Australian dates!

[elle]

Australian dates + 1 New Zealand date announced here -


http://m.adelaidenow.com.au/entertai...-1226650571151

TOUR DATES

Sydney Entertainment Centre, Nov 10;

Hope Estate Winery, Hunter Valley, Nov 16;

Adelaide Entertainment Centre, Nov 19

Perth Arena, Nov 22

Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Nov 26

Hill Winery, Geelong, Nov 30

Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Dec 2

Vector Arena, Auckland, Dec 6


Tickets on sale June 13.

[elle]

http://m.adelaidenow.com.au/entertai...-1226650571151


Fleetwood Mac talk survival, superstitions and sell-out shows ahead of Aussie tour
Nui Te Koha News Limited Network
May 25, 2013 11:30PM

Mick Fleetwood (L) Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks, Christine and John McVie from Fleetwood Mac. Source: The Courier-Mail

Mick Fleetwood (L) Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks, Christine and John McVie from Fleetwood Mac. Source: The Courier-Mail


The love lives of the band members have long fascinated fans as seen on this 1977 cover of Rolling Stone magazine. Source: News Limited

FLEETWOOD Mac epitomises the survival spirit.

"We know how lucky we are," drummer Mick Fleetwood says. "But we're very serious about what we do. That's why were still here.

Of course, the back story, of break ups, make ups, and their insatiable drink and drug habits are as famous as the band itself.

Even Fleetwood admits it's a blessing they're still writing, recording, performing and touring stronger than ever.

But as Fleetwood reveals a list of rituals and superstitions he follows when the band tours, it's a miracle anybody made it to the stage.

"We are all creatures of habit," Fleetwood says.

"I still do this thing where, if I'm in the toilet, I'll open the door a certain way, and flush it three times, and, if I haven't done it, I'll go back and do it.

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"It used to be really bad, though," he says, laughing. "I would have, on my way to the stage, little things I'd left there.


The love lives of the band members have long fascinated fans as seen on this 1977 cover of Rolling Stone magazine.
"There was a penny which I'd pick up in the spot where I'd left it, and put in my pocket as I walked to the stage.

"But if any of that was upset or the coin disappeared, I would think: 'I'm cursed!' We were very superstitious."

Fleetwood says the drill also included drug use backstage - sometimes while they performed.

"In the old days, there was a definite routine of how we juggled our substances. We didn't like to walk on stage completely ... you know," he says, sheepishly.

"Did we? Yes. But not often. During the show, and after the show, is when the trouble started."

But Fleetwood's most powerful superstition while on the road is deeply personal.

"I won't get on a plane unless I have this," he says reaching into a supple leather bag, "my father's flying scarf."

His father was a Royal Air Force fighter pilot. Fleetwood keeps the scarf wrapped in a pouch.

"This puppy has been all over the world," Fleetwood says, handling the cargo delicately.

"I never get on a flight without it. The band wouldn't like to get on the plane if I didn't have dad's flying scarf. It keeps us safe."

An hour later, as superstars Fleetwood Mac perform to another full house on a 40-date sell-out US tour, it's clear they have another good luck charm: each other.

Fleetwood Mac is still at the height of its powers.

Stevie Nicks' voice is in career-best shape on hits including Dreams and Landslide, while Lindsey Buckingham, a freakish guitarist, sings raw and intense on the standout, Big Love.

The engine room of Fleetwood and bassist John McVie keeps the Mac hits steady, powering up on Tusk and The Chain.

The latter song vows: "Chain s us together."

Backstage, before the show, Buckingham says those links are sometimes tenuous because of the strong personalities in the band.

"I'm not saying we don't belong in a band together," he says.

"I am saying we are an unlikely group of people to have come together. You see it on paper and ask: `Well, how's this gonna work?'

"Our tastes are quite disparate and yet it is that cast of characters, that very push-pull dynamic that creates parts larger than the sum of it."

Last month, Buckingham told Rolling Stone Magazine he wishes Fleetwood Mac would follow The Eagles model of doing business.

Asked to explain his comments, Buckingham told news.com: "(The Eagles) reputation is such that they don't get along.

"But somehow they're able to cut through that, do the business they're able to do, get done what they need to as a group, and see their way clear to the common objective.

"That seems difficult for Fleetwood Mac.

"This band is something you might liken to a political minefield," he says quietly. "It needs to be navigated."

For now, the Mac are steering their way through good times. Buckingham wrote songs on their new EP, Extended Play, and they aim to make an album.

There are also plans to release a 40th anniversary version of Buckingham Nicks, the 1973 album Stevie and Lindsey made before joining Fleetwood Mac.

Indeed, the ghosts of their past love affair play out warmly in the new show, during a soft embrace in Sara, and touching fingertips in Landslide.

The audience is still enchanted by Stevie and Lindsey's long faded romance.

"By the time we got to Rumours," Buckingham says, "Stevie had both feet out the door. She left me.

"It was difficult to be the guy who had to go back to the studio, produce her songs, and make the choice to do the right thing for her professionally, even though it was painful to be around her personally.

"But what doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

"It's sweet that Stevie and I are somehow acknowledging that from a distance. I think people are quite intrigued by that, as we are too."

Today, Buckingham is happily married with three children. Nicks is still single.

"The thing about my dynamic with Stevie become more the professional side of it," Buckingham says.

"Not to say we don't feel a great deal for each other, because it does play out in a very authentic way. But we are playing roles."

Today, 20-or-so years since they kicked their bad habits, those character parts don't include rock star cliches.

"We all know what we did - it's all public knowledge. A lot of cocaine and booze," Fleetwood says.

"But you have to put it in perspective. War stories become very romantic and they are fun to tell, but I certainly try to preface it by saying it's not recommended.

"You also don't want to aggrandise it too much and, yet, in truth, you have to tell the truth.

"We had a lot of great times, no doubt," he says.

"It certainly didn't seem to stunt the creative process. But it ended up becoming a drain on all of us. Then it became counter-productive.

"We are, quite frankly, fortunate to have prevailed," Fleetwood says. "We're lucky, we're grateful and we're here."



TOUR DATES

Sydney Entertainment Centre, Nov 10;

Hope Estate Winery, Hunter Valley, Nov 16;

Adelaide Entertainment Centre, Nov 19

Perth Arena, Nov 22

Rod Laver Arena, Melbourne, Nov 26

Hill Winery, Geelong, Nov 30

Brisbane Entertainment Centre, Dec 2

Vector Arena, Auckland, Dec 6

Tickets on sale June 13.

[michelej1]

Ok, MyLittleDemon, I'm counting on you to pick one of these and keep us covered.

Michele

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by elle

"I still do this thing where, if I'm in the toilet, I'll open the door a certain way, and flush it three times, and, if I haven't done it, I'll go back and do it.

TMI. Also, have a little respect for water conservation, Mick.

Michele

[michelej1]

The Herald Sun, May 25, 2013
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/nat...-1226650615639


AMERICAN supergroup Fleetwood Mac will tour Australia in November.

Their summer run Down Under follows their 40-date sell-out US tour which industry experts say has eclipsed the Rolling Stones 50th anniversary shows.

Fleetwood Mac will perform in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth.

Fleetwood Mac singer Stevie Nicks told The Sunday Times: "I'm very excited for the Australian tour and can't wait to get there."

The band has strong ties to Australia.

Nicks and drummer Mick Fleetwood almost moved here.

Nicks thought the Outback might help beat her cocaine habit.

"It was either check into the Betty Ford clinic, or go to Australia and hang out in the desert with my close friend and martial expert Bob Jones and sweat it out," she said. "I rang Bob one night and he said, 'No worries, come over'.

But I ended up getting a spot at Betty Ford."

Fleetwood bought a mansion in Mittagong, NSW.

"I fell in love with Australia on one of the tours, found a place to live, and those days were incredibly crazy," he said.

"It fell apart over a five or six years period, so I didn't end up truly living there. I gave up my green card and fully intended to do this whole thing. In truth, it was too much too soon."

Fleetwood said the home, called Wensleydale, was "an old stately home, a beautiful place".

In a wide-ranging interview with The Sunday Times, Fleetwood revealed his bizarre list of tour superstitions and drug myths surrounding the band.

But he dismissed US industry reports Fleetwood Mac is thumping the Stones in ticket sales and positive reviews.

"I've heard those reports, too. But I know the lads have decided to go with very expensive seats," he said. "All I know is Fleetwood Mac has been incredibly blessed with a hugely successful tour. We always do good business, but this tour is pretty much sold out before we even got out on the road.

"That is very gratifying. But we should be so lucky to even open for the Rolling Stones."

[michelej1]

The New Zealand Herald
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainm...ectid=10886179

Auckland's Fleetwood fortune 7:12 AM Sunday May 26, 2013

Dunedin's loss is Auckland's gain, with legendary band Fleetwood Mac confirming they will play at Auckland's Vector Arena this year.

The lineup will include band founders Mick Fleetwood and John McVie, and big names Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham.

They will play in Auckland on December 6, with tickets going on sale on June 13.

The announcement comes as a legal dispute intensifies over the group's cancelled gig in Dunedin.

Fleetwood Mac were to play in the southern city in December until a change in promoter - from McManus Entertainment to Live Nation Entertainment - meant the band pulled out.

McManus was stung with a $50,000 cancellation fee from Forsyth Barr Stadium management, which it said this week it would fight in court.

New promotor Live Nation Entertainment has promised Aucklanders an "extraordinary show including exquisite harmonies, incomparable chemistry, sleek perfection and classic hits".

The tour of Australia and New Zealand will begin on November 10 in Sydney, and will end with the Auckland show.

The band, who have global album sales of more than 100 million, were last in New Zealand in 2009, for two shows at New Plymouth's Brooklands Bowl.

[CADreaming]

Originally Posted by michelej1

Nicks thought the Outback might help beat her cocaine habit.

"It was either check into the Betty Ford clinic, or go to Australia and hang out in the desert with my close friend and martial expert Bob Jones and sweat it out," she said. "I rang Bob one night and he said, 'No worries, come over'.

But I ended up getting a spot at Betty Ford ."

First time I have ever heard of Australian martial arts drug rehab therapy.

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by CADreaming

First time I have ever heard of Australian martial arts drug rehab therapy.

Oh my goodness. What does that even mean? Maybe she thought she would have no access to drugs in the desert. So, she'd be forced to get clean, as she used her fierce martial arts skills to sweat out the toxins.

Michele

[vivfox]

Originally Posted by michelej1

Oh my goodness. What does that even mean? Maybe she thought she would have no access to drugs in the desert. So, she'd be forced to get clean, as she used her fierce martial arts skills to sweat out the toxins.

She probably was influenced by that movie, what was it called? Sheeba, Queen of the desert? Wanted to go relive it or something. Who knows.

[michelej1]

Fleetwood Mac Promoter Change Leaves Andrew McManus $50k Out of Pocket

by Paul Cashmere on May 26, 2013, Noise 11
http://www.noise11.com/news/fleetwoo...ocket-20130526

Australian promoter Andrew McManus claims to be $50,000 out of pocket after Fleetwood Mac cancelled his Australian and New Zealand dates and went Live Nation instead.

McManus had placed a $50,000 deposit to secure the Forsyth Barr Stadium in Dunedin before Fleetwood Mac switched promoters, according to the Otago Daily Times.

When Live Nation picked up the tour they scheduled the Fleetwood Mac show for Auckland on December 6 leaving Dunedin off the schedule. It is unknown if McManus had a signed contract for the Fleetwood Mac tour at the time he booked the Dunedin venue. Now Forsyth Barr Stadium management are refusing to give him a refund leaving the Melbourne based promoter $50,000 down the drain.

Fleetwood Mac’s Australian tour will begin in Sydney on November 10. They will also perform in Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. The tour will end in Auckland, New Zealand one month later on December 6.

[StreetAngel86]

Originally Posted by CADreaming

First time I have ever heard of Australian martial arts drug rehab therapy.

the drugs must have been working that day.
our desert "outback" ain't nothing like phoenix
it's not exactly marital arts land


going to Rad and (prob) Melb shows who else is going?

YAY Aussie dates <3

[BrownEyedGirl26]

Originally Posted by StreetAngel86

the drugs must have been working that day.
our desert "outback" ain't nothing like phoenix
it's not exactly marital arts land


going to Rad and (prob) Melb shows who else is going?

YAY Aussie dates <3

I'll be going to the Perth show/s like I always do!!

[michelej1]

Contact Music May 28, 2013

http://www.contactmusic.com/news/mic...n-move_3690791

The British musician has lived in the U.S. since the 1970s, and became a citizen in 2006, but admits he once gave up his green card so he could swap America for Australia.

Fleetwood bought a sprawling stately home in Mittagong, New South Wales and spent six years trying to make his Down Under plan work before he gave up.

He tells Australia's Herald Sun newspaper, "I love Australia so much I tried to emigrate there. I fell in love with your country on one of the tours, found a place to live. I gave up my green card and fully intended to do this whole thing. In truth it was too much too soon. It fell apart over a five or six-year period. It just didn't work out.''

Fleetwood, 65, still dreams of living in Australia, but insists he is now too old and settled to make such a big move, adding, "I would do it again, for sure, if I was 25 years younger. I think Australia is a great country for young people to go there and make a go of it."

The musician will be returning to the country in November (13) to tour with Fleetwood Mac.

[not_the_torment]

Originally Posted by StreetAngel86

going to Rad and (prob) Melb shows who else is going?

YAY Aussie dates <3

I will definitely be at some of the East Coast shows. Probably Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane at this stage. Too bad the pre sale is only open to AmEx card holders. That's about the only credit card I don't have!

Anyone know if Mick will be doing the meet & greets in Australia?

[DoubtfulMiracle]

I'm in for Brisbane

I am keen though for some more details like, you know, prices. Of course Ill be there anyway, but if there's more than one show here (and it looks like they've left plenty of room between dates so far), I will have some decisions to make! I'm also keen to see if there will be any special packages, or the option to purchase front row tickets at a premium.