"Off-kilter debut"; LB wanted obscure material; Au/NZ tour end of 2019?
https://amp.heraldsun.com.au/enterta...01106833bf513b
Fleetwood Mac debut new line-up featuring Neil Finn on Ellen — but they’re not pleasing everyone September 6, 2018 3:35pm Kathy McCabe, National Music WriterNews Corp Australia Network IT was a bit cheeky of Fleetwood Mac performing The Chain for their first performance with the new line-up featuring Neil Finn and Tom Petty’s guitarist, Mike Campbell. The signature song declaring “You would never break the chain” was their opening gambit for a surprise set on Ellen, the band’s first since divorcing Lindsey Buckingham earlier this year. The latest Mac incarnation got off to a shaky start with nerves possibly responsible for some off-kilter harmonies between Stevie Nicks, Christine McVie and Finn. They warmed up quickly by the second verse to lock into the three-part vocal unity which has underpinned their iconic sound since the mid 1970s. As Finn played rhythm guitar and picked up Buckingham’s vocal duties, the Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers musician Campbell proved adept at replicating his lead guitar breaks. Fans of the Crowded House frontman celebrated his public debut with the legendary rockers. “Thanks for the many warm messages of goodwill, welcome, concern, bemusement, wonder. I love being in Fleetwood Mac,” Finn posted after the performance, which also included Gypsy. Yet there were just as many purists and Team Lindsay fans who weren’t having Finnwood Mac. The always fractious relationship within the Mac ranks became untenable once again when Buckingham clashed with his bandmates on the plans for their global farewell tour which kicks off with a 50 date lap of the US on October 3 in Oklahoma. The guitarist, vocalist and songwriter reportedly wanted more obscure material and deep album cuts in the set and wasn’t keen on the long run as he had solo touring plans. When the new members were announced in April, founder Mick Fleetwood refuted Buckingham had been fired because “that’s ugly” but said they had reached an impasse on the tour negotiations. Nicks supported the decision for the band to part with her former partner for the world tour. “This team wanted to get out on the road. And one of the members did not want to get out on the road for a year,” Nicks told CBS during the new line-up’s first interview. “We just couldn’t agree. And you know, when you’re in a band, it’s a team. I mean I have a solo career, and I love my solo career, and I’m the boss. Absolutely. But I’m not the boss in this band.” The European and Australian legs for the world tour are yet to be confirmed but it is likely the Mac will be here in the summer of 2019/2020. (includes several embedded Tweets largely critical of the LB-less performance) |
Thanks for sharing.
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Meanwhile when STEVIE wants to take 3 years off between tours it doesn't matter what the team says. She's a freaking piece of work. :(
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Lindsey: Let's work up something new for our tour!
Rest of band: How about Station Man instead? Lindsey: I think it's more creativity satisfying to do new material, or at least relatively new... but Stevie, if it's really important to you, you could sacrifice one of your songs to fit it in... Stevie: Hell no! Narrative now: "Lindsey selfishly never allowed us to do any material from before his tenure in the band." |
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There was some article posted before the firing with Mick saying that he and Stevie met in Italy and she said she was interested in going deep into their catalog to do songs they haven’t done live. I don’t think it was clear if she meant pre or post 1975 catalog.
Regardless, I don’t think any of this has anything to do with why Lindsey was fired. |
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