Fleetwood Mac Tour, It was hardly the world’s best-kept secret. Lindsey Buckingham told MSN Music last year that he was looking forward to a Fleetwood Mac tour, and Stevie Nicks basically said the same thing on TV earlier this year. MSN
But now it’s a reality, with the 34-city tour kicking off on April 4 and tickets going on sale as early as Friday, Dec. 14. And that’s not all. A deluxe version of “Rumours” will come out with the tour and will include unreleased outtakes and live songs. Plus, the band – Buckingham, Nicks, Mick Fleetwood and John McVie – has recorded two new songs to be released before the tour – one in just a few weeks.
Nicks sat down for an exclusive interview with MSN Music about how it’s all happening again. A couple of interesting tidbits: Nicks doesn’t own a computer and when she’s trying to figure out how to sequence a concert – her own or Fleetwood Mac – she turns to her trusty cassette recorder.
Stevie Nicks: I think every three years is perfect. It’s just long enough for everybody not to remember it. They go, "I didn’t see them last year and I didn’t see them the year before that." Fleetwood Mac really wanted to go out this year, and I said I’m taking another year for "In Your Dreams." In the current music business scene I need two years to back up this record …
This record meant so much to me I took the extra year. And it hadn’t been three years. Our managers have gotten through our skulls that it needs to be an event. It doesn’t need to be, ‘We just saw you last year.’ … We start up in February, and in my humble opinion, next year will be the year of Fleetwood Mac. It will be spectacular and grand and fantastic.
I went up to Lindsey’s house for about four days. He and Mick and John had gone in at the beginning of this year and recorded a few songs. They wanted me to come in, but my mother had just died and I really was in no frame of mind to write songs or be in a recording studio. So I said I can’t do it. They recorded several songs. When I went to his house, I chose two of the songs that I really liked and put vocals on them. Lindsey had already put his leads on them. I put my parts on, and it came out great, I have to say. Not that I was surprised. If we try, stuff comes out great.
Lindsey and I are not computer people. We understand music piracy, but that’s about it. We do understand that nobody really wants 14 songs. That’s too bad, because we’d like to do 14 songs, but we get it … We have these two and when we get to January we throw a new song out and then another right before we go out. It is two brand-new songs for people to hear who we are today. If there’s an insane rush on those songs, maybe when we come off the road we’ll go and do two or three more. Lindsey said, "If we go out with (new music), they’ll know we care." Of course we care!
The next few generations aren’t going to have their own Fleetwood Mac or their own Led Zeppelin. The record companies don’t have money to develop artists. Or to support them while they are developing. Or if one record does really well and the next record tanks they’re going to drop them. I feel very bad for them. I think in 20 years they’re still going to be listening to the big acts of the ’70s and the '80s. It’s not their fault. When the Internet came out, everyone thought this is so great. But unfortunately you buy a record now, you find the last Barnes & Noble in town, you put it in your computer and you send it out to 500 of your closest personal friends. … I’m so sorry that the whole younger generation will never experience that. It was so much fun. And nobody knows how to fix it. … It should go back to vinyl. That would force people to buy record players and records. It’s a lot harder to copy a vinyl record than a CD. I wish I could wave a magic wand and fix it.
4/4/13 Columbus, Ohio, Nationwide Arena
4/6/13 Philadelphia, Wells Fargo Center
4/8/13 New York, Madison Square Garden
4/9/13 Washington, D.C., Verizon Center
4/11/13 Louisville, Ky., KFC Yum! Center
4/13/13 Chicago, United Center
4/16/13 Toronto, The Air Canada Centre
4/18/13 Boston, TD Garden
4/20/13 Uncasville, Conn., Mohegan Sun Arena
4/23/13 Ottawa, Ontario, Scotiabank Place
4/24/13 Newark, N.J., Prudential Center
4/26/13 Pittsburgh, CONSOL Energy Center
4/28/13 St. Paul, Minn., Xcel Center
4/30/13 Kansas City, Mo., Sprint Center
5/1/13 Tulsa, Okla., BOK Center
5/3/13 Little Rock, Ark., Verizon Arena
5/12/13 Winnipeg, Manitoba, MTS Centre
5/14/13 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Credit Union Centre
5/15/13 Edmonton, Alberta, Rexall Place
5/17/13 Calgary, Alberta, Scotiabank Saddledome
5/19/13 Vancouver, B.C., Rogers Arena
5/20/13 Tacoma, Wash., Tacoma Dome
5/22/13 San Jose, Calif., HP Pavilion at San Jose
5/25/13 Los Angeles, Hollywood Bowl
5/26/13 Las Vegas, MGM Grand Arena
5/28/13 Anaheim, Calif., Honda Center
5/30/13 Phoenix, US Airways Center
6/1/13 Denver, Pepsi Center
6/4/13 Dallas, American Airlines Center
6/5/13 Houston, Toyota Center
6/7/13 Tampa, Fla., Tampa Bay Times Forum
6/8/13 Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., BB&T Center
6/10/13 Atlanta, Philips Arena
6/12/13 Detroit, Joe Louis Arena
But now it’s a reality, with the 34-city tour kicking off on April 4 and tickets going on sale as early as Friday, Dec. 14. And that’s not all. A deluxe version of “Rumours” will come out with the tour and will include unreleased outtakes and live songs. Plus, the band – Buckingham, Nicks, Mick Fleetwood and John McVie – has recorded two new songs to be released before the tour – one in just a few weeks.
Nicks sat down for an exclusive interview with MSN Music about how it’s all happening again. A couple of interesting tidbits: Nicks doesn’t own a computer and when she’s trying to figure out how to sequence a concert – her own or Fleetwood Mac – she turns to her trusty cassette recorder.
Stevie Nicks: I think every three years is perfect. It’s just long enough for everybody not to remember it. They go, "I didn’t see them last year and I didn’t see them the year before that." Fleetwood Mac really wanted to go out this year, and I said I’m taking another year for "In Your Dreams." In the current music business scene I need two years to back up this record …
This record meant so much to me I took the extra year. And it hadn’t been three years. Our managers have gotten through our skulls that it needs to be an event. It doesn’t need to be, ‘We just saw you last year.’ … We start up in February, and in my humble opinion, next year will be the year of Fleetwood Mac. It will be spectacular and grand and fantastic.
I went up to Lindsey’s house for about four days. He and Mick and John had gone in at the beginning of this year and recorded a few songs. They wanted me to come in, but my mother had just died and I really was in no frame of mind to write songs or be in a recording studio. So I said I can’t do it. They recorded several songs. When I went to his house, I chose two of the songs that I really liked and put vocals on them. Lindsey had already put his leads on them. I put my parts on, and it came out great, I have to say. Not that I was surprised. If we try, stuff comes out great.
Lindsey and I are not computer people. We understand music piracy, but that’s about it. We do understand that nobody really wants 14 songs. That’s too bad, because we’d like to do 14 songs, but we get it … We have these two and when we get to January we throw a new song out and then another right before we go out. It is two brand-new songs for people to hear who we are today. If there’s an insane rush on those songs, maybe when we come off the road we’ll go and do two or three more. Lindsey said, "If we go out with (new music), they’ll know we care." Of course we care!
The next few generations aren’t going to have their own Fleetwood Mac or their own Led Zeppelin. The record companies don’t have money to develop artists. Or to support them while they are developing. Or if one record does really well and the next record tanks they’re going to drop them. I feel very bad for them. I think in 20 years they’re still going to be listening to the big acts of the ’70s and the '80s. It’s not their fault. When the Internet came out, everyone thought this is so great. But unfortunately you buy a record now, you find the last Barnes & Noble in town, you put it in your computer and you send it out to 500 of your closest personal friends. … I’m so sorry that the whole younger generation will never experience that. It was so much fun. And nobody knows how to fix it. … It should go back to vinyl. That would force people to buy record players and records. It’s a lot harder to copy a vinyl record than a CD. I wish I could wave a magic wand and fix it.
4/4/13 Columbus, Ohio, Nationwide Arena
4/6/13 Philadelphia, Wells Fargo Center
4/8/13 New York, Madison Square Garden
4/9/13 Washington, D.C., Verizon Center
4/11/13 Louisville, Ky., KFC Yum! Center
4/13/13 Chicago, United Center
4/16/13 Toronto, The Air Canada Centre
4/18/13 Boston, TD Garden
4/20/13 Uncasville, Conn., Mohegan Sun Arena
4/23/13 Ottawa, Ontario, Scotiabank Place
4/24/13 Newark, N.J., Prudential Center
4/26/13 Pittsburgh, CONSOL Energy Center
4/28/13 St. Paul, Minn., Xcel Center
4/30/13 Kansas City, Mo., Sprint Center
5/1/13 Tulsa, Okla., BOK Center
5/3/13 Little Rock, Ark., Verizon Arena
5/12/13 Winnipeg, Manitoba, MTS Centre
5/14/13 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Credit Union Centre
5/15/13 Edmonton, Alberta, Rexall Place
5/17/13 Calgary, Alberta, Scotiabank Saddledome
5/19/13 Vancouver, B.C., Rogers Arena
5/20/13 Tacoma, Wash., Tacoma Dome
5/22/13 San Jose, Calif., HP Pavilion at San Jose
5/25/13 Los Angeles, Hollywood Bowl
5/26/13 Las Vegas, MGM Grand Arena
5/28/13 Anaheim, Calif., Honda Center
5/30/13 Phoenix, US Airways Center
6/1/13 Denver, Pepsi Center
6/4/13 Dallas, American Airlines Center
6/5/13 Houston, Toyota Center
6/7/13 Tampa, Fla., Tampa Bay Times Forum
6/8/13 Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., BB&T Center
6/10/13 Atlanta, Philips Arena
6/12/13 Detroit, Joe Louis Arena
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