Fleetwood Mac  10/4/1982 & 10/5/1982
The Forum, Section 33, Row M & Section 26, Row G

Fleetwood Mac (formed in 1968) are an influential and commercially successful British/American rock band.  It is true that I went to TWO SHOWS in TWO DAYs.  I bought tickets for two days and instead of selling them, just attended.  In the late 1960s, the group experienced limited success as a fiery British blues band, consisting of acclaimed guitarists Peter Green (musician), Danny Kirwan and Jeremy Spencer, drummer Mick Fleetwood and bass guitarist John McVie (the latter two providing the band’s name). After Green and Spencer left, Fleetwood Mac continued with guitarist Bob Welch and keyboardist Christine McVie, wife of John McVie.

After Welch left, the group recruited American guitarist Lindsey Buckingham and singer/songwriter Stevie Nicks, who added greater pop sensibilities to the group. This incarnation became phenomenally popular in the late 1970s, selling 18 million copies of their 1977 album Rumours, a emotionally harrowing album fueled by the crumpling relationships of Nicks and Buckingham and the McVies. (Fleetwood also was going through a divorce from wife Jenny Boyd.)

In the 1980s and 1990s, Fleetwood Mac’s albums became more sporadic and less critically and commercially successful. However, a 1997 reunion of the Rumours-era line-up revived the group.