July 11th, 2003
@ Staples Center in Los Angeles
The set list was the same as it has been since they took off RTTG and DR. Stevie dedicated "Landslide" to Los Angeles because that is where it all started for her and Lindsey. Earlier in the night, Lindsey told the audience that this was sort of a homecoming for the band because they all have houses in LA. He went on to explain how him and Stevie moved to LA and got their big break.
At the point during "Tusk" when Lindsey head-rams Stevie, she was trying to avoid him, and she grabbed his hand. Then they were holding both hands and spinning around. They got in quite a few spins, it was pretty funny to watch!
The audience wandered around during the new songs, as usual. It made me feel sad for Stevie especially.
Stevie really got into the show about midpoint, I thought. Which is about when she replaced her boots with the platform Reeboks. She RAWKED on "Stand Back," like everyone else has reported throughout the tour. The crowd absolutely loved it!
All the huge hits and singles were definitely crowd pleasers, of course. GYOW, Don't Stop, Stand Back, Rhiannon, etc.
For the merchandise booth, there was a bright yellow shirt, and the front has a long oval. In the oval it looks like sunset colors over the ocean. And over that there's just a "FM" in a font I haven't seen until now. The writing on the back is in the same font, and it simply says in black "Fleetwood Mac tour 2003" with the same "FM" logo again. I hate yellow but I had to have it. It looks SO California. I also bought the tour poster.
They had the posters, the mugs, the key chains, the CD, the hats, and numerous shirts. There was definitely more of a variety of shirts than there are at the fanfire site, but I did not see any tourbooks.
This was the first time I had seen the band on the actual tour, and while they didn't throw any surprises, the show still completely rocked! Lindsey can certainly play the guitar. I had a blast and I cannot wait to see them again tonight and next week.
Welcome home Fleetwood Mac!