Fleetwood Mac in concert

Date published: March 20, 2009

My mom made her yearly visit early this year so that we could go to see Fleetwood Mac. I'd never seen them in concert, though I did see a Stevie Nicks concert back in 2001 with my mom. It was a great show, even better than I thought it would be. The auditorium wasn't sold out, but it was pretty full. Just a few sections of seats open here and there.

The biggest thing that surprised me about the concert was that through the whole concert people were coming and goign from their seats. I could see people all around the auditorium leaving their seats to go get more beer or go to the bathroom. It happened through the whole concert. It's almost like they didn't really care to see Fleetwood Mac enough to sit in their seats. Beer was clearly more important for some people. On that same note, I was surprised by how many people left after the main set was done and as the first encore set was beginning. Did these people just want to beat the traffic? The traffic really wasn't that bad when we left. Another bunch of people left after the first encore set and right as the second encore was beginning. As I said, clearly some people weren't as into seeing Fleetwood Mac as others. Anyway, here's a quick rundown of the songs.

Main Set

• Monday Morning
• The Chain
• Dreams
• I Know I'm Not Wrong
• Gypsy
• Go Insane
• Rhiannon
• Second Hand News - Though sporadic people were at their seats dancing, this was the first song where a good amount of the auditorium was standing and dancing.
• Tusk
• Sara
• Big Love
• Landslide
• Storms
• Say You Love Me - Minus Christine McVie, this song was sung by Stevie and Lindsay alternating verses.
• Gold Dust Woman
• Oh Well - I didn't recognize this song at all. Apparently it was written by Peter Green, one of the initial members. In the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle newspaper review of the concert, the reviewer misstated that Fleetwood Mac played some Led Zeppelin because of this song. Led Zeppelin's Black Dog has some verses inspired by this song, but Oh Well definitely came first. That reviewer has more than that wrong with his review though, he states that Christine McVie hasn't been with the band for "almost two decades" when in fact I know she performed in 1998 with them.
• I'm So Afraid
• Stand Back
• Go Your Own Way

Encore Set 1

• World Turning
• Don't Stop

Encore Set 2

• Silver Springs

Stevie-Nicks-News.com has videos of almost every song performed on opening night in Pittsburgh, I warn you though, the quality varies a bit from clip to clip.