Return of the Mac! why the cool kids love them

Page 34 Irish Independent
July 2, 2013

by Ed Power

Irish Independent - July 2, 2013

Music’s most hip are lining up to pay tribute to Fleetwood Mac, says

Their greatest album was recorded in a blizzard of cocaine, champagne and heartache. Thirty five years later, Fleetwood Mac are suddenly the name to drop in fashionable music circles. Tickets for this September's brace of O2 dates sold out in a heartbeat; a ‘ lavish' — i.e. super-expensive — re-issue of their 1977 blockbuster record Rumours is basking in fivestar reviews (you get the impression certain journalists would award six stars were that allowed).

So what, you cry. Fleetwood Mac have always been popular. Until Michael Jackson's Thriller, Rumours was the biggest-selling LP of all time, some 40 million copies residing in record collections around the world. Well, yes. The difference is that today it isn't merely nostalgiahappy oldies flocking to the band. ‘The group’s fastest growing fanbase is among the under 30s.

In trend-conscious alternative pop, in particular, people can't get enough of Fleetwood Mac. Natasha Khan of Mercurynominated outfit Bat For Lashes says her biggest hit, ‘Daniel’, was inspired by their 1987 soft-rock classic ‘ Tango in the Night’.

Last year, cooler than-thou names such as MGMT, Best Coast and Lykki Li lined up to pay tribute to ‘ the Mac' on a covers album.

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Fleetwood Mac's spectacular two-hour-plus show reunites the multi-Grammy winning, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees on stage to deliver many of their classic and most beloved songs including 'The Chain', 'Dreams', Second Hand News', Rhiannon', 'Sara', 'Gold Dust Woman', 'Tusk', 'Looking Out for Love', 'Don't Stop', 'Go Your Own Way' and so many more!

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The multi Grammy award winning, Rock N Roll Hall of Fame inductees have reunited and are on tour in Australia in November and December. Of course, we’re talking about Fleetwood Mac – with fantastic hits like ‘Rhiannon’, ‘Dreams’, ‘Don’t Stop’ and ‘Go Your Own Way’… just some of their classics.

The Chris Smith Afternoon Show is giving you the chance to win a double pass to the November 11 concert. Stay listening all this week!

Live Nation brings the legendary Fleetwood Mac to the Sydney Entertainment Centre November 11.

Tickets are on sale now through Ticketmaster. Go to: ticketmaster.com.au

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3AW is giving you the chance to win tickets to see them at Rod Laver Arena on Wednesday 27 November! For your chance to win, stay listening to Breakfast with Darren James & Tony Leonard from Monday July 1.

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Lindsey Buckingham Interview WEDNESDAY in LA Times - Calendar

After Fleetwood Mac tour: Reissue of 'Buckingham Nicks'?

LA Times

Fleetwood Mac is headed down the home stretch of its 2013 tour, with only three shows remaining: Wednesday at Staples Center in L.A., Friday in San Diego and Saturday in Sacramento.

But 2013 represents a milestone of another kind for band members Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks: It’s the 40th anniversary of “Buckingham Nicks, ” the only album they put out as a duo before joining up with Fleetwood Mac in 1975.

That album never made the Billboard 200 album chart, but it’s prized among rock fans as an important moment in California rock history and in the story of Fleetwood Mac’s evolution from respected British blues-rock band to a transatlantic runaway success.

“Buckingham Nicks” remains out of print, but there’s momentum building not only for a reissue of the album on CD but also the a possibility of some performances to go with it.

“There has been some talk about finally getting that out on a CD,” Buckingham told Pop & Hiss when we caught up with him last week at a tour stop in Charlotte, N.C. (The full interview with Buckingham will appear Wednesday in Calendar.) “I think it really comes down to what we want to do with that format.

“Do we want to just release it and that’s it? Do we want to add some bonus tracks? What level of involvement do we take it to? There’s a market for just about anything we want to do, but we have not gotten there yet.  It’s something we need some clarity on.

“If it were me, I’d say let’s put a couple of bonus tracks on it, and do some dates. That would be something brand new,” Buckingham said. “The idea of just dropping it as a CD doesn’t quite underscores the gesture enough.”

Likewise, Nicks told Rolling Stone before the current Fleetwood Mac tour started that she’d be interested in reuniting the band she and Buckingham had in the early '70s, which included guitarist Waddy Wachtel, drummer Jim Keltner and bassist Jerry Scheff, and doing some shows this year or in 2014.

“These are dialogues we’ve had, but only in the hypothetical, and we have not come to any decisions about what we want to do,” Buckingham said. “And all these things will become clear. It’s all from the bottom up. These things tend to take on a life of their own.”

UK TV ALERT: Lots of Fleetwood Mac | Stevie Nicks | Lindsey Buckingham This Week on Sky Arts 1

Seems every year there is some sort of a marathon on UK TV that's dedicated to all things Fleetwood Mac. The last blitz was in August, 2012 when the below shows aired on Sky Arts A LOT over the course of a couple of days.  All great shows if you haven't seen them.

Tuesday, July 2, 2013 Sky Arts 1 HD
9:00pm - Classic Albums Fleetwood Mac "Rumours" 
Members of Fleetwood Mac reveal how private turmoil acted as a catalyst in the creation of Rumours, their Grammy-winning album that went on to sell more than 19 million copies

10:20pm - Fleetwood Mac: Live in Boston (Episode 1 of 2)
Part one of two. Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks play hits from throughout their career in a concert from 2004

11:20pm - Fleetwood Mac: Live in Boston (Episode 2 of 2)
More tracks from the 2004 concert, which saw Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks play hits including Dreams and Go Your Own Way.

12:40am - Soundstage Presents Stevie Nicks
The Fleetwood Mac singer performs a selection of her greatest hits, including Rhiannon, Edge of Seventeen and Sara.

Wednesday, July 3 2013 Sky Arts 1 HD
02:20am - Classic Albums Fleetwood Mac "Rumours"
03:40am - Fleetwood Mac: Live in Boston (pt 1)
04:40am - Fleetwood Mac: Live in Boston (pt 2)

6:30am - Talks with Dave Fanning (Lindsey Buckingham)
Lindsey Buckingham The DJ presents an interview with Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsey Buckingham, who talks about his life and musical influences, accompanied by archive clips.

07:00am - Fleetwood Mac: Live in Boston (pt 1)
08:00am - Fleetwood Mac: Live in Boston (pt 2)
09:20am - Classic Albums Fleetwood Mac "Rumours"
10:40am - Soundstage Presents Stevie Nicks
02:25pm - Talks with Dave Fanning (Lindsey Buckingham)
03:00pm - Fleetwood Mac: Live in Boston (pt 1)
04:00pm - Fleetwood Mac: Live in Boston (pt 2)

Thursday, July 4, 2013 Sky Arts 1 HD
06:40pm - Classic Albums Fleetwood Mac "Rumours"
08:00pm - Soundstage Presents Stevie Nicks

Review: Fleetwood Mac Live in Portland "band was fired up and totally engaged"

FLEETWOOD MAC LIVE

PORTLAND, OR - ROSE GARDEN

JUNE 30, 2013

Photo by Megan Deans

Fleetwood Mac at the Rose Garden
BY Ned Lannamann
Portland Mercury

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Last night, four members of the Rumours-era Fleetwood Mac played the Rose Garden, offering their biggest hits and some (relative) obscurities as well. It was a great show that didn't ever feel like a routine retread through past glories—the band was fired up and totally engaged for over two and a half hours. They opened with perhaps the greatest one-two-three punch a band could ever pull off: "Second Hand News," "The Chain," and "Dreams," wasting no time whatsoever in getting to the hits.

Lindsey Buckingham held down stage left, almost overly eager to prove his guitar ability. He shredded all night long, with highlights in his now-mandatory solo rendition of "Big Love," and the lengthy face-melting solo during "I'm So Afraid." He whooped and barked at the crowd, as animated as a man without have an eightball shoved up his nose could possibly be. (Oh, wait...) He played to the back row, as if he still had something to prove—when Buckingham's magnum opus Tusk met with some resistance in 1979, it must have put a little bit of a chip on his shoulder, which he still seems to be working out.

Stevie Nicks, meanwhile, was the soul of the show, departing the stage for the numbers that weren't hers but providing a great visual focal point while she was onstage. Dressed in her trademark black chiffon skirt and an array of shawls, she looked amazing and sounded excellent, even as she elected not to reach the high notes in "Dreams" or "Rhiannon."

Continue to the full Review at Portland Mercury

SAD ANGEL

WITHOUT YOU INTRO

GOLD DUST WOMAN

THE CHAIN

WORLD TURNING
SILVER SPRINGS Love that she takes a little stroll mid song around the stage... then back to the mic, spins around a few times...then continues on with the song.  Noticed the last few shows, she's really moving around a LOT on that stage, not just sticking to her little area... Great to see!
CLOSING THOUGHTS You know, every time I see them talking especially at the end of the show, and especially with Stevie's delivery, it sounds so final, like this is the last time... Years ago, they used to say "see you next time" or something to that effect... Not this time.

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