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Peter Green & The Splinter Group will be participating in their 3rd USA tour starting at the end of April. The dates announced thus far are:

4/30, New York, BB King's 5/9, Anaheim, House of Blues

5/1, Boston, House of Blues 5/10, San Francisco, Bimbo's

5/2, Falls Church, Washington, State Theatre 5/11, Santa Cruz, Rio Theatre

5/3, Detroit, Magic Bag 5/12, Sacramento, Venue TBC

5/4, Madison, Venue TBC 5/14, Portland, Aladdin Theatre

5/5, Minneapolis, Caboose 5/15, Seattle, King Cat

5/8, Las Vegas, House of Blues 5/16, Vancouver, Commodore Ballroom

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Reviewer: Anonymous, Manager     September 01, 2006

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Chicago, IL AllState Arena show

Reviewer: Alyssa (allthatjazz2816@aol.com),     June 29, 2003

My Chicago review:

Hey everyone! I am Alyssa! I attended Fleetwood Mac's concert at the AllState arena in Chicago, IL. For all those that don't want to read my whole review, which has the story of my day leading up to it, I will just say that the concert was phenomenal! Stevie was absolutely beautiful and Lindsey was hot on his guitar. Mick was his crazy, eccentric self and john was right on with his bass playing! Now here we go - let me just start off by saying I am only 15 years old and a young fan of Fleetwood Mac for about a month and a stevie fan for a little longer about 4 months or so. and very proud of it ;). Anyways, I was soooooooo excited to find out that they were coming to my town! Only problem was since I was a newer fan we didn't get tickets until 3 weeks before the show. My mom told me that the seats were in a section in the far back and one of the last rows. I was crushed but she told me just to be thankful that I got to go, which I was! So Friday, the day of the show, my mom couldn't keep it in any longer she called me from work and said, "I have a surprise for you." I was in a grumpy mood because I was sooo excited about the show I didn't sleep the night before. I said grumpily, "what?" and she said what would make you happier than anything in the world?" and being really grouchy I said, "I don't know what are you talking about?" She thought I had a "tone" and hung up with out telling me. So I had to suffer until she got home to find out what it was. She handed me the envelope that said tickmaster on it I opened it, looked inside and saw that they were the Fleetwood Mac tickets and that they said section 1, row 7!!! I was ecstatic! My mom had lied and said our seats were horrible when in reality they were 7th row, even with Lindsey's mic!!! She wanted to surprise me, which she did successfully. She is the best! Now onto my review~

We got to the venue about 2 hours early, so we stopped at the Steak and Shake for a bite to eat. We then headed over to Target so we could by some gum. We found a place to park and headed inside. We got in a first found our seats. 7th row and we were even with Lindsey's mic! We were sooo close! We could actually see there facial expressions during the songs! We got up and walked around a little bit afterwards. I got a shirt and a key chain at the merchandise counter! They had really nice shirts, but I could only get one L. We got lemonade and went to sit back down. We got down to our seats and I had to use the bathroom, so I went before the concert started so I wouldn't miss anything. I got in line behind these two girls who couldn't have been but two years younger than me and this lady got in line behind us. Needless to say, she had a little too much "juice", if u know what I mean, lol. She tried to budge and her friend pulled her back and she said, "well, what are they gonna do yell at me." lol yea she was a lil wasted and the concert hadn't even begun. I went back to sit down and we met a few really nice people who sat next to us. Fleetwood Mac fans are the nicest people, aren't we?!? lol anyways, there was a hippie in the row behind us. Hehe he was cracking me up with his dance moves. He was a really cool guy though! Anyway, sorry if I bored you guys with my day leading up to it, but onto the concert. Lindsey and Stevie walked out hand in hand so cute. All the songs rocked. I was the 7th row rebel, I am telling ya. I did not let my mom pay $280 to sit. During a few songs, people sat down but I refused to!! lol. Lindsey let people strum on his guitar twice. I wish I was up there. Someone gave Stevie a rose and she put it on her mic along with the Mardi Gra beads she had hanging on it! She was blowing kisses right and left at people and holding her arms out and saying I love you, too to people who were saying that to her. They got so many roses. I wish I was close enough to give her one, or him for that matter.

The end was incredible. It was funny when they were leaving, Stevie wanted to get that rose off of her mic, but for the life of her could not get it untangled. Hehe it was funny but she finally got it. She made her little good bye speech by saying, I just want to let you guys know that we have been here for three weeks and I have fallen in love with Chicago! You guys have a great city! we do dont we? The best expression that came out of the night was Stevies emphasized wink. It was so funny. While they were walking off, someone I would assume kept winking at her and she kept winking back like 10 times and she made sure to make it obvious that she was winking back by pointing to her eye. It is kinda hard to describe, one of those u had to be there things but we all got a laugh out of it! You could tell Stevie didnt want to leave the stage; she just kept waving and waving and we didnt want her to go either! It was an incredible show, my first Mac concert, and one I will never forget! I had the best time and I am looking forward to the second leg of the tour!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! They were all incredible! GO IF YOU GET THE CHANCE!!!!!!!! You will not regret it!

p.s. I think I was successful in making my mom a fan that night! She was not one going into it, but was one going out. That was my goal!!

Peter Green in San Francisco

Reviewer: Anonymous,     May 25, 2002

Peter Green was playing to a San Francsco Club at the Bimbo 365, which he played his standards as "Black Magic Woman" for 12-minutes which he was joined onstage by Greeny admirer Carlos Santana which they traded licks and this performance though not taped was a better performance than in the 1998 Rock n' Roll Hall Of Fame, which Greeny did quiet guitar solos anbrief lines while Carlos dominated his guitar skills. That was the highlight which Carlos granted a tribute to Peter there.
The daughter of John Lee Hooker joined Peter and Splinter Group onstage for "Crawling King Snake", He did played the dreamy instrumental "Albatross", and "Oh Well".
There are songs from "Time Traders" and "Destiny Road", that were added. Nigel traded some fine guitar solos as well as he did with Peter on "The Green Manalishi". Peter's voice is a bit hoarsed but his guitar playing is now better than it was .

He did a stirring guitar bending on "Going Down" and has enjoyed himself.
Peter and Carlos made magic that day. and it was worth seeing a surprise event.

Peter Green & The Splinter Group 2001 Tour - Peter Green & The Splinter Group toured Europe in the Fall of 2001l the dates can be found here.

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Stevie Nicks' AHI Benefit - Read some reviews and view some photos from the Stevie Nicks & Friends Concert which took place at the America West Arena on September 23, 2000.

Rick Vito 2000 Germany Club Shows - Rick Vito played several shows in Germany in 2000. One great review submitted to The Penguin for a show at the "Starclub" in Muelheim/Ruhr on April 29, 2000 has been posted.

Splinter Group With Peter Green 1998 US Tour - Peter Green & The Splinter Group came to the US for a mini-tour of 13 concerts in August / September 1998. This section contains a lot of information about the shows including the tour stops, set lists, reviews, and photos.

Stevie Nicks 1998 Enchanted Tour - Stevie Nicks did an extensive tour of over 40 venues in the United States in 1998. Check here for complete coverage.

Fleetwood Mac 1997 Dance Tour - Fleetwood Mac last toured the United States (or anywhere) in the Fall of 1997. Visit this section for complete coverage including reviews from EVERY show.

Fleetwood Mac Tourbooks - Visit this section for information about past tours from Fleetwood Mac as well as its members solo efforts. Included is dates, venues, setlists, tour book cover scans, admission ticket scans, and much more information. Submissions to make it even more complete are, of course, welcome.