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And yet MORE from Charlotte.... The photographers were out in full force for this show... Again, Awesome photos.
Monday, April 27, 2009
FLEETWOOD MAC TICKETS SELLING QUICKLY
June 5 show in Saskatoon at 85% capacity
Reported By Brendan Wagner
Newstalk980.com
Reported By Brendan Wagner
Newstalk980.com
If you're a fan of Fleetwood Mac and you want to go to their upcoming concert in Saskatoon, you'd better act quickly.
Scott Ford, the Marketing Director at Credit Union Centre, says tickets went on sale Friday morning and they're about 85 per cent sold.
Ford says if tickets to the band's show on June 5th don't sell out Friday, he expects them to be gone within a week.
"My recommendation is, if anybody's interested, buy your tickets as soon as possible," Ford says.
Tickets range in price from $50 to $170.
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On April 24th, 2009 Anonymous (not verified) says:
"Tickets range in price from $50 to $170."
Until you get redirected to ticketsnow.com and can pay the low, low price of $500 for nosebleed section.
On April 24th, 2009 Anonymous (not verified) says:
Tickets are way to high IMO, woke up planning to buy some until i saw the prices, my money will be better spent elsewhere
On April 24th, 2009 Anonymous (not verified) says:
Huh. My fifth row floor tickets were only $169. It's definitely worth it, in my opinion.
Sunday, April 26, 2009
PHOTOS: Fleetwood Mac Live in Charlotte, NC April 25, 2009
More of Fleetwood Mac from Charlotte, NC April 25, 2009 show.
Awesome shots by: bengarland (click for more)
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And who said Stevie doesn't look like she's having fun?
Fleetwood Mac - Another Triumphant Unleashed Show... Live in Charlotte
FLEETWOOD MAC... Shots from Charlotte, NC April 25, 2009
For More Pictures of Charlotte Annonthebeach's
REVIEW: FLEETWOOD MAC CHARLOTTE, NC
Fleetwood Mac feeds Charlotte fun, favorite songsBy Michael Persinger
charlotteobserver.com
Sunday, Apr. 26, 2009
How great would it be to reach a point in life where you only had to do things that were fun?
Fleetwood Mac, which has been around as a band since the 1960s and as a pop phenomenon since 1975, is there. The band shared the result with a crowd that reached the rafters of Time Warner Cable Arena on Saturday night.
There's no album to promote -- "yet," singer and lead guitarist Lindsey Buckingham told the crowd. That leaves the band's free to pursue its stated mission for the "Unleashed Tour 2009" -- have fun, and play the songs that are fun and important to them.
The show, two hours 25 minutes of non-stop music that paused only momentarily to set up two encores, does, sort of, support an album, though. "Rumours," the 1975 album that made Fleetwood Mac a big part of the pop soundtrack for a generation, is being re-released in conjunction with the tour. Of the 23 songs they played, seven were from that album, which has sold more than 19 million copies worldwide.
crowd sang along with "Rumours" staples such as "The Chain," "Second Hand News" and "Gold Dust Woman" sprinkled throughout the show. But that was not all Fleetwood Mac had to offer.
Buckingham's guitar riffs, Stevie Nicks' still-velvety voice and the bass of John McVie were all solid. British-born band founder Mick Fleetwood's percussion, showed off most impressively during the title track to 1979's "Tusk," kept the energy level high.
The passion for the work they shared was evident, notably in Fleetwood's wild-eyed looks on the big video screens and Buckingham's riff during "I'm So Afraid." But there are signs beyond Fleetwood's white beard and ponytail that they're getting older, too.
Nicks didn't quite hit the original highs in "Sara," and she and Buckingham couldn't generate the on-stage sexual tension they could when they were younger, during what Buckingham acknowledged was a "complex and convoluted emotional history."
Still, Nicks, at 60, can pull off wearing ankle boots with 6-inch heels without looking silly. And there was more than enough in the music to satisfy the big crowd and carry it to the end.
Buckingham's performance of "Big Love" celebrated a song he said explored both who he was and the power of change. It featured a brief embrace with Nicks near the end that drew a cheer. And the three-song span of "Go Your Own Way," "World Turning" (featuring a drum solo by Fleetwood, 61) and "Don't Stop" had the crowd on its feet.
If there's an album to be made at the end of this tour, it'll feature a group with plenty left to celebrate. If Saturday was an indication, it's still worth thinking about tomorrow for Fleetwood Mac fans.
Tomorrow could be fun, too.
Set list from Saturday's show in Charlotte: Monday Morning, The Chain, Dreams, I Know I'm Not Wrong, Gypsy, Go Insane, Rhiannon, Second Hand News, Tusk, Sara, Big Love, Landslide, Never Going Back Again, Storms, Say You Love Me, Gold Dust Woman, Oh Well, I'm So Afraid, Stand Back, Go Your Own Way, (first encore) World Turning, Don't Stop, (second encore) Silver Springs.
Michael Persinger is executive sports editor at The Observer. "Rumours" was one of the first two albums he owned as a kid. "Hotel California" by the Eagles was the other.
Saturday, April 25, 2009
TUSK TOUR 1980 MADISON, WISCONSIN (PHOTOS)
TUSK TOUR 1980
In honor of Fleetwood Mac's current "Unleashed" tour, Pat scanned photos taken during the "Tusk" tour at the Dane County Coliseum in Madison, Wisconsin on May 11, 1980 - from the front row. It was a general admission show. The Coliseum has since been torn down.
Thank you Pat!
Re Broadcast LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM A&E'S PRIVATE SESSIONS
A&E's Private Sessions® with “Lindsey Buckingham”
Rated: TVPG
Running Time: 60 Minutes
Sunday, May 03 @ 9am/8C (check local listings)
(original airing November 2, 2008)
Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Lindsey Buckingham chats with host Lynn Hoffman about his substantial career including his new release Gift of Screws. Plus, don't miss exclusive performances of his hits "Tusk", "Big Love", the classic "Go Your Own Way", and his new songs "Great Day", "Love Runs Deeper" and "Did You Miss Me".
Friday, April 24, 2009
REVIEW: Fleetwood Mac Live in Ft. Lauderdale
Fleetwood Mac's underlying drama means great showBY DAVID DORSEY
News-Press.com
The chemistry of former lovers who have reconciled — but realize things never can be the same — and the human drama that goes on with being close-quartered colleagues, or in this case, professional musicians, can be seen by all the world on Fleetwood Mac’s stage.
The band, founded by drummer Mick Fleetwood in the late 1960s, has evolved over the years, and its most prominent lineup, minus keyboardist/singer Christine McVie, played a 23-song set that lasted two hours and 30 minutes Thursday night at the Bank Atlantic Center in Fort Lauderdale.
Singer and “welsh witch” Stevie Nicks, guitarist and vocalist Lindsey Buckingham — the onetime couple — played off one another and at times sang to one another throughout the show.
Even those sitting in the upper reaches of the 20,000-seat — and almost full — arena could see, on the massive screens above each side of the stage, the expressions of remorse and reconciliation on the faces of Nicks and Buckingham as they played the ballad “Sara.”
Nicks’ singing and Buckingham’s melodic guitar playing were supported by the thunderous rhythm section of Fleetwood on drums and John McVie on the bass guitar.
“Every time we get together, we sit in rehearsal and try to make each return a little different,” said Buckingham, who turns 60 on Oct. 3. He did not look or play like his age. “This time, we said, ‘Let’s just go out there and have some fun.’”
And so they did.
Fleetwood, approaching his 62nd birthday on June 24, looks like Santa Claus. Except he stands a few inches taller — he’s 6-foot-6 — and wore black, not red.
Also unlike St. Nick, Fleetwood sports a silver pony tail and has eyes that bug out of his head.
And he sure can play the drums.
Pounding on the drums the entire night, Fleetwood finally had his chance for a solo.
After ending the 20-song set with “Stand Back,” and “Go Your Own Way,” most of the crowd did not go anywhere. They stuck around for the encore.
Toward the end of “World Turning,” the rest of the band, which included five supporting musicians, left the stage, leaving it to Fleetwood.
Following a five-minute drum solo, his bandmates returned for “Don’t Stop.”
And the band didn’t. They did one more song during a second encore, concluding the show with “Silver Springs.”
Fleetwood Mac opened with “Monday Morning” and “The Chain.”
Other highlights included “Gypsy,” “Rhiannon,” “Gold Dust Woman” — during which Nicks’ donned a gold-colored scarf — and this reviewer’s personal favorite, the bluesy “I’m So Afraid.”
REVIEW: Fleetwood Mac Better Than a Big Mac - Live in Ft. Lauderdale
Fleetwood Mac
April 23, 2009
Better Than: A Big Mac
Having seen Fleetwood Mac at least a dozen times, and Stevie Nicks on her own probably twice as many, suffice to say I have a bit of history to compare Thursday night's stop in SoFla for the Fleetwood Mac "Unleashed: Hits Tour 2009."
For all the Mac fans out there (I am one of you, remember, before you continue reading further), there's no doubt of the talent and greatness of each of these demigods, including Ms. Nicks, Lindsay Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood, and John McVie. But Thursday night's concert left a hollow spot in my gypsy soul. The multi-Grammy-winning Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees haven't released any new material since 2003's "Say You Will." So this latest tour is to dust off the old chestnuts that continue to make this band a draw whether there's something new to pitch or not.
Fleetwood said in a recent interview, "For the very first time, we're going out on the road without an album. All of the energy is really about just getting out there and putting on a show that really resonates emotionally."
Mick, that sounds all well and good, so what happened?
On Thursday night, every one was on autopilot. It was like my old bar band days when we'd be like, "Let's collect the money and get the hell outta here" after singing an evening full of cover tunes. Then, the crowd loved it, so we had done our job. Same thing with Fleetwood Mac, who has now become a cover band of their own tunes. The crowd loved it, so they had done their job.
At least Stevie remembered what Florida city she was playing in. A few years ago, while I was reviewing a show in Philadelphia, Nicks blurted out, "Hello, Pittsburggggh!" This time it was, "Fort Lauderdaaaaaaaaale. It's great to be here!"
I so wholeheartedly wanted to embrace this iconic woman of rock, but I couldn't get beyond the Ghost of Nicks Past. On May 26, the rock chanteuse will be 61. Just for comparison's sake, a few months ago I caught Chrissie Hynde's show. The mascara-laden frontwoman of the Pretenders is 57, but she sure kicks it. And as long as I'm on the subject, freakin' Patti Smith is 62. And the high energy she exhibited at the last show I saw of hers in New York wasn't from a bunch of Red Bull's, but rather from a real passion.
But on Thursday night, it was Nicks, mostly, who had put herself on cruise control, propped up in front of a microphone, chortling out her greatest hits like "Dreams," "Rhiannon," "Sara," and "Gypsy."
Maybe what distracted me the most was my vantage point!
MY LIFE IN PICTURES.... STEVIE NCKS
Stevie Nicks is featured in the May 4, 2009
issue of People Magazine.
MY LIFE IN PICTURES:
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