The Dance - Fleetwood Mac

Rock legends, Fleetwood Mac stunned home grown American audiences when the band announced a one off special come back gig with the original ‘Rumours’ line up. Despite all the tantrums, splits and divorces that have cloaked the band with the same sensationalism as Electro Shock Treatment, they still managed to hold their heads up high and smile affectionately at each other throughout the performance. It was filmed for television and shown so late one night on BBC1 that the entire world forgot to tape it. The ‘soundtrack’ of the phenomenal occurrence was this perfectly produced album, ‘The Dance.’ With a inner sleeve that depicts the band in incredulous poses ...

Have you ever noticed what an overused term the word 'supergroup' is? Now I'm not talking about groups that people think are super. God no! If that were the case then we would probably have to include the S Club 7's, Steps and Hear'Say's of this world, and imagine what a mess we would be in- it doesn't bear imagining. The term supergroup is not used much in terms of the modern beat combos that you find enjoying their fifteen minutes of fame on the CD players of the youth of today. It is used to refer to those groups that have defied many things, but principally have defied age and the barriers that exist therewith. One of these groups ...

If you watch one Video concert release this, the live recording of the Fleetwood Mac reunion tour of 1997 should be it. If you were at the concert, I salute you and will be forever envious of you. I missed an opportunity to go to the show at the Ice Palace Arena in Tampa. If you possess the CD, fine - but you have not experienced the whole thing. This is the way to take the blindfold off. I own both (the DVD and the CD). As far as I can tell, they are from the same recording venue. I enjoy both, but for different reasons. The CD is portable (at home, in the car) and salutes the music of a great group. The video is (in the main) a static medium but salutes ...