Mirage Reviews

[David]

Originally Posted by michelej1

Fleetwood Mac has another No. 1 album, "Mirage," but sales are in such a slump that it is unlikely to achieve more than a fraction of the sales of "Rumours." While the group is going on the road this month, it will not be raking in the money at stadium concerts and outdoor festivals.

"Fleetwood Mac only had offers to do two outdoor shows in the whole country," according to Mr. Azoff. "One was in a town that doesn't have a large indoor arena; the other was the Us Festival, which is scheduled to take place Labor Day weekend in San Bernardino County in California and is going to be the summer's only really big festival. There's a very good reason why groups like Fleetwood Mac aren't doing more stadium shows - the kids aren't buying tickets."

I don't think they played any stadiums in the United States on the Tusk tour, either.

And didn't they do three or four outdoor festivals on the 1982 tour? There was the one in Florida in early September (with John Mellencamp & Loverboy on the bill) . . . . I mean, the band toured September & October -- those aren't traditional outdoor festival months like July & August.