HUGE Mac hype at the moment

[WildHearted]

Originally Posted by AliceLover

See I think they missed out on a golden clam....They were HUGE in 2011 and that was due to Glee. If they had toured then (not that I would have actually wanted that because Stevie's solo album rocked) it would have been a much bigger event. They were everywhere after that episode. Rumours was selling huge numbers again.

Not only the sales, but the younger generation was really into it.

Any of the younger generation who found out about them through Glee and would have been willing to shell out $$$ in 2011 to go see them is probably still interested enough to shell out $$$ to see them today. And I think there's even more buzz than there was in 2011. If they had gone out in 2011 it would have seem rushed and as if it was thrown together simply because there was a slight blip on the popularity radar.

Rumours is still selling in large amounts (which is even more impressive than in 2011, because there's not some pop culture phenomenon that's pushing it to the general public. PLUS the box sets that are selling are a lot more expensive than the $9 or so it would cost to buy the regular album).

Not to mention that Fleetwood Mac was the soundtrack to the most popular Superbowl commercial this year. That's pretty damn good publicity right there. We have the hype of there being at least a few new songs, as well, which we wouldn't have had in 2011.

Their UK tour sold out the day tickets went on sale, did it not? I don't think they're suffering from having waited until 2013 to tour. At all.

[AliceLover]

Originally Posted by WildHearted

Any of the younger generation who found out about them through Glee and would have been willing to shell out $$$ in 2011 to go see them is probably still interested enough to shell out $$$ to see them today. And I think there's even more buzz than there was in 2011. If they had gone out in 2011 it would have seem rushed and as if it was thrown together simply because there was a slight blip on the popularity radar.

Rumours is still selling in large amounts (which is even more impressive than in 2011, because there's not some pop culture phenomenon that's pushing it to the general public. PLUS the box sets that are selling are a lot more expensive than the $9 or so it would cost to buy the regular album).

Not to mention that Fleetwood Mac was the soundtrack to the most popular Superbowl commercial this year. That's pretty damn good publicity right there. We have the hype of there being at least a few new songs, as well, which we wouldn't have had in 2011.

Their UK tour sold out the day tickets went on sale, did it not? I don't think they're suffering from having waited until 2013 to tour. At all.

I never said they were suffering. If anything, the 2013 presale is already doing better than the 2009 tour.

What I meant was, I had never seen so much popularity for them than I did in 2011. Lots of my friends (20 year olds) and younger were totally into it and it felt like a great time for them to be in the spotlight.

[FierySequences]

Originally Posted by WildHearted

Any of the younger generation who found out about them through Glee and would have been willing to shell out $$$ in 2011 to go see them is probably still interested enough to shell out $$$ to see them today. And I think there's even more buzz than there was in 2011.

Not to mention that Fleetwood Mac was the soundtrack to the most popular Superbowl commercial this year. That's pretty damn good publicity right there.

I agree and disagree with this. Yes, Landslide has gained some recognition again due to the commercial. The younger mind that has everything on their mental plates such as school, boy/girlfriends/social friendships/sporting events/movies/media/texting/iphones/video games/getting their license/what they are doing next wkend/college plans/etc.

I think the young mind has a very short attention span and the last thing they are going to do is buy a FM concert ticket from an aging band they heard on Glee 2 years ago. Hell Stevie and Mick could be their grandparents and if they don't go to see them reguraly, what makes us think they will pay to see some other 60 yo's?

[michelej1]

Those Glee-watching kids don't work anyway and if they're asking their parents to give them that much money to see someone in concert, it probably wouldn't be FM. Although, they might hope parts of Rumours will be performed on the Glee touring show!

Michele

[WildHearted]

Originally Posted by FierySequences

I agree and disagree with this. Yes, Landslide has gained some recognition again due to the commercial. The younger mind that has everything on their mental plates such as school, boy/girlfriends/social friendships/sporting events/movies/media/texting/iphones/video games/getting their license/what they are doing next wkend/college plans/etc.

I think the young mind has a very short attention span and the last thing they are going to do is buy a FM concert ticket from an aging band they heard on Glee 2 years ago. Hell Stevie and Mick could be their grandparents and if they don't go to see them reguraly, what makes us think they will pay to see some other 60 yo's?

I think you misunderstood my point (or perhaps I didn't articulate it well).

What I'm saying is - I don't think any of them were likely to have bought tickets ANYWAY. I was a huge Glee fan for a while before completely went down the tubes, and most of the fans I encountered are simply fans of the actors/characters, as would be expected. They'll go pay to see the Glee cast members sing Rumours songs, maybe even buy the album because it was on Glee... but would probably have no interest in seeing Fleetwood Mac sing Rumours songs. Fleetwood Mac isn't what they're a fan of.

And if there were some Glee viewers who had enough of an interest in those songs to actually look into Fleetwood Mac and become a fan (to the extent that they would willing to spend a bunch of $$$ to see them) they are probably still going to be interested today.

Glee certainly introduced a younger generation to FM (a generation which, I should mention, I am a part of), or at least reminded people about them, but the next episode there's another cool song none of them have heard before that they're obsessing over. And they obsess over it not because of the music but because of how it fits in the storyline. I don't think if they toured 3 months after the Glee episode that there would have been any difference in the turnout. I don't think there was a sudden influx of otherwise uninterested 13 year olds at Madonna's concerts just because Glee did an episode about her.

Of course, we'll never know, because it didn't happen. Glee got them exposure but it wasn't like they were all the sudden on the cover of every magazine or something. Their catalogue just got a bump.