Is a 2007 tour a sure thing?
 

I may have missed where this was discussed, but are we certain that FM is doing a 2007 tour or is it only speculation?

i'm pretty sure it's speculation. i think john may have hinted at something in his q&a. but with lindsey's upcoming solo projects and mick's reforming of the zoo, i really doubt anything will happen next year as a collective fm tour.

the question should be regarding the "electric" version of Lindsey's. Is it actually done? I think I recall it wasn't quite finished. Maybe he said it was 3/4 done (too lazy to reread numerous posts on LB board). Gee, could that missing 1/4 be Stevie? In other words, will this electric album morph into a FM album? Yes, it could. AND...who is playing bass and drums on that record? If it aint mcvie/fleetwood then i doubt it will morph into a fm album.

Stevie has told fans about it, too. I think she told a fan from this board that FM was probably coming back to Oz next year as well. I read a review from a fan who attended a Petty show and met Stevie backstage over on Seven Wonders and Stevie did say that the FM tour next year was a "farewell" tour. Jana and Taku have both been asked about an upcoming FM tour and one or both said rehearsals were starting early next year. (January) I am sure stuff could change but I don't think Lindsey's supposed electric cd will change any scheduled FM tour. He could even use the platform to do some of his new solo songs. (didn't Tom Petty just do that? Don't the Eagles do that?) I am sure Mick wants to milk the anniversary. :rolleyes:

But really, don't only the diehards care about it being the 40th Anniversary?

I HOPE they'll do something special.....but instead they'll just tour to support Rumours again.:shocked:

Anything they do is perfectly fine...I'm just so happy they're coming back:nod: :woohoo:

Well the Zoo (now just called the Mick Fleetwood Band) is just a casual thing. Billy Burnette and George Hawkins are currently touring with John Fogerty, so I doubt it would be something that would stop a Fleetwood Mac tour. But, in an interview made during the Mick Fleetwood Band rehearsals, Mick said that there would be a Fleetwood Mac tour in 2007. Given comments by John and Stevie, I would say that a Fleetwood Mac tour in 2007 isn't speculation at this point.

What is speculation is what type of tour it will be. I think if it's a farewell tour or a 40th Anniversary tour, it would have to be pretty different from the last two tours. I know Stevie has said that it's going to be a farewell tour, but I don't know if Mick and John are ready for that, yet. It'll be interesting to see what happens in the next year or so.

off topic...but I love Fogerty...have you seen him live...he's INCREDIBLE!!!

I wanted to see him a couple of weeks ago (opening for Willie Nelson...now THAT's a ticket!), but I already had tickets to B.B. King.

I saw him at the Garden back in September and I was going to se him in AC but I already had tickets to Heart...but Heart was AWESOME!!! How was BB? What's he like 80 now?

Tours usually follow an album.. and there's no evidence of an upcoming album yet

"Usually" but not always.

Sure there is. If there's not a NEW album, they'll find SOME reason to re-release Rumours yet again.

:nod: he's right...

So wouldn't that make it the 30th anniversary tour, not the 40th?? Rumours came out the year I was born and, ack!..:eek: I'll be 30 next year.

I don't see the point unless it's going to be a spectacular affair with past members making an appearance.

If it's just another "Greatest Hits" tour so Mick can pay his tax bill then I think I'll pass

Gail

:distress:

He talked so much that I had to leave the show early. There may have been like 20 minutes left, and he had only played about five songs. He told more old man jokes than played the blues.

The 40th Anniversary is in reference to the band's 40th anniversary, and why a lot of fans want to see a tour with some former members.

Same here, but THIS TIME, instead of just bitching about it on message boards, I'm going to actually write to Mick via his management company to let him know how I feel.

Hard to conceive that Fleetwood Mac was around for a whole decade with 9 different incarnations before you were born, eh? :shrug: :laugh:

You should've ran to catch some Fogerty:laugh:

Mick's all about the money. This'll be another Rumours Geezer Tour. How freakin' pathetic.


gawd, I hope I'm wrong.....

Oh, you are very funny.:rolleyes: ;)

No, what I meant was, it was my understanding that this was a like Rumours anniversary tour...making it 30 years. But I can always appreciate a lil' sarcasm...:xoxo:

But isn't EVERY Fleetwood Mac tour a "Rumours anniversary tour"? By looking at their concert sets since 1982, you'd sure think so.

Well, you got me there. But try telling them any different. After all, Lindsey likes to play I'm So Afraid, because it's sooo varied and completely different, every single time he plays it live. :rolleyes:

Well, now he's got "Murrow" to play (and he would've had "Tango In The Night" in 1987 had he stayed in the band)...so he can still play the same solo in a different song.

I'll take a "new" and "spontaneous version of Murrow any day over the other option, be that as it may.:)

"Spontaneous" and Lindsey Buckingham :lol: