Anyone have a good source on opening bands?
 

Anyone know where to find a list of opening bands for the tours? Some I recall, and some I am not sure there was one. :shrug:

The archived website Fleetwood Mac Legacy has some info under "Tour Pages" -> choose a tour ->hoover over the city of a certain concert date for available info over opening acts, setlist etc.

Thank You :thumbsup:

Interesting thread. Off memory I can name some good ones.

I don't go way back but here is my memory

1979 Tusk Tour opening act Christopher Cross - just wow, he won a Grammy that year. I wish I was there

1982 Mirage Tour - Men at work who had a #1 hit "Who can it be now" Glenn Frey opened a few dates late in the tour

1983 Wild Heart Tour - Joe Walsh - Stevie's boyfriend on the road while still recently married

1984 Christine McVie - Baxter Robinson Band - great band who had this minor hit in 1984
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjNWyhe6y-8

1986 Rock A Little - Peter Frampton

1987 - Tango "Shake the cage tour" - The Cruzados

1989 - The Other Side of the Mirror tour - The Hooters USA Richard Marx - Europe

1990 - Behind the Mask tour - Squeeze
Farewell tour - no opening act

1991- Timespace tour - Jon Bon Jovi's friend Billy Falcon who had this minor hit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLIFnMExtNs

1994- Street Angel tour Cant remember

1997 - The Dance - no opening act

1998 - Enchanted tour - Bozz Scaggs

2001- Trouble tour - Cant remember

Vanessa Carlton opened for Stevie around this time on some tour

This is just my memory - I know you guys will correct me if I am wrong

The rock band Opus opened on some of these dates....I believe the early ones, with Frampton coming later.

It was a guy by the name of Darden Smith, but I don't know much about him.

Michael McDonald opened at a few of these too. I believe it was at the end of the tour.

Also, America's Got Talent winner Michael Grimm opened for Stevie on some dates of the IYD tour

1981 - Bella Donna Tour - John Stewart

This is interesting.About 95 percent of the time I never paid attention to the opening acts because I got there late or chatting with other Stevie/FM fans,Some Ledgies and my guests at the shows.I did like Bozz Scaggs.Vanessa Carlton and Peter Frampton though.

The positive or negative thing about opening acts as it gives you a chance to get into the venue on time for the main artist and the bad thing is they push the main act closer to the 11pm curfew time.

Chris de Burgh opened for them at the 1990 BTM-tour in Europe (or at least in Utrecht/Holland)

The Adventurers opened for them at my 1988 Rotterdam TITN-concert.

Hans Vermeulen (Dutch artist) openend for the Time-lineup at the Dutch 1994-shows.

I remember Cross opening at the Hollywood Bowl, with Nicolette Larson, and then Danny Douma and the Night Eyes opening at the Los Angeles Forum.

My shows got postponed, so I didn't get to see Men at Work. But Dave Mason opened at the rescheduled shows, and I think he played with Jim Capaldi. Glenn Frey opened at the big Orange County medical benefit in my area.

Does anyone remember that Fleetwood's road crew used to play the Tubular Bells (Exorcist) music for the band entrance in those days? Creepy but exciting.

Darden Smith, who opened for Stevie's Street Angel 1994 tour, had the hit song "Loving Arms." You can hear it on YouTube. It's a great song.

Ha! That would have been creepy. My uncle was a magician and he did some of his magic act to Tubular Bells and my sister would run from fear she was so afraid of that song. You know Rhiannon was not quite an exorcism in 1982 but it was close enough :eek: