Saw Fleetwood Mac for the 2nd time in less than a year last night in Grand Rapids MI. I was not originally planning to go, but after taking my 83 year old father to Trans Siberian Orchestra back in December he saw an ad for Fleetwood Mac, decided he was interested in going, so I got him tickets for his Christmas present this year. The show was basically the same as they did last time I saw them in Detroit, and once again they really seem to be firing on all cylinders this tour and put on a fantastic show. McVie, Nicks, and Buckingham were all very strong vocally and as usual Buckingham had several guitar highlights throughout the show. All in all they did close to 3 hours with no intermission.
As for my father, as will happen at rock shows like this, some people like to stand and some like to sit. He is from a generation where people sit in their seats and listen to music, so standing is pretty much totally alien to him. In the section we were in people remained seated through most of it, but we were in the corner and pretty much directly in our line of sight was a guy who stood through about 75% of the show (people in front of him were standing too). Being a concert veteran I am used to it, but for my dad I think it certainly lessened his enjoyment of the show. For about the last 3rd of the show (from “So Afraid onwards) the entire arena was standing, but my dad remained in his seat. I still think he enjoyed it though for the most part, and he really seemed to enjoy Fleetwood with his drum solo (during “World Turning”) and various antics.
As I posted on Facebook it is really cool to be able to share some of the same music with my father at both of our advanced ages. As mentioned, he really dug Fleetwood and on the way home was talking about seeing drummers like Gene Krupa and Buddy Rich back when he was younger, some of which I did not know about.
Here is the Set list:
THE CHAIN
YOU MAKE LOVING FUN
DREAMS
SECOND HAND NEWS
RHIANNON
EVERYWHERE
I KNOW I’M NOT WRONG
TUSK
SISTERS OF THE MOON
SAY YOU LOVE ME
SEVEN WONDERS
BIG LOVE (Lindsey played snipped of “Bleed To Love Her” when someone yelled a request)
LANDSLIDE
NEVER GOING BACK AGAIN
OVER MY HEAD
GYPSY
LITTLE LIES
GOLD DUST WOMAN
I’M SO AFRAID
GO YOUR OWN WAY
ENCORE #1
WORLD TURING (WITH FLEETWOOD DRUM SOLO)
DON’T STOP
SILVER SPRINGS
ENCORE #2
SONGBIRD
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