The Tusk Tour was a world

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by British-American rock band

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. The tour began on October 26, 1979, in

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and ended on September 1, 1980, in

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. The band's 1980 ''

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'' album contains many of the live recordings of songs from the Tusk Tour.

History

In 1979, Fleetwood Mac embarked on their 112 show-long world tour promoting their new album, ''

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''. The tour began in

on October 26, 1979 at the ASISU Minidome and ended September 1, 1980 at the

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, both of which were sold-out shows. Every one of their shows performed were filmed and recorded for their ''

'' album. The band adjusted the setlist throughout the tour: " Say You Love Me" served as the first song of the opening night in Pocatello and " Monday Morning" opened the set for their final tour in

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declined an offer to open for Fleetwood Mac on this tour, so Danny Douma and

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served as the opening act instead depending on the performance.

Setbacks

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mentioned that "somebody once said that with the money we spent on champagne on one night they could have made an entire album. I used to go onstage and drink a bottle of

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, and drink one offstage afterwards . It's not the kind of party I’d like to go to now. There was a lot of booze being drunk and there was blood floating around in the

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, which doesn’t make for a stable environment." On top of all the drinking, the band members indulged in heavy amounts of

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and

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and McVie even jokes that the strength of the marijuana was so strong that the actual act of smoking it was not needed- it only needed to be blown in her face and she would feel the effects. As the tour progressed, the band members became less and less fond of each other and as a result of this tension as well as the financial setbacks endured, the band nearly parted ways as explained in ''Uncuts article, "Fleetwood Mac: 'Everybody was pretty weirded out' – the story of '' Rumours''", by the end of the tour the band members were "barely able to stand the sight of each other". While in

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in 1980,

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said that Buckingham began to mimic her by pulling his

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up over his head to mirror what she did stylistically with her

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during this performance.

Tour dates

Set lists

North American leg 1979 #1

# " Say You Love Me" # "

The Chain "The Chain" is a song by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac, released on their 1977 album '' Rumours''. It is the only song from the album with writing credits for all five members (Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, Christine McVie, John ...

" # "

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" # "

Not That Funny "Not That Funny" is a song by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac, released in 1980. Composed and sung by guitarist Lindsey Buckingham, it was written as a response to the punk movement in the late 1970s. The song shares some lyrics with "I K ...

" # "

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" # " Over & Over" # " Oh Well" # " Sara" # "

What Makes You Think You're the One "What Makes You Think You're the One" is a song by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac, released in 1979. Composed and sung by guitarist Lindsey Buckingham, it was one of his nine songs that appeared on the ''Tusk (album), Tusk'' album. The ...

" # " Oh Daddy" # " Save Me a Place" # "

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" # "

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" # "

You Make Loving Fun "You Make Loving Fun" is a song by the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac, written and sung by Christine McVie. It was released as the fourth and final single from the band's 1977 album '' Rumours''. "You Make Loving Fun" peaked at number n ...

" # " I'm So Afraid" # " World Turning" # "

Go Your Own Way "Go Your Own Way" is a song by the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac from their eleventh studio album, '' Rumours'' (1977). The song was released as the album's first single in December 1976 in the United States. Written and sung by L ...

" # " Sisters of the Moon" # " Blue Letter" # "

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North American leg 1979 #2

# "Say You Love Me" # "The Chain" # "Dreams" # "Not That Funny" # "Rhiannon" # " Don't Stop" # "Oh Well" # "Sara" # "What Makes You Think You're the One" # "Oh Daddy" # "Save Me a Place" # "Landslide" # "Tusk" # "Angel" # "You Make Loving Fun" # "I'm So Afraid" # "World Turning" # "Go Your Own Way" # "Sisters of the Moon" # "Blue Letter" # "Songbird"

North American leg 1979 #3

# "Say You Love Me" # "The Chain" # "Don't Stop" # "Dreams" # "Oh Well" # "Rhiannon" # "Oh Daddy" # "What Makes You Think You're the One" # "Sara" # "Not That Funny" # "Save Me a Place" # "Landslide" # "Tusk" # "Angel" # "You Make Loving Fun" # "I'm So Afraid" # "World Turning" # "Blue Letter" # "Go Your Own Way" # "Sisters of the Moon" # " Second Hand News" # "Songbird"

Japan, Oceania, second North American leg

# "Say You Love Me" # "The Chain" # "Don't Stop" # "Dreams" # "Oh Well" # "Rhiannon" # "Oh Daddy" # "What Makes You Think You're the One" # "Sara" # "Not That Funny" # " Never Going Back Again" # "Landslide" # "Tusk" # "Angel" # "You Make Loving Fun" # "I'm So Afraid" # "World Turning" # "Go Your Own Way" # "Sisters of the Moon" # "Songbird"

European leg

# "Say You Love Me" # "The Chain" # "Don't Stop" # "Dreams" # "Oh Well" # "Rhiannon" # "Oh Daddy" # " That's Enough for Me" # "Sara" # "Not That Funny" # "Never Going Back Again" # "Landslide" # "Tusk" # "Angel" # "You Make Loving Fun" # "I'm So Afraid" # "World Turning" # "Go Your Own Way" # "Sisters of the Moon" # "Songbird"

North American leg 1980

# " Monday Morning" # "The Chain" # "Don't Stop" # "Dreams" # "Oh Well" # "Rhiannon" # "Over and Over" # "What Makes You Think You're the One" # "Sara" # "Not That Funny" # "Never Going Back Again" # "Landslide" # "Tusk" # "

Think About Me "Think About Me" is a song by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac, released in the US in March 1980. The song was composed by Fleetwood Mac keyboardist Christine McVie. "Think About Me" was slightly remixed for single release. The song peake ...

" # "I'm So Afraid" # "Angel" # "You Make Loving Fun" # "World Turning" # "Go Your Own Way" # "Sisters of the Moon" # "Songbird" "The Ledge" and "I Know I'm Not Wrong" were rehearsed before this tour, but it is unknown if they were performed.

Personnel

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, wind chimes,

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, Yamaha CP-30,

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, acoustic guitar, vocals *

– vocals,

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, cowbell ;Additional musicians *Ray Lindsey – rhythm guitar on "Go Your Own Way" & "Second Hand News" *Jeffery Bova – keyboards on "Tusk" *Tony Todaro – percussion

References

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