The New Album Thread - Page 70

elle · #**1036** 12-04-2014, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by tabruns

Nicks is the entire driving force behind adding more shows? Yeah right.

again, not a rocket science:

she's the whole force behind no new album for the 5. no ifs or buts however much people may want to spin it.

jwd · #**1037** 12-04-2014, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by louielouie2000

Indeed. Stevie is more financially well off than any other member in this band. If anyone is going to be pushing to fill in any gaps in the tour, it'd probably be the English contingency. John likely has big medical bills from his cancer treatment, Christine hasn't worked in the better part of two decades, and Mick is paying for yet another divorce.

I think Medicare, for the most part has that covered.

secret love · #**1038** 12-04-2014, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Tango

I disagree with "all the new dates add is money" premise. I think it also brings happiness to those people who have been waiting to see the FIVE in person since 1997. Sure, I want to have a new album too, but I don't begrudge anyone the opportunity of seeing them together in person. I had my chance and now I'm thrilled for Europe, Austrailia, Canada, California and anywhere else they make their stops before they press on and create a new album.

I hope this time on the road is giving them new ideas, sparking conversation, exposing them to new visions, and even allowing them to catch up. I don't see it as wasted time. I think there has been YEARS of wasted time, but I don't consider these few months a waste at all. They are rebuilding their fan base by making contact. We have people on the Ledge that have never seen them LIVE. I hope they get their opportunity.

I have never seen the band live. The last time they came to Sydney was in 2009. I was 16 at the time and not a fan of the band (I didn't even know who they were).

I was very excited about going to see Fleetwood Mac at the Sydney Entertainment Centre (now called Qantas Credit Union Arena) last year. My dad bought me tickets for my birthday. I was very disappointed when I found out by visiting this site that the concert I had tickets to was cancelled. Though I can understand that the band really had no choice but to cancel those dates due to John McVie's illness.

I am excited by the prospect of seeing the band for the first time with all five in my home country. I won't allow myself to get too excited until the Australia dates are officially announced.

Still, I can't help wondering why the band didn't come to Australia first. It was nice and warm in Sydney on the 30th of September. There is no need to do a cajillion American shows. One leg of US dates would have been enough. Do Australia and New Zealand in January/February and Europe in March/April.

Then the band could have been in the studio in June 2015 and get the album finished and released before 2016.

Anyone who really believes that this massive tour has nothing to do with money is in denial. Every band member knows that Fleetwood Mac is their cash cow - but only on tour, not in the studio.

nicole21290 · #**1039** 12-04-2014, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by louielouie2000

I never, ever thought they'd take any intermediate down time during this tour to record. That's just not how this band rolls this day and age. They will only hit the studio once this tour is wrapped up. Any smalls breaks during the tour will be used for just that- a break from each other.

This. A thousand times this. These added dates do not make a difference either way to timing of recording of the album. At the moment, anyway. A few weeks in the middle of the tour wasn't going to be for the album - it would be extra vacation time or something. Stevie saying 'not sure if I'll do an album yet' didn't cause them to add more dates, and them adding more dates didn't cause a lack of recording the album.

They're going to squeeze every last drop out of this tour, lol.

elle · #**1040** 12-04-2014, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by nicole21290

Stevie saying 'not sure if I'll do an album yet'

there was no "yet" there, in any quotes we saw from her.

secret love · #**1041** 12-04-2014, 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by elle

again, not a rocket science:

she's the whole force behind no new album for the 5. no ifs or buts however much people may want to spin it.

I agree. I just wish that the other four band members had the balls to give Stevie an ultimatum:

"You're in or you're out. And if you're out, we will release an album under the name Fleetwood Mac without you."

BlueDenimLamp · #**1042** 12-04-2014, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by elle

again, not a rocket science:

she's the whole force behind no new album for the 5. no ifs or buts however much people may want to spin it.

If Stevie is standing up for something she believes in then good for her...

BlueDenimLamp · #**1043** 12-04-2014, 10:49 PM

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Originally Posted by secret love

I agree. I just wish that the other four band members had the balls to give Stevie an ultimatum:

"You're in or you're out. And if you're out, we will release an album under the name Fleetwood Mac without you."

Until the band chooses integrity over income that may never happen.

nicole21290 · #**1044** 12-04-2014, 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by elle

there was no "yet" there, in any quotes we saw from her.

'Not sure I'll do an album yet', meaning she hasn't made her mind up thus far, not 'I'll definitely do an album but I'm not sure at what point in time', sorry. Wrote too hastily, probably, and obscured meaning.

"I don't know, because nothing can be done on that until we're done, and we have another seventy shows until this American tour is done, then we have Australia, then we have Europe. This isn't going to be done until this time next year," Stevie tells ABC News Radio. "So, I don't know how I'm gonna feel in a year. I don't know whether I'm gonna wanna go back to my own thing or whether I'm gonna wanna sign up for another year of making a record," she adds. "I don't really know what I'm gonna wanna do then."

elle · #**1045** 12-04-2014, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by BlueDenimLamp

If Stevie is standing up for something she believes in then good for her...

what is she standing up for?

secret love · #**1046** 12-04-2014, 10:56 PM

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Originally Posted by elle

what is she standing up for?

That's a good question.

The only answer I can think of is that she's standing up for her right not to be involved in making a new Fleetwood Mac album. By extension, she's standing up for her right to purposefully disappoint thousands of loyal, devoted fans.

BlueDenimLamp · #**1047** 12-04-2014, 11:08 PM

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Originally Posted by elle

what is she standing up for?

Herself...It's not likely that they will put out an album and miss out on the chance to cash in on it with another tour...So maybe she is not on board with an album because it means another tour and she does not want to do a third world tour in a row and simply wants time off...

gssmith · #**1048** 12-04-2014, 11:21 PM

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Originally Posted by aleuzzi

Thanks for this. If, as of October 2014, LB was saying Stevie will come in and participate, then that's a good sign...I hope.

Of course she will. People going cray cray for nothing. Amusing though. Just laugh at others pulling their hair out.

michelej1 · #**1049** 12-04-2014, 11:54 PM

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Originally Posted by jwd

I think Medicare, for the most part has that covered.

Even if he weren't old enough to qualify for Medicare, he could always afford private health insurance.

Michele

michelej1 · #**1050** 12-04-2014, 11:58 PM

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Originally Posted by louielouie2000

Indeed. Stevie is more financially well off than any other member in this band. If anyone is going to be pushing to fill in any gaps in the tour, it'd probably be the English contingency.

I don't think Stevie is pushing to tour, but if she agreed to do an album, the others would stop touring to work on that album -- and then, no doubt, want to tour again on the album.

I think she'd rather tour than be stuck in the studio doing an album with FM.

Michele