Nicks says she doesn't know whether she'll ever be on board with new FM album

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Originally Posted by Andy Man

Let's face it...

If the priority of all members was to do an album, to be creatively active, we would have had an album a long time ago. Lindsey could have very well said to the band that he would not tour if there was no new material. As much as he continues to discuss new songs, he has seemed more than willing to just go and tour the hits (keep in mind, this is the THIRD tour in a row without any new album - the EP hardly qualifies). This is a band that seemed to lose the spark of working in the studio together a long time ago. Yes, Lindsey and Christine have been producing new music and they do seem very happy with how it has been going. However, at the end of the day it seems like a side note to all of the band. Fleetwood Mac will continue to be a greatest hits touring act until they call it a day. I think we will be lucky to get some solo work, but as a band they fully realize that the money is in the touring, and touring behind songs from their heyday (it is quite something to think that the most recent songs featured in the On With The Show tour were written in 1986/1987!).

Don't get me wrong, they still do put on one hell of a rock show. However, from an artistic standpoint, they seem to have lost whatever it is that drove them to write all of the incredible material from their previous studio work (I would argue that they lost it after Tusk, despite some stellar individual tracks from the 80s).

Great post, You hit the point. If they really want to put out a new album, they could do it - with or without Stevie.

For me, this ‘On With The Show’-Tour is all wrong. When Christine announced her comeback, the next logical step had to be a new album. The timing would have been perfect. Both Stevie and Lindsey had recently released critical acclaimed new albums, they both seemed to get along quite well during the 2012/13 tour and Christine’s return would have aroused huge media interests. Instead they all preferred to hit the road again for yet another greatest hits tour and grab the big cash.

I doubt that it was only Stevie’s decision. Are we sure about Mick’s position? No matter what he said in recent interviews, I think that he wanted to make as much money as soon as possible out of Christine’s return. Making a new record first, would have meant delay and costs with unsure prospects in terms of sales. Furthermore they all are at an age where no one can tell, what will be in a year, just think of John’s cancer. So, from a financial point of few, the tour was the next logical step, but a step that clearly showed that they days of Fleetwood Mac as a creative power are over. Recording an album after the tour makes for me no sense at all and I doubt that it will happen.

She commited to a new, quite extensive tour with FM right after getting back from a huge tour - jumping on a new tour that NEVER would have happened if it weren't for Christine returning. So even if it has been Stevie's dream to have Chris back why should she feel obliged to commit to everything that the rest of them wants just because Chris is back???

Exactly! I totally understand Stevie’s point of few. Christine’s return overthrew all her plans. She had to release 24KaratGold in a hurry and she couldn’t promote it properly. In addition, it seems that the tensions between the band members are running high again. No wonder, she's not that euphoric about FM right now. Beside that, I still believe that the ambitions for a new album amongst the other band members are not that high, especially regarding Mick and John. Lindsey and Christine are probably ready to record again. If that's the case, it's their part to convince the others and bring them on board.