Thursday, January 24, 2013

Video: Fleetwood Mac talks 2013 tour how music keeps them young - Lindsey & Mick speak!


Really sweet words from Lindsey... I hope they do follow through with more "Buckingham Nicks" type of singing on the tour.

Fleetwood Mac talks their 2013 tour

by Nichole Hamilton


Fleetwood Mac members Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham and Mick Fleetwood talked to OTRC.com about their upcoming 2013 tour, and how they've managed to maintain their fan following for so long.

"You can't really stop," Nicks told OTRC.com on January 24. "I have a friend, Doug Morris, who said to me once, 'when you retire, you just get small.' And I think that's really true - I love that. So, you can't just go on a three year vacation, because when you come back, it won't be there. And that's why a lot of the big bands that still try to play, and they don't play for eight or nine years, and then they try to play - they're not good anymore."

Nicks went on to say that while rehearsals are slated to start in February, the group is still debating on what the official set list will be.

"We're all just thinking now, and going over in our heads what, you know, which songs," Nicks said. "Because, there are those specific 10 songs, 12 songs, whatever, that you play because you - because the audience really wants to hear them, and because they are the foundation of the band, and because they are the reason we all have really nice houses. So, those are there. But beyond that, we have the other songs to play with, so it's really fun, but we don't really know yet because we haven't started, so it's really mysterious."

Lindsey Buckingham, the veteran guitarist, who once shared a romantic relationship with Nicks, explained how the close, songwriting pair are rediscovering their bond.

"We are still somehow inventing new dynamics within the two of us," Buckingham explained of his friendship with Nicks. "We are still discovering things about each other. Perhaps we are still getting back to things we once had ... It just makes it very sweet, that after all these years, we can perhaps now we can really start to address some of the love that's always been there, and some of the things that we have shared."


Full Article at On The Red Carpet


Fleetwood Mac on the Cover of Rolling Stone Magazine February, 2013 - Germany

Rolling Stone Magazine February 2013 Issue

But is this only in Germany?  or is this going to be world wide? I want one!


Published on January 24, 2013
The new edition with four covers and a great special on the top 100 albums Soul. To: series that make us addicted, an exclusive backstage story about the rise of motor club, the big interview with the Avett Brothers, Pete Townshend and Rod Stewart about her beginnings as a mod - and a cover CD of Michael Jackson's "Thriller" .

At newsstands now, the new edition - 35 years "Rumours" by Fleetwood Mac
An unexpected comeback 35 years after "Rumors" Fleetwood Mac are rediscovered. The legendary band goes on tour, meanwhile, is working for the first time in ten years on new songs. A story of love dramas and pop triumphs. Searching for clues, yesterday and today. - WARNER

Rolling Stone Germany

Dutch tv show 'De Wereld Draait Door' discusses Fleetwood Mac and the upcoming reissue of Rumours

[translation] Fleetwood Mac, one of the most popular and successful bands in rock history, brings on January 25, 2013 the legendary album Rumours again in a remastered version. They will also be honoring the 35th anniversary of the album, an extended and deluxe version out. At the table on this topic: Manuela Kemp, Anne Soldier and Tjerk Lammers.

De Wereld Draait Door
Thanks @KevinHulsman for pointing me towards this video.

NEW Q&A "Geeking Out with Lindsey Buckingham"


Geeking Out with Lindsey Buckingham 
by Alex Bleeker - Relix

Last month Fleetwood Mac announced a series of arena dates beginning in April. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees will kick off their first tour in three years with a show in Columbus, OH on April 4 before making their way through the United States and Canada, including stops at Madison Square Garden in New York City, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and The Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. The tour coincides with the 35th anniversary of the release of Fleetwood Mac’s classic album Rumors. When the group’s Lindsey Buckingham began doing press in conjunction with these dates, we enlisted Alex Bleeker (Real Estate, Alex Bleeker and the Freaks) to interview Buckingham.

In the winter of 2007 I came home from college wielding a freshly burned copy of Rumors; I was obsessed. Of course I had heard most of the music before, almost every song had been a radio hit. For some reason, however, even the familiar tunes sounded new to me. Fleetwood Mac was suddenly re-contextualized. The production was flawless, the hooks – irresistible, and the lyrics were haunting and universal.

At an obligatory meeting of old High School friends and future band mates in my Mom’s basement, we passed the bong and listened to Fleetwood Mac. My musical selection garnered sceptical reactions at best. “I don’t know dude, some of this stuff is pretty cheesy,” somebody quipped. You see, Fleetwood Mac had never been too popular with the “alternative” crowd. In spite of their overwhelming commercial success the Mac have never been “cool” ….until now.

In the late 70s Fleetwood Mac was a symbol of rock excess; the tyranny against which early punk and new wave fans struggled to rebel. But it’s 2012 now, and the music has broken free from the shackles of social stigma. Fleetwood Mac’s sweet melodic power and influence can not be denied. On the road with Real Estate, I’ve travelled all over the world, and met countless artists and musicians. I can safely say that a Fleetwood Mac influence is a universal given… it’s like saying that you like the Beatles.

Perhaps even more staggering is the re-emergence of Lindsey Buckingham as a solo artist. Buckingham’s own music, while still catchy, has never been afraid to take experimental risks. His body of work is the ever elusive blend of accessible and challenging. In this era of stale rock reunions, Buckingham continues to make work like this. The 21st century has revealed him to be a true legacy artist to be admired.

Speaking with Lindsey was a rare treat. He was well grounded and casual, but carried the confidence of someone who knows that the world has finally caught up with his true brilliance.

Video: Stevie Nicks confirms "Without You" as NEW Buckingham Nicks song & Sings 'Sad Angel"

Fleetwood Mac on New Songs & Tour, Dave Grohl, and Justin Bieber - Stevie sings a snippet of Sad Angel! 

PLUS confirms that "Without You" is the NEW Buckingham Nicks song that her and Lindsey recorded!  One of 3 newly recorded tracks.

Video: Stevie Nicks on Her Mom's Passing & Fleetwood Mac

Stevie Nicks on Her Mom's Passing & Fleetwood Mac

After over four decades together, Fleetwood Mac is still thriving. The band is re-releasing their album Rumours and will soon be embarking on a newly expanded North American tour. Despite bumps along the way, lead singer Stevie Nicks partially credits the band's recent reconnection to her mother's passing.
Fleetwood Mac has been on many hiatuses throughout the years, which the band says has become an almost necessary cyclical process for them to break off and embark on solo endeavors amid spurts of recording and touring together.

A few years after the band wrapped its Unleashed tour, it is back together for another tour, which Nicks mainly credits to the passing of her mother, Barbara, in late 2011.

"My mom passed away a year and two months ago, so Lindsey (Buckingham, guitarist) and I have talked a lot about that," Nicks said in a sit-down with Buckingham and drummer Mick Fleetwood (bassist John McVie was not present).

"She was the last of the Old Guard, so it's been a little bit shocking for all of us, but I think in a strange sort of way it's kind of really reconnected us in a way because we miss her and we wish she wasn't gone. She loved Lindsey and she loved Mick, and she loved me. ...Losing Barbara has really, I think, brought us back together in a lot of ways."

While they've recently joined back together for the Fleetwood Mac Live 2013 tour--which was recently extended an additional twelve shows due to the high volume of demand for the shows-- Nicks, who has maintained a steady solo career over the years, divulged that it's only natural that the band will be on hiatus once again.

"It is like a marriage and if you're together 24 hours a day every single day, no matter how much you care about somebody, you need a break," she said. "So, we take that three-year break and it seems to work really beautifully for us."

In addition to the band's 2013 tour, it is also re-releasing its 1977 album Rumours, which has become one of the best-selling albums of all time with an astonishing 40 million estimated records sold. The reissued album will feature live recordings and previously unreleased music.

Watch the video to hear the band talk about the re-released edition of Rumours, which will be available January 29.