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

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Originally Posted by aleuzzi

Broken record that I am, I think they should take those already-cut tracks and fly to London, work with Christine, and then Stevie can join them when she's ready. That would be simply smashing. And the resulting album would be killer. But then they couldn't do their make money tour.

Love the Mac but so many of the band decisions have been motivated by money that it's hard not to be frustrated with them. All that artistic potential! They have at least one more amazing studio album in them but are either too stubborn or too greedy to make it happen.

Nice ideas - all feasible except for Christine's participation; I can't imagine her having any interest in working with the band. She's been living a private life for a long time now. At this point, I suppose, that going public in any large scale manner may not hold any appeal to her.

I agree that they have one or several more albums. Unfortunately they don't have the luxury of time, and they don't seem to be in any hurry.

I'm conflicted about these "money" tours the band seemingly have grown accustomed to doing. On one hand, suppose you were a senior age rocker at the tail end of a long career, and was able to financially capitalize your body of work, why wouldn't you? It's good business sense. There's nothing wrong with that, especially since it gives fans, especially younger fans who weren't even alive during the heyday, a rare opportunity to see the band still in action.

If they do record a new album and tour behind it, I hope they perform at least half of the songs. It is so disingenuous when an entire tour is branded to promote a new album: the title becomes the tour title, and all the merchandise carries the imagery of the album. Yet when they hit the road, only several new songs are in the set! Those few songs are only a blip - giving the show the most minor distinction from the small group of songs they've been resting on 30 something years.