the article? I've already used my five free clicks (or whatever it is) for the Boston Globe for the month. Thanks!

[welcomechris]

Rare is the casual Fleetwood Mac fan. It’s not unusual for devotees of the seminal rock band — responsible for such hits as “Landslide,” “Gold Dust Woman,” “Don’t Stop,” and “Gypsy” — to tend toward completism, gobbling up everything from Lindsey and Stevie’s 1973 pre-Mac “Buckingham Nicks” album to the members’ various solo albums and the promising 2013 comeback EP “Extended Play.”

So for those already twirling in anticipation for the band’s Wednesday night appearance at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center in Providence, this candid five-minute clip of raw Stevie power will be of special interest.


Shot backstage in 1981 at a photo shoot for Rolling Stone, it captures a young Stevie Nicks unable to sit still while getting her makeup done, and lapsing instead into a rapturous take of “Wild Heart” — a song that would find its way onto her second solo album, “The Wild Heart.” But attentive ears will hear a discrepancy: The music she’s singing over is actually a demo of a song that would become “Can’t Go Back” on Fleetwood Mac’s 1982 album, “Mirage.” Are you dorking out yet? Because we are fully dorking out.

Oddly (and predictably), this impromptu mashup is pretty much perfect, a fleeting Fleetwood moment caught by kismet for the ages (and arguably better than either of the tracks she fused to conjure it). The clip provides a gripping glimpse of a legendary talent at full force, and proof that Nicks can summon the sublime from the ether of her everyday. There’s magic all around her, if I do say so myself.



Fleetwood Mac plays the Dunkin’ Donuts Center, Providence, on Jan. 28 at 8 p.m. Tickets: $47.50-$177.50, 800-653-8000, www.ticketmaster.com

[nightbird28]

Travel Ban is being lifted at 8pm tonight. I wonder if they are getting ready to leave.

[BlueDenimLamp]

Fleetwood Mac in #Providence scheduled as planned for Wed. Jan. 28. Any changes will be posted here or visit http://t.co/sDCPDoRb3Q.

— Dunkin Donuts Center (@DunkinDonutsCtr) January 27, 2015

[Macfanforever]

Originally Posted by BlueDenimLamp

Fleetwood Mac in #Providence scheduled as planned for Wed. Jan. 28. Any changes will be posted here or visit http://t.co/sDCPDoRb3Q.

— Dunkin Donuts Center (@DunkinDonutsCtr) January 27, 2015

Thats great news for you guys that are going.Take your time and drive safe and have a ball.

[jbrownsjr]

Hope everyone that had tix got to see them.

Post reviews!

[michelej1]

Concert Review: Fleetwood Mac celebrates its songbird’s return

The Providence Journal by Andy Smith January 29, 2015 12:59 AM
http://www.providencejournal.com/fea...rds-return.ece

PROVIDENCE, R.I. — “She makes us all complete,” said Fleetwood Mac drummer Mick Fleetwood.

He was referring to singer and keyboard player Christine McVie, back with the band after a 16-year absence. Her return brings the band back to its most successful lineup, the one that sold a zillion copies of “Rumours” back in 1977.

McVie doesn’t have the mystic gypsy-witch appeal of Stevie Nicks, nor the guitar prowess of Lindsey Buckingham, but her presence solidifies the band — and she’s written some of the most appealing songs in their catalog.

Fans at the band’s show at the Dunkin’ Donuts Center Wednesday night looking for prime-time Fleetwood Mac got their wish, with a 2 1/2-hour show that included big chunks of “Rumours” and its predecessor, 1975′s “Fleetwood Mac.”

The three singers, McVie, Buckingham and Nicks, ranged across the front of the stage, with the rhythm section of Fleetwood and bassist John McVie just behind. At the back of the stage were some reinforcements — an additional guitarist, keyboard player and three backup singers.

As a wise man once said, we get by with a little help from our friends, and the augmented Fleetwood Mac mostly sounded good Wednesday. The exception was the drums, which were mixed too loud, particularly early in the show, and nearly drowned out the singing on numbers such as “Second Hand News.”

The show opened with a potent string of hits: “The Chain,” “You Make Loving Fun” “Dreams,” “Second Hand News,” and Nicks’ signature “Rhiannon.”

Band members were in a talkative mood, heaping praises upon McVie. They had come to Providence from New York, which has been spared the brunt of the snowstorm, but thanked the packed audience at the Dunk for coming out after the storm.

Buckingham took center stage on a rocking “I Know I’m Not Wrong,” “Tusk” and “Big Love,” the latter a showcase for his solo acoustic-guitar playing.

The band offered some interesting new takes on familiar songs.

For “Never Going Back Again,” Buckingham and Nicks sang very quietly, sometimes just above a whisper. There was an extended version of “Gold Dust Woman,” with Nicks donning a glittering gold shawl over her black outfit. The song faded to a ghostly echo as Nicks turned her back to the audience and stretched the shawl out like an angel’s wings.

Not that familiarity is a bad thing. “Go Your Own Way,” once it revved up, had the crowd dancing and singing along, while Nicks shook her tambourine festooned with streamers and Buckingham leaned his guitar over the front row.

For their encore, the band did “World Turning,” with a drum solo from Fleetwood while he exhorted the audience (“Give it up!) through his headset mike. I have a “Just Say No” policy towards drum solos, but many in the audience seemed to like it.

“Don’t Stop” might be overplayed by now, but it had the audience singing along anyway.

The last word — or at least the last song — fittingly went to McVie, who did “Songbird” solo until she was finally joined by Buckingham at the finish.

[michelej1]

Big East Coast Bias by Pierce Roberson 1/29/2015

http://www.bigeastcoastbias.com/2015...halftime-recap

Great work by the crew at the Dunkin Donuts Center to convert the Dunk back to a basketball arena following a Fleetwood Mac concert last night. The curse of Stevie Nicks hasn't hurt Providence just yet.

[nicole21290]