Maynard J Keenan:
Same bus driver from kindergarten to 8th grade. She only had 2 8-Tracks: Fleetwood Mac “Rumours” and Steve Miller Band. That album and her voice is part of my DNA. RIP Christine McVie
Tag: Fleetwood Mac
“SEVEN WONDERS” Fleetwood Mac’s second single released from “Tango In The Night” was certified GOLD in the UK November 11, 2022, representing 400K in sales (a combo of digital sales and streaming).
Christine McVie:
This is a first for John, Mick and myself. So looking forward to it and hope you are too! 🕊🎹
Visit Julien’s Auctions at JuliensAuctions.com for more information.
JULIEN’S AUCTIONS ANNOUNCES “FLEETWOOD MAC: PROPERTY FROM THE LIVES AND CAREERS OF CHRISTINE MCVIE, JOHN MCVIE AND MICK FLEETWOOD” AN EXCLUSIVE AUCTION TAKING PLACE IN BEVERLY HILLS SATURDAY, DECEMBER 3RD AND SUNDAY, DECEMBER 4TH AND STREAMING ONLINE AT JULIENSLIVE.COM
An auction celebrating three members of the iconic band Fleetwood Mac, that includes the personal items of John McVie, Christine McVie and Mick Fleetwood. This collection represents over fifty years of stage-played instruments, wardrobe, touring gear, memorabilia, jewelry, furniture, and more.
A Portion of Proceeds will Benefit MusiCares
Highlights from John McVie’s collection include…
A 1976 Rumours Photo-Matched Custom Alembic “Continuously Fretted” Stainless Steel Fingerboard Electric Bass Guitar.
A 1976 Prototype Alembic Series 1 Graphite Neck Through Electric Bass Guitar.
A Peter Green Gifted 1962 Fender VI Six-String Electric Bass Guitar.
A Royal Albert Hall Stage-Plated 1960 Fender Precision Electric Bass Guitar.
A Stevie Nicks Gifted Surfboard.
A 1953 First-Year Gibson EB1 Violin Body Electric Bass Guitar.
A 1965 Hofner Club Electric Bass Guitar acquired by John McVie during the Peter Green era of Fleetwood Mac.
A Rare 1970 First-Year Fretless Fender Precision Electric Bass Guitar.
A “Songbird” Stage-Played Photo-Matched Ernie Ball Earthwood Acoustic Bass Guitar.
A Black “Little Lies” Music Video Played Video-Matched 1980s Kramer Ferrington Electroacoustic Bass Guitar.
Highlights from Mick Fleetwood’s collection include…
The Rumours stage-and album cover-worn hanging balls and signed art print.
An iconic stage-played Talking Drum.
A 40-inch Stage-Played Zildjian Traditional Gong.
A “Bare Trees” RIAA “Gold” Record Award.
A Bill Clinton Signed Drumhead and Farewell Concert Setlist.
A Harry Styles Pleasing “Shroom Bloom” Campaign Ensemble.
A vintage 1967 Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac Debut “7th Annual Jazz and Blues Festival Windsor” Poster.
A studio-played DW Collector’s Series Rumours Snare Drum.
A black felt crow top hat custom-made for Stevie Nicks by Mick Fleetwood with two attached taxidermy crows featuring a wide black ribbon hat band.
A 1998 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Award.
A stage-worn ensemble worn by Mick Fleetwood on various tour stops.
Highlights from Christine McVie’s collection include…
A Rumours photo-matched album cover-worn dress.
A 1960s stage-played, chopped, and customized touring Hammond B-3 Organ.
A Stage-Played Yamaha C3 Baby Grand Piano.
A Yamaha E3 Series Disklavier Electric Piano with custom “Christine F*cking McVie” slipcover.
A 1969 Christine Perfect Melody Maker “Pop Poll Awards Top Singer” award.
A circa 1960s stage-used Hammond Leslie Rotary Speaker.
A stage-and event-worn naavy and green polka dot Thea Porter dress.
A “Gypsy” American Video Award.
A black Four Seasons of London hooded coat.
A stage-played Weltmeister LM-25-12 Bandmaster Accordion.
A rust-colored, Velvet Blazer worn by Christine McVie to the 1998 Brit Awards.
A black velvet biker-style “Songbird” patch jacket ensemble stage-worn by Christine McVie during a live concert performance at First Direct Arena, Leeds.
A pair of black, lace-up Zadig & Voltaire combat boots worn by Christine McVie to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony at Barclays Center on March 29th, 2019 and throughout the 2018/2019 Fleetwood Mac Tour.
A 2018-2019 “An Evening with Fleetwood Mac” dressing room road case with portable Yamaha Keyboard and accessories.
A 2018-2019 “An Evening with Fleetwood Mac” tour traveling vanity case.
Formed in 1967, Fleetwood Mac was born out of the British blues revival movement, led by guitarist/singer Peter Green, originally from the legendary John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers, which included other distinguished British rockers of the 60s and 70s, such as Eric Clapton and Mick Taylor among them, and drummer Mick Fleetwood and bassist John McVie, whose surnames would inspire the band’s name.
Making their debut as Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac at the British Jazz and Blues Festival in 1967, Green, Fleetwood, McVie, and Jeremy Spencer landed their first Top Five hit on the UK Albums Chart in 1968 with their self-titled debut album and charted with their singles “Black Magic Woman” (later covered by Carlos Santana), “Need Your Love So Bad” and their first #1 hit on the UK charts “Albatross,” from their album The Pious Bird of Good Omen. During this time and throughout the early 1970s, the group’s roster of musicians would shift and sound would evolve towards mainstream rock, with the departure of founding front man Peter Green, and his replacement of Chicken Shack keyboardist and vocalist, Christine Perfect, who would marry Mac bassist John McVie and join the band officially for their fifth studio album, Future Games in 1971.
After the departure of founding member Jeremy Spencer and many other personnel changes, the group led by co-founder Mick Fleetwood and the McVie’s moved to California in 1974 to put down roots and develop a new sound. In 1975, the band was introduced to the folk-rock album Buckingham Nicks consisting of guitarist Lindsey Buckingham and vocalist Stevie Nicks. The duo was invited by Fleetwood to join the band and complete the legendary five-person, three-songwriter line-up most known today as the British-American pop-rock band, Fleetwood Mac, who would captivate audiences all over the world and shatter sales records for decades to come.
“Julien’s Auctions is honored to offer this exceptional collection of music history coming directly from the legendary three members of one of the most influential and rock and roll bands of all time, Fleetwood Mac,” said Martin Nolan, Executive Director and CFO of Julien’s Auctions. “These pieces from their storied five-decade career represent the mystique and magic of Christine McVie, John McVie, and Mick Fleetwood, whose renowned musicianship, songwriting, vocal harmonies and camaraderie, have given the world a lifetime of illustrious performances and some of the most beloved and best-selling music ever recorded. We are also pleased to announce that a portion of the auction proceeds will benefit MusiCares, who honored Fleetwood Mac in 2018, as the organization’s Person of the Year, to support the charity’s work providing critical services to underserved members of the music community.”
Stevie Nicks: 
Stevie Nicks has released her signature take on Buffalo Springfield’s timeless protest song “For What It’s Worth” as a digital download and streaming single. A Dolby Atmos mix of the track is also available now on all platforms that support the format.
STEVIE NICKS 2022 TOUR DATES
September 24 Bridgeport, CT Sound on Sound Festival *
September 30 Dana Point, CA Ohana Festival *
October 3 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Bowl
October 6 Phoenix, AZ Ak-Chin Pavilion
October 9 The Woodlands, TX Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
October 12 Alpharetta, GA Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
October 16 Nashville, TN Ascend Amphitheater
October 19 Charleston, SC CreditOne Stadium
October 22 Charlotte, NC PNC Music Pavilion
October 25 Tampa, FL MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre
October 28 West Palm Beach, FL iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre
Fleetwood Mac:
The Guardian: Fleetwood Mac’s Christine McVie: ‘Cocaine and champagne made me perform better.’ You can read the entire interview @ this location.
INTERVIEW EXCERPT:
What is your favorite period in Fleetwood Mac’s history and why?
Christine McVie:
I would be silly not to say the Stevie [Nicks] and Lindsey [Buckingham] era, because that was pretty sensational. We had our fights here and there, but there was nothing like the music or the intensity onstage. We weren’t doing anything in Britain, so just decamped to America and fell into this huge musical odyssey.
Stevie and Lindsey had been playing as a duo, made a great record [Buckingham Nicks], which to this day I really love, but hadn’t got very far. I think it was Mick [Fleetwood] who invited them to meet us.
We all met in this Mexican restaurant, drank a few margaritas and decided to give it a go. We all got into this little rehearsal room, and it just shot off like firecrackers.
What was it like being at the center of the Rumours hurricane, with all the drug and relationship issues and stunning creativity?
It’s hard to say because we were looking at it from the inside, but we were having a blast and it felt incredible to us that we were writing those songs. That’s all I can say about it, really.
Fleetwood Mac had a legendary alcohol and drug intake. In Keith Richards’ autobiography, he acknowledges some “blanks” in his memory. Is this the same for you?
No. I have to say I’m not guilt-free in that department, but Stevie and I were very careful. The boys used to get provided with cocaine in Heineken bottle tops onstage, but Stevie and I only did the tiny little spoons. I suppose sometimes we got a bit out-there, but we were quite restrained, really.
I always took fairly good care of myself. My drug of choice was cocaine and champagne. I didn’t use any other drugs at all. It’s easy for me to say, but I think it made me perform better. Maybe somebody could tell me different [laughs].
You can read the entire interview @ this location.
McVie is getting set to release a new ‘best of’ album called Songbird (A Solo Collection).
The 10-song collection combines songs from her two solo albums, Christine McVie (1984) and In The Meantime (2004), as well as two previously unheard studio recordings, including ‘Slowdown,’ which was composed for the 1985 film American Flyers.
On ‘Slowdown,’ McVie said:
“I was asked to write a song for a film about a cycling competition. So, I thought we’d give it a go. So that’s why the lyrics are sort of muddled up with a little bit of a love song, a little bit of cycling. And it turned out really well, but they didn’t end up using it. We thought it was a pity to waste it, so it’s on here”.
Songbird will be released on June 24, 2022 on black vinyl and CD.
Stevie Nicks: I’m so excited to bring you as close as we can to a concert experience for now. Grab your mask, be socially distant, and enjoy the show! Tickets are available now to see the 24 Karat Concert in cinemas, drive-ins, and exhibition spaces on October 21 & 25.
Kirk Hammett: Rehearsal for the Peter Green tribute , going to be EPIC !!!
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Rehearsal for the Peter Green tribute , going to be EPIC !!! #legendary #greeny #petergreen
It was a huge honor for me to be playing guitar with the immaculate Andy Fairweather Low , I was mesmerized by his haunting guitar sound , looking forward to Feb 25th more than ever now !! pic.twitter.com/F0TPiajXOH
— Kirk Hammett (@KirkHammett) January 28, 2020
Rhino: Five of Fleetwood Mac’s classic albums will be reissued individually on colored vinyl on November 29 (December 6 in the US). Pre-order now at this location.
The albums include: FLEETWOOD MAC on white vinyl, RUMOURS on clear vinyl, TUSK on a silver vinyl 2-LP set, MIRAGE on violet vinyl, and TANGO IN THE NIGHT on green vinyl. On the same day, all five colored-vinyl LPs will be presented together in slipcase as a limited edition, individually numbered set of 2,000 copies, available exclusively at the Rhino.com store.
The Today Show: Don’t miss our EXCLUSIVE chat with Mick Fleetwood TOMORROW morning!
.@MickFleetwood talks about playing with our Kiwi neighbour Neil Finn and tells us what @FleetwoodMac is like without @LBuckingham! #9Today pic.twitter.com/OS69x4FlmJ
— The Today Show (@TheTodayShow) August 29, 2019
Don’t miss our EXCLUSIVE chat with Mick Fleetwood TOMORROW morning! #9Today pic.twitter.com/R5x0yW934S
— The Today Show (@TheTodayShow) August 29, 2019
Fleetwood Mac, currently on the second Leg of their North ,American tour, paid tribute to Tom Petty last night at the Royal Farms Arena in Baltimore, Maryland. The group performed the classic, “Free Fallin’,” with Stevie Nicks on lead vocals. Watch the clip below.
In Your Dreams, back in theaters on March 26 & 31 in 13 cities:
Scottsdale, AZ
Pasadena, CA
Westwood, CA
Boca Raton, FL
Delray Beach, FL
North Miami Beach, FL
Bolingbrook, IL
South Barrington, IL
Fort Lee, NJ
Dobbs Ferry, NY
Austin, TX
Fairview, TX
Houston, TX
About:
Decadent rock star, ’70s survivor, gypsy songbird, white-winged dove—the inimitable Stevie Nicks has entranced millions of fans worldwide with her poetic lyrics, sultry singing and featherand-lace style. In 2010 Nicks embarked on the recording of a new solo album, In Your Dreams, produced by former Eurythmics mastermind Dave Stewart. With cameras in tow, documentarian Stewart and diva Nicks set up shop in her home studio and reveal their collaborative creative process. Shifting dynamically among video formats, painstaking recording sessions and revealing interviews, this magic-tinged musical journey is a loving and tuneful portrait of the eternally bewitching Gold Dust Woman.
Official Trailer:
Lindsey Buckingham is scheduled to perform MONDAY Oct 1st on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Tune in at 11:35|10:35c on ABC.
Check back, we’ll embed the performance below.
Buckingham will release SOLO ANTHOLOGY on October 5, 2018.
Solo Anthology – The Best of Lindsey Buckingham includes album, live and alternate versions of some of Lindsey’s celebrated solo albums including cuts from Law and Order, Go Insane, Out of the Cradle, Under the Skin, Gift of Screws and Seeds We Sow and incorporates songs from his collaborative album with Christine McVie released in 2017. The anthology features Buckingham’s film work with “Holiday Road” and “Dancin Across The USA” from the 1983 motion picture soundtrack to National Lampoon’s Vacation and “Time Bomb Town” from 1985’s Back to the Future. Live versions of Fleetwood Mac’s “Tusk” and “Go Your Own Way” round out the album, but the most thrilling tracks come in the form of two new songs that have never before been released, “Hunger” and “Ride This Road.”
LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM – SOLO ANTHOLOGY
TRACK LISTING
CD One:
1. Don’t Look Down
2. Go Insane
3. Surrender The Rain
4. Rock Away Blind
5. Holiday Road
6. Doing What I Can
7. Trouble
8. I Must Go
9. Street Of Dreams
10. Soul Drifter
11. Show You How
12. Shut Us Down (Live)
13. Slow Dancing
14. Countdown
15. Someone’s Gotta Change Your Mind
16. In Our Own Time
17. Illumination
18. Gift Of Screws
19. Did You Miss Me
20. Down On Rodeo
21. Treason
CD Two:
1. Hunger
2. Not Too Late
3. Sleeping Around The Corner
4. I Want You
5. Time Precious Time
6. Stars Are Crazy
7. Love Runs Deeper
8. You Do Or You Don’t
9. I Am Waiting
10. Time Bomb Town
11. Turn It On
12. Seeds We Sow
13. Underground
14. Dancin’ Across The USA
15. Gone Too Far
16. End Of Time
17. D.W. Suite
18. Ride This Road
19. Say We’ll Meet Again
CD Three:
1. Trouble (Live)
2. Go Insane (Live)
3. Bleed To Love Her (Live)
4. Stephanie (Live)
5. Never Going Back Again (Live)
6. Big Love (Live)
7. Under The Skin (Live)
8. All My Sorrows (Live)
9. Cast Away Dreams (Live)
10. Holiday Road (Live)
11. Tusk (Live)
12. I’m So Afraid (Live)
13. Go Your Own Way (Live)
US TOUR DATES:
Oct 07 – Revolution Hall – Portland, OR
Oct 09 – Palace of Fine Arts – San Francisco, CA
Oct 12 – Orpheum Theatre – Los Angeles, CA
Oct 13 – Spreckels Theatre – San Diego, CA
Oct 15 – Boulder Theater – Boulder, CO
Oct 17 – Athenaeum Theater – Chicago, IL
Oct 18 – Carnegie Music Hall of Homestead – Munhall, PA
Oct 19 – Warner Theater – Washington DC
Oct 21 – Knight Theater – Charlotte, NC
Oct 22 – The Wilson Center at Cape Fear Community College – Wilmington, NC*
Oct 24 – Frederick Brown Jr. Amphitheater – Peachtree City, GA
Oct 26 – Capitol Theater – Clearwater, FL
Oct 27 – Knight Concert Hall – Miami, FL
Oct 28 – King Center for the Performing Arts – Melbourne, FL
Nov 05 – Paramount Theater – Austin, TX
Nov 06 – Majestic Theater – Dallas, TX
Nov 08 – Brady Theater – Tulsa, OK
Nov 09 – Riverwind Casino – Norman, OK
Nov 10 – Stiefel Theatre for the Performing Arts – Salina, KS
Nov 12 – Lyric Fine Arts Theatre – Birmingham, AL
Nov 13 – Walker Theatre – Chattanooga, TN
Nov 14 – Bijou Theatre – Knoxville, TN
Nov 16 – Centre in the Square – Kitchener, ON
Nov 17 – Michigan Theater – Ann Arbor, MI
Nov 26 – Palace Theatre – North Canton, OH
Nov 27 – Riviera Theatre – New Tonowanda, NY
Nov 29 – Garde Arts Center – New London, CT*
Nov 30 – Appell Center for the Performing Arts – York, PA
Dec 01 – Scottish Rite Auditorium – Collingswood, NJ
Dec 04 – Town Hall – New York City, NY
Dec 05 – The Wilbur Theatre – Boston, MA
Dec 06 – Paramount Hudson Valley Theater – Peekskill, NY
Dec 08 – Capitol Center – Concord, NH
Dec 09 – Sands Event Center – Bethlehem, PA
British musician Danny Kirwan, who served as Fleetwood Mac’s guitarist, singer and songwriter between 1968 and 1972, has died. He was 68 years old.
DANNY KIRWAN
MAY 13, 1950 ~ JUNE 8, 2018
A TRIBUTE FROM
MICK FLEETWOOD AND FLEETWOOD MAC
“Today was greeted by the sad news of the passing of Danny Kirwan in London, England. Danny was a huge force in our early years. His love for the blues led him to being asked to join Fleetwood Mac in 1968, where he made his musical home for many years.
“Danny’s true legacy, in my mind, will forever live on in the music he wrote and played so beautifully as a part of the foundation of Fleetwood Mac, that has now endured for over fifty years.
“Thank you, Danny Kirwan. You will forever be missed!”
ALBUMS FEATURING THE WORK OF DANNY KIRWAN:
Then Play On 1969
Blues Jam at Chess1969
Kiln House1970
Future Games1971
Bare Trees1972
Rest In Peace #DannyKirwan #FleetwoodMac pic.twitter.com/21O2i0xBYR
— FLEETWOOD MAC NEWS (@Nickslive) June 9, 2018
Now through May 29th, you can listen to SiriusXM’s The Fleetwood Channel FREE in your car, online and on the SiriusXM app at this location.
The legendary, Grammy-award winning band recently announced a North American tour (minus guitarist Lindsay Buckingham) that will kick off in October and travel through 50+ cities ending in spring of 2019. Produced by Live Nation, the tour will feature the newly announced line-up of Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Stevie Nicks, and Christine McVie along with newcomers Mike Campbell (Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers) and Neil Finn (Split Enz, Crowded House).
Fleetwood Mac’s Lindsey Buckingham just relisted a newly built home in Brentwood at its original asking price of $22.5 million. According to the Los Angeles Times, Buckingham bought the property five years ago for $5.8 million and completed the new build last year.
The modern Georgian-style three-story house has wood-shingle siding, white-walled interiors + formal living and dining rooms, dual kitchens, a library, six bedrooms and ten bathrooms. The home also features a screening room with a marble-topped bar.
Nearly 11,000 square feet of living space, the home also includes a guesthouse, swimming pool, terraces, a fire pit, an outdoor shower, lawns and mature landscaping complete the three-quarter acre of grounds.
Buckingham released an album with fellow Mac member Christine McVie on June 9, 2017. The 10-song album was released via Atlantic Records and followed by a run of special U.S. tour dates. The singles “Feel About You” and “In My World” can be heard at this location.
