I just got back from Grand Forks. And I loved it! I can now see why people won't settle for anything less then the first 10 rows. I was row 9, and I felt it was perfect, I could see them up close, plus get a good panoramic view of the stage and everyone on it with not too much rubbernecking. Up close you can really see that these people especially Lindsey and Stevie are REALLY having fun up there. Lot's of little smiles back and forth, which means who knows what, at a particular time in a song.

The crowd wasn't as uproarious as they were in Chicago right from the get-go, that show was really loud, but about half way through and with a few more beer in the belly, people got down.

It is an odd type of venue, it's like a stadium under a roof sorta. Huge floor seating, think football stadium! I was impressed with the turnout for such a small market. Of course, I would have expected a sell out, but once reality sets in, you take what you can. I kept wondering how the heck did they even get to town? Does GF even have a big enough airport for jets? The hotel we stayed at was probably half full of Canadians going to the show.

The sound was phenomenal! Nothing short of clear, and not too overpowering from my vantage point. Alot better than the show I was at in Chicago - where the bass drum seemed to overpower at times.

Everyone looked amazing. Stevies hair has grown quite abit, its down to her waist and seemed really really blonde. It was parted on the side when she first came out, which looked fantastic on her, then after the first costume change it was parted more down the middle. Same costume changes except during Gypsy she had on a cream coloured sparkly long coat which she didn't wear in Chicago, if memory serves me. This was the only time that I saw that she wore the platform boots as the coat was longer then her usual dress so it would have dragged on the ground.

Vocals for everyone were dead on - no problems there. Lindseys playing is of course exceptional - his fingers must be so tired at the end. Up close his pawing of the guitar is kinda funny in a fun way, he really plays it up for the crowd.

Stand Back again was impressive, even more so seeing Stevie perform it up close. I got goose bumps when this song started up. With her cape and long straight blonde hair flying all over the place along with the twirling, it's really something to see. Before the song kicked in while Mick is doing the drum intro, him and the precussionist kept it going for a little longer then normal it seemed, Stevie was waiting in the dark at the side of the stage beside Brett Tuggle and it looked like she said something to him about the length of the intro, like "What are they doing?" Brett looked to be abit perplexed too waiting for the signal to kick in with the synthensizer.

A couple of other things I noticed was Lindsey sat on the floor on his side of the stage while Mick did his drum solo up front and then joined him face to face jamming on his guitar while Mick played his vest.

Lindsey let people play his guitar on both his side and Stevies side of the stage.

Stevie did some hand shaking at the end of the show before taking their bows.

During one of the long guitar sessions in a song, I can't remember which song, Stevie was walking around the stage banging her tambourine facing Mick, while Lindsey played on and she was looking at Mick while he stared at her wide eyed and you could see her counting.... 1 2 3 4.. 1 2 3 4... 1 2 3 4. Helping him keep time with a little smile on her face.

Before the show even started you could see a group of Lindsey followers gathered around the stage right under his mic waiting for their God. He pretty much interacted with them all night. He took a sip of some drink someone passed him in what looked like a little yellow shooter glass. I thought that was a bold move for him, but he basically just wet his lips with it. Who knows what it was.

Mick during the introductions spoke of Mindy leaving the entourage to give birth shortly and to have a baby boy. Stevie was jumping up in down in place in excitement when he said this shaking her tambourine while everyone cheered.

John probably got the one of the loudest responses from the crowd during the introductions - which was nice to hear.

There were a number of people holding up signs for Stevie and Lindsey, one girl was holding up one that even said Hi to Brett Tuggle.

Stevie said before Landslide that "They normally dedicate this song to someone, and since there is a sign waving around asking us to dedicate this song to Brian, we are going to dedicate this song to Brian, it's Landslide". There was a sign made from some Canadians, with a Canadian flag hanging on it over on Lindseys side of the stage. I couldn't make out what it said, I think it said "Canada Loves Fleetwood Mac".

The one song that really got the crowd moving at least from where I was was "Tusk". Lindsey put his guitar down and chased Stevie around the stage alittle, she of course tried to keep her distance. Like I said, I think they are just having fun up there. It's probably the most exercise they are getting on this tour.

Over all, it was and excellent show and Grand Forks is a very lucky town to have been host to such an amazing group.

Rated "5" by James