What are the best concert seats you've ever had for FM?

darklinensuit · #1 05-13-2003, 04:49 PM

I'm NEVER near the stage.

I gave it the old college try w/the fan club pre-sale.
Section 8, here I come!

I think my best seats were to the side for the Whole Lotta Trouble Tour. Probably around row 30, I'm thinking. Maybe further.

Philly will be my 8th time seeing Stevie solo or with FM, and that's the closest I ever was.

Anybody stuck with joining me in the Nosebleed Hall of Shame, or have you ever had seats to brag on?

- Jake

Rainman · #2 05-13-2003, 05:53 PM

Well, I don't know if this counts, but I sat about 20 feet from Lindsey in a small club in Vancouver during his OOTC tour. It was mindblowing.

Ten years later--I think I'm still buzzing.

gypsysara · #3 05-13-2003, 05:59 PM

Ive never been overly lucky at getting good seats via ticketb*stard... usually am stuck trying to worm my way up by spying empty seats (unless Im audio-recording, then I stay put)

Was pretty close at the TISL shows 10/01 in LA (just outside the pit), and the AH-I benefit on 12/6/01. Moved to a great seat at the Irvine Meadows TISL tour stop too. Sat pretty close to the front of the ballroom at this private Stevie show I saw in 2000. I got to meet Stevie aftewards that night... never never forget it... Im Stephanie, so is she... she signed my handbill "Stephanie Nicks", then "Steph" and "Love" underneath that because she told me "The world always needs love in it".

Ok Im still getting chills thinking about it!

go6car · #4 05-13-2003, 06:53 PM

I've been blessed and lucky enough to have been front and center and backstage. I'm such a spoiled brat that I've never been further back than the 10th row, other than my first Stevie concert at the the old PHilly spectrum (Wild Heart Tour). I was as high up as humanly possible and in the last row (that is actually part of the concrete wall, LOL!). I got the tickets for my birthday from my parents. My friend and I conned some better seats on the first level. I told the security guard that I was "allergic" to some weird cigarettes that the people around us were smoking and needed to move and the guy actually LET us sit in some seats that were open close to the stage! We were just a couple of kids, so he felt sorry for us. As soon as I saw that stage up close, I was hooked on sitting close forever!

I'm suck a nutball that I also usually buy one of everything they sell at the souvenir stands. I love the look I get when I tell the guy working the stand that I'll take one of everything he's got. My hubby is used to this and needlesstosay, our Visa gets quite the workout that night, LOL!

baugh · #5 05-13-2003, 07:20 PM

I was lucky enough to be second row center stage in Columbus in '97. It was THE best show I ever saw. My wife and I could here Lindsey and Stevie talk w/ each other when they came on stage and inbetween songs. When Lindsey did his guitar solo to Go Your Own Way he was standing right in front of me! Too cool! After that, I turned to my wife and told her that I have seen it all now. Two years later, we named our daughter Lindsay.(yes, OUR Lindsay is w/ an a). The concert always brought a smile to our faces, so we decided to name her Lindsay.... and we also liked the name.........GOTTA LOVE THE MAC!!!!!!

Spunky1 · #6 05-13-2003, 09:03 PM

The best concert seats I've had for a Fleetwood Mac show was back in 82 for the Mirage tour. Thing is, it was a general admission show so there were NO seats on the floor. During that show I stood crammed up against the stage for the entire time... even suffered thru Men at Work against that stage! It was the first time I got the Stevie shake

Sat 14th row this time around. I've also had 5th row center during the Tango tour and lucked out with front row near center during the Enchanted tour. I've had it good...but I've also had it bad---many shows seen thru binocs!!

darklinensuit · #7 05-13-2003, 09:41 PM

Wow, do I feel jipped.
How do you guys get these tickets?

- Jake

go6car · #8 05-13-2003, 10:38 PM

As far as how to get such seats, for me it was connections for the backstage stuff. The "band" comp seating is usually a section reserved on the side of the stage, on the first level. Other than that, I went to "ticket agencies" for the front row stuff. Paid out the wazoo! 3 Dance tickets cost more than my monthly mortgage payment, LOL! But, worth it to see the Rumours lineup at least once, at point blank range! I have great memories of my best friend yelling at Lindsey that she loved him, and his strange look and smile in response! Too cool!

I wouldn't get too hyped up about backstage passes. It's not what everyone may think. For FM, it means getting access to a catered room where only some band members MAY visit. Stevie and Christine pretty much never go in. Sometimes Mick and John would show up, but that's pretty much it. John is probably the funniest person I've met in some time! Kind of guy that you'd just want to go get a pizza with! He just can't believe that us "young kids" find him that interesting! Unreal!

Don't get me wrong, it was cool, but you don' t get to roam around backstage at all. Even back in the 80s, security was tight. I lucked out and met Stevie during the Timespace tour, but that was pure magical luck. But, spending an hour with just her was something I'll never forget! The best thing about her is that she's everything you think she is -- purely fantastic! She even wrote me a nice note on a bar napkin (framed now, of course!), and I didn't even ask her to do it! I'll never forget her yelling my name and waving this napkin in the air to give to me! Was definitely a dream come true for me!

darklinensuit · #9 05-13-2003, 11:08 PM

If you wouldn't mind sharing, what's on the napkin?

- Jake

tamaraluvsFM · #10 05-13-2003, 11:13 PM

Well for Fm, I would have to say my seats the first time were 12th row floor..not great esp when you have mr tall man in front of you. The concert last week, can it be almost a week already, I had 4th row but off to the side...close but to the side, but I think I was lucky considering. Anyhow....my best experience was with Stevie's show...I was 4th row center and got to rush the stage near Edge of Seventeen and was straight in front of her and got to shake her hand. I will NEVER forget that! I had to go to a broker for that one though...

Next time I will pay to get closer....its just so much more personal. I think least. Everyone should at one time in their life get that front row experience with the greatest band ever!

Tamara

Livia · #11 05-14-2003, 09:13 AM

Through the "normal" channels, I scored 3rd row center seats for the Dance tour, on Halloween night in San Antonio! I was the first one in line at a grocery store ticket outlet. Lucky for me, the girl "working the system" (jab at a JT quote, hee) knew her sh*t. This was extra special for me, since it marked the 15th anniversary of the first time I ever saw FM, on the Mirage tour, also on Halloween night, in Austin.

I paid a scalper for 2nd row seats for Stevie on the Enchanted tour. I've lucked out at the venues sometimes, buying tix from people in the parking lot or the box office, in the first 10 rows.

Yes, being that close spoils you rotten!

Mad4stevie · #12 05-14-2003, 10:33 AM

This past Saturday - 2nd row center (but off to the left) - in Pittsburgh. I was about 12 feet or so from Stevie.

I got them thru ticketmaster last Wednesday on pure luck.

I have yet to write up my review because I am still digesting this unbelieveable experience . . .

go6car · #13 05-14-2003, 11:05 AM

Hi, Jake. Here's what she wrote:

"This was a just a cosmic meeting of souls that was bound to happen one day. Your life will be charmed, (like the gypsie) and many good things will come to you -- just be open. See you, bright eyes, somewhere on the other side. Blame it on your precious, little wild heart and never be afraid. Many good things will come to you. Your life will be blessed."

gypsysara · #14 05-14-2003, 12:21 PM

WOW go6! What a amazing story!!!!

go6car · #15 05-14-2003, 12:41 PM

One of the best nights ever! I've got that napkin framed at home.

From what people tell me, if she signs anything at all, it usually just says "with love, Stevie", or something to that effect. It was really amazing because after I got over the initial -o-my-god-i'm-actually-talking-to-stevie freak out, (let alone for an HOUR) it really was a great conversation. I just tried to come off as normal as possible, LOL! I was afraid I'd either pass out or start crying. (Thankfully, I did neither.) I just tried to keep my cool, which paid off since I was allowed to stay while other "fans" were asked to leave. Security was "roping off" a section of the bar so that the band was able to come down and unwind. I just yawned and looked bored, like I hang out with rock starts everyday, blah, blah, blah. (Yeah, RIGHT!). Nevertheless, it worked! That was a long time ago (1991). Seems like yesterday!