Pittsburgh's Syria Mosque - Fleetwood Mac

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Originally Posted by dougl

01/01/1974 must have been the “fake” Fleetwood Mac.

Great catch! You are correct.

From Wikipedia:

The 'New Fleetwood Mac' tour began in January 1974 at the Syria Mosque in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,[59] and according to one of the band members, the first concert "went down a storm".[60] The promoter was dubious at first, but said later that the crowd had loved the band and they were "actually really good."[61] More successful gigs followed, but then word got around that this was not the real Fleetwood Mac and audiences became hostile. The band was turned away from several gigs and the next half-dozen were pulled by promoters. The band struggled on and played further dates in the face of increasing hostility and heckling, more dates were pulled, the keyboard player quit, and after a concert in Edmonton where bottles were thrown at the stage, the tour collapsed. The band dissolved and the remainder of the tour was cancelled.[60



I wonder if any of these fake shows were recorded.