Fleetwood Mac at O2 Arena

 
Fleetwood Mac
O2 Arena, 25 September 2013

It's no shock to anyone who knows me (or anyone who has ever read this blog) that Fleetwood Mac are my favourite ever band: I've loved them since I was 12 or 13 years old when I first heard Tango In The Night but never got to see them live until 2003. Thankfully, I've seen them quite a few times since and tonight was my seventh time in all. I'd have liked it to have been the eighth and ninth too but unfortunately this time around the already expensive tickets were practically twice the price. That said, I was pretty content to just see them the once this time given how little they change the setlist these days but began to severely regret only having one ticket when rumours began to swirl that former member Christine McVie, the woman with all the hits and was such a huge part of the Mac's success who I had never seen play live with the band, was going to make a guest appearance at one of the shows. As my ticket was for the second of three nights I was sure I had missed my chance, as these things mainly happened on the last night.

Built To Spill at the Electric Ballroom

Built To Spill
Disco Doom
Electric Ballroom, 23 September 2013

I don't think they could have picked a more suitable support act for Built To Spill tonight than Disco Doom. Hailing from Zurich, Switzerland, they've obviously been hugely influenced by bands like Dinosaur Jr, Superchunk and, yes, Built To Spill, mixing heavy distorted guitars with noisy solos and melodic vocals. Apparently the band (essentially a duo made up of singer/guitarist Gabriele De Mario and guitarist/vocalist Anita Rufer, although tonight they also have a drummer and bassist) have been going since the late 90s but they are only about to release their third album. Since it comes on the wave of the 90s revival they fit nicely in. Tonight though their set is a little overlong, if it had been about 10 minutes shorter I probably would have been raving about them but they started to drag for me near the end, so I'll merely say they were pretty good.