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Originally Posted by soul_drifter333
I don't think that people are upset about them making a living for themselves, but I think that some fans are disappointed and disillusioned that they're are not more "fan friendly" by assuming that the fans don't want to hear new music, don't want them to change their setlist, don't try and promote themselves with a descent Web site, no official You Tube channel, and not trying to make the tickets available to the fans. I personally don't understand why people on here seem to think that the band members are hurting for money, and constantly need to tour to make money. If they need money then it's their own fault, they've all made millions of dollars over the years. Furthermore, I think that the fans are frustrated that they don't use that money to be more creative and make new music, and change their setlist, instead of repeating themselves for what appears to be for more money. All in all, the Mac is not doing nothing that other artist like the Eagles are doing, but since this site is for Mac fans, a lot of people are venting their frustration that so much more could be done. There are definitely more groups and artist that work to give their fans more of what they want and not just repeating themselves for what appears to be just for the money.
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I don't think they are hurting for money, but come on - it's gotta take a lot to maintain & remain in that nice lifestyle...
As for the setlist - what do other vet acts do? You mean the Eagles, Aerosmith, Van Halen, Dobbies, Heart don't do their hits? I would be curious how much new music they incorporate into their set list -- and I would LOVE to hear album cuts or new stuff -- but I'm realistic. I know that the diehard fans like me who would love that are not in the majority and they do have to play what the masses want to hear.
The website/youtube/social networking thing -- well, since they're paying people to do that and they're not exactly sitting around checking the status themselves then what are they gonna do? It's a situation again (similar to the label issue) where they are probably WAY down on the priority list of some intern who is busy updating Beiber or Taylor Swift -- not Fleetwood Mac. And, didn't Warner have some war with youtube? I'm not sure where they are with that.