1993 Fleetwood Mac at The Presidential Inaugural Gala

Fleetwood Mac - The Presidential Inaugural Gala. A once in a lifetime piece of musical history and a unique collectible.

On January 19th 1993, a specially re-formed Fleetwood Mac took the stage to perform at the 52nd Presidential Inaugural Gala at The Capital Centre in Landover, Maryland in honour of the incoming US President, Bill Clinton. The song 'Don't Stop', taken from the classic 'Rumours' album, had been Bill Clinton's campaign song. Along with a star studded cast including Michael Jackson, Barbra Streisand, Elton John and multiple other stars of music, stage and screen, Fleetwood Mac took the stage for the first time together with the full 'Rumours' lineup since Halloween 1982, to perform 'Don't Stop' and rejoin the stage for the all-star finalé.

Presented here is a unique record of that night, coming directly from the personal collection of VIP guest and Fleetwood Mac's Tour Manager for more than a quarter of a century, John Courage.

Mounted at the top is a 12" x 10" photograph of Fleetwood Mac performing that night that has been autographed with a dedication 'To Fleetwood Mac You were wonderful this night! Thanks' by Bill Clinton and dated '1-19-93'. Immediately below is the special white VIP ticket to the event for black tie guests.

Below this is the charming personal thank you note from the President of the United States, typed on White House headed notepaper and signed simply 'Bill', with the dedication 'You were terrific - Thanks'.

To go with this is a unique twenty track CD [PRCD8724] with custom gold print and a picture of Bill Clinton with Al Gore inside, produced especially for this and the following Inauguration on 20th January by Warner Brothers. The custom digipack sleeve is set into a beautiful 6" x 5" x 1" recessed hardback outer box, made to resemble a book, with special 'Clinton / Gore' gold printed Presidential seal cover.

Also included is a T-shirt specially produced for and only available at this event, dated for the Inauguration in Washington on the 20th January, a large white Fruit Of The Loom T-Shirt with unique front design incorporating the 'E Pluribus Unum' seal of the United States with event name, date, President Bill Clinton and Vice-President Al Gore text.

With these VIP goodies comes the 'Talent' pass, which was only issued to performers and their retinue - an individually numbered printed card measuring 6½" x 3½" on a ball chain. There is also one other 'American Gala' pass. An Inaugural Talent pass for the exclusive 'Presidential Gala', a 3½" x 5½" 'Production Staff' and similar 'Back Stage' pass for the 'Presidential Gala', both uniquely numbered, complete with the special metal tracking tag that was used by the Secret Service security detail inside to check where you were at all times!

As if this wasn't enough, there is of course an exclusive high quality 8½" x 11" twenty eight page 'An American Reunion' programme with high quality embossed cover & full colour details inside about the President & Vice President and their wives.

This is accompanied by an equally lavish 9" square twelve page programme for the Gala event proceedings itself with gold embossed cover.

The follow up event, the Presidential Gala Reception, was very exclusive indeed. Here, still in the original custom printed envelope, are two mint tickets for this Reception. These are similar in design to the white ticket mounted in the frame but these are blue in colour.

There is also a personal folder containing various news clippings & reviews of the event, which was also televised live in the US.

To round off this truly spectacular selection of items is a 13½" x 11" framed and glazed cartoon by the celebrated Pittsburgh Post-Gazette cartoonist Rob Rogers featuring a caricatured Bill Clinton being sworn in on the promise 'Not to play that Fleetwood Mac song any more'. To accompany this signed cartoon, there are three proof cartoons, including the one eventually printed up, all hand drawn and individually signed on three separate sheets of plain ordinary yellow lined paper.

Please enquire for additional images.