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Shake the Cage Tour
Tour by Fleetwood Mac
Associated albumTango in the Night
Start dateSeptember 30, 1987
End dateJune 28, 1988
Legs2
No. of shows69
Fleetwood Mac concert chronology

The Shake the Cage Tour by the Anglo-American rock group Fleetwood Mac began on September 30, 1987, in Kansas City, Missouri, and ended on June 28, 1988, in Manchester, England. It was their first tour since 1974 without Lindsey Buckingham, who left the band in August 1987.

History

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Although the album Tango in the Night included Lindsey Buckingham, the guitarist quit at a band meeting to discuss the tour. Buckingham had agreed to commit to a ten week tour at the insistence of Mo Ostin, which was shorter than the eight months that were originally planned.[1] Buckingham also suggested the addition of multiple touring musicians, including two-three guitarists and percussionists.[2] Buckingham later reneged on his agreement to tour the album and was subsequently summoned to Christine McVie's house to discuss the matter. Following a confrontation between Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, the former left the meeting prematurely and decided to leave the band.[3] "We'd signed the contracts," Nicks noted. "We couldn't call in and say, 'Oh, we can't do the tour.' We had to do it, or Fleetwood Mac would have been sued forever."[4] Buckingham later explained that he was not willing to tour in support of the album due to his belief that the tension that underpinned the Tango in the Night sessions would be amplified on the road. He also claimed that he would have been willing to remain with Fleetwood Mac if they opted not to tour the album.[5]

Buckingham was replaced by rockabilly singer and guitarist Billy Burnette and lead guitarist and session musician Rick Vito. The former contributed to Mick Fleetwood's solo album I'm Not Me, as a member of Mick Fleetwood's Zoo. Vito was an early fan of the band, having first witnessed the band in 1968 at a gig in Philadelphia. He later performed with John McVie in the 1970s on an album with John Mayall and also did session work for Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, and Bob Seger.[3] The band rehearsed in September and embarked on the Shake the Cage Tour later that month.[3] In a 2022 interview with Rolling Stone, Burnette said that the band generally received positive feedback barring a few exceptions, citing a review for their tour in Pittsburgh as one example.[6] Pete Bishop of the The Pittsburgh Press mentioned that Burnette was "not Buckingham's equal as a singer" and thought that this detracted from the vocal harmonies on certain songs such as "Go Your Own Way".[7] Burnette recalled seeing a "Lindsey who?" banner on the band's opening night in Kansas City.[6]

The band's setlist included some songs from Peter Green's time with Fleetwood Mac, who was a founding member of the band. Burnette handled lead vocals on "Oh Well" and Vito sang lead on "I Love Another Woman".[3] "Black Magic Woman", which was written by Green, was also considered for the setlist, although John McVie vetoed the idea on the grounds that it was too associated with Santana, who had recorded a cover of the song that eclipsed the original in popularity.[1] "Don't Let Me Down Again" from the 1973 Buckingham Nicks album was also included in the setlist.[8]

Multiple touring musicians augmented the tour, including Lori Perry, Elisecia Wright, and Sharon Celani, who had also served as backing vocalists for Nicks. Isaac Asante, who had previously worked with Fleetwood on his solo album The Visitor in 1981, was also part of the touring lineup.[3]

This tour was filmed during the San Francisco shows (December 12–13) and released on VHS as Fleetwood Mac: Tango in the Night. Cruzados were the opening act of the tour.[9] The band played at the Rock am Ring Festival in Nürburg, West Germany, on June 4, 1988. The crowd in attendance was 80,000.[10]

Set list

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  1. "Say You Love Me"
  2. "The Chain"
  3. "Dreams"
  4. "Isn't It Midnight"
  5. "Everywhere"
  6. "Oh Well"
  7. "Seven Wonders"
  8. "Rattlesnake Shake"
  9. "Over My Head"
  10. "Gold Dust Woman"
  11. "Don't Let Me Down Again" (Buckingham Nicks cover)
  12. "Has Anyone Ever Written Anything for You?" (Stevie Nicks song)
  13. "I Loved Another Woman"
  14. "Brown Eyes"
  15. "World Turning"
  16. "Little Lies"
  17. "Stand Back" (Stevie Nicks song)
  18. "You Make Loving Fun"
  19. "Go Your Own Way"
    Encore
  20. "Blue Letter"
  21. "Don't Stop"
  22. "Songbird"[11][12]

Tour dates

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Date City Country Venue
North America
September 30, 1987 Kansas City United States Kemper Arena
October 1, 1987 Ames Hilton Coliseum
October 3, 1987 East Troy Alpine Valley Music Theatre
October 5, 1987 Indianapolis Market Square Arena
October 6, 1987 Louisville Freedom Hall
October 8, 1987 Landover Capital Centre
October 9, 1987 Chapel Hill Dean Smith Center
October 10, 1987 Clemson Littlejohn Coliseum
October 13, 1987 Richfield Richfield Coliseum
October 14, 1987 Pittsburgh Civic Arena
October 16, 1987 Cincinnati Riverfront Coliseum
October 17, 1987 Detroit Joe Louis Arena
October 19, 1987 Toronto Canada Maple Leaf Gardens
October 20, 1987 Montréal Forum de Montréal
October 23, 1987 Hartford United States Hartford Civic Center
October 24, 1987 East Rutherford Meadowlands Arena
October 25, 1987 Uniondale Nassau Coliseum
October 28, 1987 Philadelphia The Spectrum
October 30, 1987 Boston Boston Garden
October 31, 1987
November 1, 1987 Providence Providence Civic Center
November 4, 1987 Tallahassee Leon County Civic Center
November 6, 1987 Pembroke Pines Hollywood Sportatorium
November 7, 1987 Tampa USF Sun Dome
November 10, 1987 New Orleans Lakefront Arena
November 12, 1987 Houston The Summit
November 13, 1987 Austin Frank Erwin Center
November 15, 1987 Dallas Reunion Arena
November 17, 1987 Murfreesboro Murphy Center
November 19, 1987 Rosemont Rosemont Horizon
November 20, 1987 St. Louis St. Louis Arena
November 27, 1987 Denver McNichols Sports Arena
November 28, 1987 Salt Lake City Salt Palace
December 1, 1987 Austin Frank Erwin Center
December 3, 1987 Phoenix Compton Terrace Amphitheatre
December 4, 1987 Paradise Thomas & Mack Center
December 6, 1987 Inglewood The Forum
December 7, 1987
December 8, 1987 San Diego San Diego Sports Arena
December 10, 1987 Fresno Selland Arena
December 12, 1987 San Francisco Cow Palace
December 13, 1987
December 17, 1987 Portland Portland Memorial Coliseum
December 18, 1987 Seattle Seattle Center Coliseum
Europe
May 14, 1988 Birmingham England National Exhibition Centre
May 15, 1988
May 18, 1988 London Wembley Arena
May 19, 1988
May 21, 1988
May 22, 1988
May 24, 1988
May 25, 1988
May 28, 1988 Gothenburg Sweden Scandinavium
May 29, 1988 Stockholm Hovet
May 31, 1988 Bad Segeberg West Germany Freilichtbühne
June 3, 1988 Nüremberg Frankenhalle
June 4, 1988 Nürburg Nürburgring

(Rock am Ring Festival)

June 6, 1988 Munich Olympiastadion
June 9, 1988 West Berlin Waldbühne
June 11, 1988 Dortmund Westfalenhalle
June 12, 1988 Offenburg Ortenauhalle
June 14, 1988 Rotterdam Netherlands Rotterdam Ahoy Sportpaleis
June 15, 1988
June 18, 1988 London England Wembley Arena
June 19, 1988
June 21, 1988
June 25, 1988 Dublin Ireland RDS Arena
June 28, 1988 Manchester England Maine Road

Personnel

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Additional musicians
  • Dan Garfield – keyboards, samples
  • Isaac Asanté – percussion
  • Lori Perry-Nicks – backing vocals
  • Elisecia Wright – backing vocals
  • Sharon Celani – backing vocals

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[13]
DVD edition 		Platinum 15,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ a b Fleetwood, Mick; Davis, Stephen (1990). Fleetwood: My Life and Adventures with Fleetwood Mac. New York: William Morrow and Company. p. 274. ISBN 0-688-06647-X.
  2. ^ "Debauchery! How Fleetwood Mac Survived it". Q. Archived from the original on August 17, 2016. Retrieved May 26, 2025 – via Fleetwood Mac UK.
  3. ^ a b c d e Evans, Mike (2011). Fleetwood Mac: The Definitive History. New York: Sterling. pp. 241–242, 244. ISBN 978-1-4027-8630-3.
  4. ^ Elliott, Paul (October 2013). "Eye of the hurricane". Classic Rock #189. p. 60.
  5. ^ Wild, David (2017). Tango in the Night (deluxe) (Liner Notes). Fleetwood Mac. United States: Warner Bros. p. 4.
  6. ^ a b Greene, Andy (December 6, 2022). "Billy Burnette on His Brief, 'Magical' Stint in Fleetwood Mac: 'No Regrets'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 26, 2025.
  7. ^ Bishop, Pete (October 15, 1987). "Fleetwood Mac attack still strong". The Pittsburgh Press. p. D5. Retrieved May 26, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Oermann, Robert K. (November 15, 1987). "Restyled Fleetwood Mac tours with greatest-hits retrospective". The Tennessean. p. 180. Retrieved August 3, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "STEVIE NICKS. HER MUSIC: Tour Archive 1987–1988". Retrieved July 19, 2017.
  10. ^ "FM – Tango In The Night". Buckingham Nicks Info. Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  11. ^ "Fleetwood Mac Setlist at The Forum, Inglewood". setlist.fm. Retrieved July 19, 2017.
  12. ^ "STEVIE NICKS. HER MUSIC: Tour Archive 1987–1988". Retrieved July 19, 2017.
  13. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2009 DVDs" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association.
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