Will there be a comeback tour?

[Macfan4life]

Even if there was a bootleg, I doubt it would be so noticeable that you would be able to hear anything. Its not like the band stopped playing mid song and Chris ran to get Lindsey. It was probably something inappropriate the band saw in the set and during their break before the encore it was "game on." Unless there was visual footage of the incident we must rely on folklore and urban legend.

[Villavic]

With 120 posts, this thread is a blockbuster. And kind of ironic cause majority (including me) is against a comeback tour, so I insist: Will there be a new studio album?

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by Macfan4life

we must rely on folklore and urban legend.

Kind of like “I told them I wouldn’t join without Stevie.”

Which isn’t what the story was prior to 1997.

[Villavic]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

Kind of like “I told them I wouldn’t join without Stevie.”

Which isn’t what the story was prior to 1997.

Isn't it? Yes Lindsey told it so in the Classic Album Rumours video 1997, but Mick's first book (1990) kind of tell not exactly the same but very similar story:

Olsen replied that Lindsey was part of a team, the other half of which was his girlfriend, Stevie Nicks. They had a band called Buckingham Nicks and were very much a pair. Keith said he didn't think Lindsey would be interested in joining
Fleetwood Mac without Stevie.

Without hesitating, I told him that I wanted them both. Then I called Mickey Shapiro and said, "I met these guys and am asking them to be in the band."

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by Villavic

Isn't it? Yes Lindsey told it so in the Classic Album Rumours video 1997, but Mick's first book (1990) kind of tell not exactly the same but very similar story:

Olsen replied that Lindsey was part of a team, the other half of which was his girlfriend, Stevie Nicks. They had a band called Buckingham Nicks and were very much a pair. Keith said he didn't think Lindsey would be interested in joining
Fleetwood Mac without Stevie.

Without hesitating, I told him that I wanted them both. Then I called Mickey Shapiro and said, "I met these guys and am asking them to be in the band."

Which lines up almost exactly to what Keith Olsen said in 2012

“Then I got a call on New Year’s Eve, and Mick says, “I’ve had some bad news. Bob Welch just decided to leave the band. So, that fellow in that band you played me—would you see if that guy would like to join my band?” And I said, “Well, they’re going to come as a set. Because they’re very much into their own thing, and the only chance of getting them to drop that would be to bring them both on.” And he says, “Well, maybe that will work. Can you see if you can convince them to join my band?”

So I drop what I was going to do on that New Year’s Eve, take my date, and we drive over to Stevie and Lindsey’s house. I said, “Hey, Happy New Year” and all of this—I brought over the obligatory bottle of bad champagne—and I said, “Can we talk? Mick Fleetwood would like you to join Fleetwood Mac.” Immediately, Lindsey said, “Oh, no, no—I couldn’t possibly play anything as good as Peter Green did. How am I supposed to get up there and play ‘The Green Manalishi’?” Finally I get them, by the end of the night, to try it on a trial basis for eight weeks.”

https://www.premierguitar.com/diy/st...ds-keith-olsen

[UnwindedDreams]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

Kind of like “I told them I wouldn’t join without Stevie.”

And Stevie tonight at Madison Square Garden repeated this in her Gypsy introduction.

[SteveMacD]

The last time Fleetwood Mac performed together was in late 2019. With Christine McVie, your best friend, sadly not with us anymore, do you envision a scenario where the band can ever tour again?

We did go out on the road and do a year-and-a-half tour with Neil Finn and Mike Campbell. We had a really great time and it was a huge tour. That was there in the realm of possibility. But when Christine died, I felt like you can’t replace her. You just can’t. Without her, what is it? You know what I mean? She was like my soul mate, my musical soul mate, and my best friend that I spent more time with than any of my other best friends outside of Fleetwood Mac. Christine was my best friend. When I think about Taylor Swift’s song “You’re on Your Own, Kid” and the line “you always have been,” it was like, that was Christine and I. We were on our own in that band. We always were. We protected each other. Who am I going to look over to on the right and have them not be there behind that Hammond organ? When she died, I figured we really can’t go any further with this. There’s no reason to.

That’s the sense I had. It took two guitarists to replace Lindsey Buckingham because that’s how good he is on a skill level.

Yeah.

But Christine’s spirit is unquantifiable.

And her songs, you take out all of those songs. Christine was the pop star. She wrote all those really super pop hits. None of the rest of us could write those songs. What would happen is we’d have to take the songs out, like we did when she actually retired for 18 years. We couldn’t re-create those songs. So we became a much more hard-rock band.

https://www.vulture.com/2023/10/stev...re-barbie.html

[jbrownsjr]

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/...nQ9l0BEZHDLHEI

Stevie Nicks Says There’s ‘No Reason’ to Continue Fleetwood Mac After Christine McVie’s Death
Kayla Cobb
Mon, October 2, 2023 at 7:57 AM PDT·2 min read
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Stevie Nicks sees “no reason” in continuing Fleetwood Mac without Christine McVie, a musician who was the band’s keyboardist as well as one of its vocalists and songwriters. McVie died in November of last year.

“When Christine died, I felt like you can’t replace her. You just can’t. Without her, what is it?” Nicks said in a new interview with Vulture. “She was like my soul mate, my musical soul mate, and my best friend.”

As a member of Fleetwood Mac, McVie was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. During that same year, McVie parted ways with the band to pursue a solo career after being with them for almost 30 years. She later performed on stage with them in 2013 during the band’s London performance and then officially rejoined prior to their 2014 On with the Show tour.

In November of 2022, McVie died of a stroke at the age of 79. At the time, she was battling metastatic cancer.

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Nicks also opened up about her experience watching Amazon Prime Video’s “Daisy Jones and the Six.” Based on the novel of the same name by Taylor Jenkins Reid, the story about the rise and fall of a ’70s rock band was heavily inspired by Fleetwood Mac. In an Instagram post, Nicks likened the experience of streaming the series to “a ghost watching my own story.”

When asked to expand on those comments, Nicks praised the “snappy sarcasm” between Daisy (Riley Keough) and Billy (Sam Claflin), comparing their relationship to the one she had with lead guitarist Lindsey Buckingham. She also praised the series for understanding it was “all just to keep the music going,” saying that the Amazon original “got it.”

Over their roughly 50 years together, Fleetwood Mac has emerged as one of the world’s best-selling bands. The Grammy-winning album “Rumors” is perhaps their best known work, selling more than 40 million copies worldwide.

The post Stevie Nicks Says There’s ‘No Reason’ to Continue Fleetwood Mac After Christine McVie’s Death appeared first on TheWrap.

[jbrownsjr]

^^^^ I agree with Stevie!!

[jbrownsjr]

Sorry, SteveMac, didn't see that you had posted this.

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

Sorry, SteveMac, didn't see that you had posted this.

No worries. I just hope this puts it to bed.

It won’t, because it’s still not exactly a hard no.

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

No worries. I just hope this puts it to bed.

It won’t, because it’s still not exactly a hard no.

It's clear after a 2024 tour, LB new album and tour, it would have to be 2025 if they did. That would be insane and again, I agree with her. Christine is Fleetwood Mac.

[SteveMacD]

“I don’t think they are going to do it again,” Campbell said. “I don’t really see it, because Christine (McVie) is gone now and Stevie (Nicks) is really busy. So, I have my doubts that they would crank that up again.

“I don’t really see that ship leaving the port again. But if they asked me, and my time was open, I would certainly do it because I love the people and their songs are really good.”

https://planetradio.co.uk/planet-roc...mike-campbell/

[UnwindedDreams]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

The last time Fleetwood Mac performed together was in late 2019. With Christine McVie, your best friend, sadly not with us anymore, do you envision a scenario where the band can ever tour again?

We did go out on the road and do a year-and-a-half tour with Neil Finn and Mike Campbell. We had a really great time and it was a huge tour. That was there in the realm of possibility. But when Christine died, I felt like you can’t replace her. You just can’t. Without her, what is it? You know what I mean? She was like my soul mate, my musical soul mate, and my best friend that I spent more time with than any of my other best friends outside of Fleetwood Mac. Christine was my best friend. When I think about Taylor Swift’s song “You’re on Your Own, Kid” and the line “you always have been,” it was like, that was Christine and I. We were on our own in that band. We always were. We protected each other. Who am I going to look over to on the right and have them not be there behind that Hammond organ? When she died, I figured we really can’t go any further with this. There’s no reason to.

That’s the sense I had. It took two guitarists to replace Lindsey Buckingham because that’s how good he is on a skill level.

Yeah.

But Christine’s spirit is unquantifiable.

And her songs, you take out all of those songs. Christine was the pop star. She wrote all those really super pop hits. None of the rest of us could write those songs. What would happen is we’d have to take the songs out, like we did when she actually retired for 18 years. We couldn’t re-create those songs. So we became a much more hard-rock band.

https://www.vulture.com/2023/10/stev...re-barbie.html

Wow. Thanks for sharing. I’m surprised she didn’t say Lindsey’s a terrible guitarist in response to what the interviewer said about hiring two guitarists for the 2018 Tour.

Stevie should read what Chris said about her relationship with Stevie in 2022. Also, she spent more time with Mick than Christine.

[HomerMcvie]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

^^^^ I agree with Stevie!!

It's like some selfless person inhabited her body for 30 seconds.