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  • CONCERT VIDEOS: Fleetwood Mac Live @ Omnisports de Paris-Bercy

    CONCERT VIDEOS: Fleetwood Mac Live @ Omnisports de Paris-Bercy

    Fleetwood Mac performed in concert at Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy (or abbreviated as Bercy or POPB) in Paris on Friday night, the 12th show of the highly successful European tour. The unique concert venue, known for its pyramidal shape and lawn-covered walls, has hosted big-name acts, such as Madonna, Bruce Springsteen, Jay Z, and Beyoncé.

    Stevie dedicated “Landslide” to a waiter named Anthony, who took care of Stevie and her friends during a three week stay in Paris.

    At the end of the show, Mick thanked the audience and gave his customary goodbye speech:

    “We have had a ball! No doubt, Stevie, Lindsey, and John would say the following: Thank you so much for making this possible. We truly are incredibly lucky, like Stevie said, to still be doing what we love to do. And no doubt, without you guys and girls, we cannot do this without you. So thank you so very much. No doubt, again, not a night goes by without us saying, take care of yourselves, and more importantly, in this sometimes extremely crazy world we do live in, be kind to one another. We love you so very much. And remember, the Mac is back!”

    The tour moves southeast to Zurich, Switzerland, where Fleetwood Mac will perform a Sunday night concert at the Hallenstadion.

    Scroll down the page for concert videos, fan reaction, set list, and more pictures from the show. Above photos by Patrice Guido @ RockerParis.

    Videos

    Second Hand News (courtesy of BrunoSantosOrg)

    The Chain (courtesy of papillote88)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nsSx7b9IYg

    Dreams (courtesy of Julien Flamand)

    Dreams (courtesy of a music lover in Paris)

    Sad Angel (courtesy of MrRogersRocks2)

    Rhiannon (courtesy of Slashtwobaz)

    Not That Funny (courtesy of Pierre Delort)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8pUP7q_ils

    Tusk (courtesy of Taliassima)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9oKoAP89So

    Tusk (courtesy melouzaza)

    Sisters of the Moon (courtesy of Pierre Delort)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GqUv8FUrLE

    Sara (courtesy of zerockerparis)

    Sara (courtesy of a music lover in Paris)

    Big Love (courtesy of Julien Flamand)

    Landslide (courtesy of Julien Flamand)

    Landslide (courtesy of Pierre Delort)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMmG6bV2WcI

    Never Going Back Again (courtesy of Pierre Delort)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2qVe2_kYBg

    Without You, Go Your Own Way & World Turning (courtesy of lou lympia)

    Gypsy (courtesy of Pierre Delort)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y32axX8rJFU

    Gold Dust Woman – partial (courtesy of regineclanet)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMMDA6_nw-I

    Go Your Own Way (courtesy of agadsa)

    Go Your Own Way (courtesy of Slashtwobaz)

    World Turning (courtesy of papillote88)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gceK4zjEqWQ

    Don’t Stop w/ band introductions (courtesy of kingsx)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWG_QfwkUI4

    Don’t Stop (courtesy of MrRogerRocks2)

    Don’t Stop (courtesy of a music lover in Paris)

    Say Goodbye (courtesy of Pierre Delort)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Uj3eJFXOyQ

    Fan photos

    Fan reaction via Twitter


    https://twitter.com/danielhayter/status/388731387014311936


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    Paris setlist

    01. Second Hand News 13. Without You
    02. The Chain 14. Gypsy
    03. Dreams 15. Eyes of the World
    04. Sad Angel 16. Gold Dust Woman
    05. Rhiannon 17. I’m So Afraid
    06. Not That Funny 18. Stand Back
    07. Tusk 19. Go Your Own Way
    08. Sisters of the Moon 20. World Turning
    09. Sara 21. Don’t Stop
    10. Big Love 22. Silver Springs
    11. Landslide 23. Say Goodbye
    12. Never Going Back Again

    European tour dates
    20 Sep O2 Dublin Dublin, Ireland
    21 Sep O2 Dublin Dublin, Ireland
    24 Sep O2 Arena London, Great Britain
    25 Sep O2 Arena London, Great Britain
    27 Sep O2 Arena London, Great Britain
    29 Sep LG Arena Birmingham, Great Britain
    01 Oct Manchester Arena Manchester, Great Britain
    03 Oct Hydro Glasgow, Great Britain
    06 Oct Lanxess Arena Cologne, Germany
    07 Oct Ziggo Dome Amsterdam, Netherlands
    09 Oct Sport Palais Antwerp, Belguim
    11 Oct Bercy Paris, France
    13 Oct Hallenstadion Zurich, Switzerland
    14 Oct Schleyerhalle Stuttgart, Germany
    16 Oct O2 World Berlin, Germany
    18 Oct Jyske Bank Boxen Herning, Denmark
    20 Oct Oslo Spektrum Oslo, Norway
    23 Oct Globen Stockholm, Sweden
    26 Oct Ziggo Dome Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • AUDIO: Christine McVie chooses the 'Tracks of My Years'

    AUDIO: Christine McVie chooses the 'Tracks of My Years'

    Christine McVie picks her 'Tracks of My Life' with Ken Bruce. (BBC Radio 2)
    Christine McVie picks the ‘Tracks of My Life’ with Ken Bruce. (BBC Radio 2)

    This week, former Fleetwood Mac band member Christine McVie chooses the Tracks Of My Years and she opens with a classic Beach Boys song from their groundbreaking album Pet Sounds along with a Steely Dan track featured on their acclaimed long player Gaucho. Plus there’s the Record and Album Of The Week and the Monday round of PopMaster. Christine McVie joined Fleetwood Mac in 1970 while married to founder member John McVie. She left the band in 1998 shortly after Fleetwood Mac was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Christine is currently working on new solo material which is planned for a forthcoming album which she describes as marking a return to her musical sound from the seventies.

    Christine McVie – Tracks of My Years
    DURATION: 15:26
    Former Fleetwood Mac band member Christine McVie picks the music for Tracks of My Years.

    Tracklisting

    God Only Knows – The Beach Boys
    Babylon Sisters – Steely Dan
    I Know You’re Out There Somewhere – The Moody Blues
    Man Of The World – Fleetwood Mac
    Let’s Dance – David Bowie
    That Ole Devil Called Love – Billie Holiday
    Raspberry Beret – Prince
    Races Are Run – Buckingham Nicks
    Smoke On The Water – Deep Purple
    Mexico – James Taylor

    Listen to Christine McVie’s comments

  • Fleetwood Mac: The carry-on gang

    Fleetwood Mac: The carry-on gang

    MICK Fleetwood looks like a bohemian Santa with his bushy white beard, pastel shirt, black waistcoat and flat cap. Not all his tales from the rock ‘n’ roll frontline are as jolly as his appearance, though. At one point he has to choke back tears of regret. He has lived a life of such abandon that he admits he is lucky to still be here. “I’ve inherited some good genes,” he explains.

    It is often reported Fleetwood put $8 million of cocaine up his nose and, though this is an exaggeration, he says, if he hadn’t stopped consuming the drug so vigorously “the next stop would have been a wooden box.”

    His former bandmate in Fleetwood Mac, Christine McVie, tells me the men in the band used to rack out lines of coke like “blooming great rails”, whereas she and Stevie Nicks, the female contingent, would restrict themselves to “ladylike” portions, carried around their necks in jewelled buckles that had dainty silver spoons inside.

    “It was the 1970s,” she says with a shrug. “There was a lot going around.”

    Fleetwood says: “I’m not advocating cocaine at all, but the truth is, I had a good time. But then, without realising it, you’re getting too out of it. You’re sleeping for three days, or you’re up for nine days or whatever. And eventually you don’t feel good at any time.”

    He quit taking coke “a long time ago”, but the booze has been harder to let go. “I haven’t been drunk for five months now,” he announces.

    With a 46-date tour of the US about to begin soon after we meet, followed by European and Australian gigs, he has had to shape up. “I knew I was drinking too much,” he says. “And the more I don’t drink, the more I realise I was really drinking too much.

    Why still so excessive? Fleetwood is 66. Aren’t these meant to be the golden years, where living is easy?

    “We’re all still learning to take care of ourselves,” he says, “because Fleetwood Mac have worked really hard at pushing some envelopes. And of course you’ve got to change your behaviours, but I’ve had moments – really not that long ago – where I wasn’t getting it. I was still behaving like I was 32 years old, and you can’t be doing that shit. I suppose I was late getting off the bus.”

    Perhaps it has also been the process of writing his autobiography, Play On, due to be published next year, that has helped Fleetwood to take stock and start implementing some changes. Toning down his lifestyle has not been easy – playing rock ‘n’ roll is practically all he has ever done (aside from dabbling as a restaurateur, with rather mixed results).

    He was born in 1947 in Redruth, Cornwall, to a military family. His grandfather, John, was killed at Gallipoli in World War I, and his father, Mike, served in the RAF in World War II. Like many army brats, Mick was sent to boarding school, but hated it because he was an undiagnosed dyslexic and, as a result, “didn’t learn shit”.

    This gave him a lifelong fear of structured learning. “To this day, I don’t know what I’m doing,” he confesses.

    “I actually don’t know what a verse is, or a chorus. You can sing a song and show me, but don’t give me a bit of paper and say, ‘Oh, you know, that bit there’.”

    He says he is nervous about touring and still suffers from severe stage fright. “I’m just hoping I don’t forget all my parts.”

    It seems extraordinary that he still feels so shaky, despite having spent the past 47 years performing in one of the most commercially successful British rock bands since the Beatles.

    “It goes way back,” he says. “So this is going to be interesting. I’ll have a glass of wine beforehand, but I don’t want to drink myself into a stupor just so I don’t get frightened. If I have four glasses of wine during a show, that’s cool, so long as I don’t get on the plane and finish off two more bottles.”

    It is also surprising how raw he seems. I suspect he may be playing up to his own mythology a little – he is a self-confessed drama queen – but the disquiet seems real. I ask if his fear of not feeling is ultimately the fear of losing his creativity. “It’s more a fear of losing my life,” he says dramatically.

    Fleetwood left school as soon as he could, at 16, and moved to London to join the thriving blues scene. In this milieu he would meet bass guitarist John McVie, son of a west London sheet-metal worker, and they formed a band in 1967 with the guitarist Peter Green, who was a big star back then, but also a troubled soul who hated the limelight. So Green named the group after its rhythm section: Fleetwood Mac.

    Success would follow, as did numerous line-up changes. Green dropped too much acid and developed schizophrenia, and a series of other guitarists each had their own failings. One, Danny Kirwan, was highly strung and wept while he played; another, Bob Weston, was sacked after an affair with Fleetwood’s first wife, Jenny; and a third, Jeremy Spencer, popped out of a hotel in Los Angeles to buy a newspaper, joined a religious cult and never returned.

    When things fell apart it was often Fleetwood who rallied the troops and kept things going. He even became the band’s manager for a spell. “Mick would never let it end,” McVie says. “Fleetwood Mac is his baby.”

    Having moved to the US with the band in the early 1970s after a career lull, Fleetwood met two penniless musicians in Los Angeles, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, then a couple, and invited them to join.

    The first record they did together in 1975, Fleetwood Mac, was a hit that sold five million copies. But their career zenith arrived a year later with the release of the follow-up, Rumours. To date, the album has sold more than 40 million copies and is the ninth bestseller of all time.

    What made Rumours such a powerful piece of work was an almost perfect storm of dysfunction that engulfed its creators and which still affects the band now. As they recorded the album in Sausalito, California, Buckingham and Nicks’s 10-year relationship was ending; the eight-year marriage of the other couple in the band, Christine and John McVie, had just imploded; and Fleetwood’s marriage to model Jenny Boyd, with whom he has two daughters, had also recently collapsed.

    To make matters even more intense, their failed relationships became the subject of the bitter break-up lyrics that were artfully juxtaposed with sweet soft-rock melodies.

    But despite the shared heartbreak (and mutual loathing, depending on who was in the room together), all could hear the music’s potential. Songs such as Dreams and Go Your Own Way would take them to the top of the charts in record-breaking style – “Michael Jackson territory” is how Buckingham describes it. So they famously anaesthetised themselves with cocaine from an ever-present velvet bag to endure the recording. Keep numb and carry on.

    “Imagine your relationship fell apart, but you had children, and you both have to put your shit away to some extent and make sure the children aren’t damaged,” Fleetwood says.

    “The band was our child. We got through it, and not without some damage emotionally. Plus, it was the only thing we knew.”

    Well, almost. Fleetwood also knew how to party. The bandmate he is most similar to in this regard, he says, is Nicks, the witchy blonde rock goddess whose long, and ultimately successful, struggle with cocaine and tranquillisers is well documented. “We’re totally driven by drama,” Fleetwood says. “I think we’re calming down a bit, but we’re terrified of not feeling. So if nothing’s happening you’ll worry yourself into creating a drama just so you’ve got something to react to. It’s sort of an addiction, really.”

    And a highly lucrative addiction it has been, thanks to Fleetwood Mac’s ability to convert personal tragedy into musical alchemy. Rumours made the five members of Fleetwood Mac – the “classic” line-up – extremely rich. Estimates of the net worth of Buckingham (guitar, vocals, production), Nicks (vocals, tambourine), Christine McVie (keyboard, vocals) and John McVie (bass) range from $45m up to $65m.

    Estimates for Fleetwood’s haul are markedly more moderate: about $9m. This is partly because he has not been as prolific a songwriter as other members: he’s the drummer, so earns more from touring than from royalties.

    He has also lost a fortune on bad property deals and failed restaurants, though this hasn’t deterred him from opening another, Fleetwood’s on Front St, on the Hawaiian island of Maui, where he lives (he recently separated from his third wife, Lynn). A “Mick’s Margarita” from the cocktail menu includes tequila, elderflower liqueur, fresh-pressed lime juice, agave nectar and is “capped with Mick’s Pinot Noir.”

    For years after Rumours, the private-jet lifestyle kept running into turbulence. Band members were papering over the cracks, which must surely have widened when Fleetwood and Nicks had a fling, although Buckingham, her ex, denies it caused a problem.

    “It was a reflection of the times we were living in,” he tells me. “You can’t separate individual acts from the times. Stevie was prolific in that way, shall we say, and so was Mick – and so was I.

    “So it never really bothered me at all. I had dealt with the hurt of losing Stevie long before that.”

    But at least Fleetwood was gentleman enough to tell Buckingham about the affair in person before he heard any rumours. “He came over to my house and sat me down at my kitchen table and said, ‘Me and Stevie are an item’, ” Buckingham says. “And I said, ‘Oh, OK.’ Because, really, should I have been surprised?”

    The bubble was always going to burst. Christine McVie went on to date the Beach Boy Dennis Wilson – another renowned sybarite – before eventually burning out in the late 90s, selling her LA mansion and moving to a farmhouse in England’s Kent to lead a “solitary life”. This, she tells me, has recently become “rather lonely – apart from my brother and sister-in-law I still don’t know anyone down here”. She keeps in touch with the band, but insists she has no plans to rejoin them.

    Buckingham, meanwhile, left Fleetwood Mac for nine years before returning in 1996. “We were Bonnie and Clyde, me and Stevie, and Lindsey got fed up with it,” Fleetwood says. “But he left out of fear – he didn’t want to be around us, because we were too stoned.

    “Only recently, he admitted that he was really frightened that Stevie was going to die, and he didn’t want to be around it. That’s a really deep-rooted regard for someone.

    “And that’s [his voice is suddenly trembling and his eyes are moist, but the British stiff upper lip fast reasserts itself] … that’s part of our whole thing.”

    Predictably, this isn’t quite the way Buckingham recalls it. “Frightened may not be the right word,” he says evenly. “It was more frustrated. Or maybe I was frightened, but for myself.

    “Everyone in that subculture thought that drugs were what you had to do; that turned out to be a load of crap. You can be just as creative when you’re sober.

    “There was this idea that we were somehow rejecting values we didn’t believe in. And the irony was that we ended up becoming just as decadent as the things we were railing against.”

    As the US tour got under way in April, news broke that Fleetwood’s third marriage had crumbled. It was reported that he had filed for joint custody of his twin 11-year-old daughters. I wondered whether he would find succour among his bandmates, and whether he would conquer his demons on the road.

    Months later, I spoke to Stevie Nicks and asked how things were going.

    “I don’t know what’s come over Mick, but he’s on fire,” she said. “He’s playing better than he’s ever played. He’s rocking on that stage.”

    According to Nicks, Fleetwood had been venting everything during the shows – but not in the bar afterwards. The party animal had remained in his cage.

    “I’m up there on stage looking at everybody and thinking this is amazing, because we’re all sober up here,” Nicks intoned in a husky voice full of warmth and melancholy.

    “Nobody’s drunk. And we’re all having an incredible time.”

    Nicks also revealed she and Buckingham had only recently made their peace, after falling out in 2003 over creative differences (neither will elaborate).

    So it seems peace has finally broken out among the ranks of Fleetwood Mac. God only knows whether it will last. There is even talk of a new album. The band brought out a four-track EP, Extended Play, in April, their first new material for 10 years, and it has been warmly received by fans and critics. Naturally it’s full of elegiac songs about dysfunctional relationships and aching hearts.

    “This might sound corny,” Fleetwood had said to me just before we said goodbye, “but the biggest rumour about Fleetwood Mac is that we don’t really like each other.

    “I understand why people would think that, after everything we’ve said and done. But the reality is, we love each other. We just push the wrong buttons.”

    Fleetwood Mac’s Australian tour starts in Sydney on November 10, followed by concerts in the Hunter Valley, Adelaide, Perth, Melbourne, Geelong and Brisbane.

    Matt Munday / The Australian (Subscription) / Friday, October 12, 2013 

  • CONCERT VIDEOS: Fleetwood Mac @ Sportpaleis, Antwerp

    CONCERT VIDEOS: Fleetwood Mac @ Sportpaleis, Antwerp

    Fleetwood Mac performed in concert at Sportpaleis (Sport Palace) in Antwerp, Belgium, on Wednesday night, playing before 15,000 fans — another sellout show. The stop in Antwerp marks the 11th show of the European tour and 57th show overall. According to Billboard magazine, Sportpaleis ranks among the top large-capacity venues in the world, sharing the honor with such iconic hot spots like Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena and New York’s Madison Square Garden.

    The next stop for the band will be Paris, France, where Fleetwood Mac will perform a Friday night show at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy (Bercy) concert hall.

    Videos

    Second Hand News (courtesy of Dave Lux)

    The Chain (courtesy of Frans Stheins)

    Dreams (courtesy of Wishbox2000)

    Sad Angel (courtesy of Dave Lux)

    Rhiannon (courtesy of territory33)

    Rhiannon (courtesy of Georg Kotschy)

    Tusk (courtesy of Casameleolanda)

    Sara (courtesy of Frans Stheins)

    Big Love (courtesy of territory33)

    Landslide (courtesy of Georg Kotschy)

    Never Going Back Again (courtesy of nello salvat)

    I’m So Afraid (courtesy of territory33)

    Go Your Own Way (courtesy of Kasper Eland)

    Go Your Own Way (courtesy of reinventurself)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyxZUiog9vU

    World Turning (courtesy of Casameleolanda)

    Don’t Stop (courtesy of Dirk Raeymaekers)

    Don’t Stop (courtesy of Wishbox2000)

    Fan reaction via Twitter


    https://twitter.com/PvRixtel/status/388012346553417728


    https://twitter.com/RaniSimons/status/388026145742278656


    https://twitter.com/EvaBredabaan/status/388071395147513856
    https://twitter.com/MarcLeBruyn/status/388071055921000448


    https://twitter.com/jans6299/status/388073745979826177

    Antwerp setlist
    01. Second Hand News 13. Without You
    02. The Chain 14. Gypsy
    03. Dreams 15. Eyes of the World
    04. Sad Angel 16. Gold Dust Woman
    05. Rhiannon 17. I’m So Afraid
    06. Not That Funny 18. Stand Back
    07. Tusk 19. Go Your Own Way
    08. Sisters of the Moon 20. World Turning
    09. Sara 21. Don’t Stop
    10. Big Love 22. Silver Springs
    11. Landslide 23. Say Goodbye
    12. Never Going Back Again

    European tour dates
    20 Sep O2 Dublin Dublin, Ireland
    21 Sep O2 Dublin Dublin, Ireland
    24 Sep O2 Arena London, Great Britain
    25 Sep O2 Arena London, Great Britain
    27 Sep O2 Arena London, Great Britain
    29 Sep LG Arena Birmingham, Great Britain
    01 Oct Manchester Arena Manchester, Great Britain
    03 Oct Hydro Glasgow, Great Britain
    06 Oct Lanxess Arena Cologne, Germany
    07 Oct Ziggo Dome Amsterdam, Netherlands
    09 Oct Sport Palais Antwerp, Belguim
    11 Oct Bercy Paris, France
    13 Oct Hallenstadion Zurich, Switzerland
    14 Oct Schleyerhalle Stuttgart, Germany
    16 Oct O2 World Berlin, Germany
    18 Oct Jyske Bank Boxen Herning, Denmark
    20 Oct Oslo Spektrum Oslo, Norway
    23 Oct Globen Stockholm, Sweden
    26 Oct Ziggo Dome Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • CONCERT VIDEOS: Fleetwood Mac @ Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam

    CONCERT VIDEOS: Fleetwood Mac @ Ziggo Dome, Amsterdam

    Fleetwood Mac performed in concert at Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam on Monday evening, another sold-out show. Like in Britain, the band has formed a strong, loyal following of fans among the Dutch people over the years. Because of the band’s popularity in The Netherlands, Fleetwood Mac will return to Ziggo Dome at the end of the month on the 26th, the last show of the European tour.

    Stevie lamented that she couldn’t speak German to the crowd, but gave them a warm greeting in English. “I wish I could speak German,” she told the audience. “I really wish I could speak your language, and someday maybe I’ll be able to learn it. But, in English, we so glad you came tonight.”

    Fleetwood Mac continues its tour of “the low countries” (terminology referring to these countries’ geography) by performing in Belgium on Wednesday night.

    Videos

    Second Hand News (courtesy of TheMiety)

    Second Hand News (courtesy of Emy Bakker)

    The Chain (courtesy of remmepem)

    The Chain (courtesy of MegaBriggers)

    Dreams (courtesy of AngieV2011)

    Sad Angel (courtesy of hermione4everlove)

    Sad Angel (courtesy of TheGemmetje)

    Rhiannon (courtesy of ih102725)

    Tusk (courtesy of Michelle van der Heide)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C49h_Ney0uA

    Tusk (courtesy of hermione4everlove)

    Sisters of the Moon (Michelle van der Heide)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8RAQDkLltU

    Sisters of the Moon (courtesy of 3121LASVEGAS)

    Sara (courtesy of 3121LASVEGAS)

    Sara (courtesy of AngieV2011)

    Sara (courtesy of Barry van Velthoven)

    Big Love (courtesy of Barry van Velthoven)

    Big Love (courtesy of promielke)

    Landslide (courtesy of Michelle van der Heide)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGlgyjj1k0g

    Landslide (courtesy of Bart Delwig)

    Landslide (courtesy of Chris links)

    Never Going Back Again (courtesy of TheGemmetje)

    Without You (courtesy of TheGemmetje)

    Without You (courtesy of hermione4everlove)

    Gypsy (courtesy of TheGemmetje)

    Eyes of the World (courtesy of hermione4everlove)

    Gold Dust Woman (courtesy of TheGemmetje)

    I’m So Afraid – solo only (courtesy of Harm Annema)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQje7kvElro

    Go Your Own Way (courtesy of hermione4everlove)

    Go Your Own Way (courtesy of acsiram)

    Go Your Own Way (courtesy Kevin Ten Klooster)

    World Turning (courtesy of TheGemmetje)

    World Turning (courtesy of DaanNexus)

    World Turning – solo only (courtesy of GA van Leeuwan)

    Silver Springs (courtesy of TheGemmetje)

    Say Goodbye (courtesy of almalily)

    Say Goodbye (courtesy of Michelle van der Heide)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6ugHZppxjo

    Fan drawing

    (Drawing by Vera van Roos)
    (Drawing by Vera van Roos)

    Vera van Roos, who attended the show, drew this cute picture of the band and wrote captions that described what she saw. A rough translation of her comments is provided below:

    Stevie Nicks was the honored fairy (in black) still so sweet and funny and Gold Dust Woman was ENCHANTING. And she looked like 25 rather than 65.

    Lindsey Buckingham played great and even did I’m So Afraid… (I peed in my pants from pure joy)

    And Mick Fleetwood… EVEN WORE THE PANTS WITH THE “RUMOURS” BALLS!!!

    John McVie was the steady dude in the back…and played “The Chain” as if it was 1977.

    Fleetwood Mac – Thanks

    Fan reaction via Twitter


    https://twitter.com/Frank9Ki/status/387343259145887744
    https://twitter.com/FiaLaura/status/387333485046030336
    https://twitter.com/jurienminke/status/387343654123474944


    https://twitter.com/Esssie31/status/387343512054026240

    Amsterdam setlist (Show 1)
    01. Second Hand News 13. Without You
    02. The Chain 14. Gypsy
    03. Dreams 15. Eyes of the World
    04. Sad Angel 16. Gold Dust Woman
    05. Rhiannon 17. I’m So Afraid
    06. Not That Funny 18. Stand Back
    07. Tusk 19. Go Your Own Way
    08. Sisters of the Moon 20. World Turning
    09. Sara 21. Don’t Stop
    10. Big Love 22. Silver Springs
    11. Landslide 23. Say Goodbye
    12. Never Going Back Again

    European tour dates
    20 Sep O2 Dublin Dublin, Ireland
    21 Sep O2 Dublin Dublin, Ireland
    24 Sep O2 Arena London, Great Britain
    25 Sep O2 Arena London, Great Britain
    27 Sep O2 Arena London, Great Britain
    29 Sep LG Arena Birmingham, Great Britain
    01 Oct Manchester Arena Manchester, Great Britain
    03 Oct Hydro Glasgow, Great Britain
    06 Oct Lanxess Arena Cologne, Germany
    07 Oct Ziggo Dome Amsterdam, Netherlands
    09 Oct Sport Palais Antwerp, Belguim
    11 Oct Percy Paris, France
    13 Oct Hallenstadion Zurich, Switzerland
    14 Oct Schleyerhalle Stuttgart, Germany
    16 Oct O2 World Berlin, Germany
    18 Oct Jyske Bank Boxen Herning, Denmark
    20 Oct Oslo Spektrum Oslo, Norway
    23 Oct Globen Stockholm, Sweden
    26 Oct Ziggo Dome Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • CONCERT VIDEOS: Fleetwood Mac @ Lanxess Arena, Cologne, Germany

    CONCERT VIDEOS: Fleetwood Mac @ Lanxess Arena, Cologne, Germany

    Fleetwood Mac performed in concert at Lanxess Arena in Cologne on Sunday night, the first of three shows in Germany. Stevie lamented that she couldn’t speak German to the crowd, but gave them a warm welcome in English.

    “I wish I could speak German,” she told the German fans. “I wish so much I could speak your language, and maybe someday I’ll be able to learn it. But in English, so you know, really… What’s up! We’re so glad you came tonight and let’s get this party started!”

    Because the band didn’t know anyone in Cologne, Stevie dedicated “Landslide” to the Cologne audience.

    The tour shifts gears to The Netherlands for a Monday night concert at Amsterdam’s Ziggo Dome. Fleetwood Mac will perform two concerts in Amsterdam, the second show at the end of the month on the last night of the European tour (October 26).

    Videos

    The Chain (courtesy of laraliee)

    Dreams (courtesy of Stefan Lechner)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fb2f-sDryUQ

    Sad Angel (courtesy of Dangelo1809)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4wr3l4EQgw

    Rhiannon – (courtesy of Jan Lankisch)

    Not That Funny – partial (courtesy of Stefan Lechner)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5ZBb_ORxO8

    Tusk (courtesy of caja1987)

    Sisters of the Moon – partial (courtesy of laraliee)

    Sara (courtesy of luccoppieters)

    Big Love (courtesy of Mathijs Blok)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WH7SGu88hZk

    Big Love & Landslide (courtesy of laraliee)

    Landslide (courtesy of Geli0105)

    Without You (courtesy of laraliee)

    Gypsy – (courtesy of laraliee)

    Eyes of the World (courtesy of Stefan Lechner)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SMnk2dC5yjo

    Gold Dust Woman (courtesy of registeredme)

    I’m So Afraid (courtesy of Dangelo1809)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0mCXe_lLs0

    Stand Back (courtesy of TwizzlerNL)

    Stand Back (courtesy of Kamikazedieter)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6Ziu3iTseg

    Go Your Own Way (courtesy of Kamikazedieter)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISH2F-RO9p4

    Go Your Own Way (courtesy of Salem Jones)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXW8v37FANE

    World Turning (courtesy of Kamikazedieter)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdGmoTcWR_k

    World Turning – drum solo (courtesy of Kamikazedieter)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KFiGMzqENo

    Don’t Stop (courtesy of rhmusictv)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0eIQQsdzXSA

    Silver Springs (courtesy of Kamikazedieter)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxzG3WqHKOw

    Say Goodbye (courtesy of Kamikazedieter)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4U4Va3g7Pvc

    Fan reaction via Twitter

    https://twitter.com/Fixmyweave/status/386902115693912064


    https://twitter.com/eigentekst/status/386971304815243265


    https://twitter.com/leciaslavens/status/386961147783823360
    https://twitter.com/Lbroers/status/386987142033190912

    Cologne setlist
    01. Second Hand News 13. Without You
    02. The Chain 14. Gypsy
    03. Dreams 15. Eyes of the World
    04. Sad Angel 16. Gold Dust Woman
    05. Rhiannon 17. I’m So Afraid
    06. Not That Funny 18. Stand Back
    07. Tusk 19. Go Your Own Way
    08. Sisters of the Moon 20. World Turning
    09. Sara 21. Don’t Stop
    10. Big Love 22. Silver Springs
    11. Landslide 23. Say Goodbye
    12. Never Going Back Again

    European tour dates
    20 Sep O2 Dublin Dublin, Ireland
    21 Sep O2 Dublin Dublin, Ireland
    24 Sep O2 Arena London, Great Britain
    25 Sep O2 Arena London, Great Britain
    27 Sep O2 Arena London, Great Britain
    29 Sep LG Arena Birmingham, Great Britain
    01 Oct Manchester Arena Manchester, Great Britain
    03 Oct Hydro Glasgow, Great Britain
    06 Oct Lanxess Arena Cologne, Germany
    07 Oct Ziggo Dome Amsterdam, Netherlands
    09 Oct Sport Palais Antwerp, Belguim
    11 Oct Bercy Paris, France
    13 Oct Hallenstadion Zurich, Switzerland
    14 Oct Schleyerhalle Stuttgart, Germany
    16 Oct O2 World Berlin, Germany
    18 Oct Jyske Bank Boxen Herning, Denmark
    20 Oct Oslo Spektrum Oslo, Norway
    23 Oct Globen Stockholm, Sweden
    26 Oct Ziggo Dome Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • CONCERT REVIEW: Fleetwood Mac celebrate Rumours once again

    CONCERT REVIEW: Fleetwood Mac celebrate Rumours once again

    This article has been roughly translated into English. See below for the original German article.

    COLOGNE — On Sunday, rock legends Fleetwood Mac made a ​​guest appearance at Lanxess Arena in Cologne on their “Live 2013” tour, leaving nothing to be desired. We have pictures and short comments.

    Huge cheers rang out as Fleetwood Mac opened the first of three concerts in Germany, before 15,000 visitors at Cologne Arena, which sold out weeks ago.

    With “Second Hand News,” it started exactly like the roughly 40-million-copies-sold album Rumours. For the album’s 35th anniversary, the band is currently celebrating on the great stages of the world.

    Founding member Mick Fleetwood’s quartet, representing the (almost) complete original cast of 1977, had played seven songs from Rumours by the end.

    There were also hits like the punchy acoustic version of “Big Love” by singer Lindsey Buckingham and the perfectly polished pop sound of “Say Goodbye” – and the audience’s wishes came true.

    Max Florian Kühlem / Ruhr Nachrichten / Sunday, October 6, 2013

    Konzert in Köln

    Fleetwood Mac zelebrieren noch einmal “Rumors”

    KÖLN Die Rocklegenden Fleetwood Mac gastierten am Sonntag auf ihrer “Live 2013”-Tour in der Lanxess-Arena Köln und ließen keine Wünsche offen. Wir haben Bilder und die Kurzkritik.

    Riesiger Jubel ertönte, als Fleetwood Mac das erste von drei Deutschland-Konzerten vor 15000 Besuchern in der seit Wochen ausverkauften Kölner Arena eröffneten.

    Mit „Second Hand News“ startete es genau wie das rund 40 Millionen Mal verkaufte Album „Rumors“, dessen 35. Jubiläum die Band derzeit auf den großen Bühnen der Welt feiert.

    Sieben Songs von „Rumors“ hat das Quartett um Gründungsmitglied Mick Fleetwood, das die (fast) komplette Originalbesetzung von 1977 darstellt, am Ende gespielt.

    Dazu kamen Hits wie „Big Love“ in der druckvollen Akustikversion von Sänger Lindsay Buckingham oder „Say Goodbye“ im perfekt aufpolierten Popsound – und beim Publikum blieben keine Wünsche offen.

  • Fleetwood Mac rock the SSE Hydro with 'Chain' of incredible hits

    Fleetwood Mac rock the SSE Hydro with 'Chain' of incredible hits

    Fresh from Rod Stewart opening the SSE Hydro, it was the turn of another group of music legends to take to the stage at the new Glasgow venue: Fleetwood Mac.

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    The Fleetwood Mac gig was literally the hottest ticket in town (with some selling for hundreds of pounds online) and the band did not disappoint the 13,000 strong crowd that filled the arena.

    Working their way through their impressive and varied catalogue of hits, to a backdrop of stunning visuals, Fleetwood Mac proved that regardless of having been in the music industry for more than 40 years, they still have the skills, songs and energy that would put many younger acts to shame.

    Highlights included a rousing rendition of The Chain and Stevie Nicks’ stunning vocals on tracks like Gold Dust Woman.

    Armed with her tambourine and floaty black outfits, her spinning and hair swaying was simply captivating to watch, with many fans exclaiming “we love you Stevie”.

    She further got the Scottish fans on side when she told a story about staying in Turnberry four years ago and spending time at a falconry centre, where she learned to handle a small falcon she lovingly christened Rhiannon.

    She said: “Scotland, your birds changed my life forever,” and as bizarre as that sounds, it seemed to go down a treat with the fans.

    Indeed, Fleetwood Mac are not a band who are afraid to chat throughout their set, with Lindsey Buckingham and Mick Fleetwood also regaling the crowds with tales of how the band got together and the stories behind certain tracks.

    A stand out moment of the night came when Lindsey appeared on stage on his own, armed with his acoustic guitar.

    As he launched into Big Love, the crowd went wild as he showed off the guitar skills that have made him one of the most admired guitarists in the world. It truly was a special moment.

    It was also a special night for Lindsey, as he was celebrating his birthday. Despite joking that he’d rather forget it, the Glasgow crowds weren’t about to let it go unnoticed, serenading him with a rendition of Happy Birthday.

    Giant images of a marching band projected onto a screen worked perfectly with an energetic rendition of Tusk, while hits like Go Your Own Way and Don’t Stop had the entire Hydro dancing.

    Add to that an incredible drum solo section from Mick Fleetwood and it’s safe to say fans left in the knowledge that they had witnessed something special.

    STV Entertainment / Saturday, October 5, 2013

  • CONCERT VIDEOS: UK tour ends in Glasgow

    CONCERT VIDEOS: UK tour ends in Glasgow

    Fleetwood Mac performed its last UK show on Thursday night, wrapping up in Scotland’s largest city, Glasgow. The band played at the SSE Hydro, a spectacular new performance venue, built specifically for concerts. Despite the rainy weather conditions, Mac fans endured and filled the “glowing” arena (the exterior illuminates with bright lighting at night) to capacity, selling out the eighth consecutive show in the UK.

    On Sunday, Fleetwood Mac will take the tour to Cologne, the first of three shows in Germany.

    Video

    The Chain (courtesy of mattymcmastermm)

    Dreams (courtesy of Scott Farrell)

    Rhiannon (courtesy of Kevan Evans)

    Rhiannon (courtesy mattmcmastermm)

    Rhiannon (courtesy of Davey Palmer)

    Big Love (courtesy of bluepaisley83)

    Gypsy (courtesy of Scott Farrell)

    Stand Back (courtesy of Stephen Shona)

    Go Your Own Way – partial (courtesy of noldynights)

    Go Your Own Way – partial (courtesy of Will Pentland)

    Don’t Stop – partial (courtesy of Ian Smith)

    Live Tweeting

    https://twitter.com/WeeLuckDragon/status/385842568267046912


    https://twitter.com/Stoddy96/status/385850585867898880


    https://twitter.com/gordonsmart/status/385851791885479936


    https://twitter.com/wawaaallen/status/385853378301272064
    https://twitter.com/gordonsmart/status/385853987431673856


    https://twitter.com/raqhell_ed/status/385859716498608128


    https://twitter.com/JimmyshingleTWD/status/385875484501762048


    https://twitter.com/Sturrock7/status/385887252918063104
    https://twitter.com/lfitzpatrick19/status/385888891460669440

  • PHOTO GALLERY: Live in Manchester

    PHOTO GALLERY: Live in Manchester

    Last night, pop legends Fleetwood Mac took their 2013 tour to Manchester Arena, and while the show lacked the Christine McVie appearance that London fans were treated to, the show was no less spectacular.

    The band are currently contemplating a new album, but guitarist Lindsey Buckingham recently told M Music And Musicians that it would only happen if Stevie Nicks wanted to do it.

    “She’s probably thinking, ‘If i have to write five new songs, do I want to give them to Fleetwood Mac?’ I think she’s feeling a bit protective and territorial about the experience she had doing her solo project. And I can totally relate to that.”

    He admitted in the interview that Warner Brothers are desperate to get another album out of them, despite not being signed to them anymore, but that it will only happen if Stevie wants it to.

    “Stevie needs to come to the table with some material,” said Buckingham. “In order to contemplate a new album, she has to want to do it. ”

    Fleetwood Mac’s setlist from their Manchester Arena show is below.

    Manchester setlist (Night 3)
    01. Second Hand News 13. Without You
    02. The Chain 14. Gypsy
    03. Dreams 15. Eyes of the World
    04. Sad Angel 16. Gold Dust Woman
    05. Rhiannon 17. I’m So Afraid
    06. Not That Funny 18. Stand Back
    07. Tusk 19. Go Your Own Way
    08. Sisters of the Moon Encores:
    09. Sara 20. World Turning
    10. Big Love 21. Don’t Stop
    11. Landslide 22. Silver Springs
    12. Never Going Back Again 23. Say Goodbye

    European tour dates
    20 Sep O2 Dublin Dublin, Ireland
    21 Sep O2 Dublin Dublin, Ireland
    24 Sep O2 Arena London, Great Britain
    25 Sep O2 Arena London, Great Britain
    27 Sep O2 Arena London, Great Britain
    29 Sep LG Arena Birmingham, Great Britain
    01 Oct Manchester Arena Manchester, Great Britain
    03 Oct Hydro Glasgow, Great Britain
    06 Oct Lanxess Arena Cologne, Germany
    07 Oct Ziggo Dome Amsterdam, Netherlands
    09 Oct Sport Palais Antwerp, Belguim
    11 Oct Percy Paris, France
    13 Oct Hallenstadion Zurich, Switzerland
    14 Oct Schleyerhalle Stuttgart, Germany
    16 Oct O2 World Berlin, Germany
    18 Oct Jyske Bank Boxen Herning, Denmark
    20 Oct Oslo Spektrum Oslo, Norway
    23 Oct Globen Stockholm, Sweden
    26 Oct Ziggo Dome Amsterdam, Netherlands

    Gigwise (UK) / Wednesday, October 2, 2013