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Fleetwood Mac “Unleashed” on Tour
San Diego Sports Arena Sunday, May 31
With a phenomenal history, one of the most well-loved classic rock bands is
now touring after five years. For the first time, there is no new album to promote.
Green Day
Instead, Fleetwood Mac will delve into their impressive catalog of hits with songs
21st Century Breakdown
spanning from 1974 to 2003. That is almost 30 years of material. Mick Fleetwood
It’s been five years since Green Day’s American Idiot took the rock
expressed the impetus for this latest tour by saying, “All of the energy is really
world by storm. The expectations for their new CD are strong. For
about just getting out there and putting on a show that really resonates emo-
21st Century Breakdown, the band veers from the hard veneer of
tionally. This feels really right to be doing this now.” Lindsey Buckingham also
garage rock to the luxurious and Queen-like structure of a punk op-
elaborates on “Unleashed,” and says, “The mantra is really ‘Let’s have a good time’
era that branches out over three songs on the record and explores
and value the friendships and the history that really underpin this whole experi-
the post-President Bush world through the eyes of a young couple.
ence.” Stevie Nicks joined Fleetwood Mac when she was 28. Today, all of the band
Those who have had an advance listen have been blown away by
members are in their 60s. Nicks initially designed her outfits for the band when
the power and urgency of the new release and the creative energy
her regular street clothes didn’t fit after gaining a few pounds. She recalled her
of Green Day. Joe Armstrong of Green Day explained the secret
thoughts from those early days with the band, “I remember that like it was yes-
recipe by saying, “The challenge is to do something that sounds
terday. I’m going to draw an outfit. I’m going to have a uniform. I’m going to have
sophisticated but also sounds like you did it all in one breath.” Green
the same skirt, the same little top, the same platform boots and some little jacket
Day is also touring with 21st Century Breakdown across the world
and that’s going to be it.” Fleetwood Mac’s impressive catalog of music brings to
beginning in July. Available 05/15/09
mind such outstanding and huge hits such as “Go Your Own Way,” “Rhiannon,”
“You Make Loving Fun,” “Sara” and “Seven Wonders.” Fleetwood Mac will be at the
Micaela Haley
CA Honda Center in Long Beach on May 23 and The Staples Center in L.A. on May
Syren
28. It’s quite possible that Fleetwood Mac’s San Diego Sports Arena performance
“People tend to think that opera is so conservative,” Micaela Haley
will be the last night of their American tour. As of press time, no additional dates
mocks, “but it is so not. I want to show what really lurks at opera’s
had been announced following the May 31 concert.
core.” By combining a modernistic sound of techno to opera’s most
famous arias, Haley has unlocked a door and opened a new window
for opera music. The 12 performances from this classically trained
lyric soprano are strikingly beautiful while her dance style on “Ave
Maria” is a bold step for this religiously toned piece. “I envision per-
Tori Amos
forming this in a gay dance club because of the oppression religion
Abnormally Attracted to Sin
can unleash. Don’t judge lest ye be judged. What part of that sen-
For her tenth studio album, Amos
tence isn’t clear?” A fashion maven, Haley also brings sexiness to the
continues to explore religious ideal-
strict confines of the genre. Those who love opera will be charmed
ism, power and the impact of sin and
by all of her attributes with this debut recording. Available 05/19/09
religion in women’s lives. A consummate
songwriter and singer, Tori Amos has
a vivid way of storytelling in each and
every song. The first single release “Wel-
come to England” encompasses her clas-
sic vocals into a beautiful tapestry that
is both a mixture of the cynical and the
fairytale existence. The CD will also come
with 16 short films to accompany the songs in a deluxe DVD/CD edition. Amos explained
her current mindset on this, “I wanna give people something that says my favorite thing:
If it’s too loud, turn it up. I wanna give people creative worlds to walk into so that they are
getting a sensory overload. You give people treasures, not ‘How can I cut all the costs?’”
Available 05/19/09
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