![]() ![]() conflicted with other travel plans I had made to follow Depeche Mode around Europe and England for several weeks. I’d never had an opportunity to see the band, so I was both thrilled and disappointed when the dates were originally announced, as everything on the left half of the U.S. Christine McVie then retired from the band and touring as Fleetwood Mac. In 1988 They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The band had a proper reunion in 1997 to record a live concert for the live album The Dance. Stevie Nicks also left the band in 1991, and the line-up did not perform together again until requested to do so by then President Bill Cliniton for his 1993 Inauguration Ball. Afterwards, Lindsey Buckingham left the band and was replaced with other guitarists for the decade that followed. Again, another album with fantastic songs like “Little Lies”, “Big Love”, “Everywhere”, and “Seven Wonders”. Of course, “Gypsy” remains one of their biggest hits.ġ987’s Tango in the Night was the last album with the core line-up of Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Christine McVie, Lindsey Buckingham, and Stevie Nicks. Though not as commercial or critically successful, 1982’s Mirage was a favorite of mine… at the dawn of the MTV era, I remember the video for “Hold Me” being in heavy rotation for a short period, at least. Tusk, the 1979 double album follow-up, was more experimental and long, clocking in with 20 tracks, and included more hits (“Tusk”, “Think About Me”, and “Sara”). The biggest tracks were “Go Your Own Way”, “Don’t Stop”, “Dreams”, “The Chain”, “Gold Dust Woman”, and “You Make Loving Fun”. The follow-up, 1977’s Rumours, bowed countless hits, was awarded a Grammy for Album of the Year, and has sold nearly 50 million copies worldwide, making it the third highest-selling album of all time. The newly restructured band recorded their eponymous album together, which reached #1 in the U.S. With Fleetwood Mc looking for a new guitarist, Lindsey Buckingham and then girlfriend and recording partner Stevie Nicks were a package deal, and music history was made. Originally a 60s-era British blues band, the addition of Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks had to have been fate, as there is no other real plausible explanation.Īs wonderfully revealed in Dave Grohl’s Sound City documentary released earlier this year, it was nothing short of a bizarre accident that Keith Olsen (Sound City’s engineer) played Mick Fleetwood a track from Buckingham Nicks – “Frozen Love” – which was recorded at the retrospectively famous recording studio… and the Lindsey Buckingham just happened to be in the studio working at that moment. Neale Heywood (rhythm guitar, backing vocals)įleetwood Mac, in it’s mid-70s forward incarnation, is the band that should have never been.Brett Tuggle (keyboards, rhythm guitar, backing vocals).Who: Fleetwood Mac Venue: Sleep Train Arena Where: Sacramento, California Promoter: Live Nation When: JSeating: Floor Center in Front of Stage (center floor section, approximately 3rd row, dead center also photo pass first three songs from mixing console at rear of floor) leg of their tour, and certainly inspires one to start following them around Europe later this year… What really hit home is how much they appreciate their fans, which was expressed not just in the performance but in eloquent statements from Nicks and Fleetwood to close out the show, calling us their “Dreamcatchers”, and really articulating the music fan/musician dynamic better than I’ve ever heard before. This is a band who know who they are, and haven’t strayed from their identity in sound or fashion. John McVie is content to leave center stage to the others, throwing down his bassline and keeping everything on the tracks as much as possible. Mick Fleetwood is like Zeus (or maybe a mad pirate), with twin balls hanging (in a dangling/dancing sort of way) from his belt. I think it cements Lindsay Buckingham as the true rock God of the 70s/80s generation and Stevie Nicks, fittingly, as the rock Goddess. As amazing as those other performances had been, they did not prepare me for the magic of having their best line-up (unfortunately sans Christine McVie) on stage together. I did see Lindsay Buckingham on his own last year, and Stevie Nicks with Dave Grohl’s Sound City Players earlier this year, so have had bursts of greatness, which really fed my desire to see them together as Fleetwood Mac even more. Have loved this band since I was a kid, but have never seen them live, so this was an eagerly anticipated show for me. ![]() It isn’t often that real, genuine rock and roll legends come into my hometown of Sacramento to perform in concert, but after last night’s Fleetwood Mac show at Sleep Train Arena, they’ve set the bar quite high for any act to follow. ![]()
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