64,791 people watching Fleetwood Mac live

[David]

Originally Posted by Villavic

Tusk: 2 concerts in New Zealand, each with 30,000 souls (different cities). And the Munich show with 30,000 people too. No UK or US concert reached 30,000 per night; though some US were close to. However 8 consecutive nights in London Wembley arena were 8,000 each, so we could consider 48,000 different people. Same as LA in december '79, that adds up 51,000 people (they were back in sep. '80, 17,000 souls but since was another year, maybe there were repeated attendants).

In 1980, Billboard ran a full-page display ad congratulating Fleetwood Mac on having the best-attended (and most lucrative) tour of the year for mid-sized venues. I think a mid-sized venue was a typical sports arena — 10,000 to 18,000, and in those days, sports arenas were the dominant venue for rock concerts. So Fleetwood Mac actually had a highly lucrative tour in 1980 and scooped the box office. Whether or not the individual members saw their expected returns is another matter, given the outrageous expense of keeping Fleetwood Mac on the road.