Unleashed (concert tour) explained

Concert Tour Name:	Unleashed
Artist:	Fleetwood Mac
Number Of Legs:	3
Number Of Shows:	81
Last Tour:	Say You Will Tour (2003–04)
This Tour:	Unleashed (2009)
Next Tour:	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]

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

1. "World Turning"
2. "Drum solo"
3. "Don't Stop"

Second encore

1. "Silver Springs"^[8]

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Tickets sold / available	Revenue
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, 2009	Washington, 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, 2009	New 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, 2009	Los 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, 2009	New York City		Madison 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	Germany	Arena
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, 2009	Paris	France	Le Zénith
October 19, 2009	Berlin	Germany	O2 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, 2009	London		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, 2009	London		Wembley 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 Zealand	Bowl of Brooklands
December 20, 2009

Personnel

Fleetwood Mac

• Lindsey Buckingham – lead guitar, vocals
• Stevie Nicks – vocals, tambourine
• John McVie – bass guitar
• Mick Fleetwood – 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

Notes and References

1. http://rockalittle.com/tourdates_2009_unleashed.htm
2. http://www.stereogum.com/39481/fleetwood_mac_to_get_unleashed_on_2009_tour_rerele/tour-dates/
3. http://www.fleetwoodmacnews.com/2014/01/fleetwood-mac-rank-no14-on-pollstar.html
4. http://www.rhino.com/article/the-rumours-are-true-fleetwood-mac-to-reissue-landmark-album
5. http://www.tpimagazine.com/production-profiles/400923/fleetwood_mac.html
6. http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/269429/fleetwood-mac-tuning-up-for-spring-tour
7. James . McNair . The Mojo Interview . . December 2013. 241. 40.
8. http://www.billboard.com/articles/review/269254/fleetwood-mac-march-8-2009-auburn-hills-mich-the-palace