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From https://www.rollingstone.com/m...eartbreakers-730187, it appears as though Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' "Free Fallin'" made the list of rehearsal songs being considered for Fleetwood Mac setlists, as did Crowded House's "Don't Dream It's Over."  "Oh, Well" was also included, but with vocals from Mike Campbell, as Neil apparently felt that they required more of a bluesy touch than of which he was capable.

The first Fleetwood Mac tour date is now only three days away, so more on the setlist topic should be known soon.

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From https://www.rollingstone.com/m...eartbreakers-730187, it appears as though Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' "Free Fallin'" made the list of rehearsal songs being considered for Fleetwood Mac setlists, as did Crowded House's "Don't Dream It's Over."  "Oh, Well" was also included, but with vocals from Mike Campbell, as Neil apparently felt that they required more of a bluesy touch than of which he was capable.

The first Fleetwood Mac tour date is now only three days away, so more on the setlist topic should be known soon.

Article said that Stevie pushed for Free Fallin even though Mike Campbell isn't a big fan of the song after playing it for so many years. Sounds like the band is going more for crowd pleasers over more obscure songs. Fingers of Love would be fantastic in this setting.

Based on promotional performances and interviews to date this portion of the Fleetwood Mac set has potentially been revealed so far:

The Chain
Gypsy
Second Hand News
Little Lies
Gold Dust Woman
Don't Stop
Free Fallin'
Don't Dream It's Over
Oh Well (Part 1)
Dreams

As much as they've mentioned 3 hour sets, and I hope it's true - I'd guess this will be closer to half of the show.

It's mildly surprising "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" doesn't appear to be the nod to Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - it was a duet with Stevie Nicks, with Mike Campbell as co-writer. "Free Fallin'" is a Jeff Lynne co-write, but clearly the populist winner, as is "Don't Dream It's Over".

It's SO odd to think that as successful as it's been here and so many years have passed since it's release, this week is most likely the first time "Don't Dream It's Over" will be sung by Neil in an arena in the U.S. ?!?!

It will be interesting to see if the Fleetwood Mac audience are appreciative or dismissive of the new members receiving a spotlight in the show. It seems the No Lindsey, No Fleetwood Mac portion of the fan base have spoken, but there's a sizable portion who have tickets, haven't been vocal and will yet judge the show on it's merits.

Staples like "Rhiannon" are bound to be in the set list too, but it will be interesting to see which pre-Buckingham/Nicks songs other than "Oh Well" make the cut.

"Oh Well (Part 1)" is actually one of the least bluesy Peter Green-era Fleetwood Mac singles - it was often performed excellently on the second-last Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers tour a few years back (maybe that's why Neil is demurring) and it will be interesting to see Mike Campbell own it (vocals AND lead guitar) - I've only seen him sing lead once in decades. His guitar playing on it was fantastic.

Roll on the two San Francisco Bay Area shows next month!

 

Wow! Nice additions there, particularly - "Man Of The World". Neil and Mike Campbell did a great job on it at Largo while they were in tour rehearsals so a little surprising it's taken almost a year to make it into the set - it was a #2 hit. Only a few of their singles from any era of the band have charted higher in any territory.

With "I Got You' reinstated in the set that would potentially be an additional three songs featuring Neil on lead vocal going forward on the antipodean tour (unless they're rotating a couple of songs when they play multiple nights in the same city). It's a smart move to give him more spotlight given his popularity there and a good compromise because adding additional Crowded House songs to the show would further expose Fleetwood Mac to the "covers band" criticism.

 

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Perfectchord posted:

Good review.

I’m also pleased they noted that it takes an additional 5 musicians on stage to complement the 6 billed as Fleetwood Mac. I’ve seen this tour and really enjoyed it, but it is very much best not to think too much about it, musicianship-from-Fleetwood-Mac-wise.

I see the extra musicians as just filling out the arrangements...I don’t see them as compensating for something lacking in the core band. FM is rich enough to afford that level of production and I think they just want to put on a big show.

 

I see the extra musicians as just filling out the arrangements...I don’t see them as compensating for something lacking in the core band. FM is rich enough to afford that level of production and I think they just want to put on a big show.

Exactly. It's also worth pointing out that what I recall as being much, if not exactly the same musicians and backing singers were augmenting the principal players when I last saw Fleetwood Mac with Lindsey in the band ten years ago and have been for many years and several tours. Plus they also receive full introductions to the audience during the show so it's not like they're a deliberately overlooked presence.

The Ligature posted:
 

I see the extra musicians as just filling out the arrangements...I don’t see them as compensating for something lacking in the core band. FM is rich enough to afford that level of production and I think they just want to put on a big show.

Exactly. It's also worth pointing out that what I recall as being much, if not exactly the same musicians and backing singers were augmenting the principal players when I last saw Fleetwood Mac with Lindsey in the band ten years ago and have been for many years and several tours. Plus they also receive full introductions to the audience during the show so it's not like they're a deliberately overlooked presence.

Yeah - I wasn’t suggesting it was either hidden (though for years the percussionist was behind Mick’s drumkit until they started getting bad press about it) or that it was different with Lindsay. I just find it interesting that it takes a village, as it were.

It would be a nice moment if Christine were to play the DDIO organ, instead of leaving it to the keyboard player in the shadows.

Hopefully I didn't miss out on any -- final list:

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