Nearly Sold Out

michelej1 · #1 01-14-2009, 01:10 PM

[I love this publicity spin on the ticket sales. Should I believe you guys or the press release, tell me!]

http://www.broadcastnewsroom.com/art....jsp?id=629600

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The legendary rockers Fleetwood Mac have added 29 more shows to their upcoming Greatest Hits "Unleashed" Tour in April and May, it was confirmed today by Live Nation. The new tour dates come on the heels of the first leg of dates announced in December which have nearly sold out.

"We are extremely pleased with the Fleetwood Mac sales to date," said Jason Garner, Chief Executive Officer of Global Music at Live Nation. "Their success is another example of the strength of the 2009 concert season."

he sure to be historic "Unleashed" Tour, beginning on March 1st in Pittsburgh, is an epic cross-country trek featuring 44 shows in major markets. The tour will include all of the Mac's many greatest hits from over the course of the band's extraordinary career. Fleetwood Mac, the multi-Grammy winning, multi-platinum Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees are back on the road for the first time in five years following several successful solo projects.

Tickets for the Live Nation produced tour go on sale to the public on January 26th at www.LiveNation.com and www.ticketmaster.com. American Express cardmembers will have early access to tickets beginning January 17th at 10am local time through January 25th at 10pm local time at www.ticketmaster.com, excluding Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver. American Express presale tickets for the Philadelphia show are available at www.comcasttix.com and Houston at www.Toyotacentertix.com.

"We love our band and think the title of the tour "UNLEASHED" perfectly describes how we all feel when we get on stage together - especially in 2009. We're so happy to get back out on the road, perform everyone's favorite songs and see our fans," said the band in a joint statement.

In other great Fleetwood Mac news, the iconographic 'RUMOURS' CD (certified Diamond (R) signifying sales of over 10 million units by the RIAA) is scheduled to be re-released as part of a special CD/DVD boxed set on Reprise Records in conjunction with the tour dates. The boxed set will include several songs from "Rumours" in their original demo form along with unreleased tracks recorded during that time period and never-before-seen DVD footage of the band from the "Rumours" era.

I Love All Access will provide a variety of VIP packages for the tour, including premium seats accessible via www.iloveallaccess.com.

GypsyGirl15 · #2 01-14-2009, 01:13 PM

I tried pulling up main floor tickets for several shows - to get familiar with the process - and I didn't get anything at all for some.

Musicman408 · #3 01-14-2009, 01:22 PM

Well, with these dates, I don't know if I'll be able to go. They're not coming to Nashville (WTF?) and I wouldn't be able to make an Ohio show if it is during the school year on a week day.....

Sahara · #4 01-14-2009, 02:01 PM

^^

Come now, a day of school vs the Mac....? You're too nuts about this band to miss them.

You know you want to!

GypsyGirl15 · #5 01-14-2009, 02:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Sahara

^^

Come now, a day of school vs the Mac....? You're too nuts about this band to miss them.

You know you want to!

I think a lot of us have skipped school at some point for things far more trivial. Go for it!

Sahara · #6 01-14-2009, 03:12 PM

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Originally Posted by GypsyGirl15

I think a lot of us have skipped school at some point for things far more trivial. Go for it!

Absolutely! Or exams, as the case may be....

not that a Duran Duran concert is trivial, far from it ....

LukeA · #7 01-14-2009, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by michelej1

[I love this publicity spin on the ticket sales. Should I believe you guys or the press release, tell me!]

which have nearly sold out.

LOL. Excluding, of course, the show you canceled today due to disastrous ticket sales .

I know a panic press release when I see one.

LukeA · #8 01-14-2009, 04:10 PM

A few notes-

This is the most tightly routed set of Fleetwood Mac dates they've booked in a long time- its basically all 2 days on/1 day off. Between the sketchiness of how these new dates will do, and the chances of someone will get sick, I wouldn't be surprised at all to see any of these dates be canceled down the line (sounds funny to say about a date that hasn't even gone on sale yet, but its true).

The fact that they announced all these new dates reinforces the idea that Live Nation was contractually obligated to them, and the band wasn't going to budge. Otherwise, there's no reason why they add the second Rosemont date now, when the first Rosemont date is only at about 70% at the moment. The Albany cancellation only served to facilitate a second Toronto show (one of the markets that's doing well).

Oh, and another. Concert promoters always think that they can put Tacoma (big venue- 25,000 seats) on a Saturday night and get away with skipping Portland (140 miles away), assuming people will drive to the show because its a weekend. Well, not me. I won't be going to any shows on this tour.