Re-recording DON'T STOP for the Inaugural

[michelej1]

[It has nothing to do with whether it was live or Memorex, but I thought I'd put this here anyway]

Reuters News, January 15, 1993 Friday


HEADLINE: Fleetwood Mac gears up for reunion at Clinton inaugural.

BYLINE: By Dean Goodman

BODY:


HOLLYWOOD, California, Jan 14, Reuter - Members of the rock band Fleetwood Mac, survivors of the 1970s "sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll" era, said on Thursday they felt honoured to be invited to play the most respectable of gigs -- Bill Clinton's inaugural gala.

Performing together for the first time since 1982, the once-popular Anglo-American band will play their hit song "Don't Stop (Thinking About Tomorrow)", which was adopted as the unofficial theme song of Clinton's presidential campaign.

Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie will team up for a January 19 reunion performance in the nation's capital with the band's co-founders, Mick Fleetwood and John McVie, who own the rights to the name Fleetwood Mac.

This lineup was the most successful in the band's turbulent 25-year history, having recorded the multimillion-selling album "Rumours" in 1977, featuring "Don't Stop" and several other Top 10 hits.

But the band was as well-known for its infighting and fractured relationships as for the easy-listening rhythms that won it millions of fans worldwide.

They say they see no irony in playing for a president-elect who admits he tried marijuana but swears he never inhaled.

"I've never beaten around the bush, as it were, with behavioural patterns in the past," Mick Fleetwood said at a news conference attended by both McVies and Buckingham. "I certainly don't hide my wears and tears."

"I don't feel used at all. The event itself is a nice way of saying good luck, get on with it and put some spirit behind it," said Fleetwood, whose recent autobiography chronicles his band's private excesses.

Fleetwood Mac has never been known for political statements, and don't plan to start with their inaugural performance. "I don't think we ever preached," said John McVie.

Only Buckingham said he voted for Clinton. British nationals Fleetwood and Christine McVie, who wrote "Don't Stop" about her then-husband John, supported Clinton but were not eligible to vote. John McVie, who is a naturalised U.S. citizen, declined to say who he voted for.