2nd Wembley date announced [Archive]

kak125

11-13-2018, 09:35 AM

This was on the fleetwood mac news twitter page today

Fleetwood Mac will perform a 2nd night at @wembleystadium on June 18th w/ Special Guests @ThePretendersHQ — @LiveNationUK Presale starts Thursday 9am! Sign up at http://www.livenation.co.uk . Tickets on sale Friday, November 16th.

Pretenders will be with Fleetwood Mac for 4 dates:
06 June 2019: Waldbühne, Berlin Germany
13 June 2019: RDS Arena, Dublin, Ireland
16 June 2019: Wembley Stadium, London, UK
18 June 2019: Wembley Stadium, London, UK

SteveMacD

11-13-2018, 09:56 AM

I just checked The Pretenders website, and they’re opening for most of the European dates. It

dontlookdown

11-13-2018, 11:53 AM

Wembley holds 90,000 people.
Will they be able to fill the stadium for 2 shows?

AncientQueen

11-13-2018, 12:55 PM

COLOGNE please!
9 June 2019, if possible :)

FuzzyPlum

11-13-2018, 01:11 PM

Wembley holds 90,000 people.
Will they be able to fill the stadium for 2 shows?

Well, for the On With The Show tour they played 6 sold out O2 arena shows alone. I think the O2 arena holds 20,000, so that's 120,000 straight off. In addition they played 9 other UK shows (Birmingham, Manchester, Glasgow, Leeds) at around 15,000 each (though I think at least one was cancelled in the end due to illness). So that's potentially in the region of 255,000 British people. Of course, it'll be more difficult to shift tickets for people in the north of England and Scotland, but they should sell out okay, especially as they have the Pretenders too.

dontlookdown

11-13-2018, 02:18 PM

makes sense.

Although it's hard to imagine them selling out a US stadium these days. Even with the Pretenders.

I think there's more of a hunger to see them in the UK.

FM77

11-13-2018, 02:43 PM

WOW!!!!!!!!!!! That is fantastic news! Love that Chrissie is opening.

SorcererJP

11-13-2018, 03:03 PM

COLOGNE please!
9 June 2019, if possible :)

They play the Pinkpop-festival in Landgraaf on Monday 10th of June. Just 90 kilometres from Cologne I guess :-)

Angel75

11-13-2018, 03:26 PM

makes sense.

Although it's hard to imagine them selling out a US stadium these days. Even with the Pretenders.

I think there's more of a hunger to see them in the UK.

There's an equal amount of hunger for Lindsey in the UK....

After not touring there for BuckVie and after cancelling his first 2012 UK tour, he should get motivated .... he needs to be smart and capitalise on this.

SteveMacD

11-13-2018, 04:18 PM

makes sense.

Although it's hard to imagine them selling out a US stadium these days. Even with the Pretenders.

And, even if Lindsey was still in the band.

guillamene

11-13-2018, 05:45 PM

SteveMacD

11-13-2018, 07:05 PM

…..my concern would be that this might mean a somewhat shorter set from Fleetwood Mac. They haven't had -or didn't need - a support in Europe/UK for many years.

The set is only about two hours, so it should be okay.

elle

11-13-2018, 07:42 PM

I just checked The Pretenders website, and they’re opening for most of the European dates. It

what is "most" when they have just like 4 dates? 3 outta 4? :lol:

interesting that Nicks & co have to enlist the Pretenders to help her out, again.

mitzo

11-14-2018, 04:10 AM

what is "most" when they have just like 4 dates? 3 outta 4? :lol:

interesting that Nicks & co have to enlist the Pretenders to help her out, again.
More like Stevie helping the Pretenders again. The 24KG Gold show I went to was close to half empty for Chrissie and tons of people arrived to fill the site toward the end of her set and before the start of Stevie's. Elle, was it different at the show(s) you attended?

SorcererJP

11-14-2018, 04:44 AM

…..my concern would be that this might mean a somewhat shorter set from Fleetwood Mac. They haven't had -or didn't need - a support in Europe/UK for many years.

No, i do not think so. It'll take more time to fill u a stadium and the crowd have to be entertained. They probably start a bit earlier with the opening act 19:30 or something with FM hitting the stage at 20:45.

SorcererJP

11-14-2018, 04:45 AM

what is "most" when they have just like 4 dates? 3 outta 4? :lol:

interesting that Nicks & co have to enlist the Pretenders to help her out, again.

6 dates if you count both festivals in Belgium and Holland. I guess The Pretenders will be there too.

twinmatrix

11-14-2018, 07:37 AM

Lindsey who?

Storms123

11-14-2018, 11:28 AM

Warning to anyone who goes....DO NOT take Chrissie’s picture. She will tear you apart

twinmatrix

11-14-2018, 11:41 AM

Warning to anyone who goes....DO NOT take Chrissie’s picture. She will tear you apart

Oh God, yeah, thanks for reminding me. I saw her opening for Stevie at Newark and she scolded a lady for recording her.

But how does she expect to control a stadium lol

Buster

11-14-2018, 01:36 PM

Well I have been wrong about a lot of stuff from setlist prediction to thinking this tour wouldn’t sell. The FM name/brand is very strong but they’ve also been quite well-reviewed.

Also, Pretenders did not play a huge role in Stevie’s 24K tour. She also has strong name/brand and got mostly great reviews.

FuzzyPlum

11-14-2018, 01:45 PM

6 dates if you count both festivals in Belgium and Holland. I guess The Pretenders will be there too.

The festival dates are a bit different though. The Pretenders may or may not play those festival dates. If they do, it wont really have anything to do with FM. Its not like they'll be an opening act or anything.

SorcererJP

11-14-2018, 02:50 PM

The festival dates are a bit different though. The Pretenders may or may not play those festival dates. If they do, it wont really have anything to do with FM. Its not like they'll be an opening act or anything.

I visit a lot of festivals ... I know the drill ... both festivals have a (expected) classic vibe ... besides combo's like this are often sold to promotors as a package deal ... so that's why I presume The Pretenders will be part of the line-up.

gldstwmn

11-14-2018, 04:31 PM

Warning to anyone who goes....DO NOT take Chrissie’s picture. She will tear you apart

I must be special:
https://youtu.be/lUkAtbqmp1k

twinmatrix

11-18-2018, 04:21 AM

Is she lesbian?

gldstwmn

11-18-2018, 03:57 PM

Is she lesbian?

She had a kid with Ray Davies. She was married (I think) to Jim Kerr of Simple Minds. In her bio, which I haven't read she talks about being raped by a motorcycle gang and that being part of her motivation to leave Ohio. She also describes herself as a bit of a tramp. Some of her lyrics are quite descriptive of that. ;)