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KindOfWoman90 12-03-2012 11:55 PM

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Originally Posted by michelej1 (Post 1068563)
There are hoards of raging Kristen fans in Antwerp, so she had to go undercover. That's why Lindsey is protectively shielding her. She was in danger of being mobbed. Or flash mobbed, at the very least.

Michele

Oh my gosh! I had no idea, and flash mob is even worse! I mean, an allergy to Julie Andrews is a very real medical condition! It's hard, especially when Lindsey wants to join in :rolleyes::p

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQLCZOG202k

aleuzzi 12-03-2012 11:56 PM

Okay, yes she can be full of crap sometimes, but I totally understand her decision to spend A LOT of time supporting In Your Dreams. It is her best record in years and something to be proud of.

The only thing that annoyed me about the interview was the she and Lindsey only chose two of his new songs. Why choose only two? Why not do four--or six? And will there be any from her?

CADreaming 12-03-2012 11:59 PM

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Originally Posted by aleuzzi (Post 1068566)

The only thing that annoyed me about the interview was the she and Lindsey only chose two of his new songs. Why choose only two? Why not do four--or six? And will there be any from her?

Oh, I'm sure she'll have songs. She's already said they worked on more songs. I think this is just a build up. They don't want to give it ALL away. :)

michelej1 12-04-2012 12:08 AM

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Originally Posted by CADreaming (Post 1068564)

So, wait -- Lindsey & Stevie understand how to download illegally off the internet but they don't know how to do a Google search??

I'm not sure they do. When's the last time anyone went to Barnes and Noble to find music for their friends to steal?

As for Google searches, if I had the choice of sending Lori to Arizona or doing a Google search for an old demo, I'd be handing Lori that plane ticket every time.

Michele

ThunderHappens 12-04-2012 12:11 AM

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"We put them up on a board and start playing a minute and a half of each song. If we start to feel it, then we start to work it out. We’re trying to get some more unfamiliar songs every time we go out. It’s fun. We want to stand up there and be excited to do a song we haven’t done for a while. Say, "Sisters of the Moon." We haven’t played that song since the '80s. Maybe it’s going to work this time."
:eek:

Yes, please! I have a feeling that one would survive opening night. Wow...that would be spectacular. Hopefully it's not just a tease. I know she can still rock this song if she wanted to. I would totally freak out if they started playing SotM. :thumbsup:

michelej1 12-04-2012 12:11 AM

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Originally Posted by aleuzzi (Post 1068566)
Okay, yes she can be full of crap sometimes, but I totally understand her decision to spend A LOT of time supporting In Your Dreams. It is her best record in years and something to be proud of.

No one was criticizing the time she took to do IYD, though. That's not what was amusing.

Michele

britt0308 12-04-2012 01:08 AM

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Originally Posted by WildHearted (Post 1068561)
I literally can't count how many times I've laughed out loud tonight from reading not only things Stevie has said, but the reactions of you all.

Let me clarify that my laughter stems from adoration, of course. But I laugh none the less.

But really. I love her.

Everything ^ :thumbsup:

Continually smiling today..this will be a long rollercoaster ride until the tour starts!

BombaySapphire3 12-04-2012 01:17 AM

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Originally Posted by CADreaming (Post 1068568)
Oh, I'm sure she'll have songs. She's already said they worked on more songs. I think this is just a build up. They don't want to give it ALL away. :)

Where did she say she and Lindsey worked on any of her new songs?Every single new song that she has written has been sent directly to Dave Stewart..there is no indication that she has contibuted any "new "material to Fleetwood Mac.

michelej1 12-04-2012 03:39 AM

Reuters, By Eric Kelsey
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/...8B303V20121204

LOS ANGELES | Mon Dec 3, 2012 9:26pm EST

(Reuters) - Do not call it a comeback and don't even think of it as a farewell tour.

After more than four decades making music and a 2010 tour, Fleetwood Mac will hit the road again next year. But it won't be its last tour, singer Stevie Nicks vowed, dismissing any notion that the band could be packing away their instruments in the near future.

"It's never going to be a final tour until we drop dead," Nicks told Reuters. "There's no reason for this to end as long as everyone is in good shape and takes care of themselves."

The 34-city tour with dates in the United States and Canada will begin on April 4 in Columbus, Ohio, and finish up on June 12 in Detroit.

The tour coincides with the 35th anniversary of the blockbuster 1977 album, "Rumours," which landed the group four hit singles and sold more than 40 million copies worldwide. The album will be reissued with unreleased studio and live recordings, Fleetwood Mac said.

After frequent changes to the lineup since the band formed in London in 1967, the 2013 tour will feature Nicks, guitarist Lindsey Buckingham, and founding members Mick Fleetwood on drums and John McVie on bass.

Touring again is "a big deal," said Nicks, 64, who is known for her floor-length blonde hair and frilly outfits.

"I don't want a Fleetwood Mac tour every year or year and a half. That's why people get so excited. ... All of a sudden the world is on edge and that's what gets you out there."

For Nicks, who recently finished a two-year solo tour promoting her 2011 album "In Your Dreams," making music and being on the road is her life.

"If you never stop, you don't lose your energy," the "Landslide" singer said of keeping pace with a demanding tour schedule when each band member is into their 60s. "Even when we stop, everybody is still doing a lot of stuff."

'EVERYBODY IS NERVOUS'

Like Nicks, Buckingham has his own solo career, and Fleetwood has a restaurant in Hawaii and a U.S. vineyard as well as his own music gigs.

Fleetwood and McVie are both founding members of the band, and Buckingham and Nicks joined the group in 1974.

Singer and songwriter Christine McVie, who wrote the big hit "Don't Stop" that was on "Rumours," joined the band in the early 1970s after marrying John McVie, but retired from touring after the band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. She still contributes on occasion to studio efforts.

Although the band will not kick off the tour until April, Nicks said the anxiety-filled grind begins months before during rehearsals when band members hammer out which songs to play.

Of the 22 songs Fleetwood Mac will play during a concert, 11 will be hits, such as "Dreams," "Don't Stop" and "Hold Me," Nicks said.

For herself, it is a daily routine of vocal exercises and primping that can take hours.

"It's overwhelming in a good way, but it's still overwhelming," Nicks said of the process. "By the third day (of rehearsals) you start to calm down and get into your role. At first, everybody is nervous and not knowing what they'll do."

But a decade removed from their last studio album "Say You Will," Nicks admits it may be time for another Fleetwood Mac release, adding that she and Buckingham had spent time writing songs together recently.

"Personally, I think we feel better than before," Nicks said. "We're not doing drugs and stuff like that ... You don't know what you'll do when you're not doing this."

(Reporting by Eric Kelsey, editing by Jill Serjeant and Philip Barbara)

michelej1 12-04-2012 03:41 AM

^Glad she's saying they won't retire until someone drops dead.

So, can I fantasize about the part where it says Christine still works with them on studio efforts?? I would (and I will when I fall asleep in a few minutes), but I think Christine just told Mojo she hasn't talked to them -- or Stevie anyway, so I'll be dreaming in vain.

Michele

CADreaming 12-04-2012 07:13 AM

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Originally Posted by michelej1 (Post 1068588)
Reuters, By Eric Kelsey
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But a decade removed from their last studio album "Say You Will," Nicks admits it may be time for another Fleetwood Mac release, adding that she and Buckingham had spent time writing songs together recently.

There's an interesting thought.

CADreaming 12-04-2012 07:31 AM

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Originally Posted by BombaySapphire3 (Post 1068581)
Where did she say she and Lindsey worked on any of her new songs?Every single new song that she has written has been sent directly to Dave Stewart..there is no indication that she has contibuted any "new "material to Fleetwood Mac.

This EP talk has been circulating for a while - I think Mick was the first to suggest they would move in that direction. Then, finally when Stevie first mentioned they had already been in the studio working she said they had done "maybe four" songs. I don't see Stevie as the songwriter she holds herself in esteem to be to not put out any songs on a new FM project. It just makes sense they will split it between them. I don't know that it's "new" songs - maybe she went back to the vault again. Regardless, I'm betting there are Stevie Nicks compositions.

WildHearted 12-04-2012 09:13 AM

The group will hit the road starting April 4 in Columbus, Ohio.

It's official: Fleetwood Mac will embark on their first tour in three years next year.

Focused in North America, the Fleetwood Mac Live 2013 tour includes 34 cities such as New York, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia and the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. It kicks off April 4, and tickets officially go on sale Dec. 14.
The tour coincides with the 35th anniversary of the group's 1977 classic Rumours, which is among the 10 biggest-selling albums in U.S. history, moving 19 million units alone with such hits as "Go Your Own Way" and "Dreams."
STORY: Fleetwood Reuniting in 2013

Early next year, the record will be re-issued with unreleased studio and live tracks.

Fleetwood Mac has sold more than 48.5 millions albums in the U.S. since its formation in 1967. The band's most recent album -- done without longtime member Christine McVie, who retired from the group in 1998 -- is 2003's Say You Will.

The band -- comprised of Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood and John McVie -- previously toured in 2009.

"After spending four days at Lindsey’s house working on music and one really fun day doing a crazy photo session, I am quite excited about next year. Everything seems to be falling into place. 2013 looks like the year of Fleetwood Mac," Nicks said in a statement Tuesday.

WildHearted 12-04-2012 09:16 AM

Now I m curious about these "crazy" photos. What ever could she mean?

Perhaps a BN album cover reshoot to emphasize just how much time has passed?

CADreaming 12-04-2012 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by WildHearted (Post 1068607)
Now I m curious about these "crazy" photos. What ever could she mean?

Perhaps a BN album cover reshoot to emphasize just how much time has passed?

Hahaha!!! Oh no! But with Photoshop there is no such thing! ;)

CADreaming 12-04-2012 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by WildHearted (Post 1068607)
Now I m curious about these "crazy" photos. What ever could she mean?

Perhaps a BN album cover reshoot to emphasize just how much time has passed?

Maybe she finally got Lindsey in a top hat - or platforms??

WildHearted 12-04-2012 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by CADreaming (Post 1068609)
Maybe she finally got Lindsey in a top hat - or platforms??

:lol: The real question is... was Kristen the photographer?

But in reality, I'm curious as to whether or not this was a full band shoot or just a Stevie and Lindsey shoot. She hasn't mentioned meeting up with Mick and John at all so it would seem to be the latter.

CADreaming 12-04-2012 10:49 AM

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Originally Posted by WildHearted (Post 1068610)
:lol: The real question is... was Kristen the photographer?

But in reality, I'm curious as to whether or not this was a full band shoot or just a Stevie and Lindsey shoot. She hasn't mentioned meeting up with Mick and John at all so it would seem to be the latter.

Hahaha about Kristen.

Yeah, it does sound like it was just the two sans Mick & John.

WildHearted 12-04-2012 11:46 AM

NEW YORK — Fleetwood Mac is heading back on the road, and that means the top-selling group will release new music — sort of.

On its 34-city North American tour, which kicks off April 4 in Columbus, Ohio, the band will perform two new songs, and it could mean a new album will follow. Or not.

Stevie Nicks recently sang on tracks that Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood and John McVie worked on, calling the sessions "great." But Nicks also says she's not sure where the band fits in today's music industry.

"Whether or not we're gonna do any more (songs), we don't know because we're so completely bummed out with the state of the music industry and the fact that nobody even wants a full record," she said. "Everybody wants two songs, so we're going to give them two songs."

Nicks said depending on the response to the new tracks — which Buckingham calls "the most Fleetwood Mac-y stuff ... in a long time" — more material could come next.

"Maybe we'll get an EP out of it or something," Buckingham said.

Nicks will continue to record solo albums, though. The group is celebrating the 35th anniversary of the best-selling "Rumours" album, which has moved some 20 million units in the United States. She knows that's not possible again, despite the success of Adele's "21," which has sold 10 million units in America in less than two years.

"This is Adele's 'Rumours,'" Nicks said. "She had a baby, she's going to take a year off to take care of her baby — that's why I never had any kids. She's going to go back and start writing again, you never know what the next record's going to be. Is it going to sell 10 million records? You don't know," she said.

Buckingham said he initially wanted to record a new album, but Nicks "wasn't too into that." But the guitarist and singer knows that new music isn't a priority for the band's fans.

"It wouldn't matter if they didn't hear anything new. In a way there's a freedom to that — it becomes not what you got, but what you do with what you got. Part of the challenge of this tour is figuring out a presentation that has some twists and turns to it without having a full album," he said.

Fleetwood Mac, which was formed in 1967, last released an album in 2003, though they hit the road in 2009. Nicks and Buckingham — who originally joined the band in 1974 as a couple — both released solo albums and toured last year. Buckingham had suggested that Fleetwood Mac tour last year, but says getting everyone to agree was tough.

"If you look at Fleetwood Mac as a group, you can make the case of saying we're a bunch of individuals who don't necessarily belong in the same group together, but it's the synergy of that that makes us so good. But it also makes the politics a little more tenuous," he said. "You can say that not only can it be a political minefield, someone's always causing trouble, right? I caused trouble for years so I can't point any fingers."

The tour also includes cities such as New York, Chicago, Boston, Las Vegas and Los Angeles, and will end June 12 in Detroit.

http://online.wsj.com/article/AP4302...72e758afb.html

WildHearted 12-04-2012 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by WildHearted (Post 1068623)

"Whether or not we're gonna do any more (songs), we don't know because we're so completely bummed out with the state of the music industry and the fact that nobody even wants a full record," she said. "Everybody wants two songs, so we're going to give them two songs."

Nicks said depending on the response to the new tracks — which Buckingham calls "the most Fleetwood Mac-y stuff ... in a long time" — more material could come next.

"Maybe we'll get an EP out of it or something," Buckingham said.

Buckingham said he initially wanted to record a new album, but Nicks "wasn't too into that." But the guitarist and singer knows that new music isn't a priority for the band's fans.

"It wouldn't matter if they didn't hear anything new.
In a way there's a freedom to that — it becomes not what you got, but what you do with what you got. Part of the challenge of this tour is figuring out a presentation that has some twists and turns to it without having a full album," he said.

False, Lindsey. False. Just false.

DANG IT STEVIE. Whyyyy? Who cares if no one wants a full album (which isn't even true... sure, maybe 12 year old Justin Bieber fans only have the attention span for 1-2 songs.. but since when is your fan base full of pre-teens? Your fanbase is largely people who, just like you, spent their youth laying on the floor listening to vinyl records, c'mon now) You guys are approaching retirement age... make a full album while you can.

CADreaming 12-04-2012 11:59 AM

It might not be their call. WB may be telling them no. I just heard that Aerosmith's album is tanking. It's barely sold 100,00 units but everyone says its awesome and the tour isn't selling either. No doubt FM is playing it safe with an EP.

WildHearted 12-04-2012 12:48 PM

FLEETWOOD MAC LIVE 2013 TOUR ANNOUNCED
First Date April 4th in Columbus, Ohio
Tickets On Sale Beginning December 14th

LOS ANGELES, CA (December 3, 2012) - Fleetwood Mac, one of rock’s most enduring, beloved and successful bands, will be embarking on a major 34-city US Tour after a three year break beginning April 4th, 2013. The tour was announced today by the group and Live Nation, the tour’s national promoter.Fleetwood Mac Live 2013 arena tour includes stops in Philadelphia, New York City, Boston, Chicago and a special appearance at the historic Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. Tickets for the first run of shows go on sale beginning December 14th at LiveNation.com.

American Express cardmembers can get advance tickets for all tour dates. Live Nation mobile app users will have access to presale tickets beginning Thursday, December 13th at 10:00 AM (local time). The full list of tour dates follows this release.

Multi Grammy-winning and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees, Fleetwood Mac last toured in 2009 with the sold out Unleashed tour. The new tour also marks the 35th anniversary of the release of their classicRumours album (1977), one of the most successful albums in recorded history with sales exceeding 40 million copies. Rumours planted itself at the top of the pop charts for over 31 weeks and had four top ten singles.

To coincide with the tour and anniversary, a new deluxe reissue of Rumours with previously unreleased studio and live tracks will be released in early 2013 from Rhino. More details on the set will be announced soon.

The current Fleetwood Mac lineup includes Mick Fleetwood and John McVie – both original members since 1967, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks who joined the band in 1975.

“Having started Fleetwood Mac with John McVie in 1967, it has always been so gratifying that despite the various incarnations, the band has survived. Throughout the years, though, the one thing that has remained constant is our fans. I am looking forward to getting back behind the kit, reconnecting with the fans and sharing the stage with my fellow band members,” commented Mick Fleetwood.

“After spending four days at Lindsey’s house working on music and one really fun day doing a crazy photo session, I am quite excited about next year. Everything seems to be falling into place. 2013 looks like the ‘year of Fleetwood Mac”, commented Stevie Nicks.

“I’m really looking forward to hitting the road with Stevie, Mick and John in 2013. It’s been over three years since we’ve toured together and happily the break allowed me to explore a lot of uncharted territory as well as experience tremendous growth creatively. I’m excited to bring that back to the band. When everyone in FM wants the same thing at the same time, it’s cause for celebration. Long Live Fleetwood Mac!” added Lindsey Buckingham.

“I’m really looking forward to going back on the road”, commented John McVie.

Nicks has just completed a two year tour coinciding with the release of her critically acclaimed In Your Dreams CD which debuted at No. 6 on the Billboard Pop Charts. In Your Dreams was released on Reprise Records in 2011, and was co-written and co-produced by Dave Stewart and Glen Ballard. Nicks also produced and co-directed a documentary film of the recording of In Your Dreams which has received rave reviews at the Hamptons International Film Festival along with several other film festivals.

Buckingham has been touring to sold-out crowds over the last year in conjunction with his critically acclaimed September 2011 release of Seeds We Sow, his 6th solo studio album and first independentrelease, which debuted at No. 6 on Billboard’s Rock Album Chart. He was recently honored with ASCAP’s Golden Note Award, and has also received the prestigious Les Paul Award.

In August, Mick Fleetwood opened his brand new restaurant, Fleetwood’s On Front Street, in Lahaina on Maui. The grand opening included musical performances by Mick, Steven Tyler, Jonny Lang and more. Mick also founded Mick Fleetwood’s Private Cellar, which has produced over 20 vintages and varietals earning multiple medals in international tastings. Mick’s band, The Mick Fleetwood Blues Band, was nominated for a Grammy in 2010 for their album Blue Again.

John McVie has spent the past three years enjoying his family and solitude at home in Hawaii.

WildHearted 12-04-2012 12:50 PM

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“Having started Fleetwood Mac with John McVie in 1967, it has always been so gratifying that despite the various incarnations, the band has survived. Throughout the years, though, the one thing that has remained constant is our fans. I am looking forward to getting back behind the kit, reconnecting with the fans and sharing the stage with my fellow band members,” commented Mick Fleetwood.

“After spending four days at Lindsey’s house working on music and one really fun day doing a crazy photo session, I am quite excited about next year. Everything seems to be falling into place. 2013 looks like the ‘year of Fleetwood Mac”, commented Stevie Nicks.

“I’m really looking forward to hitting the road with Stevie, Mick and John in 2013. It’s been over three years since we’ve toured together and happily the break allowed me to explore a lot of uncharted territory as well as experience tremendous growth creatively. I’m excited to bring that back to the band. When everyone in FM wants the same thing at the same time, it’s cause for celebration. Long Live Fleetwood Mac!” added Lindsey Buckingham.

“I’m really looking forward to going back on the road”, commented John McVie.
I literally died @ the way they set this up in the article. :D John, a man of few words (and many bass lines).

Also.. I really can't picture Lindsey saying "Long live Fleetwood Mac!" :cool:

elle 12-04-2012 01:49 PM

another one - we are down to 50% of time talking and 50% recording... and the rest (if there can be rest after 100% ;) ) is dinners with Lindsey's family. :D


http://www.latimes.com/entertainment...,4501975.story

Stevie Nicks dishes on new and old work with Lindsey Buckingham

John McVie, left, and Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac performing at Madison Square Garden in New York in 2009. (Charles Sykes / Associated Press )

By Randall Roberts
Los Angeles Times Pop Music Critic
December 4, 2012, 9:06 a.m.

Some of the most exciting news to come out of a conversation with Stevie Nicks on Monday was when she discussed a recent studio session with fellow Fleetwood Mac member and longtime collaborator Lindsey Buckingham. The two will join Mick Fleetwood and John McVie to resurrect Fleetwood Mac for a 2013 tour, but they have a history that extends long before they joined Mac in 1975.

The pair recorded one gorgeous, self-titled record in 1973 as Buckingham Nicks, and it was this work that prompted Fleetwood, McVie and then-keyboardist Christine McVie to ask them to join Fleetwood Mac. The rest is (a tangled, romantically complicated) history.

Jump to early 2012, when -- as Nicks calls them -- "the boys" in Fleetwood Mac got together to work on new material. Nicks had just lost her mother to pneumonia, then contracted the virus herself, and was unable to join them. The three soldiered on, with Buckingham writing two songs specifically for Nicks. A few weeks ago she heard those rough tracks for the first time.

“I went up to Lindsey’s house, he played me all of the songs, and we chose two," Nicks said on Monday. "He said, ‘I really tried hard to be you, to really see through your eyes when we were doing these songs, and make these songs that you would really like, and that you would really relate to.’"

She says the process was quite different than the last time they collaborated in 2002 for “Say You Will” because Buckingham and Nicks weren’t in a professional studio this time. “We were in his house where his wife and children are,” she said. “We had dinner with his family every night, and it was a whole other deal. We spent half the time working on these two songs, and the other half of the time we spent talking about our life, going all the way back to the beginning, to 1966 when we first met in high school, when he was a junior and I was a senior.

“We laughed and laughed and laughed about all the crazy things that have happened to us,” she said, describing the interactions as “a very cathartic time, and a very healing time, I think. And the songs came out great."

Nicks said the two songs are called "Sad Angels" and "Miss Fantasy," and will be available in the months leading up to the tour. "The words are very interesting, and the melodies are great, and it’s like they did go back to a time long ago. I think the world will be very taken with these songs."

As far as another full-length album, Nicks was more tentative. "We’ll just see," she said. "If the world loves them, then we have something to gauge what’s going on as far as Fleetwood Mac goes. And then at that point we record two more songs. So we don’t have to record a 14-song album, but are putting out some consistent product.'

Die-hard fans will be excited to know that the pair also dug further into their past by recording an unreleased song by their pre-Mac duo Buckingham Nicks that Nicks discovered in her archives. "Neither of the two of us can figure out why the heck it didn’t go on the 'Buckingham Nicks' record," she said. "Maybe it was the last song and there wasn’t room. We don’t know, but we recorded it, and it came out great."

Nicks' hope is that it will see release as part of a CD reissue in conjunction with the 40th anniversary of "Buckingham Nicks." The album has never been reissued either on CD or digitally.

Alas, that milestone will likely be overshadowed by a bigger one -- and one reason for the reunion: the 35th anniversary of "Rumours," which will be marked with a new deluxe reissue featuring outtakes that will arrive in 2013.

michelej1 12-04-2012 01:52 PM

Hey, they mentioned "crazy photo session" so that is exciting. We are getting new pictures. I am so tired of those four giant SYW heads, I don't know what to do.

Michele

Fannymac 12-04-2012 02:01 PM

So, Lindsey's Saying Fans "Don't Care About New Music"....
 
.....BUNK!!! That's ALL I want!!! I could care less about another tour, featuring the same 15 songs we've heard for the last 35 years! (And let's be honest....neither Stevie's nor Lindsey's voice is what it used to be live!).
As for Stevie's comment about the industry not "wanting" a full album....BUNK again!!! Give 'em a good one ~ no, a GREAT one!!! ~ and they would eat it up!!!

michelej1 12-04-2012 02:02 PM

Rock Cellar Magazine, December 3, 2012
http://www.rockcellarmagazine.com/20...13-world-tour/

Fleetwood Mac Announce 2013 World Tour (With New Songs?!)

December 2012 by Adrian Garro and Jeff Cazanov

After a few months of *ahem* rumours, Fleetwood Mac announced a world tour today.

The trek, which begins on April 4th in Columbus, Ohio and ends on June 12 in Detroit, will head to Europe and Australia after the North American run comes to a close.

It will be the band’s first tour in three years.

Lindsey Buckingham told Rolling Stone that the shows will be mostly Greatest Hits sets, with some room for other material:

"When you’ve gone through all your must-do’s, that’s 75% of your potential setlist. I think with the other 25%, there are areas of our catalog that are more under-explored. Maybe we’ll play more songs from Tusk. I’d also like to see an extended middle portion of the show that’s just me and Stevie."

Buckingham has already spoken in the past months about new Fleetwood Mac songs and recordings. In early 2012 Mick Fleetwood, the reclusive John McVie, and Buckingham recorded a number of Lindsey’s tunes, which he then later brought to Stevie Nicks.

There is no doubt that a couple of these will be worked out in time for the tour, and according to Buckingham – perhaps even enough for a full-fledged Fleetwood Mac album.

What is perhaps most disappointing (yet not surprising) about this news is that Christine McVie will not be along for the ride. The legendary singer and Fleetwood Mac fan-favorite has led a hermitic life, only popping out occasionally to see the band or accept another one of their countless awards. She hasn’t appeared with the band since 1995, which continues to sadden long-time fans who believe that there is no Fleetwood Mac without her.

Earlier this year Mick Fleetwood spoke of McVie to VH1 Classic Radio:

"She’s done. She’s out of the music business, sadly. But I always leave the door slightly open because there maybe a situation where – hey – she may write a song with Stevie and Stevie will sing it, and she’ll do a little bit of vocalizing on it."

While McVie’s presence on the successful long list of FM songs will be missed, we are all looking forward to the rest of the band, and their new songs…

elle 12-04-2012 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Fannymac (Post 1068652)
.....BUNK!!! That's ALL I want!!! I could care less about another tour, featuring the same 15 songs we've heard for the last 35 years! (And let's be honest....neither Stevie's nor Lindsey's voice is what it used to be live!).
As for Stevie's comment about the industry not "wanting" a full album....BUNK again!!! Give 'em a good one ~ no, a GREAT one!!! ~ and they would eat it up!!!

this should be merged with the threads where this has already been discussed at length.

elle 12-04-2012 02:03 PM

this one is just for Michele:

http://kearth101.cbslocal.com/2012/1...es-as-she-did/

MUSIC
Lindsey Buckingham On Christine McVie: “She Didn’t Have To Burn As Many Bridges As She Did”
December 4, 2012 10:51 AM

Christine McVie, Fleetwood Mac, John McVie, Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood, Stevie Nicks

Fleetwood Mac has just announced dates for their 2013 tour. For those who haven’t followed the band’s continuing saga, the group now consists of founding members Mick Fleetwood on drums and John McVie on bass, along with singer/guitarist/songwriter Lindsey Buckingham and singer/songwriter Stevie Nicks.

Singer/keyboardist/songwriter Christine McVie — who wrote and sang “Say You Love Me,” “Over My Head,” “You Make Loving Fun,” “Think About Me,” “Hold Me,” “Little Lies,” and of course, “Don’t Stop” — left the band after their reunion tour promoting 1997′s The Dance.

Since then, the band have toured as a foursome (with support musicians in tow), and have released a (double) album, 2003′s Say You Will. But time can heal all wounds — The Rolling Stones recently played two concerts where they were joined by former members Bill Wyman and Mick Taylor for a few songs. So, would Fleetwood Mac ever welcome Christine to join them for a few of her classics? CBS Local put that question to Lindsey Buckingham.

“Well, that’s a good question! It’s an odd thing for me, in many ways I’m having a better time in the band as a foursome, only because it opens up a range of things that I can do. Except for maybe ‘Don’t Stop,’ we don’t do a lot of her stuff. It opens up the amount of material we can play, it allows me to be more of a ‘guy,’ to be more of who I am up there,” he explains, saying that without a keyboardist in the band, his guitar takes center stage. ”I would be shocked if she ever expressed any interest to do anything with us. Shocked and pleased.”

Christine has attended one Fleetwood Mac show since leaving the band (she declined to perform with them), but she hasn’t had much contact with the group in the past decade. But Buckingham explains that she was going through a lot of life changes at that point.

“She ended up getting a divorce, she ended up selling her house in L.A., she moved back to England, she quit the band, she sold her publishing,” Buckingham said. “She didn’t necessarily have to burn as many bridges as she did. Everyone sometimes wonders whether or not there might have been more of a middle ground for her to strike, not necessarily in terms of her staying in Fleetwood Mac. But she just wanted to reinvent herself. She seems to want to lead the antithesis of the life she led before, and I don’t pretend to understand such a radical change but it was obviously something she needed.”

As for the current lineup of Fleetwood Mac, it’s been nearly a decade since their last record. Will there ever be a follow-up? “I don’t think we’re going to be cutting a new album.” He notes that he, John McVie and Fleetwood spent some time in the studio recently. “Stevie was on the road at that time. We have some time to see if we want to put something together, we were thinking of maybe an EP or something. We have to get everybody on the same page with that. But John Mick and I cut some very good stuff.”

In the past decade, most of his new songs have landed on his solo albums, 2006′s Under The Skin, 2008′s Gift Of Screws and 2011′s Seeds We Sow. He’s just released a solo acoustic album exclusively on iTunes, One Man Show, documenting a recent solo acoustic theater concert.

“What I do as a solo artist is kind of tapping into the left side of the palate, the more esoteric side of things,” he says. “So I think inherent in that is losing a greater portion of the people who might be Fleetwood Mac fans for different reasons. Obviously it’s the difference between playing in an arena and playing in a theater.”

Having just wrapped a solo tour, it looks like Buckingham will be spending the next year or so in arenas. Get Fleetwood Mac’s tour dates at their official website.

– Brian Ives, CBS Local

michelej1 12-04-2012 02:04 PM

By Tom Mann, Faster/Louder
http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/news/...s-in-Australia

Tue 4th Dec, 2012 in Local News


So far only American dates have been announced for the latest round of Fleetwood Mac shows – their first since 2009’s Unleashed tour – but Stevie Nicks has revealed that the group is planning an extensive tour of Australia in late 2013.

Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, John McVie and Mick Fleetwood will begin rehearsing in February for a 34-city North American tour that runs from April until June. The band then plans on hitting Europe to tour the festival circuit before turning their attentions to Australia. “We might do fifteen or so shows in Australia,” Nicks told Rolling Stone .

“It’s the perfect time to go back out,” Nicks explained. “2013 is going to be the year of Fleetwood Mac … We actually have two new Fleetwood Mac songs that I cut with Lindsey two weeks ago we might play … We’re pretty proud of what we have done, and we’re looking at it through the eyes of wisdom now, instead of through the eyes of jealousy and resentment and anger.”

While the set may include a few new songs, the band is hitting the road without a new album so the set list will be built around their large catalogue of hits. “We always have to play ‘Dreams,’ ‘Rhiannon,’ ‘Don’t Stop,’ ‘Tusk,’ ‘Big Love,’ ‘Landslide’ and all our most famous songs,” Buckingham told Rolling Stone. “When you’ve gone through all your must-do’s, that’s 75% of your potential setlist. I think with the other 25%, there are areas of our catalogue that are more under-explored. Maybe we’ll play more songs from Tusk. I’d also like to see an extended middle portion of the show that’s just me and Stevie.”

Fleetwood Mac haven’t released a new record since 2003’s Say You Will, but their back catalogue was plundered earlier this year for the Just Tell Me That You Want Me tribute album, which includes covers performed by Tame Impala, Best Coast, MGMT, The Kills, Antony and collaboration between Sonic Youth’s Lee Ranaldo and Dinosaur Jr.’s J. Mascis.

diamondsnake 12-04-2012 02:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Phil (Post 1068539)
Yep, I've heard "Soldier's Angel" live and my opinion has not been altered. A bad song is a... well an absolute embarrassment to all concerned in this case. To continually dredge it up during the IYD concerts was shameful enough, but to incorporate it into a Mac show is unforgivable. She ought to be arrested.

Don't you think you are being a little dramatic and silly? Especially since your opinion is not the norm regarding this song. Most reviews were favorable regarding Soldier's Angel, from what I remember reading.

Fannymac 12-04-2012 02:16 PM

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Originally Posted by elle (Post 1068654)
this should be merged with the threads where this has already been discussed at length.

Yeah, I just read some of the other threads! :p

redtulip 12-04-2012 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Fannymac (Post 1068652)
.....BUNK!!! That's ALL I want!!! I could care less about another tour, featuring the same 15 songs we've heard for the last 35 years! (And let's be honest....neither Stevie's nor Lindsey's voice is what it used to be live!).
As for Stevie's comment about the industry not "wanting" a full album....BUNK again!!! Give 'em a good one ~ no, a GREAT one!!! ~ and they would eat it up!!!

No, in Lindsey's case it's much, much better. :D:nod:

Fannymac 12-04-2012 02:23 PM

One other thing that kind of de-bunks Stevie and Lindsey's theories.....didn't that Eagles album of a few years ago (LONG ROAD OUT OF EDEN) sell, like, 4 or 5 million copies? And that wasn't even that good of an album!!!

GavinBrown 12-04-2012 02:54 PM

If the Mac want a hit album, they are going to HAVE to leave Warners (they have the WORST marketing of any company out there). I would like to see them move to Intercope myself...:nod:

WildHearted 12-04-2012 02:57 PM

Stevie says she knows the 2009 tour was "benign" and was very much just them playing their parts, and they aren't going to do that again.

http://www.wcsx.com/podcasts/

She also seems to be a fan of Kristen's decorating. She talks about how beautiful his house is, and how her's is still hippied out and full of stuff she's collected for years.

She also says nice things about what her and Lindsey's journey.

CADreaming 12-04-2012 03:02 PM

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Originally Posted by WildHearted (Post 1068667)
Stevie says she knows the 2009 tour was "benign" and was very much just them playing their parts, and they aren't going to do that again.

http://www.wcsx.com/podcasts/

She also seems to be a fan of Kristen's decorating. She talks about how beautiful his house is, and how her's is still hippied out and full of stuff she's collected for years.

She also says nice things about what her and Lindsey's journey.

Lol! That was a great interview. It was sweet when she was saying she wished Lindsey's parents could see his house. Also kind of funny when she said she looked at his house & said "look what we've done".

But, she didn't come out & say she liked the decor - just the house. ;)

When she talked about the "oh no not another greatest hits tour" I did think someone's been listening! I hate if it really hurt anyone's feelings & understand they have to do a lot of the hits - but I am glad she knows Unleashed was not their best effort & I am looking forward to some kind of shake up. I know they can still put on an exciting show.

WildHearted 12-04-2012 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by CADreaming (Post 1068668)
Lol! That was a great interview. It was sweet when she was saying she wished Lindsey's parents could see his house. Also kind of funny when she said she looked at his house & said "look what we've done".

But, she didn't come out & say she liked the decor - just the house. ;)

So, does this mean the end of the rehearsed interactions? And the beginning of perhaps more spontaneity so they can go out there and just have fun?

Fannymac 12-04-2012 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by GavinBrown (Post 1068666)
If the Mac want a hit album, they are going to HAVE to leave Warners (they have the WORST marketing of any company out there). I would like to see them move to Intercope myself...:nod:

Currently, they are without a label....they would be morons to sign with Warners again, considering the crappyass job they did with SAY YOU WILL (But even that was a one shot re-up....WB just didn't care! They should have gone to Interscope.....or Arista....Clive Davis has wanted them for years!!!

Fannymac 12-04-2012 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by diamondsnake (Post 1068659)
Don't you think you are being a little dramatic and silly? Especially since your opinion is not the norm regarding this song. Most reviews were favorable regarding Soldier's Angel, from what I remember reading.

I have to side with Phil on this one.....good idea, weak execution. BY FAR one of the weakest tracks on IN YOUR DREAMS, both vocally and production-wise. I can't help but feel that a more hushed, intimate acoustic vibe would have benefited the song more.


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