2015 Fleetwood Mac Album

[tabruns]

Well I think the fact that Stevie said she's with FM through the rest of the year pretty much means she's doing the Mac album with them. The conflict may have been that she wanted to promote 24 Karat Gold over the summer instead of working on a Mac album.

[sorcerer999]

Originally Posted by tabruns

Well I think the fact that Stevie said she's with FM through the rest of the year pretty much means she's doing the Mac album with them.

This is my feeling as well.

Originally Posted by saradorna

None of us know whats REALLy is going on!

THANK YOU!!! I've been saying this for the last year. There are only 5 PEOPLE who know the real story of how things are planned to go down. And NONE of those 5 people are on this message board.

I have a strong feeling that Stevie is TOTALLY on board with making a record, just that there's nothing set in stone yet as far as studio time/dates and a new record contract...so that's why things are still up in the air. Just my opinion. Either it will happen or it won't, but I really think it WILL. It's just a matter of when.

And if it doesn't happen, the variables that will make it as such will NOT boil down to placing the blame on solely ONE band member.

[tabruns]

I think the current tour isn't as much of a "money grab" as some think. Yeah, they're making bank....but I think the point of the tour is partially to reignite excitement from the fans *as a prep for the new album* and also to give fans what they want: Half the people want a new album, half the people want to see the band live.

My guess is its been something like this:

Nicks: I need to get this contract with WB done. Voila 24 Karat Gold.

Mac: Tour to make money, and for the fans, and to stoke excitement and interest prior to an album coming out.

Nicks: I want to tour behind 24KG.

Mac: We want to get the album done, put it out, then tour behind it.

(negotiation, negotiation, negotiation)

2015: Finish Mac album, do a Fall tour.

2016: Nicks tours IYD/24KG...possibly does Songs From The Vault II.

I don't know if this is the case but what might have been a middle ground would be for Mac to let Nicks perform "Lady" in their set (with McVie on keyboards), and sell 24KG with the t-shirts. Then in return agree to fully participate in a double Mac album and commit to the band through the year.

[MikeInNV]

I'll preface this by saying I'm not at all savvy about the ways of the music business. Does having Stevie free from her WB contract somehow put Fleetwood Mac in a better position to negotiate a record deal? Otherwise, why all the talk of WB being owed one last record? I mean, it's not as if she had been rushing through her contract all along. Why was 2014 so important for giving WB their last record?

[elle]

Originally Posted by MikeInNV

I'll preface this by saying I'm not at all savvy about the ways of the music business. Does having Stevie free from her WB contract somehow put Fleetwood Mac in a better position to negotiate a record deal? Otherwise, why all the talk of WB being owed one last record? I mean, it's not as if she had been rushing through her contract all along. Why was 2014 so important for giving WB their last record?

i have the same question.

[Macfanforever]

I would love to see them go indy label but they loose the mass distribution WB has.They been married to WB for 40 plus years.

[Jondalar]

Originally Posted by tabruns

I think the current tour isn't as much of a "money grab" as some think. Yeah, they're making bank....but I think the point of the tour is partially to reignite excitement from the fans *as a prep for the new album* and also to give fans what they want: Half the people want a new album, half the people want to see the band live.

My guess is its been something like this:

Nicks: I need to get this contract with WB done. Voila 24 Karat Gold.

Mac: Tour to make money, and for the fans, and to stoke excitement and interest prior to an album coming out.

Nicks: I want to tour behind 24KG.

Mac: We want to get the album done, put it out, then tour behind it.

(negotiation, negotiation, negotiation)

2015: Finish Mac album, do a Fall tour.

2016: Nicks tours IYD/24KG...possibly does Songs From The Vault II.

I don't know if this is the case but what might have been a middle ground would be for Mac to let Nicks perform "Lady" in their set (with McVie on keyboards), and sell 24KG with the t-shirts. Then in return agree to fully participate in a double Mac album and commit to the band through the year.

Why do they have tour behind album?