21ST SHOW: Fleetwood Mac, Scotiabank Saddledome, Calgary Alberta, Canada, May 17, 2013

Fan photos

Fleetwood Mac performed in concert at the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary, Alberta on Friday night, the fourth of five consecutive shows in Canada.

Fan reaction (via Twitter)

@s_zeller
I’m currently in the same building as Stevie Nicks…I don’t even know how to handle myself #fleetwoodmac

@JulieJcv
#stevienicks is magical @fleetwoodmac #yyc

@taratheslone
Fleetwood Mac is blowing my mind. These songs should be examples to songwriters everywhere. #chuchofstevie

@MathewBWebster
Havin the best time!!!! #fleetwoodmac

@kyleshew
Fleetwood Mac is killing it in #yyc. So much respect for talent that is timeless. #fleetwood

@MikeFodchuk
Lindsey Buckingham is phenomenal #fleetwoodmac in #YYC

@buxombottles
Stevie Nicks is still The Queen!! #fabulousfridaynight #fleetwoodmac #yyc

@WBrettWilson
That guitar solo by #Buckingham might have been the highlight of the @FleetwoodMac concert – could have listened for an hour 😉

@Kcyca_89
@fleetwoodmac awesome show tonight! With @300zx_s pic.twitter.com/swFPMgZpKF

@paula_davies
Fleetwood Mac still sounding great! pic.twitter.com/3grYppco1U

@jenstravels2013
The most #amazingdrumsolelo ever by #mickfleetwood @fleetwoodmac !!!!!!!!

@Tom_Eldridge
Fleetwood Mac! Fleetwood Mac! Fleetwood Mac!
Awesome night!!!

@val_erriaa
Everything about tonight was perfect. Fleetwood Mac is perfect.

@RedDeerSteph
Blown away!!!!!! @fleetwoodmac #Calgary

@sydneyseidel
oh, and the Fleetwood Mac concert was fucking incredible

@katebruce
Amazing night at the Dome! #fleetwoodmac killed it! #yyc #calgary

@aidanstevens12
Mighty fine concert #Fleetwood #Mac #Crazy

@lorilynnecullen
@RealStevieNicks Looking fabulous and sounding amazing in Calgary tonight #yyc #fleetwoodmac

@YYCMusic
Final words from Fleetwood Mac: save the world and be kind. I can get behind that.

@itstwittybritty
I just watched Lindsey Buckingham do his “I’m cumming” face for two hours AND it was better than any sex I’ve EVER had #fleetwoodmac

@kimad_
Nobody wears a top hat like my imaginary cool aunt Stevie Nicks. #fleetwoodmac #yyc

Set list (unchanged since 5/12)

1. Second Hand News
2. The Chain
3. Dreams
4. Sad Angel
5. Rhiannon
6. Not That Funny
7. Tusk
8. Sisters of the Moon
9. Sara
10. Big Love
11. Landslide
12. Without You
13. Never Going Back Again
14. Gypsy
15. Eyes of the World
16. Gold Dust Woman
17. I’m So Afraid
18. Stand Back
19. Go Your Own Way
20. World Turning (first encore)
21. Don’t Stop
22. Silver Springs (second encore)
23. Say Goodbye

Videos

11. Landslide (courtesy of 1978msdaisy)
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDmlpeKUvX4]

11-12. Landslide/Never Going Back Again (partial) (courtesy of dave51885)
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZVHco-q3D1o]

Marking the 35th anniversary of its blockbuster album Rumours, Fleetwood Mac makes a tour stop at the Tacoma Dome.

By Gene Stout / Seattle Times
Friday, May 17, 2013

Concert preview

Fleetwood Mac

• 8 p.m. Monday
• Tacoma Dome, 2727 E. D St., Tacoma
• $53-$87 (800-745-3000 or www.ticketmaster.com)

Fleetwood Mac may still be singing old hits like “Second Hand News” and “Never Going Back Again,” but the band’s timeless songs continue to resonate with generations of fans.

If you were born the year the Grammy-winning band released its landmark album, Rumours, you’re about 35 or 36 years old now and maybe wondering where all the time went.

You can mark that milestone — and celebrate Fleetwood Mac’s commercial heyday — by buying the reissued 1977 album (with previously unreleased studio and live tracks) and acknowledging that you’re “getting older too,” as Stevie Nicks sings in the classic song “Landslide.”

“Don’t Stop (Thinking About Tomorrow),” one of the most enduring songs from Rumours, was already a classic when U.S. presidential candidate Bill Clinton used it as the theme song for his first campaign in 1992. He later persuaded the group to reunite for a performance at his inaugural ball in 1993 (Nicks had left in 1991 after a dispute with Mick Fleetwood).

So here it is 20 years later, and the Fleetwood Mac juggernaut is back on the road with “Don’t Stop” as the de facto theme song.

“Don’t Stop” was written by singer and keyboardist Christine McVie, who retired from the band in 1998. The current 34-city tour (which follows a three-year hiatus from the road) features original members (from 1967) Mick Fleetwood and John McVie, as well as Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham, who joined the band in 1975 and ushered in a more pop-oriented sound for the former British blues-rock group. The entourage includes a number of side players and backup vocalists.

The tour featuring such songs as “Dreams,” “Rhiannon,” “Tusk,” “Landslide,” “Gold Dust Woman,” “Don’t Stop” and “Go Your Own Way” includes a concert Monday night at the Tacoma Dome. (Announced last year, the trek marks the 35th anniversary of Rumours.)

Before the start of the tour, band members kept busy with other pursuits (except for John McVie, who spent the time mostly relaxing at home with his family in Hawaii).

Fleetwood opened a new restaurant, Fleetwood’s On Front Street in Lahaina, Maui, and continued to operate Mick Fleetwood’s Private Cellar, which has made wines from grapes sourced in California and Washington since 2002.

Meanwhile, Buckingham toured in support of his sixth solo album, Seeds We Sow, and Nicks launched a two-year tour coinciding with the release of her solo In Your Dreams CD, a collaboration with songwriter-producers Dave Stewart and Glen Ballard.

Still alluring at 64, Nicks last performed in Seattle in April 2011 as part of the “Heart & Soul Tour” with Rod Stewart.

Gene Stout: ge**@*******ut.com

By Steve Newton / Straight.com
Friday, May 17, 2013

It’s no surprise that Fleetwood Mac draws heavily from its most popular album, 1977’s Rumours, in concert. But according to setlist.fm, the group is performing no less than seven of the LP’s 11 tracks on its current world tour, which hits Vancouver this Sunday.

Unless the band decides at the last minute to stray from its current setlist, it’ll kick off the show with Rumours’ opening track, “Second Hand News,” and go on to include “The Chain,” “Dreams,” “Never Going Back Again,” “Gold Dust Woman,” “Go Your Own Way,” and the Bill Clinton-endorsed “Don’t Stop” during its 23-song engagement.

An eighth tune from the Rumours sessions, “Silver Springs” — which was released as the B-side to the “Go Your Own Way” single, and then included on the 1997 live album The Dance — is part of the show’s encore.

There could have been even more Rumours songs included on the tour, actually, if not for the fact that keyboardist-vocalist Christine McVie isn’t in the lineup anymore. If she were, songs she wrote and sang on the album like “Songbird,” “You Make Loving Fun,” and “Oh Daddy” might have made the cut.

The only reason the McVie-penned “Don’t Stop” made it into the current set is because guitarist-vocalist Lindsay Buckingham sings on it too. (Plus, he plays that sweet 20-second solo, don’t forget.)

By Mike Ross / Edmonton Sun
Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Some people are griping that Fleetwood Mac touring without a major new album — or Christine McVie — is just a “cash grab.”

So what of it? Gotta make a living somehow, to maintain the lifestyle to which they’ve become accustomed. All those scarves can’t be cheap. No one makes money selling records anymore, do they? But the one thing you can’t download is a live concert (never mind the canned horns in “Tusk”).

The plus side of the cash grab for Mac fans is that the remaining fantastic four Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks are solid. They should be. Since the band broke up for the first time, they’ve been touring on and off as long as they ever did back in the day, except maybe the epic Rumours tour. They’re more stable now, too, by the sounds of it. They’re all great musicians, and so the band has become nice and tight. Sure, Wednesday night at Rexall Place was just another gig in a long string not likely to end soon, but it was still special for that reason — because they’re working it, just like all the other classic rock bands out there.

Turns out Mac did release a new EP recently, very quietly, without any fuss. They pulled a new one tune at the show amongst the classics some 15,000 fans turned up to hear: “Sad Angel,” a brisk rocking groove, and somewhat downbeat message that may or may not be about the end of the world: “Hello, hello, sad angel, have you come to fight the war?” goes the line. Might have to let that one grow on you.

But admit it: Seems fans would rather have Christine McVie back than hear new Fleetwood Mac tunes. Most the thrills were reserved for the aforementioned classics: Like a double shot of “Second Hand News” and “The Chain” to open the show, showing the vocal talents of Buckingham and Nicks, respectively, their voices still blending wonderfully. “Dreams” — probably the band’s biggest commercial hit — was knocked off early, one of several favourites that showed the pair in fine form. The exes still seem to have a spark between them, some chemistry. During “The Chain,” Buckingham turned to his longtime musical and one—time sexual partner and put a little extra oomph into the line, “If you don’t love me now, you never will again!” That actually doesn’t make any sense when you think about it.

There are quibbles. At times it came off like the Lindsey Buckingham Show. Wasn’t it always, though? The guy remains a serious scary monster on the guitar, showing off great guns on a solo version of “Looking Out for Love” (Editor’s note: “Big Love”)— singing while playing an impossibly fast riff at the same time. Nicks made it an acoustic duo next with the lovely “Landslide,” giving of her own extra oomph to the line, “I’m getting older, too.”

It was cool to see the band playing with the arrangements of songs they must’ve played 10,000 times. “Save Me,” (Editor’s note: “Gold Dust Woman”) coming late in the show, was elongated into a psychedelic blues jam and showcased one of Nicks’ best performances. “Tusk,” one of Mac’s weirdest and most wonderful songs, started with a laid—back, almost ambient vibe before breaking into the jungle groove we all know, and did I mention the canned horns? Maybe it was a really, really good synth patch. There were a number of backing musicians and singers toiling in the shadows to fill in the spaces. The best moments were the most stripped down, however. Back in the spotlight not for the first or last time, Buckingham spindled and mutilated the melody to “Never Going Back Again,” making for a simple yet passionate performance that had a lot more soul than if it had been faithful to the studio version. He cranked out more blistering guitar solos later on, proving he’s really the guy driving this band — no offence to the competent and sturdy drumming of Mick Fleetwood, a heavy hitter if there ever was one.

The notion that the parts are greater than the sum in this case were put to rest when the band kicked it up a few notches for the home stretch to end two hours of living, breathing classic rock nostalgia.  “Go Your Own Way” was magic. It’s nice to see the old — timers up there working so hard.

 4 SUNS out of 5

 

By Sandra Sperounes / Edmonton Journal
Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Review: Fleetwood Mac

When: Wednesday night

Where: Rexall Place

EDMONTON – Tell me lies, tell me sweet little lies about Fleetwood Mac’s sold-out show at Edmonton’s soon-to-be-secondary hockey arena.

OK … how ’bout the foursome’s rendition of “Little Lies” felt like the sonic equivalent of hugging a pack of angels?

It didn’t, of course, because Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks, Mick Fleetwood and John McVie didn’t play the tune during Wednesday night’s concert. (Christine McVie sings lead on the 1987 hit — and she no longer tours with the band, preferring to hang out at home in England.)

Truth be told, Little Lies aren’t necessary — in their set list or about Fleetwood Mac’s show. The rockers, fronted by ex-lovers and hand-holders Buckingham and Nicks, took fans on an enchanting stroll through the ’70s and ’80s — filled with chimes, visuals of suns, stars and exploding glitter, and songs about love, poets, and gypsies.

The foursome, with at least four backup musicians, started their 2-1/2-hour set with a triple whammy of tunes from one of the biggest albums of the ’70s, Rumours — “Second Hand News,” “The Chain” and “Dreams.” These were soon followed by four songs from Fleetwood Mac’s difficult followup album, Tusk, which Buckingham described as their attempt to subvert the axiom of “If it works, run it into ground and move on” — using more words than he usually does in one of Saturday Night Live’s ongoing gags.

“Not That Funny” felt like a reworked Sex Pistols tune backed by a piano. The title track lurched like a drunk and giddy parade of elephants, complete with invisible horns. (You couldn’t see them, but they sounded real — so perhaps their players were hidden behind a wall of speakers, much like the band’s second drummer.) Then came two of Nicks’s bewitching numbers, “Sisters of the Moon” and “Sara,” which she sang as she gently swayed, playing with the layers of her black skirt or the ribbons dangling from her microphone stand.

Buckingham and his bandmates managed to squeeze in two new songs, “Sad Angel” and “Without You,” from Fleetwood Mac’s four-song EP, Extended Play, released with little fanfare on iTunes at the end of April. (And, most likely, the precursor to more material, according to the tanned frontman.)

“Sad Angel” was one of the night’s fastest and most straightforward rock tunes, while “Without You,” a lost song from the ’70s, featured Nicks and Buckingham singing about their first experiences in Los Angeles. Neither are examples of their best work as tunesmiths, but at least they didn’t sound out of place in the set list.

While Nicks can’t quite hit the high and sighing notes, her remaining range still sounds powerful, deftly cutting through the cacophony of her bandmates. If she sounded a wee bit dodgy on “Dreams,” she more than made up for it on “Landslide,” as Buckingham stood at her side, playing acoustic guitar. Cue the flood of tears, goosebumps, Bic lighters and a spontaneous choir of baby-boomers, their not-so-young children and a few grandkids.

Buckingham was the real star of the night. His voice is still supple — whooping on “Tusk,” spitting with punk rage on “Not That Funny,” screeching on “Big Love” — and he plays guitar like no one else. His fingers rippled like a waterfall over the strings of his acoustic guitar as he played a more delicate version of “Big Love,” “Landslide” and “Never Going Back Again.” So effortless, so understated, so humble.

May Fleetwood Mac come back … again and again. Next time, they’ll need to bring a unicorn (or winged horse) — and Christine.

ss********@*************al.com

Twitter.com/Sperounes

20TH SHOW: Fleetwood Mac, Rexall Place, Edmonton Alberta, Canada, May 15, 2013

Fan photos

Fleetwood Mac performed in concert at Rexall Place in Edmonton, Alberta on Wednesday night, the third of five consecutive shows in Canada.

Fan reaction (via Twitter)

@jessmatty
Tick one of the ol’ bucket list….@FleetwoodMac so awesome live!

@AmandaAsh
Love the sparkly scarves Stevie has draped over her mic stand #fleetwoodmac

@Murphy_16
@fleetwoodmac Stevie hasn’t aged a day. Unreal.

@jf17me
“There are still chapters to be written about Fleetwood Mac” #fleetwoodmac #yeg

@MarkYiu
Still rocking. #fleetwoodmac #yeg

@Northlands
Huge cheers as #fleetwoodmac starts singing Rhiannon! #Northlands

@BrettCooper7
#fleetwoodmac holly crap they have tele prompters!!!!

@JesseTWoodward
Rockin out to the Mac! @Fleetwoodmac that is!!! Great show so far

@brennancolleen
Landslide. Written in Colorado. Performed every concert says Stevie Nicks #fleetwoodMac

@squirrellygirl1
Awesome Fleetwood Mac concert! Everyone is singing along to “Landslide” 🙂 <3

@FineArtBaby
Landslide by Stevie Nicks amazing tonight! #fleetwoodmac

@Big_Nord
Some dude infrint of me just tried shazaming a song at the Fleetwood Mac concert. LOL!

@ptedward
Lindsey Buckingham is an absolute beast on the guitar … the passion in his voice is insane! How old is he? Wow! #fleetwoodmac

@AmandaAsh
Landslide. Acoustic. My heart melts. #fleetwoodmac

@Northlands
#Fleetwoodmac kicks it up a notch with Eyes of the World! #Northlands

@stephcoombs
Fleetwood Mac. This could very well be the best concert I’ve ever seen. @fleetwoodmac.

@sabrinabelcourt
I forever want to be Stevie Nicks when I grow up! #fleetwoodmac #coolestchickever #yeg #Rexallplace

‏@CurtisMyhovich
Lindsey Buckingham is a pretty good guitar player. #understatement #fleetwoodmac

@AmandaAsh
This is one of the best shows I’ve been to. Ever. Up there with Aerosmith and JT. #fleetwoodmac

@3Ted50
The videos on screen at the Fleetwood Mac concert are trippy and I’m sober. Wonder what they’d be like high… #ohthe70s

@JesseTWoodward
It’s the “Gold Dust Woman” herself, @Stevienicks!!! She’s running in the shadow with @fleetwoodmac

@Northlands
How do you follow up a fantastic guitar solo? With Stand Back! #Fleetwoodmac

@MarkYiu
Lindsey Buckingham is a guitar god. #fleetwoodmac

@SauveMacBean
Just witnessed one of the best guitar solos of my whole life. Lindsey Buckingham is the man! #Fleetwoodmac

@JesseTWoodward
@lindseybuckingham still knows how to bring down the house! Rock on @fleetwoodmac

@rhymes4aliving
Could listen to Lindsay Buckingham play all night. He is stunning on guitar. Wow. #fleetwoodmac

@Violet_Poon
One of the top 100 guitarists @Northlands! Yes Lindsey you are! #fleetwoodmac

@rhymes4aliving
Lordy how I miss good ol’ Rock n’ Roll! #fleetwoodmac

@BrettCooper7
@K97 @fleetwoodmac ok finished on unbelievable high!!!!!

@JesseTWoodward
@mickfleetwood is a legend!! Playing his heart out in @yeg. #fleetwoodmac

@AlizaGraham
Okay so best drum solo ever by nick fleetwood. #fleetwoodmac #woooo

@classiclemon
Fleetwood Mac. Almost over. Sniff. #yeg

@1193Gord
Fleetwood Mac put on an incredible show

@Teespoon00
@fleetwoodmac totally rocked #yeg! Amazing concert! #fleetwoodmac

@OlenkaT
“Take care of yourselves and take care of one another” -Mick Fleetwood #fleetwoodmac #yeg

@Linzyox
Such an amazing experience seeing Fleetwood Mac play live. I have such a lady boner for Stevie Nicks.

@ellie_sara
Holy fuck. The #fleetwoodmac concert @Northlands was the most incredible thing I have ever seen (and probably ever will).

@jf17me
Fleetwood Mac was simply amazing. Lindsay plays that guitar like a 20 year old. Thank you for coming to #Edmonton <3

@TheBelf7
Fleetwood Mac just blew my fucking mind! Lindsey Buckingham is still amazing.
#what’supwiththat?

@kylefox
Fleetwood Mac fucking rocked the house! “Gypsy” was incredible live. Amazingly talented folks. #yeg

@trymoregum
Whole lot of talent #fleetwoodmac unbelievable concert @861BigMac an evening to remember

@kaylyheuven
Such an amazing concert! I wish I had Stevie Nicks’ voice #fleetwoodmac

@jjbzippy
#Fleetwoodmac absolutely amazing, definitely had to let them get warmed up, but once they did they were hot!!!

@CRYAN2323
Hands down best concert ever #fleetwoodmac #unreal

@CarolAmadeoCBC
Amazing concert #fleetwoodmac. They put their heart & soul into it. Buckingham

@janesfilms
#Fleetwood Mac was incredible! Lindsey looked right at me and made a kissy face, I melted!

@AmandaAsh
What a show. Pure art. No ego. #fleetwoodmac

@inuversally
38 years ago today Fleetwood Mac performed together for the first time and they still got it

@JessPatQuinn
Fleetwood Mac was a transformative experience and I’m really glad they lived long enough for me to see them live.

Set list (unchanged since 5/12)

1. Second Hand News
2. The Chain
3. Dreams
4. Sad Angel
5. Rhiannon
6. Not That Funny
7. Tusk
8. Sisters of the Moon
9. Sara
10. Big Love
11. Landslide
12. Never Going Back Again
13. Without You
14. Gypsy
15. Eyes of the World
16. Gold Dust Woman
17. I’m So Afraid
18. Stand Back
19. Go Your Own Way
20. World Turning (first encore)
21. Don’t Stop
22. Silver Springs (second encore)
23. Say Goodbye

Videos

2. The Chain (courtesy of Ovi-Wan Kenobi)
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yLpP8TPe2M]

8. Sisters of the Moon (courtesy of Ovi-Wan Kenobi)
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8c3R1SgXlJg]

9. Sara (courtesy of Ovi-Wan Kenobi)
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btNR0XRYGiw]

18. Stand Back (courtesy of Ovi-Wan Kenobi)
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCGQMjx001Y]

22. Silver Springs (courtesy of Ovi-Wan Kenobi)
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TYFCGik5IE]

23. Say Goodbye, final remarks (courtesy of Ovi-Wan Kenobi)
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swC4Jzmue0Y

Special thanks to Ovi-Wan Kenobi for making these clips available.

By Cam Fuller / The Star Phoenix
Wednesday, May 15, 2013

There have been more than a few rumours of its demise since it formed more than 45 years ago, but Fleetwood Mac has survived it all: a foggy pre-history in British blues, unmanageable success, divorce, breakups, reunions, flops, side projects and rehab.

They’re touring the world again, just like they did 35 years ago when the Rumours album made history with all of its No. 1 singles and sales of some 50 million.

Home to about 16 musicians at one time or another, the band’s current lineup (but for the absence of the retired and missed Christine McVie) is the one everybody cares about the most: Mick Fleetwood on drums, John McVie on Bass, Lindsey Buckingham on guitars and Stevie Nicks playing tambourine (and, yes, doing some singing!)

To remind us of its greatness, the band — with backing players and singers — started Tuesday’s show at Credit Union Centre with indelible Rumours monster hits like “Second Hand News,” “The Chain” and “Dreams.” They could have played the whole album, in order, without a complaint.

Buckingham was the straw that stirred the drink throughout the concert. He pogoed and did guitar faces during the new song “Sad Angel,” he asserted his guitar mastery on Big Love, playing expansively, flawlessly and fast. For “Never Going Back Again,” also on acoustic, he looked like a classical guitarist who moonlights as a rocker. He was lathered up in his leather by then. “Make note that he’s sexy,” said an advice-giver in the crowd. Uh, no.

Nicks, in her velvet, layered skirt and platformed booties, moved with difficulty when she walked. She seemed so fragile, like a Victorian porcelain doll. The line in “Landslide,” “I’m getting older too,” was extra poignant. But she’s still Stevie Nicks, dammit, and despite the fact her high end is gone, she makes you remember her as the cool, aloof girl that’s too too.

After reportedly just showing up the last time they were here, the band worked like mad to impress, and they did. It is kind of mind blowing that the same band that did the simple, sad “Landslide” also turned out the coolest weird song ever in “Tusk.” This was an early show stopper, done real savage-like with images of teeth and totems on the screen and faded old video of the USC marching band.

At well over two hours, fans got most of the best, relived more than a few youthful memories and got to see part of what rock history is made of.

© Copyright (c) The StarPhoenix

19th SHOW: Fleetwood Mac, Credit Union Sports & Entertainment Centre, Saskatoon SK, Canada, May 14, 2013

Fleetwood Mac performed in concert at the Credit Union Sports & Entertainment Centre in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in central Canada on Tuesday evening.

Fan reaction (via Twitter)

@JacquiThome
Stevie she’s still got it #fleetwoodmac #awesome

@britrobcbc
Stevie Nicks rockin out @CUCSK tonight. Hooray for @FleetwoodMac

@megan_ORR
The only people standing & dancing in front of me are 3 muscular guys… & a guy just threw a beer at them! #fleetwoodmac #concert #yxe

@Shelby___Ann
Cried during the opening song of Fleetwood Mac.. #sogood

@sarah_bury
Lindsey buckingham you still got it!! #rockstar #fleetwoodmac

@dCampz__
in the presence of a musical goddess!. Stevie love yu!.