Originally Posted by MikeVielhaber (Post 1155430)

I'm not reading anything into it that's not there. It is a statement. It's not "I think there will never be..." or "why I think there will never be". It is "There will never be a new FM Album".

Originally Posted by KarmaContestant (Post 1155657)

I'd just call it a prediction. :shrug: One that seems more and more reliable with each passing month.

Originally Posted by tabruns (Post 1155689)

Eh, I'm not sure, KC. The rest of the band seems so stoked by what they've done so far that I'm willing to bet they'd put out an album without Nicks if need be.

Originally Posted by KarmaContestant (Post 1155693)

I hope so, indeed. :nod: I'd be happy with an album, whether it included Stevie or not.

But, nothing can beat those three part harmonies!

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr (Post 1155695)

I hope she's on it. Stevie sounded fantastic all three nights at the LA Forum. The 3 parts were magic again! Christine sounds stronger than ever, as well.

Originally Posted by SteveMacD (Post 1155480)

I think people need to remember that Christine's retirement in 1998 was part of a long goodbye that took about seven years. Christine quit touring in 1990, after the "Behind The Mask" tour, and her songs on "Time" made it very clear that she was done with Fleetwood Mac. "The Dance" was really her way of going out on top. She's even said recently that she did that tour with the understanding that it was going to be her last tour.

The first hint that she might be interested in coming out of retirement was in March, 2012, when Ken Caillat reported that Christine said his book "brought passion back into the music for her," and almost two years to the day later, they were on the Today Show officially announcing Christine's return.

Originally Posted by SpyNote (Post 1155703)

Hmm. I think more likely it was therapy and antidepressants that snapped her out of this spiraling depression of hers.

Originally Posted by nicepace (Post 1155698)

If Stevie sings on the album, will the backing vocalists sing too? They sound nice, granted, but to me they don't sound like Fleetwood Mac.

Originally Posted by WayOfTheDragon (Post 1155709)

I don't think they'd use the backing vocalists on a Fleetwood Mac studio track. With all the layering of voices and other technical tricks they can use in the studio, they don't really need to bring in additional singers to fill out the sound.

Originally Posted by SpyNote (Post 1155703)

Hmm. I think more likely it was therapy and antidepressants that snapped her out of this spiraling depression of hers.

Originally Posted by SteveMacD (Post 1155713)

I didn't suggest otherwise. I just said that the first hint that she might make a comeback was Ken's quote.

There have likely been many steps we'll never know about that she needed to take to get here. I think somebody said Sharon told them that Christine couldn't go on stage with them in 2009 because she had quit drinking and was too nervous to go on. Then there was that whole battle in 2010 about Christine and a consortium she had joined denying water access to villagers when they fenced off fields in a move to prevent greenhouses from being erected, where candids of Christine walking her dogs were published.

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr (Post 1155695)

I hope she's on it. Stevie sounded fantastic all three nights at the LA Forum. The 3 parts were magic again! Christine sounds stronger than ever, as well.

Originally Posted by Lisa W (Post 1155701)

I agree with you that Stevie sounded great at all the LA Forum shows. I would love to hear those three-part harmonies on new recorded material. Still keeping my hopes up that it will happen.

Originally Posted by Nick (Post 1155787)

Same here. I was really hoping for a new studio album (with all the current line-up) sometime in 2015. I guess Fall 2015 would seem the most likely. I'm actually bummed that they are extending the tour as this might delay the album further.

Maybe I'm selfish, but I saw them in October at Madison Square Garden and I just want at least one more studio album from them and a proper follow-up to "Tango".