Roll Call..................

[Musicman408]

Did anyone catch my earlier post? Is it wrong to not be insanely excited for this thing?

[iamnotafraid]

Originally Posted by carol7lynn

This past New Year's Eve, I met 3 middle-aged married women who had left their husbands and children at home and separately traveled thousands of miles from their homes to hang out with complete strangers in a motel bar.

Carol-Lynn
SoCalGalNow

You didn't happen to get their phone numbers did you???

[DavidMn]

Originally Posted by louielouie2000

My apologies... I didn't mean to hurt your feelings. I guess I'm just flabbergasted that anyone would feel the need to see them that many times during this tour. I saw them 3 times during the SYW tour, and I think it was 1 too many (and that was stretched out over more than a year period). The same scripted dialogues and performances show after show just got me down I suppose. I guess with the Mac's predictability these days, I just can't justify seeing them that many times. Back in their drug fueled heyday, you truly never knew what they were gonna do. But in this day and age... it's the same sh!t, different day. More power to ya though, truly... I give you props for following your dream/passion. More people should allow themselves to do such things.

You know what? I proabably overreacted a little. I wont deny that. My apologies to you also.

[Gazz]

I'm booked for Tacoma* and LA, but will be looking for a good seat at the last minute (see other thread) to:
Sacramento
Oakland
San Jose
Las Vegas
San Diego

*I am taking my two Seattle cousins and here are some quotes from emails from one of them I thought you guys would find interesting:

"...found a ticket stub at my moms for the first time I saw fleetwood mac in a college auditorium in 1976...cost ? $5...pretty funny..."
"..I saw them again in Santa Barbara at an outdoor arena in 1978, then I saw Buckingham solo here in Seattle two years ago...He is unbeliveably amazing solo. Cannot wait!"

I became a Mac fan when Tango was released, so that's 22 years ago. I have only seen them in 2004 here in Melbourne and Stevie 3 times in 2006 in Australia (included a double handshake during her edge walk!), so this trip is a big deal to me and I hope to see some of you in May.

cheers, Gazz

[kathy1]

i am going to the april 15th show in philly.

[carrie721]

Originally Posted by Musicman408

Did anyone catch my earlier post? Is it wrong to not be insanely excited for this thing?

yes. it is wrong. you should be terribly ashamed. you're a horrible fan and as such should stop posting on this or any board related to fleetwood mac.

[skcin]

Originally Posted by DavidMn

Well, I'm a good worker and they just let me have it I guess. I always help out when I can, you know make youself more valuable so you can get the things you want.

So are many people here - we can't get that amount of time off from our jobs. Didn't Arby's let you take tons of time off too? It's just amazing to me that these places would let you do this, esp. with such a bad economy - there are tons of people looking for work, you'd think they'd just say "OK, see ya!" and hire someone else in your place. You're very lucky David.

Originally Posted by louielouie2000

My apologies... I didn't mean to hurt your feelings. I guess I'm just flabbergasted that anyone would feel the need to see them that many times during this tour. I saw them 3 times during the SYW tour, and I think it was 1 too many (and that was stretched out over more than a year period). The same scripted dialogues and performances show after show just got me down I suppose. I guess with the Mac's predictability these days, I just can't justify seeing them that many times. Back in their drug fueled heyday, you truly never knew what they were gonna do. But in this day and age... it's the same sh!t, different day.

Word on that bird.

Originally Posted by Musicman408

Did anyone catch my earlier post? Is it wrong to not be insanely excited for this thing?

Please take the off-topic banter somewhere else. This thread is for people to discuss what shows they are going to.


I can't recall if I posted this earlier, but I'm tentatively planning on Toronto.

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by kathy1

i am going to the april 15th show in philly.

That's great. Congratulations. I wish they were opening in Philly rather than Pittsburgh. It would make it so much easier to get to.

Michele

[carol7lynn]

Originally Posted by iamnotafraid

You didn't happen to get their phone numbers did you???

Yes, its 1-800-IMA-SLUT!

And, a Big Love shout-out to Soda Scouts-can't wait to hear your report from Pittsburgh-wish I could join you. Don't forget to get in touch with me if you decide to jet on out to L.A. again. Enjoyed hooking up before Glenn Frey's gig at the Roxy that's for sure.

Carol-Lynn
SoCalGalNow

[Haunted_Song]

Originally Posted by sodascouts

Pittsburgh - opening night! Woot!

Nancy...opening night ~ that's awesome! Are you going to the Chicago shows???

[Tango]

I hope Chrissie Hynde's attitude rubs off on Fleetwood Mac (well, Stevie) soon:

‘I can’t do that greatest hits stuff anymore,’ says the Pretenders singer

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28879725/

It's time for Fleetwood Mac to "break up the concrete" as well.

LOS ANGELES - Not too long ago, Chrissie Hynde was still touring behind the same hits that have made her husky, vibrato-steeped voice one of the most memorable in rock ’n’ roll.

Now the Pretenders’ frontwoman is revving up to launch a U.S. tour Thursday in support of “Break Up the Concrete,” the group’s first studio album in six years. While she may sing classics like “Brass in Pocket,” newer tunes will fill the bulk of her repertoire.

“We’ll be doing about eight or nine songs from the album. There’s the chance of people going to the bar when you launch into a new song, but I can’t do that greatest hits stuff anymore. We can play practically the whole album, and some of the rockers,” Hynde, 57, said in a phone interview from London, her main home since the 1970s.

The Pretenders’ new album, released last fall, is an Americana ode to love, loneliness and Hynde’s hometown of Akron, Ohio, where the longtime animal rights activist opened a vegan restaurant and bar in 2007. It was recorded for movie producer Steve Bing’s fledgling label Shangri-La Music.

Bing swept in during a down time for the band, when the group was label-less. He and Hynde connected during a Pretenders tour with ZZ Top.

“I said to Steve, ‘We don’t have a record deal and we don’t have a producer,’” said Hynde. “Steve said, ‘You’ve been doing this for 25 years, you don’t need a producer.’ No one had ever told me that before. I thought, ‘Let’s get this going!’”

Later, he pulled in legendary session drummer Jim Keltner — whose credits include playing with John Lennon — to work on the record (regular drummer Martin Chambers returns for the tour).

Hey, ho, way to go Ohio


Though the album was recorded in 12 days in Los Angeles,* much of it is informed by Akron. She acquired an apartment there to be closer to her aging parents and rediscovered the city after years away, from brisk autumn weather to local animal sanctuaries and her old record collection.

The title song, a jumping rockabilly tune, refers to the “red brick road where I grew up on” in Akron being “gone gone gone.” Numbers such as “Don’t Lose Faith In Me” have a country-ballad twang, filled with vulnerability: “The artist on the cover/ Is a phony and a crook/ I’m looking for you lover/ Show me where to look.”

“I’m referring to myself in that line,” Hynde said. “I get sometimes angry with myself. Sometimes I find myself saying, ‘You ... phony.’ It goes like that until you crack it. It can be a torturous process.”

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Hynde said her songwriting process after decades of music is much the same.

“It’s me alone with the guitar and a notebook. I don’t use too many gadgets. My methods haven’t changed,” she said.

As for the future, Hynde remains thankful that “I’m doing what I want to do.”

“Some people can get all their realizations in one place, being in the same town,” she said. “Some people have to move all the time. I feel more comfortable moving all the time. I wish I could stay still. But that’s how bands usually are.”


*12 days. Imagine.

[Nicks Fan]

I am going to the Ottawa show. If anyone is going to the show I would love to hook up for a pre show dinner to meet other FM Fans

Matt

[sodascouts]

Originally Posted by Haunted_Song

Nancy...opening night ~ that's awesome! Are you going to the Chicago shows???

Oh, I want to so bad, but I can't afford it! I blew my money on the opening night ticket. Why must they be so expensive? Why must I be so poor? lol

I was just thinking of you the other night - I uploaded your Chicago 2008 photos to BN.net, and I realized that the last photos I'd uploaded to that site were your Chicago 2005 photos. It'd been THAT long... I just thought it was kind of a nice, organic cycle.

Carol-Lynn: No trips to California for me in sight, but who knows what the future may bring?

[DavidMn]

Originally Posted by skcin

So are many people here - we can't get that amount of time off from our jobs. Didn't Arby's let you take tons of time off too? It's just amazing to me that these places would let you do this, esp. with such a bad economy - there are tons of people looking for work, you'd think they'd just say "OK, see ya!" and hire someone else in your place. You're very lucky David.



Word on that bird.




Please take the off-topic banter somewhere else. This thread is for people to discuss what shows they are going to.


I can't recall if I posted this earlier, but I'm tentatively planning on Toronto.

Thats great Paula? Which Toronto show?

[skcin]

^ Not sure yet. Depends on which show works best with my work schedule. Which one are you going to?