Since starting this blog back in 2019 I have written many articles on Fleetwood Mac and listed below are details with the title, date first published, an image from the article, a short excerpt and a link to the full article.
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FLEETWOOD MAC LIVE
First published 14 April 2021
On 26 October 1979 Fleetwood Mac played the first of 112 shows on their 'Tusk Tour' at the Minidome in Pocatello, Idaho and played their final show on the tour on 1 September 1980 at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. There were concerts in the U.S.A., Canada, Japan, Australia, New
Zealand and throughout Europe, including six sell-out shows at Wembley Arena in
London in June 1980, one of which I attended.
The tour, which cost millions in expenses, was also mentally and physically draining for every band member. It could have seen the end of the band and from reports it nearly did. Fortunately they managed to work through their differences and, despite the alleged reports of the copious amounts of drink and drugs consumed during the tour, they made it through to the end with live performances which received positive and glowing reviews.
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BUCKINGHAM NICKS
First published 25 January 2022
Next month will be forty-five years since the release of Rumours, my all time favourite album, and to celebrate I will be writing an article on the album and what it means to me. Rather than cover how Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks became members of Fleetwood Mac and changed the direction the band took I am covering their career and only album release in this article.
Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks first met at Menio-Atherton High School in Atherton, California where she was a senior in high school and he, being a year younger, was a junior. It was at an after-school gathering in 1966 that they found themselves singing and harmonizing together although there are conflicting reports on what the song was. Most accounts say it was a Beach Boys song although Nicks, in a later interview, claims it was the Mamas and Papas classic hit California Dreamin'.
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FLEETWOOD MAC - MIRAGE
First published 18 June 2022
Forty years ago today (18 June) Fleetwood Mac released Mirage,
the follow up to Tusk, and to celebrate I am looking back at the
recording, release and success of the album.
Rumours had sold over 40 million copies worldwide, spent months on the charts in the USA and was a number one in many countries including Australia, Canada and, of course, the UK and USA. The follow up, Tusk, was a complete departure and from the record companies point of view was a flop, despite selling over 15 million copies and reaching the top spot in the UK album charts. It couldn't repeat the success of Rumours in the US where it stalled at #4.
Following the release of Tusk some members of the group had followed their own career paths, releasing solo albums.
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STEVIE NICKS - BELLA DONNA
First published 6 August 2022
Released forty-one years ago, Bella Donna was
Stevie Nicks debut solo album which found her stepping away from the chaos that
was Fleetwood Mac and releasing a hit-laden album that proved she could also
fly solo as well as being a major part of the group.
With three songwriters in Fleetwood Mac, Nicks was frustrated as she was a prolific songwriter and many of her songs were not even considered for inclusion in their latest album Tusk. Over the previous six years with the band she had amassed an amazing amount of unused material. In an interview she spoke about the problems, "When we'd do an album, they'd hear fifteen of my songs and pick the two that were my least favourite. Some of my favourite songs wouldn't get used."
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FLEETWOOD MAC IN CHICAGO
First published 4 January 2023
December 1968 found Fleetwood Mac undertaking their second
tour of North America. Opening with a show at the Fillmore East in New York the
tour would include December dates in Austin, Dallas, Boston, Detroit, Miami,
Philadelphia and Chicago. The tour would continue throughout January and
February 1969 with shows in Vancouver, Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles,
Fresno, Sacramento, Cleveland and closing in Detroit.
During the bands time in New York they recorded songs for their next album and single at an unknown studio. Among the tracks laid down were Do You Give A Damn For Me, Like It This Way, Jeremy Spencer's rockabilly take-off, Somebody's Gonna Get Their Head Kicked In Tonight and a new Peter Green composition, Man Of The World, a track they would work on again in London on their return to the UK.
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