Shake the Cage Tour

Shake the Cage Tour

Tour by Fleetwood Mac
Associated album	Tango in the Night
Start date	September 30, 1987
End date	June 28, 1988
Legs	2
No. of shows	69
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

Although the album Tango in the Night included Lindsey Buckingham, the guitarist quit at a band meeting to discuss the tour. "We'd signed the contracts," Stevie 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."

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. Recently recovered from cocaine addiction, Nicks was prescribed a heavy duty tranquilizer, to which she became addicted until the mid 1990s.

The band played at the Rock am Ring Festival in Nürburg, West Germany, on June 4, 1988. The crowd in attendance was 80.000.

This tour was filmed during the San Francisco shows (December 12–13) and released on VHS as Fleetwood Mac: Tango in the Night. Cruzados and The Adventures were the opening act of the tour.

Set list

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"

Tour dates

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

• Mick Fleetwood – drums, percussion
• John McVie – bass guitar
• Christine McVie – Hammond B3 Organ, Yamaha KX88, piano, maracas, vocals
• Rick Vito – lead guitar, vocals
• Billy Burnette – rhythm guitar, vocals
• Stevie Nicks – vocals, tambourine

Additional musicians

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

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) DVD edition	Platinum	15,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.