Fleetwood Mac

What an amazing concert. Just as good if not better than a few years back when I saw them at Verizon Center.

Here’s a link to the posts I had about the last time I saw them. I think my enthusiasm for the this time around is just as great. Just an amazing performance by everyone involved.

I tried to think what the best moment was. Hard to come up with that. Silver Springs one of my favorite songs. They played that as one of the encores. Go Your Own Way probably the quintessential Fleetwood Mac song. Chain, Dreams, Big Love. Wow what to pick.

Then it hit me. Mic Fleetwood has a drum solo in the song World Turning (another favorite). During his solo you can see the love he has for music in his every expression, movement, his very essence. It was truly joyous to watch. Just as the concert was joyous to watch.

Here’s World Turning.



Now it’s been 35 years since I first saw them.

Fleetwood Mac at the Verizon Center, Part III

Yes, I can't stop talking and posting about the concert. Maybe I'll come down from the high by the weekend. I found some video from the concert on Tuesday at Verizon Center.

Here's Gold Dust Woman



Here's Don't Stop



Both these videos and the ones I posted yesterday really give you a feel for what the concert was like. But nothing beats being there in person.

It's interesting in the course of the day I remember things about the concert. Like how Stevie Nicks dedicated Landslide to our armed forces. How kick ass Stand Back was one of my favorite Stevie Nicks songs. Just how amazing Lindsey Buckingham is on guitar. How through it all John McVie is solid as a rock paying the bass. And Mic Fleetwood the sheer joy he shows when he is on stage. I think that is an amazing thing considering all he's gone through in his life. In all I just remember what a kcik ass concert it was.

And now for a little perspective. I first saw Fleetwood Mac at Alpine Valley in Wisconsin on July 18, 1978 for $8. I'm pretty sure that was for the lawn. I saw them again at the Capital Center in Maryland on October 8, 1987 for $17.50. The next time was at the MCI Center in DC (now the Verizon Center) on May 9, 2003 for $125.00. This last time was the Verizon Center for $149.50. Worth ever penny!

If you get a chance see them.

Fleetwood Mac at the Verizon Center, Part II

They were incredible. The first time I saw them was in 1978 (yes 31 year ago). It was the year after Rumours came out. It was at a place called Alpine Valley in East Troy Wisconsin. And it was a very long way to go for a concert as I remember I was the driver.

I remember when Rumours came out. I went over to my friend’s Doug’s house and we listened to it. The more I listened to it the more I liked it. Who knew the phenominum it would become. I remember the ads on the back of Billboard magainze touting how many millions the album had sold. Every four to five weeks another add would show up on the back cover showing a picture of the album and saying 3 million sold, 4 million sold etc.

So that sets the stage so to speak for the concert last night. They were really good. No they were excellent. A great selection of songs. Everyone was very much on for the night. It was amazing to think just how long I’ve had listening pleasure from these songs. In some cases over 30 years! Hearing them again was like meeting up with an old friend.

The tour is billed as Fleetwood Mac Unleashed. As Lindsey Buckingham said we don’t have an album to promote, yet, so it’s going to be a selection of songs that are our favorites and he added hopefully they are yours too. And boy were they.

It's hard to really to come up with a favorite moment since there were so many of them. Landslide was fantastic. There was a slower lead in to Tusk which I think gave the song much more power. One of the many highlights were these three songs that they ended the set with (before encores) I'm So Afraid then Stand Back and they finished things out with Go Your Own Way. Kicked ass on these.

Here's a review from the Boston Herald. One from Billboard. If you scroll down you can see the songs they played. If there is a review in the Post I'll post the link to that too.

Below is video from YouTube. These post are from other nights.

Here's Standback



Monday Morning which opened the show.


And what really really made it an over the top incredible amazing fantastic awesome well as I said last night I hoped they would end with Silver Spring and they did which made the concert perfect.



If there is any video from the DC concert I'll post that too.

It was just an amazing night!

Fleetwood Mac at the Verizon Center

I just got back from seeing Fleetwood Mac. They were nothing short of amazing.

I'll write more tomorrow because I need to go to bed or at least try and go to bed (I still haven't come down from the concert) because I have a training session tomorrow at 7am.

I will say this. When they came back for their second encore, I thought what would make this concert perfect would be if they would play Silver Spring. And that's the final song they did. Silver Spring was a B side to Go Your Own Way but was cut from the Rumours album. I remember going to Dog Ears Records and finding a Japanese 45 import with Go Your Own Way and Silver Spring on the other. I'm pretty sure I still have it somewhere.

It is just an incredible song which is why it made it so appropriate to end the show with.

I think they were better than the last time I saw them. What is amazing about them, at least to me, is the sheer joy and love that they convey of their music when they perform.

It was just AMAZING!!!!!

Now I'm off to bed and hopefully going to get some sleep.

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