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Rumours Live
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Live album by
Released8 September 2023 (2023-09-08)
Recorded29 August 1977
Venue The Forum, Inglewood, California
Genre Rock
Length87:41
Label
Fleetwood Mac chronology
50 Years – Don't Stop
(2018)
Rumours Live
(2023)

Rumours Live is a live album by the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac, released on 8 September 2023 through Rhino Entertainment and Warner Records. The tracks were recorded on 29 August 1977 at the Forum in Inglewood, California on the Rumours Tour. The set list comprises tracks from 1975's Fleetwood Mac and 1977's Rumours , [1] with the exception of "Oh Well", released as a single in 1969. [2] All recordings were previously unreleased aside from "Gold Dust Woman", which appeared on the 2021 reissue of Live . [3] The live version of "Dreams" preceded the album's release. [4]

Contents

Background and recording

Ken Caillat recorded the band's concert using a mobile recording truck owned by the Record Plant studio, at which the band recorded most of Rumours. The concert was attended by close to 20,000 fans. [3]

Track listing

Rumours Live track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Say You Love Me"4:29
2."Monday Morning"3:27
3."Dreams"4:08
4."Oh Well"3:03
5."Rhiannon"8:07
6."Oh Daddy"4:48
7."Never Going Back Again"2:48
8."Landslide"4:17
9."Over My Head"3:28
10."Gold Dust Woman"7:19
11."You Make Loving Fun"4:54
12."I'm So Afraid"5:47
13."Go Your Own Way"5:00
14."World Turning"7:34
15."Blue Letter"5:10
16."The Chain"5:58
17."Second Hand News"3:16
18."Songbird"4:08
Total length:87:41

Charts

Chart performance for Rumours Live
Chart (2023)Peak
position
French Albums (SNEP) [5] 51
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [6] 32
Japanese Hot Albums ( Billboard Japan ) [7] 62
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [8] 32
Portuguese Albums (AFP) [9] 26
Scottish Albums (OCC) [10] 6
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [11] 80
UK Albums (OCC) [12] 34
US Billboard 200 [13] 81
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [14] 14

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