New activity from FM?
 

More info anyone?
https://retropopmagazine.com/new-fle...s-in-a-frenzy/

Thanks for sharing, The dance! Because links have a way of breaking over time, here's the story linked above:


New Fleetwood Mac social media pages have fans in a frenzy

by Connor Gotto October 15, 2024 in News


Fleetwood Mac fans are hopeful of new activity from the band after a series of new social media pages appeared online.

Over the weekend, an official Instagram account for the group was launched, with singer Stevie Nicks and drummer Mick Fleetwood among the eight followers of the page, which is currently set to private.

Additionally, a TikTok account has also appeared and, although it has no content as yet, already has almost 14,000 followers.

The Don’t Stop hitmakers last performed together in 2019 and doubt was cast over the future of the group following the death of singer, songwriter and keyboard player Christine McVie in 2022.

But that hasn’t stopped fans from sharing their excitement, with one writing on Reddit: “It would be so amazing if this amounted to something like a reunion of the remaining four.

“Has John [McVie] been coaxed out of retirement? Have Stevie and Lindsey [Buckingham] buried the hatchet? One final public tribute to Christine [McVie] and then curtains?”

“Fleetwood Mac making an official Instagram and TikTok we are cooked,” added another, while a third asked: “What the flip is about to happen?”

The appearance of the new pages coincides with Stevie’s stint as a musical guest on last weekend’s instalment of Saturday Night Live (SNL), during which she performed her new single The Lighthouse and the classic Edge Of 17.

In the past, the band’s frontwoman has ruled out a potential reunion, insisting earlier this year: “Without Christine, no can do… There is no chance of putting Fleetwood Mac back together in any way. Without her, it just couldn’t work.”

Is this the account? https://www.instagram.com/fleetwoodmac/

It appears as private. Not the best idea if you want to encourage a revival. Meanwhile, the last post in the official Facebook account is from july. Isn't that weird?

Anyway, though I'm just curious, I'm not interested in any kind of reunion.

I would be up for a sit down interview with all of them with any and all questions asked. A real, sit down, no way out interview. And then maybe a ring of coleslaw that they can all get into and wrestle. I’d pay money for that.

Say You Won't, Say You Won't...

No way it's happening. Stevie's focused on solo work now and hates Lindsey Buckingham.

I have always been and am all for a FM reunion. Enclosed is a pic I joke is Mick Fleetwood waiting for Stevie to decide to do this.

Looks like a Dali painting.

It appears that the Instagram account now only has four followers, and Lindsey Buckingham is one of them.

I don't want to feed into the frenzy "are they or aren't they", but Stevie did a sit-down with CBS Sunday Morning recently, it hasn't aired yet, but let's assume she filmed it when she was in NY for SNL. The marketing around it is "Coming Soon" with a picture of Stevie and her interviewer. I think it's the same interviewer from when she did a sit-down with them during Covid. Again, I don't want to feed into the frenzy, but why not just announce the Sunday morning it's airing. It would be a breath of fresh air from all of the political mud slinging that is usually on the news on Sunday mornings. :shrug:

Makes you ponder if they are waiting to air it closer to an announcement of something?

Please, no. I suppose that there may well be hundreds of thousands of people out there willing to go to a gig with potentially just Lindsey, Stevie and Mick but I'm not sure my stomach could take it. If they were to brush up an unreleased Christine song into a final Mac track, that might be some sort of fitting closure.

I'm done. It's over. No McVies, no FM.

I'd go see Lindsey and Mick. But not if the old goat is there. F her.

If only Stevie had not been such a turd and added vocals to the BM tracks and submitted some of her own. I don’t really want a Beatles Anthology “Real Love” or “Free as a Bird” but I guess one more Christine Track would be nice wi try some good SN and LB vocals. I like a Christine better than John Lennon. She had more talent in her pinky than his whole body.

I don't like being seemingly egregious about Stevie as she has demonstrated considerable talent and undeniable star power but it's the latter that has, as you so appositely put it that has made her act like a turd, and I have to concur. I'm not so sure about the Christine/Lennon comparison, though!

You must know a different John Lennon to me.

I remember one lovely interview in whcih Christine said she would love to work with Paul McCartney before she had an attack of modesty and said something like "I'm setting myself a bit high there" or something like that. It's a shame it never happened as it could have worked out. Paul seems the most apt of the Beatles to compare Christine to. Same goes for Stevie and George. Not so sure and Lindsey and Lennon. Poor old Mick and Ringo always seem to get paired together as the butt of drummer jokes, rather unfairly in my admittedly unprofessional view.

If Stevie's doing a CBS News interview, to me, she'd be speaking about her new song, solo concerts next year, and maybe an upcoming album. If there was a FM interview, my belief is Mick would be doing it with Stevie.

For what it’s worth, the rumor has made it to Crazy Days and Nights, a celebrity blind item site. Sometimes they’re right, and sometimes they’re just regurgitating rumors that are already making the rounds online.

Posted on October 14 (ie right after Stevie’s SNL appearance)

Blind Item #8
Apparently, in the world of musical healing, this recent late night singer said over the weekend she can work once again with her former band partner. Looks like the band is getting back together.

https://www.crazydaysandnights.net/

She really did have a lot of talent. And it comes out even more now that she's gone.

So, Howard Stern, then?

It’s sad how many people seem to buy the rumor of a reunion, but even sadder than they don’t seem to care whether or not John’s part of it. If Fleetwood Mac can exist without John McVie, what’s stopping Stevie from getting Waddy, Tom, and Gary back together and going out as Buckingham Nicks with Neil Finn?

It may be sad and wrong, but it's also sort of the bassist's lot isn't it.

LOL...really now? you're that sad and surprised? They had no issue with going out as Heartbreaker-Crowded House-Mac (which you spoke many praises of) and now you've got crocodile tears because people don't care about John McVie. Mick and Stevie were ready to replace him in 2013.

The sad reality is - of all the members of Fleetwood Mac, the general public could care less who is playing that bass line in The Chain. As long as the Bud Lite is flowing and Stevie Nicks is there to do her schtick, Irving has his cashflow lined up.

Welcome to the club. You told all the Lindsey fans here to suck it up not that long ago. As you would say - John McVie isn't putting butts in seats!

Now, please excuse me while I laugh myself right out of this thread.

Her ego of having to share a name with someone. :shrug:

Certainly though BigAl, to be fair. You even see the difference of having the McVie's absent vs. Buckingham (who actually quit once).

When we just talk about the core of having both McVie's gone, can you really call it FM? I mean, it was starting to deteriorate in 2014, let alone 2025 without two McVie's.

Buckingham/Nicks are not FMac. FMac saved both of them and gave them careers, and they in turn saved Fmac. But they still aren't FMAC. :wavey:

From the last posts I would say you guys are talking about a supergroup, like Asia or Traveling Wilburys. Depending on the members, it could be interesting.

But it would have nothing to do with a Fleetwood Mac reunion, which I hope never happens, IMHO.

As a Fleetwood Mac fan...yes, of course if both McVie's are absent I wouldn't consider it Fleetwood Mac.

My real point was - nobody should be surprised if John's absence isn't noted/weighted in the same regard as the folks around here would. John doesn't sing, didn't write the hits, and stayed in the background most of the time. Of all the members of the band, he is the easiest to replace with minimal impact to the general public, or the casual fans buying tickets. By far, less noticeable than Neil Finn singing Go Your Own Way and Mike Campbell limping through the guitar parts.

Stevie has said it herself - she won't do Fleetwood Mac without Christine now, but she was ok with replacing John back in 2013.

Hardcore fans have more respect for the "core" members of the band than the actual band itself does! They've all agreed to do tours with various lineups for their own gains.

Also for the record - Lindsey has quit, Stevie has quit, Christine has quit. Lindsey is not the only member of the Rumours 5 to have quit the band.

Agree with most of this. I'm guessing Stevie has no interest in working with any of them, so it may all be moot.

I'd be interested in a MickBuck show.

I'd go to that.

What a sad ending of our band. :shocked:

I’ve been thinking about this a lot. It’s the perfect time for Clifford Davis to grab any remaining members of the band Stretch to rejoin as Fleetwood Mac and go on the road.

Now that's something, I'd go see!

But that is the point. Mick has no shame. Fleetwood Mac fans do care. But the masses and casual fans would pay big bucks for whatever kind of reunion that includes Stevie Nicks. Sheryl Crow is waiting in the wings practicing Christine songs and her bass playing cousin is playing the bass part to The Chain :eek:

This isn’t about Mick, though. This is Fleetwood Mac “fans” who are seemingly trying to break the internet with Fleetwood Mac tour rumors.

It is honestly nauseating.

They're the same "fans" who didn't know the difference between Mike Campbell and Lindsey Buckingham. This isn't anything new. The pearl clutching because it's Johns turn is hilarious.

Well we have to agree to disagree because Mick has kept the door open. Did he not say he is hoping for a Stevie/Lindsey reunion? I would not read too much into that except for the fact that Lindsey has always said he was open to return. Has not Mick sort of backtracked from his statement right after Chris's passing? I think he has and has not shut down any reunion talk. Dont blame the fans for reading Mick's tea leaves. I know the history of this band. It would not surprise me for a second this would happen.

Me too. Some sort of new Fleetwood Buck entity with some other talent could be quite fun. I suppose it wouldn't have the potential to bring in so much cash, though.

I do hope there's not some sort of Eagles-type reconfiguration going on with the Mac. John would be subbed, and Stevie could demand a new female presence on keys/vocals. Having said that the current Eagles have had some good reviews, I gather after Glenng Frey's passing. I suppose Mick, Stevie and Lindsey can do what they want, but we don't all have to buy into it if it happens.

Isn't John legal co-owner of the name "Fleetwood Mac"? He would have to be ok with it all, although doubtless some royalty/licensing deal would be due to him assuming he really has completely retired. I'm getting a bit ahead of myself, here, I admit.

Mick and John are the only constants and the band’s name is a portmanteau of their surnames. Yeah, it’s very different from Lindsey.

Furthermore, no, these people are Shippers: The Next Generation.

John would still have been a member of the band. What was proposed would have been a temporary situation to fulfill contractual obligations, like when The Beatles played eight shows with Jimmie Nicol when Ringo was ill.

Jesus, I just realized Jimmie Nicol did more shows with The Beatles than Bob Brunning did with Fleetwood Mac.

I suppose the question that could clear this all up is do you believe Mick would go on without his sidekick John?
I say yes. Mick is more concerned about money than legacy. He has shown that time and time again. I can almost hear him convincing Stevie "come on, one more time, it's what Chris would have wanted. The fans want to see you and Lindsey on stage again."