Fleetwood Mac may NOT tour in 2012!
 

So after all this talk of them touring in 2012, Lindsey spills the beans that he really doesn't know!

Fleetwood Mac fans might want to hold off on plans to celebrate a 2012 tour and new album from the legendary band. Although various news reports have claimed the band mates will make music together in 2012, Lindsey Buckingham says now that may well not be the case.

“If I knew the real story, believe me, I would tell you. I wish I could. I would like to know what I’m doing next year,” the guitarist tells Ultimate Classic Rock. “If you had asked me two months ago, I would have said ‘Absolutely.’ Now I’m not sure.”

One reason, said Buckingham, is that vocalist Stevie Nicks is enjoying the success of her just-released solo album ‘In Your Dreams’ which has been critically lauded as her best music in a decade. In addition, Buckingham said his own schedule is uncertain. He is currently touring behind his just-released solo album ‘Seeds We Sow.’ (Read our review of ‘Seeds We Sow.’)

“There may be another leg of [my solo tour] this year. That remains to be seen,” he said. “Stevie is doing a lot of different things. She is having fun [touring and supporting] this album. I don’t begrudge her that. She enjoyed the process of recording it, and I don’t she had a good process of [recording an] album in a long, long time…”

Yet Buckingham is clear that he expects to work with Fleetwood Mac again, even if it is not as soon as next year.

“Yes, Fleetwood Mac will do something in the future,” he said, adding he expects to work solely with Nicks again, too, although there are no concrete plans for that either. “There’s just nothing on the books right now…This is a time for me to take stock all of the things I’ve done in my life, all the people I’ve been down the road with, and all the things I’ve experienced…and just appreciate them. When you revisit them, you want all of these things to be in a place where they have dignity.”

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/fleet...012-interview/

Typical Fleetwood Mac :rolleyes:

Very intriguing...I wonder if that will ever end up happening.

My guess? They will, and it will be the last thing either of them does musically. If for no other reason that Lindsey's excitement at the opportunity to discuss his Faith in Cycles in every interview and at every show.


As for this latest development, I'm pleased they're not doing a greatest hits tour, but I wish he were talking about recording a new album sooner rather than later. We'll see. Sounds like Ms. Nicks wants to extend her tour, though, which I'm totally cool with.

"dignity"?? Since when has THAT ever entered the Fleetwood Mac lexicon? :laugh:

I really wouldn't cross that possibility off just yet- you know how unfathomably flakey this group of people is.

I do hope they start recording a new Mac album next year, as both Lindsey and Stevie are having the time of their lives recording individually. Seems like it'd make sense to roll all that good juju into recording with the Mac. But logic has never entered into the Fleetwood Mac lexicon... :laugh:

You're right, I'm getting way ahead of myself. Tomorrow, Mick Fleetwood will announce a 3-year world tour and the addition of Sheryl Crowe.

it's funny, he's been saying that he doesn't know from the start but it was spun in a way that it sounded like they will tour for sure. guess now he must have talked to SN and she must have said it's definitely not happening yet...

either way, he sure is getting a lot of mileage in the press for saying these things - and any publicity is good publicity! :thumbsup:

Yeah I don't think the article told us anything we didn't already know... even Lindsey didn't know he really just kept saying he was hopeful they'll do something. I think that they will, but also at this point, nothing surprises me with this band in terms of them getting back together/not getting back together.

What I really think Fleetwood Mac should do is make another record and tour. Then the band can retire, and Stevie and Lindsey can finally release Buckingham Nicks and tour together behind that knowing they've come "full circle." (And Lindsey won't have to mention it in interviews anymore) ;)

I'm not really surprised by any of this. Both Stevie and Lindsey appear to be happy/content with their solo careers. I just don't think they have any desire to do another FM tour, album, EP, whatever.

Sucks for Mick and John though.

Well at least Lindsey seems open to something with Fleetwood Mac. I think he's at a point where he's enjoying being back in the band... he just wants to get his solo stuff out of the way first.

Who really cares at this point what they do solo or as a group effort. It's just not relevant any more. Do what you want, the world doesn't care! :lol:

I do?

Ten char

Um, yeah, me too!!

Stevie still tours, Lindsey still tours... the band still puts on arena shows...

I think some of the songs off the last few records Lindsey has put out especially are terribly relevant. I don't think I would've even understood or "gotten" half the stuff on Under the Skin without the loss of my father. That record is now part of the soundtrack of that time in my life... So really to say the band or Stevie, or Lindsey solo for that matter, are incapable of making music that's relevant is asinine. ;)

But I think I get what you mean in that they should all just do whatever because the world isn't paying attention?

Gonna have to agree with this one. Until tickets are on sale or a release date is announced for any album I won't be at all surprised to hear that any projects are on, off, maybe, possibly, if we can be bothered....

Demon - that would all be perfect.

I wouldn't mind if they start recording in the second half of 2012 and then release a brand-new album and tour in 2013.
I rather wait a year longer for a new album that have them tour again with the same old stuff sooner.

Selfishly, I'm hoping that the reason SN isn't keen to book in any FM album or tour commitments in the first half of 2012 is because she's finally going to sort out some European dates for after she gets back from Oz in December. That would be sweet and also make sense of LB's comment that she's enjoying supporting IYD so much, etc.

I agree that they send up a lot of conflicting smoke signals, too, but one I really liked and latched onto was Mick saying a few weeks ago that they might just do a few tracks - in effect, an EP. I think Dave S's and LB's appetite and vision for how FM might operate in the modern world means that they might do something like that.

As for relevance? I don't think music has been relevant since the 1980s. It's mostly hedonistic now and that means acts have relevance to you if the sound they make gives you pleasure. On that basis, FM are definitely as relevant as any other.

Loz

I agree with you!! Touring without a new album was strange enough during Unleashed. It shouldn't happen a second time.

Not that I trust anything out of anyone's mouth when it comes to FM, but I'm actually relieved to hear this. To echo some other sentiments expressed here, I was not excited about the prospect of an Unleashed Redux.

Would love to see a new album first, or at least in the works before I pony up anymore cash for the Holy Trinity of SN, LB, and FM.

It's not MAJOR news that FM is not touring, or what they are doing solo or as a group. People(most people) are not waiting on the edge of their seats for THE NEWS. Of course they still make relevant music, at least to some folks. I'm one of those people. My comment was off the cuff, and of course I realize on a FM message board, members would want to know if they were touring or not. But it's not 1977 any more!

The desire it there. Lindsey mentions it often. It's nothing new; Fleetwood Mac has been a juggling act between solo careers for the last twenty years.

I hope an album comes before a tour. Tours are fleeting. Albums are permanent.

I would be happy to see a killer album as a trade off for no more tours.

Same here.

Not at all realistic. The money is with touring. If that was ever an option, I could've seen them doing that in 1994, with just Chris and Billy.

Yes please! :nod:

this is interesting. Up to a few weeks ago, it sounded like touring in 2012 was a sure thing. Now not so much. Sounds like Stevie's camp may have more plans for 2012.

Fleetwood Mac not touring in 2012 is the best news I have heard all year! I can see them getting together the end of 2012 like say December 21st to do something. :p
But I see no reason for them to tour any sooner.

I will be in a bunker that night.

Michele

To be honest, I don't mind what they all do, as long as they do something I'm just dandy.
New FM album ~ Brilliant.
BN work ~ Brilliant.
FM Tour ~ Brilliant.
BN Tour ~ Brilliant.
More Stevie solo ~ Brilliant.
More Lindsey solo ~ Brilliant.
All in all, they can do anything and I'm still gonna be here lapping it up :D

Well put - I couldn't have said it better myself! :thumbsup::)

You're right. I can't wait to hear something new from them. Stevie's latest effort showed a good promise for a future and Lindsey's solo project is more than intriguing. Having said that, we may expect some great stuff from the band, even if it has to take certain time. I absolutely loved "Say You Will" and think they've still got something to show, especially in these times when so-called modern Pop music drives me crazy with its homogeneity. We need a lot more rock and roll and lot less hip-hop/RAP. Of course I would like to see them live, but the best thing they can do now is just to go to the studio and record a timeless record :)

But tours are profitable. Albums are not.

I never thought I'd hear myself say this but I really don't care if they tour or not unless they've got something new to say.

The last tour just seemed to be like the one before and without a new album I won't be shelling out my hard earned cash. Tickets for major rock bands now are a fortune and given the travel costs for me to get up to London I end up spending at least £150 so I need a bit more than what I've heard before.

Gail

Oh, we'll get you there. We'll just start rumors about a certain someone and you'll shell out more than 150 [I don't know how to make a pound sign], believe me:laugh:.

Michele

:laugh: :laugh: I fell for that one back in 2003 - I'm not going to be fooled again!

Gail

I hope for more Stevie and Lindsey for the rest of 2011 and even next year. If Lindsey is touring overseas so should Stevie. Plus Mick should have the time to focus on Fleetwood's on Front St. If Mac does do anything next year, I'd say a concert or a few for 35th of Rumours, playing it fully. SB Halftime preferably but I think Madonna's got that. :laugh:

Hope as we might, it's never going to happen. She's done.:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::distress:

Mick says:

So basically they are waiting on Stevie?

I liked that idea awhile back of the Mac doing a EP. That would be easier than doing a big tour.

don't know, my feeling is they settled on trying Dave Stewart as a producer / peacekeeper. SuperHeavy seems to be doing well enough, so Jagger & co. might have some other ideas for Dave for a bit... so - for touring they may be waiting on Stevie, and for EP or CD or whatever they may need to wait on Dave - from http://oldies1017.com/The_Music_World.php :

"Although signs have been pointing towards a 2012 Fleetwood Mac tour, Lindsey Buckingham says that he's really not that sure. Although Buckingham and Stevie Nicks have spoken out about tentative plans for the next year, or so -- only Mick Fleetwood has spoken as if it's a definitive plan. Buckingham, who's now on the road touring behind his latest solo set, Seeds We Sow, told Ultimate Classic Rock, "If I knew the real story, believe me, I would tell you. I wish I could. I would like to know what I'm doing next year. If you had asked me two months ago, I would have said 'Absolutely.' Now I'm not sure."

He went on to say: "There's just nothing on the books right now. This is a time for me to take stock all of the things I've done in my life, all the people I've been down the road with, and all the things I've experienced. . . and just appreciate them. When you revisit them, you want all of these things to be in a place where they have dignity."

Buckingham shed some light as to what fans could expect if Fleetwood Mac reconvenes next year for a band project: "There is nothing on the books for Fleetwood Mac right now. I know that everyone is talking about doing something in 2012. There's been talk of doing another Fleetwood Mac album. I think it might be interesting to maybe get an outside producer in -- not that I wouldn't be hammering on him. But, y'know, still someone who could deal with the politics and the overview, and would, I think, make my job a lot easier, y'know?" "