He was intrigued by punk bands like the Clash and lots of New Wave artists such as Talking Heads and Laurie Anderson, and he wanted to follow that muse creatively. “That wasn’t true, of course - we were in touch and aware of all those changes in culture, Lindsey most of all. “The explosion of the punk movement had changed the musical landscape, and the popular conception was that bands like ours, Led Zeppelin, the Stones, Elton John and everyone else from our era, were a bunch of dinosaurs who’d lost touch with the real world,” drummer Mick Fleetwood wrote in his 2014 autobiography, Then Play On. That friction ultimately defines Tusk, the band’s fractured masterpiece. Savoring the edgier modern sounds of New Wave and punk, the singer-guitarist prepared to march into the unknown - whether or not his bandmates were interested in the journey. Singer Stevie Nicks and keyboardist Christine McVie carried the commercial weight on Tusk, penning playful pop grooves (the latter’s “Think About Me”) and stormy rockers (the former’s “Sisters of the Moon”) that massaged the same sweet spot as their previous record, the mega-platinum 1977 masterwork Rumours.īut Lindsey Buckingham was unwilling to repeat himself. (Photo by Janet Knott/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)įleetwood Mac’s 12th album is both demented and debonair, familiar and foreign - a sprawling double LP that, like the Beatles’ White Album before it, reveled in its own messiness, jumbling together the work of three distinct songwriters. OctoHow an in-studio bathroom replica, juvenile dick jokes, and a Peter Green guitar cameo informed the band’s sprawling, experimental follow-up to Rumours BOSTON, MA – NOVEMBER 17: Stevie Nicks performs with Fleetwood Mac at the Boston Garden on Nov. We’re certainly not touring this year either.” Continue reading Christine McVie doesn’t think Fleetwood Mac will tour with Stevie Nicks again | NME → “I know Mick would do it in a lightning strike,” she added. I don’t know if I can get myself back into it again. “I think I’m getting a bit too old for it now, especially having had a year off.
“If we do, it will be without John and without Stevie, I think,” McVie said.
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Speaking on Sounds Of The 70s (listen to the full interview here at the 1:13:20 mark), McVie said that the question of touring with Fleetwood Mac was currently “an impossible question to even answer”. The keyboardist and vocalist was asked about the band’s future plans in a new interview with BBC Radio 2’s Johnnie Walker. (Picture: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for iHeartMedia)Ĭhristine McVie has said that she doesn’t expect Fleetwood Mac will tour with Stevie Nicks again in the future. NME Online She also expressed doubt about going back out on the road again Christine McVie, Stevie Nicks, and Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac perform onstage during the 2018 iHeartRadio Music Festival at T-Mobile Arena on Septemin Las Vegas, Nevada.
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