Fleetwood Mac 'Unleashes' Second Round of Tour Dates With Previously Announced Dates Nearly Sold Out!

Fleetwood Mac 'Unleashes' Second Round of Tour Dates With Previously Announced Dates Nearly Sold Out!

LOS ANGELES, Jan. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- The legendary rockers Fleetwood Mac have added 29 more shows to their upcoming Greatest Hits "Unleashed" Tour in April and May, it was confirmed today by Live Nation. The new tour dates come on the heels of the first leg of dates announced in December which have nearly sold out.

"We are extremely pleased with the Fleetwood Mac sales to date," said Jason Garner, Chief Executive Officer of Global Music at Live Nation. "Their success is another example of the strength of the 2009 concert season."

The sure to be historic "Unleashed" Tour, beginning on March 1st in Pittsburgh, is an epic cross-country trek featuring 44 shows in major markets. The tour will include all of the Mac's many greatest hits from over the course of the band's extraordinary career. Fleetwood Mac, the multi-Grammy winning, multi-platinum Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees are back on the road for the first time in five years following several successful solo projects.

Tickets for the Live Nation produced tour go on sale to the public on January 26th at www.LiveNation.com and www.ticketmaster.com. American Express cardmembers will have early access to tickets beginning January 17th at 10am local time through January 25th at 10pm local time at www.ticketmaster.com, excluding Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver. American Express presale tickets for the Philadelphia show are available at www.comcasttix.com and Houston at www.Toyotacentertix.com.

"We love our band and think the title of the tour "UNLEASHED" perfectly describes how we all feel when we get on stage together - especially in 2009. We're so happy to get back out on the road, perform everyone's favorite songs and see our fans," said the band in a joint statement.

In other great Fleetwood Mac news, the iconographic 'RUMOURS' CD (certified Diamond (R) signifying sales of over 10 million units by the RIAA) is scheduled to be re-released as part of a special CD/DVD boxed set on Reprise Records in conjunction with the tour dates. The boxed set will include several songs from "Rumours" in their original demo form along with unreleased tracks recorded during that time period and never-before-seen DVD footage of the band from the "Rumours" era.

I Love All Access will provide a variety of VIP packages for the tour, including premium seats accessible via www.iloveallaccess.com.

   FLEETWOOD MAC 'UNLEASHED' TOUR DATES 2009:    Previously Announced tour dates:   Date                    City                  Venue   Sunday, March 1st       Pittsburgh, PA       Mellon Arena   Tuesday, March 3rd      St. Paul, MN         Xcel Energy Center   Thurs, March 5th        Chicago, IL          Allstate Arena   Sunday, March 8th       Detroit, MI          Palace of Auburn Hills   Tuesday, March 10th     Washington, DC       Verizon Center   Wednesday, March 11th   Boston, MA           TD Banknorth Arena   Friday, March 13th      Uniondale, NY        Nassau Coliseum   Saturday, March 14th    Uncasville, CT       Mohegan Sun Arena   Monday, March 16th      Rochester, NY        Blue Cross Arena   Thursday, March 19th    New York, NY         Madison Square Garden   Saturday, March 21st    East Rutherford, NJ  Izod Center   Monday, March 23rd      Ottawa, ON           Scotiabank Place   Wednesday, March 25th   Montreal, QC         Bell Centre   Thursday, March 26th    Toronto, ON          Air Canada Centre    Newly Announced tour dates:   Date                    City                 Venue   Friday, March 6th       Chicago, IL          Allstate Arena   Tuesday, March 17th     Toronto, ON          Air Canada Centre    Second Leg   Wednesday, April 15th   Philadelphia, PA     Wachovia Center   Friday, April 17th      Cleveland, OH        Quicken Loans Arena   Saturday, April 18th    Columbus, OH         Nationwide Arena   Monday, April 20th      Orlando, FL          Amway Arena   Wednesday, April 22nd   Tampa, FL            St. Pete Times Forum   Thursday, April 23rd    Fort Lauderdale, FL  BankAtlantic Center   Saturday, April 25th    Charlotte, NC        Time Warner Cable Arena   Sunday, April 26th      Greensboro, SC       Greensboro Coliseum   Tuesday, April 28th     Atlanta, GA          Philips Arena   Thursday, April 30th    Dallas, TX           American Airlines Center   Saturday, May 2nd       Houston, TX          Toyota Center   Sunday, May 3rd         Tulsa, OK            BOK Center   Tuesday, May 5th        St. Louis, MO        Scottrade Center   Thursday, May 7th       Omaha, NE            Qwest Center   Friday, May 8th         Kansas City, MO      Sprint Center   Sunday, May 10th        Denver, CO           Pepsi Center   Tuesday, May 12th       Calgary, AL          Pengrowth Saddledome   Wednesday, May 13th     Edmonton, AL         Rexall Place   Friday, May 15th        Vancouver, BC        GM Place   Saturday, May 16th      Tacoma, WA           Tacoma Dome   Monday, May 18th        Sacramento, CA       Arco Arena   Wednesday, May 20th     Oakland, CA          Oracle Arena   Thursday, May 21st      San Jose, CA         HP Pavilion   Saturday, May 23rd      Anaheim, CA          Honda Center   Sunday, May 24th        Phoenix, AZ          US Airways Center   Thursday, May 28th      Los Angeles, CA      Staples Center   Saturday, May 30th      Las Vegas, NV        MGM Grand Garden Arena   Sunday, May 31st        San Diego, CA        Cox Arena    ABOUT LIVE NATION:  

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CONTACT: Fleetwood Mac Press contacts, Liz Rosenberg of Warner
Bros.|Reprise Records, +1-212-707-3256, liz.rosenberg@wbr.com; or Hannah Kampf
of Scoop Marketing, +1-213-639-6160, hkampf@solters.com; or Liz Morentin of
Live Nation, +1-310-975-6860, lizmorentin@livenation.com

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