I've Got Another Confession To Make: Foo Fighters in Chicago

Bad Day, Made Better

Driving to class from work this morning. I found myself having a particularly awful morning, a second case of "The Mondays" if you will,  considering my actual Monday hadn't been so great either. It was just one of those days where I regretted getting out of bed.

So here I am, driving down this construction jammed road, not particularly in a pleasant mood, scanning the radio for anything to listen to. I was having no such luck, and was stuck between changing the station from a boring commercial, to hearing "All About That Bass" for the fifth time that morning, when I settled on 101.1 WKQX.
It wasn't the "happy-go-lucky" song I needed to put me in a better mood, but it was just the news I needed.  

Listening to the morning DJ's, I learned that the Foo Fighters will be playing here, in Chicago, at The Cubby Bear on Friday.

Let that sink in now.
Foo Fighters. Cubby Bear. Friday.

Foo Fighters In Chicago 
Now, if you happen to be a Foo Fighters fan, like myself, you would be jumping off the walls. (Or in my case, screaming "No way!" excitedly over and over as I sat in traffic when I first heard the news this morning). With Foo Fighters currently promoting their new album, it was no a surprise that playing a show was in the talks. The big nail-biter, was really, where they would be playing that show at.

Foo Fighters playing a venue like the Cubby Bear isn't something you hear every day. Usually, big names like Foo Fighters would be playing at the Metro, but thankfully Cubby Bear has a soft spot for frontman, Dave Grohl. (It was the venue where Grohl say his first ever concert). Luckily, I'll be in the area tomorrow, so even if I don't get tickets, I'll be hanging around the Cubby Bear and Wrigleyville, just hoping to hear bits and pieces of the show.

Tickets go on sale, tomorrow morning at 10:00am, wish me luck

Fleetwood Mac: Reunited and It Feels So Bittersweet

'Mac is Back 

While I'm incredibly excited for the beginning of October for various reasons, (the fashion, the changing of the leaves, my birthday, and the addition of my favorite television series, Gilmore Girls, to Netflix) the next two days, October will be torture.

Mainly because Fleetwood Mac will be performing at the United Center, in Chicago on October 2nd and 3rd, and I will be...well not there. Hence, the upset. The tour kicked off yesterday, opening in  Minneapolis, MN and is set to visit a total of thirty-three cities in North America. While Fleetwood Mac has been on tour plenty of times the past couple of years, this time ALL of Fleetwood Mac Band Members will be present. So, that means singer/guitarist Lindsey Buckingham, bassist John McVie, drummer Mick Fleetwood, singer Stevie Nicks and singer/keyboardist Christine McVie will be performing all under the same roof...FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE  1997!

So maybe now you'll understand my disappointment. 

Fleetwood Mac: Built My Life Around You

I'm not sure when I first became a fan of Fleetwood Mac, but all I know is their songs have the ability to make me want to dance, or make me want to sob uncontrollably. "Landslide" is the best example of a song that can make me cry, no matter what version. (Trust me, I've heard so many different versions, and every time I bawl like a baby).

While my favorite Fleetwood Mac song has to be "Landslide," my favorite album (as well as their most successful one),  would have to be Rumours, which was released just as the band was breaking up. (More specifically when Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham), and featured some songs you should really check out. "I Don't Want to Know", "Don't Stop" and "Go Your Own Way", are more of their well known songs, but the entire album is one you should give a listen to.