FM will tour next year, says Mick
 

Maybe this is old news, but I thought I'd post that in an interview in St. Louis this week, Mick said FM will definitely be touring next year. Here's the link:
http://www.ksdk.com/news/news_articl...storyid=139941

Thanks for the link. VH1 Classic had Classic Albums RUMOURS on last week. It was made in 1997...comparing it to the recent interview with Mick....Mr. Fleetwood's hair is no longer gray...it's white!

Around the 2:00 mark he says "This time next year, you WILL see Fleetwood Mac out." FEb. of 2009?

Correction 1:45 mark

He says the words "definitely" and compares the touring to what the Eagles recently did.

So, it isn't just idle gossip? The Mac will tour again? I wonder if this tour includes Rick Vito since he's touring with Mick now....and there's no Buckingham? Mick seems to go out of his way to mention Vito was a member of FM. Buckingham may not be in the cards, afterall.

I'm more certain of Lindsey returning to the Mac than I am of Stevie. Lindsey has sounded more open and ready for another round of Fleetwood Mac than Stevie has. It seems like Stevie doesn't want to tour anymore if Christine won't be there. We'll see though.

Matt

Fleetwood Mac will tour. OK, that's a nice announcement, which doesn't say much about who will be touring under that name, but where can I find a schedule for the Blues Band tour? Do they come to Germany?
Thanks for info.

Yeah, I think Stevie may need some convincing. Now if Mick could only lore Christine out of retirement, I think we'll have our 2009 tour. :rolleyes:

Lee :)

It would be next to a miracle to see Rick Vito & Lindsey Buckingham on stage together.

Somebody call Bob Welch.

Hey....that DOES sound like an intriguing line-up. What was the name of the guy Mick fired....for having an affair with his wife? Maybe he's available too.

Bob Weston.

It would be cool to see Welch & Weston together again.

but then i'd miss christine even more......

My favorite lineup is the Rumours one. But as fans, we could expect and enjoy any lineup. I would find interesting to see Welch, Vito, etc.

But this is not about what we like. The Rumours lineup is the most popular and successful, and I don't think that any other lineup would be enough interesting to justify a large tour. It's the key to get sold out concerts. And though they would enjoy playing, I think the $ issue is the most important. Let's face it. The million albums sales is gone, for bands like Fleetwood Mac, they get more money with huge tours.

And if they don't get the Rumours lineup (ok, at least the SYW lineup), the tour would be more like the Mick Fleetwood alternative bands

My dream is to visit a concert with Stevie and Christine... and who would play guitar? It doesn´t matter... But mix of someone from Rumorus lineup with someone from Post- or Pre-Rumours era would be interesting. But if Christine will not tour with FM and Stevie (because of that) won´t also tour... then it would be nothing even though all other FM members join to one lineup and tour...

Okay I'll be the first and probably only person to post saying he wouldn't mind if it was just Mick, John and Lindsey. If Stevie wants to hold out, let her! She could tour solo and I would go see that just as soon. The guys touring together would allow for some seriously righteous jam opportunities. Of course, it would be nice to have Stevie there, but I would be OKAY with just the guys being on the stage as well.

You are definately not the only one and certainly not the first.:laugh: Welcome to the ledge! I like your vision!

The word "jam" & "Lindsey" in the same sentence is an oxymoron. Bob Welch? Yeah. Peter Green? Yeah. Rick Vito? Yeah. Lindsey Buckingham? I don't think so.

"Jamming" just doesn't seem to be in Lindsey's musical DNA.

Where would Fleetwood Mac play if the line-up was Lindsey, Mick and John? What venues?

Probably places the size of the House Of Blues. :nod:

I am sure he does in the studio. John wouldnt have hold out those SYW sessions before Stevie flew in if they didn't jam. And I bet that some of the GOS stuff came out of improvisation on basic songideas.

I just wish he'd took that tension onstage. In a Mick john lindsey-setting the risk that that would happen is 200% bigger than if Stevie would be involved. Then he automatically falls back in "control"-mode.

No. I would think bigger than that. Radio City?

I suppose if John McVie were to join up with MFBB, they could just call THAT "Fleetwood Mac"... I wouldnt put it past Mick

It seems as though there is a kind of a regrouping effort going on, done by Mick Fleetwood. John McVie's presence is essential in calling the thing FM. So he's in, too. Rick Vito should be in, too, since he's been touring with Mick recently. Christine probably still wouldn't want to tour. A BTM lineup tour without Christine would feel somewhat incomplete, but might they bring in Bekka at the last minute?

I bet they can use the FM-name only if LB/SN are in. I haven't heard the band broke up. So I can imagine that you have the wish but the fact John isn't in the MFBB could have something to do with that. A band with those two EQUALS FM, so I think there are bussiness-arrangements with
S & L.

I've read some things that Sheryl Crow may be touring with them. Now "with" is the operative word...would she be the opening act, or actually playing in the band? I think they're getting her involved so Stevie would be more inclined to agree to do the tour with another female artist in the entourage.

I'd suspected as much myself. But as SC's just brought out a new album, I'm not sure she'd go straight from that into FM.

Oh please, that would be too cruel.

Just let her be the opening act and then join them for maybe one song or something. I'd rather that Christine perform from her home via satellite than that Sheryl Crow play with FM for a whole 2 hours.

Michele

That's interesting Steve. Where'd you read that? I'd like to check it out.:nod:

The only way I see her benefiting my concert experience is by being the opening act. That way, when Fleetwood Mac comes out, they're just that much more exhilarating because of who they're following. Please! Say It Aint So!

FM likes to do a triumverate of the 3 strong songs in a row (which Lindsey also did for the UTS tour). If instead of Tusk, Stand Back and GYOW, we got, Tusk, Stand Back and First Cut is the Deepest, I wouldn't want to live anymore. I'd just quit my job, stop eating and wait for death to overcome me.

Then, there'd be Strong Enough in the encore . . .

Michele

IMO i could not care lss if LB tours or not.

I would prefer to see Rick Vito back.

But most of all i would prefer to see a different set list.
By all means play Go you own way etc, but please play things like Oh Well, Man of the world etc
I would also like to see some of the Behind the mask demos played live.

My line up would be MF,JM,RV,CM(highly unlikley)/BB/SN & Bob Welch in it.

In other words a different set list after a couple of concerts etc

Julian

I had heard that, but it was back right before the SYW tour... there were rumours of Sheryl on keys/piano/vocals to fill in Christine's spot, but she had just released "C'mon C'mon" and did her own thing...

I havent heard anything about her this time around...