Fleetwood Mac's Stevie Nicks: 'This is going to be a very different tour'

[METALPRIEST]

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Fleetwood Mac's Stevie Nicks has promised that the legendary group won't just be going through the motions when they hit the road this year.

The band are set to embark on a world tour, kicking off with a 34-date US tour in April, but have assured fans that, unlike last time around, they'll be seeing a group enjoying themselves onstage.



Frontwoman Stevie Nicks told The Guardian: "This is going to be a very different tour. The audience is going to see a very different Fleetwood Mac up there – we talked about how we really need to appreciate what we have and who we are and how far we've come."

She continued: "I said to Lindsey: 'I wish your mom and dad were still alive – they'd be just like: 'Way to go, Lindsey Buckingham! Boy, damn we're glad you dropped out of swimming, we're so glad you stopped and went for rock'n'roll'."

However, everything is far from perfect for Fleetwood Mac and Nicks admits that she misses having Chris McVie – who quit the band in 1998 – around in the band.

She said: "We all did everything we could do to try and talk her out of it. But you look in someone's eyes and you can tell they're finished. As Taylor Swift would say: 'We are never ever getting back together ever!' That's what Chris was saying…But I'd beg, borrow and scrape together $5m and give it to her in cash if she would come back. That's how much I miss her."​

 

[LG]

That's the right approach for a tour like this, most likely the last one the band will do on this scale. Lindsay Buckingham saved the show here decades ago when Stevie was so out of it she couldn't function on stage, so it's nice to see her in command of herself again.

 

[AboutAGirl]

Hope the setlist will reflect this newfound vigor.

 

[METALPRIEST]

Who sings the Christine tunes?

 

[LG]

^^I don't think they'll play any of her songs, they have enough material to do a good show without trying to find a vocalist to take her place.

 

[METALPRIEST]

Yeah you're right. But for some of her later stuff, it's hard to think of a Mac show without You Make Lovin' Fun, Songbird, Oh Daddy...I mean lots of 'em.

 

[LG]

^^Perhaps if you offered Christine another couple million along with Stevie's 5 Million she would oblige us MP.

Put a dent in your DVD/CD purchases for a little while though.

 

[METALPRIEST]

I KNOW!!!


But all kidding aside...she really holds more hit songs than most people realize ya know??

Besides she's such a GREAT singer.

 

[LG]

Over My Head is my all time favorite Christine McVie song.

In fact I'm going to play the White album right now.

 

[METALPRIEST]

I may have to join ya....good idea. Yeah Over My Head is great!!