Mirage Tour

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Mirage Tour
Tour by Fleetwood Mac
Associated album Mirage
Start dateSeptember 1, 1982
End dateOctober 31, 1982
Legs1
No. of shows32
Fleetwood Mac concert chronology

The Mirage Tour in Autumn 1982 was a concert tour by British-American pop rock band Fleetwood Mac. The tour lasted two months. Unlike the 112 show Tusk Tour, the Mirage Tour was confined to just the U.S. in 29 cities.

Contents

History

This would be the last tour with Lindsey Buckingham with the band until The Dance in 1997. Although Buckingham would perform on and produce the next album, Tango in the Night , he did not tour and decided to leave the band. [1]

Tragedy struck during the month of October when Nicks' best friend, Robin Anderson, died leaving Nicks in a total state of shock. As a result, she gave some of her most electrifying and heartfelt performances to date. [2]

On October 18, the band played at a benefit concert organized by the City of Hope foundation. Nicks also played a solo set with her band and Don Henley appearing as a guest artist.

The October 15 and 20 shows were originally scheduled for early October, but had to be postponed because Nicks was ill, suffering from walking pneumonia. [3]

The October 22 show at The Forum in Inglewood, was filmed and released in 1984 in VHS (and later in DVD) under the title "Fleetwood Mac In Concert - Mirage Tour '82". [4]

Set list [5]

  1. "Second Hand News"
  2. "The Chain"
  3. "Don't Stop"
  4. "Dreams"
  5. "Oh Well"
  6. "Rhiannon"
  7. "Brown Eyes"
  8. "Eyes of the World"
  9. "Gypsy"
  10. "Love in Store"
  11. "Not That Funny"
  12. "Never Going Back Again"
  13. "Landslide"
  14. "Tusk"
  15. "Sara"
  16. "Hold Me"
  17. "You Make Loving Fun"
  18. "I'm So Afraid"
  19. "Go Your Own Way"
    Encore
  20. "Blue Letter"
  21. "Sisters of the Moon"
  22. "Songbird"

Tour dates [6] [7]

DateCityCountryVenue
North America
September 1, 1982 Greensboro United States Greensboro Coliseum
September 2, 1982 Atlanta Omni Coliseum
September 4, 1982 Orlando Citrus Bowl (Rock Superbowl Festival)
September 5, 1982 San Bernardino Glen Helen Regional Park (US Festival)
September 9, 1982 Lexington Rupp Arena
September 10, 1982 Norfolk Norfolk Scope
September 11, 1982 Philadelphia The Spectrum
September 14, 1982 East Rutherford Brendan Byrne Arena
September 15, 1982 Worcester The Centrum
September 18, 1982 Indianapolis Market Square Arena
September 19, 1982 Detroit Joe Louis Arena
September 22, 1982 East Troy Alpine Valley Music Theatre
September 23, 1982 Bloomington Met Center
September 26, 1982 Oklahoma City Myriad Convention Center
September 27, 1982 Houston The Summit
September 28, 1982 Dallas Reunion Arena
September 30, 1982 Tempe Compton Terrace Amphitheatre
October 3, 1982 Oakland Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
October 7, 1982 Austin Frank Erwin Center
October 9, 1982 Chapel Hill Carmichael Auditorium
October 10, 1982 East Troy Alpine Valley Music Theatre
October 12, 1982 Memphis Mid-South Coliseum
October 13, 1982 Baton Rouge LSU Assembly Center
October 15, 1982 Denver McNichols Sports Arena
October 17, 1982 Sacramento Cal Expo Amphitheatre
October 18, 1982 Irvine Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre
October 20, 1982 Oakland Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum
October 21, 1982 Inglewood The Forum [8]
October 22, 1982
October 25, 1982 Cedar Falls UNI-Dome
October 26, 1982 Lincoln Pershing Auditorium
October 28, 1982 St. Louis Checkerdome
October 31, 1982 Austin Frank Erwin Center

Personnel

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [9]
video 		2× Platinum30,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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References

  1. ↑ "The Mirage Tour". Fmlegacy.com. Archived from the original on 2013-05-29. Retrieved 2012-02-13.
  2. ↑ "STEVIE NICKS. HER MUSIC: Tour Archive 1982" . Retrieved 2017-06-28.
  3. ↑ "FM - Mirage". Buckingham Nicks Info. Retrieved 2017-07-25.
  4. ↑ "Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac In Concert– Mirage Tour '82". Discogs (in Spanish). 1983. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
  5. ↑ "Fleetwood Mac Average Setlists of tour: Mirage | setlist.fm". www.setlist.fm. Retrieved 2017-06-28.
  6. ↑ "STEVIE NICKS. HER MUSIC: Tour Archive 1982" . Retrieved 2017-06-28.
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  9. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2008 DVDs" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association . Retrieved June 4, 2020.
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