REVIEW: Fleetwood Mac Live in St. Paul "Who sits still at such a show?"

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My first visit to the University of Minnesota as a perspective student eleven years ago was the day after a Fleetwood Mac concert. 

Guess what. Guess who I saw last night …… Lindsey, Stevie, Mick and John. 

Totally blew me away. Teri and I walked, skipped, jumped and ran our way into the arena as Tusk was playing; unbelievable. Don’t Stop, Gold Dust Wom[y]n, Landslide, and Silver Springs were just a few songs played. Mick totally knocked my socks off with his loony, tripped out drumming tactics and little red shoes. Lindsey’s voice, incredible. John rocked it. And Stevie, amazing. A full set and two encores later even for an arena show, I was was not let down, not even a little bit. 

The house was packed, mostly with…..the Minnesota nice who sit real still in their seats. WHO SITS STILL AT SUCH A SHOW?

FLEETWOOD MAC EPITOMIZES THE NIETZSCHEAN DOCTRINE OF ETERNAL RETURN

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Against all odds, it seems, Fleetwood Mac epitomizes the Nietzschean doctrine of eternal return. Now in its 42nd year, the onetime English blues-rock outfit still has its original namesakes nailing down the rhythm section—spider-limbed drummer Mick Fleetwood and artfully unobtrusive bassist John McVie—even as the rest of the group’s personnel is prone to arriving and vanishing through a revolving door.

Keyboardist Christine McVie, once considered the soul of the Mac, left years ago, ceding all vocal duties to Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham. Onetime lovers and full-time erratic pop geniuses, Nicks and Buckingham used their volatile chemistry and push-pull harmonies to galvanize the band in the late ’70s, turning it into a multiplatinum soft-rock monster.

Each has enjoyed stellar-to-middling solo careers (Buckingham, in particular, is in full stride after two recent return-to-form LPs), and a late-’80s meltdown saw such replacements as Bekka Bramlett and Dave Mason in the lineup. Yet the Mac we all know and love has again been a going concern for a full decade.

Rumours, the 1977 album that proved to be the Thriller of the T.G.I. Friday’s set, remains not only a pop classic but a memento mori to the music industry: No album will matter so much to so many ever again. Rumors did abound, however, about the possibility of Sheryl Crow taking McVie’s chair on the current tour. No go, apparently. It’s a shame, since Crow’s earthy grit could double the witchy factor, harmonizing on “Gold Dust Woman” and “Rhiannon.” But in the raging ego-fest that is the Mac, maybe that’d be just one too many divas in the kitchen.

— Steve Dollar

MICK FLEETWOOD AT #1 ON BLUES CHART

In the first 24 hours on iTunes Mick Fleetwood's 'Blue again' debuted at #1 on the Blues chart, #64 on the overall iTunes chart ( which tracks the top 100 best sellers in the entire store! ) and was a feature pick in the New Music Tuesday e mail to all iTunes users and also was the feature of the Discover New Music e mail!

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ST. PAUL, MN SHOW FROM WAY UP!

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Joshua Shank

Lindsey Buckingham changed his life in 1997!

PHOTOS: Melodic Rocks Concert Photos - Fleetwood Mac Live in St. Paul

MELODIC ROCK CONCERT PHOTOS
Fleetwood Mac Xcel Energy Center
St. Paul, MN - March 4, 2009

It's been more than five years since the start of the last Fleetwood Mac tour, but last night at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota, the band played, sounded, and looked as if time has stood still. The band has been a four-piece for some time now after the 1998 departure of Christine McVie, but Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, John McVie, and Mick Fleetwood, and a team of five back-up musicians have no trouble filling the stage with activity and the air with a wall of sound.

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FLEETWOOD MAC (HALF PRICE TICKETS $25 Rochester, NY)

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Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, New York

Travel dates: Monday, March 16

By Travelzoo Staff

Some shows on Fleetwood Mac's "Unleashed: Hits Tour 2009" are selling out and this one is sure to sell quickly with this exclusive 50% OFF deal for Travelzoo Subscribers.

See legendary personalities Stevie Nicks, Mick Fleetwood and Lindsey Buckingham play all their greatest hits live when they come to the Blue Cross Arena on Monday, March 16 at 8PM. With over 3 decades of hits, Fleetwood Mac has a reputation as one of the greatest rock bands of the era.

The following seating level is available for March 16 only:

• $25 (reg. $49.50) ... Upper Level Seats

You must book by March 13, but these seats will likely sell out at this price sooner.

Click here for tickets and more information. Enter the code LANDSLIDE in the box marked "Travelzoo Ticket Offer" and use the drop-down menu to select the number of seats you would like. Click "Find Tickets" to see your seats.