A comment from Mick in this story is interesting:
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The audience itself have their own story to tell. Our funny old music is flicking switches as they’re sitting there. That doesn’t happen when you’re 19 playing to other 19-year-olds. It’s not better, it’s just more powerful, the emotional exchange that’s going on.
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This explains the rationale behind doing the "greatest hits" set without any new material. For most people who listen to music, they enjoy listening to the music that was popular when they were children or teenagers. (It "flicks their switches" -- nice turn of phrase there.)
Thus you have the people at Fleetwood Mac concerts in their 40s, 50s, 60s who want to hear the songs from the '70s and '80s, and simply aren't interested in new music. Fleetwood Mac are playing to the masses. The fans (of any age) who want to hear new material will just have to wait.
I don't personally agree that hearing the old songs that are reminders of years gone by is "more powerful" than hearing new music, but I realize I'm not like everybody else.