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Album Review: Fleetwood Mac, Extended Play
By Jackson Sinnenberg
Rating: 9.0/10

It seems like Fleetwood Mac make some of their best music in periods of great volatility. Rumours, the band’s 1977 masterpiece, was written and recorded during a time when the band’s personal lives were in the toilet. The Mac’s latest release, the four song EP Extended Play, was recorded in another bout of uncertainty, with multiples recording projects being derailed by Stevie Nicks’s and Lindsey Buckingham’s solo careers. Like during Rumours, the band somehow remains at their most focused during a storm, and has produced an incredible record.

One of the best things about Extended Play is that it sounds like Fleetwood Mac. In an era where the music industry seems to be pressing for more homogenization, it is great to hear a band that sounds like themselves. The EP’s lead, and best, track “Sad Angel,” is a classic Mac song of the highest caliber, reminiscent of many of the tracks from the beginning of the Buckingham-Nicks era Mac. Buckingham’s vocals effortlessly blend with Nicks’s, showing the potency of this long partnership. 

Continue to the full review at Musings on the Mediums

Extended Play is available at on iTunes or AmazonMP3

Fleetwood Mac singer Stevie Nicks insists her chemistry with Lindsey Buckingham is real

Fleetwood Mac have real chemistry
November 2nd
By: Doug Fredricksen
Starpulse

Fleetwood Mac singer Stevie Nicks insists her chemistry with Lindsey Buckingham is real.

The 'Landslide' hitmaker admits the bond between the pair has been "fake" during performances on previous tours but they are now as close as they were when we first met.

Stevie, 65, told Mojo Magazine: "My cousin John has known Lindsey and I since 1968.

"He told me, "When I saw you and Lindsey play with Fleetwood Mac in 2009, there was nothing between you.

"It was as if you were thinking, 'What shall I get from room service? Grilled cheese? Tomato soup?'

"Hammy wasn't the word for Lindsey and I in 2009 - it was totally fake.

"But what you see on stage now is not fake. It is loving, and it is as close to those two people who met as teenagers as you could hope for."

Stevie was 16 when she was first introduced to Lindsey, then 17, at a party in San Francisco and started making music together two years later.

The pair posed naked on the cover of their Buckingham Nicks album, made before Fleetwood Mac was

formed, and Stevie was "terrified".

Stevie revealed: "I could not have been more terrified if you'd asked me to jump off a speeding train.

"Lindsey was like, 'Oh, come on - this is art. Don't be a child!' I thought, 'Who are you? Don't you know me?'."

She hid the picture from her parents and admits they were less than impressed when they saw it.

Stevie said: "When the record came out and I saw my father it was, 'Why didn't you just say no, Stevie?' I said, 'Daddy, I don't know. I didn't feel like I had a choice - I'm so sorry'. I learned a big lesson that day."

The 20th Anniversary of Mojo Magazine is in stores now

"The 40 Year Itch" Stevie Nicks on the cover of QWeekend - Courier Mail - Brisbane

The interview is a re-print of The Guardian interview that ran in the UK January 12, 2013.  If you missed it the first time, read it on-line at The Guardian.  Sadly the Courier Mail had these magazines printed prior to the Fleetwood Mac announcement that they wouldn't be coming to Australia this month (at the end of this article they are promoting the "In Your Dreams" Premiere Nov 13th in Brisbane plus the Fleetwood Mac show the following night and the December date).

Courier Mail - Brisbane (Nov 2, 2013 issue)

Fleetwood Mac "Boston" - 3CD Live Recording Box Set - New Release

This will excite those that enjoyed the earlier incarnation of Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green, Danny Kirwin and Jeremy Spencer.

3CD Set in round box, remastered vintage live recordings of Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac. Earlier this year the current incarnation of Fleetwood Mac embarked on a massive world tour with dates in North America followed by gigs around Europe. These dates saw the band playing sold-out shows to huge arena crowds and are sure to create another surge of interest in this much-loved band. 

Boston is a 3CD set which collects live recordings from an earlier era of the band's colourful history. The set features the classic blues line-up of Mick Fleetwood, Peter Green, Danny Kirwan, John McVie and Jeremy Spencer. Originally recorded at the Boston Tea Party venue over three nights in February 1970, for a planned release later the same year, these recordings were left in the can, unissued, following leader Peter Green's sudden decision to leave the band a few weeks after the dates. Tracks from the shows were eventually released in various forms in the mid-80s but these releases were blighted by poor sound sources. The discovery of the original 8-track tapes and a number of previously unreleased tracks in the late 90s allowed the material to be re-mixed, re-mastered, and substantially overhauled for release on 3 separate CD volumes. This new set brings together all of these re-mastered recordings a 3CD set to present a complete document of these historic shows. The set is packaged in a round box with a 24 page book and 5 beer mats. The booklet contains new sleeve notes and reworked artwork.

RELEASE DATES:
NOVEMBER  5th  - CANADA
NOVEMBER11th - UNITED KINGDON
NOVEMBER 15th - GERMANY
NOVEMBER 19th - UNITED STATES

UK TV ALERT: Lindsey Buckingham, Fleetwood Mac & Stevie Nicks Sky Arts 1 Nov 10th & 11th

November 10th, 11th and 16th belong to Fleetwood Mac, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks on Sky Arts 1 in the UK!

That's a lot of Mac on TV!

These shows have all been on before and all are great and shouldn't be missed if you haven't seen them, but the one to watch for is Lindsey's appearance on the new "Talks Music" series which he taped while in London this past September.  It's a full hour with Lindsey and he performs The Chain, Big Love and Bleed to Love Her.  Performs The Chain solo?  This should be interesting.  It's only on once... so don't miss it!

NOVEMBER 10th:

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.
Sunday, November 10th 7:40pm

SOUNDSTAGE PRESENTS STEVIE NICKS
The Fleetwood Mac singer performs a selection of her greatest hits, including Rhiannon, Edge of Seventeen and Sara.
Sunday, November 10th 9:00pm

VIDEO KILLED THE RADIO STAR - FLEETWOOD MAC
Mick Fleetwood discusses Fleetwood Mac's most famous music videos, including Big Love and Gypsy, and reveals how they affected his band's public profile and artistic direction.
Sunday, November 10th 10:30pm

NOVEMBER 11th

CLASSIC ALBUMS - FLEETWOOD MAC 'RUMOURS' (repeat)
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.
Monday, November 11th 9:10am

VIDEO KILLED THE RADIO STAR - FLEETWOOD MAC (repeat 1)
Mick Fleetwood discusses Fleetwood Mac's most famous music videos, including Big Love and Gypsy, and reveals how they affected his band's public profile and artistic direction.
Monday, November 11th 10:30am

SOUNDSTAGE PRESENTS STEVIE NICKS
The Fleetwood Mac singer performs a selection of her greatest hits, including Rhiannon, Edge of Seventeen and Sara.
Monday, November 11th 4:30pm

VIDEO KILLED THE RADIO STAR - FLEETWOOD MAC (repeat 2)
Mick Fleetwood discusses Fleetwood Mac's most famous music videos, including Big Love and Gypsy, and reveals how they affected his band's public profile and artistic direction.
Monday, November 11th 5:30pm

TALKS MUSIC - LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM

New series. Broadcaster and producer Malcolm Gerrie chats to musicians about their work, craft, passions and inspirations, hearing how they write, perform and survive the pressures of being in the public eye. His first guest is Fleetwood Mac singer and guitarist Lindsey Buckingham, who talks about his career and performs a selection of tracks including The Chain, Big Love and Bleed to Love Her.
Monday, November 11th 9:00pm

FLEETWOOD MAC: LIVE IN BOSTON
Parts one and two. Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks play hits from throughout their career in a concert from 2004.
Monday, November 11th 10:00pm (pt 1)
Monday, November 11th 11:00pm (pt 2)

NOVEMBER 15th

FLEETWOOD MAC CLASSIC ALBUMS "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.
Vintage TV: Friday, November 15, 2013 11:00pm

NOVEMBER 16th

TALKS MUSIC - LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM
Repeat: Fleetwood Mac singer and guitarist Lindsey Buckingham, talks about his career and performs a selection of tracks including The Chain, Big Love and Bleed to Love Her.
Saturday, November 16, 2013 8:00pm - Sky Arts 1

FLEETWOOD MAC: LIVE IN BOSTON
Parts one and two. Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks play hits from throughout their career in a concert from 2004.
Saturday, November 16, 2013   9:00pm (part 1) - Sky Arts 1
Saturday, November 16, 2013 10:00pm (part 2) - Sky Arts 1

FLEETWOOD MAC CLASSIC ALBUMS "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.
Saturday, November 16, 2013 11:20pm - Sky Arts 1

Interview with Stevie Nicks: "Nicks is hoping to get time to work on another solo album"

Photo by Danny Clinch

(Looks like an interview with Stevie prior to the beginning of the Fleetwood Mac World Tour

Published today at Rip it Up - New Zealand based website)

by Jamie Wynn

It's a miracle Fleetwood Mac are still together and touring. A musical soap opera of tangled love lives and drug and drink-fuelled breakups has lasted since the seventies, when the best-known lineup of the group formed.

But it's always been about the music. Surviving the breakup of two couples - Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham, and John and Christine McVie gave the band their multi-million selling 1977 album Rumours.

But their love of their band and their belief in its music has helped them to endure and today they’re as popular as ever, currently in the middle of a mammoth world tour.

Rip It Up met Nicks in LA, where the band are in rehearsals. And the legendary singer says: "This band is the longest relationship any of us have had. It’s more than our individual issues.

“When Lindsey and I split and Christine and John were about to break up, we were all in a room, saying, 'Well, I'm not going to quit so you quit'.

"Mick was in the middle saying 'Well, is anybody quitting? If not, can we just carry on?' "And that's exactly what happened. No one was willing to give up Fleetwood Mac - it just wasn't an option.”

The band have endured what would have killed most other bands.

The breakdown of Nicks and Buckingham’s five-year relationship and the McVies' divorce during the making of landmark album Rumours became part of the Fleetwood Mac story. And even today, forty years after their split, it’s when Nicks and Buckingham get close on stage,that the crowd really erupt and cheer.

“I guess fans are still fascinated by us,“ she admits in her famous husky drawl. “It’s part of the story and whatever happened between me and Lindsey or the others, the power of the band and the music meant more."

After her split with Buckingham, Nicks embarked on a  two-year affair with band drummer and Fleetwood Mac founder Mick Fleetwood who was in the middle of a divorce with wife Jenny Boyd.

And it wasn’t just the band’s love lives which were full of drama. The band's intake of drugs in the Seventies and Eighties is also part of their story.

Nicks says she first tried cocaine when she moved to Los Angeles from San Francisco with Buckingham.

Continue to the full interview at Rip It Up