What are the odds of one more US tour?
 

What are the speculations about this being their final tour? There is talk that it is the final tour. There has also been talk that they didn't declare this their final tour so maybe it isn't? I have read John and Lindsey say that it might be, but I also read, surprisingly, that Stevie said this couldn't be their last because they didn't call it their last.


Maybe take a year off then do like 40 shows in the US for a farewell tour. They should probably do it before Christine is 75.

Well...
 

I doubt that this past set of dates was their last in the US. If there is a new album then there will be a tour. On the scale of On With the Show? Probably not. At least not as a single leg. I would love to see a tour of multi-night stands with different setlists each night...but that is highly unlikely. I guess I'm just jealous of the Australians that get to hear Sara and Think About Me. Come back!!!

Stevie's right. Until it's billed as the last go round to maximize profit...it ain't over.

I'm looking forward to the year long 2017 world tour.

I really hope it isn't. It wasn't advertised as the last tour so I hope not. I know John said it might be HIS last tour. I would like to see them one last time in Europe.

And considering both Stevie & Lindsey have a tendency to avoid Europe on their solo tours, the Mac better come back for one last gig. :angel:

I take those comments from the band as just ways to drum up media attention. After all, I believe the proof is in the tour name alone; "On With The Show"

Now, if it were called End Of The Show I'd be more inclined to believe it. :shrug:

Well Barry (who is high up in the FM tree) really
seems to think we've got a big surprise in store.

I totally expect a 2017 tour! They couldn't let the 40th anniversary of Rumours go by (not to mention the 50th anniversary of the band's formation) without milking it somehow, which makes the timing perfect for a tour.
I've already been daydreaming about what the next setlist will be, though it won't be that different from the current one, even if a new album is factored in. I shouldn't get my hopes up, but I'm still hoping they'll perform Hold Me.

2017 would be a good time for a farewell tour and Rumours 40th anniversary tour. Im surprised they didn't acknowledge this tour being the 40th anniversary of the white album and Stevie and Lindsey joining the band. I'm not too concerned with a new album, just another tour. I hope all five stick around for a farewell tour. A small shake up in the set list would be nice too. I wouldn't hold my breath, but they're doing Think About Me, so maybe there's hope for Hold Me on the farewell tour.

I already attended Fleetwood Mac's farewell tour in 1990 :eek:

I would definitely bet on one more tour to say goodbye and promote their new album. As someone else pointed out 2017 is perfect 40 years anniversary of Rumours. But no way a huge tour like on with the show. John is my only concern. I hope he continues to full cancer recovery. I don't think they would go on without John.

This is what I predict will happen going forward:

The band will take a break end of November-end of January
The band will regroup in February-April to record with all members present
Stevie will do a US solo tour May-July probably backing 24k gold
Band will regroup in September/October to add finishing touches to the album
Band will do photo sessions and maybe video November
Album will drop in February with massive 40th anniversary Rumours promotional appearances
US tour will run April-May
Europe will be July-August
Australia will be October-mid November
US 2nd leg will be January-February

ps-I also believe we will get a live album, dvd of the tour, and maybe a documentary of them in the studio and backstage.

God I hope you're right.

I'm thinking similar- though I'd hope the album comes out a lot sooner than Feb 2017. They've got a lot in the can. I'm not sure they'd need to add finishing touches in Sept/Oct. Feb-April should hopefully be enough time to have it sorted.

But Gavin...
 

That sounds like a band that has it together and is planning further than the end of the current tour. All that going on without the requisite three years of bickering in interviews with each other before a new tour comes together? I'm hopeful we'll get those things, but all of it seems unlikely given the history of the band. No doubt there will be a big Rumours set though...with even more takes of songs that only the most die hard will listen to more than once.

Gavin,

You should contact the band offering your managerial services.....
Your suggestions/future ideas are perfect for them....
They just need someone with the thoughts and clear mind to steer all of them down the same path....

I really think they will be too old at that point for such an ambitious tour.

There is NO WAY that this will be the LAST tour----but the farewell tour IS COMING very soon.

As a previous post stated, there is WAY TOO MUCH $ to me made by billing a FLEETWOOD MAC FAREWELL TOUR.

I think they'll take most of 2016 off (with Stevie doing minimal solo shows because she can't sit around).

There will be an album sometime in 2017 to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the band. THIS COULD BE THE FAREWELL TOUR.

The only two I'm worried about are John and Christine. John will be 72 and had cancer and Christine will be 74.

2017 will be the next outing for FM .Now I cant wait for solo tours to start.

Two Night Stands!
 

A 2017 tour should be built around two night stands. One of new album material should there be such a thing and a second that's the normal show with a couple deep cuts swapped between the two shows. It would be so nice and way outside the realm of possibility. Oooooh wellllllll

Yes! All of this.
And in the ensuing years after the band becomes defunct, my hope is that deluxe versions of Mirage and Tango will be released. Also, long tucked away professionally recorded performances/shows will be packaged and released.

I hope we get deluxe and expanded editions of Mirage and Tango.

Great thinking .I'm thinking the same way.We will see since FM is unpredictable with their planning.

Haha thanks, Sue! I love giving ideas for artists, actually one of my good friends is Elton John's manager and he swears I should have gone into artist management :]

God, this site needs a "like" button!

Will I hope their 2017 tour will be a summer tour in the states. My life was in gods hands as I traveled over the snow covered hills to see their show last winter.Anyway I was so happy that I went to see them last November"Year ago" and last February.

There won't be another be another tour like this. There may be an album and a small tour but this is the last of their big tours. I don't think some of the members are really enjoying this that much and don't want anymore big tours. Some members fail to realize their ages and that some of them have unfinished business outside Fleetwood Mac.

I think they will have an album out when christmas sales start in 2016. And I see a tour in 2017, maybe not so many concerts in such a short time, but they won't stop without that last big money maker.
I'm not even sure if I want to see them again. This tour was so massive expensive for tickets, they will want even more for a farewell tour. And do I want to throw out 300 Euros again (probably much more) to see Stevie having a bad night and not even bothering to be at least professional, again? Not really!

God it would be ironic, wouldn't it, for the farewell tour to be called On With the Show!!!

Anyway in my opinion, the odds on another Fleetwood Mac tour after the current one are

Another Tour $1.25
2015 tour is their farewell $15

Come on, you would be crazy to bet on this tour being their last. Think about it, the only band member who is completely disinterested in releasing a new Fleetwood Mac studio album... Is also the only member who is absolutely resolute that there MUST be another tour after this one.

Ah Stevie Nicks would make me cry if she didn't make me laugh.

I hope that Stevie realises that her contribution to the Carnival Begin Album (may as well give a name to Linds and Chris's batch of songs from 2014)....Stevie making her standard contribution of just 3 or 4 new songs...would mean she gets her wish for a farewell tour in support of the new album and as a last stand for this great band!

The way some ledgies talk it's like they think at 75 Christine may as well be taken backstage and shot... To put her out of the misery of being as old and frail as a 101 year old woman.

I am currently working in a geriatrics ward as a nurse in a small Sydney Hospital... And let me say this: I looked after a 92 year old lady last week. Guess what?

This 92 year old:
Showered independently with set up assistance
Toileted self
Walked unassisted using a roll at or frame
Spoke English clearly
Spoke fluent Italian
Did NOT gave any dementia related diagnoses
Was NOT confused in any
way for the whole week I looked after her

I thought that it was necessary to give some ledgies a bit if perspective about the realities of senescence or the ageing process.

Honestly I believe providing they continue to enjoy performing, Fleetwood Mac may still be playing live shows when Christine McVie is 80 years old.

This band can and will keep going until one of them dies. I still remember a 2013 bit quote worth repeating by Stevie Nicks, "it is never going to be a farewell tour until we drop dead".

It goes without saying that if a band member develops dementia that would be the end of Fleetwood Mac as we know it. But call me crazy, I am going to keep going back to the independent, upwardly mobile, alert and oriented 92 year old woman patient I had the pleasure of caring for last week.

not sure I'd want to her to sing to me though.

Now I have images in my head of an octeganarian Fleetwood Mac on the road- Lindsey and Stevie are going to be two really grumpy old people still fighting with each other. He hits her with his walking stick, she thows her dentures at him.

The one thing that we can say for certain is that nothing can be predicted about Fleetwood Mac, especially in relation to anniversaries. There were no shows for the 25th anniversary( as the band was,strictly speaking, broken up in 1992) I remember when 'Say You Will' came out: I was sure that the album would be dedicated to Christine.Nothing, apart from a mention as an "additional" performer. In a way, I actually respect them for this: so many bands flog the anniversary/reunion/final tour/comeback thing to death AND often with only very few of the original members.
I doubt we will see another tour, certainly on the scale of 'On with the Show', for a variety of reasons which have already been discussed. One of these is the question of John: I couldn't see them doing it without him and, for me, it's not Fleetwood Mac without him.Period.
This recent/current tour has had one central theme- the return of Christine and the five playing together. And this has been such a blessing for long time fans like myself. I'm quite resigned to this being the last tour.If it is, then what a way to go! I told my two daughters (11 and 13),who we brought to their very first concert, that they probably won't see this again.
If we do, it will be a bonus. This wonderful band owes us nothing!

True they don't us anything and if you haven't seen Fleetwood Mac by now, your **** out of luck. That's your fault. They should not be guilted into anything.

(Stevie, Lindsey and Chris do not need the money. John might not be here. Some of them don't even like touring this time. I wouldn't get my hopes up for another tour.)

I can see a series of larger shows in key cities perhaps. LA? NY? A string of shows at the Forum or the Garden, filmed for a dvd... I can see them wanting to cap things off with something. Not sure they'd pack up and go international again. But as so many have noted, one never knows with this band. (I hope the hell they've been filming this tour-- onstage and off!)

Why not? You'll be 20 years older than you are now.

75 is old on some people, but Christine looks springy and great. Michele

Seriously, I don't think they'll be touring, but can you imagine if they develop that dementia that some older people get where they are always paranoid and think their caregiver and relatives are all out to get them? If Stevie and Lindsey became crazier than they already are, it would be hilarious to hear their rants.

Michele

At Mick's Sydney meet and greet he said he hopes the band would have one more big tour which he hoped would begin some time towards the end of 2016. However he did then say something along the lines of 'but you never know what could happen'.

2016? After this long tour. No way.

Yea .They can come out around the holiday 2016 for a short holiday tour and play holiday tunes like Kenny Rogers and add some new tunes to keep the fans warmed up for the following year.

Yes .I would trek out over the snow covered hills to see this kind of show.Atlease it will be different.

I had the impression Stevie was being dragged along for this tour, but she has shown nothing but pure joy at being on tour for the Oz shows