Volume Level at Fleetwood Mac Concerts

[Macfan4life]

I saw them in Pittsburgh and thought the level was perfect. It was not too loud at all.
I remember in the 1980s and seeing Motley Crue for the Theater of Pain tour and everyone was deaf after the concert. As teenagers we all thought it was funny but such serious hearing loss even temporarily cant be a good thing

[kak125]

At the Pittsburgh show I thought the sound could be a little louder. I was telling my friend how loud they were and then when they come on stage and starting playing I didnt even need to wear my earplugs.
Now seeing Metallica & GNR at 3 Rivers Stadium back in the day was loud as hell and the last time I saw Heart my ears were ringing pretty bad -ha! The show that had my ears ringing for years was Filter. I saw them at small club near my house about 5-6 years ago and I thought I had permanent damage but one day a few years later the ringing stopped.
Also my hubby took me to Toronto back in 2003 to see Fleetwood Mac and that show was so loud I felt like my ears were bleeding during Come! I never wanted a song to be over so bad in my life!!

[jbrownsjr]

I thought the volume was perfect for the three shows I attended.

[KarmaContestant]

Every time I see FM or Stevie I think it's too loud. I saw Willy Moon, and his show was too loud. Can't think of any other artists I've seen who leave this impression.

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by KarmaContestant

Every time I see FM or Stevie I think it's too loud. I saw Willy Moon, and his show was too loud. Can't think of any other artists I've seen who leave this impression.

Of course, I'm never really close up. I'm always at least halfway back.

[KarmaContestant]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

Of course, I'm never really close up. I'm always at least halfway back.

I'm usually in nosebleed seats, which might actually be part of the problem for me since I'm getting the sound from the front and then also again as it bounces off the back.

But, even Stevie when she plays at Red Rocks in the open air has the volume cranked too high for my liking.

[dontlookdown]

They've always been one of the loudest bands I've ever seen -
going back to 1979, for me.
But I love them loud. As long as the venue has good acoustics.
I love feeling the drum and bass in my chest. Not too many other bands can do that
for me.

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by dontlookdown

They've always been one of the loudest bands I've ever seen -
going back to 1979, for me.
But I love them loud. As long as the venue has good acoustics.
I love feeling the drum and bass in my chest. Not too many other bands can do that
for me.

I love the feeling the volume give you, too. I can feel the rhythm section.

[Macfanforever]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

I love the feeling the volume give you, too. I can feel the rhythm section.

I agree .You can feel Mick and John inside me.LOL.....

[Macfanforever]

Originally Posted by Macfan4life

I saw them in Pittsburgh and thought the level was perfect. It was not too loud at all.
I remember in the 1980s and seeing Motley Crue for the Theater of Pain tour and everyone was deaf after the concert. As teenagers we all thought it was funny but such serious hearing loss even temporarily cant be a good thing

Cant be any worse then what todays teens and twenty somethings listen in their Boom Boom car stereos.98 percent what I hear out of those systems sound like crap nevermind the music is crap.

[TimeCastASpell]

Originally Posted by Macfanforever

Cant be any worse then what todays teens and twenty somethings listen in their Boom Boom car stereos.98 percent what I hear out of those systems sound like crap nevermind the music is crap.

If you lived near me I'd be sure to drive by often,as a 20-something who only turns up the volume on FM/ Stevie songs. I also dance in my car seat, drum on the steering wheel, have a penchant for suddenly singing bass lines instead of the lyrics while air bass playing, it's all good if the boom boom is Mick and John, right?

Seriously though I know exactly what you mean, it's a gift my younger brother sold off his car for a motorcycle, he had those expensive speakers that deafen you and rap music. I've always had super sensitive ears, you'd probably think I listen to most music too quite, i love to blast FM though, think finally seeing them in concert did it for me too, they sound better loud now.

[TimeCastASpell]

I think the volume was great this tour, and we were on the side practically at the stage and near the speakers, it was a good loud as the article posted mentioned. Though I did have an aunt and uncle with me who were more casual fans and just people who love concerts (and love me and making me happy!) so I remember trying to explain a couple of things to them and that was basically hopeless. You sort of need to be able to explain the Gold Dust coked out dance to people who aren't familiar with that. Lol

During the 2013 show, I thought there was some bad loud going on, notably that Stevie's mic was up too loud. Think they may have had some problems with the venue, her headset also went out during the show (which at least meant we got an unscripted impromptu joke about it being 76 all over again or something to that nature). But yeah, I remember asking in the thread about the 2013 Detroit/ Joe Louis Arena concert if anyone else thought there were sound issues on the Stevie front. I had a hard time making out the words she sang and it would sort of hit static at the loudest points. It was kind of a bummer to me being a lifelong SN fan and that being my first show. But I will say given that experience, this tour she's sounded absolutely phenomenal and I'm so so thrilled at the way she's doing the end of Silver Springs, have a video I posted of it on Facebook and I fought to keep quiet to record it but I lost my mind over that part. That's an example of good loud too, if she had been singing that last "follow you down" with the kind of force of this tour and the original recording during the show I saw in 2013 it would've sounded awful because the volume was just so screwy especially on her. So I'm pretty happy with where things currently are at.

[Macfanforever]

Originally Posted by TimeCastASpell

If you lived near me I'd be sure to drive by often,as a 20-something who only turns up the volume on FM/ Stevie songs. I also dance in my car seat, drum on the steering wheel, have a penchant for suddenly singing bass lines instead of the lyrics while air bass playing, it's all good if the boom boom is Mick and John, right?

Seriously though I know exactly what you mean, it's a gift my younger brother sold off his car for a motorcycle, he had those expensive speakers that deafen you and rap music. I've always had super sensitive ears, you'd probably think I listen to most music too quite, i love to blast FM though, think finally seeing them in concert did it for me too, they sound better loud now.

Hahahaha.That was funny as you said you were dancing in your car seat.I do the same thing.LOL. If no cars around I'll add the horn section to the mix by tapping on the car horn..LOL.....

I actually burned out my old car speakers with Stevie or FM on a concert trip so far I haven't blow the speakers in my current car yet.

[TimeCastASpell]

Originally Posted by Macfanforever

Hahahaha.That was funny as you said you were dancing in your car seat.I do the same thing.LOL. If no cars around I'll add the horn section to the mix by tapping on the car horn..LOL.....

I actually burned out my old car speakers with Stevie or FM on a concert trip so far I haven't blow the speakers in my current car yet.

LOL about the horn tapping, hilariously awesome, I usually forget the horn is there unless some other driver does something really stupid... That's gotta be fun on Tusk. I like to blast Tusk when I'm angry and pound on the dashboard, luckily I'm a bit smaller than Stevie so nothing's broken...

[Macfanforever]

Originally Posted by TimeCastASpell

LOL about the horn tapping, hilariously awesome, I usually forget the horn is there unless some other driver does something really stupid... That's gotta be fun on Tusk. I like to blast Tusk when I'm angry and pound on the dashboard, luckily I'm a bit smaller than Stevie so nothing's broken...

Hahahaha ,Sounds like you are having fun.LOL......