Fleetwood Mac News: The Today Show

Monday, October 13, 2014

Christine McVie gives a Perfect performance as band's classic line-up plays together for first time in 16 years

Return of the (Fleetwood) Mac! Christine McVie gives a Perfect performance as band's classic line-up plays together for first time in 16 years on Today show

By Mike Larkin
The Daily Mail

It has been 16 years since they played together as a band.

And it was like break never happened as Christine McVie and the rest of the most famous iteration of Fleetwood Mac appeared on the Today show on Thursday.

And the English-American group, who have sold more than 100 million albums, thrilled the fans with a performance of hits Little Lies, Gypsy, Go Your Own Way, and The Chain.

And Christine, 71, said a new piece of jewellery was a symbol of her intention to remain with the band for the foreseeable future.

She said: 'Stevie bought me a bracelet not long ago, it was a chain, it broke, I had someone tie it on. It means the chain is never going to break again.'

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Friday, October 10, 2014

Video | Photos: Fleetwood Mac The Today Show

Been away all week... Missed A LOT!. But had a complete blast in New York... Met up with friends that I hadn't seen in awhile and finally had the chance to meet other friends that I've talked to over the years about Fleetwood Mac, but had never met, so that was really cool! Saw the October 7th show at MSG... Met Mick at the Meet and Greet before hand... Listened to Christine and Lindsey run through a few songs before the show along with Sharon singing "Dreams". Stevie didn't take part in the show sound check. For The Today Show Oct 9th, this same group of friends, along with myself, stayed up ALL NIGHT sitting on the street on 48th Street outside The Today Show studios to be first in line with our Fan Passes for the bands performance the following morning. It worked out really well... Turns out were not the only crazy Mac fans out there that had the same idea. It was a fairly warm night and the time flew by, plus there was a lot of activity surrounding the show being set up which kept our minds off the fact that we were camped out on the street! Was exciting and fun... I'd do it again! But I'd maybe bring a lawn chair or something. Cardboard on a sidewalk just doesn't cut it!

Before the band did a sound check around 6am or so us Fan Pass people and the General Admission peeps were corralled into our sections up at the front as close as they would allow, which wasn't really all that close as they had the whole front section blocked off for VIP and band invites... I can't recall how many times the band ran through each number, but a couple of the songs I think they played twice which was cool to see. A lot of standing and waiting for the real show after the sound check as The Today Show started at its usual time at 7am and the band didn't come on for the official live performance for about 45 minutes or so... That was a bit uncomfortable, but none the less a neat experience. If you were there, you know the band sounded really great given that it was at the crack of dawn and outside. Video below of each song played during the show... and some of the sound check. They played "The Chain", "Little Lies", "Gypsy" and "Go Your Own Way".

Dreams come true! Fleetwood Mac take over TODAY plaza, announce new concert dates

Fleetwood Mac's Christine McVie knows that no matter what her lyrics say, you can break the chain: Not only did she leave her longtime band for 16 years, she literally busted a chain bracelet Stevie Nicks gave her! But, as McVie pointed out on the TODAY plaza ahead of the band's performance Thursday, everything can be mended.

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