Mick Fleetwood Blames Nicks For Fleetwood Mac Tour Trouble

[michelej1]

[Nothing we don't know, but sums up everything nicely]

http://www.presstelegram.com/ci_2022...op-and-country

IS FLEETWOOD MAC DONE? Mick Fleetwood, the 64-year-old drummer who founded Fleetwood Mac in London in 1967 with bassist John McVee and guitarists Peter Green and Jeremy Spencer, tells Playboy, "I don't believe Fleetwood Mac will ever tour again, but I really hope we do."

Fleetwood says Mac was ready to tour in 2010, but didn't. Then the band delayed touring in 2011 and once more in 2012 because of members' solo projects. First, singer guitarist Lindsay Buckingham released a solo album, "Seeds We Sow" and toured behind it. That was followed by singer Stevie Nicks' solo album, "In Your Dreams," and tour.

Tours of this magnitude take months to prepare. While Nicks is currently off the road, she's made plans for three solo shows in New England from June 29-July 10 before hitting the road with Rod Stewart from July 20 through Aug. 9, as she did last summer. There goes the lucrative summer concert season.

So, in the meantime, Buckingham decided to play several southern California solo shows. He'll be at the Belly Up Tavern in Solana Beach, north of San Diego, on May 3; at the Wiltern in Los Angeles on May 4; back down the 5 to the Coach House in San Juan Capistrano on May 5; and up to the Thousand Oaks Performing Arts Center on May 6.

"I've always been supportive of my band doing solo albums, so long as we kept our band together," says Fleetwood.

One concert promoter tells Playboy that an eight month tour would net each band member $10 million.

Fleetwood expressed his frustration at having to pass on the big money. "It is certainly a blow to all of us financially." He's putting the band's future all on Nicks. "It all comes down to her, and for the first time, I think even Lindsey has lost his patience."

Fleetwood understands Nick's thinking, to a point. "Stevie is really proud of her new album and I get that, but she will not let it go...she's insistent upon working it until it's incapable of growing further. She has become enthralled and obsessed with her album in a very nice but very inconvenient way. She's working 20 times harder than she would ever have to do with Fleetwood Mac and not making anything close to as much money as she would with us. But this is what she wants to do, and I respect that."