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Originally Posted by David A
Mirage was only 18 shows, yikes, that’s less than I though. Mirage was a #1 album, I wonder what would have happened had they stayed on the road for a while
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I choose his thought of yours, and share Mick's comment from his book about it.
Mirage also marked the first time that Fleetwood Mac didn't automatically tour to support a new album. Stevie's solo career was now in full swing, and she obviously didn't want to do a long Fleetwood Mac road binge in the midst of becoming one of the biggest stars in the business. We did do an eighteen-show stint during the summer of 1982 that was booked around two big outdoor festivals in Florida and the immense U.S. Festival in California (for which Fleetwood Mac received $80O,000 for one show). We worked for about a month, made some money, and Irving Azoff's company, Frontline Management, got 15 percent of the tour for organising it.
I felt sick when we stopped touring. Mirage was number one and sales were strong in cities where we'd played. I wanted to be on the move, touring until the cows came home, but the others were less enthusiastic. Christine had sessions for her own solo album scheduled, and we'd been lucky to get Stevie at all. As soon as we left the road, Mirage died after five weeks at number one. The Australian band Men at Work, who had opened for us on the road, saw their album go to number one shortly thereafter.
He kind of blames on Stevie about the short tour, but at the end admits no one was enthusiastic. That's why I insist this was an era far different from the 70s, though still the same lineup. They were wealthy, surrounded by lawyers and managers. Their interests were far different from those they had in 1975. The band was more disbanded than united, this is confirmed by the 5 years we had to wait until Tango, a good album but recorded mainly to help Mick from his bankruptcy.
Answering your questions, I gues Mirage would have lasted more on the top ten, but not necessarily N.1