Fleetwood Mac

Fleetwood Mac drummer Mick Fleetwood’s new supergroup

2011-10-14T09:04:00.000-07:00

Chickenfoot, SuperHeavy and now M.O.B. That’s the name of Fleetwood Mac drummer Mick Fleetwood’s new supergroup.

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He has recruitment Steven Tyler, guitarist Johnny Lang and Fleetwood Mac co-founder John McVie, and a new foursome ZZ Top tribute album ‘Sharped Dressed Man’ has signed on the cover.

Fleetwood tells Billboard he’s hoping for future work as well. “I have musical fantasies all the time,” he said in a recent interview, “but we had a lot of fun doing this, and I truly, truly do have a vision of somewhere, somehow walking on stage and actually putting something together with (the group). It’s nothing on a boiler plate right now, but it’s certainly something in my mind, and I think everybody else’s, too.”

M.O.B. is not an acronym for anything. No one had to convince Fleetwood to pay tribute to the Texas rockers.

He said, “They come from a great love of blues, and they’ve always expressed a real regard for Peter Green and the original Fleetwood Mac, which led to this long-term friendship and regard. So this was totally my pleasure to do. I was not only flattered to be asked but excited to be part of it.”

Fleetwood Mac founder Mick Fleetwood on Maui for a restaurant

2011-09-29T08:35:00.000-07:00

Fleetwood Mac founder Mick Fleetwood on Maui for a restaurant is planned for early next year.

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About a Maui resident Fleetwood plans to open Fleetwood's on Front St. along an oceanfront stretch of Lahaina's historic Front Street, according to the Associated Press reports via The Garden Island.

While Fleetwood local musicians and artists to show their plans, "sometimes known rock star" as may appear, the AP reports.

Fleetwood Mac's Lindsey Buckingham on Saturday Night Live by 'surprise'

2011-09-08T10:08:00.000-07:00

Fleetwood Mac singer Lindsey Buckingham said that he is a spoof on Saturday Night Live by 'surprise' is.

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The 'What Up With That' sketches talkshow host, DeAndre (Kenan Thompson) Cole singing Feature, most of the songs he normally guest Buckingham, Bill Hader, who is played by the comedy back in time to leave the interview.

Buckingham has claimed that he initially didn't understand 'What Up with That', telling QMI: "When I first heard about that, I was perplexed. I took it as a compliment, but my initial reaction was, 'That's kind of obscure'.

"Maybe that's my own self-esteem issues. And maybe the obscurity was why it was good. But they really nailed it - they had my exact outfit from the last tour. It's very funny."

Sketch of Buckingham in May, 'What Up With That' You surprise cameo in it has been consistently snubbed DeAndre Cole to accept the apology.

The guitarist also revealed that another Fleetwood Mac reunion is possible, but warned that no definite plans have been made yet.

Buckingham said, "There's nothing on the books and we haven't really opened up a discussion. But Fleetwood Mac always comes back around. I would be shocked if there wasn't some talk about picking up Fleetwood Mac again in 2012. It would be nice, possibly, to do another album. We haven't done that for a few years."

Fleetwood Mac classic "Landslide" Australian leg of the tour

2011-07-25T12:20:00.000-07:00

The Fleetwood Mac classic "Landslide" Australian leg of the tour was covered by Miley Cyrus.

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The Fleetwood Mac cover Cyrus' repertoire, which includes Poison's "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" and Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit.

Stevie Nicks also performed "Landslide" on June on the season one finale of NBC's The Voice, dueting with competition winner Javier Colon.

Said coach Adam Levine of the duet: "That's the coolest thing you've ever done, other than have kids probably, and get married. I'm pretty speechless. You just sang with Stevie Nicks and that's one of the most beautiful duets I've ever heard in my life."

Fleetwood Mac classic "Landslide" during the Australian leg

2011-07-04T14:04:00.000-07:00

Fleetwood Mac classic "Landslide" during the Australian leg of the trip was part of Miley Cyrus.

The Hannah Montana singer/actress shows in Brisbane, an organization that channeled the alias Steve took the stage: a low cut top, knee high boots and a long gauze dress covered in birds.

The Fleetwood Mac cover is the latest to be included to Miley Cyrus' repertoire, which also includes Poison's "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" and Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit."

Steve alias NBC June 29th is also a voice at the end of the season "Landslide" performance, with the competition winner Javier Colon dueting.

Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsey Buckingham recording his sixth solo album

2011-06-14T09:54:00.000-07:00

Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsey Buckingham recording his sixth solo album, will be release on 5th September.

The sixth album is called 'Seeds We Sow', is Buckingham's first since 2008's 'Gift Of Screws' and sees the guitarist operating as engineer and producer as well as sole songwriter.

The first track to be taken from the LP is titled 'In Our Time'.

Other tracks on the album include 'Ilumination', 'One Take', 'End Of Time', 'When She Comes Down' and 'When She Smiles Sweetly'.

Buckingham has also announced a full United States 31 for the fall with the release of specific dates with the tour will have favorable. He has not yet set a European tour dates.

The band's guitarist Stevie Nicks has confirmed the first attack in 2012 after Fleetwood Mac and Buckingham to promote their individual content will be removed.

Fleetwood Mac singing an ABBA song or a fast crowd

2011-05-27T14:16:00.000-07:00

With Fleetwood Mac singing an ABBA song or a fast crowd and always Arrival and Dreams is these groups will get a tribute band.

Dress with the authenticity of incredible musicArrival and Dreams ABBA and Fleetwood Mac is bynqab.

Group from the Dominican Republic was the world of Las Vegas concert games and places for years in Williams Lake, Gibraltar week in Rome with a high energy program will be May 28.

Tickets for the concert are available at the Cariboo Memorial Recreation Complex at 7 p.m.

Band manager Cris Schandl says, “It’s very, very world-class. We don’t cut any corners.” “It’s really fun acting the parts and going from a mellow Stevie Nicks vibe into a flashy, energetic ABBA vibe,” says band member Tracy Masson, who performs as ABBA’s Anni-Frid Lyngstad and Fleetwood Mac’s Stevie Nicks.

Fleetwood Mac's Rumours present upcoming week

2011-05-01T04:10:00.000-07:00

Glee a standout performance after a while is a version of Fleetwood Mac's classic tune "Landslide."

If you like it for Tuesday event, which is said to be like "Rumours." That's all performed songs of the legendary 1977 album Big Mac are the same name.

A massive Glee star Stevie Nicks visited the set during the "Landslide" performance, There is no doubt allowed the show to get the album feature was something to do with.

In "Rumours," Sylvester case student newspaper club members enjoy slanders, while Sam is a secret is revealed about the family.

Meanwhile, Kristin Chenoweth turn back as April Rhodes, and tries to convince Mr. Schue to get involved with her new project: a one-woman show.

Songs performed include "Dreams," "I Don't Wanna Know," "Never Going Back Again," "Songbird," "Go Your Own Way" and "Don't Stop," which is so anthemic that it might just give "Don't Stop Believin'" a run for its money.

Fleetwood Mac's Steve Nick love to star in Glee

2011-03-29T05:41:00.000-07:00

Fleetwood Mac's Steve Nick admitted they would love to star in Glee.

The Fleetwood Mac singer was latest pictured at the musical TV show and said to The Guardian that she admitted that though she is very camera shy, she could overcome it for show boss Ryan Murphy.

Stevie said:“I don’t really like to be filmed. But if I was ever going to do anything like that on TV, it would be Glee.

“I say, ‘You gotta remember I’m 62 years old. So you’ve got to have those cameras up, and I have to have the best lighting in the world’. I’m not asking to look 16, I’m asking to look 40.”

TV Guide recently claimed that the show's Fleetwood Mac album Rumours have acquired the rights and reported that the release of a special event will performance by a number of songs.

Fleetwood Mac vs Zadique - Go Your Own Way 2011

2011-03-05T13:33:00.000-08:00

Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way - Lyrics

Go Your Own Way Fleetwood Mac Lindsey Buckingham

Lovin’ you...isn't the right thing to do
How can I ever change things ...That I feel

If I could ... Maybe I'd give you my world
How can I ... When you won't take it from me

Chorus: You can go your own way Go your own way
You can call it ... Another lonely day
You can go your own way Go your own way

Tell me why ... Everything turned around
Packing up ... Shackin’ up’s all you wanna do

If I could ... Baby I'd give you my world
Open up ... Everything's waiting for you

Chorus
(Instrumental solo)

Chorus

(Instrumental solo)

You can go your own way
You can call it another lonely day
You can go your own way(fade out)

Fleetwood Mac's Buckingham for ASCAP honour

2011-02-25T14:27:00.000-08:00

The Golden Note Award for lifetime achievement is to be received by Fleetwood Mac's Buckinghamfrom the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), it has been announced.

During the organisation's 'I Create Music' event in Los Angeles this spring the prize will be received by the 'Go Your Own Way' singer.

Buckingham will also lecture attendees on his approach to songwriting and composing music,beside accepting the prizes.

Previous recipients of the Golden Note Award have included Quincy Jones, Tom Petty and Stevie Wonder.

Fleetwood Mac all time biggest-selling band

2011-02-21T13:30:00.000-08:00

Fleetwood Mac all time biggest-selling band are still on the road. Their story, told in their own words, success and loss of love, and conflict, is an epic story.

Some bands such extreme musical and personal change. 60s British blues band quickly developed an American West Coast sound that saw 40 million copies sold their album Rumours from perfect.

However, behind the scenes relations were disturbed. Six different band with multiple lead guitarists up online has gone through.

While they working on the Rumours, in the heart of different band pairs, yet heartache pop record full of enthusiasm.

Cut Copy Cops to the Eighties Sound of Their New Album, Zonoscope

2011-02-14T14:48:00.000-08:00

Lots of music blogs have identified Cut Copy's new synth-pop single "Take Me Over" as being a aware union of Men at Work's "Down Under" and Fleetwood Mac's "Everywhere."

Upon meeting the techno quartet in New York City dive bar Blue and Gold, marauder mentions the dramatic similarities in bass and vocal lines, and drummer Mitchell Scott says, "There's never that discussion of, 'We want to sound like this.'" Okay, so we move to Exhibit B in the case for their having a purposefully eighties sound: "Sun God," the fifteen-minute tripped-out closer to their keenly awaited third album, Zonoscope (out this week), which cops the iconic, repetitive bass line from the Talking Heads' 1981 "Once in a Lifetime."

At this, bassist Ben Browning, who is adorable but also the group’s grumpiest (often rolling his eyes in seeming impatience), relents a little: “People will write on your music, ‘That sounds like that old song,’ and that’s the moment you say, ‘Oh yeah, maybe that is something I was channeling at the time.’" Front man Dan Whitford adds a nod of admiration to his Aussie forebears: "I can absolutely think of worse people to be compare to than Men at Work.”

Nicks Reveals Old Affair In New Single

2011-02-12T04:52:00.000-08:00

Star STEVIE NICKS of Fleetwood Mac has unveil about a confidential affair she had 25 years ago after finally recording the song she wrote about the romance.

The Landslide singer's debut single from her new album In Your Dreams was written over two decades ago, but Nicks didn't have the courage to put it out - until now.

She says, "It was 1976 and Fleetwood MAC was opening for Peter Frampton at the time. It was written about a forbidden relationship - not Peter and I.

"I always knew that one day I was going to record the song."

Watch Rumours of Fleetwood Mac at Southport Theatre

2011-02-03T15:59:00.000-08:00

FANS of Fleetwood Mac can joy this weekend as the sound of the supergroup is brought to life.

To one of rock and roll’s most famous bands,this month Southport Theatre will play host to the ultimate tribute.

As part of Fleetwood Mac UK tour,they will be visiting the town on February 15.

Rumours of Fleetwood Mac come to Southport Theatre on Tuesday, February 15 at 7.30pm.
Tickets are available at £23.50 on different ticketing websites.

Rumours of a tribute to Fleetwood Mac

2011-01-25T12:25:00.000-08:00

On Tuesday, February 1 at 7.30pm at Buxton Opera House,Rumours of Fleetwood Mac tribute show will held.

From the innovative, soul-searching sixties blues of the Peter Green era, to the decade-defining album of the seventies Rumours, before metamorphosing again into one of eighties most successful bands, this is a musical journey for both fans and those new to Fleetwood Mac’s music.

With classics such as Black Magic Woman, Albatross, Go Your Own Way, Dreams, Gypsy, Say You Love Me, Sara, Oh Diane, Little Lies, Everywhere all replicating perfectly the power and subtlety of Fleetwood Mac at their best, the show promises a nostalgic evening of musicianship that Mick Fleetwood himself has given his golden seal of approval.

The show begins at 7.30pm. Tickets for Rumours of Fleetwood Mac are priced at £20.50 and £22.50

Fleetwood Mac perform "Rumours: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac"

2011-01-15T12:04:00.000-08:00

Fleetwood Mac is perform a tribute concert at North Sydney Leagues Club to perform "Rumours: A Tribute to Fleetwood Mac" on 30 May Saturday.

Tickets are available to go on sale, $5 for members and $10 for non member and this tribute concert play at 8pm.

After 70's Fletwood Mac was celebrity for its tribute concert and harmony-drenched songs, great musicians including, Amanda Easton, Andy Gordon, Floyd Vincent and Rex Goh performing the cream of the Mac’s back catalogue.

Rumours of Fleetwood Mac, Queen's Hall

2011-01-10T12:57:00.000-08:00

the legacy left behind by Fleetwood Mac is one of the most impressive things about them.

The group's 43-year career saw them establish a huge following that remained loyal in the face of constantly changing line-ups, mental illness and crumbling marriages.

So it was perhaps with some trepidation that the six-piece Rumours of Fleetwood Mac set about the task of putting together a tribute show which would engage the die-hard fans of the original supergroup and also capture the imagination of a new generation. A pre-recorded message of praise from Mick Fleetwood which welcomed the band on stage added to that weight of expectation.

Rumours of Fleetwood Mac Perform Southport Theater

2011-01-05T06:06:00.000-08:00

Rock and roll's most famous bands, Fleetwood Max will perform to the last tribute among Southport Theaters on next month.

As part of the UK tour Rumours of Fleetwood Max will be visiting the town on 15 February.

Fleetwood Mac absolutely energy at their last time such as Black Magic Woman, Albatross, Go Your Own Way, Dreams, Gypsy, Say You Love Me, Sara, Oh Diane, Little Lies, Everywhere and many more, take you on a nostalgic evening of breathtakingly outstanding musicianship.

The concert tickets sold out among million, Rumours of Fleetwood Mac are among the very elite of tribute acts worldwide.

Mick Fleetwood said: “There have been many reincarnations of our band over the years, so many special times and moments, both on recordings and in our lives. Thanks you for all your support and your love over the years, and for travelling beside us all the way. Let’s share our music once again. Of course were not here in body but we are in musical spirit. Please enjoy our dear friends Rumours of Fleetwood Mac.”

Look Back: Hit-Making Lineup Of Fleetwood Mac Formed 36 Years Ago

2011-01-02T11:51:00.000-08:00

On December 31, 1974, when Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham were invited to amalgamate with the group and it was the most famous lineup of the band

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A little-heard offering from the duo, "Buckingham Nicks had impressed band co-founder Mick Fleetwood and he was offered to join Fleetwood Mac.But he put the offered that he wants his other co-partners to join in as well.

After so much planing and discussing finally the merger was decided at the New Year's Eve Party where the future band mates got to know each other.

Fleetwood Mac music Worldwide famous

2010-12-27T04:35:00.000-08:00

A news released on 15 December, Worldwide famous band Fleetwood Mac music will be listen at West Leagues Club this Friday.

Fleetwood Mac's all concerts are classic that has album sold out more than 100 million albums. This show provides the history of the band, this concert providers has location is an out standing such as Rooty Hill RSL and Penrith Panthers for the past four years.

This concert includes a famous songs as "Dream", "Go Your Own Way: and Gold Dust Woman".

Lady Gaga and Fleetwood Mac Sing "THE SING OFF" Song

2010-12-18T14:33:00.000-08:00

Fleetwood Mac and Lady Gaga included "THE SING OFF" song from the last night.

Jerry Lawson and Talk of the Town performing "HOUSE OF THE RISING SUN", The Backbeats performing Landslide and Street Corner Symphony performing Down on the Corner. He says, "I also greatly enjoyed On the Rocks' swan song of The Final Countdown."

The Sing Off Songs List:

Group: With a Little Help from My Friends – Joe Cocker

On the Rocks: Elton John Medley

Committed: Usher Medley

Street Corner Symphony: Beatles Medley

The Backbeats: Lady Gaga Medley

Lawson and Talk of the Town: Otis Redding Medley

On the Rocks Swan Song: The Final Countdown by Europe.

Committed: Al Green – Let's Stay Together

Street Corner Symphony: Creedence Clearwater Revival – Down on the Corner

The backbeats: Fleetwood Mac – Landslide

Jerry Lawson and Talk of the Town: The Animals : House of the Rising Sun

And now all the videos:

Night 4, Part 1: Jerry Lawson & Talk of the Town

Jerry Lawson & Talk of the Town do an Otis Redding medley.

Night 4, Part 2: Jerry Lawson & Talk of the Town

Jerry Lawson & Talk of the Town: the Animals' "House of the Rising Sun"

Night 4, Part 1: The Backbeats

The Backbeats do a Lady Gaga medley.

Night 4, Part 2: The Backbeats

The Backbeats: Fleetwood Mac's "Landslide"

Night 4, Part 1: Committed

Committed does an Usher medley.

Night 4, Part 2: Committed

Committed: Al Green's "Let's Stay Together."

Night 4, Part 1: On the Rocks

On the Rocks does an Elton John medley.

Four Remain

It's down to four groups and now it's up to you.

Music Review: Fleetwood Mac - Law and Order

2010-12-09T13:38:00.000-08:00

Fleetwood Mac’s last studio album was issued during April of 2003 and the album name is 'Say You Will'.Fleetwood Mac moderated commercial album was 'Law and Order' as it reached number three on The American music charts and has sold just shy of one million copies.

Christine McVie departure was a huge difference for band.Not to have her as an active participant it was there 1st album in three decades.Her only contributions were on “Steel Your Heart Away” and “Bleed To Love Her” which had been previously recorded for a Lindsey Buckingham solo album.

Fleetwood Mac is one of those iconic groups that will continue to sell out concert halls as long as they desire to stay together and at this point any new material is a bonus for their fans.

Music Review: Fleetwood Mac - Time

2010-11-29T03:44:00.000-08:00

Fleetwood Mac was in disarray during the early nineties.After only one album with the group Ricky Vito left.

The real loss was happened when on her solo career Stevie Nicks withdrew to concentrate,which meant no Buckingham or Nicks as a part of the band.It is a testament to Mick Fleetwood and the McVie’s that they had the resolve to keep the group going.

Bekka Bramlett and Dave Mason joint the band as a new member,along with the other holdover Billy Burnette, brought a very different approach to the group’s sound.Bramlett was the daughter of Delaney & Bonnie of Eric Clapton Fame

Dave Mason who is a world class guitarist but his sound and style was shaped by his former group Traffic and probably would have fit the pre-pop Fleetwood Mac better.

On October 10, 1985, Time was released which was the least successful album with the band which even didn't reached the album charts in The United States.

TUSK tribute will wow Fleetwood Mac fans

2010-11-18T04:25:00.000-08:00

On Saturday, Nov. 13 at William Paterson University in Wayne,TUSK, the amazing re-creation of the music and stage show of Fleetwood Mac, will perform.The concert will begin at 8 p.m. in Shea Center for Performing Arts.

In a memorable performance that recreates the entire stage show to perfection,TUSK covers all the great hits of Fleetwood Mac, including Go Your Own Way, Dreams, Say You Love Me, Hold Me, and Tusk.

Kathy Phillips, singer/songwriter, captures the essence of Stevie Nicks with the voice and looks that will impress even the most diehard fan. The band consists of Scott McDonald in the role of Lindsey Buckingham on guitar and vocals, Tom Nelson as Mick Fleetwood on drums, Randy Artiglere as John McVie on bass, and Kim Williams as Christine McVie on keyboards and vocals.

About Fleetwood Mac

2010-11-08T13:39:00.000-08:00

Fleetwood Mac is a British/American rock band formed in 1967, that has experienced a high turnover of personnel and varied levels of success. From the band's inception through the end of 1974, no incarnation of Fleetwood Mac lasted as long as two years, but all featured core members Mick Fleetwood and John McVie. The two most successful periods for the band were during the late 1960s British blues boom, when they were led by guitarist Peter Green; and from 1975-87, with more pop-orientation, featuring Christine McVie, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks.

Band From: United Kingdom, Relocated to California - USA

Band Members: Mainly: Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Christine McVie, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. Also: Peter Green, Jeremy Spencer, Danny Kirwan, Bob Welch, Bob Weston, Dave Walker, , Rick Vito, Billy Burnette, Bekka Bramlett and Dave Mason

become an official member

2010-10-26T03:11:00.000-07:00

There was such animosity between Fleetwood Mac band members Peter Green and Jeremy Spencer that they refused to even play together in the recording studio. 1969’s Then Play On found Spencer virtually absent from the recording process. Danny Kirwan was brought in as a third guitarist and he and Green formed a formidable duo. 1970 found Green missing and Spencer back on board.

Bassist John McVie and drummer Mick Fleetwood remained in place. Christine Perfect McVie was back as an unaccredited vocalist who also provided the album’s cover art. She would become an official member of the group shortly after its completion

Fleetwood Mac: Star Stevie Nicks finds her groove collaborating

2010-08-23T06:11:00.000-07:00

Stevie Nicks has groove back.

Superstar Fleetwood Mac is deep into her seventh album - she is writing with a collaborator which for the first time, one time Eurythmic Dave Stewart. Rumors of a romantic liaison notwithstanding, Nicks says it's the best time she has ever had putting out a CD.

"I've never before written something with somebody else," says the smoky voiced rock icon. "Do something new this is a nice chance. I now understand why John Lennonand Paul McCartney worked so well together. You feed so much off each other."

"My management pushed me," she explains. "They said from the record I had to take a month, and I listened this I'm happy. It's been a great change of pace and a lot of fun."

The untitled CD is "a full blown rock 'n' roll album with some beautiful ballads. And it's been fantastic and funky working at home."

She had planned it wasn't something. "My last performance was Dec. 21 in New Zealandafter 83 shows with Fleetwood Mac," she says. "Coming straight home, the farthest thing from my mind was going straight to work."

In 1974 her great initial success was with lover Lindsey Buckingham. In 1977 they joined Fleetwood Mac the "Rumours" album had churned out four top 10 singles - including Nicks' megahit "Dreams," the group's only U.S. No. 1. By 1981, she began a solo career with the album "Bella Donna," but she continued to record and tour with Fleetwood Mac; the band's latest studio album is 2003's "Say You Will," for which Nicks wrote the title track.

Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Fleetwood Mac in 1998, the now 62-year-old rocker worries about the future of the industry she loves.

"The Internet has destroyed rock. Children no longer develop social graces. They don't hang out anymore," she complains. "I'm financially stable. I'm okay. But what about the kids trying to make it in this business? If you're not an established band, if you don't have a hit single, they're gonna drop you. There are a lot of people out there as talented as we were, but they can't sustain being in a rock 'n' roll band for long without success. We were able to, but we're going to die out."

Still, her recent passion remains the new CD. "Eventually, there will be another Fleetwood Mac record and another tour," says Nicks. "But this record is my moment. All next year, it's going to be this. This is now my turn." It's her groove.

Fleetwood Mac: Bob Welch holds no grudge

2010-07-12T12:27:00.000-07:00

In 1998, Fleetwood Mac was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. All the important band members the ones fans know by name were on the list, including founder Peter Green and early leaders Jeremy Spencer and Danny Kirwan. Curiously missing was Bob Welch, the singer songwriter/guitarist who led the band through its most troubled and tenuous years. At the time of the induction, the band wasn't very glad with Welch, who had four years earlier sued the group for back royalties."So I understand why they didn't want to see me," Welch said in a current telephone interview from his home in Nashville, Tenn. Regardless, it was a short sighted snub, considering that by drummer Mick Fleetwood's own admission, Welch kept the band together during some very lean times."(Fleetwood) put a whole chapter in his autobiography about me and my time in the band, so I know they appreciate what I did."Welch joined Fleetwood Mac in 1971, just as it was sputtering to the end of its days as the dominant British blues band. Four years later, the band struck gold when it added two fresh faced young Californians to the lineup, Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham. The in between time the caretaker years, if you will belonged largely to Bob Welch. "It was not the happiest time for the band," he recalled. But in many ways, Welch deserves credit for helping to position the band for the massive success it would later have."I don't think any of them have specially wonderful memories of that time, but it was a bridge, an important transition," said Welch, who in his semiretirement continues to write songs and occasionally perform. He'll play with the Atlanta Rhythm Section on Sunday, July 18, at Hersheypark Amphitheatre. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Welch belonged to a family of entertainers. His father was a successful producer for Paramount Pictures, his mother a professional singer and actress.Welch played guitar in an R&B group called the Seven Souls and a hard rock trio called Head West before being invited to Fleetwood Mac's country house in Southern England in the summer of 1971."There was no formal audition," he recalled. "We just hung out and jammed … drank coffee and smoked hash. I think they were looking for someone they could get along with as a person. They weren't looking for a hotshot guitarist."The five albums Fleetwood Mac would make with Welch "Future Games," "Bare Trees," "Penguin," "Mystery to Me" and "Heroes are Hard to Find" sold only modestly in the U.S. and even more poorly in England, but remain treasured gems to serious fans. The old bluesy Mac was still there in the rhythm section, but Welch helped push the band toward a more mellow, slightly psychedelic direction. His "Sentimental Lady" and "Hypnotized" were nearly hits. The band was making decent music and drawing consistent crowds, but money was tight. They resorted to all kinds of tricks to save a buck, like bribing airline baggage handlers to load the band's heavy gear without weighing or charging for it. "So the pilot would be taking off with 2,000 pounds on board he wasn't aware of. … Not something you could get away with today, and pretty dangerous actually. "None of Welch's Mac albums ever broke out of the low six figure sales range, though the group would go on to sell 40 million copies of its work from the later 1970s. By then, the band had completely phased out the Welch era from its concert repertoire.In 1973, things had gotten actually bad for Fleetwood Mac. The pair was forced to cancel an entire tour, and in a bizarre move, their manager put a fake Fleetwood Mac on the road, claiming he owned the name. Fans were not amused, and the real group was left inactive for nine months while the lawyers fought it out. It was then that Welch made perhaps his most important nonmusical contribution to the band: He got them to leave England. Fleetwood Mac was selling more seats and records in America, and if they ever hoped to get a better record deal, it would be better for them to be in the music industry capital of the world."Christine (McVie) particularly did not want to leave England, but it was tough for everyone. We basically had to empty our savings accounts to move to Los Angeles and then just barely got by because we couldn't work for about nine months. "It was a bit of a culture shock coming from a country estate in rural England to the heat and concrete of southern California. In the end, though, it was the right move, and the group emerged victorious from the legal mess. But it had sapped all of Bob's energy in the process."It just left everyone deflated. I suppose if we had had more commercial success it would have been easier. And at the time, I wanted to go in a harder rock direction; they didn't. I was all of 29 years old and thought I was running out of time," Welch said, laughing. When Buckingham and Nicks joined the group in January 1975 (also without an audition), Welch was asked to stay on, but opted not to a gross miscalculation. He got precisely nowhere with a hard rock trio called Paris before striking gold on his own (really, platinum) in 1977 with "French Kiss," a slice of prime 1970s FM pop that featured the disco rocker "Ebony Eyes" and a slick new version of "Sentimental Lady" that became a Top 10 hit with the help of his old friends from Fleetwood Mac. Almost the entire band played on the track."We remained close friends. We toured together … all together on the same plane. It was kind of like a big family. Mick became my manager for a while, which was convenient. We would go to interviews together. He would talk about their record and be there to help promote mine."Welch is even in the photo collage that adorns the inside of the "Rumours" gatefold sleeve.By the early 1980s though, Welch's hit streak had come to an end and he struggled to regain his pace.He hosted a pre MTV video program called "Hollywood Heartbeat," tried hard rock again with a group called Avenue M based in Arizona, overcame a heroin addiction and landed in Nashville in the early 1990s.Since the Hall of Fame induction, Welch has mended fences with the Fleetwood Mac family. He and the band settled the royalty suit out of court. "I talk to Mick pretty regularly now."They hung backstage together when the band played Nashville on its most current tour. Welch has no plans to try to lobby for inclusion in the Hall of Fame."Even though I'm not officially in there, I'm mentioned in the exhibit. … And personally, at this point, it doesn't matter to me much. I'm not going to start a campaign or anything."Despite the difficulties of his Fleetwood Mac days, the Hall of Fame snub and the fact that none of the band's albums from his era were given a proper CD remastering, Welch is satisfied with his legacy in the group, both as a member and afterward."It was a golden era for all of us, actually."

Florence covers Fleetwood Mac at Glasto

2010-06-28T01:26:00.000-07:00

Florence and the Machine performed a one-off cover of a Fleetwood Mac song during their Glastonbury set.on Friday.

During her performance on the Other Stage, Florence Welch revealed that 'The Chain' was her favourite song and that she was hoping the band would be there to watch her sing it, according to the Sunday Express.

She said: "This is pretty much my favourite song of all time. All my heroes are in this band and I thought they were going to be here but they're not.

"We're never going to play it again. We hope you enjoy it Glastonbury, this one's just for you."

The singer also allegedly fought back tears during a performance of 'Dog Days Are Over', saying: "This is a pretty big moment for me. To start in a tent and then be here. It means a lot to be on this stage in front of you. I never want to leave."

Death Cab For Cutie, Fleetwood Mac, Tom Waits songs on Mates of State covers album

2010-04-08T02:05:00.001-07:00

Hey! It's almost summer! Good thing we have a new Mates of State album to serve as soundtrack, a covers set at that.

"Crushes (The Covers Mixtape) " is a 10-song set that the duo -- Jason Hammel and Kori Gardner -- produced themselves, with some help from The National producer Peter Katis. A diverse set of acts like Tom Watis, Belle & Sebastian, The Mars Volta, Fleetwood Mac and Nick Cave are having their songs included; Death Cab For Cutie also gets the covers treatment -- Ben Gibbard, after all, helped sing some on the Mates' last "Bring It Back" in 2008.

Below is a tracklist, and below that, a stream of the Mates of State performing indie buzz band Girls' "Laura." It's sunny, as could be predicted, but does have the crew breaking out of their normal structures of just drums, keyboards and vocal harmonies. Check out the turntable scratches and the drum machine, the omnipresent, buzzing bass and a dreamier delivery from Gardner. Download the track via their website matesofstate.com.

They promise that psycho-psych of The Mars Volta track "Son et Lumiere" is going "breezy" and Waits' "Long Way Home" came out as "an adrenalized anthem."

"We hadn't counted on this covers project making us approach our own songs in these new ways. Too often in the past, we'd get stuck writing in a certain structure. In dissecting these songs, taking out the biggest creative component--actually writing the song--we were more thoughtful of other musical aspects... In a sense, these other great bands made us a better band," the couple says in a statement.

No tour dates yet, though they pulled off a handful back in February.

1. Laura (Girls)
2. Son et Lumiere (The Mars Volta)
3. Sleep the Clock Around (Belle & Sebastian)
4. Technicolor Girls (Death Cab for Cutie)
5. Long Way Home (Tom Waits)
6. Love Letter (Nick Cave)
7. Second Hand News (Fleetwood Mac)
8. 17 Pink Sugar Elephants (Vashti Bunyan)
9. Roller Coaster Ride (Dear Nora)
10. True Love Will Find You in the End (Daniel Johnston)

Fleetwood Mac: Famous and Infamous Classic Live Performances

2010-03-23T03:25:00.000-07:00

First up this week is Fleetwood Mac with 'Oh Well'. No, not that Fleetwood Mac, but the original incarnation led by Peter Green. After Green had a nervous breakdown in the early 70's drummer Mick Fleetwood and bass player John McVie recruited new members and carried on, resulting in their mutli-platinum success in the late 70's with 'Rumors' et all.The Peter Green led Fleetwood Mac were a raw blues band in stark contrast to their later MOR sound. It goes without saying they were a hell of a lot better with Green at the helm. BB King has gone on record stating that Peter Green was one of the few guitarists whose skill and tone he admired. Here's why:

Fleetwood Mac - Dreams

2010-03-01T03:48:00.000-08:00

Glastonbury Festival responds to Fleetwood Mac headline claims

2010-02-01T04:12:00.000-08:00

Glastonbury organisers say it is "unlikely" Fleetwood Mac will headline next year's festival, despite rumours emerging today (December 11) suggesting the band had been signed up for next summer's event.Gossip site Holymoly.com claimed the reunited band would close the Somerset bash by topping the bill on the Pyramid Stage next year, however a spokesperson for the event has since told NME that this is unlikely to happen, although they did not comment on whether the band will be involved in the 2010 festival.

U2 have been announced as headliners for the Friday (25) night of Glastonbury, while it is also heavily rumoured that Muse will also play a headline slot.Fleetwood Mac recently played a UK arena tour.

Fleetwood Mac - Sounds Write

2009-11-11T07:43:00.000-08:00

WHEN guitarist Fleetwood Mac , singer and principal songwriter Lindsey Buckingham told the audience at Manchester’s M.E.N arena that, “This band have a complex and convoluted emotional history and it has not always been easy”, the comment was undoubtedly one of the understatements of the century. If for the forty year plus rollercoaster life and times of the supergroup were ever to be dramatised, it would certainly make for the most compelling viewing with its tales of marital splits, inter band affairs, acrimonious bust ups, casual bed-hopping, copious amounts of drug taking/life threatening addictions, alcohol abuse, mental illness, therapy and rehab, flirtations with religious cults and all this whilst simultaneously managing to create some of the finest and biggest selling albums of all time.
The fact that Fleetwood Mac in 2009 are now, seemingly, the most stable of units is nothing short of a phenomenon and a testament to their individual and collective survival instincts. Messrs Buckingham, Stevie Nicks, Mick Fleetwood and John McVie (Christine McVie quit the band in ’98, opting for a quiet life these days down in Kent) have long since cleaned up their acts and settled their personal differences and, on the recent ‘Unleashed’ world tour which rolled up in Manchester last week for a sell out show, they convincingly demonstrated that their performance levels are as high now as any point previously in their lengthy career.
In the early 1970’s, Fleetwood Mac were a British blues/rock group whose moderately successful career up to that juncture had been seriously derailed by the departure(due largely to one too many bad acid ‘trips’) of founder member, legendary guitarist Peter Green. The group continued to splutter along for a while until the pivotal moment when an American duo, Buckingham and Nicks, joined the band. Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks were lovers as well as performers and came very much as a package, with Buckingham, having been identified as a replacement for Green(after a succession of other players had not worked out), refusing to join Mac unless his partner came ‘on board’ too. The introduction of the duo in 1975, who had previously been bit part players on the West Coast music scene, struggling to eke out a living, succeeded in adding a radio friendly sheen to Fleetwood Mac’s blue/rock roots, turning around their fortunes in the process and completely revitalising the group’s career. The now new look Anglo American Fleetwood Mac embarked on a glorious period of unbroken musical success throughout the remainder of the 1970’s/early 80’s but the new chapter in the group’s history also heralded the start of those well-documented problems that very nearly destroyed the band.
The 2009 ‘Unleashed’ tour has a real celebratory triumph over adversity feel to it and the crowd pleasing tone of the evening was set in place from the very moment Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham walked out on stage hand in hand to thunderous squeals of delight. And in truth, the two and a half hour show that followed did very much belong to the duo who were undeniably the main focal point with their great on stage dynamic.
Fleetwood Mac don’t presently have any new album to promote, their last one being 2003’s ‘Say You Will’, though they did hint during the show that there could well be one in the offing, news that was met with great audience excitement. The set list of the recent show is drawn largely from the group’s trilogy of 1970’s albums, the self titled ‘Fleetwood Mac’, the 25 million plus selling ‘Rumours’ and ‘Tusk’, records which marked the band’s halcyon days. “This time we said, ‘let’s just go out and have fun’”, Buckingham told the crowd when explaining the show’s rationale and content and so, what was subsequently served up amounted to a veritable Fleetwood Mac musical feast for fans with great big dollops of classic songs such as ‘The Chain’, ‘Dreams’, ‘Rhiannon’, ‘Gold Dust Woman’, ‘Gypsy’, ‘Oh Well’ – a solitary doff of the hat to the Peter Green Mac era, ‘Never Going Back Again’ and ‘Second Hand News’, which Buckingham introduced, with another reference to their ‘crazy’ years, by saying, “This next song, if memory serves, and these days it often doesn’t serve, due to living one’s life a certain way for a number of years, was the first song written for the Rumours album.”
Buckingham himself is, physically, remarkably well preserved these days and with his boyish, skinny frame, still thick though greying mop of tousled hair, makes a mockery of his sixty years. As for his guitar playing, it is nothing short of dazzling and if anyone present had any doubts beforehand about him deserving to be ranked right up there alongside the greats, they would surely have left the building utterly convinced that he is indeed, a bona fide guitar maestro. He plays his instrument with a manic intensity, at times a picture of almost demonic intent and his spine tingling solo performance on acoustic guitar for ‘Big Love’ (from the ‘Tango In Night’ album) was something very special to behold, with his breakneck speed of hands building to an awesome finger shredding climax. Elsewhere, he turned in immense solos on ‘Tusk’ and ‘Go Your Own Way’, shamelessly playing up to the crowd with his whoops and stomping of feet as well as his frequent forays to the very edge of the stage where, on bended knee while soloing, he allowed fans to run their eager fingers all along his guitar fretboard. He still sings great too, possessing a natural flair for harmonising and he does all this, whilst visibly drenched right through in sweat from the second song in yet never once bothering to remove his short black leather jacket in a great display of ultimate rock star ‘cool’.
Miss Stevie Nicks, the perfect onstage foil for Buckingham, still sports her career ‘uniform’ of cropped style riding jacket complete with floaty shawl, billowing skirt, suede platform boots and (occasional)Victorian top hat whilst her mic stand and tambourine are draped with trademark sheer scarves and long ribbons. At sixty one, despite her years of hard living having clearly taken their toll on her looks and her once svelte figure certainly a little more rounded these days, Nicks remains effortlessly sexy and the epitome of Californian hippy/mystical chic. Her vocals however are her greatest seduction tool, as smoky and ethereal as ever and although she now noticeably avoids notes in the higher register, her dulcet tones still cast quite a spell.
There’s some lovely Buckingham/Nicks coming togethers’ during the show that are played out for maximum effect and which the audience readily lap up. A stunning Nicks rendition of ‘Landslide’ sees her alone on stage with her former paramour accompanying on acoustic guitar and, at the conclusion of ‘Sara’, the pair warmly embrace and hug, sway momentarily in each others arms with a resting of heads on shoulders and there’s a tender kiss from Buckingham to the back of Nicks’ hair. It’s all a little too stage managed but it’s a poignant moment nonetheless and elicits the intended crowd cheers.
As something of a backdrop to the Buckingham and Nick’s floor show, there’s the two ageing gents and somewhat unsung heroes of the group, bassist John McVie (64) and drummer Mick Fleetwood (62), driving things along at a frenetic pace as one of the tightest rhythm sections in the business. McVie, typically motionless and doing his best to avoid eye contact with all, hiding under his flat cap, could easily pass for a grizzled farmer that had just parked his tractor at the back and ambled on stage whilst the towering 6ft 6in Fleetwood, with his grey/white hair slicked back in a short ponytail, wild, wide-eyed gaze, white shirt and black waistcoat and, with those omni present, what appear to be, pair of oversized clackers dangling from his waist, looks for all his worth as though he has come straight out of the pages of an old English medieval novel. And when he gets his big moment under the spotlight during a fairly lengthy drum solo towards the show’s end, he goes into full on frenzy mode, battering the hell out of his monstrous kit as he barks out some incomprehensible words to the crowd and generally exhibiting characteristics of a deranged madman. The alln-absorbing and enthralling concert reaches a actual peak with everyone coaxed to their feet for the big crowd sing-a-long anthems that are ‘Go Your Own Way’ and the rousing encore of ‘Don’t Stop’. It leaves the audience on an exhilarating high and the final utterance from the stage of “We’ll see you next time” is a promise all present surely hope Fleetwood Mac will keep.

Birmingham, Fleetwood Max at the NIA

2009-11-05T12:17:00.000-08:00

It is rare for a rumbling bass guitar it is rare riff to get one of the biggest cheers at a concert but it happened when John McVie played those famous notes of The Chain, introduced to a whole new audience thanks to their use as the theme tune to TV’s Grand Prix racing coverage.
And, just like an F1 car, Fleetwood Mac got off to a flying start as they took the audience on a Greatest Hits trip. The Chain, the second track of a 22 song set, was followed by Dreams and a rockin’ I Know I’m Not Wrong.
Frontman Lindsey Buckingham explained: “We’ve got no new album to sell so we’ve decided to do the songs we love – and we hope you love them too.”
While 60 year old Lindsey provides the hard edged rock ‘n’ roll, former girlfriend Stevie Nicks, a year his senior, enchants with her more ethereal tunes.
Rhiannon and Gold Dust Woman were highlights of the two hour 20 minute show, while at the end of Sara, Nicks and Buckingham hugged, a sign that time has healed the rift between them.
The duo may be in the spotlight at the front but the power is at the back of the stage in the shape of 63 year old McVie and towering 62 year old drummer Mick Fleetwood who provided the muscular rhythm for another show stopper, the mighty Tusk.
When it comes to guitar maestros, however, it’s hard to top Buckingham who played a blistering solo at the end of I’m So Afraid.
He has the stage to himself for Big Love, a song, he explains, that was written as an ensemble piece but has evolved into a solo performance.
Drummer Fleetwood encores with a madcap solo before a rip roaring finish of Don’t Stop which had the sold out crowd singing along.
The Mac are well and truly back.

Michael Jackson: This Is It, Kenny Ortega, 112 mins, (PG)

2009-11-01T11:02:00.000-08:00

The biggest musical event this week isn't a concert at all, but it's coming to a popcorn pit near you. By the time I'm writing this and you're reading it, Michael Jackson was meant to have performed 27 dates of his This Is It farewell show at the O2 in London, with a further 23 to follow in the spring.
Whether you believe he would even have made it this far without cancellations is a matter for personal conjecture. And it's a question that the feature film, cobbled together from his rehearsals at Los Angeles' Staples Center, only hints at answering.
The Star Wars scroll-up at the start tells us that This Is It was going to be "an entirely new concert experience". Entirely new? Not exactly. A very high-concept version of the existing concert experience, perhaps. But it's typical of the uncritical hyperbole that defines and dogs this documentary.
The main problem with This Is It lies in its choice of director: Kenny Ortega, the director of the stage show itself, who has cherry-picked the clips which make his production appear in the best possible light.
It would, unquestionably, have been a cracking concert: the dancers who pop up from below-stage at toaster speed, the black widow spider from which Jacko emerges in "Thriller", the appearance of an actual bulldozer for "Earth Song", the Zelig/Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid-style film preceding "Smooth Criminal" in which MJ is placed inside a montage of film-noir scenes (admiring Rita Hayworth in Gilda, dodging Bogey's bullets in Dead Reckoning, and so on).
But had the footage fallen somehow into the hands of an impartial documentarian, we might have seen a completely different film from the hagiography Ortega has given us.
The most fascinating scenes, nevertheless, are the candid moments in which Michael, bespectacled and studious, chomping on snacks or sucking on a lollipop, supervises auditions, oversees choreography on his laptop, bosses the band (who all call him "Sir") into making it "more funky" and admonishes them for "not letting it simmer!", while emphasising that his criticisms are always delivered "with the love, L.O.V.E".
His face, it's sad to say, looks like someone who's been in a fire, but his physical condition isn't as poor as one might expect. The 50 year old was still super mobile, as the awe inspiring spin he throws into "The Way You Make Me Feel" proves, and his voice on "Human Nature" is out of this world. What he lacks, it seems, is stamina: he complains that he needs to save his voice rather than rehearse the outro of "Just Can't Stop Loving You", and can't hack a retake of the routine for "Beat It". Interestingly, the one character we never meet is Dr Conrad Murray, dosing Jacko up and pushing his body to the limit to meet AEG's concert schedule.
Despite the stress he's under, at no point does the King of Pop kick off, throw his toys out of pram or reach the end of his tether. Instead, he spends his down-time delivering a softly-spoken soliloquy on climate change. Maybe he actually is that saintly. We'll never know, because Ortega's sometimes inspiring, but mostly somewhat sad film is ultimately – no apologies for the pun – a whitewash.
If she didn't mean it, it wouldn't work. Stephanie Lynn Nicks may have been working as a waitress in a cocktail bar when Fleetwood Mac found her, and cleaning the producer's toilets to pay for her first record, but the buck-toothed blonde from Phoenix never stopped imagining herself as a Welsh witch goddess.
Thirty-five years on, she hasn't ceased: swishing about in a bat-winged cape and a diamante half-moon pendant, and bleating about a "woman taken by the sky". Mystery-and-magic isn't merely an act for Stevie. She believes it, and bless her to bits for that.
If Stevie on a British stage is what really sends the hackles tingling for the faithful, then it's only in the context of a truly stunning Fleetwood Mac concert. Her foil and sometime lover Lindsey Buckingham, spindly-legged and still offensively handsome, is a fast-fingertipped phenomenon on guitar. His solo spots for "Big Love" and "Oh Well" are breathtaking; the title track of his 1979 folly Tusk is so berserk you can almost taste the Hollywood A-grade in your septum.
Together, they conjure such an electricity that the rhythm section John McVie and Mick Fleetwood, whose British blues band was transformed by the Buckingham-Nicks takeover in 1974, can only stand and watch. "I think I had met my match," she sings in the sublime "Sara", and she looks at him with lazy eyes. He catches the glance, and bites his lip. As the song ends, they waltz and he kisses her hair. It must drive their current partners insane. Because it sure as hell sends a shiver through everyone else.

SECC, Glasgow, Fleetwood Mac

2009-10-27T10:20:00.000-07:00

To those familiar with their patchwork history, the fact that this recent avatar of Fleetwood Mac has remained stable for a little over a decade is something approaching a miracle.
Guitarist, sometime singer and key songwriter, Lindsey Buckingham, alludes to previous traumas with mention of recording their classic album, Rumours, during which period he and Stevie Nicks were breaking up their relationship: "there were a lot of emotional opposites between us". Yes, there was "aggression" to be worked out during "Second Hand News", but rarely has such spite sounded as joyful as it did here.
Whatever bridges may have been burned during this era and Buckingham's departure from the band following 1987's Tango in the Night have obviously been long since rebuilt. At the end of "Sara", Nicks – a hippyish figure in a changing array of sequinned shawls and dresses, her eyes dreamy and her hair a fresh bottle-blonde – takes Buckingham in a tender embrace of friendship. To applause and camera flashes from the audience, words are whispered between the pair, and it's another moment for the photo album when they emerge holding hands for the encore an hour later.
These two have clearly settled into a lifelong friendship, but many might have noticed the opposite attraction of their musical relationship. While the pair's voices manage a beautifully rootsy combination on duets like "Don't Stop" and particularly a stripped-back acoustic pairing for "Never Going Back Again", their individual contributions are markedly change.
Nicks, spinning gently on the spot, is a folky bohemian, a rustic chanteuse during familiar tracks like "Gypsy", "Rhiannon" and an acoustic "Landslide". While the musical styles of the Janis Joplin-esque "Gold Dust Woman" and "Stand Back"'s alarmingly contemporary electronic keyboard riff are markedly different, Nicks's persona doesn't shift.
Buckingham, on the other hand, is a study in almost manic intensity, specially when Nicks has walked off to effect another costume different and he's left alone to indulge himself with the stalwart rhythm section of Mick Fleetwood and John McVie. Perhaps over-fond of the extended instrumental, he plays with a serious stare and punctuates each song with whoops and stamps of the feet. It's a little overwrought, but Buckingham conjures a young man's vitality during "Tusk", "Go Your Own Way", "Oh Well" and a truly spine tingling acoustic take on "Big Love".
For a band who deal in definitively enduring pop classics, there was the odd clunking moment – a dull "Go Insane", Fleetwood's literally barking drum solo during "World Turning". Yet the magic far outweighed these brief lulls, and the drummer's assertion at the end that "we'll see you next time" was a promise we'd like to hold him to.

Review, Fleetwood Mac

2009-10-23T13:29:00.000-07:00

As famous Fleetwood Mac are almost for the bed hopping, powder-sniffing emotional trauma they have visited on each other over the years as they are for their era-defining monster hits. But with their heydays now 20 and 30 years behind them, can the music still thrill without the chemical and emotional charges of old?
In their most famous avatar, featuring Lyndsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, Fleetwood Mac were million-selling megastars of soft rock in the 1970s and masters of airy synth anthems in the 1980s.
Nicks, Buckingham and rhythm section stalwarts Mick Fleetwood and John McVie are back on the road touting a greatest hits tour with no distracting new album to promote. “Yet,” said Buckingham, teasing. The expected roar of anticipation petered out almost before it had begun.
The crowd in Glasgow was a muted mirror of the band themselves, reflecting back what they were given. In the many long, baggy, drawn-out echoes of songs that peppered a flabby set they were silent in their thousands, still and mooning at the stage, clapping politely between numbers. But on the few occasions when the band came to life the crowd went off like firecrackers.
Buckingham’s maudlin posturing and hammy vocal theatrics had many on their feet and cheering, while the sudden liveliness of Tusk or the let-rip relief of the bluesy Oh Well brought roars of delight. The likes of Don’t Stop, The Chain and Go Your Own Way were full of real energy.
But for every one of those tracks there was a Sara or a Landslide, in which a listless and heavy-lidded Nicks struggled to push much range or power from her voice. Or an I’m So Afraid, with a bland and seemingly never-ending guitar solo.
The musical star of the night was Fleetwood, whose drumming lent every song dynamics, energy and, in Tusk and the last section of World Turning, some unexpected groove. He looked as if he was having a riot throughout.
It’s a shame his enthusiasm wasn’t more infectious – this canny dinosaur of a band had the good sense and good grace to snap into focus for arresting performances of the landmark songs, but its brio was too often short-lived.

SHERYL CROW MYSTIFIED MAC

2009-10-10T12:19:00.000-07:00

Fleetwood Mac say Sheryl Crow was not invited to join the band following the departure of Christine McVie, despite the singer's previous claims.
Sheryl Crow stunned Fleetwood Mac when she announced she was joining them because she had never been asked.
The 'All I Wanna Do' star announced she would replace Christine McVie when the singer and keyboardist retired from the band in 1998, but singer and guitarist Lindsey Buckingham claims they never needed a replacement.
He said: "There aren't too many people who would be able to fit the bill. With Sheryl I thought it was pretty funny.
"She announced she was joining Fleetwood Mac but I didn't know any of it."
His bandmate Stevie Nicks added: "We spent seven weeks battering our heads against a wall trying Christine's songs, but we just can't. She can't be replaced."
Mick Fleetwood the group's founder said they didn't want Sheryl to join the band because she had too much going on with her personal life.
He explained: "There was talk of Sheryl Crow taking Chris's place but she'd been through too much.
"She'd had cancer, lost a lover and adopted a child. Being on the road was the last thing for her."

keeps hits in the family to Singer Colbie

2009-10-08T10:24:00.000-07:00

Californian singer songwriter Colbie Caillat music run in the family for 23 years old, who currently scored her first US number one album.
Her father Ken co-produced one of the best selling releases of the 1970s, Fleetwood Mac's Rumours, and has produced many of the songs on his daughter's latest album Breakthrough.
COLBIE CAILLAT
Colbie and Ken Caillat would "butt heads" while making her new album When I was four or five, I remember my family having parties. We'd be blasting music all day long it was all about music and it was always fun.
It was all classic rock the Steve Miller Band, Tom Petty, Joni Mitchell, Fleetwood Mac.
The first concert I ever went to was Fleetwood Mac at the Hollywood Bowl and we were allowed to go backstage.
My parents have stayed friends with Fleetwood Mac over the years. The first time I ever went out on a boat, we went out on John McVie's yacht in southern California and I threw up off the side.
Dad would take me, my sister and my mom into the studio all the time. We'd be at the console and watch him. When he had his record label, I'd go into the offices.
Sometimes we'd sit in on meetings. My sister and I helped them name one of their record labels. We were brainstorming with them on what a cool name would be for a label. We ended up with Silverline.
My parents are so proud now seriously, they wanted to take another tour bus and follow my tour
When Steely Dan's song Hey Nineteen would come on at home, I'd rock out and sing all the words to it. That's when my parents saw the interest. My dad started teaching me what song structure was. That's how it started.
Working with my dad now, we can be honest with each other and I'm not nervous to tell him if I don't like one of his ideas and he's not nervous to tell me if I need to re-do a vocal. Of course there are times when we butt heads and argue but we end up compromising. It's all about the music and not about ego.
My parents are so proud now. Seriously, they wanted to take another tour bus and follow my tour. They knew I've been wanting to be a singer since I was 11 years old when I sang my first talent show with my two best friends in sixth grade.

“Seven Wonders”

2009-09-27T09:06:00.000-07:00

So it’s been exactly a month since I last had a cigarette or an alcoholic drink. I’ve done it cold turkey, and I feel great (physically) but the not entirely unexpected side effect has been that I’ve become rather short tempered. Basically, I’ve gone from being a chilled out entertainer to feeling homicidal whenever I am around total morons. The only thing that is calming me down whenever I encounter idiots is Fleetwood Max Greatest Hits. I am not kidding.
I carry a tiny iPod shuffle (with Seven Wonders cued up) in my jacket pocket, and whenever I feel myself wanting to punch someone in the face, I stick my headphones in and soak up Stevie Nicks’ faintly ridiculous vibrato and I feel instantly better. I hope if you’re having a stressful Tuesday, it’ll have the same effect on you.

“Seven Wonders”, Fleetwood Mac

2009-09-24T09:57:00.000-07:00

So it’s been exactly a month since I last had a cigarette or an alcoholic drink. I’ve done it cold turkey, and I feel great (physically) but the not completely unexpected side effect has been that I’ve become rather short-tempered. Basically, I’ve gone from being a chilled out entertainer to feeling homicidal whenever I am around total morons. The only thing that is calming me down whenever I encounter idiots is Fleetwood Mac’s Greatest Hits. I am not kidding.
I carry a tiny iPod shuffle (with Seven Wonders cued up) in my jacket pocket, and whenever I feel myself wanting to punch someone in the face, I stick my headphones in and soak up Stevie Nicks’ faintly silly vibrato and I feel straight better. I hope if you’re having a stressful Tuesday, it’ll have the same effect on you.

Still going their own way

2009-09-04T12:43:00.000-07:00

Lindsey Buckingham is surprisingly laid back about being a spurned lover. It's been more than 30 years since his then girl friend and Fleetwood Mac band mate, Stevie Nicks, got it on with the band's drummer, Mick Fleetwood, while on tour in New Zealand.It's not that time has cured his aching heart. You see, back when the unfaithfulness happened Buckingham didn't give a hoot either it was 1977 and they were promiscuous and drug fuelled times, after all.In a current interview the guitarist and pop genius of the pair recounted how Nicks and Fleetwood made a big deal of coming round to his house to tell him about their affair, to which he replyed, "Yeah? So? That's it?"And he's just as flippant on the phone today from his home in Los Angeles: "Stevie and I were on the road to breaking up before we coupled the band."Considering the two lovers who before Fleetwood Mac were making music as the duo Buckingham Nicks coupled the band in 1975 it must have been a long, rocky break up.No band has mixed a cocktail of melodrama, romantic shenanigans, and hedonistic substance insult quite like Fleetwood Mac and through it all they came up with two cracker albums, the mega-selling Rumours (1977) and kooky double album Tusk (1979).It was Rumours, though, with songs like Buckingham's Go Your Own Way, Nicks' Dreams, and keyboardist/singer Christine McVie's Don't Stop, that went on to sell more than 40 million copies recently the tenth best selling album ever and made Fleetwood Mac the longest band in the world.It's these songs, and many others, that the band will be playing at New Plymouth's Bowl of Brooklands on December 19 when they come back for the first time since 1980's Tusk tour.The Unleashed Tour is a two hour plus show of wonderful hits material and the Downunder dates follow a sold out 55 city North American tour earlier this year, and a European leg which starts in October.The version of the band coming to New Zealand is the classic Rumours line up of Buckingham, Nicks, Fleetwood and bassist player John McVie, minus his former wife Christine McVie who stop the band in 1998 because of her fear of flying."One of the things that makes the tour fun, and a little bit fundamental for us is that we don't have a new album yet anyway so we're not trying to go out there and do stuff that is unfamiliar," says 59 year old Buckingham. "And oddly enough, for the first time, we've been able to sit back and take parentage of the body of work that we have and appreciate it."When you're in the second of making songs, and particularly for us with the politics and all the drama that went on, it has never been that easy, and the fun of being on stage has always been tempered by all of that."

Fleetwood Mac legend to perform at grace Aldershot stage

2009-08-28T09:55:00.000-07:00

FLEETWOOD Mac legend Peter Green will be playing the West End Centre in Aldershot.
He is touring to play the band’s classic hits and will seem at the West End Centre on September 3.
He played with John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers and, most excellently, Fleetwood Mac.
Raised in the East End of London, Peter was playing bass in several amateur bands before he met drummer Mick Fleetwood during a brief stint playing lead guitar with Peter B’s Looners.
He left the Looners to replace Eric Clapton as guitarist in the John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers.
Taking Clapton’s place was never going to be easy but it didn’t take too long for Peter to prove his worth and become the new ‘darling’ of the blues scene.
After Peter joined them the Bluesbreakers recorded their seminal Hard Road album, which included his major instrumental masterpiece The Supernatural.
Having collaborated on just the one album, Peter left the Bluesbreakers to start his own band, with Mick Fleetwood on drums and John McVie on bass, and Fleetwood Mac was born.
The band liberationed their first album in 1968 to rave reviews, and Green’s classic tracks Black Magic Woman and the number one hit Albatross cemented the band’s achiever.
Drugs took their toll on Peter’s mental health and he decided to leave Fleetwood Mac in 1970.
He recorded a solo album but then faded into obscurity.
He made guest visual aspect on albums by ex-band mates and friends before recording more albums in the late 70s and early 80s.
In 1998 he and the rest of Fleetwood Mac were inducted into the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame.
At the time, Mick Fleetwood said of Green: “He’s back in the studio, he’s really playing again, which is why he’s here on this planet. I do earnestly believe he has a magic touch. I think you will never see Pete back out in the showbiz sense of the word but I think you will hear some more music from Peter Green and I hope I’m part of that. I hope that comes to pass.”
Westy employee Nicci Hewett said: “We’re pleasured Peter has chosen to play at the Westy, because you actually never know when you will get another chance to see this legend, who played such a large part in shaping contemporary music.”

Fleetwood fluster over ticket prices

2009-08-26T11:49:00.000-07:00

Tickets to the Fleetwood Mac gig haven't gone on sale yet but earlier there's puzzlement over how much they will cost.
One website, www.showbiznz.co.nz, has begun offering pre sale tickets at $147.50 for general acceptance to $369 for the best seats on the platform over the lake at New Plymouth's Bowl of Brooklands.
But these prices look to be more valuable than what will be suggested when tickets go on general sale next month the Taranaki Daily News understands they will range from $120 to $320.
That won't be officially known until September 4 when first claim on Fleetwood Mac's December 19 gig will go to TSB Bank customers, who will be able to buy them on line until September 8. Public sales will then open the next day.
Leesa Tilley, general manager of promoter Andrew McManus Presents, said promoters often worked with on sellers like Showbiznz who were admeasured a very limited number of ticket "holds".
"These aren't real tickets these won't be available until the general public tickets go on sale and they can market or sell them however they like," she said.
"How they market and sell them is up to them."
The prices to be asked for the big gig look similar to pricing for Taranaki's last major concert, the performance by Sir Elton John in December 2007.

Fleetwood Mac play at Pokolbin

2009-08-23T12:13:00.000-07:00

HUNTER conferences will get the chance to see rock super group Fleetwood Mac accomplish live when they play at Pokolbin's Hope Estate later this year.
The band, which recently finished a 55 city sold out tour of North America, will act a two hour plus show at Hope Estate on December 5.
The tour is its first in five years and will feature wonderful hits including Rhiannon, Dreams, Tusk, Go Your Own Way and Sara.
After the successful American tour, Fleetwood Mac also included a two month European leg.
The Australian tour will start at Melbourne's Rod Laver Arena on December 1 and then head to Hope Estate before accomplishment in Sydney, Perth and Brisbane. Tickets are on sale through Ticketek from September 4.

Fleetwood Mac on the way

2009-08-18T03:09:00.000-07:00

The rumoured appearance of Fleetwood Mac on West Australian shores act to be true, with the band believed to be playing at Member's Equity Stadium on December 11 and 12.
The band are gearing up for their Unleashed wonderfu hits tour, with fans hoping a New Zealand and Australian leg will be approved.
It seems some more big musical action could also be recent headed to Perth later this year that's if some cryptic clues delivered by the administration of Member's Equity Stadium at a event are anything to go by.
Allia Venue Administration chief executive officer Peter Bauchop addressed a crowd of sports representatives assembled for a night of celebration at the venue hinting at big things to come. And the events had nothing to do with sport.
"I don't want to scattered any rumours, and I would much rather stay alive, than take the glory and the consequences," he said.
He told the crowd the months of November and December would be huge for the arena, but assert that he was only joking around and could not conform anything.
But the guessing games started with hopes that his reference to "rumours" referred to Fleetwood Mac's legendary album,"stay alive" to Pearl Jam's hit Alive and "take the glory" to Badly Drawn Boy.
Pearl Jam is playing at the stadium on November 14. Tickets are on deal now.
There is now a list of major acts heading for the city, including Beyonce, Marilyn Manson, Britney Spears, Greenday and ACDC.

Fleetwood Mac: To Play Winery On Australian Tour

2009-08-17T06:01:00.000-07:00

Expect an notification any day now for Fleetwood Mac with an Australian winery included as part of their loose tour.
The Australian and New Zealand tour is set for December and will one winery show, secre hears.
Actual published dates for Fleetwood Mac’s loose tour go through to the European tour in November. Australasia is next.
The loose tour is a greatest hits tour. There is no new music from Fleetwood Mac in the works. In a phone hook-up with Undercover, Lindsey Buckingham said that not having new music on this tour "frees you up to enjoy each other as people. Let’s have a good time and value the friendships and history. It takes the pressure off and accept more fun than we would commonly be able to have."
The Fleetwood Mac line-up is Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood and John McVie. Christine McVie has been out of the band for more than a decennary now and happily living the depart life in England. "I’ve been the only girl in Fleetwood Mac since 1998, so I’m used to it now,” Stevie said during the conference all. “But I miss Christine. The loss of Christine as one of my best girlfriends was horrific to me. Not a day goes by that I don’t wish she would call up and say, 'I’m back.' "
An official announcement for the tour is due soon.
Fleetwood Mac expected Australian dates:
December 1 and 2, Brisbane, Entertainment CentreDecember 5, Hunter Valley, Hope Estate WineryDecember 7 and 8 Sydney, Acer ArenaDecember 11 and 12, Perth, Members EquityDecember 15 and 16, Melbourne, Rod Laver ArenaDecember 19, New Zealand

Australian Wineries to Fleetwood Mac

2009-08-14T22:59:00.000-07:00

by Paul Cashmere - August 15 2009photo by Ros O'Gorman.

Assume an declaration any day now for Fleetwood Mac playing the Australian wineries as part of their unchain tour.
The Australian and New Zealand tour is set for December and will include the winery shows, Undercover hears.
Current announced dates for Fleetwood Mac’s Unleashed tour go through to the European tour in November. Australasia is next.
The Unchain tour is a greatest hits tour. There is no new music from Fleetwood Mac in the works. In a phone hook-up with Underground, Lindsey Buckingham said that not having new music on this tour "barren you up to enjoy each other as people. Let’s have a good time and value the friendships and history. It takes the pressure off and allows more fun than we would unusually be able to have."
The Fleetwood Mac line-up is Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood and John McVie. Christine McVie has been out of the bridle for more than a decennary now and happily living the retired life in England. "I’ve been the only girl in Fleetwood Mac since 1998, so I’m used to it now,” Stevie said during the conference all. “But I miss Christine. The loss of Christine as one of my best girlfriends was horrific to me. Not a day goes by that I don’t wish she would call up and say, 'I’m back.' "
Fleetwood Mac Australian dates will be announced this week.

FLEETWOOD MAC MY STAGE SHOW

2009-08-07T22:56:00.000-07:00

British-American band Fleetwood Mac are to perform in New Zealand.
Ticket agency Ticketmaster is advertising on its website that the band will perform one show in New Zealand, but without listing the city or date.
It has asked people to supply their email addresses so they can be contacted with each other and establish when the city and date are confirmed.
Fleetwood Mac singer Stevie Nicks performed at the TSB Bowl of Brooklands in New Plymouth in 2006 and there is speculation that the band will perform there.
New Plymouth District Council's manager for business developments and events, Garry Sharpe-Young, declined to comment on whether it would be Bowl of Brooklands.
But he said he understood an announcement would be made soon.
"Some acts are perfectly suited to certain types of venues and I'm a great believer that we've got the iconic New Zealand venue. We'll wait and see."

Pauline Doucette recall memories from Fleetwood idols

2009-07-20T13:41:00.000-07:00

Pauline Doucette tried refresh the memories when she met her Fleetwood Mac idols. She tried to bring back the band.Doucette, 44, had the chance to chat with Stevie Nicks backstage at the band’s recent concert in Edmonton. Doucette wasted no time after learning Nicks needed some down time.

Fleetwood Mac are planning to reform for a tour.

2009-07-02T05:01:00.000-07:00

No dates have been finalised as yet, but the band are planning the reunion shows for early next year.

The American pop-rockers' guitarist Lindsey Buckingham has said that the band are planning to record a new album following the live dates.

According to CMU Daily he said: "I think maybe there was even a sense that we would make a better album if we went out and hung out together first on the road.

"Maybe even sowing some seeds musically that would get us more prepared to go in the studio rather than just going in cold. It takes the pressure [off] from having to go in and make something cold."

Buckingham also added that recent rumours suggesting that Sheryl Crow may join the band are untrue.

He explained: "I think with Stevie [Nicks], maybe to some degree there was a little too much testosterone on stage when we went out in 2003, and I think the band was looking to kind of balance that out a little bit, [but Sheryl's involvement] just kind of lost its momentum."

Fleetwood Mac has announced a new UK Tour

2009-06-02T08:11:00.000-07:00

One of the hot selling bands British/American of all time Fleetwood Mac are set to come together for a very special UK arena tour.

Rising from the British blues boom, Fleetwood Mac would go on to dominate the pop market with some of the most well-liked albums ever released. The band perhaps peaked with the spectacular success of 'Rumours', and the arrangement that ability this album is set to meet for an extremely uncommon tour.

To gather the roots of Fleetwood Mac would take a box set. created by guitar hero Peter Green, the band used some of the finest musicians from the British blues scene. However Green would depart in 1970 after a period of mental decline, leaving the band to battle on.

Hell, even solo appearances are hard to come by. Since the launch of a live album in 1998 the band members have taken time off, with Mick Fleetwood said to be the lynchpin behind accomplishment the group to reform.

More than thirty years on from the release of 'Rumours' Fleetwood Mac remain one of the most popular groups on the planet. A rare possibility to grasp this band in the live arena, make sure you don't miss out!

Fleetwood Mac are set to play the following dates:

October
22 Glasgow SECC
24 Dublin O2 Arena
27 Manchester Evening News Arena
30 London Wembley Arena

November
2 Sheffield Arena
3 Birmingham National Indoor Arena

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Fleetwood Mac Popular Videos

2009-06-02T08:09:00.000-07:00

Fleetwood Mac Tickets Touts

2009-06-02T08:02:00.001-07:00

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Fleetwood mac concert Tickets are on sale now

2009-06-02T07:57:00.000-07:00

The last time Fleetwood Mac toured as a band was 5 years ago, the reunion tour, and now they are planning to hit the road again on a Unleashed Greatest Hits Tour on March 1, 2009. A good news for the UK fans of Fleetwood Mac that tha band announced a UK Tour with five gigs dates. so dont miss the chance and buy Fleetwood mac cocnert Tickets. All Fleetwood Mac Tickets are on sale at The Online Ticket Shop. The dates of Fleetwood Mac are as follows

Thursday22 Oct 09(19:00)
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The Scottish Exhibition and Conference Center (SECC)Glasgow, United Kingdom Seating Plan

Tuesday27 Oct 09(19:00)
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MEN Arena Manchester, United Kingdom Seating Plan

Friday30 Oct 09(19:00)
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Wembley Arena London, United Kingdom Seating Plan

Monday2 Nov 09(19:00)
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Sheffield Arena Sheffield, United Kingdom Seating Plan

Tuesday3 Nov 09(19:00)
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National Indoor Arena (NIA)Birmingham, United Kingdom Seating Plan

Fleetwood Mac 'The Chain' Lyrics

2009-06-02T07:56:00.002-07:00

Written by lindsey buckingham, stevie nicks,
Mick fleetwood, christine mcvie, and john mcvie.

Listen to the wind blow
Watch the sun rise

Run in the shadows
Damn your love
Damn your lies

And if
You dont love me now
You will never love me again
I can still hear you saying
You would never break the chain.

Listen to the wind blow
Down comes the night

Run in the shadows
Damn your love
Damn your lies

Break the silence
Damn the dark
Damn the light

And if
You dont love me now
You will never love me again
I can still hear you saying
You would never break the chain.

Fleetwood Mac Archival releases

2009-06-02T07:56:00.001-07:00

The Original Fleetwood Mac (CBS, 1971)
Live at the Marquee, 1967 (released 1992)
Live at the BBC (released 1995) (UK #48)
Masters: London Live '68 (released 1998)
Live at the Boston Tea Party, Vols. 1-3 recorded Feb 5-7, 1970 (Snapper, 1998-2000)
The Vaudeville Years of Fleetwood Mac: 1968 to 1970 (2 CD) (1998)
Shrine '69 (live 1969, released 1999)
Original Fleetwood Mac: The Blues Years (3 CD) (Castle, 2000)
Show-Biz Blues: 1968 to 1970 Volume 2 (2 CD) (Castle/Sanctuary, 2001)
Jumping at Shadows: The Blues Years (Castle/Sanctuary, 2002)
Men of the World: The Early Years (3 CD) (Sanctuary, 2005)

Fleetwood Mac Compilations

2009-06-02T07:54:00.000-07:00

English Rose (January 14, 1969)
The Pious Bird of Good Omen (August 16, 1969)
Fleetwood Mac in Chicago/Blues Jam in Chicago, Vols. 1-2 (December 5, 1969)
Greatest Hits (CBS, November ??, 1971)
Greatest Hits (Warner Bros, November 15, 1988) 8x Platinum
25 Years - The Chain (November 24, 1992)
The Complete Blue Horizon Sessions 1967-1969 (September 16, 1999)
The Best of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac (November 11, 2002)
The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac (October 12, 2002) Platinum
The Essential Fleetwood Mac (June 4, 2007)
Perfect Days (May 13, 2008)
Unleashed (Late 2009)

Fleetwood Mac Live Albums

2009-06-02T07:51:00.000-07:00

Year	Album	U.S.	UK	AUS	CAN	GER	SWI	AUT	FRA	Certifications
1980	Live	14	31	20	-	51	-	-	-	Gold (US)
1997	The Dance	1	15	4	19	20	-	-	-	5x Platinum (US)
2004	Live In Boston	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Fleetwood Mac Albums Country Wise

2009-06-02T07:47:00.000-07:00

Year	Album	U.S.	UK	AUS	CAN	GER	SWI	AUT	FRA	BPI / RIAA Certification
1968	Fleetwood Mac	198	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1968	Mr. Wonderful	-	10	-	-	-	-	-	71	-
1969	Then Play On	109	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1970	Kiln House	69	39	26	-	-	-	-	-	-
1971	Future Games	91	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Gold
1972	Bare Trees	70	-	37	-	-	-	-	-	Platinum
1973	Penguin	49	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1973	Mystery to Me	67	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	Gold
1974	Heroes Are Hard to Find	34	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1975	Fleetwood Mac	1	23	3	15	-	-	-	-	Gold/5x Platinum
1977	Rumours	1	1	1	1	6	-	25	27	10x Platinum/19x Platinum
1979	Tusk	4	1	2	2	3	-	4	6	Platinum/2x Platinum
1982	Mirage	1	5	2	4	12	-	-	5	Platinum/2x Platinum
1987	Tango in the Night	7	1	5	2	2	7	25	25	8x Platinum/3x Platinum
1990	Behind the Mask	18	1	9	20	4	9	19	36	Platinum/Gold
1995	Time	-	47	-	-	92	-	-	-	-
2003	Say You Will	3	6	24	-	10	51	-	-	Gold/Gold

Fleetwood Mac Remasters

2009-06-02T07:45:00.000-07:00

The 1967-69 Blue Horizon albums Fleetwood Mac, Mr. Wonderful, The Pious Bird of Good Omen, Fleetwood Mac in Chicago and 1971 outtakes album The Original Fleetwood Mac have been fully remastered & reissued on CD, as have the 1975-79 Warner Brothers albums Fleetwood Mac, Rumours, and Tusk. Mirage and Tango in the Night are still awaiting the remaster treatment as are the Fleetwood Mac Live, Behind The Mask and Time albums.

All about Fleetwood Mac

2009-06-02T07:43:00.000-07:00

Fleetwood Mac's Origins: 1967 in England
Original Name:Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac featuring Jeremy Spencer
Origin of the Name:Derived from last names of drummer Mick Fleetwood and bass guitarist John McVie
Original Members:Peter Green – vocals, guitarJeremy Spencer – vocals, guitarJohn McVie – bassMick Fleetwood – drums
Other Fleetwood Mac Members: Bekka Bramlett – vocalsBob Brunning – bass Lindsey Buckingham – vocals, guitarBilly Burnette – vocals, guitarDanny Kirwan – guitarDave Mason – vocals, guitarChristine McVie – vocals, keyboardStevie Nicks – vocalsRick Vito – vocals, guitarDave Walker – vocals

Fleetwood Mac - Gallery

2009-06-02T07:38:00.000-07:00

About Fleetwood Mac

2009-06-02T07:13:00.000-07:00

The one of the famous British/American rock Fleetwood Mac band shaped in 1967 which has got a high turnover of personnel and varied levels of success. From the band's inception through the end of 1974, no incarnation of Fleetwood Mac lasted as long as two years.
The only member present in the band from the very start is its namesake drummer Mick Fleetwood. Bassist John McVie, despite his giving part of his name to the band, did not play on their first single nor at their first concerts. Keyboardist Christine McVie has, to date, come on all but two albums, either as a member or as a session musician. She also supplied the artwork for the album "Kiln House".
The two most great periods for the band were during the late 1960s British blues boom, when they were led by guitarist Peter Green, and from 1975 to 1987, with more pop-orientation, featuring Christine McVie, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. The band got more modest success in the intervening period between 1971 and 1974, with the arrangment including Bob Welch, and also during the 1990s which saw more personnel variatoins before the return of Nicks and Buckingham in 1997, and more recently, the departure of Christine McVie.