So Stevie isn't sure what the band is doing after she goes to Hawaii for 2 months? Hm
 

She doesn’t sound averse to new music for the first time in 15 years... makes you wonder if Tom’s passing might have shifted her paradigm. Either that, or she’s simply on her best behavior since this is a charity honoree thing.

Or she realized that she f*cked up by not turning BVie into a FM album. And saw how much they loved doing it and the tour.

Don't they have a tour booked already? "we're open..." Weird.

I agree. She and Mick always love creating drama, whether it's true or not.

Honestly, I'd rather have another BuckVie album and tour.

I think she's just on her best behaviour. Nothing there suggests any interest in new music, it's just the wrong event to say that she doesn't want to record any more.

Exactly. She also took no interest in promoting the big Mac world tour. She played her "I don't know anything" card ;)

That was my main concern, that she didn't say boo about the tour. I expect her to pretend to be open to new music with the Mac (she isn't) but being mum on the new tour? Is the tour signed on the dotted line? Does anyone know? I'm personally not going to see another cash grab tour, but I'm curious as to why she would pretend they have no idea what's happening in 2018.

Pretty sure the tour is cemented. I remember them saying they'd signed on the dotted line.
I wonder if she's intimating she's free later in the spring so she could do some recording...
...but Stevie, Lindsey has his album coming out. I hope you don't want him to shelve it.

Hey I still want to see one more album with the 5 of them. Don't think it will happen but ya never know. We will see all those tracks of Lindsey's eventually. How many times has a FM album started as a LB solo album? Pretty much everyone since the early days.

http://wfpk.org/2018/lindsey-bucking...kyle-meredith/
You make a great point about a FM album starting as a LB album. As far as the FM tour goes I thought it was a done deal. Listen to the last min of this interview (posted by button-lip). Lindsey says "it's not on the books yet, we're talking about it". He sounds casual, maybe they've all agreed to the tour but just haven't signed on the dotted line.

Why he just doesn't say.....Once Stevie decided not to be a part of the project we couldn't call it a Fleetwood Mac record. PERIOD!

I'm thinking she's just in that place of getting off the road and in the state of mind of - "I get to sleep when I want!" "I get to eat when I want!" etc...to come down from being on the freakin road! And— she's starting to process TP's passing.
The last thing on her mind is talking about going back on the road. Or anything to do with work. It's exhausting and draining. Give the girl a break and let her take a breath.

I doubt the band sits and books the tour. Other pros do that. Stevie probably just hasn’t seen a final schedule, hence her answer. Didn’t some media reports say a late 2018 tour? We may not hear thing until March/April if then.

I believe they are just in that state where the details haven't been approved or finalized so why speculate. She's rich.. and she's going to Hawaii for Feb/Mar.

That is what she knows. Can't fault her for that.

But she wasn't specifically asked if they band will do another album, and she didn't say: "I won't do another album"

I personally believed she won't do another album with the band, so there won't be a new FM album. But I have faith in another BM album. No matter how many friends pass away. It's just the way she feels right now. :nod:

some of the scalper sites have listed a tour date for FM - Las Vegas, Dec 14. probably an early leak.

I'm going on a quote u made on FB about Lindsey's album coming out in April. My guess is he wants to tour for that before they start rehearsing the FM tour. And I also get the impression from LB that he really is not in the mood to do a long FM tour. He seems so detached from the band these days.

I agree. I think he had enough of 80 dates of not being creative.

With BuckVie he was able to write, produce, perform with Christine and still have a financially healthy product.

When I saw him at the BuckVie Q/A he said going back to CitiField and Dodgers stadium during BuckVie tour was a "mind****". And he didn't put a positive spin on that.

Yeah but, Big machine, small machine and he has three kids to put through college...

No in truth he was HAPPY being creative with Christine and at his stage in his life and his career, that’s got to be the most important.

I don't know Lindsey's worth but surely he doesn't need money. He might not have the hits of Stevie or Christine but he gets an equal album sales cut (and them some due to his producer cut).
As far as hits are concerned, surely Go Your Own Way is just about the most played Fleetwood Mac song...isn't it?

What does he have in the bank? £60 mill +

(more if he manages to flog his house).

You might be right. I hear /GYOW at least 1 time every 2 days. It's always on for some reason.

It's the most viewed FM song on You tube.

It probably wouldn't hurt to get that $25 million investment property unloaded either.

It's the commercial for the asthma medication. I've been hearing it several times a day recently.

He says they've tentatively scheduled a FM tour for "the end of 2018." We've heard rumors of a Lindsey album coming out as early as this April.

So I'm confused about how people are twisting Stevie's vacation comments here... If she's on vacation for the next two months and her schedule is open after that, how does that in any way invalidate a 2018 tour? We've heard from Stevie, Christine, Mick and Lindsey regarding a 2018 or 2019 tour so it looks like they're all on the same page that it will happen, they just haven't hammered down exact dates yet. Lindsey's comments seem to indicate that he has a solo album, a new Buckingham McVie album and a Fleetwood Mac tour, as well as possible smaller tours, all in the works.

I'm all for the new BuckVie album, but we need a smaller FM tour for that to happen. I sincerely hope they are already working on it, since Lindsey already finished his solo album and of course there won't be a new FM album for the next tour.

Me too, on the BuckVie! Do a short FM tour, then put out BuckVie II, then a 2019 BuckVie Tour.

Those two make me so happy, I really hope they keep doing it until they no longer can.:woohoo:

Yes, BuckVie! The value is much better! $100 can get fairly good seats, but I have no clue what $100 gets for FM. I don't want to know, but I know it's not as good.

Value for your money! That's another very good reason to hope for another BuckVie album and tour, besides the fact that their album and tour were both great and they both had fun doing them!

I can't even imagine how much FM tickets prices will cost :distress::distress:

And yes, no matter how much Stevie likes us to think "everybody is happy to see each other" after a three years hiatus. We know it's nothing like that :lol: You can know it just by looking at Lindsey's face in comparison to the BuckVie tour.

Honestly, to me, the BuckVie shows felt like a poor man's Fleetwood Mac. I could tell the new songs had been designed for a Fleetwood Mac album and they were forced to fill a gap without her there for that harmony. Little Lies without Stevie left such a hole people around me were singing her part during the chorus. It only made me want a Fleetwood Mac tour more.

I know I have no one but Stevie to blame for the fact that we didn't have one before. I desperately hope she doesn't pull out again....but I don't think she will. Too much money is on the table.

there may not even be any $100 tix for FM, if judging by prices for other artists of their generation already on sale touring this year. then again, maybe those other artists are saturating the "legends" market and FM will come in too late so won't be able to demand those prices. Radio City tix wsre definitely not going like hot cakes at the crazy prices, even though that was a much smaller venue, and for charity, with all those other huge names attached to the event.

watching videos from Musicares reminds me of something i so dislike about FM shows - i see a video of the Chain where John or Lindsey are doing a guitar solo and the fan with camera zooms in on Stevie just standing in the middle of the stage instead (of course for the chain Harry was there so they all just zoomed in on him and ignored FM all together lol). or i see a video of Tusk and instead of Chris-Linds little accordion-guitar dance fan's camera follows Stevie just walking away. or during GYOW instead of Chris-Lindsey interaction or Lindsey playing guitar solo, again - fan's camera follows Stevie just walking around. during BuckVie tour, i actually got to see those solos in fan videos. i actually got to see Chris-Linds Tusk interactions.

GYOW, however much in its core is a kiss-off song for LB-SN relationship, received a completely new life on stage with a little play Chris and Lindsey would do during shackin' up line, with the bat. i miss that when i see the stale version of the FM dynamic on stage now. i see Chris taking a bat out at the beginning of the song, but has nowhere to actually use it! ;)

Yeah, Lindsey was too far away and Stevie was.... well, in the middle :lol:

I hope the bat stays for the new FM tour. I also hope Lindsey keeps singing the "shacking up" part to Chris like he did last Friday at Musicares. :angel:

So over on the Linsey board their are rumours his album is shelved. Then Stevie saying they are "open". Hmmmmm

Yes......sounds like new music from the 5!

If it is actually being shelved, I’d be more inclined to think it’s because he and Christine are working on another LBCM album. Maybe it will be a full Fleetwood Mac album, but I’m not holding my breath.

Not sure why anyone would think new music is on the way. If they can't agree on radio station or a tour, why would a new album be in the works?


I have no idea what the issues are; but if i were a guessing man....

LB has to scrap plans due to FM tour and rehearsals. (I mean look at the time line) If he wanted to get this music out he should have released it now (with a small tour). But then there are changes at his record company. So who knows the business of that fiasco.

Mick wants it to be a long tour and CM/LB want a year or less. That way, BuckVie II can happen.
SN will do what Mick wants because she see numbers like Mick and that's important to her.
JM will do whatever Mick tells him because he's made it clear he plays bass and doesn't even like being in the studio for more than a few takes.

I wouldn't mind if Stevie went solo and actually wrote another album. Christine did blues or another BuckVie album. LB did his solo album and tour. Mick and John and Christine do a blues album with Eric Clapton. (dreaming!)

But another 2 year greatest hits and Stevie talking, and rehearsed speeches? blahhhhhhh it's so tired.

Oh, and not to mention the fake Landslide hugging. :(

Mick and John and Christine do a blues album with Rick Vito. Would you settle for that?