Tusk Tour

The Tusk Tour was a world concert tour by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac. The tour began on October 26, 1979, in Pocatello, Idaho and ended on September 1, 1980, in Hollywood, California. The band's 1980 Live album contains many of the live recordings of songs from the Tusk Tour.

Tusk World Tour

Tour by Fleetwood Mac
Promotional poster for the tour
Associated album	Tusk
Start date	October 26, 1979
End date	September 1, 1980
Legs	6
No. of shows	112
Fleetwood Mac concert chronology

History

In 1979, Fleetwood Mac embarked on their 112 show-long world tour promoting their new album, Tusk. Beginning in Pocatello, Idaho on October 26, 1979, and ending September 1, 1980 at the Hollywood Bowl, the roller-coaster tour was near-detrimental to the survival of the band. In order to provide a cheaper option after the million dollars of expenses blown on the tour itself, every one of their shows performed were filmed and recorded for their Live album.

Setbacks

On top of this tour being excessively expensive it was also physically and mentally exhausting for the band members- and these two setbacks together were a recipe for disaster. As Christine McVie, singer-songwriter and keyboardist in the band puts it, "Somebody once said that with the money we spent on champagne on one night they could have made an entire album", she later recalls, "I used to go onstage and drink a bottle of Dom Pérignon, and drink one offstage afterwards . It's not the kind of party I’d like to go to now. There was a lot of booze being drunk and there was blood floating around in the alcohol, which doesn’t make for a stable environment." On top of all the drinking, the band members indulged in heavy amounts of cocaine and marijuana and McVie even jokes that the strength of the marijuana was so strong that the actual act of smoking it was not needed- it only needed to be blown in her face and she would feel the effects. With all the substance abuse the band members endured atop all the stress, the tour was not only disadvantageous, but also extremely unhealthy.

As the tour progressed, the band members became less and less fond of each other and as a result of this tension as well as the financial setbacks endured, the band nearly parted ways as explained in Uncut's article, "Fleetwood Mac: 'Everybody was pretty weirded out' – the story of Rumours", by the end of the tour the band members were "barely able to stand the sight of each other". While in Auckland, New Zealand in 1980, Stevie Nicks was physically and emotionally attacked by fellow band member Lindsey Buckingham. She explains that he began to mimic her by pulling his jacket up over his head to mirror what she did stylistically with her shawl, but she ignored his provoking gestures.

Tour dates

Date	City	Country	Venue	Tickets sold / available	Revenue
North America
October 26, 1979	Pocatello	United States	Minidome
October 27, 1979	Ogden		Dee Events Center
October 28, 1979	Salt Lake City		Salt Palace
October 31, 1979	Denver		McNichols Arena	20,978 / 25,000	$299,714
November 1, 1979
November 2, 1979	Albuquerque		Tingley Coliseum	10,700 / 10,700	$107,000
November 5, 1979	St. Louis		Checkerdome	25,200 / 25,200	$303,353
November 6, 1979
November 7, 1979	Cincinnati		Riverfront Coliseum	12,639 / 17,000	$174,348
November 10, 1979	New Haven		New Haven Coliseum	9,635 / 9,635	$135,647
November 11, 1979	Uniondale		Nassau Coliseum
November 12, 1979
November 15, 1979	New York City		Madison Square Garden	34,958 / 34,958	$438,254
November 16, 1979
November 17, 1979	Boston		Boston Garden	12,491 / 15,000	$183,333
November 20, 1979	Rochester		Rochester Community War Memorial
November 21, 1979	Philadelphia		The Spectrum	15,109 / 18,000	$194,504
November 22, 1979	Providence		Providence Civic Center	10,699 / 12,000	$127,319
November 25, 1979	Landover		Capital Centre
November 26, 1979	Pittsburgh		Civic Arena
November 29, 1979	Ann Arbor		Crisler Arena
November 30, 1979	Champaign		Assembly Hall
December 1, 1979	Cedar Falls		UNI-Dome	25,556 / 25,556	$255,560
December 4, 1979	Inglewood		The Forum	42,359 / 42,359	$560,560
December 5, 1979
December 6, 1979
December 9, 1979	San Diego		San Diego Sports Arena	11,748 / 11,748	$143,278
December 10, 1979	Inglewood		The Forum	26,658 / 26,658	$356,108
December 11, 1979
December 14, 1979	Daly City		Cow Palace	33,858 / 33,858	$384,779
December 15, 1979
December 16, 1979
Japan
February 3, 1980	Tokyo	Japan	Budokan
February 4, 1980
February 5, 1980
February 8, 1980	Kyoto		Kyoto Kaikan
February 9, 1980	Gifu		Shimin Kaikan
February 11, 1980	Sapporo		Kuseinenkin Hall
February 13, 1980	Yokohama		Kenmin Hall
February 14, 1980	Sendai		Kenmin Hall
February 16, 1980	Osaka		Osaka Festival Hall
February 17, 1980
Oceania
February 21, 1980	Perth	Australia	Perth Entertainment Centre
February 22, 1980
February 25, 1980	Adelaide		Tennis Stadium
February 27, 1980	Sydney		Hordern Pavilion
February 28, 1980
March 1, 1980	Melbourne		Festival Hall
March 2, 1980
March 3, 1980
March 7, 1980	Brisbane		Brisbane Festival Hall
March 8, 1980
March 11, 1980	Melbourne		Festival Hall
March 12, 1980
March 15, 1980	Sydney		Hordern Pavilion
March 16, 1980
March 17, 1980
March 20, 1980	Wellington	New Zealand	Athletic Park
March 22, 1980	Auckland		Western Springs Stadium
Second North American leg
March 27, 1980	Honolulu	United States	Neal S. Blaisdell Center	22,500 / 22,500	$287,225
March 28, 1980
March 29, 1980
April 30, 1980	Portland		Portland Memorial Coliseum	11,000 / 11,000	$137,238
May 1, 1980	Seattle		Hec Edmundson Pavilion	9,215 / 9,215	$114,188
May 2, 1980	Vancouver	Canada	Pacific Coliseum
May 5, 1980	Edmonton		Northlands Coliseum	25,851 / 25,851	$322,593
May 6, 1980
May 9, 1980	Bloomington	United States	Metropolitan Sports Center	27,404 / 27,404	$319,005
May 10, 1980
May 11, 1980	Madison		Dane County Coliseum	10,100 / 10,100	$111,000
May 14, 1980	Rosemont		Rosemont Horizon
May 15, 1980
May 16, 1980	Indianapolis		Market Square Arena
May 19, 1980	Buffalo		Buffalo Memorial Auditorium	13,777 / 17,000	$187,974
May 20, 1980	Richfield		Richfield Coliseum	28,037 / 28,037	$308,407
May 21, 1980
May 23, 1980	Detroit		Joe Louis Arena	23,747 / 23,747	$291,455
May 24, 1980
European leg
June 1, 1980	Munich	West Germany	Reitstadion
June 3, 1980	Bremen		Stadthalle
June 4, 1980	Cologne		Sporthalle
June 8, 1980	Kaiserslautern		Betzenbergstadion
June 9, 1980	Zürich	Switzerland	Hallenstadion
June 12, 1980	Brussels	Belgium	Vorst Nationaal
June 13, 1980	Rotterdam	Netherlands	Rotterdam Ahoy Sportpaleis
June 14, 1980	Paris	France	Palais des Sports de Paris
June 16, 1980	Stafford	England	Bingley Hall
June 17, 1980
June 20, 1980	London		Wembley Arena
June 21, 1980
June 22, 1980
June 25, 1980
June 26, 1980
June 27, 1980
Third North American leg
August 5, 1980	Lakeland	United States	Lakeland Civic Center	10,000 / 10,000	$120,000
August 6, 1980	Pembroke Pines		Hollywood Sportatorium
August 8, 1980	Atlanta		Omni Coliseum	13,764 / 17,000	$188,631
August 11, 1980	Mobile		Municipal Auditorium
August 12, 1980	Birmingham		Birmingham–Jefferson Convention Complex
August 13, 1980	Baton Rouge		Riverside Centroplex
August 16, 1980	Dallas		Reunion Arena	16,713 / 18,000	$208,912
August 17, 1980	San Antonio		HemisFair Arena	10,309 / 15,000	$128,862
August 18, 1980	Houston		The Summit	13,684 / 16,000	$174,574
August 21, 1980	Omaha		Omaha Civic Auditorium	11,729 / 11,729	$140,478
August 22, 1980	Oklahoma City		The Myriad	12,976 / 15,000	$162,200
August 23, 1980	Valley Center		Kansas Coliseum	12,000 / 12,000	$146,400
August 24, 1980	Kansas City		Kemper Arena	14,055 / 18,000	$175,687
August 27, 1980	Las Cruces		Pan American Center	10,879 / 10,879	$114,583
August 28, 1980	Tucson		McKale Center	11,400 / 11,400	$140,372
August 29, 1980	Phoenix		Compton Terrace
August 31, 1980	Los Angeles		Hollywood Bowl
September 1, 1980

Set lists

North American leg 1979 #1

1. "Say You Love Me"
2. "The Chain"
3. "Dreams"
4. "Not That Funny"
5. "Rhiannon"
6. "Over & Over"
7. "Oh Well"
8. "Sara"
9. "What Makes You Think You're the One"
10. "Oh Daddy"
11. "Save Me a Place"
12. "Landslide"
13. "Tusk"
14. "Angel"
15. "You Make Loving Fun"
16. "I'm So Afraid"
17. "World Turning"
18. "Go Your Own Way"
19. "Sisters of the Moon"
20. "Blue Letter"
21. "Songbird"

North American leg 1979 #2

1. "Say You Love Me"
2. "The Chain"
3. "Dreams"
4. "Not That Funny"
5. "Rhiannon"
6. "Don't Stop"
7. "Oh Well"
8. "Sara"
9. "What Makes You Think You're the One"
10. "Oh Daddy"
11. "Save Me a Place"
12. "Landslide"
13. "Tusk"
14. "Angel"
15. "You Make Loving Fun"
16. "I'm So Afraid"
17. "World Turning"
18. "Go Your Own Way"
19. "Sisters of the Moon"
20. "Blue Letter"
21. "Songbird"

North American leg 1979 #3

1. "Say You Love Me"
2. "The Chain"
3. "Don't Stop"
4. "Dreams"
5. "Oh Well"
6. "Rhiannon"
7. "Oh Daddy"
8. "What Makes You Think You're the One"
9. "Sara"
10. "Not That Funny"
11. "Save Me a Place"
12. "Landslide"
13. "Tusk"
14. "Angel"
15. "You Make Loving Fun"
16. "I'm So Afraid"
17. "World Turning"
18. "Blue Letter"
19. "Go Your Own Way"
20. "Sisters of the Moon"
21. "Second Hand News"
22. "Songbird"

Japan, Oceania, second North American leg

1. "Say You Love Me"
2. "The Chain"
3. "Don't Stop"
4. "Dreams"
5. "Oh Well"
6. "Rhiannon"
7. "Oh Daddy"
8. "What Makes You Think You're the One"
9. "Sara"
10. "Not That Funny"
11. "Never Going Back Again"
12. "Landslide"
13. "Tusk"
14. "Angel"
15. "You Make Loving Fun"
16. "I'm So Afraid"
17. "World Turning"
18. "Go Your Own Way"
19. "Sisters of the Moon"
20. "Songbird"

European leg

1. "Say You Love Me"
2. "The Chain"
3. "Don't Stop"
4. "Dreams"
5. "Oh Well"
6. "Rhiannon"
7. "Oh Daddy"
8. "That's Enough for Me"
9. "Sara"
10. "Not That Funny"
11. "Never Going Back Again"
12. "Landslide"
13. "Tusk"
14. "Angel"
15. "You Make Loving Fun"
16. "I'm So Afraid"
17. "World Turning"
18. "Go Your Own Way"
19. "Sisters of the Moon"
20. "Songbird"

North American leg 1980

1. "Monday Morning"
2. "The Chain"
3. "Don't Stop"
4. "Dreams"
5. "Oh Well"
6. "Rhiannon"
7. "Over and Over"
8. "What Makes You Think You're the One"
9. "Sara"
10. "Not That Funny"
11. "Never Going Back Again"
12. "Landslide"
13. "Tusk"
14. "Think About Me"
15. "I'm So Afraid"
16. "Angel"
17. "You Make Loving Fun"
18. "World Turning"
19. "Go Your Own Way"
20. "Sisters of the Moon"
21. "Songbird"

"The Ledge" and "I Know I'm Not Wrong" were rehearsed before this tour, but it is unknown if they were performed.

Personnel

• Mick Fleetwood – drums, cowbell, congas, gong, wind chimes, talking drum
• John McVie – bass guitar
• Christine McVie – Hammond organ, Yamaha CP-30, piano, accordion, acoustic guitar, maracas, vocals
• Lindsey Buckingham – lead guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals
• Stevie Nicks – vocals, tambourine, cowbell

Additional musicians

• Ray Lindsey – rhythm guitar on "Go Your Own Way" & "Second Hand News"
• Jeffery Bova – keyboards on "Tusk"
• Tony Todaro – percussion