Tango in The Night Tour

[David]

I'm in Southern California, so that's where I saw several gigs, in December (Los Angeles & San Diego). Everything seemed sort of staid to me, & bland. A few things were interesting: some old blues numbers, & a good "Buckingham Nicks" cover, plus an excellent "Blue Letter." But I wondered what happened to all the former weirdness. From Peter Green to Danny Kirwan to Bob Welch to Lindsey Buckingham, these guys were all such nifty writers & performers because of their idiosyncrasies; & here was an incarnation of the band where nobody weird was left.

Stevie Nicks might have continued to be satisfyingly weird if she hadn't cleaned up from dope earlier that year.

Still, I looked slightly forward to hearing this incarnation record something. The two tracks on the hits album the following year were pretty bad, so I adjusted my expectations accordingly. When "Mask" finally was released, I didn't even think of Fleetwood Mac any more in terms of magical weirdness. They were just a big expensive contraption of an arena band. They had become what the punks ten years earlier had accused them of being.

[AliceLover]

The first month of the tour was definitely the best, in Stevie terms. Everyone else was great the whole way through. I thought it was a great show when they were doing "Gypsy" and "Rhiannon" before they got cut in October of 87. Stevie still had a lot of fire in her. I suggest getting the Ames, IA 87 DVD, Stevie is pretty firey.

[silvasprings]

Originally Posted by AliceLover

The first month of the tour was definitely the best, in Stevie terms. Everyone else was great the whole way through. I thought it was a great show when they were doing "Gypsy" and "Rhiannon" before they got cut in October of 87. Stevie still had a lot of fire in her. I suggest getting the Ames, IA 87 DVD, Stevie is pretty firey.

Depending on exactly when Stevie was put on Klonopin, I would say this shows a pretty good example of how they totally zonked her out...

I think she still would have been firey without cocaine, but then the klonopin definetly f-ed that up.
If you watch the Live DVD from the cow palace in san francisco, she might as well be asleep on stage,
And has anyone heard Everywhere from that DVD, stevie randomly sings over the top of christine "I wanna be with you" it sounds terrible...

The rest of the band is in pretty top form though
Imo, i wish lindsey hadn't left at that stage, but Vito and Burnette did an alright job of filling in.
As for the albums they did, the greatest hits tracks and Behind the mask, they're catchy and commercial, But their is none of that (excuse the pun)

Fleetwood Magic...

[LukeA]

Were any of the dates officially announced and/or put on sale prior to when Lindsey bailed in early August? Considering the fact that opening night was September 30, along with some pretty big dates capacity/market wise early on (like Alpine Valley on October 3), I'm betting that at least some dates were put on sale early-mid August.

[paleshadow]

Originally Posted by LukeA

Were any of the dates officially announced and/or put on sale prior to when Lindsey bailed in early August? Considering the fact that opening night was September 30, along with some pretty big dates capacity/market wise early on (like Alpine Valley on October 3), I'm betting that at least some dates were put on sale early-mid August.

I saw them on Oct. 30th at the Boston Garden. It was my first time seeing FM and Stevie live. I don't remember if we already bought the tickets. I think they at least announced the date because I do remember panicking when they had a TV press conference to announce Lindsey left the band, and at the same time they announced Rick and Billy would fill in on the tour.

It was such an exciting time back then. MTV still showed videos and had VJ's and they would announce when the world premiere of the videos would be. I would be planted in front of the tube getting goosebumps when the world premier logo came on before seeing the Tango videos for the first time! Those were the days!

[daniellaaarisen]

Originally Posted by David

I'm in Southern California, so that's where I saw several gigs, in December (Los Angeles & San Diego). Everything seemed sort of staid to me, & bland. A few things were interesting: some old blues numbers, & a good "Buckingham Nicks" cover, plus an excellent "Blue Letter." But I wondered what happened to all the former weirdness. From Peter Green to Danny Kirwan to Bob Welch to Lindsey Buckingham, these guys were all such nifty writers & performers because of their idiosyncrasies; & here was an incarnation of the band where nobody weird was left.

Stevie Nicks might have continued to be satisfyingly weird if she hadn't cleaned up from dope earlier that year.

Still, I looked slightly forward to hearing this incarnation record something. The two tracks on the hits album the following year were pretty bad, so I adjusted my expectations accordingly. When "Mask" finally was released, I didn't even think of Fleetwood Mac any more in terms of magical weirdness. They were just a big expensive contraption of an arena band. They had become what the punks ten years earlier had accused them of being.

The sad truth. I always consider the TITN tour the official ending of the glory years. Some songs on TITN are awesome to me, though, and I would have loved to see them live ("Isn't It Midnight" especially but also "Big Love" and even "Family Man" to a degree).

[iamnotafraid]

Originally Posted by daniellaaarisen

The sad truth. I always consider the TITN tour the official ending of the glory years.

Right on sister.

Then "The Dance" the final Mac Tour.

One year later, the "Buckingham Nicks" Tour.

Last, Lindsey's "Under The Skin" Tour.

And that's all she wrote

[Musicman408]

Red Rocks DVD with ICW would have been absolute perfection!!! Just sayin'

[vivfox]

Originally Posted by Musicman408

Red Rocks DVD with ICW would have been absolute perfection!!! Just sayin'

Not if it was overdubbed with in your face totally fake studio redone video like the rest of that crappy video.

[BellaDonna]

I loved reading all the stories...thanks for sharing! I wish I could have been there to see a TITN concert live.... especially on Halloween!! But I was only about 6 at that time... too bad there is no time travel machines.

[vivfox]

Originally Posted by BellaDonna

I loved reading all the stories...thanks for sharing! I wish I could have been there to see a TITN concert live.... especially on Halloween!! But I was only about 6 at that time... too bad there is no time travel machines.

P.S. There are! Haven't you been watching the ABC television show LOST?

[CADreaming]

Originally Posted by iamnotafraid

Right on sister.

Then "The Dance" the final Mac Tour.

One year later, the "Buckingham Nicks" Tour.

Last, Lindsey's "Under The Skin" Tour.

And that's all she wrote

What's GOS and Unleashed?? Coasting? Or is it like watching Senator Kennedy get buried in the dark? The sun has already set, people...