{"id":2981,"date":"2015-06-17T15:55:00","date_gmt":"2015-06-17T14:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fleetwoodmac-uk.com\/wp\/?p=2981"},"modified":"2022-10-02T13:13:15","modified_gmt":"2022-10-02T12:13:15","slug":"gig-review-fleetwood-mac-glasgow-sse-hydro-the-scotsman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fleetwoodmac-uk.com\/wp\/gig-review-fleetwood-mac-glasgow-sse-hydro-the-scotsman\/","title":{"rendered":"Gig review: Fleetwood Mac, Glasgow SSE Hydro | The Scotsman"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Scotsman
\nWednesday 17 June 2015<\/h4>\n
By FIONA SHEPHERD<\/div>\n

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\nACCORDING to the traditional concert closing remarks of Fleetwood Mac\u2019s resident ringmaster Mick Fleetwood, \u201cthe Mac is most definitely back\u201d – and now these MOR giants come with added Christine McVie.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fleetwood Mac
\n<\/strong>Hydro, Glasgow
\n<\/strong>Rating: * * * *<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Fleetwood Mac were in fine form at the Glasgow SSE Hydro. Picture: PA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

The singer\/pianist has rejoined the line-up after a sixteen-year absence and immediately made her leavening presence felt on the close harmony of opening number The Chain.<\/p>\n

Her simply stated love songs, such as the sweet, girlish Everywhere and mellifluous Little Lies, made a welcome comeback to the setlist, providing a charming contrast to Stevie Nicks\u2019 more melodramatic, impressionistic numbers – though the absence of Songbird from this show\u2019s setlist was a great shame.<\/p>\n

The eternal hippie chick Nicks was in her theatrical element, donning a black feathery shawl for extra gothic ambience on Rhiannon \u2013 though it hardly needed an atmospheric boost with Lindsey Buckingham\u2019s burnished guitar and the ethereal harmonies as embellishing features.<\/p>\n

Buckingham, meanwhile, was energised throughout, limbering up those fleet fingers to deliver an athletic, acoustic Big Love which climaxed with a primal yelp.<\/p>\n

The eccentric tribal Tusk was another cathartic highlight.<\/p>\n

The former couple cleverly traded on their volatile chemistry with a joint rendition of Landslide but were given too much hammy latitude on Gold Dust Woman and I\u2019m So Afraid.<\/p>\n

The band pulled back from the brink of indulgence with Go Your Own Way and heeded their own advice on Don\u2019t Stop.<\/p>\n

Both hits were the product of inter-band break-ups, yet here they are forty years on, still singing that universal rock soap opera.<\/p>\n