Lindsey Buckingham, left, Mick Fleetwood, Stevie Nicks and John McVie of Fleetwood Mac are hitting the road once again.(Photo: 2003 file photo by Cliff Watts)
Hungry for a big Mac splurge? After a three-year absence, Fleetwood
Mac embarks on a 34-city North American tour starting April 4 in
Columbus, Ohio. Tickets for the first run of shows go on sale Dec. 14 at
LiveNation.com.
The band, founded in 1967, is celebrating the 35th anniversary of its trailblazing Rumours, which sold 40 million copies worldwide, held Billboard's No. 1 spot for 31 weeks and spawned top 10 hits Dreams, Don't Stop, Go Your Own Way and You Make Loving Fun.
Lindsey
Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, who joined in 1975, and namesakes Mick
Fleetwood and John McVie last toured in 2009 and haven't released a
studio album since 2003's Say You Will.
Yet new tunes may be shoehorned into a set list packed with classics.
"There
were some tracks John, Mick and I cut with Stevie in mind while she was
on the road," Buckingham says. "It's the most Fleetwood Mac-sounding
stuff I've heard in a long time. We've been talking about releasing an
EP, but I don't know how these moving parts will fit together yet."
In
light of the band's deep catalog, the singer/guitarist isn't concerned
about a second consecutive tour without a studio album.
"We'd be
OK for one more round," he says. "People do want to hear that body of
work and be transported to a certain time. The older you get and the
longer the band has been around, you come to terms with the fact that no
one's particularly interested in hearing anything too new. It's about
what you do with what you've got."
Nicks envisions performing hits, rarities and maybe a couple of migrants, particularly the war-themed Soldier's Angel, a duet with Buckingham from her 2011 solo album, In Your Dreams.
"It's
become a standard in my set, and I get a standing ovation every night,"
Nicks says. "Fans might like seeing Lindsey and I sing it. And it gives
me a chance to ask people to help veterans who are so young and so
messed up. I turn into an eighth-grade teacher."
Opting to extend her solo tour, Nicks was a holdout when the band wanted to hit the road early this year.
"I
had to put my foot down and say, 'I'm not touring with you in 2012,'
and it wasn't a very popular idea," she says. "I always think it's good
for Fleetwood Mac to be away for three years. Two years is like, well,
'I just saw you.' My feeling was, let 2013 be the year of Fleetwood Mac
and make it an exciting event."
Tour dates:
April 4 Columbus, Ohio (Nationwide Arena)
April 6 Philadelphia (Wells Fargo Center)
April 8 New York (Madison Square Garden)
April 9 Washington, D.C. (Verizon Center)
April 11 Louisville (KFC Yum! Center)
April 13 Chicago (United Center)
April 16 Toronto (The Air Canada Centre)
April 18 Boston (TD Garden)
April 20 Uncasville, Conn. (Mohegan Sun Arena)
April 23 Ottawa (Scotiabank Place)
April 24 Newark (Prudential Center)
April 26 Pittsburgh (CONSOL Energy Center)
April 28 St. Paul (Xcel Energy Center)
April 30 Kansas City, Mo. (Sprint Center)
May 1 Tulsa (BOK Center)
May 3 Little Rock (Verizon Arena)
May 12 Winnipeg (MTS Centre)
May 14 Saskatoon (Credit Union Centre)
May 15 Edmonton (Rexall Place)
May 17 Calgary (Scotiabank Saddledome)
May 19 Vancouver (Rogers Arena)
May 20 Tacoma, Wash. (Tacoma Dome)
May 22 San Jose (HP Pavilion)
May 25 Los Angeles (Hollywood Bowl)
May 26 Las Vegas (MGM Grand Arena)
May 28 Anaheim, Calif. (Honda Center)
May 30 Phoenix (US Airways Center)
June 1 Denver (Pepsi Center)
June 4 Dallas (American Airlines Center)
June 5 Houston (Toyota Center)
June 7 Tampa (Tampa Bay Times Forum)
June 8 Fort Lauderdale (BB&T Center)
June 10 Atlanta (Philips Arena)
June 12 Detroit (Joe Louis Arena)
All dates subject to change.
For details, visit LiveNation.com and FleetwoodMac.com
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