Sunday, October 06, 2013

Fleetwood Mac Rock Lanxess Arena in Köln, Germany

Fleetwood Mac celebrate once again "Rumors"
by Max Florian Kühlem
Ruhr Nachrichten.de

COLOGNE  The rock legends Fleetwood Mac made ​​guest appearances on Sunday on their "Live 2013" tour at the Lanxess-Arena in Cologne, leaving nothing to be desired. We have pictures and short comments.

Huge cheers rang out as Fleetwood Mac, the first of three concerts opened in Germany in front of 15,000 visitors in the Cologne Arena sold out for weeks.  , "Second Hand News" started it just like that around 40 million copies sold album "Rumors", the 35th Anniversary, the band is currently celebrating on the great stages of the world.

Seven songs from "Rumors" has played the quartet founding member Mick Fleetwood, the (almost) represents the entire original cast from 1977 at the end. purpose came hits like "Big Love" in the punchy acoustic version of singer Lindsay Buckingham or "Say Goodbye" in perfect revamped pop sound - and the audience were no wishes open.


Fleetwood Mac zelebrieren noch einmal "Rumors"

KÖLN Die Rocklegenden Fleetwood Mac gastierten am Sonntag auf ihrer "Live 2013"-Tour in der Lanxess-Arena Köln und ließen keine Wünsche offen. Wir haben Bilder und die Kurzkritik.

Riesiger Jubel ertönte, als Fleetwood Mac das erste von drei Deutschland-Konzerten vor 15000 Besuchern in der seit Wochen ausverkauften Kölner Arena eröffneten.

Mit „Second Hand News“ startete es genau wie das rund 40  Millionen Mal verkaufte Album „Rumors“, dessen 35. Jubiläum die Band derzeit auf den großen Bühnen der Welt feiert.

Sieben Songs von „Rumors“ hat das Quartett um Gründungsmitglied Mick Fleetwood, das die (fast) komplette Originalbesetzung von 1977 darstellt, am Ende gespielt.

Dazu kamen Hits wie „Big Love“ in der druckvollen Akustikversion von Sänger Lindsay Buckingham oder „Say Goodbye“ im perfekt aufpolierten Popsound – und beim Publikum blieben keine Wünsche offen.


LANXESS ARENA SOLD OUT
Reunion with Fleetwood Mac in Cologne
Express.de

COLOGNE -  Fleetwood Mac? Yes, the band was founded in 1967, there are more than ever. And so enthusiastic lead singer Stevie Nicks with her three bandmates Sunday night 15,000 fans in the sold-out Lanxess Arena.

Shortly after 19 clock they got started. Hits like "Do not Stop" were not missing it. These undiscovered titles and songs came from the new EP "Extended Play".

Many fans in the audience could see that they too have become older together with the band. But they had their fun. Some remembered back to when they had heard the songs for the first time.

Wiedersehen mit Fleetwood Mac in Köln

KÖLN –  Fleetwood Mac? Ja, die bereits 1967 gegründete Band gibt es länger denn je. Und so begeisterte Frontsängerin Stevie Nicks mit ihren drei Bandkollegen Sonntagabend 15.000 Fans in der ausverkauften Lanxess Arena.

Kurz nach 19 Uhr legten sie los. Hits wie „Don’t Stop“ durften dabei nicht fehlen. Dazu kamen unentdeckte Titel sowie Songs von der neuen EP „Extended Play“.

Vielen Fans im Publikum war anzusehen, dass auch sie zusammen mit der Band älter geworden sind. Doch sie hatten ihren Spaß. Manche erinnerten sich zurück, wann sie die Lieder zum ersten Mal gehört hatten.

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WITHOUT YOU intro (mind the hootin' and hollering and bad singing along)

Over 47,000 Fans Saw Fleetwood Mac Live in London - 3 Shows Grossed Over 6.4 Million!


Tour Stats update for Fleetwood Mac adding the 3 London shows to the list of dates published so far.  Over 47 thousand fans saw Fleetwood Mac Live in London... The 3 shows grossed over 6 million bucks!



Stevie Nicks: "We were a little sleazy" Fleetwood Mac "Without You" Intro - Glasgow

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The hidden track during the Fleetwood Mac Tour set... The great "Without You" intro... It's been fairly static in it's delivery for the most part but occasionally it's been embellished and or modified... In Glasgow, when Stevie suggests the lost song was due to "sleazy friends" stealing the song, Lindsey questions Stevie about whether their friends back in the day were really sleazy... and if so, what does that say about them at the time... Stevie: "We were a little sleazy".  Lindsey: "We'll, have to talk about that later".


WITHOUT YOU INTRO


Here's a few more vids from Fleetwood Mac's last UK show.

DON'T STOP
GYPSY
BIG LOVE

Saturday, October 05, 2013

LISTEN: Absolute Radio Icons with Stevie Nicks - 1 Hour of Solo and Mac Tracks

On Monday, September 23rd Stevie joined the UK's Absolute Radio Icons Week by hosting a takeover show playing a selection of solo and Fleetwood Mac tracks speaking about each track and telling stories afterwards. 

Tracks played: Edge of Seventeen, Rhiannon, Dreams, Gypsy, Gold Dust Woman, Seven Wonders and Moonlight.



Dave Stewart was also an Absolute Radio Icon a few days following Stevie.  He played a selection of Eurythmics tracks, his new single Every Single Night plus at about the 33:00 minute mark "Sara" from Fleetwood Mac is played and Dave talks about meeting up with Stevie in London along with Mick Fleetwood and Christine Mcvie during the Premiere of In Your Dreams and talks about the film.  Also talks about first meeting Stevie about 30 years ago around the time Tom Petty's Don't Come Around Here was being recorded.

Here's Dave's radio hour:

Friday, October 04, 2013

Mick Fleetwood's thoughts on Fleetwood Mac releasing a new album...

By: Kirsty McCormack
Express.co.uk

Mick Fleetwood 'Clinton never asked if he could use 'Don't Stop' for his election campaign'

FORMER US President Bill Clinton never asked Fleetwood Mac if he could use one of their songs for his election campaign, it's been revealed.

Drummer and co-founder of the band, Mick Fleetwood, has admitted that the group never received a call from Clinton regarding the use of their hit 'Don't Stop,' but that they actually didn't mind that he had chosen it.

"I think we were fine with it," the 66-year-old star told Absolute radio in an exclusive interview. "The only person who, in a comedic sense, John is not politically connected to Bill’s side of the fence, everyone else happened to be a supporter of the Democratic party to whatever avail that might be. It was a form of flattery, the highest form."

Fleetwood Mac are currently in Europe on their world tour, and last week played several nights at London's O2 Arena.

The group are clearly loving being back on stage together, and last Friday were joined onstage by former band member Christine McVie - who actually wrote 'Don't Stop' - but Mick isn't entirely sure when a new album will be on the cards.

"I think it is too early to say that is what is happening," he told the radio station. "Do I aspire, and I can speak on behalf of Lindsey who truly aspires to the dream of, I think it would be a really lovely.

"This door is closing at some point. I don’t know whether it is five years or seven years or it could be eighteen months, but I hope that whenever that happens that it is done gracefully, and I hope that we show people, not for commercial needs at all, because it is not about and we probably wouldn’t anyhow, but just the fact that we have made an album I think would be really important before the thought of closing the shop down, whenever that might be.

"I aspire to that, and I applaud the thought of that happening," he added.

Listen to the full interview on Absolute Radio’s Sunday Night Music Club on October 13 from 10pm here.

Exciting Video of Fleetwood Mac Live in Dublin

Fleetwood Mac Live in Dublin
Awesome footage captured at one of the two Dublin dates September 20th and 21st.

THE CHAIN
SECOND HAND NEWS
I'M SO AFRAID