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Fleetwood Mac took to the stage at New Plymouth's bowl of Brooklands on Saturday night in the first of their two sold-out concerts.
At 62 Mick Fleetwood is savouring the finer things in life such as the adoration of 17,000 fans watching him perform.
"This is a real book marker in Fleetwood Mac's history, coming back here. I hope we make it through the gig," he said before the concert.
The last time Fleetwood and his band were welcomed for a Kiwi concert was back in 1980 but the band is still playing music and still touring the world.
Fleetwood has now spent over 40 years in showbiz as it was 1967 when he first drummed for the original Fleetwood Mac.
As they have wracked up their hits the group has battled through arguments, drug addiction and about six or seven different guitarists.
Through it all Fleetwood Mac still sells. Tickets to the New Plymouth concerts were sold out and the best of album has spent weeks in the New Zealand charts.
With younger generations of fans these days Fleetwood says the band's next Kiwi concert will not be such a long wait.
