Fleetwood Mac is a band that has become legendary within it’s own lifetime. The band still tours regularly across the globe, constantly changing line-up just as fans have come to expect. While the various configurations of the group have all achieved success, the power line-up is still considered to be Mick Fleetwood, Stevie Nicks, Christine McVie, Lindsey Buckingham and John McVie. The band went on to release further successful albums throughout the 80s, 90s and early 2000s. “Rumours” was an album that seemed to appeal to everyone, and still does today it’s various singles, "Go Your Own Way", "Dreams", "Don't Stop", "You Make Loving Fun", "Second Hand News", "Gold Dust Woman" and "The Chain" are considered iconic, and the album itself is the second highest selling album of all time. The raw emotion contained within “Rumours” rocketed the album to number one in both the UK and US, where it remained at the number one spot for 31 weeks. The band channelled their emotions into their work and produced the album “Rumours”. The resulting pressure from this sudden success, combined with the rock and roll lifestyle such success bought, contributed to the breakup of John and Christine McVie, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, and Mick Fleetwood and his wife Jenny. The album shot to number one on the US album charts and spawned legendary tracks "Say You Love Me", "Rhiannon" and "Landslide". The new line-up soon released the album “Fleetwood Mac” (also known as “The White Album”) in 1975 and it proved to be a huge breakthrough success. Fleetwood Mac continued to steadily gain popularity throughout the early 70s, but their fame exploded with the recruitment of guitarist Lindsey Buckingham and his vocalist girlfriend Stevie Nicks in 1974. Frontman at the time, Peter Green, found his metal state deteriorating after the use of LSD, and he eventually left the band in 1970.įrom here the band went through a transitional period where Christine McVie, wife to the Fleetwood Mac’s bassist John McVie, was recruited and found the band additional success with her song-writing and vocal abilities.
Popular in Europe, the band toured extensively and got involved in the alcohol and drug fuelled rock and roll lifestyle. Wonderful” did well in the UK, both achieving top ten positions in the UK album charts.Īs the band’s popularity began to rise, Fleetwood Mac decided to expand their style and play with a more rock and roll edge to their sound. Originally releasing blues-rock material, the band’s first two albums, “Fleetwood Mac” and “Mr. Since their inception in the late 60s, the band has sold over 100 million records worldwide, making them one of the most successful bands ever.įleetwood Mac has released an astonishing 17 studio albums to date and has gone through two distinct periods of success in two different rock genres.
Tickets for Lindsey Buckingham go on sale at 10am on Friday 3 September.Fleetwood Mac, named after John McVie and Mick Fleetwood, is arguably one of the most successful and influential bands of the 20th century. Saturday 21 May – Liverpool Philharmonic Hall Lindsey Buckingham's 2022 UK performance dates: Check out Lindsey Buckingham's latest single 'I Don't Mind' He begins touring again in the US this September before hitting the UK and Europe in 2022. For me, getting older has probably helped to reinforce the innocence and the idealism that hopefully was always there.'Īfter recovering from open heart surgery in 2019, Buckingham initially planned to resume his touring schedule in 2020, but his plans were shelved due to the pandemic. 'As you age, hopefully you keep getting a little more grounded in the craft of what you're doing. Speaking of the album, Buckingham says, 'I wanted to make a pop album, but I also wanted to make stops along the way with songs that resemble art more than pop. The former Fleetwood Mac frontman's tour comes in support of his latest album, Lindsey Buckingham, his first solo release in over a decade. Tickets for the tour go on sale at 10am on Friday 3 September. Lindsey Buckingham has announced a string of tour dates for the UK next spring. The Fleetwood Mac legend will play Glasgow, Liverpool and London
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