Tuesday, March 02, 2021

MICK FLEETWOOD “I would love the elements that are not healed to be healed”

Mick Fleetwood Open to Reunion With Lindsey Buckingham, Imagines Fleetwood Mac Farewell Tour


“Fleetwood Mac is such a strange story,” says the drummer. “I would love the elements that are not healed to be healed”

By ANDY GREENE
Rollingstone

With the concert industry shut down for the foreseeable future and his bandmates spread to various spots around the planet, Mick Fleetwood truly doesn’t know what the future holds for Fleetwood Mac. But that hasn’t stopped the drummer from looking ahead and sketching out a possible farewell tour in his mind.

“I’m very aware that we’ve never played that card,” he tells Rolling Stone on the phone from his Hawaii home. “I think the vision for me, and I think it would be hugely appropriate, is that we actually say ‘this is goodbye’ and go out and actually do that. That has always been my vision and I’m a flatly confident that we can do that. We owe it to the fans.”

The comments appear to contradict Christine McVie’s recent statements to the BBC where she said that bassist John McVie was “a little bit frail” and no longer had “the heart for it.” She also said, “If we do it, it’ll be without John and without Stevie [Nicks], I think…I’m getting a bit old for it now. I don’t know if I can get myself back into it.”

McVie later walked back the comments, and Fleetwood says they shouldn’t be taken literally. “I think she got out of bed on the wrong side that day,” he says with a laugh. “She meant to say, ‘We’ve done so much. I don’t know whether or not we can keep going.’ Anything other than that, she can speak for herself. But I can assure you we are alive and well. And she has no regrets. She just got caught up in whatever she was saying and she also felt she had been misunderstood.”

Christine McVie also said that John McVie was focused largely on sailing the world on his boat, but Fleetwood says that’s never once stopped him from participating in band activities. “He’s always more interested in going sailing until you put it in front of his face,” he says. “He’s so not caught up in the drama of the workings of the band. That has always been my world. I’ve never not known John to answer the call and say, ‘Show me the gig and I’ll plug my bass in.'”

There hasn’t been any reason for McVie to plug his bass in since Fleetwood Mac ended their last world tour in November 2019. It was their first tour since parting ways with Lindsey Buckingham and bringing in Neil Finn of Crowded House and Mike Campbell of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers to fill the void. “It was a massive, really lovely world tour that was beyond successful in every way,” says Fleetwood. “And a happy tour.”

They initially planned on booking about eight stadium shows with other big artists the following year, but the pandemic made that impossible. Last July, Fleetwood Mac founding guitarist Peter Green died just months after Fleetwood staged a massive tribute concert in his honor at London’s Palladium.

It was a devastating blow to Fleetwood, but it also caused him to get back in touch with Buckingham after two years of bitter estrangement. “I’ve really enjoyed being re-connected with Lindsey, which has been gracious and open,” says Fleetwood. “And both of us have been beautifully honest about who we are and how we got to where we were.”

The reconciliation leads to an obvious question: Might Buckingham come back into Fleetwood Mac for the farewell tour that Fleetwood is plotting out in his mind? “Strange things can happen,” says Fleetwood. “I look at Fleetwood Mac as a huge family. Everyone plays an important role in our history, even someone like [early Seventies] guitarist Bob Welch, who was huge and sometimes gets forgotten. Lindsey’s position in Fleetwood Mac will, for obvious reasons, never been forgotten, as it should never be forgotten.”

“My vision of things happening in the future is really far-reaching,” he continues. “Would I love to think that [reunion] could happen? Yeah. I’d love to think that all of us could be healed, and also respect the people who are in the band, Neil Finn and Michael Campbell.”

The major impediment to a reunion with Buckingham is his relationship with Stevie Nicks, which had been strained for decades and finally reached a breaking point in early 2018. No reunion tour can proceed without the two of them arriving at some sort of detente. “I can’t speak for the dynamic with Stevie and him,” says Fleetwood. “I don’t even need to protect it. It’s so known that they’re chalk and cheese in so many ways, and yet not.”

For now, Fleetwood is just happy he’s back on speaking terms with Buckingham. “I know for a fact that I intend to make music and play again with Lindsey,” he says. “I would love that. It doesn’t have to be in Fleetwood Mac. And Fleetwood Mac is such a strange story. All the players in the play are able to talk and speak for themselves. Somehow, I would love the elements that are not healed to be healed. I love the fantasy that we could cross that bridge and everyone could leave with creative, holistic energy, and everyone could be healed with grace and dignity.”


Sunday, February 21, 2021

FLEETWOOD MAC On The Album Charts - February 21, 2021


Chart updates February 21, 2021

USA BILLBOARD TOP 200 ALBUMS
#48 - GREATEST HITS (48)
#191- RUMOURS (166)
USA TOP 15 BLUES ALBUMS
#13 Fleetwood Mac 1969-1974 (12)
CANADA TOP 100 ALBUMS CHART
#32- RUMOURS (29)
AUSTRALIA TOP 50 ALBUMS CHART
#24 - RUMOURS (21)
AUSTRALIA TOP 50 SINGLES
#36 - DREAMS (16)
UK TOP 100 ALBUMS CHART
#14 - 50 YEARS - DON'T STOP (15)
#21 - RUMOURS (18)
UK TOP 100 SINGLES
#86 - DREAMS (80)
UK TOP 100 STREAMING
#57- DREAMS (49)
UK TOP 40 VINYL
#7 - RUMOURS (5)
NEW ZEALAND TOP 40 ALBUMS CHART
#17 - RUMOURS (15)
NEW ZEALAND TOP 40 SINGLS CHART
#22 - DREAMS (16)
IRELAND TOP 50 ALBUMS CHART
#11 - 50 YEARS - DON'T STOP (10)
#12- RUMOURS (11)

Saturday, February 20, 2021

Lindsey Buckingham is raising money for UK stage crews affected by the pandemic


In aid of Stagehand's #ILoveLive campaign, Lindsey Buckingham is raising money for UK stage crew affected by the pandemic. Donate now at this link for a chance to win his rare Lane Moller guitar!

Deadline March 17th

"During my many years of touring, I long ago came to understand that the real heroes of rock shows are not the artists, but rather the crews. Everyone involved in putting together a show - tour management, technicians, sound, lighting, and drivers -are all hugely invested in doing their part to contribute to putting on the best possible presentation every night, and they perform their duties with consistency and integrity, all for the benefit of the artists. In fact, artists could not succeed without the spirit, the love, and the craft their road crews bring to a tour. This is why I’m pleased that I can contribute in a small way to helping those who have been adversely impacted in the last year, and am proud to be aligned with Stagehand, which is bringing the music community together to help offset the adversity experienced by so many in our ranks." - Lindsey Buckingham

Last week, Christine McVie stunned Fleetwood Mac fans


Last week, Christine McVie stunned Fleetwood Mac fans when she told the BBC she didn’t know if the band would ever tour again. “If we do, it will be without John [McVie] and without Stevie [Nicks], I think,” she said. “I think I’m getting a bit too old for it now, especially having had a year off. I don’t know if I can get myself back into it again.”

“[John] is feeling a little bit frail,” she continued. “You know he was ill. He’s fine, but he just hasn’t got the heart for it any more. He wants to get on his boat. You reach a certain age where you go: ‘Hey, I’m not going to bust a gut doing this anymore.'”

She concluded by saying that only drummer Mick Fleetwood would definitely be down for another tour. “[He] would do it in a lightning strike,” she said. “But I couldn’t possibly say. We’re certainly not touring this year either.”

The comments generated headlines around the world. But now, McVie has clarified to Rolling Stone where the group stands with regard to future touring.

“First and foremost, I’m thrilled to see that everyone still cares so much about Fleetwood Mac, how humbling to know what a lasting impact this band has had,” she said. “To clarify my recent comments, I was specifically asked if Fleetwood Mac would tour again. I gave a cheeky answer indicating that the band might be ‘done with that’ or ‘you just never know.’ I always intended to convey that, particularly after the last year, we just don’t know what the future holds.

“In no way are any members of Fleetwood Mac ‘done’ with being part of the band,” she continues. “If anyone took that from my statement, that was a misperception and not intended. Fleetwood Mac is part of the DNA of who I am, and I know the same is true for Stevie, Mick and John. As for future touring………Who knows. We continue to hope for the best.”

The band has been on hiatus since the conclusion of their An Evening With Fleetwood Mac tour in November 2019. It was their first tour since parting ways with singer-guitarist Lindsey Buckingham and bringing Crowded House’s Neil Finn and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell into the fold.

In February 2020, Mick Fleetwood staged a tribute concert to Fleetwood Mac co-founder Peter Green at the London Palladium featuring Pete Townshend, David Gilmour, Steven Tyler, Billy Gibbons, Neil Finn, John Mayall, Kirk Hammett and Christine McVie. It’s coming to movie theaters on March 23rd and March 28th and will be released as a live album and DVD on April 30th.

Rollingstone

By ANDY GREENE


Sunday, February 14, 2021

FLEETWOOD MAC ALBUMS ON THE CHARTS THIS WEEK - February 14, 2021

ALBUMS AND COUNTRIES FLEETWOOD MAC IS CHARTING THIS WEEK


USA BILLBOARD TOP 200 ALBUMSUK TOP 100 ALBUMS CHART
#48 - GREATEST HITS (144)#15 - 50 YEARS - DON'T STOP (12)
#166 - RUMOURS (43)#18 - RUMOURS (36)
USA TOP 15 BLUES ALBUMSUK TOP 100 SINGLES
#12 Fleetwood Mac 1969-1974 (13)#80 - DREAMS (74)
CANADA TOP 100 ALBUMS CHARTUK TOP 100 STREAMING
#29 - RUMOURS (29)#49 - DREAMS (48)
IRELAND TOP 50 ALBUMS CHARTUK TOP 40 VINYL
#10 - 50 YEARS - DON'T STOP (9)#5 - RUMOURS (RE)
#11 - RUMOURS (6)
AUSTRALIA TOP 50 ALBUMS CHARTNEW ZEALAND TOP 40 ALBUMS CHART
#21 - RUMOURS (25)#15 - RUMOURS (13)
AUSTRALIA TOP 50 SINGLESNEW ZEALAND TOP 40 SINGLS CHART
#31 - DREAMS (29)#16 - DREAMS (15)
GERMANY TOP 100 ALBUMS CHARTBELGIUM TOP 200 ALBUMS
#90 - RUMOURS (RE)#47 - GREATEST HITS (53)
#115 - RUMOURS (149)
DUTCH ALBUM TOP 100
#40 - RUMOURS (38)SWEDEN TOP 60 ALBUMS CHART
#48 - RUMOURS (46)
DUTCH TOP 33 VINYL
#7 - RUMOURS (RE)brackets indicates previous week
#18 - GREATEST HITS (11)RE indicates Re-Entry

 

Wednesday, February 10, 2021

FLEETWOOD MAC LIVE SUPER DELUXE 2LP / 3CD / 7" AVAILABLE APRIL 9th


FLEETWOOD MAC LIVE (SUPER DELUXE TOUR EDITION) BUNDLE

Bundle Includes:

  • Fleetwood Mac Live 2LP/3CD/7”
  • Fleetwood Mac Live Tour Edition Ephemera

This LIMITED EDITION and EXCLUSIVE bundle comes with a package of tour related ephemera that includes:

  • One replica pass 
  • One replica ticket
  • One  replica ad
  • One button
  • One sticker
  • One iron on

Packaged with a cardboard backing and shrink wrapped

The single "The Chain" (Live at Richfield Coliseum, Cleveland, OH, 5/20/80) is available now on Spotify and Amazon / Apple.

Also available without the tour memorabilia
FLEETWOOD MAC LIVE 2LP/3CD/7”

Pre-order - released on: 4/9/2021

Rhino Records - Super Deluxe

Rhino Records - 2LP/3CD/7"

Amazon


When Fleetwood Mac released its first live album in December 1980, it captured the legendary band’s most iconic lineup on stage demonstrating the full scope of their collective, creative powers. Recorded mostly during the world tour for Tusk, Fleetwood Mac Live delivered a double-album’s worth of exhilarating performances that included massive hits like “Dreams” and “Go Your Own Way,” “Rhiannon,” and “Don’t Stop.”

Rhino gives the band’s live debut a much-deserved encore with a new 3-CD/2-LP collection that features a remastered version of the original release on both 180-gram vinyl and CD, plus more than an hour of unreleased live music recorded between 1977 and 1982 on the third CD. The set also includes a bonus 7-inch single featuring previously unreleased demos for “Fireflies” and “One More Night.”

This Super Deluxe Edition is presented in a 12 x 12 rigid slipcase and comes with a booklet filled with rare photos, a full itinerary for the Tusk Tour, plus a history of the live album by writer David Wild. He writes: “Then and now, Fleetwood Mac Live artfully marks a fascinating time period for a group that, in one form or another, has been on the global stage for more than half a century… It’s a wildly entertaining rock ’n’ roll circus in full swing under a big tent of the band’s own creation as they leave audiences dazzled in locales from Paris, France, to Passaic, New Jersey.”

The majority of the original album was recorded live between 1979 and 1980, save for a few exceptions:  “Don’t Let Me Down Again,” was recorded in 1975 during the tour for Fleetwood Mac; Dreams” and “Don’t Stop” are from the band’s sound check in Paris; while “Fireflies,” “One More Night,” and a cover of the Beach Boys’ “Farmer’s Daughter” were all recorded in California during a special show for the band’s crew, family, and friends.

The 14 live tracks that debut on the Super Deluxe Edition span a wider range of time than those on the original release. They include seven songs from the Tusk tour (1979-80), four from the Rumours tour (1977) and three from the Mirage tour (1982). These stellar additions include live versions of “Tusk,” “Gold Dust Woman,” and “Songbird,” plus “The Green Manalishi (With The Two-Pronged Crown)” – a song written in 1970 by guitarist Peter Green, who founded Fleetwood Mac with Mick Fleetwood and Jeremy Spencer in 1967.

1st Track released from the album: "The Chain"



Track listing below for the boxed set