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Old 02-07-2005, 10:23 PM
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I know this might have been asked.. But does anyone know if FWM will tour this year (2005) or possibly next year? I'm hoping for a new CD from them as well

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Old 02-07-2005, 10:30 PM
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Uh, I don't think we've heard anything concrete, or else we'd be talking about it endlessly. We all hold out hope, though. I think the consensus is that, if anything, one of them will be touring solo. And probably after the last half of the year.
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Old 02-07-2005, 10:39 PM
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Uh, I don't think we've heard anything concrete, or else we'd be talking about it endlessly. We all hold out hope, though. I think the consensus is that, if anything, one of them will be touring solo. And probably after the last half of the year.
Bummer. I guess all we can do is hope for the best.

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Old 02-07-2005, 10:44 PM
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Well, last September I did hear from a few band members or extended members that they were thinking of touring again this summer. Of course things always can change but I really hope that they do a few shows here and there. It just seems like they have some kind of unfinished business.
As for a new LP I think that Lindsey has said that he is coming out with something new this year but I will believe it when I see it.
I don't think that we will see a new Mac LP for a long time.
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I certainly hope they DO NOT tour again this summer IMO they should have stopped the SYW tour after the Austrailian leg.I saw them twice on the 2003 leg and refused to go here in 2004.The SYW album had quit selling by then and they ran the risk of seeming to cash in on a summer tour like many oldies bands that do nothing but that .The addition of "Sara' to the set list was predictable.I'd rather keep my memory of seeing it performed live in December of 1979.They do not need to and should not tour this summer.They will really be percevied as one of these summer oldies/cash in bands if they do.
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Old 02-08-2005, 12:05 AM
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if anything, one of them will be touring solo. And probably after the last half of the year.
I know I wanna see 'Holiday Road' live before I die
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Old 02-08-2005, 12:14 AM
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They do not need to and should not tour this summer.They will really be percevied as one of these summer oldies/cash in bands if they do.

You mean like The Eagles? I for one would like to see a Lindsey tour.
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Old 02-08-2005, 12:20 AM
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I know I wanna see 'Holiday Road' live before I die
I'd like to see Lindsey, period. Never have. only Stevie solo and the Mac. He does kick a lot of ass, I've come to realize, and yes, Holiday Road would be great!
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Is there any chance of Lindsey teaming up with Mick and John for a tour? It just seems to me like they really were on fire and their chemistry was so great. Plus they were the ones working his new solo stuff. It'd be weird for the three of them without Stevie, but perhaps if they just backed up Lindsey on a solo tour and Stevie had a seperate solo tour without them.

I personally would kill to see Lindsey with Mick/John/a hand full of others backing him up rather than the army of guitarists he had for his OOTC tour...
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I could care less if they seemed like cash cows. I understand many people think they toured too long but I enjoyed it. The last three shows were the best of the entire two years IMHO. It is pretty obvious they made little to no money on the album. Touring is how they support their families. (song royalties, album royalties, blah blah, not enough) Nothing wrong with working hard.
I loved ALL the set changes made for the second leg, too.
Sara was breathtaking..different from 79 but equally lovely. I quite enjoyed seeing Stevie change up her hair and really work the song. IKINW and Red Rover were great as well.

As for solo touring...it seems unlikely that any of them will have a solo album to promote this summer..does that mean they should not tour? How about just a few dates? Maybe they like performing for the live audience? Maybe one or more members NEEDS the money? Maybe they like connecting with fans face to face? Maybe they are greedy cash cowns. Who knows. I am for whatever they want to do. Tour as a band, tour solo, go into the studio. I hope that at least one member will do some type of shows this summer and I have no problem paying to see them.

BTW...I like the idea of Lindsey touring with Mick and John but frankly I can't see that ever happening. I doubt Stevie's managers would go for the idea of Fleetwood and Mac plus the lead guitarist touring without Stevie. The same goes for BN. I cannot see Stevie and Lindsey doing any type of small tour should they EVER put BN out on cd. I am afraid they would feel it was disloyal to Mick and John.
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Is there any chance of Lindsey teaming up with Mick and John for a tour? It just seems to me like they really were on fire and their chemistry was so great. Plus they were the ones working his new solo stuff.
so true.

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Old 02-08-2005, 08:27 AM
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I too am grateful they toured the summer...I had many great times over the summer of 04...and I think the shows were better...cash cows, whatever--lol I had fun and wanted more and more and more dates! i guess im a sucker lol

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BTW...I like the idea of Lindsey touring with Mick and John but frankly I can't see that ever happening. I doubt Stevie's managers would go for the idea of Fleetwood and Mac plus the lead guitarist touring without Stevie.
Stevie's managers would have nothing to do with it. It would be none of their business should Lindsey decide to tour with the Mac rhythm section -- Lindsey & Mick wouldn't call their tour a Fleetwood Mac tour.

In fact, Lindsey & Mick scheduled some shows in Ohio & California in 2001. The shows, which were billed as "Mick Fleetwood & Lindsey Buckingham," were announced in the summer calendars of some venues, including the Interlochen Arts Festival (Michigan) & another venue in Kettering, Ohio. These shows were ultimately canceled, possibly because work was going to begin on the Fleetwood Mac album.
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Old 02-08-2005, 11:51 AM
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The SYW album had quit selling by then and they ran the risk of seeming to cash in on a summer tour like many oldies bands that do nothing but that .
"Ran the risk"? I think both the 1997 tour & the 2003/2004 tour were widely perceived as oldies/nostalgia tours. I think that'll be the cloak they hang on any future Fleetwood Mac shows, regardless of the specific context. When old farts mount big tours & big productions for big money, that's the popular view.

Your point about the album sales is problematic to me because by that reasoning, the band should have stopped touring around March 1980 instead of continuing through September.
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The addition of "Sara' to the set list was predictable.
It was predictable once one of the band members talked about the strong likelihood of adding it. For the twenty-three years preceding that (except for a few shows in Europe in '88), it was anything but predictable. In fact, it seemed like fantasy (or phantasy?).
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I don't know much about the music biz, and maybe I'm naive, but I don't think the four of them have anything to do with the inflated ticket prices. If you go back and read articles from around the time of The Dance, Lindsey was specifically asked about the ticket prices, and he made a crack about the exhorbitant price of Eagles tickets ($150) and said Fleetwood Mac would never be asking that kind of money if he had anything to do with it. Here in Canada, the price was $150 for top tickets for this tour. I can't remember what my US tickets were - but I know by the time I put exchange on, they were way more than $150. I think one was $181. I think the people in charge see FM as a band with a potentially wealthy audience. Older, established, probably for the most part professional. That spells $$ - and they (the industry officials) probably figure if they can get it, they'll charge it.

As for touring... I would love to see any touring - anything that gets them out there and closer to me! But I'm also dying for a new Stevie album, a new Lindsey album, and more so, a Buckingham-Nicks II album. My biggest fear is that we've seen their last tour....
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