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Fleetwood Mac on 'Rumours,' Breakups and a 50th Anniversary Concert (EXCLUSIVE VIDEO)

Stevie Nicks discusses Fleetwood Mac's reunion tourAFP

They remain one of the world's most beloved bands, an eclectic blend of Englishmen and Americans called Fleetwood Mac. This spring they will hit the road once again, embarking on a significant North American tour that will run until late summer.

They also have just released an expanded version of their magnum opus, 1977's Rumours. The sprawling edition goes way beyond the basic album, which since its release has sold over 40 million copies worldwide.

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There is also a disc that includes 12 unreleased live recordings from the Rumours tour and perhaps most interesting is the collection of 16 unreleased recordings from deep within the album sessions.

This treasure trove includes early takes of "Go Your Own Way," "I Don't Want to Know," "Dreams," "Silver Springs" and much more. In particular, the demos and outtakes provide a fascinating peek into the Fleetwood Mac creative process. And of course, the process of this album became almost as famous as the album itself. The fractured personal relationships, the booze and the drugs all combined to create a highly intense pressure cooker of an environment that as we know produced one of the most compelling albums in modern history.

To hear many of the band's hits deconstructed like this gives the listener a blueprint as to how they worked and how they thought. This was a band that was experimenting, exploring and incorporating much of their own personal pain into the art they were creating, and to have sonic evidence of it such as this is quite thrilling.

Recently, Spinner at the unique opportunity to sit down with Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks and Mick Fleetwood to talk about the album, the tour, the relationships and the possibility of a 50th anniversary concert bringing back all the surviving members of the group. (Interestingly, the interview took place in the same building with the band recorded the follow-up to Rumours, 1979's Tusk.) Check it out above.

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Sheuga!

Stevie did have a daughter and the father is not Lindsey he was an unknown that lived here in Las Vegas who passed away a few years back from the affects of shooting heroin & using other drugs for many years. Don\'t get me wrong I love Stevie & Fleetwood Mac dearly but the truth is the truth. The father was a close family friend and had turned his life around, it was just too late to save him from the illness that took his life.

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ED

I think their relationship was more about jumping from bed to bed, and less about music. From everything we read about them, it makes me wonder when they had time to make music.

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goodbook1

If I understand all the drama surrounding these people, a great talented group of people doing great things, was fractured and broke apart because of the dyamics involved when young immature men and women come together in an attempt to do something most people don't or won't or can't. Have I got this right? And so we think it's a good idea to replicate this Fleetwood environment in a group of 13 young immature adolescents called a rifle squad. Do I have this correct?

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Buffett Frey

It's so great to know that they all love the **** out of one another now and that they wouldn't do I goddamn thing to hurt each other. Now one of them needs to **** the **** out of Stevie so she I can finally have her belladonna/Gold Dust daughter that we all hoped she would have.

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timetojumpout

Been in the front row, both my wife & I have shaken hands with Stevie; but somehow I am just not willing to put out 4000.00 for another two front row tickets. Still LOVE THEM though.

Monday at 12:19 AM Report abuse +2 rate up rate down Reply
Jeff

Well Think what you will I have seen unreleased songs and if you had ever seen Kim you would know it is her daughter I would be willing to release her name and address to the right person but this is true and I could give a **** less if you believe it or not.
kim looks and sounds just like her mom and her son looks just like his grand father L.B. I have proof Stevie visted Kim 5 years ago at her house. So if the proper person were to contact me i would give them all the information and address of where Kim lives and even set up an interview. This is for real folks... my contact is afterfxllc@aol.com

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lopo

I lived in England in the late 70's and Rumours will always be one of my all time favorites...I so admired Stevie's voice( and personal style), Lindsey's chops, Mick, Christine and John...Later I came to know Peter (Greene)? Great Band with a distinct point of view...by the way, my children who are late teens, early 20's are huge fans, Love the Big Love acoustic and play it on a loop! I'm 50 but embody 20 every time I hear a FM song!

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Mary M. Revis

I hope to have the chance to catch them on their North American tour. A classic band to be sure *smile*

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jackiechas47

Well, I'll be sure to miss it!

Sunday at 7:26 PM Report abuse -1 rate up rate down Reply
jackiechas47

To Chucky That is something. You got close on the saying you "quoted" But the Guy that said it was P.T. Barnum ,not B.T.

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