REVIEWS Fleetwood Mac Live in Lincoln, NE October 12, 2018

Little different sound, same Fleetwood Mac

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Yes, Fleetwood Mac sounds different with Mike Campbell on guitar and Neil Finn replacing Lindsey Buckingham as the primary male vocalist.

But, with its classic catalog and the core quartet of Stevie Nicks, Christine McVie and the 50-year rhythm section of bassist John McVie and drummer Mick Fleetwood intact, the Mac endures.

That was apparent almost from the instant Fleetwood hit his kick drum to kick off "The Chain," the first of the 24 songs in Fleetwood Mac's nearly 2 1/2-hour show Friday at Pinnacle Bank Arena.

Campbell's bluesy/jangly guitar - instantly identifiable from his work with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - gave familiar Mac classics such as "Say You Love Me" a fresh, appealing feel and texture.

And Finn, of Crowded House and Split Enz, is a fine, distinctive from Buckingham-voiced singer, both while harmonizing and taking the lead, which he did for the first time on "Second Hand News."

As promised by Fleetwood when I spoke with him last month, came the first of the songs that revisited early Fleetwood Mac - the Nicks-sung, Peter Green-penned, bluesy "Black Magic Woman" from 1968 that Santana later made a hit.

From 1969 came Green's "Oh Well," with Campbell rock 'n' rolling it up on guitar and his Florida-accented vocal.

The 1970s provided the rhythmic rocking "Tell Me All The Things You Do," written by Danny Kirwan, sung by McVie (who struggled a bit with pitch throughout the night), and 1973, the smoky, Bob Welch-written "Hypnotized," sung well by Finn.