Unleashed (concert tour)

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Unleashed
Tour by Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac 2009.jpg
Fleetwood Mac live on 3 March 2009, in Saint Paul, Minnesota (left to right) John McVie, Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood
Start dateMarch 1, 2009 (2009-03-01)
End dateDecember 20, 2009 (2009-12-20)
Legs3
No. of shows81
Fleetwood Mac concert chronology
  • Say You Will Tour
    (2003–04)
  • Unleashed
    (2009)
  • Fleetwood Mac Live
    (2013)

The Unleashed Tour was a concert tour by the rock band Fleetwood Mac. The tour ran from March 1, to December 20, 2009 in the United States, Canada, Germany, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand [1] and was the band's first tour in five years, [2] the group featured tracks within the setlist that spanned "all the Mac's many greatest hits" and pulled two rarely played live tracks "Storms" and "I Know I'm Not Wrong" that were taken from the Tusk album. They also resurrected the Peter Green track 'Oh Well' for the first time live since 1995. The tour ranked number 13 in the Worldwide Concert Tours data that is maintained by Pollstar and grossed a total of $84.9 million with a total attendance of 832,597. [3]

Contents

Background

This was the first tour that the Rumours -era lineup undertook without a new album to promote. The group were planning to rerelease Rumours as a CD/DVD combo with unreleased songs, demos and footage from that era. However, this was delayed until 2013's deluxe and super-deluxe editions. [4]

Christine McVie did not participate, having retired from the group in 1998. [5] Stevie Nicks mooted Sheryl Crow joining the band to add a female to the group dynamic in McVie's absence. [6]

Of the onstage atmosphere, Nicks remarked: "My cousin John has known Lindsey [Buckingham] and I since 1968. He told me, 'When I saw you and Lindsey play with Fleetwood Mac in 2009, there was nothing between you. It was as if you were thinking, What shall I get from room service tonight? Grilled cheese? Tomato soup?' Hammy wasn't the word for Lindsey and I in 2009 – it was totally fake." [7]

Set list

  1. "Monday Morning"
  2. "The Chain"
  3. "Dreams"
  4. "I Know I'm Not Wrong"
  5. "Gypsy"
  6. "Go Insane"
  7. "Rhiannon"
  8. "Second Hand News"
  9. "Tusk"
  10. "Sara"
  11. "Big Love"
  12. "Landslide"
  13. "Never Going Back Again"
  14. "Storms"
  15. "Say You Love Me"
  16. "Gold Dust Woman"
  17. "Oh Well"
  18. "I'm So Afraid"
  19. "Stand Back"
  20. "Go Your Own Way"
    First encore
  21. "World Turning"
  22. "Drum solo"
  23. "Don't Stop"
    Second encore
  24. "Silver Springs" [8]

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenueTickets sold / availableRevenue
North America
March 1, 2009 Pittsburgh United States Mellon Arena 11,854 / 13,075$1,148,633
March 3, 2009 Saint Paul Xcel Energy Center 12,046 / 18,341$1,241,491
March 5, 2009 Rosemont, Illinois (Chicago) Allstate Arena 24,796 / 28,044$2,382,027
March 6, 2009
March 8, 2009 Auburn Hills The Palace of Auburn Hills 11,338 / 12,515$808,994
March 10, 2009Washington, D.C. Verizon Center 14,468 / 14,468$1,605,006
March 11, 2009 Boston TD Banknorth Garden 13,005 / 17,388$1,292,161
March 13, 2009 Uniondale Nassau Coliseum 11,210 / 11,210$1,027,022
March 14, 2009 Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena 8,155 / 8,183$904,625
March 16, 2009 Rochester Blue Cross Arena 8,183 / 10,891$717,450
March 17, 2009 Albany Times Union Center
March 19, 2009New York City Madison Square Garden 14,955 / 15,258$1,708,005
March 21, 2009 East Rutherford Izod Center 13,306 / 15,003$1,277,892
March 23, 2009 Ottawa Canada Scotiabank Place
March 25, 2009 Montreal Bell Centre 9,042 / 11,300$841,407
March 26, 2009 Toronto Air Canada Centre
April 15, 2009 Philadelphia United States Wachovia Center 12,355 / 14,617$1,156,685
April 17, 2009 Cleveland Quicken Loans Arena 9,351 / 13,507$797,926
April 18, 2009 Columbus Nationwide Arena 11,820 / 16,167$1,088,276
April 20, 2009 Orlando Amway Arena 7,668 / 10,688$756,311
April 22, 2009 Tampa St. Pete Times Forum 7,542 / 23,722$713,643
April 23, 2009 Fort Lauderdale BankAtlantic Center 9,509 / 11,839$980,852
April 25, 2009 Charlotte Time Warner Cable Arena 11,937 / 13,866$984,558
April 26, 2009 Greensboro Greensboro Coliseum
April 28, 2009 Atlanta Philips Arena 10,653 / 11,910$959,973
April 30, 2009 Dallas American Airlines Center 13,708 / 14,148$1,453,232
May 2, 2009 Houston Toyota Center 12,762 / 13,306$1,343,855
May 3, 2009 Tulsa BOK Center 12,976 / 12,976$1,286,633
May 5, 2009 St. Louis Scottrade Center 12,016 / 19,080$736,300
May 7, 2009 Omaha Qwest Center 10,096 / 14,253$843,569
May 8, 2009 Kansas City Sprint Center 13,066 / 14,187$1,384,110
May 10, 2009 Denver Pepsi Center 12,228 / 12,656$1,155,831
May 15, 2009 Vancouver Canada General Motors Place 13,934 / 13,934$1,855,616
May 16, 2009 Tacoma United States Tacoma Dome 14,735 / 14,807$1,390,755
May 20, 2009 Oakland Oracle Arena 10,979 / 18,000$889,320
May 21, 2009 San Jose HP Pavilion 11,078 / 12,964$1,094,667
May 23, 2009 Anaheim Honda Center 12,733 / 13,212$1,275,744
May 24, 2009 Glendale Jobing.com Arena 12,006 / 13,175$1,026,737
May 28, 2009Los Angeles Staples Center 13,542 / 14,369$1,475,463
May 30, 2009 Las Vegas MGM Grand Garden Arena 11,193 / 12,186$1,192,385
May 31, 2009 San Diego Sports Arena 9,971 / 9,971$839,074
June 3, 2009 Salt Lake City EnergySolutions Arena
June 5, 2009 Saskatoon Canada SaskTel Centre
June 6, 2009 Winnipeg MTS Centre
June 8, 2009 Milwaukee United States Bradley Center
June 10, 2009 Baltimore 1st Mariner Arena
June 11, 2009New York CityMadison Square Garden
June 13, 2009 Atlantic City Boardwalk Hall 9,458 / 11,670$813,585
June 16, 2009 Manchester Verizon Wireless Arena
June 17, 2009 Uncasville Mohegan Sun Arena
June 19, 2009 Nashville Sommet Center 8,895 / 13,472$688,725
June 20, 2009 New Orleans New Orleans Arena 11,470 / 12,724$970,809
June 23, 2009 Calgary Canada Pengrowth Saddledome
June 24, 2009 Edmonton Rexall Place 11,607 / 12,962$1,451,546
Europe
October 8, 2009 Copenhagen Denmark Parken 16,655 / 20,415$1,894,705
October 10, 2009 Stockholm Sweden Ericsson Globe 10,515 / 11,352$962,886
October 12, 2009 Oberhausen GermanyArena
October 14, 2009 Antwerp Belgium Sportpaleis 12,589 / 12,687$1,104,080
October 15, 2009 Rotterdam Netherlands Ahoy 10,811 / 10,811$923,385
October 17, 2009ParisFranceLe Zénith
October 19, 2009BerlinGermanyO2 World
October 22, 2009 Glasgow Scotland SECC 8,778 / 8,778$1,013,963
October 24, 2009 Dublin Ireland The O2 16,026 / 16,026$2,682,390
October 25, 2009
October 27, 2009 Manchester England Manchester Evening News Arena 14,442 / 15,187$1,649,086
October 30, 2009London Wembley Arena 22,209 / 22,368$2,557,957
October 31, 2009
November 2, 2009 Sheffield Sheffield Arena 10,277 / 11,000$1,183,332
November 3, 2009 Birmingham National Indoor Arena 11,692 / 11,692$1,342,634
November 6, 2009LondonWembley Arena
Oceania
December 1, 2009 Melbourne Australia Rod Laver Arena
December 2, 2009
December 5, 2009 Hunter Valley Hope Estate Winery
December 7, 2009 Sydney Acer Arena
December 8, 2009
December 11, 2009 Perth Members Equity
December 12, 2009
December 15, 2009 Brisbane Entertainment Center
December 16, 2009
December 19, 2009 New Plymouth New ZealandBowl of Brooklands
December 20, 2009

Personnel

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