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Fleetwood Mac 'Rumours' Re-issue UK 1st Week Sales = 25,675

Music Week (UK)

It's nearly 35 years since Fleetwood Mac's seminal 1977 album Rumours reached number one - and to mark the occasion it has been released in expanded and remastered editions, with a triple CD set containing the original album in remastered form, unreleased live recordings from a 1977 tour and previously unissued outtakes.

A deluxe edition of Rumours adds a DVD featuring a 1977 documentary, and a vinyl edition of the album. Helped by the re-screening of the 2009 documentary Don't Stop on BBC2 eight days ago, and group leader Mick Fleetwood's subsequent appearance on BBC1's The One Show, the newly retooled set sold 25,675 copies last week to re-enter the chart at number three. It is its first appearance in the Top 10 since 25 March 1978, though it did reach number 18 in 1997.

Although now one of the UK's 20 biggest selling albums, with sales of 3,437,677, Rumours started slowly. First charting on 26 February 1977 - nearly 36 years ago - it debuted at number 57, then jumped to number seven and reached number one for the first and only time on its 48th appearance in the chart, nearly a year later. Four singles from Rumours made the Top 50 but none made the Top 20, with Dreams providing its highest charting hit by reaching a modest number 24. But the album had massive staying power, and according to OCC its tally of 493 weeks on the chart is the highest of any album.

The chart organisation has marked the occasion by revealing Fleetwood Mac's biggest-selling tracks of the digital era here www.officialcharts.com - which shows five of Rumours' 11 tracks to be among the Top 10. To supplement that list, we present Rumours' tracks ranked in order of their popularity as stand-alone downloads in the context of both the album and Fleetwood Mac's entire catalogue. The first position shown is their Rumours ranking, the second (parenthetical) figure is their overall rank among Fleetwood Mac downloads in the digital era, the third is the track's title and the fourth is a comparative sales ranking : 

1 (1) Go Your Own Way

2 (2) The Chain - 78, 

3 (5) Dreams - 41, 

4 (8) Don't Stop - 21, 

5 (10) Songbird - 19, 

6 (17) You Make Loving Fun - 9, 

7 (18) Never Going Back Again - 9, 

8 (22) Second Hand News - 5, 

9 (23) Gold Dust Woman - 5, 

10 (28) I Don't Want To Know - 4, 

11 (30) Oh Daddy - 2. 

Stevie Nicks wrote the number three track Dreams but also all of the three least popular. Overall sales of tracks from Rumour passed the 500,000 mark last week.

WIN CD's and Fleetwood Mac Tickets in Ireland

Win Fleetwood Mac CD’s all Week
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All this week (Feb 4th - 8th) from 9am – 5pm to celebrate Fleetwood Mac coming to Dublin Radio Nova giving you the chance to qualify to win:
A copy of Fleetwood Mac – Rumours 36th Anniversary edition each hour

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Win Fleetwood Mac Tickets to the O2 Show in Dublin!
Everyone who qualifies during the week will be put in the draw at the end of the week to see for two of the best seats in the house for Fleetwood Mac in The O2 on Friday the 20th of September with overnight accommodation.

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Fleetwood Mac, one of rock's most enduring, beloved and successful bands, is coming to The O2 Dublin on Friday 20th of September as part of a major 2013 worldwide tour. 

Tickets from €65.45 (Inc booking fee) will be available to purchase from 100 Ticketmaster outlets nationwide and online at Ticketmaster.ie on Friday 8th February at 9am. 

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Mick Fleetwood's Appearance on Top Gear Available on BBC iPlayer

If you missed Mick Fleetwood on Top Gear yesterday in the UK... It's now available on the BBC iPlayer.  Good show!  Who knew Mick could drive so well!

Fleetwood Mac Announce UK / European Tour Dates

Fleetwood Mac Announce Ireland / UK / Euro Tour Dates:

Tickets go on sale this Friday, February 8 at 9am
Ticket Prices: £50.00 / £65.00 / £80.00 / £125.00 for London, Birmingham and Manchester
Ticket Prices: £45.00 / £60.00 / £75.00 / £125.00 for Glasgow.

Pre-sales begin September 6th.

Ireland / UK
20 Sept - Dublin, Ireland - O2 Dublin - Tickets
24 Sept - London, UK - O2 Arena - Tickets
29 Sept - Birmingham, UK - LG Arena - Tickets
1 Oct - Manchester, UK - Manchester Arena - Tickets
3 Oct - Glasgow, UK - The Hydro - Tickets

Tickets on sale February 8th.  Pre-sales begin Sept 6th

Europe
6 Oct - Cologne, Germany - Lanxess Arena - Tickets
7 Oct - Amsterdam, Netherlands - Ziggo Dome - Tickets
9 Oct - Antwerp, Belgium - Sport Palais - Tickets
11 Oct - Paris, France - Bercy - Tickets
13 Oct - Zurich, Switzerland - Hallenstadion - Tickets
14 Oct - Stuttgart, Germany - Schleyerhalle - Tickets
16 Oct - Berlin, Germany - O2 World - Tickets
18 Oct - Herning, Denmark - Jynske Bank Boxen - Tickets
20 Oct - Oslo, Norway - Oslo Spektrum - Tickets
23 Oct - Stockholm, Sweden - Globen - Tickets
25 Oct - Helsinki, Finland - Hartwall Arena - Tickets

The Current's Fleetwood Mac Rumours Deluxe Edition Giveaway

The Current is giving away four copies of the deluxe edition of Fleetwood Mac's Rumours. 

Enter below and remember to read the rules!

Open only to legal residents of any one of the 50 United States or the District of Columbia who are 18 years of age or older.

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Win tickets to see Fleetwood Mac in Vancouver

100.3 The Q is celebrating the 35 Anniversary of Fleetwood Mac's - Rumours.

This coming Monday, February 4, 100.3 The Q! Is celebrating the 35th Anniversary of Fleetwood Mac's Rumours and giving you the chance to win a pair of tickets to their upcoming Vancouver show.

Be listening to The Q! all day on Monday, February 4 from 12:00AM to 11:59PM, whenever you hear a Fleetwood Mac Song make sure you're caller 9 at 250-475-1003 and you'll instantly go into the grand prize draw to win a pair of tickets to see Fleetwood Mac LIVE on Sunday, May 19 at Rogers Arena. 

A few winners will also randomnly receive a copy of the 3-CD expanded edition re-issue of Rumours

Grand Prize Draw will be done on The Q! Morning Show on Tuesday, February 5th.

Fleetwood Mac Rumours Re-Enters UK Top 100 at #3 | Irelands Top 100 at #12 | Netherlands Top 100 at #7

UK Top 100 Albums Chart - Feb 9, 2013
Fleetwood Mac's Rumours debuts at #3 in the UK.  The reissue is their highest UK chart peak in more than 20 years after 1990's Behind The Mask reached No. 1 in 1990.

# 3 (NEW)  Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 35th Anniversary Edition

Ireland Top 100 Albums Chart - Week ending January 31, 2013
Rumours is new on the chart this week in Ireland as well re-entering at #12.  Greatest hits has been back on the chart a few weeks and moves into the Top 20 at #19.

# 12 (NEW)  Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 35th Anniversary Edition
# 19 (33)   Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits

The Netherlands Top 100 Albums Chart - February 2, 2013
Rumours is new on the charts in The Netherlands on the Dutch Charts entering in the Top 10 at #7.

# 7 (NEW) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 35th Anniversary Deluxe Edition Box

Belgium Top 100 Albums Chart - February 2, 2013
Rumours is new on the Top 100 Album Charts in Belgium at #72.

# 72 (NEW) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 35th Anniversary Deluxe Edition Box

Australia Top 50 Catalogue Charts - February 4, 2013
The Rumours reissue was just released on February 1st in Australia, so will likely appear on next weeks charts.  In the meantime "Greatest Hits" and "The Very Best Of" have been enjoying some renewed interest linguring around the Catalogue Charts for the last few weeks.  Also, new on the Top 40 DVD Chart is the re-entery of Fleetwood Mac's "The Dance".

# 14 (12) Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of
# 21 (30) Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits

Top 40 Music DVD Chart

# 31 (R/E) Fleetwood Mac - The Dance

USA Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart - Feb 2, 2013

# 156 (195) Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac

Second week for Fleetwood Mac's Greatest Hits back on Billboard's Top 200 Album Chart. Sales for the week ending January 20th = 2,754 up 12% from 2,465 units sold in the US the previous week in which the disc re-entered the chart at #195 on a 66% sales boost. Sales for the week prior to its re-entery were 1,482 units.  Sales for the last 3 weeks for this album alone were: 6,700.  Total US sales to day (Since Nov, 1991) = 4,614,926.

Sales and Rank:
2,754 - #156 Billboard Chart
2,465 - #195 Billboard Chart
1,482 - Not charting

Billboard Top 200 Catalog Albums Chart - Feb 2, 2013

# 31 (44) - Greatest Hits, Fleetwood Mac - 473 weeks on chart accumulated

On the Top 200 Catalogue Chart, Greatest Hits moves up 13 spots to #31 from #44 the previous week.

Greatest Hits has subsequently dropped out of the Top 200 Albums Chart on billboard for the February 9th issue... Fully expect the re-issue of "Rumours" to enter next weeks chart... Where it will re-enter is anyones guess.

Video: Stevie Nicks: How Prepping This Tour 'Changed Us' #FleetwoodMac

Plus: Lindsey Buckingham and Mick Fleetwood join their Fleetwood Mac bandmate to reveal the secret to their success.

Video: Mick Fleetwood UK TV Appearances... Alan Titchmarsh and The One Show

Mick Fleetwood Interview on UK TV program The One Show January 28, 2013 discusses Rumours and the upcoming Fleetwood Mac tour.



Mick Fleetwood Interview on UK chat show The Alan Titchmarsh Show Friday February 1, 2013 discussing the upcoming Fleetwood Mac tour and re-release of Rumours.

Mick Fleetwood recalls the nightmares behind a dream album, writes Kathy Mccabe

 Rumours were all true
by Kathy McCabe
The Sunday Telegraph (Sydney, Australia)

Fleetwood Mac's famed heartbreak album Rumours is being re-released

MORE than 35 years ago, Fleetwood Mac forged Rumours in the grip of relationship implosion medicated by substance abuse.

As the anniversary is marked by the requisite reissue, even band founder Mick Fleetwood shakes his head at how they managed to write and record one of the greatest break-up albums of all time in the midst of such heartache.

These days, as the Mac prepare to embark on a world tour, the lanky drummer and his bandmates Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham and John McVie share that comfortable affection which comes with the survival of such a long marriage.

You could fill a library with lurid stories from Fleetwood Mac’s past

Their own way
Sunday Star Times
by Grant Smithies

You could fill a library with lurid stories from Fleetwood Mac’s past, but everything you need to know is in the 12 songs of Rumours.

AH, YES, 1977. I remember it as if it was yesterday. It was a year of great rejoicing among the old and tired, due to the launch of the new National Superannuation Scheme, but, elsewhere, political tensions ran high. That old bully Muldoon was still in power, presiding over the shameful dawn raids in which hundreds of Polynesian ‘‘overstayers’’ were deported, and a group of Ngati Whatua was ensconced at Bastion Point, protesting government inaction over land claims. Sleeping Dogs was screening in our cinemas, a movie that imagined Aotearoa as a police state, complete with bombings, torture, and reluctant revolutionary Sam Neill hooning around in the Coromandel bush.

I, meanwhile, was marinating in male hormones in Whanganui, riding the rapids of puberty while listening to a steady soundtrack of David Bowie, The Commodores, and Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours.