Fleetwood Mac reuniting again
 

I've heard it all before...

http://music.msn.com/music/article.a...7058&GT1=28102

Fleetwood Mac singer Stevie Nicks has confirmed the band will reunite next year. The group last toured in 2009 and their most recent album, "Say You Will," was released in 2003.

The singer and her bandmate Lindsey Buckingham are both busy working on solo material, but they plan to resurrect the band in 2012 once they wrap up their side-projects -- and Nicks reveals they are considering recording a new album.

She tells Perez Hilton, "When [my new] album and Lindsey's album come to a stop then Fleetwood Mac will gather again and we'll either make another record or we won't and we'll just go on tour."

Agreed. I'd rather have the new album than the tour - but both would be wonderful!

Just a tour wouldn't be so bad, who knows maybe they'll acknowledge the fact that they have albums other than Rumours this time.

... :(

It really is time for Fleetwood Mac to get back together. Both Stevie and Lindsey have done their respective solo albums/tours. Remember its been 8 years since Say You Will. So 2012 should be the "Year of the Mac"!:nod:

After it's just reentered Billboard and been covered by Glee? Um, I don't think so...

It would be neat if they did a 20 song set, devoting the first half to material from Mirage and earlier, and the second half to material from Tango, Behind The Mask and Say You Will.

I think (hope) SN quote was taken from Perez interview - where she said that after she / LB are done with their solo activities FM will reconvene, maybe for an album, and if nothing else for a tour. in that interview, she didn't say they will tour in 2012, although that was NME article title.

i really hope it will not be a recap of 2009 (tour but no album). although, i never saw FM live, and wouldn't mind seeing them tour sooner rather than later i guess (and they did take several years to put out SYW). maybe w/ DS at the helm / keeping peace in the house they can finish new album in a year?

Hence "... :("

Yep, so it will be "45 Years ~The Chain" :D

This is what I said about the same thread in the Stevie forum:

This article is using an offhand comment from another interview for the basis of their summation that Fleetwood Mac will indeed reconvene next year. I wouldn't pin my hopes on this info, guys.
:wavey:

yes. see message #8 above.

I agree that a new album and then touring it would be the preferred option. Tour would not probably then be until at least well into 2013 if it takes them their usual long time to cut an album.

However if they just toured I think it would still be wonderful - Unleashed was a massive success and I think another hits tour would still do just as well. I'd still love it anyway!

I would love an album but I wouldn't mind just a tour. I'd take anything really.

I'm up for that - I'll dive for his legs and you can sit on him :D That's the only way I'm likely to sneakily get that memento I've set my heart on ;)

Won't have to forget the certain instrument needed for the delicate procedure :eek:

I just read this on my MSN music news. I hope she's right, if not about the new FM album, at least about the tour. But I'd take both. :nod: I'd be so there for the tour!

Lee :)

That would be nice, but anything that's not Buckingham/Nicks (with the noted exception of Lindsay's cover of Peter's "Oh Well") era is destined to never be played again by Fleetwood Mac. Nothing from "Tango" was played on the last tour as I recall and "Behind The Mask" has become like a red-headed stepchild, so we can all pretty much forget those two CDs ever existed or those times in the band ever happened.

Despite, of course, the phenomenal success of "Tango", the awesome tour with Rick Vito and Billy Burnette that followed and the fantastic tour for "BTM", which was also a really good CD, although it could have been better and showcased Rick and Billy's talents better as well.

Sadly, if they don't record another album, but decide to just tour, we will be treated to a set list that will only include songs from the "white" album, "Rumours", and "Tusk", intermixed with a few solo tunes from Buckingham and Nicks respectively. It will basically be "Unleashed", part Deux.

I hope they record an album prior to a tour. They'd be foolish not to.

Don't hold your breath.

If they had a brain in their heads, they'd play a big chunk of the new album on this upcoming tour since they already did the "hits" thing without an album to promote last tour. Would be cool if they'd finally demolish the invisible barrier between the band & their solo material (like the Eagles do...the ONLY thing I like about their live show). Some of the more memorable moments for me in FMac's live set has been when they've done solo material. (Lindsey with "Go Insane", Stevie with "Stand Back" & "HAEWAFY"). Especially in Lindsey's case, the line between what is a solo song and a FMac song has recently been blurred to the point of inconsequentialness (since quite a few of the original GOS tunes were used for the band on SYW and songs with Mick & John showed up on the "official" GOS). Add to that, Lindsey's solo band is pretty much the FMac "hired guns", so there's not a big "learning curve" with the material. Doesn't matter anymore...so do them in concert.

I may be one of the only ones, but I would love for the next FMac tour's set list to be 95% Rumours-free. ("Dreams" & "Go Your Own Way" only...let's go "Chain"-less, as well this time out)

Umm..."Big Love" :shrug:

Oh I'd certainly agree with that - but not to drop Go You Own Way.

There are so many other great songs that we don't hear enough of live because so much time is taken up with Rumours stuff.

If I were a casual fan and didn't hear hits like Dreams, Go Your Own Way, and The Chain, I'd probably be disappointed. They should incorporate more songs from other albums, yes. However, only doing one or two songs from Rumours, one of the best albums ever made, is foolish and would leave many casual fans feeling ripped off.

As for Tango and Behind the Mask, Stevie's material on those albums is simply inferior to her past work with the Mac. The best stuff on those albums is Christine's and she's not around to sing it. As far as Lindsey goes, Family Man and You and I Part 2 aren't exactly career highlights, and it's little wonder he doesn't want to do material off of Behind the Mask when he wasn't even a band member at the time. While I like the title track and Caroline well enough, they aren't as good as his past work.

Other than attempting a re-arrangement of the hit Little Lies to make it fly without Christine (quite a challenge), including more material from Tango and Behind the Mask wouldn't work too well with the current line-up. They already have Big Love from Tango and that is enough. JMHO.

You made some good points there, but I'd have to disagree with the wide assessment to pretend Tango and BTM don't exist for touring purposes.

A Tango-to-the-present setlist could look like this...

Seven Wonders
Caroline
When I See You Again (just Stevie & Lindsey on guitar - no Mick or John)
Tango In The Night
Freedom (OK, so only one BTM song but that's better than nothing)
Steal Your Heart Away
Running Through The Garden
Twisted (w/Lindsey)
Say Goodbye
Everybody Finds Out

I'd much rather hear Caroline and Tango live than hear The Chain and Tusk or Never Going Back Again...again......and again... Just my opinion, as well. :)

Call me selfish, but for my own sanity, I hope it is just an offhand comment like when everyone thought ABBA were reuniting. On the one hand I couldn't live with myself if I didn't go but on the other, I just simply refuse to fork out £150 to go see John and have to endure Stevie and Liddy dragging out the same tired old setlist that I KNOW will be played :(

All they really need to do is just limit the amount of songs from each album, say no more that 4 songs from an album? :shrug:

Imposible.. I mean, it's a great idea and I'd love to see they have more space for never played live songs. But remember tours are also business, so they have to play hits. And Rumours hits were the most famous. Besides, the massive audience are not necesarily ultra fans like us who appreciate those not well known songs. They expect Dreams, Don't Stop, GYOW.

I went last week to the Paul McCartney concert, in Peru. First time a Beatle was in peruvian lands. He opened the 2011 tour here, what a honor. I enjoyed a lot, it was a great beautiful experience. My point is.. I was expecting Yesterday, Let it be, Band on the Run and Hey Jude. I had been very disappointed if he didn't played those songs. But maybe the ultra Paul fans are a bit tired of those songs. But Paul knows that 40,000 souls, most of them will be crying listening Yesterday. And we were.

Can't believe it's been 8 years since SYW. It seems to be like it was 3 years.

And Gift of Screws is 3yo.. I feel like it was last year.

Time pass so fast

haha great one RickRobert!! but seriously no..

What would be great is if they did the Tusk album.. the whole thing in order...

Gosh Christine.. that would be worth coming back for!!!


Ok I'm done Dreamin this Dream...

It would be my ultimate dream come true.:nod:

Thats great the gang is coming back together.I thought this Reunion was going to take place this year.as we heard after the unleasrd tour was done.Then Stevie got involved in her IYD recording and her little casino tour last year.Lindsey has his thing going .Plus time with his family.Thats great they will be back in the studio and tour again.I still miss Christine.I dont know what Stevie and theboys got to do to drag her into the studio.If they do go on tour .I hope they go by themselves,I dont want a combo double biil thing .Like Stevie/Rod tour thing which I think it will happen this summer.No offense to Rod.

Agreed. None of us here were too happy about those Eagles/Fleetwood Mac double bill rumors, a while back. Misery.

Michele

I agree too - a double bill would be a nightmare situation.

Just Fleetwood Mac - no other option is acceptable!

I don't approve of Fleetwood Mac reuniting unless the reuniting feels so good. :mad:

^ Well, I think that's pretty much understood.