Rumours Tour

Tour byFleetwood Mac
Poster to the concerts in New York City
Associated album	Rumours
Start date	February 24, 1977
End date	August 30, 1978
Legs	5
No. of shows	96
Fleetwood Mac concert chronology
Fleetwood Mac Tour (1975–76) Rumours Tour (1977–78) Tusk Tour (1979–80)

TheRumours Tour was aconcert tour byFleetwood Mac that began after the release of the band's eleventh albumwith the same title in February 1977. During the tour, the band performed in North America, Europe, their native UK, continental Europe, Japan and Oceania. Their setlists primarily consisted of songs from their two most recent albums.

In the spring of 1976,Mick Fleetwood andJohn McVie set up their own management company called Seedy Management, which also included the Penguin Promotions subsidiary, which was tasked with handling the band's touring arrangements. Following a set of rehearsals in early February, the band embarked on their tour in the end of February, with their first series of performances occurring in the United States, where they frequently played to audiences of between ten and fifteen thousand people.^[1] The setlist primarily focused on material from the band's1975 self-titled album andRumours. Some early setlists from the band's first North American leg from February to March consisted of songs preceding the tenure ofStevie Nicks andLindsey Buckingham including "Station Man" and "Hypnotized". By the month of May, when the band began travelled to Europe for their next leg of the tour, these two songs were dropped from the setlist and replaced with more songs from their two most recent albums.^[2] Nicks remembered that their show inKansas City was not warmly received in part due to the heavy emphasis on songs from theRumours album. She said that they "bombed" that performance because of the audience's lack of familiarity with the material at the time.^[3]

Following their European tour, which saw the band perform in the UK, Germany, Austria, and France, the band returned to the United States for some additional performances. A leg in Oceania followed, which saw the band perform a sold out show inAuckland,New Zealand.^[1] Prior to the band's departure to New Zealand, Nicks and Fleetwood began a romantic affair, which started during a break from touring while the band was inLos Angeles. During this time, the two of them withheld information about their relationship from the rest of the band. In between gigs, Fleetwood and Nicks secretly went on excursions together, which began in New Zealand and continued through December, where the band concluded the tour in Hawaii after playing a series of shows in Japan earlier that month. After the conclusion of the tour, Fleetwood informed Buckingham of his romantic relationship with Nicks.^[1][4]

Taking a break from the recording sessions for their follow-up albumTusk, the band went back on the road in the summer of 1978, playing arenas and stadiums in the United States. This leg of the tour was called "The Penguin Summer Country Safari". Whereas the band relied on station wagons for transport on theirFleetwood Mac Tour, they instead usedprivate jets andlimousines when travelling to venues.^[2]

• Mick Fleetwood – drums, cowbell, congas, wind chimes, gong, talking drum
• John McVie – bass guitars
• Christine McVie – Hammond B3 organ, Hohner Pianet, Fender Rhodes, piano, maracas, vocals
• Lindsey Buckingham – acoustic and electric guitars, vocals
• Stevie Nicks – vocals, tambourine, cowbell

Additional musicians

• Ray Lindsey – rhythm guitar on "Go Your Own Way", and "Second Hand News"

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