They have under 5 weeks

[elle]

Originally Posted by shackin'up

Stevie just had promotion linked to Grohls documentary. Rumours is just rereleased. It's not logic to put out three songs, when the focus is on a sideproject and a rerelease that sells Pretty well. Then you wait with new work. The gigs sell good too, So there is no need for more promotion yet. We won't see anything before the last week of march, I think.

that was all over a month ago... water under the bridge. considering all that has been going so well, all the more reason to strike the iron while it's hot, no?!

[I'msoAfraid95]

Why not release them earlier than they are?( If they're even going to be released?) If they do that, they might get new fans who want to see them live. Which equals more $$$.

I'm shocked that Stevie agreed to let them be released online. Y'all know her and her views on modern technology. I wonder if she even has a cell phone?

[editme2]

In a perfect world, at least one of the songs would be released next week, a month before they hit the road.

But this is Fleetwood Mac, so we won't hear any of these new songs until we see them performed live. And then only people at the beginning of the tour will hear them because Stevie will demand that they be dropped after the first few shows because of lack of audience reaction.



But that's why we love the Mac.....

[elle]

Originally Posted by editme2

In a perfect world, at least one of the songs would be released next week, a month before they hit the road.

But this is Fleetwood Mac, so we won't hear any of these new songs until we see them performed live. And then only people at the beginning of the tour will hear them because Stevie will demand that they be dropped after the first few shows because of lack of audience reaction.



But that's why we love the Mac.....

Yet another reason why some of us can't stand the whole big machine crap and want back Lindsey solo.

[I'msoAfraid95]

Originally Posted by elle

Yet another reason why some of us can't stand the whole big machine crap and want back Lindsey solo.

But look at how long it took Lindsey to record and get out Under the Skin. 14 years between it and OOTC. Then again FM stole some of his songs.

[elle]

Originally Posted by I'msoAfraid95

But look at how long it took Lindsey to record and get out Under the Skin. 14 years between it and OOTC. Then again FM stole some of his songs.

yeah - exactly what happens when he gets involved with the big machine and/or listens to the record labels. but that is also water under the bridge and he seems to be well over it since 2005, from Soundstage on, and i hope that kind of period never happens again, and frankly i don't think he'd let it.

[elle]

Originally Posted by I'msoAfraid95

But look at how long it took Lindsey to record and get out Under the Skin. 14 years between it and OOTC. Then again FM stole some of his songs.

• SYW came out in 2003, and the tour was 2003/2004, right?
• Soundstage with most new and tons of never released songs came out in 2005.
• UTS came out in 2006, he toured it 2006/2007.
• Bass Hall live album/DVD came out in 2007 (or 2008?).
• GOS came out in 2008, he toured it end of 2008.
• 2009 was Unleashed.
• 2010 he was hoping for FM album recording, didn't happen so he recorded SWS instead, shopped it around for few months and decided his own label is the best option (great move, no more waiting for any label to decide!).
• 2011 SWS and Songs From The Small MAchine Live in LA came out, he toured SWS in fall 2011.
• 2012 he toured as OMS and released live One Man Show album.

i like this list and activity above, but what i see ahead of us is:

• 2013 FM tour, he wanted to release FM album concurrently, and somebody put a stop to that.
• 2014 - what? trying to get somebody to record FM album? trying to put out BN and record BN2? tour BN? this all could easily not happen, so we will have Mac tour in 2013 and nothing in 2014? or FM album in 2014 and another ultra expensive FM tour in 2015. yuck!!

[I'msoAfraid95]

Originally Posted by elle

• SYW came out in 2003, and the tour was 2003/2004, right?
• Soundstage with most new and tons of never released songs came out in 2005.
• UTS came out in 2006, he toured it 2006/2007.
• Bass Hall live album/DVD came out in 2007 (or 2008?).
• GOS came out in 2008, he toured it end of 2008.
• 2009 was Unleashed.
• 2010 he was hoping for FM album recording, didn't happen so he recorded SWS instead, shopped it around for few months and decided his own label is the best option (great move, no more waiting for any label to decide!).
• 2011 SWS and Songs From The Small MAchine Live in LA came out, he toured SWS in fall 2011.
• 2012 he toured as OMS and released live One Man Show album.

i like this list and activity above, but what i see ahead of us is:

• 2013 FM tour, he wanted to release FM album concurrently, and somebody put a stop to that.
• 2014 - what? trying to get somebody to record FM album? trying to put out BN and record BN2? tour BN? this all could easily not happen, so we will have Mac tour in 2013 and nothing in 2014? or FM album in 2014 and another ultra expensive FM tour in 2015. yuck!!

So, in other words, We will not get what we want!!!!!!! *throws a temper tantrum*

[CADreaming]

Originally Posted by elle

i like this list and activity above, but what i see ahead of us is:

• 2013 FM tour, he wanted to release FM album concurrently, and somebody put a stop to that.
• 2014 - what? trying to get somebody to record FM album? trying to put out BN and record BN2? tour BN? this all could easily not happen, so we will have Mac tour in 2013 and nothing in 2014? or FM album in 2014 and another ultra expensive FM tour in 2015. yuck!!

I think it will be FM tour 2013-2014 with a little BN blip in between (maybe in the fall of this year - something small). The singles will lead into BN, which is why they would put Without You out as "Fleetwood Mac", in order to better market BN.

No FM 2015 - they'll be done with that for "3" years...even though that is the 40th anniversary for the BN version of FM but I won't tell 'em if you won't.

Of course, I would prefer a 2014 BN focus - complete with album and at least a mini tour but, I can't see it fully happening. I can see them doing a live show to be filmed like Michele has mentioned. That would be nice.

[Johnny Stew]

Originally Posted by elle

Yet another reason why some of us can't stand the whole big machine crap and want back Lindsey solo.

You're lucky you missed out on the inexplicably long waits for Lindsey's material, prior to the list you posted!

1983: Go Insane released
1986: three years later, shifts recording solo album to recording with Fleetwood Mac
1987: Tango In The Night released; quits Fleetwood Mac
1988: tells Musician magazine he has a "double album worth of material" ready to release
1992: four years later, finally releases 13 of those songs (not counting short spoken & instrumental introductions) on Out Of The Cradle
1997: five years later, tells Fleetwood Mac reunion tour audiences that his album is "half finished"
2002: another five years later, folds material from still-unfinished solo album into Fleetwood Mac
2003: Say You Will released

Back then, that small machine was in some serious need of WD-40! lol

Meanwhile, maybe it's a good sign that the three new songs haven't been released digitally yet. Maybe the band is still considering something bigger.

[WildHearted]

Originally Posted by I'msoAfraid95

Why not release them earlier than they are?( If they're even going to be released?) If they do that, they might get new fans who want to see them live. Which equals more $$$.

I'm shocked that Stevie agreed to let them be released online. Y'all know her and her views on modern technology. I wonder if she even has a cell phone?

She acts all against it, but she definitely has a cell phone despite claiming she didn't for a while and she also has and loves her iPad (which is a form of a computer, just for the record, Stevie..)

[I'msoAfraid95]

Originally Posted by WildHearted

She acts all against it, but she definitely has a cell phone despite claiming she didn't for a while and she also has and loves her iPad (which is a form of a computer, just for the record, Stevie..)

I figured that she did. Now I doubt that she'll ever use Twitter or something of the sort. I was picturing her with the flip type cell phones.

I wonder what it would be like trying to teach her how to text?

" No Stevie, you must press this button to get to your messages". " Now press that 1 to do a new message. " Enter the phone number that you want to send it too" " Now type the message"

5 minutes pass, " Stevie have you finished your text yet?"

Stevie: "No I got frustrated and decided just to call instead"

Me: "You're harder to teach than my grandmother's dog. You'll never learn.

Her: "I never wanted to in the first place. Mick is the one who wanted me to learn"



Ok, I probably went overboard.

[elle]

Originally Posted by I'msoAfraid95

Why not release them earlier than they are?( If they're even going to be released?) If they do that, they might get new fans who want to see them live. Which equals more $$$.

[I'm shocked that Stevie agreed to let them be released online. Y'all know her and her views on modern technology. I wonder if she even has a cell phone?

Maybe she changed her mind? They are not released yet and who knows whether they ever will be the way it's been going

[I'msoAfraid95]

Originally Posted by elle

Maybe she changed her mind? They are not released yet and who knows whether they ever will be the way it's been going

Why do We keep letting them get away with not releasing stuff. We should demand that do more stuff. Well demand that Stevie agrees to it.

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by I'msoAfraid95

Why do We keep letting them get away with not releasing stuff. We should demand that do more stuff. Well demand that Stevie agrees to it.

Or something like that.