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4 Twenty minutes! a John McVie sits in the dressing room, smoking, relaxed, tight but loose. The backstage consensus is that tonight would not be a good night for a less-than-magic show. And there an the fans, some of whom have been paying to see Fleetwood Mac for more than twenty years. And there's cause for some nervousness.Ī royal prince has tickets tonight and has been invited back-stage after the show. For twenty minutes the gnat band burns away to the giant empty hall, stopping to re-weave the three voice harmony to their current British hit single: "Tell me lies, tell me sweet little hes." a Now the band and its corps of rock soldiers are pacing and chatting and waiting out the anxious minutes right before a show. An hour earlier Fleetwood Mac (Mark XI) had convened onstage for the day's soundcheck and a brief rehearsal. a "Thirty minutes" calls Wayne Cody, continuing his traditional countdown to showtime. Tango In The Night is the number one record in England for the second time, and Fleetwood Mac has sold out ten nights at Wembley Arena, eight years after last playing in its native land. England plays Scotland for UK football bragging rights on Saturday and huge colored banners wave smartly in the wind atop the parapets of the stadium. Wembley, northern London, late May of Eighty Eight.
The set features the classic blues line-up of Mick Fleetwood, Peter Green, Danny Kirwan, John McVie and Jeremy Spencer. Boston is a 3CD set which collects live recordings from an earlier era of the band's colourful history. 3CD Set in round box remastered vintage live recordings of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac.