Fleetwood Mac Surge on Charts Following Evening of BBC2 Programming

Fleetwood Mac Sees Multiple Albums Surge in Popularity

Fleetwood Mac’s legendary catalog continues to dominate the U.K. charts, with multiple albums experiencing a resurgence last week in the UK (Charts dated February 28 to March 6/2025)

Following renewed interest in the band—largely driven by the recent BBC2 Christine McVie: Songbird documentary, an airing of The Dance and other Fleetwood Mac content—several of their most iconic releases have climbed the rankings, while others have reentered the charts entirely.

Six different Fleetwood Mac albums appeared on at least one U.K. chart, with many landing on multiple tallies as both sales and streams surge.

Greatest Hits

Fleetwood Mac’s Greatest Hits is the strongest performer among the band’s resurgent releases last week. The compilation reentered three different charts, climbing to:

• No. 13 – Official Albums Downloads Chart
• No. 50 – Official Albums Sales Chart
• No. 68 – Official Physical Albums Chart

The Very Best Of Fleetwood Mac

Another beloved compilation, The Very Best Of Fleetwood Mac, also made a comeback on the same three charts, landing at:

• No. 44 – Official Albums Downloads Chart
• No. 62 – Official Albums Sales Chart
• No. 71 – Official Physical Albums Chart

Tango in the Night

The band’s 1987 studio album, Tango in the Night, remains a fan favorite and returned to the charts as well, placing at:

• No. 48 – Official Albums Downloads Chart
• No. 67 – Official Albums Sales Chart
• No. 79 – Official Physical Albums Chart

The Dance

Fleetwood Mac’s 1997 live album, The Dance, made its presence felt again, reentering:

• No. 67 – Official Albums Downloads Chart

50 Years – Don’t Stop

The compilation 50 Years – Don’t Stop is often one of Fleetwood Mac’s most consistent U.K. chart successes, and last week was no exception. It surged back into the top 10 on multiple lists, ranking at:

• No. 9 – Official Albums Chart (6,721 units sold)
• No. 8 – Official Albums Streaming Chart
• No. 35 – Official Albums Downloads Chart

Rumours

Fleetwood Mac’s 1977 masterpiece, Rumours, remains a dominant force on the charts. Unlike other albums making a return, Rumours never left—it continues to appear on six different charts, including three top-10 placements. Its presence has only grown stronger, climbing significantly across multiple rankings last week.

• No. 7 - Official Albums Downloads Chart
• No. 8 – Official Vinyl Albums Chart
• No. 9 – Official Albums Sales Chart
• No. 11 – Official Physical Albums Chart
• No. 20 – Official Albums Chart
• No. 26 – Official Albums Streaming Chart

The Fleetwood Mac Resurgence Continues

With six albums currently charting, Fleetwood Mac’s influence shows no signs of fading. The renewed interest sparked by a night of Fleetwood Mac programming on BBC2 has propelled their catalog back into the spotlight, proving that their music continues to resonate with generations of fans.

Fleetwood Mac’s “Little Lies” Returns to the Charts After BBC2 Christine McVie Documentary

Fleetwood Mac hasn’t released a new album in over 20 years, and with the passing of Christine McVie, the chances of new music from the legendary band are slim. However, thanks to a recent BBC2 documentary spotlighting McVie’s contributions, one of the group’s classic hits has experienced a resurgence on the U.K. charts.

Following the airing of Christine McVie: Songbird in late February, Fleetwood Mac’s Little Lies has re-entered two of the U.K.’s purchase-based rankings. This week, the 1987 single debuts at No. 95 on the Official Singles Downloads Chart and No. 99 on the Official Singles Sales Chart.

A Renewed Spotlight on Christine McVie’s Legacy

The BBC2 documentary revisited McVie’s vital role in shaping Fleetwood Mac’s sound, drawing renewed attention to her songwriting and vocal performances. Little Lies, which McVie co-wrote and sang lead on, has seen a surge in interest as a result.

This marks Fleetwood Mac’s first U.K. chart entry of 2025. It follows a similar resurgence in 2024 when Landslide gained traction after being featured in a viral moment, landing in the top 100 on the same charts.

The Enduring Popularity of Little Lies

Originally released in 1987 as the third single from Tango in the Night, Little Lies was a major hit for the band, reaching No. 5 in the U.K. and No. 4 in the U.S. The song’s return to the charts underscores Fleetwood Mac’s lasting appeal and the deep emotional connection fans still have with McVie’s music.

Fleetwood Mac continues to dominate the U.K. charts with multiple entries last week, proving that their catalog remains as relevant as ever. Thanks to the BBC2 documentary, McVie’s contributions—and songs like Little Lies—are finding new life with audiences old and new.

Christine McVie’s Belgravia flat has hit the market

 

Fleetwood Mac Star Christine McVie’s London Penthouse Hits the Market

The Belgravia duplex owned by the rock legend has a price tag of £6.9 million.  Christine owned the top 2 floors and the roof top terrance

In 2014, Christine McVie, best known as the keyboardist for Fleetwood Mac, rejoined the band for its reunion world tour. At the time, McVie—who wrote some of the band’s biggest hits, including Don’t Stop and You Make Loving Fun—owned a 19-acre Tudor property in the Kent countryside, according to her former manager Martin Wyatt, who’s now the executor of her estate.

“When she first moved back to England from LA, she was desperate to be in the country. She clearly wanted the Hunter Boots and Barbour coats and Range Rover—the classic English country life situation,” says Wyatt of his close friend, who died in 2022. But McVie eventually missed the buzz of the big city, and going back on tour made her want to have a home base in the capital again, he says.

“She was desperately keen to get a place in London and briefed me to start looking for permanent homes for her,” Wyatt says in an exclusive interview with Bloomberg Pursuits. McVie, he says, wanted to be in the middle of everything. “She liked Belgravia, because she could walk to Harvey Nicholas and Harrods around the corner, and that’s what she used to always do when she came up to London,” he recalls.

Wyatt came across a penthouse duplex on tony Eaton place in a classic Regency-era Belgravia building, just a 10-minute walk from those famous department stories. He and McVie liked that it was a corner apartment with an abundance of windows. “The roof terrace was a real selling feature, because she loved the garden that she had at the other house,” Wyatt says. “She had over-planted, to be honest with you. There were plants everywhere!”

McVie purchased the home in 2015 and lived there until her death seven years later at age 79.

Now, McVie’s Belgravia flat has hit the market for £6.95 million ($8.8 million) with Beauchamp Estates. For that, a buyer gets McVie’s 2,552-square-foot penthouse with three bedrooms, three and a half bathrooms and a roof terrace in a building with a doorman. The apartment’s entry level is accessible via an elevator. The home also has air conditioning, a rarity in London’s historic housing market.

The first floor of the apartment features a reception room, kitchen, dining room and study. There are light-colored oak parquet floors throughout, installed at McVie’s request. She also did work on the kitchen, adding an oak worktop, warm yellow ceramic wall tiles and a breakfast bar.

McVie hosted family Christmases in the dining room a few times, Wyatt recalls. “She did like to sort of twinkle around at Christmas time and play a few old carols and things like that on the piano. But it was difficult sometimes—when we tried to encourage her to play piano, she’d go, ‘No, that’s my day job. That’s what I do all the time.’”

Christine's kitchen as she decorated it

The duplex’s upper floor is home to the primary bedroom, which has a dedicated vanity and dressing area and en-suite bathroom with a large soaking tub and shower. There are two additional bedrooms and bathrooms on this level. The roof terrace that sold McVie on the house is just above that.

“She did like the sun, so she enjoyed being able to get up there, but it was generally only her up on the roof most of the time. It wasn’t like she was entertaining up there, although there was enough space,” he says, adding that she wasn’t a “party girl” during her time in Belgravia. (She was in her 70s for the years she lived in the apartment.)

Wyatt thinks McVie’s penthouse will likely suit another well-known person due to the general glamour and exclusivity of the area. “There’s apparently quite a few famous people who live around the corner to us, but I’ve never bumped into them,” he says.

Though she was a member of one of her era’s most famous and successful rock bands, McVie herself managed to keep a fairly low profile. “Stevie was always the one who got spotted out of the band, of course, and Mick because he’s so tall and outrageous,” Wyatt says of his McVie’s bandmates Stevie Nicks and Mick Fleetwood, “but Christine and John [McVie, Christine’s ex-husband and a founding member of Fleetwood Mac] could slide in anywhere. People wouldn’t even know they were at the next table at a restaurant,” Wyatt says.

“She really enjoyed the quiet of being in Belgravia,” he says. “She was happy there.”

Source: Bloomberg

Fleetwood Mac "You Make Loving Fun" Platinum Certified in the UK

Fleetwood Mac's 4th and final single released from Rumours was certified Platinum in the UK on February 28, 2025.  Platinum in the UK represents 600 units sold. Units sold is derived from actual sales of songs and streaming of tracks. 

 

Fleetwood Mac "SARA" New HD Upgraded Video

Fleetwood Mac's Record Label have upgraded the 1979/1980 video of "Sara" the second single released from "Tusk". It looks fantastic.  I wish they would do the same for the entire Tusk Documentary that the video is pulled from.

Stevie Nicks and Billy Joel Live in Santa Clara, CA October 4th

 New Date Announced:

Stevie Nicks and Billy Joel will be in Santa Clara, CA on October 4, 2025 at Levi's Stadium.  Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, March 7th at 10am PST - but Citi Cardmembers have access to presale tickets begining on Monday, March 3rd at 10am PST. Tickets available via Ticketmaster or access the link at StevieNicksOfficial.com

Stevie Nicks I Can't Wait Billboard Hot 100 Debut Feb 22, 1986

Stevie Nicks’ *"I Can’t Wait,"* released in 1985 as the second single from her third solo album, *Rock a Little*. This track is a fascinating snapshot of Stevie’s life and creative process during a turbulent period.

*"I Can’t Wait"* dropped in late 1985 and hit the charts at number 60 39 years ago on February 22, 1986, and peaked at number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 on April 12th. 

Let’s dive into the background.

By the mid-1980s, Stevie Nicks was a rock icon, both as a member of Fleetwood Mac and as a solo artist. After the massive success of her 1981 debut *Bella Donna* and 1983’s *The Wild Heart*, she was under pressure to keep delivering hits. At the same time, her personal life was a whirlwind—marked by romantic entanglements, the strain of fame, and her deepening struggle with substance abuse, particularly cocaine. *Rock a Little* came together during this chaotic chapter, and *"I Can’t Wait"* reflects that urgency and intensity.

Stevie wrote *"I Can’t Wait"* with her longtime collaborators Rick Nowels and Eric Pressly. The song’s creation was famously spontaneous. According to Stevie, it came together in a flash—about 15 minutes—while she was at a recording studio in Los Angeles. She’d been listening to a demo track with a driving beat, and the lyrics poured out of her. She’s described it as a moment of pure inspiration, fueled by her emotional state at the time. The song’s restless, almost desperate tone mirrors her mindset—she was reportedly impatient to move forward, whether in love, life, or her career.

The production was handled by Rick Nowels and Jimmy Iovine, who gave it that polished, synth-heavy 1980’s sound. The track features pulsating rhythms, layered keyboards, and Stevie’s raw, emotive vocals. It’s a departure from her more mystical, folk-rock roots, leaning hard into the pop-rock energy of the era. The recording process for *Rock a Little* was notoriously disorganized—Stevie was juggling addiction, shifting producers, and a grueling schedule—but *"I Can’t Wait"* emerged as a standout, capturing her ability to turn chaos into art.

Lyrically, *"I Can’t Wait"* is about longing and impulsion—an anthem of someone who’s done waiting for something (or someone) to happen. Lines like “She wonders how many more hours her heart will feel broken / In secret she says she needs to see him but no words are spoken” convey a mix of passion and frustration. Stevie’s said it’s not tied to one specific person or event but reflects a broader feeling of being trapped in limbo, wanting to seize the moment. Some fans interpret it as a love song, others as a declaration of independence—either way, it’s steeped in her trademark emotional intensity.

There’s also a personal layer: 1985 was when Stevie’s cocaine use was spiraling, and she’d soon enter rehab in 1986. Retrospectively, the song’s frenetic pace and lyrics about time slipping away feel like a subconscious cry from someone racing against their own demons.

It got heavy MTV rotation thanks to its cinematic music video, directed by Marty Callner. The video’s got Stevie in dramatic black outfits, swirling around with dancers in a hazy, dreamlike set—pure ‘80s excess. It’s a time capsule of that era’s aesthetic, and it helped cement her as a solo star beyond Fleetwood Mac.  In 2007 commenting on the filming of the video, Stevie said “I look at that video, I look at my eyes, and I say to myself, ‘Could you have laid off the pot, the coke, and the tequila for three days, so you could have looked a little better?’"

The song remains a fan favorite, often praised for its infectious energy and as a testament to Stevie’s resilience. It’s not as introspective as *"Landslide"* or as ethereal as *"Rhiannon,"* but it’s a banger that shows her versatility.

Just Announced! Stevie Nicks and Billy Joel New Orleans Oct 18, 2025

A new date was announced on Thursday, February 13, 2025.

Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks will play the Ceasars Superdome in New Orleans, October 18, 2025

Citi Card members will have access to presale tickets beginning on Monday, February 17th at 10am EST.  Tickets will go on sale to the general public on Friday, February 21st at 10am EST.

Tickets available via Ticketmaster or through Stevie's website

More Gold and Platinum for Fleetwood Mac in the UK

Fleetwood Mac's "50 Years - Don't Stop" was certified 5x PLATINUM in the UK February 7, 2025 representing sales of 1.5 million units.  

The album is No.11 this week on the UK Top 100 albums chart. 

Also certified on February 7th, Fleetwood Mac's single "Silver Springs" reached GOLD with sales of 400K units.

Fleetwood Mac Record Store Day 2025 Picture Disc Release

Just like clockwork... Another Record Store Day and another Fleetwood Mac release.  This time it's a picture disc for the 1975 White album.  Rhino is releasing this version in a relatively small quantity compared to the 18,000 that were released of the Rumours picture disc album in April, 2024.

RECORD STORE DAY 2025

Release Date: April 12, 2025

Format: LP Picture Disc

Label: Rhino

Quantity: 6,475

Release type: RSD Exclusive Release

Fleetwood Mac’s 7X platinum-certified 1975 self-titled album on picture disc for the very first time in celebration of its 50th Anniversary! Features 2-sides of unique artwork, and includes the hit singles “Landslide,” “Say You Love Me” & “Rhiannon”.

Tracklist

A1. Monday Morning

A2. Warm Ways

A3. Blue Letter

A4. Rhiannon

A5. Over My Head

A6. Crystal

B1. Say You Love Me

B2. Landslide

B3. World Turning

B4. Sugar Daddy

B5. I'm So Afraid

Mick Fleetwood and Lindsey Buckingham Grammy Night 2025

Mick Fleetwood was at the 6th Jam for Janie Grammy Awards viewing party presented by Live Nation at the Hollywood Palladium February 2nd... He performed with Steven Tyler at the event.  A little bit of a reunion took place. Photos surfaced of Lindsey also at the event.. Which is super cool. The last time published photos of Mick and Lindsey together was in 2018 if I'm not mistaken. 

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