MORE MAC? (Ask Billboard)

[joe68]

Hi Keith,

Do you see another tour for Fleetwood Mac this year? Do you think they will tour Canada and other parts of the United States?

Jill Douglas

Hi Jill,

It's unlikely that Fleetwood Mac will mount another tour in 2005 as the band band wrapped up its 2003-2004 world tour in September.

Currently, the Mac's Stevie Nicks is prepping to stage a special "Dreams" show at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. The four-night event (May 10-11, 13-14) was created exclusively for the venue, which is also home to Celine Dion's "A New Day" and Elton John's "The Red Piano." Tickets go on sale March 19 through the Caesars Palace box office and Ticketmaster.

Meanwhile, band member Lindsey Buckingham is at work on a forthcoming studio album, which he hopes to release by the end of the year. The Mick Fleetwood Band (Fleetwood, Todd Smallwood and Lauren Evans) issued "Something Big" in September 2004. Christine McVie -- who did not participate in the Mac's Say You Will tour -- released her solo album "In The Meantime" set last September as well.

Fleetwood Mac's most recent studio album, "Say You Will" (2003), debuted and peaked at No. 3 on The Billboard 200 and has sold 844,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Nicks' latest solo set, "Trouble in Shangri-La," debuted and peaked at No. 5 in 2001 on the same chart and has moved 648,000 copies.

Nothing has been announced officially regarding any upcoming album releases from either Fleetwood Mac or Nicks.