Lindsey's "Tusk Like" Wardrobe Change - Columbus, OH April 18, 2009

FLEETWOOD MAC LIVE 

COLUMBUS, OHIO - APRIL 18, 2009

Lindsey Sports New Duds at the Columbus show.... Very TUSK like!

STEVIE NICKS' Acid Trip... Without the Acid!

GOLD DUST WOMAN..... 

COLUMBUS, OHIO - APRIL 18, 2009

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REVIEW: Fleetwood Mac Columbus April 18, 2009

Band's history creates winning night of hits

BY CURTIS SCHIEBER
COLUMBUS DISPATCH

Fleetwood Mac led a packed Nationwide Arena Saturday night in perhaps the biggest, loudest singalong heard in Columbus in some time. Touring with no album newer than 2003's Say You Will and the vast majority of its material more than 20 years old, the group was clearly out to play the hits-and maybe make a buck.

With singer-songwriter Christine McVie no longer on board, the weight was more than ever on Lindsey Buckingham to play ringmaster over the famously disparate elements of the band. He said the four members agreed to "just go out there and have fun."

Augmented by five other instrumentalists and singers, they delivered on the promise. Buckingham was clearly the MVP, never leaving the stage for the more-than two-hour show and working up a sweat while singing and banging on his guitar.

He made songs such as Monday Morning, Go Your Own Way and his own Go Insane hard-driving and precise pop. He led the band in a dynamically delivered version of the strange Tusk.

It was plain from the beginning, though, that the killer rhythm section of Mick Fleetwood on drums and John McVie on bass-the namesake and only constant thread in the 40-plus year band saga-are still the foundation of its sound.

Distinctive as the two were when the band played blues in the 1960s, they lent their stamp last night to The Chain and many more hits.

Buckingham mentioned the group's famed romantic entanglements. Last night that was evident as he and Stevie Nicks stood at opposite ends of the stage while the video screen artificially brought them within inches for dramatic effect.

More than once Buckingham carried the ball for Nicks, who looked half-awake. During Second Hand News she seemed to barely follow the tune's clip. During frequent trips to the dressing room she looked like she might fall off her high heels.

Introducing Gypsy with a nonsensical rap, Nicks suggested that San Francisco's "Summer of Love" and the Velvet Underground together inspired the song. (In reality, the two musical cultures were as far apart as the thousands of miles that separated their scenes.)

Still, Nicks' distance-and the three dresses, a half-dozen scarves, top hat and tambourine-didn't detract from a winning night of non-stop hits.

Soundstage | Live in Chicago | Crystal Visions | Greatest Hits Sales Data

Sales Data Update: For the Week Ending 04/12/09

Fleetwood Mac "Greatest Hits"

Catalog Album Sales Top 200

Position: #26 (Previous Week #22)

Sales: 3,972 (Previous Week 3,821 Increase of 4%)

Accumulated: 4,200,040

Fleetwood Mac "Greatest Hits"

Comprehensive Albums Top 200

Position: #19 (Previous Week #178)

Sales: 3,972

Stevie Nicks "Crystal Visions"

Catalog Album Sales Top 200

Position: #143 (Previous Week #117 Decrease of 7%)

Sales: 1,712 (Previous Week 1,837)

Accumulated: 273,383

Stevie Nicks "The Soundstage Sessions"

Billboard Top 200 Albums

Position #146 (Previous Week #47 Decrease of 62%)

Sales: 4,908 (Previous Week 13,052)

Accumulated: 18,038

Stevie Nicks "The Soundstage Sessions"

Comprehensive Albums Top 200

Position: #162 (Previous Week #48 Decrease of 62%)

Sales: 4,908 (Previous Week 13,052)

Stevie Nicks "The Soundstage Sessions"

Top Current Rock Albums

Position: #47 (Previous Week #15 Decrease of 62%)

Stevie Nicks "The Soundstage Sessions"

Top Album Retailer

Position: #95 (Previous Week #29 Decrease of 64%)

Sales: 2,218 (Previous Week 6,100)

Stevie Nicks "The Soundstage Sessions"

Top Internet Albums

Position: #35 (Previous Week #5 Decrease of 76%)

Sales: 770 (Previous Week 3,267)

Stevie Nicks "Live In Chicago" DVD

Top DVD Sales

Position: #2 (Previous Week #1 Decrease of 57%)

Sales: 3,372 (Previous Week 7,851)

Accumulated Sales: 11,261

PHOTOS: Fleetwood Mac Live in Philadelphia, PA April 15, 2009

Fleetwood Mac Live 
The Wachovia Center, Philadelphia, PA
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Photos By: Jim Rinald

REVIEW: Fleetwood Mac Live in Cleveland April 17, 2009

Fleetwood Mac doesn't stop thinking about yesteryear in hit-stacked concert at The Q

by John Soeder

Plain Dealer 

April 18, 2009

"Ooooo, don't you look back," Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks sang at the end of "Don't Stop."

And if the irony of singing "Ooooo, don't you look back" after spending more than two hours doing nothing but looking back wasn't lost on them, they didn't show it.

Without a new album to promote, Fleetwood Mac stared deep into the rearview mirror Friday night at The Q, yielding a concert stacked with classic-rock hits.

A sprightly "Monday Morning" got the proceedings off to a galloping start, followed in short order by "The Chain" and "Dreams." The arena was approximately two-thirds full, with most of the top tier curtained off.

Half-apologizing for not having any fresh material to play, Buckingham explained the rationale behind the band's latest road trip: "Let's just go out there and have fun."

Mission accomplished, to the tune of guaranteed crowd-pleasers such as "Gypsy," "Tusk" and "Go Your Own Way."

Besides Buckingham and Nicks, the core lineup included founding members Mick Fleetwood on drums and John McVie on bass. They're all in their 60s.

In the middle of several particularly intense musical passages, various band members clutched their chests, feigning cardiac arrest. At least it looked as if they were only faking it.

Two sidemen and three backing vocalists fleshed out the sound nicely, especially on the intricate, harmony-laden "Sara."

A twangy stab at "Say You Love Me" (originally popularized by Christine McVie, who went her own way more than a decade ago) was among the evening's few surprises. Ditto a suitably overcast "Storms," a ballad off 1979's "Tusk" album that Fleetwood Mac hadn't played live prior to this tour.

Buckingham and Nicks also touched on their solo careers, by way of "Go Insane" and "Stand Back," respectively.

Early on, Buckingham joked about the group's "fairly complex and convoluted emotional history." As usual, that history was milked for all it's worth.

The poignant "Landslide" was a highlight, with ex-lovers Buckingham and Nicks alone onstage for a stripped-down duet. They also looked into each other's eyes as they traded barbs via "Second Hand News."

The latter tune was prefaced with a long-winded introduction courtesy of Buckingham, who babbled on about "emotional opposites" and the song's elements of sadness, aggression and humor.

He fared better when he let the music do the talking, most notably when he punctuated a jaw-dropping "I'm So Afraid" with a cathartic guitar solo.

At times, you got the impression that Buckingham might snap up there -- and thank goodness. His emotionally raw vocals and unhinged guitar heroics stole the show.

Sure, this was essentially one big nostalgia trip. Yet thanks largely to Buckingham's efforts, at least it was a trip worth taking.

For her part, Nicks was in fine voice as she led various well-received excursions into the mystic, via "Rhiannon" and other spellbinding oldies. And if there was any lingering doubt about it, "Gold Dust Woman" reaffirmed that nobody -- but nobody -- works a shawl like Fleetwood Mac's leading lady.

SET LIST:

"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"

ALL THE SHAWLS, FEATHERS AND TOP HATS YOU COULD WANT

Stevie Nicks, Live in Chicago: Also available as a CD titled The Soundstage Sessions, Nicks' latest live DVD finds Fleetwood Mac's witchy woman in good spirits and fine form, braying her hits, Mac classics and cool covers for PBS cameras in the Windy City. The two-hour set also features plenty of between-song banter, guest spots from Vanessa Carlton, and all the shawls, feathers and top hats you could want.

London Free Press

FLEETWOOD MAC RULE

Headliners: Fleetwood Mac

By Chris DeVille

ColumbusAlive.com

I think I speak for most of my generation when I say I'm familiar enough with Fleetwood Mac to know they rule, but not so much that I can adequately explain why. Throughout my 25 years, I've gleaned that Bill Clinton is a big fan, the members slept around with each other a lot and "Go Your Own Way" is a monster jam.

In the same way that Hall & Oates' soft-core soul has gained currency with America's youth, Fleetwood Mac has earned that vaguely kitschy, mostly genuine seal of approval. But I must admit I'm behind the curve.

With the band playing Nationwide Arena Saturday, now seems like a good time to learn more about the rock legends and pass along my discoveries to my fellow noobs. (This will also allow elitist Fleetwood Mac fans out there, if such people exist, a chance to look down their noses at me.)

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