Fleetwood Mac's 'Rumours': 10 Things You Didn't Know

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By Jordan Runtagh
Rollingstone.com

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Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood Reveal Secrets Behind Fleetwood Mac Rumours

Longest Running Rumor In Music Turns 40

Fleetwood Mac released 'Rumours' 40 years ago on February 4, 1977

Dallas, TX - February 1, 2017.  North American syndicated Rock radio show and website InTheStudio with Redbeard: The Stories Behind History’s Greatest Rock Bands  uncovers the stories behind the longest-running rumor in music history, 1977’s Grammy Award-winning album by Fleetwood Mac, Rumours.  

In the mid-‘70s there was no other band more professionally and personally linked together than the five members of Fleetwood Mac. Barely three years earlier California duo and couple Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham had joined the British blues-rock band Fleetwood Mac collaborating on its breakout 1975 “White Album”, cementing the Mac’s long overdue commercial success while at the same time raising eye brows and ears around the world as to what could possibly come next.  

Truth be told, the members of Fleetwood Mac were literally living secret and separate lives. One as band members and the other as lovers falling apart. It was this tension filled environment that produced some of the most genuine emotion filled music of the decade. Fueled by their talent and ambition what would normally break bands apart, somehow kept them together and produced one of the biggest selling albums of all-time. 

Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, and Mick Fleetwood share their story to In The Studio host Redbeard, warts and all. 

“The album was really a catharsis of human emotions, if you like. And never at any one point, that I can remember, was it ever discussed by any one person that they wanted out, or that they couldnt’ handle it.” - Mick Fleetwood

“I mean “Go Your Own Way”, “The Chain”, “Dreams”, “Never Going Back Again”, “Don’t Stop” thinking about tomorrow, “Second Hand News”, “I Don’t Want to Know”, “Gold Dust Woman”… they were all about trying to make it through that particular period of time.”  - Stevie Nicks

“You’re talking about a situation during the making of Rumours which was very painful for me, working with someone I was still in love with, who didn’t want to be with me.”   - Lindsey Buckingham

FLEETWOOD MAC ‘Rumours’ /InTheStudio interview 

is available now to STREAM at: InTheStudio.net

Direct Link to InTheStudio broadcast affiliate radio station list: InTheStudio-RadioStations

Link to FLEETWOOD MAC website
Link to InTheStudio website

Updated Tour Stats - Stevie Nicks 24 Karat Gold Tour

Nine shows reporting so far to Billboard Boxscore.

New to the list - The Forum in Los Angeles - Dec 18th

Stevie Nicks, The Pretenders 
Toyota Center - Houston, Texas - Oct. 29, 2016
Gross: $970,641
Attendance / Available Seats: 8,440 / 9,306

Stevie Nicks, The Pretenders
American Airlines Center - Dallas, Texas - Oct. 30, 2016
Gross: $930,988
Attendance / Available Seats: 9,409 / 10,299

Stevie Nicks, The Pretenders 
Amalie Arena - Tampa, Fla. - Nov. 2, 2016
Gross: $823,927
Attendance: 7,930 / 9,379

Stevie Nicks, The Pretenders
Verizon Center - Washington, D.C. - Nov 14, 2016
Gross: 836,038
Attendance / Available Seats: 7,678 / 11,872

Stevie Nicks, The Pretenders
Bridgestone Arena - Nashville, TN - Nov 17, 2016
Gross: $939,129
Attendance / Available Seats: 12,300 (12,300)

Stevie Nicks, The Pretenders
Van Andel Arena - Grand Rapids, Mich. - Nov 23, 2016
Gross: 772,272
Attendance / Available Seats: 7,863 / 9,982

Stevie Nicks, The Pretenders
Mohegan Sun Arena - Uncasville, Conn - Nov 25, 2016
Gross: 627,559
Attendance / Available Seats: 7,431 / 7,431

Stevie Nicks, The Pretenders
Madison Square Garden - New York, N.Y. - Dec. 1, 2016
Gross: $1,575,376
Attendance / Available Seats: 15,167 / 15,167

Stevie Nicks, The Pretenders
The Forum - Inglewood, Calif. - Dec. 18, 2016
Gross: $1,379,531
Attendance / Available Seats: 14,210 / 14,210

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Update: Fleetwood Mac To Release 3CD/1DVD/1LP Deluxe Edition of Tango In The Night March 10th

Release Date

Fri, 03/10/2017

FLEETWOOD MAC TO REISSUE TANGO IN THE NIGHT

IN CELEBRATION OF THE ALBUM’S 30TH ANNIVERSARY

3CD/DVD/LP Deluxe Edition Includes Newly Remastered Sound, 

Unreleased Recordings, Rare Tracks, Music Videos And More 

Three Versions Available March 10 From Warner Bros. Records

LOS ANGELES – Fleetwood Mac released the second-best selling record of its career in 1987 with Tango in the Night, an album that’s sold more than 15 million copies worldwide. It topped the album charts in Britain, peaked at #7 in America, and scored major hits everywhere with “Big Love” and “Little Lies.”

Following the recent deluxe edition of Mirage, Fleetwood Mac continues to reissue its classic albums with the new TANGO IN THE NIGHT: DELUXE EDITION. The collection, timed to coincide with the album’s 30th anniversary, expands on the original with a selection of rare and unreleased recordings, newly remastered sound, plus several music videos. Available on March 10 from Warner Bros. Records in three formats:

-    Deluxe: Three CDs, DVD and LP. Original album with remastered sound on CD and 180-gram LP, rare and unreleased recordings, 12” remixes, plus a DVD with music videos and a high-resolution version of the album. $99.98 SRP

-    Expanded: Two CDs. Original album with remastered sound, plus rare and unreleased recordings. $19.98 SRP

-    Remastered: One CD. Original album with remastered sound. $11.98 SRP

-    Also available digitally

After topping the U.S. charts in 1982 with Mirage, Fleetwood Mac returned five years later with Tango In The Night. It currently stands as the final studio album released by the quintet of Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood, Christine McVie, John McVie and Stevie Nicks. The album sent four singles into the Billboard Top 20: “Little Lies” (#4), “Big Love” (#5), “Everywhere” (#14), and “Seven Wonders” (#19). 

The deluxe and expanded editions of Tango In The Night both include a disc of rare recordings. Among those 13 tracks are unreleased gems like the alternate version of “Mystified,” a demo for the album’s title song, plus the rare b-sides: “Down Endless Street” and “Ricky.”

TANGO IN THE NIGHT: DELUXE EDITION includes a third disc that compiles more than a dozen 12” mixes. Dub versions of “Seven Wonders” and “Everywhere” are featured along with an extended version “Little Lies” remixed by John “Jellybean” Benitez. The collection also comes with a DVD that contains videos for five singles: “Big Love,” “Seven Wonders,” “Little Lies,” “Family Man,” and “Everywhere.” Also included in the deluxe edition is Tango in the Night as a 180-gram vinyl LP.

David Wild (on Twitter) recently eluded to writing new liner notes for Fleetwood Mac like previous reissues and he confirmed it on Twitter he's written the liner notes for Tango In The Night.

Links to pre-order are at the bottom. Release date: March 10th

Tango In The Night 

TANGO IN THE NIGHT: DELUXE EDITION
Disc One: Original Album - 2017 Remaster
1.    “Big Love”
2.    “Seven Wonders”
3.    “Everywhere”
4.    “Caroline”
5.    “Tango In The Night”
6.    “Mystified”
7.    “Little Lies”
8.    “Family Man”
9.    “Welcome To The Room… Sara”
10.    “Isn’t It Midnight”
11.    “When I See You Again”
12.    “You And I, Part II”

Disc Two: B-Sides, Outtakes, Sessions
1.    “Down Endless Street”
2.    “Special Kind Of Love” (Demo)*
3.    “Seven Wonders” (Early Version)*
4.    “Tango In The Night” (Demo)*
5.    “Mystified” (Alternate Version)*
6.    “Book Of Miracles” (Instrumental)
7.    “Where We Belong” (Demo)*
8.    “Ricky”
9.    “Juliet” (Run-Through)*
10.    “Isn’t It Midnight” (Alternate Mix)*
11.    “Ooh My Love” (Demo)*
12.    “Mystified” (Instrumental Demo)*
13.    “You And I, Part I & II” (Full Version)*

*Previously Unissued

Disc Three: The 12” Mixes
1.    “Big Love” (Extended Remix)
2.    “Big Love” (House On The Hill Dub)
3.    “Big Love” (Piano Dub)
4.    “Big Love” (Remix/Edit)
5.    “Seven Wonders” (Extended Version)
6.    “Seven Wonders” (Dub)
7.    “Little Lies” (Extended Version)
8.    “Little Lies” (Dub)
9.    “Family Man” (Extended Vocal Remix)
10.    “Family Man” (I’m A Jazz Man Dub)
11.    “Family Man” (Extended Guitar Version)
12.    “Family Party” (Bonus Beats)
13.    “Everywhere” (12” Version)
14.    “Everywhere” (Dub)

Disc Four: The Videos (DVD)
1.    “Big Love”
2.    “Seven Wonders”
3.    “Little Lies”
4.    “Family Man”
5.    “Everywhere”
Plus a High-Resolution Stereo Mix of the Original Album

Tango In The Night (Vinyl)
Side One
1.    “Big Love”
2.    “Seven Wonders”
3.    “Everywhere”
4.    “Caroline”
5.    “Tango In The Night”
6.    “Mystified”

Side Two
1.    “Little Lies”
2.    “Family Man”
3.    “Welcome To The Room… Sara”
4.    “Isn’t It Midnight”
5.    “When I See You Again”
6.    “You And I, Part II”

Pre-Order

Physical:
•    Deluxe (3CD/1DVD/1LP)
•    Expanded (2CD)
•    Remaster (1CD)
Digital:
•    Deluxe 

Interview Stevie Nicks: ‘I was so sick — I couldn’t shower. I almost died’

Saturday's edition of The Times UK has a four page interview spread with Stevie. Check out the full interview at Fleetwoodmac-UK.com

The Fleetwood Mac singer talks about her past lovers, drugs hell — and why, at 68, she’s not too old to get married

Fleetwood Mac / Stevie Nicks Manager Howard Kaufman has passed away

Irving Azoff

Azoff Issues Statement Regarding Kaufman's Passing

Irving Azoff has released a short but moving statement about the passing of his former partner, Howard Kaufman. 

Howard was a giant among men. He never sought the spotlight, but was the best in the business.

We worked together for more than 45 years. He was a great influence on me and taught me a lot.

Despite his major health issues, he always wanted to work till the end and I’m glad he got his wish.

It’s a tragic loss for our industry. He will be missed by me as well as scores of others he touched.

Pollstar confirmed Thursday that Kaufman had passed away. No further details were available at press time. 

Kaufman was one of the most powerful managers in the industry despite keeping a low profile. At the time of his death his company, H.K. Management, shepherded acts like Stevie Nicks, Aerosmith, Jimmy Buffett, Jeff Lynne’s ELO, Lenny Kravitz, Chicago, and Def Leppard, along with co-managing Fleetwood Mac.

Kaufman and Irving Azoff ran Front Line Management from 1974 to the early '80s until Azoff was named prexy of MCA Records. The two merged their companies in 2005 and resurrected the moniker.

Kaufman became a special adviser to Azoff when Ticketmaster bought the company in 2008 and Azoff was named CEO of Ticketmaster Entertainment. He is also credited, during his days at IFA, with encouraging Fred Bohlander and Dan Weiner to step out on their own and form Monterey Peninsula Artists.

Pollstar

Howard Kaufman
by Bob Lefsetz
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He famously told a household name band he'd make them more money in two years than they had in the previous twenty.

And then he did.

Most people don't know who he was. Because unlike those that followed him into the business, Howard was not about fame, he was about protecting the interests of his artists, and money.

And everybody cares about the money. Knock around this business long enough and you'll hear the famous cliche... "It's not about the money, it's about the money."

And Howard started off as an accountant. He worked with James William Guercio. And then he went on to partner with Irving Azoff and steer the careers of Jimmy Buffett and Stevie Nicks and Aerosmith and Def Leppard and... You want someone in your corner, and that was Howard. He could be funny and he could be stern, but one thing's for sure, you could not pull the wool over his eyes.

The first time I met him was on a plane down to Chula Vista, to see Jimmy Buffett, and he told me Fleetwood Mac was gonna reform and I asked him about new material and he told me he'd be happy if they never made another record. This was 2003, he already knew where the bucks were buried, on the road. You see old does not mean dumb, does not mean over the hill, oftentimes it means wisdom and foresight and Howard had it.

And now he's dead.

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