Lindsey Buckingham: 'I Would Love to Do' a New Fleetwood Mac Album

[CADreaming]

Originally Posted by TrueFaith77

What DID happen here? Was it the lackluster reception of the recorded Soldier's Angel? Was it the relative failure of the album to generate sales? Something behind the scenes between Stevie and Lindsey? Is she demanding Dave Stewart's involvement?

To be continued...

[On Ice]

At this point a mammoth tour without a new album is not on for me as fan. If Lindsey would love to do a new album, I would love to listen to it and would buy it in an instant. Both he and Stevie have proven they have some really exciting creative juices flowing and I can't for the life of me (well maybe I can ) understand why they wouldn't want to do a really good recording. If we look at Heart and their output in the last two years, albeit it is a different band, at least their tours are supported by new music. They've also learned the lesson that less is more and can say a lot in 10 songs as opposed to 16.

[elle]

http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/n...urce=pulsenews

Buckingham’s Fleetwood Mac balancing act

MARTIN KIELTY at 08:54am November 5 2012
Reunion: Fleetwood Mac


Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsey Buckingham says he’d struggled in the past with the challenge of balancing his band duties with his solo career.

But he’s resolved the issue – and he’s hoping Mac’s 2013 world tour will lead to the completion of an album he, Mick Fleetwood and John McVie started earlier this year.

Buckingham, who releases a solo live album next week, tells Rolling Stone: “There was a period of time where there was a level of frustration. The Fleetwood Mac agenda seemed to loom a lot larger.

“I would try to put together material for a solo album and there would be some kind of intervention,” he reflects light-heartedly.

He’s now at ease with the situation and says:”If you’re going to participate in a band, you’ve got to be a band member in good standing, and you’ve got to think about the needs of the whole.”

But he adds: “Sometimes I with we were the Eagles – one thing they’ve always been able to do is want the same thing for the same reasons. They probably don’t share the same sensibilities as people, and they may not spend much time together, but somehow they’re able to put that aside and get on with the business of doing business. There’s something to be said for that.”

Buckingham gathered with drummer Fleetwood and bassist McVie in the early summer and reports his bandmates “were playing their asses off.”

He continues: “We cut some tracks and did enough for maybe half an album. But you’ve got to get Stevie Nicks on board with that. At the time she was quite caught up in what she was doing.”

Last month Nicks confirmed Mac were preparing for a reunion tour, saying: “We go into rehearsals somewhere around the end of February. If everything goes to plan we should probably be out by the end of April or May, I would think.”

They last toured in 2009, with 2003′s Say You Will their most recent album of new material. A planned reunion tour was shelved two years ago over scheduling problems. Next year is the 45th anniversary of the band’s first release, Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac.

Tags: Fleetwood Mac

[elle]

http://www.stereoboard.com/index.php..._campaign=news


Fleetwood Mac's Lindsey Buckingham Teases New Tour And Album

Monday, 05 November 2012 Written by Elliott Batte


Fleetwood Mac star Lindsey Buckingham has spoken of the hugely-anticipated new Fleetwood Mac reunion tour and album, which Stevie Nicks confirmed earlier this year.

Buckingham is the lead guitarist and main male vocalist of the world-famous outfit, and has confirmed that the band will start rehearsing in February for their brand new April and May tour. He’s also revealed that they’ve been working on some new tracks - and just need Nicks’ blessing for some recordings to go ahead.

"[In] the last eight or nine years, I've had a lot of growth. I sort of caught up on the need to explore the more esoteric side of the palette,” Buckingham told Rolling Stone. “Fleetwood Mac is gonna start rehearsing probably the beginning of February and I'm actually looking forward to it,” “I miss those guys.”

He continued on to talk about a possible album, saying: “Absolutely, absolutely I would [record a new album]. In fact, about six, seven months ago, John [McVie] and Mick [Fleetwood] were over here and we actually cut some tracks, and we did enough for maybe half an album. But you gotta get Stevie [Nicks] on board with that, and at the time, she was really quite caught up in what she was doing . . . but I would love to do that because John and Mick were playing their asses off.”

Nothing official has been confirmed as of yet but some more news is expected in the near future - so stay with Stereoboard to stay up-to-date.


Source: http://www.stereoboard.com/content/v...#ixzz2BGMtAMED

[TrueFaith77]

Originally Posted by CADreaming

To be continued...

the suspense is killing me!

Originally Posted by On Ice

At this point a mammoth tour without a new album is not on for me as fan. If Lindsey would love to do a new album, I would love to listen to it and would buy it in an instant. Both he and Stevie have proven they have some really exciting creative juices flowing and I can't for the life of me (well maybe I can ) understand why they wouldn't want to do a really good recording. If we look at Heart and their output in the last two years, albeit it is a different band, at least their tours are supported by new music. They've also learned the lesson that less is more and can say a lot in 10 songs as opposed to 16.

Lindsey and Stevie can't even do that on their solo albums.

[elle]

Originally Posted by TrueFaith77

Lindsey and Stevie can't even do that on their solo albums.

huh? i don't know how many tracks IYD has, but SWS has only 11. and GOS had only 10, didn't it?


and, another regurgitated article on the topic of new FM album:
http://oldies1017.com/The_Music_World.php

LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM SAYS FLEETWOOD MAC HAS HALF AN ALBUM IN THE CAN

As Lindsey Buckingham winds down his current solo acoustic tour, he's already eying working with Fleetwood Mac next year -- and revealed that basic tracks have been cut for half an album. Buckingham told Rolling Stone that all the focus on his recent solo projects has found him missing the group dynamic, explaining, "(In) the last eight or nine years, I've had a lot of growth. I sort of caught up on the need to explore the more esoteric side of the palette. Fleetwood Mac is gonna start rehearsing probably the beginning of February and I'm actually looking forward to it. I miss those guys."

Although early word has been that, as the did in 2009, Fleetwood Mac would not be touring behind a new album -- Buckingham said that might night be the case for next year's road trek: "About six, seven months ago, John (McVie) and Mick (Fleetwood) were over here and we actually cut some tracks, and we did enough for maybe half an album. But you gotta get Stevie (Nicks) on board with that, and at the time, she was really quite caught up in what she was doing. . . but I would love to do that because John and Mick were playing their asses off."

Buckingham went on to say that unlike Fleetwood Mac's chief '70s competition the Eagles, artistic differences seemed to always override a smooth ride for the band: "Sometimes I wish we were the Eagles. That's one thing they've always been able to do is want the same thing for the same reasons. They probably don't share the same sensibilities as people and they may not spend much time together, but somehow they're able to put that aside and get on with the business of doing business, and there's something to be said for that."

Buckingham understands that the psycho drama between him and former lover Stevie Nicks -- not to mention the break-up of Christine and John McVie -- was the gasoline that ran the engine of the band: "One of the real draws of Fleetwood Mac beyond the music in those earlier days was this musical soap opera. And it was a very literal portrayal of what was really going on behind the scenes. Y'know, you could certainly make a case for saying that we made a great deal of success on a career level but we were pretty dismal failures in our personal lives, for any number of years, y'know?"

Lindsey Buckingham tour dates (subject to change):
November 5 - Little Rock, AR - Juanita's Cantina Ballroom
November 7 - Chattanooga, TN - Track 29
November 8 - Nashville, TN - War Memorial Auditorium
November 9 - St. Louis, MO - The Pageant
November 11 - Asheville, NC - The Orange Peel
November 12 - Knoxville, TN - Bijou Theatre
November 13 - Louisville, KY - Headliners Music Hall
November 14 - Lexington, KY - Lexington Opera House
November 16 - Saugatuck, MI - Saugatuck Center For The Arts
November 17 - South Milwaukee, WI - South Milwaukee Performing Arts Center
November 18 - Madison, WI - Barrymore Theatre
November 19 - Eau Claire, WI - State Theatre
November 20 - Minneapolis, MN - Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant

AUDIO: LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM ON FLEETWOOD MAC BEING A MUSICAL SOAP OPERA

[bombaysaffires]

So does anyone else wonder if the public comments are intended to make it clear who is holding things up? This feels like round 2... round 1 came courtesy of Mick, who was rather ham-handed. Now it's Lindsey's turn to put the public/fan pressure on Stevie? With love, of course.

"(In) the last eight or nine years, I've had a lot of growth. I sort of caught up on the need to explore the more esoteric side of the palette." Translation: the solo stuff is fun but it don't pay like the Mac stuff and my coffers need refilling.

[elle]

Originally Posted by bombaysaffires

So does anyone else wonder if the public comments are intended to make it clear who is holding things up? This feels like round 2... round 1 came courtesy of Mick, who was rather ham-handed. Now it's Lindsey's turn to put the public/fan pressure on Stevie? With love, of course.

"(In) the last eight or nine years, I've had a lot of growth. I sort of caught up on the need to explore the more esoteric side of the palette." Translation: the solo stuff is fun but it don't pay like the Mac stuff and my coffers need refilling.

that's what the tour is for, not the album. almost nobody makes money on albums, FM most certainly will not. he could have just happily toured with Mac and raking in money, without having to make any new albums.

i am kinda glad actually that he finally said what he, Mick, and John were doing at the beginning of this year. both he and Mick were circling around it the whole year in interviews, talking about 8 songs, about wanting to record with Stevie again, etc etc, but neither wanted to say what they actually did - they they got together and recorded enough tracks for at least a half of new album.

just look at the threads for the last year plus, since the talk of the possible Mac tour started - we all were blaming the whole FM, all members for not wanting a new album.

so i agree with you - this interview, together with SN's recent statements just clarified who does and who doesn't want new album. that's all. why blame the whole band when the 3 of them are probably much much more frustrated about no new album than the rest of us?

[MikeInNV]

Originally Posted by elle

so i agree with you - this interview, together with SN's recent statements just clarified who does and who doesn't want new album. that's all. why blame the whole band when the 3 of them are probably much much more frustrated about no new album than the rest of us?

I can just about guarantee John is feeling absolutely NO frustration about not recording a new album. I'm sure he and Mick are happy to lay down some tracks when LB invites them, but they want to be on the road. I can't recall now, has Mick actually made statements about recording, or just touring?

[CADreaming]

Originally Posted by elle

just look at the threads for the last year plus, since the talk of the possible Mac tour started - we all were blaming the whole FM, all members for not wanting a new album.

so i agree with you - this interview, together with SN's recent statements just clarified who does and who doesn't want new album. that's all. why blame the whole band when the 3 of them are probably much much more frustrated about no new album than the rest of us?

Stevie never said she didn't want a new album - just that she doesn't want a war and for it to take forever to record. In fact, during the Unleashed tour she said "the world deserves another Fleetwood Mac album" and said they would do it. Which is why Lindsey began his joke onstage that they didn't have a new album to promote -- "yet"...

"Yet" being the operative word. So -- just you wait.

[britt0308]

Originally Posted by CADreaming

Stevie never said she didn't want a new album - just that she doesn't want a war and for it to take forever to record. In fact, during the Unleashed tour she said "the world deserves another Fleetwood Mac album" and said they would do it. Which is why Lindsey began his joke onstage that they didn't have a new album to promote -- "yet"...

"Yet" being the operative word. So -- just you wait.

Ah, and isn't it always a waiting game? They have wrapped around their fingers don't they?

[CADreaming]

Originally Posted by britt0308

Ah, and isn't it always a waiting game? They have wrapped around their fingers don't they?

Sigh...

So, when did Fleetwood Mac jump the shark?

[britt0308]

Originally Posted by CADreaming

Sigh...

So, when did Fleetwood Mac jump the shark?

In terms of..? Agreeing? The very moment they all joined..

[CADreaming]

Jump the shark = the moment in the evolution of [Fleetwood Mac] when it began a decline in quality that is beyond recovery.

[britt0308]

Originally Posted by CADreaming

Jump the shark = the moment in the evolution of [Fleetwood Mac] when it began a decline in quality that is beyond recovery.

No I know..I just hate to address the fact that (IMO) obviously their heyday ended right before/after Mirage.

But since they have clearly prolonged and stuck around..as have we..I thought of it in terms of when new material/evolution/agreement from the band on touring, albums, etc. stopped. And therefore the first day of FM itself