Wednesday, April 24, 2013

PHOTOS | VIDEO | REVIEW: Fleetwood Mac Live in Newark, NJ

Fleetwood Mac Live in Newark, NJ
at Prudential Center
April 24, 2013

"Silver Springs"
(was a no show tonight)

Photos by: By Saed Hindash


























Above 2 pics by Brian Killian

WITHOUT YOU:
SAD ANGEL:

Above photos by Ashley Glynn

Rare moment! A fan brought the Buckingham Nicks album and both Stevie and Lindsey agreed to sign it.
Fleetwood Mac - Prudential Center - 4/24/13
By Brian McManus 
Village Voice
Better Than: The idea of the band not reuniting this year at all.
It begins with "Second Hand News" -- a song with a title and lyrics probably meant to be a self-deprecating nod to the reunion's time and place. It's an entire arena clutching their hearts along to songs that are older than I am and mumbling "angel" with every golden twirl of Stevie Nicks' body.
It's a Fleetwood Mac concert in 2013, and it needs less explanation or apologies than one would think.
"This is all your fault," Nicks told the audience at the show's end, joking but stern. She was referring to the collection of moments that led to the very one we were experiencing right then. The dreams the band had become and the dreams the band lived thanks to the audience seeing their own dreams in the band's, or some magical through line similar to that one.
Until that particular monologue, the concert had been a compilation of greatest hits ranging the varied career of varied sounds that Fleetwood Mac enjoys and is still able to revel in with the conviction of an artist celebrating a particularly intimate new release. With "Second Hand News" followed immediately by "The Chain" and "Dreams," the opener could have easily been an encore with the feverish audience response they each elicited. New songs like "Sad Angel" and show closer "Say Goodbye" were just as welcome to the repertoire, especially after the band revealed the upcoming short EP they will be releasing next week with a grand total of four new songs on it. They were equally sweet musical moments that brought Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham's incomparable stage chemistry to the forefront.
This chemistry between the two -- famous for many reasons -- was a beautifully endearing element to the overall performance. Providing anecdotes to the histories of songs like oldie "Without You" and newbie "Say Goodbye," each serving as an emotional antithesis to the other, were loving and intimate. They came back onstage for the encores holding hands and braided their voices together in a stunning, velvety manner. One front row fan handed them a vinyl album slip with a cover featuring a young, half-naked version of them. Nostalgia seemingly floated through their eyes.
In a show that was meant to be nothing but highlights, and delivered as such, the moments that catapulted themselves to the forefront were truly surreal. "Big Love," a Buckingham solo, was mesmerizing with the guitarist's impassioned and hypnotic finger-picking. Nicks still has it, and sounded flawless during "Rhiannon" and "Gold Dust Woman" as she wailed away with her signature raspy-but-smooth voice. During the latter, the singer came onstage with a shimmering gold shawl and created the illusion of golden wings as the song faded out.
Mick Fleetwood and John McVie were exceptional, per usual. While McVie remained a silent presence on-stage, Fleetwood joked around, made funny faces to the crowd, and played a heart-stopping extended drum solo during "The World Keeps on Turning." The individual talents that each member brought did, however, make it hard not to notice the absence of Christine McVie, who's soft but smoky voice would have provided another rich layer to an already grand performance.
"Landslide" featured a particularly poignant moment: With arms triumphantly outstretched, Nicks gave the most valiant delivery of the famous line "...and I'm getting older too." Fleetwood Mac has experienced an aging that is less comical or just awkward to watch be performed onstage; they've grown naturally in a way that feels wise and most certainly bold.
Critical Bias: Stevie Nicks is an angel sent from Heaven, hallowed be her name.
Overheard: "BEAUTIFUL!" - a very aggressively gruff man during the sweet, soft performance of new song "Say Goodbye."
Random Notebook Dump: A general rule should be: if you're telling people to sit down at a concert then you should not have gone to the show in the first place. Major shout out to the people in front of us who held their own against some very confused and unnecessarily angry audience members telling them to stay seated.
Setlist:
Second Hand News
The Chain
Dreams
Sad Angel
Rhiannon
Not That Funny
Tusk
Sisters of the Moon
Sara
Big Love
Landslide
Never Going Back Again
Without You 
Gypsy
Eyes of the World
Gold Dust Woman
I'm So Afraid
Stand Back
Go Your Own Way
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World Turning
Don't Stop
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Say Goodbye
A lot more from the show below... Click the "Continue Reading Here For More" link

TUSK:
SARA:
STAND BACK: Taking the twirl up a notch!
DON'T STOP:






 Fan Photos:








7 comments:

Anonymous said...

So has "Sisters of the Moon" been dropped from the set or did the reviewer not know the name of the song and omit it from the set list?

Anonymous said...

Sisters was in the setlist. Not sure why the VV reviewer omitted it.

Anonymous said...

Ok, luckiest fan in the world: YES!! Pretty please whoever the blessed possessor of that signed album is, post a pic of yourself with it online and link it here! :D :D Wooooohoooo!!!

Anonymous said...

I was wondering when Stevie would start dropping Silver Springs. On the 2009 tour she never did it when she had a show the previous night. And the night before Newark was Ottawa, I think.

And I can't believe they signed an album on stage. Only Lindsey could get Stevie to do that. Amazing!

Leelee said...

Silver Springs was omitted :( Still an awesome show!! The chemistry between the Stevie and Lindsey of them is astonishing still... <3

Anonymous said...

I was there last night and the excitement was incredible. You forget over time how exciting it is to watch them belt out these great songs. I was at the Garden a couple weeks ago and it was the same. The crowd was totally loving it. AND Stevie was beautiful!

Anonymous said...

I attended this very special my first Mac show and with having excellent seats. It was just a overall perfect show. I was emotionally moved just everything about it. I never thought out of the hundred shows I seen that this would be one of my favorite. I was transported. I been a fan for a long time.

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