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. The tour ran from March 1, to December 20, 2009 in the United States, Canada, Germany, Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand and was the band's first tour in five years, the group featured tracks within the setlist that spanned "all the Mac's many greatest hits" and pulled two rarely played live tracks "

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" that were taken from the

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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.

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.

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did not participate, having retired from the group in 1998.

Stevie Nicks Stephanie Lynn Nicks (born May 26, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter, known for her work with the band Fleetwood Mac and as a solo artist. After starting her career as a duo with her then-boyfriend Lindsey Buckingham, releasing the album ...

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joining the band to add a female to the group dynamic in McVie's absence. Of the onstage atmosphere, Nicks remarked: "My cousin John has known Lindsey uckinghamand 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."

Set list

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" # " Never Going Back Again" # "

" # " Say You Love Me" # " Gold Dust Woman" # " Oh Well" # " I'm So Afraid" # " Stand Back" # "

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" #;First encore # " World Turning" # "Drum solo" # " Don't Stop" #;Second encore # " Silver Springs"
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Tour dates

Personnel

Fleetwood Mac

Lindsey Buckingham Lindsey Adams Buckingham (born October 3, 1949) is an American musician, record producer, and the lead guitarist and co-lead vocalist of the Rock music, rock band Fleetwood Mac from 1975 to 1987 and 1997 to 2018. In addition to his tenure with ...

– lead guitar, vocals *

– vocals, tambourine *

John McVie John Graham McVie (; born 26 November 1945) is a British bass guitarist. He is best known as a member of the rock bands John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers from 1964 to 1967 and Fleetwood Mac since 1967. His surname, combined with that of drummer ...

– bass guitar *

Mick Fleetwood Michael John Kells Fleetwood (born 24 June 1947) is a British musician, songwriter and actor. He is the drummer, co-founder, and leader of the rock band Fleetwood Mac. Fleetwood, whose surname was merged with that of the group's bassist John Mc ...

– drums, percussion

Additional musicians

* Brett Tuggle – keyboards, rhythm guitar, backing vocals, maracas on "Oh Well" * Neale Heywood – rhythm guitar, backing vocals * Sharon Celani – background vocals * Jana Andeson – background vocals * Lori Nicks – background vocals

References

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