February 19, 1977 Record World Article

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Fleetwood Mac Show to Aid Jacques Cousteau Society
By Jack McDonough

Fleetwood Mac will open their post-Rumors national tour February 28 at the 3600 seat Berkeley Community Theatre with a benefit concert for the Jacques Cousteau Society, of which John and Christine McVie are members.

The booking represents a major coup for the Student Union Program, Entertainment and Recreation Board (SUPERB) of the University of California at Berkeley. The coup is compounded by the fact that Fleetwood could easily play a venue ten times as big. It is expected however, that the band will return to the area during the summer to headline a Day on the Green at Oakland Stadium.

75% of the seats in the hall will be priced at $12.50, with the remaining 25% at $10. Original proposals called for a uniform price but SUPERB opted for one break point which would separate out the most undesirable seats. "We do not consider the price high," said SUPERB publicity spokesman Robert Blades, "considering that this facility is so far preferable to anywhere else one might see the band, and considering that Jethro Tull just did a benefit in L.A. at $25 a ticket"

Direct beneficiary of the event will be the Berkeley Students for the Cousteau Society, which will use the proceeds to conduct an environmental day on the campus April 23, at which Cousteau will speak personally. Tp emphasize his desire for participation, Cousteau has cur the $15 membership fee to $5 for students.

The concert will begin at 7:30 p.m. with a Cousteau film, "Flight of the Penguins", after which Fleetwood Mac will do a two-hour set.

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