Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
The rumours have always been true, never more than certain, always delivering with absolute polish and insight into the realm of one of the greatest bands of all time, and whilst the chances of seeing the band that is the definitive article perform on stage again is perhaps low, bordering on non-existent, the fact that Rumours Of Fleetwood Mac are still capturing the inherent beauty, the haunting mystique, and the sheer scope of the ideas laid down originally by Peter Green, Jeremey Spencer, and Danny Kirwan, pushed forward by Christine McVie, Lindsey Buckingham, and Stevie Nicks, but always framed by the bass and drums of the two men who’s names encapsulated the drama and cool of the group; is never to be doubted or disputed.
A new tour, a build up to Fleetwood Mac’s sensational 50th anniversary of the album Rumours, and the delight of witnessing the flowing grace of music inside the prestigious Liverpool Philharmonic Hall, this is sense of groove that Rumours Of Fleetwood Mac offer with an insistence of incredible awareness, of holding the perception keenly, not proposing a simple illusion that comes with what some might describe as a cover band, a modest audio replication, but a wonderful occasion of aural history that stretches back to the initial days when the band outsold The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, and which turbulence, the honest chaos that followed has been forever stamped.
For Allan Cosgrove, James Harrison, Sara Leanne, Jess Harwood, Alex Dee, Mike Gay, and Wayne Banks, the sound of the group is not just in cohesion, it is in memory, it is preserving a celebration of one of the most emotionally instructive groups, and one that was framed with generous and fulsome pleasure as the crowd inside the Philharmonic Hall were treated to hits and loved treasures such as Big Love, Songbird, The Green Manalishi (With The Two Prong Crowd), Man Of The World, the exceptional Albatross, Rhiannon, Little Lies, Everywhere, and the near revolutionary Tusk, andthe result was as near perfection as a fan, as a lover of music, can ask for.
Rumours Of Fleetwood Mac is the band that carries the name and the memory onwards, that pushes the legacy forward, and the music is one to commemorate with a blinding passion.
Ian D. Hall