Mirage Tour Stories

[bols59]

This cannot even compete wiv the other stories, but it is germane to the Mirage tour. I was living in San Francisco in Fall 1982. A friend of mine, a co-worker, went to one of the Oakland shows. The next day when I asked her how it was she told me, "All the young girls were screaming for Stevie." I understand and read now that Stevie was at best lukewarm about touring that year. Her star was ascending and I'm sure her loyalties were at times torn.

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[Macfan4life]

I really enjoyed this older thread. What cool stories. I remember reading in Cream magazine exactly what David pointed out. The cancelled shows were because Stevie was "sick."
The story about meeting Stevie getting into the limo with top hat and stuff animals was truly incredible.
Although there are a few errors in reporting. The Mirage concert was on HBO, not Showtime. We never had Showtime and HBO was our only premium channel in those days. I would scan the HBO booklet that came every month looking again for the concert. I would tape the concert by putting a tape recorder up to the TV At age 13 I even wrote HBO corporate offices asking them to please air the concert again. I got a very nice letter back from them too.
So that was my Mirage tour story even though I was not there

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by Macfan4life

I really enjoyed this older thread. What cool stories. I remember reading in Cream magazine exactly what David pointed out. The cancelled shows were because Stevie was "sick."
The story about meeting Stevie getting into the limo with top had and stuff animals was truly incredible.
Although there are a few errors in reporting. The Mirage concert was on HBO, not Showtime. We never had Showtime and HBO was our only premium channel in those days. I would scan the HBO booklet that came every month looking again for the concert. I would tape the concert by putting a tape recorder up to the TV At age 13 I even wrote HBO corporate offices asking them to please air the concert again. I got a very nice letter back from them too.
So that was my Mirage tour story even though I was not there

That's really a sweet story. I used to be that obsessed, too.


I was there. For one show(Indy). Front and center. $16! No, I didn't drop a digit. $16!!!

[Villavic]

Originally Posted by Macfan4life

The Mirage concert was on HBO, not Showtime. )

The first time I watched this concert was on a old local broadcast tv channel. Can't remember the date but it was when I was starting to become a fan and I had already seen the Gypsy video. By that time I didn't know much about the band, I had just learned their names and I didn't know if the McVies were a couple or siblings.

I liked the concert very much, but I remember thinking... Why does Stevie's voice sound so different than on the radio? Why does her hairstyle in that shot with blue light during Sisters look different from the rest of the show?