Artist: FLEETWOOD MAC
Album: TANGO IN THE NIGHT (DVD)

Year: 1988
Media type: DVD

Fleetwood Mac became one of the biggest hitmaking bands of the 1970s with the arrival of guitarist, songwriter, and singer Lindsay Buckingham, and when he departed the group in 1987 following the completion of the album Tango in the Night, many questioned if the group would be able to continue. However, the group rallied with the addition of two new guitarists, Rick Vito and Billy Burnette, and the band's subsequent Shake the Cage tour proved Fleetwood Mac was still a powerful live act. Fleetwood Mac: Tango in the Night is a live video that was recorded during the San Francisco stop of the Shake the Cage tour; the band performs 13 songs, including "Everywhere," "Little Lies," "The Chain," "Gold Dust Woman," and "Don't Stop."

Recorded in late 1987, his hour-long concert documents a transitional period for Fleetwood Mac, with Lindsey Buckingham, their driving force, having left (until '97) that same year. It's a testament to Buckingham's role in the band that it took two guitarist-singers to replace him; but while Billy Burnette and Rick Vito are fine musicians with an abiding respect for the Mac legacy (they perform founding member Peter Green's "Oh Well" and "I Loved Another Woman"), this is a mostly lackluster affair, lacking Buckingham's fire and eccentric stage presence. Mainstays Mick Fleetwood and John McVie soldier on, as ever, with Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie still on hand as well, and Rumours-era tunes like "Dreams," "Don't Stop," and "The Chain" have a certain timeless appeal. But when a vest equipped with drum and percussion sounds is the highlight of the show (during Fleetwood's solo spot), you know you're not exactly witnessing history in the making.

TRACKLIST DVD:

01. The Chain
02. Everywhere
03. Dreams
04. Seven Wonders
05. Isn't It Midnight
06. World Turning
07. Little Lies
08. Oh Well
09. Gold Dust Woman
10. Another Woman
11. Stand Back
12. Songbird
13. Don't Stop