One for the history books! Ex Fleetwood Mac Member Christine McVie Performs Live - 1st Time in 15 Years!

Well this hasn't happened in oh... 15 YEARS!!

Christine McVie Performing Live 

with The Mick Fleetwood Blues Band

Photo by Lisa Homer
Christine McVie, Rick Vito, Mick Fleetwood, Steven Tyler, Lenny Castellanos, Mark Johnstone

Photo by: Suzanne Kayian

It was 15 years ago this month that Christine McVie last performed live professionally in front of an audience when she appeared with her band Fleetwood Mac and accepted the "Outstanding Contribution To Music" award at the 1998 Brit Awards in London and closed out the show with "Go Your Own Way" and "Don't Stop". (The band later appeared on a German TV program and performed Silver Springs, but we won't count that as they were lip-syncing). That was the last time we saw Christine on stage!

So fast forward 15 years later, while on vacation visiting with Mick on Maui, Christine joins Mick and his Blues Band at Castle Theater at the Maui Arts and Cultural Center along with Rick Vito, Steven Tyler and Mark Johnstone.  Over the last few days there has been some buzz that this was going to happen, but you never really know for sure it's going to happen until it happens, especially with anything Fleetwood Mac related.  

I'm not sure what the set was, or what Christine played and sang, if it was just a few songs, one song or the full show... Obviously it was blues based.. But in any case it's so great to see her up there on stage... it's like the last 15 years have been wiped away.

Thanks to Suzanne Kayian and Lisa Homer for the pics!

Christine McVie's last appearance with Fleetwood Mac at The Brit Awards -  1998

Stevie Nicks with Dave Grohl at Hammerstein Ballroom

SOUND CITY PLAYERS AT HAMMERSTEIN BALLROOM

Stevie Nicks with Dave Grohl

Setlist for Stevie was the same as the Hollywood Palladium kicking things off with "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" then the new song "You Can't Fix This" from the soundtrack.  "Dreams" and "Landslide" were next and she ended her set and the show with "Gold Dust Woman".

Show reviews tomorrow!

Above photo by Curtis Blessing

Photos by: Jess Meade | Adam Fachler | Amy Leigh Grossberg | Jenna

Above photos by Mac Presents | Curtis Blessing

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Hvilket år ble Fleetwood Mac dannet? 

(What year was Fleetwood Mac formed?)

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Video: Stevie Nick s & Lindsey Buckingham Reflect On Their Decision To Join Fleetwood Mac

Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham chat with Access about their decision to put their project, Buckingham Nicks, on hold to join Fleetwood Mac. At the time, how did Stevie rationalize the decision? Plus, what did Mick Fleetwood think of their music.

Video: Fleetwood Mac Talks Sold-Out Tour

Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham and Mick Fleetwood reveal push for new music as they get ready for 2013 tour.
Stevie Nicks sings a smig of new/old Buckingham Nicks track "Without You"
newly recorded & just waiting release from that wicker basket!

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One Night Only in the UK: Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham & Mick Fleetwood - Sound City

The Sound City documentary that Stevie, Lindsey and Mick all appear in will be playing for one night only in the UK on February 18th at the following theatres.  Tickets are available now from VUE. 

For a complete theatre listing for current and upcoming US/Canada screenings, check out Sound City's Theatre  Guide.  Great flick if you haven't seen it yet. 

SOUND CITY IN THE UK

CITY	THEATRE	DATE
Birmingham	Vue Star City	Feb 18th, 2013
Bristol	Vue Bristol Cribbs	Feb 18th, 2013
Cambridge	Vue Cambridge	Feb 18th, 2013
Ellesmere Port	Vue Chesire Oaks	Feb 18th, 2013
Edinburgh	Vue Edinburgh Omni	Feb 18th, 2013
Hamilton	Vue Hamilton	Feb 18th, 2013
Princess Quay, Hull	Vue Hull	Feb 18th, 2013
Leeds	Vue Leeds Kirkstall	Feb 18th, 2013
London, Islington	Vue Islington	Feb 18th, 2013
London, West End	Vue West End	Feb 18th, 2013
Manchester	Vue Manchester Red	Feb 18th, 2013
Portsmouth	Vue Portsmouth	Feb 18th, 2013
Reading	Vue Reading	Feb 18th, 2013
Sheffield	Vue Sheffield	Feb 18th, 2013
York, North Yorkshire	Vue York	Feb 18th, 2013

The Sound City Players have booked a gig at The Forum in London on February 19th.  Tickets are on-sale today at Ticketmaster.  It doesn't look like Stevie Nicks will be making this show.

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"RUMOURS" AROUND THE WORLD - UK Sales Update

Debut Chart Postions and Updates on Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours" Re-Release.

Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours" remains within the UK's Top 10 for a second week on the Top 100 Albums Chart moving from #3 to #5 and selling 21,945 units down only slightly from last weeks 25,675.  Two week UK total = 47,620.  Not bad for a 36 year old album!

The album debuts at #12 in Ireland on the Top 100 Albums Chart and in Belgium the album zooms up to #18 after re-entering the Top 200 at #72 last week.  The album also debuts in Canada at #33 and in Australia this week at #18 plus in Norway at #24.  Rumours drops 10 places in the Netherlands to #17 in it's second week back on the chart after debuting in the #7 position on last weeks Top 40 Albums Chart.

Media traffic estimates that Fleetwood Mac's Rumours sold 43,000 copies in the first week of re-release in the countries they monitor giving it a #18 position on the World Albums Chart.

As previously reported, Rumours debuted this week at #40 in the US on Billboard's Top 200 Albums Chart.

More chart postions below:

UK
Top 100 Albums chart - February 16, 2013
# 5 (3) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

Top 100 Singles Chart
# 97 - Go Your Own Way

SCOTLAND
Top 40 Albums Chart - February 16, 2013
# 6 (3) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

BELGIUM
Top 200 Albums chart - February 9, 2013
# 18 (72) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

NETHERLANDS
Top 100 Albums Chart - February 9, 2013
# 17 (7) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

DENMARK
Top 40 Albums Chart - February 8, 2013
# 40 (NEW) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

NORWAY
Top 40 Albums Chart - February 5, 2013
# 24 (NEW) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

WORLD ALBUMS
Top 40 Chart - February 9, 2013
# 18 (NEW) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

AUSTRALIA
Top 50 Albums Chart - February 11, 2013
# 18 (NEW) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 35th Anniversary Edition

Top 50 Catalogue Chart
# 2 (R\E) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
# 6 (21)  Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits
#24 (14)  Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of

Top 50 Digital Albums Chart
# 21 (R/E) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

Top 40 DVD Chart
# 17 (31) Fleetwood Mac - The Dance

IRELAND
Top 100 Albums Chart - February 7, 2013
# 12 (NEW) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
# 14 (19)  Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits
# 90 (R/E) Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of

CANADA
Top 200 Albums Chart - February 3, 2013
#  33 (NEW) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
# 133 (111) Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits

Top 150 Catalogue Chart
# 36 (37) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
#105 (63) Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits

"Rumours" 1st Week Debut Positions Around The World

Plus Current Chart Positions

Steven Tyler to join Mick Fleetwood Blues Band as a special guest - Wednesday!

“Sweet Emotions” are starting to flow now that it’s just been announced legendary Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler will be a special guest at the Fleetwood @ the MACC show at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.

“Get comfortable with legendary Fleetwood Mac founder-drummer and Maui resident and entrepreneur, Mick Fleetwood, in a living room setting on stage,” states a “hot-off-the-press” email release sent out from the Maui Arts & Cultural Center this morning.

“Mick Fleetwood will talk story about his world travels, and there will be behind the scenes antics and musical influences. Then the 2010 Grammy Award nominated Mick Fleetwood Blues Band, featuring Rick Vito on guitar and vocals, Lenny Castellanos on bass and vocals and Mark Johnstone on keyboards and vocals, will perform their hits.”  Rumour has it that Christine will also be up their jamming!

More Details and how to grab tickets here

NEW on BBC Radio 2: Fleetwood Mac: Don't Stop - Feb 17th

Fleetwood Mac: Don't Stop
Duration: 1 hour, 56 minutes
First broadcast: Sunday 17 February 2013 15:00 (3pm)
BBC Radio 2 - Johnnie Walker's Sounds of the 70's

Johnnie Walker re-visits the decade that brought us Pan's People, Punk and Pink Floyd. This week's show is dedicated to one of the most enduring and beloved albums of the 1970's: 'Rumours' by Fleetwood Mac.

35 years on, with 45 million copies sold, the confessional 1977 LP from a band embroiled in personal drama still sounds as compelling and fresh as it did on release. Johnnie talks to the drummer who leant his name to the band, Mick Fleetwood, about how the album came to be written.

'Rumours' was the work of the second incarnation of Fleetwood Mac, at the turn of the 1970's founder member and blues guitarist Peter Green left the band. The next few years gave a flavour of what was to come; a revolving door of troubled band members and relationship drama. In 1974 Mick Fleetwood, along with John and Christine McVie recruited Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks and 'Rumours'-era Fleetwood Mac was born. Mick talks to Johnnie about life in the Fleetwood Mac bubble, from the relationship dynamics of the band to drug abuse and rock and roll decadence and the strange alchemy that produced such iconic songs as 'Dreams', 'Go Your Own Way' and 'The Chain'.

Listen in on February 17th

Fleetwood Mac Live in Portland June 30th - AMEX Pre-sale Begins Today!

Fleetwood Mac Live in Portland
Sunday, June 30, 2013 - Rose Garden

AMEX Pre-Sale begins today February 11th at 10am running until Friday February 15th 10pm.

Live Nation / Venue / Radio Presale begins Wednesday, February 13th 10am ending Friday February 15th 10pm. General On-Sale date Saturday, February 16th 10am.

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Fleetwood Mac Live 1977 Rumours Tour: "This is the holy grail for Mac fans"

Fleetwood Mac, “Rumors: Deluxe Anniversary Edition” (Warner Bros., three discs). 

It’s certainly not news that Fleetwood Mac’s “Rumors” is a pop masterpiece, a high-water mark in the annals of ’70s California-based rock and pop. Very few self-respecting record collectors or rock historians would consider their collection complete without it. We all know the story of its creation – how the songs reflected the romantic turmoil within the band, as various relationships crumbled, principally the very torrid one between singer Stevie Nicks and guitarist/songwriter Lindsey Buckingham. What we may not know is what a fantastic live ensemble this particular lineup of Fleetwood Mac was. This new anniversary edition gives us a beautifully remastered version of the original album, with the inclusion of the revered outtake “Silver Springs” tacked on, and a whole disc’s worth of alternate versions and outtakes, too. But the grand prize is the full live concert from the 1977 “Rumors” world tour, which takes up a full disc. This is the holy grail for Mac fans, and makes the anniversary edition a must-have. 4 stars (Jeff Miers - The Buffalo News).

The Live component of the re-release can be streamed in it's entirety at Rolling Stone.

Rumours Expanded Edition (3XCD) Available now at Amazon or iTunes 

Fleetwood Mac Kehren Zuruck
[Translation]

Morgenpost am Sonntag Feb 9, 2013
(Germany)

Despite tragedies, drug excesses and separations it Fleetwood Mac 1977 managed to take one of the most successful pop albums. Now the united band is back on tour and released anniversary edition is one of "Rumours". "Go Your Own Way" and "Dreams" - these sellers are selling the album "Rumours" publish 45 million times, although it appeared 36 years ago, Fleetwood Mac a "35th Anniversary Edition" with three albums (including session recordings and live recordings). As a blues band Fleetwood Mac 1967 have begun. After Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks got on and changed the sound toward Softpop and mainstream rock, came the great success. Even the album "Fleetwood Mac" could sit up, followed with "Rumours" then the climax: 31 weeks, the album was number one on the Billboard charts and received a Grammy. In the list of "500 greatest albums of all time" by the magazine "Rolling Stone" is "Rumours" in the top 30 During the recording there was the purest sense of chaos. Singer Stevie Nicks has compared the history of Fleetwood Mac with a soap opera: The marriage of Christine and John McVie was as broken as the relationship of Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. Drummer Mick Fleetwood was allegedly having an affair with Stevie Nicks. The well-known in an interview with "U.S. Magazine": "It was quite scandalous and incestuous." All these feelings dramas and separations were finally processed in the songs. The Canadian newspaper "The Globe and Mail" called "Rumours" even the "unofficial soundtrack to the distinctive culture". The History of Fleetwood Mac but is not over: The band, which was recorded in 1998 in the "Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame", has reunited and goes on To urnee - to Germany. In October, she will be in Cologne, Stuttgart and Berlin - but without Christine McVie.

Daily Express Feb 9, 2013
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