The Dance Tour Stories

[nailatixela]

The Dance tour is a great old tour...

Please step right up and share you story from The Dance Tour! How surprised were you to hear that these five people were getting back together again? And what did you think of the show that you went to? Lindsey was back...Stevie was thin...and we hadn't seen Christine in a live setting in 7 years.

Please share any memories you have from this tour.

[holidayroad]

I went to the October 1st 1997 Columbus,Ohio show. It was my 1st Fleetwood Mac concert. I was so completely thrilled!!! I certainly didn't have great seats, but I was just so happy to be there! Everyone was wonderful and it was like a dream come true

[daniellaaarisen]

I'm really interested in this thread. Post em Ledgies!

[AliceLover]

First concert for me was September of 1997 on the Dance tour. I was 8 years old and my mother took me. We had 24th row center section and I had never been to a concert before. I was absolutely terrified when everyone started yelling hahaha! But when they came out I was just in awe and I totally thought Stevie was waving at me!!

I remember Stevie in a long white jacket, she looked chilly. I remember when they did 'Everywhere' everyone went crazy when Christine sang the high part. After Gold Dust Woman Stevie said it was great to be back in Boston. I remember when she went backstage for ISA she almost got stuck inbetween the speakers because the space was so small.

I was baffled by Lindsey's 'Sardonic World' poem, didn't really know what it was about. I remember Stevie re-entered in like a Harry Potter robe/cloak that I hated haha! I was very upset because my mother spilled my popcorn during 'Sweet Girl'. There was some obnoxious fat lady behind us that was yelling at me (an 8 year old) because I was standing up and dancing.

The whole day of the concert I kept arguing with my mother that they would absolutely do 'Second Hand News' (it was my favorite song at the time). And she was like, no, no, no. My concert happened to be the night they dropped Eyes of the World and added Second Hand News. I remember when they started it, I looked at my mom and literally was like "TOLD YA SO."

I was so excited when Stand Back started, but I was so confused as to why Stevie was in a different cape. I was hoping for the big one with the dots, but she had a silvery one and wore it differently.

No one seems to believe me, but when Mick and Lindsey were doing their thing on NTF, I saw Christine smoking a cigarette on the side of the stage! I was also convinced that the USC marching band would come on stage and do 'Tusk' with them, but of course they didn't (I was such an optimistic child).

Honestly, even though it was great to see them all, I think it was the worst of all the Mac shows I saw. They were musically all over the place.

[Haunted_Song]

At the Chicago show, Stevie forgot the words to "Stand Back" and we mouthed them to her from the audience. Lindsey and Christine were cracking up and Stevie looked horrified. Just a random memory of the Dance tour...

[Kayt1234]

I'm very excited about this thread! I actually wasn't able to afford tickets to the Dance tour so that is one that I'm always curious to hear more about. It's interesting to hear about the interactions seen between the band members after such a long, hard break away from each other. They seemed to have changed so much. Any other stories would be really appreciated!

[LiamMcConville]

Stevie & Lindsey were an item. That's always interesting.

[LikeAWillow]

Originally Posted by LiamMcConville

Stevie & Lindsey were an item. That's always interesting.

You've thrown this around a lot on the boards, and I want to know your rationale for saying it. Everything I've heard from people close to Stevie says they weren't...


but I love a good ship.

[darla]

I saw them at Nassau Coliseum in long island ny. During Landslide,
They faces were up against each other. You knew something was going
on with them..The audience flip when they almost kissed...Awesome
concert.

Originally Posted by LiamMcConville

Stevie & Lindsey were an item. That's always interesting.

[wheart]

I saw The Mac on this tour in Atlantic City, about the third or the second show to the last...can't remember which but I remember this and a few other dates were added at the last minute. I missed the original Philadelphia show because I had to work and I was not happy but then this show appeared. It was a great show, Stevie wore a pink chiffon duster for the Rhiannon, etc. segment instead of the black one (for those who care about such things LOL). Her GDW twirl from John back over to the mic was absolute perfection. And yes, this is the show that Lindsey had to finish singing Silver Springs for her. I don't remember it that clearly because it was so unexpected and I was mesmerized during the whole show, and when he sang that part I wasn't quite sure it was rehearsed that way or not. I don't think I had seen/bought any bootlegs while the tour was still going on so I didn't have anything to compare it to. It was, however, an incredible moment when he sang those words...

"...my blue green colors flashing"

[Dodfather]

This is the tour I wish I'd seen! The last one with the 5 of them.

[nailatixela]

Thank you for your stories...this is a tour I know more ledgies saw though! I'd like to bump this topic so more ledgies can share their memories, I think the topic got lost with all the new recent topics from Unleashed.

[David]

Originally Posted by nailatixela

Please step right up and share you story from The Dance Tour! How surprised were you to hear that these five people were getting back together again?

I was shocked. I never thought it would happen. The distances between the members had grown too great by the mid 1990s.

And what did you think of the show that you went to?

Not very interesting to me because of all the hardware involved, even though I had seen & heard just as much hardware on the past two Fleetwood Mac tours. The pre-Time tour was refreshing because the band didn't employ anywhere near as much hardware.

Lindsey was back...Stevie was thin...and we hadn't seen Christine in a live setting in 7 years.

I don't think Stevie was thin. That's not my definition of thin. Christine didn't seem to be having as much fun playing as she used to have. She didn't get into the jams as much, or bob around much.

Please share any memories you have from this tour.

When I think of this tour, I think of its connection to the Ledge. I think of how I was supposed to meet a couple of friends at the Shoreline show, but I didn't. They were really hurt & decided to take revenge on me. They knew I & a few other ledgies were posting on a Ledge page that was no longer in official use but hadn't been removed by the administrator. They knew because I told them, & they read it. So they decided to alert the main bulk of the ledgies as to the existence of this "hidden" site by linking to it in public. This caused an uproar & ultimately convinced the administrator to split the single Ledge into five or six mini-Ledges. These were great times, but kind of sad, too. That's what I think of when I think of the 1997 tour.

[Nathan]

Originally Posted by David

I was shocked. I never thought it would happen. The distances between the members had grown too great by the mid 1990s.

Not very interesting to me because of all the hardware involved, even though I had seen & heard just as much hardware on the past two Fleetwood Mac tours. The pre-Time tour was refreshing because the band didn't employ anywhere near as much hardware.

I don't think Stevie was thin. That's not my definition of thin. Christine didn't seem to be having as much fun playing as she used to have. She didn't get into the jams as much, or bob around much.

When I think of this tour, I think of its connection to the Ledge. I think of how I was supposed to meet a couple of friends at the Shoreline show, but I didn't. They were really hurt & decided to take revenge on me. They knew I & a few other ledgies were posting on a Ledge page that was no longer in official use but hadn't been removed by the administrator. They knew because I told them, & they read it. So they decided to alert the main bulk of the ledgies as to the existence of this "hidden" site by linking to it in public. This caused an uproar & ultimately convinced the administrator to split the single Ledge into five or six mini-Ledges. These were great times, but kind of sad, too. That's what I think of when I think of the 1997 tour.

Thin isn't always relative, but it is for Stevie. And relative to everything from the Unleashed tour.....yeah, she was thin.

[Nathan]

Originally Posted by Nathan

Thin isn't always relative, but it is for Stevie. And relative to everything from the Unleashed tour.....yeah, she was thin.

And yet I remember her looking as good as she ever has when I saw her in 2007 - only two years ago...

It's a Fleetwood Mac thing, I swear. She needs to drop 'em and go solo.