After months of speculation and many hints, Fleetwood Mac has officially announced that they will be touring together this spring. “It’s the perfect time to go back out,” says Stevie Nicks to Rolling Stone. “2013 is going to be the year of Fleetwood Mac.”
The group will kick off their tour in Columbus, OH on April 4th and wrap up the North American leg on June 12th in Detroit, MI with hopes of European and Australian tours to soon follow. “If everything goes well we’ll be in Europe doing festivals this summer,” says Nicks. “Then we’ll actually tour Europe, which is different than just doing festivals. Then we might do fifteen or so shows in Australia.”
With no new album to promote, the set list for this tour promises to be built around Fleetwood Mac’s extensive catalog of hits. “We always have to play ‘Dreams,’ ‘Rhiannon,’ ‘Don’t Stop,’ ‘Tusk,’ ‘Big Love,’ ‘Landslide’ and all our most famous songs,” explains Lindsey Buckingham. “When you’ve gone through all your must-do’s, that’s 75% of your potential setlist. I think with the other 25%, there are areas of our catalog that are more under-explored. Maybe we’ll play more songs from Tusk.” However, there may also be a couple of new tunes to look forward to. According to Nicks, she and Buckingham have been working on some new material. “We actually have two new Fleetwood Mac songs that I cut with Lindsey two weeks ago, we might play,” says Nicks. Fleetwood Mac will begin rehearsals on February 15th.
Fleetwood Mac 2013 North American Tour Dates
April 4 Columbus, OH – Nationwide Arena
April 6 Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center
April 8 New York, New York – Madison Square Garden
April 9 Washington, DC – Verizon Center
April 11 Louisville, KY – KFC Yum! Center
April 13 Chicago, IL – United Center
April 16 Toronto, ON – The Air Canada Centre
April 18 Boston, MA – TD Garden
April 20 Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena
April 23 Ottawa, ON – Scotiabank Place
April 24 Newark, NJ – Prudential Center
April 26 Pittsburgh, PA – CONSOL Energy Center
April 28 St. Paul, MN – Xcel Center
April 30 Kansas City, MO – Sprint Center
May 1 Tulsa, OK – BOK Center
May 3 Little Rock, AK – Verizon Arena
May 12 Winnipeg, MB – MTS Centre
May 14 Saskatoon, SK – Credit Union Centre
May 15 Edmonton, AB – Rexall Place
May 17 Calgary, AB – Scotiabank Saddledome
May 19 Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena
May 20 Tacoma, WA – Tacoma Dome
May 22 San Jose, CA – HP Pavilion st San Jose
May 25 Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Bowl
May 26 Las Vegas, NV – MGM Grand Arena
May 28 Anaheim, CA – Honda Center
May 30 Phoenix, AZ – US Airways Center
June 1 Denver, CO – Pepsi Center
June 4 Dallas, TX – American Airlines Center
June 5 Houston, TX – Toyota Center
June 7 Tampa, FL – Tampa Bay Times Forum
June 8 Fort Lauderdale, FL – BB&T Center
June 10 Atlanta, GA – Philips Arena
June 12 Detroit, MI – Joe Louis Arena
