The Unleashed Tour was a

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by the rock band

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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 'Storms' and ' I Know I'm Not Wrong' that were taken from the

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album and resurrected the Peter Green track ' Oh Well' for the first time live since 1995. The tour ranked #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 later Rumours-era band of Fleetwood Mac had undertaken without a new album to promote,

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did not participate in this tour as she had retired from the group in 1998. In addition

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spoke about

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potentially joining the band to add an additional female to the group dynamic in the absence of Christine McVie. The group were also planning to re-release their Rumours album from 1977 as a CD/DVD combo with unreleased songs, demos and previously unreleased footage of the band from that era, however this re-release never materialised and was held back to 2013 when the Rumours deluxe and super-deluxe editions were released.

Tour dates

Set List

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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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Second Hand News "Second Hand News" is a song written by Lindsey Buckingham. The song was first performed for the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac as the opening track of their 1977 album '' Rumours''. Background "Second Hand News" was a frontrunner for ...

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Never Going Back Again "Never Going Back Again" is a song written by Lindsey Buckingham that was first released by the British-American Rock music, rock band Fleetwood Mac on their eleventh studio album ''Rumours (album), Rumours'' (1977). The song was also released as ...

" # "Storms" # " Say You Love Me" # "

Gold Dust Woman "Gold Dust Woman" is a song from British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac's 11th studio album, '' Rumours'' (1977). The song was written and sung by Stevie Nicks and released as a B-side to the " Don't Stop" single (in the UK) and the "You Make ...

" # " Oh Well" # "

I'm So Afraid "I'm So Afraid" is a song written by Lindsey Buckingham for the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac for their tenth album, ''Fleetwood Mac''. The song was intended for a second Buckingham Nicks album, but the album never came to fruition. ...

" # " Stand Back" # "

Go Your Own Way "Go Your Own Way" is a song by 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 on both sides of the Atlantic. Written and sung ...

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World Turning "World Turning" is a song written by Christine McVie and Lindsey Buckingham for the British/American rock band Fleetwood Mac's tenth album, '' Fleetwood Mac''. Background While the song was written in 1975, its roots date back to 1968. Fleetwoo ...

" # "Drum solo" # " Don't Stop" Second encore # " Silver Springs"
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Personnel

Fleetwood Mac

Lindsey Buckingham Lindsey Adams Buckingham (born October 3, 1949) is an American musician and record producer, best known as the lead guitarist and male lead vocalist of the band Fleetwood Mac from 1975 to 1987 and 1997 to 2018. In addition to his tenure with Fl ...

– 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 Mick Fleet ...

– bass guitar *

Mick Fleetwood Michael John Kells Fleetwood (born 24 June 1947) is a British musician, songwriter and occasional actor. He is best known as the drummer, co-founder, and leader of the rock band Fleetwood Mac. Fleetwood, whose surname was merged with that of th ...

– drums, percussion

Supporting 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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