Fleetwood Mac: Classic or Dud

love the real estate agent story
you haven't seen him in five years but now you have seen him cry while pumping his fist to don't stop

XP During the Say You Will era, I heard a DJ preface an airing of "Hypnotized" by saying the band had revived it for the tour. Can anybody confirm?

DON: It's a pleasure to see our old friend Christine McVie rejoin Fleetwood Mac. Fleetwood Mac was, of course, the only band whose sales matched ours. We saw them as the competition. The friendly competition.

GLENN: Christine! Say you love ME!

DON: Well, yeah.

Trying to think who'd be the worse boyfriend (circa '79): Glenn or Dennis Wilson?

Glenn is a shitheel but he ain't never drowning, not even in a tub full o' Budweiser.

therefore, dennis wilson is probably a better boyfriend.

Coming to Europe!

went and saw them last night and they played 'think about me'! also sara <3 (but thats more common)

whoa! didnt even know they were on tour. thats awesome

Even though the saga of this band is well-documented, it still bowls me over just how much shit Fleetwood Mac survived through. It's always tempting, whenever news comes through of a band splitting up due to personal differences, to imagine Mick Fleetwood sitting there, scratching his head, and wondering what the fuss is about. "Oh, they split up because of that, did they? Lightweights!"

A friend of mine was rooting about in old hard drives and has dug out the original unedited version of the Classic Albums Rumours documentary, apparently they went back and took out a lot of the band kvetching about each other.

Here 'tis

https://vimeo.com/191221519

I'd never seen this!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UIQrfFu5uTg

buckingham mcvie

!!!!!

Now that is something I did not predict.

omfg YES

i sorta predicted this bc the most recent updates in the "new fleetwood mac album" section of their wikipedia page suggest stevie's total indifference lol

I see no reason why this shouldn't come out under the name of Fleetwood Mac, tbh.

a whole album of "Isn't It Midnight" and "World Turning," please

turrican otm

Man some days I think nobody harmonizes together better than Lindsey and Christine. Mirage is comfortably my favourite these days

some days i'm not entirely sure which voice is lindsey's and which is christine's.

^ exactly

JEEZE WHAT A DAY

lmao wtf

Who did he hit this time?

Lindsay is out - Neil Finn and Mike Campbell are in! Tour upcoming.

It's amazing these geriatric musicians still have such fragile egos

What--is that true about Finn & Campbell?

Time for these 70 year old children to pack it in

this is a terrible idea, wtf. glad I saw them a few years ago.

unless they're just going to tour like, future games and bare trees stuff.

Neil Finn and Mike Campbell

the housebreakers!

lolll

"fired over a disagreement about the upcoming tour"

Well, they're both good guitarists *shrug*

I'd rather see Mike Campbell and Neil Finn, sans Fleetwood Mac. Or Neil, Mike and Christine.

At this rate, maybe you will.

Neil Finn and Mike Campbell

the housebreakers!

^^^ A+. I'm an old dude who got on board with the band circa Future Games, and couldn't really picture what they were going to do without Robert Welch at the time, so this is like deja vu all over again. (I totally ignored the Burnette/Vito years.)

I love Neil Finn. I love Fleetwood Mac. This is a terrible idea.

Like, Lindsay just finished an album with Christine. Why can't they make this work??

just a hunch but $$$$

Buckingham hates touring, always has. Remember he left in 1987 over touring?

then why did he agree in the first place?

also, unlike other members, he's more or less been at it all along, and judging by what I've seen hasn't lost a step

anyway, silver lining is that this news saves me like $200

this sounds kinda great imo

He must REALLY hate touring with Stevie

I mean, isn't she the reason the supposed forthcoming FM album became a Lindsay And Christine album?

This is like the last tour they'd ever do, too, surely? Hasn't John only just returned from death's door?

He must REALLY hate touring with Stevie

― Lou Grant, the Iranian cinema of late '70s TV (stevie), Monday, April 9, 2018 5:49 PM (nine minutes ago)

sorry dude

Fleetwood clarifying things here:

We jammed with Mike and Neil and the chemistry really worked and let the band realize that this is the right combination to go forward with in Fleetwood Mac style. We know we have something new, yet it’s got the unmistakable Mac sound."