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Fleetwood Mac to unleash fury at BOK Center

John McVie, Stevie Nicks, Mick Fleetwood and Lindsey Buckingham are Fleetwood Mac. Courtesy

By JENNIFER CHANCELLOR World Scene Writer
Published: 4/26/2009 2:18 AM
Last Modified: 4/30/2009 2:39 PM

Fleetwood Mac, the multi-Grammy winning, multi-platinum Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees, is back on the road for the first time in five years after several successful solo projects. It's also fresh off a tour last year that sold out venues across the globe.

The British-American rock act formed in 1967, and will make this tour with members Stevie Nicks, Mick Fleetwood, Lindsey Buckingham and John McVie. Some of the band's biggest hits include "Go Your Own Way," "Say You Love Me," "Over My Head," "Tusk," "The Chain" and "Dreams." They've recorded more than two dozen albums.

In a recent interview, longtime member Lindsey Buckingham ruminated all things Mac, a band with a long history of monster successes, flops, rebirths, infighting, drug abuse, sobriety, breakups and make-ups.

Buckingham summed up the band's magnetic and sometimes chaotic chemistry in a recent interview: "We are a group of great contradictions, a group that in some strange way probably doesn't really have any business being in a band together because of the range of sensibilities is disparate.

"But that's in fact what makes Fleetwood Mac what it is. It's the whole being greater than the sum of the parts. It's the kind of energy that is created from that kind of contrast in personalities."

Also, band members Nicks and McVie commented on the tour name, "Unleashed," in the telephone interview transcript received by the Tulsa World.

Said Nicks: " 'Unleashed' to me meant unleashing the furies, unleashing us

back into the universe. 'Unleashed' to me was an edgy term of throwing this amazing musical entity back into the world that we had been away from for 4 years.

"And so we I never looked at it as being as being 'leashed.' I looked at it as unleashing a fury which is what Fleetwood Mac is a lot of the time."

When asked whether fans could handle the fury, the quips were short and certain.

McVie: "No."

Nicks: "It's heavy. You might have to wear your armor."

Fleetwood Mac

When: 8 p.m. May 3

Where: BOK Center, 200 S. Denver Ave.

Tickets: $149.50, $79.50, $49.50, plus fees; BOK Center box office, tulsaworld.com/Bok, Reasor’s locations, 1-866-7-BOK-CTR or tickets.com

Jennifer Chancellor 581-8346
jennifer.chancellor@tulsaworld.com By JENNIFER CHANCELLOR World Scene Writer

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	Report Comment Dr. Strangelove, Tulsa (4/26/2009 9:56:12 AM) I will be there, can't wait for the show.
	Report Comment The Bug, Tulsa (4/26/2009 12:21:45 PM) I am so stoked for this one!
	Report Comment bgamelson, Mesa (4/28/2009 7:30:02 PM) Don't waste your money on this group. They are old and worn out, and they don't sound at all like they used to. No energy and no emotion.
	Report Comment tessa, T.B.D. (5/4/2009 9:29:58 AM) I am a baby boomer and grew up listening to Fleetwood Mac, so I know there music and their vocals. While Stevi might have missed a few high notes, she warmed up and gave the crowd a show-stopping performance! Lindsey Buckingham, well, what can I say. His voice is still strong and his guitar sings! All in all, it was worth every penny the ticket cost. The whole group was phenomonial. You were taken back to the 60's at a rapid pace and enjoyed every minute of the ride!! I hope they come back to Tulsa and they are NOT a worn out group. They gave the paying customers a wonderful show that was much appreciated by all. Good job- Fleetwood Mac

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