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Originally Posted by nicepace
What bothers me about this is that apparently there are a few songs already essentially finished. I don't understand why we fans aren't being given the chance to purchase that music.
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Why aren't we able to be given the chance to purchase that music???
Simply because it's not finished. Respecting the integrity of the artistic process, Fleetwood Mac is a stickler with production. Just because we are aware they have some songs in the can, it's senseless to think/demand they would release them piece-meal as they progress (Stevie-less or otherwise). They are still in the process of making a body of work, and it will be presented as such. We will all get the chance to purchase
that music, when it's released on their own terms, not ours.
The notion that they might have previewed a new unreleased song on their previous tour is intriguing, but there is little precedent for such a thing. Because the group is an embarrassment of riches (three hit-making singer/songwriters), it leaves very little wiggle room in their set lists, and it's such a delicate balance. Their last tour was decidedly a strict study/rumination of their 1975-1987 era.
As an established band, known worldwide for forty-something years, they are not lacking exposure! And they fully understand their place as vintage dinosaurs in a youth-based market. Now it's less about market share and more about integrity, and leaving with one last artistic statement.