Eagles/Fleetwood Mac dream pairing eyed for stadiums
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DREAM PAIRING EYED FOR STADIUMS
A dream tour of the Eagles and Fleetwood Mac has reached the proposal stage.
The concept of a summer US tour featuring the two Rock and Roll Hall of Fame members and consistent concert draws of the last decade is being presented to stadium and arena operators and promoters. The double bill is being considered for a combination of single nights in baseball and football stadiums and multiple nights in arenas.
The supply of national stadium tours has been slimming over the last several years. U2 was able to fill the 70,000-seat venues in cities across the country this year, but most stadium shows have been one-offs. Madonna and the reunited Police also had recent successes in stadiums.The Eagles and Fleetwood Mac have shared a stadium bill only once--July 25, 1976 at Schaefer Stadium in Foxboro, MA. The Eagles were the headliners, having released a greatest hits album earlier in the year. Fleetwood Mac was still touring in support of their self-titled disc that was the first to feature Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham. Within a year of that show both bands would release the albums that elevated them to superstar status, "Hotel California" and "Rumours."
I saw the Eagles and Fleetwood Mac in Pittsburgh at Three Rivers Stadium, with Boz Scaggs July 24, 1976
ReplyDeleteThe author needs to get their "facts" straight- I saw the Eagles and Fleetwood Mac (along with Loggins & Messina and Dan Fogelberg) at Tampa stadium on July 4th 1976. The date is impossible to forget.
ReplyDeleteMe too!! Great fireworks by the Eagles
DeleteWow!! What a show(s)!!
DeleteYeah, the facts are wrong. I was at that Schaefer Stadium concert the author mentions, but I remember it was part of a tour where the two bands would trade off who played first and who played second. The Eagles closed out the Foxboro concert.
ReplyDeleteI was there too … Boz Scaggs was the opening act… then Fleetwood Mac then the Eagles… if memory serves first Tour with Joe Walsh as an Eagle…
Deletesaw the Eagles,Fleetwood Mac.Loggins and Messina-July 4th 1976 at Tampa Stadium-best concert ever
ReplyDeleteOh yes I had just moved to Florida and had to be there. Awesome
DeleteI was at that concert in Foxboro in 1976. Fleetwood Mac opened, the Eagles closed (it was billed as Fleetwood Mac and the Eagles). It was part of a tour.
ReplyDeleteWRONG!! The Eagles CLOSED!! Boz Scaggs opened and we missed him. I was on the field about 50 feet from the stage on my friend Paul Lyons shoulders. It amazed me that people were actually sitting in the stands at the very tippy top when there was loads of space on the field. Those were the days!! Coolers, ‘joints’ it was a BLAST! Literally lost my voice for days after.
DeleteThe best concert I have ever been to save Stevie Ray Vaughan and The Fabulous Thunderbirds at the Orpheum Theater, Boston Nov 24 1986, 3rd row center aisle seats were awesome and free.
Your so lucky. We missed Boz scaggs too due to tailgating. I unfortunately got split up from my 3 best friends bc some very annoying & dorky guy wouldn't leave me alone and somehow got me lost from them; so I ended up on the dayum Top bleacher against the wall with the jerky guy and had no clue there was room below? 😭 Was so mad bc I couldn't even enjoy it with my friends and I don't even know how we ever reconnected afterwards, w. no cell phones, plus we had to park one mile away w. my friends carrying those old red metal Coleman coolers bc I'd had 6 major hip & spine surgeries 9mos b4 + was not in great shape to be walking around much, but did it and don't regret it. Glad you had the best time ever because those days are pretty much gone in today's evil society, unfortunately! Eagles absolutely closed: they made a grand entrance by + flew in via 🚁 -remember?
DeleteToo bad we lost Glenn Frey. Without him a Eagles-Mac concert today could just not be the real deal.
ReplyDeleteI was at the July 4 1976 Tampa Stadium concert and still get goose bumps recalling how very special it was. Rhiannon and Peaceful Easy Feeling - perfection as the sun was setting.
I was at Foxboro, Boz Skags opened. Then Mac Closed withe the eagles. We were right in front.Remember snake dance to james dean and some one building a fire in the grand stand towards the end
ReplyDeleteI saw the same show in Pittsburgh Three Rivers stadium as well....She BELTED out a version of Rhiannon that ROCKED !
ReplyDeleteI remember seeing Fleetwood Mac open for The Eagles at Greensboro Coliseum in 1977. Anyone else remember this.
ReplyDeleteI saw Fleetwood Mac open for the Eagles in Atlanta in 1975. I’m a big Eagles fan no one had heard of Fleetwood but they topped the Eagles that night.
DeleteSaw Fleetwood Mac open for the Eagles at Miami baseball stadium 1977
ReplyDeleteI saw the Eagles open for Fleetwood Mac at the Omni in Atlanta.
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