Still think Stevie is going to do the FM album?

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by michelej1

Well, it will be 5 shows altogether. Two now and three last year.

Michele

Plus Anaheim is 6.

[Jondalar]

Why do they have to tour behind an album? Can't they just do it and move on.

[elle]

Originally Posted by Jondalar

Why do they have to tour behind an album? Can't they just do it and move on.

i think that's their current plan - to just put the album out.

nobody from the band said they need to tour that new album, at least not recently.

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by elle

i think that's their current plan - to just put the album out.

nobody from the band said they need to tour that new album, at least not recently.

All they had to do was delay the tour 3-5 months and they could have toured new music.

[Macfanforever]

I wish they would just delay this tour into the warmer climate weather for everyone.

Thats my only gripe about this tour .Other then that .This tour is wonderful.

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by Macfanforever

I wish they would just delay this tour into the warmer climate weather for everyone.

Thats my only gripe about this tour .Other then that .This tour is wonderful.

There's been a lot of "storms" this tour!

[Macfanforever]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

There's been a lot of "storms" this tour!

Yes indeed,I just read the Louisville show info here about they got hammered with the snow.

If it was a few years ago when we had a mild winter.The tour would be fine.
I'm worrying about everybodies safety.

I think Stevie probably seen to many snow covered hills with this tour.LOL...

Speaking about recording.I hope they wont tour winter months again unless they are promoting a new holiday album like Kenny Rogers ,TSO or Mannheim Steamroller does.

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by Andy Man

Whether the band (mostly Mick and Lindsey) wants to recognize it or not, Stevie is the individual who keeps them being able to tour arenas

And, whether Stevie wants to recognize it or not, Fleetwood Mac is the band that keeps her being able to tour arenas. The fact is she can't do shows of that magnitude as a solo artist. Her not being in the band would be just as bad a career move for her as it would be for them.

Actually, maybe even worse. With all of the press/TV appearances she's done over the past five or so years, she's dangerously close to being overexposed. At least Christine's return to Fleetwood Mac adds some intrigue that solo Stevie no longer has.

and potentially release a major studio album.

"Major" being the operative word. At this point, though, there aren't too many older artists releasing major albums. They'd be better off going on a smaller, though notable label, i.e. Matador.

Originally Posted by Jondalar

Why do they have to tour behind an album? Can't they just do it and move on.

Like they did on "Time?"

[pauls90]

So I was reading this, Stevie Nicks says solo career always came second to Fleetwood Mac, which was an interview she did with a radio station posted today.

Anyway, she mostly just talks about how in a way she enjoys going back and forth between FM and her solo career.

As of this point, I'm taking this as her subversively saying to us "I'm still going to do the FM album so just chill out and relax".

I don't know. Maybe she hasn't said anything recently because she wants it to be a surprise/have the biggest impact when she finally does announce she's written/recorded/is on board with the new FM record. *shrug*

[jbrownsjr]

She went on to explain how she pitched it to her bandmates -- Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood, and John and Christine McVie -- saying, "So while you guys take your extended vacations: Lindsey, while you lock yourself in the studio and make records that nobody's ever going to hear; John, you're going to go and get on your boat and sail, actually sail, from L.A. to Hawaii and back, and get lost out there, and we're going to lose you and not know where you are; Christine is going to go back to London and hang out with her friends. While you guys are doing that, I'll make a record, I'll put it out. I'll do a month of shows. And I'll be done, and I'll come back. It's never going to be in front. It's never going to be Fleetwood Mac. I'm the Learjet and they're the 738."

Wow, just wow. Nothing like paying respects to your colleagues' solo careers.

Lindsey had a few big hits in his solo career.
Christine had a big hit and did two solo records.
Mick had quite a few projects.
John even had a solo project.

[bombaysaffires]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

She went on to explain how she pitched it to her bandmates -- Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood, and John and Christine McVie -- saying, "So while you guys take your extended vacations: Lindsey, while you lock yourself in the studio and make records that nobody's ever going to hear; John, you're going to go and get on your boat and sail, actually sail, from L.A. to Hawaii and back, and get lost out there, and we're going to lose you and not know where you are; Christine is going to go back to London and hang out with her friends. While you guys are doing that, I'll make a record, I'll put it out. I'll do a month of shows. And I'll be done, and I'll come back. It's never going to be in front. It's never going to be Fleetwood Mac. I'm the Learjet and they're the 738."

Wow, just wow. Nothing like paying respects to your colleagues' solo careers.

Lindsey had a few big hits in his solo career.
Christine had a big hit and did two solo records.
Mick had quite a few projects.
John even had a solo project.

Yes, this is a pretty dooshy way of expressing things, but I think it gives an honest insight into what's in her head....

[BlueDenimLamp]

Sounds like she is talking about how she informed FM she was doing "Bella Donna" 35 years ago...Ancient history...

[louielouie2000]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

She went on to explain how she pitched it to her bandmates -- Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood, and John and Christine McVie -- saying, "So while you guys take your extended vacations: Lindsey, while you lock yourself in the studio and make records that nobody's ever going to hear; John, you're going to go and get on your boat and sail, actually sail, from L.A. to Hawaii and back, and get lost out there, and we're going to lose you and not know where you are; Christine is going to go back to London and hang out with her friends. While you guys are doing that, I'll make a record, I'll put it out. I'll do a month of shows. And I'll be done, and I'll come back. It's never going to be in front. It's never going to be Fleetwood Mac. I'm the Learjet and they're the 738."

Wow, just wow. Nothing like paying respects to your colleagues' solo careers.

Lindsey had a few big hits in his solo career.
Christine had a big hit and did two solo records.
Mick had quite a few projects.
John even had a solo project.

So I take it this is from that new radio interview mentioned a few posts back?

What exactly is she referencing here- I can't tell if she's talking about Bella Donna, 24k Gold, or yet another new solo album that she's going to tackle after this tour?

[pauls90]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

She went on to explain how she pitched it to her bandmates -- Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood, and John and Christine McVie -- saying, "So while you guys take your extended vacations: Lindsey, while you lock yourself in the studio and make records that nobody's ever going to hear; John, you're going to go and get on your boat and sail, actually sail, from L.A. to Hawaii and back, and get lost out there, and we're going to lose you and not know where you are; Christine is going to go back to London and hang out with her friends. While you guys are doing that, I'll make a record, I'll put it out. I'll do a month of shows. And I'll be done, and I'll come back. It's never going to be in front. It's never going to be Fleetwood Mac. I'm the Learjet and they're the 738."

Wow, just wow. Nothing like paying respects to your colleagues' solo careers.

Lindsey had a few big hits in his solo career.
Christine had a big hit and did two solo records.
Mick had quite a few projects.
John even had a solo project.

Hm. Not sure exactly what you're saying. Didn't she start recording Bella Donna in the fall of 1980? I feel like at that point Lindsey hadn't begun his solo career yet (Law and Order came out fall '81 if I remember correctly). Mick only started recording The Visitor after she started recording Bella Donna, John only had one solo album in the 90s, and Christine hadn't released solo since '70 and wouldn't again until '84.

If you read the whole article, she was specifically speaking to what they were doing at that moment when she decided to tell them she was going solo. She wasn't sh*tting on their entire solo careers.

Originally Posted by BlueDenimLamp

Sounds like she is talking about how she informed FM she was doing "Bella Donna" 35 years ago...Ancient history...

[jbrownsjr]

I'm glad she went solo because I love Bella Donna. But to say Buck's songs would never be heard is wrong because his album was released in October of 1981 and he got fantastic reviews. Mick was in Ghana doing the Visitor with Richard in January 1981.

It just always and forever sounds like, "meeeeeee, meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!" oh and my bandmates...