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Pre-Rumours-era band [limited info contained here] |
| Apr 1967 |
Mick
Fleetwood, Peter Green, Jeremy Spencer and Bob Brunning form Fleetwood Mac in London, England. |
| Sep 1967 |
John McVie
finally joins Fleetwood Mac replacing Bob Brunning on bass, Bob Brunning goes on
to become a teacher and blues musician. |
| Aug 1970 |
Christine
McVie joins her husband in Fleetwood Mac, replacing Peter Green who has quit
following drug dependency. |
| Early 1970s |
Fleetwood Mac undergo many personnel changes with Danny Kirwin, Bob Welch, Bob
Weston and Dave Walker joining and then leaving. |
| 5th Sep 1973 |
Lindsey
Buckingham and Stevie Nicks release Buckingham Nicks on Polydor Records, the
album fails to make an impact on the American charts. |
| Early 1974 |
Mick
Fleetwood, John McVie and Christine McVie leave England to set up home in the
United States. |
Rumours-era band timeline |
| Dec 1974 |
Bob Welch
formally leaves Fleetwood Mac and Mick Fleetwood remembers a guitarist he had
listened to at Sound City Studios, Mick tracks down that guitarist to be Lindsey
Buckingham who he asks to join Fleetwood Mac. Mick then gathers that Lindsey
will only join with his then girlfriend and singing partner Stevie Nicks. |
| 31st Dec 1974 |
Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks agree to join Fleetwood Mac. |
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| Jan 1975 |
Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks complete their final touring commitments as Buckingham/Nicks. |
| Feb 1975 |
Studio
sessions at Sound City in Van Nuys, CA begin with Lindsey and Stevie as members of Fleetwood Mac. The
recording of the Fleetwood Mac (White Album) begins. |
| 12th Apr 1975 |
The group
begins its first US tour in support of the forthcoming album Fleetwood Mac at Balboa Bowl, San Diego, CA. |
| 11th July 1975 |
The first album with Buckingham, Nicks, Fleetwood, McVie and McVie Fleetwood
Mac is released on Reprise Records. This album will go on to sell over 5 million copies and define the group sound throughout the seventies. |
| 24th Sep 1975 |
The single Over
My Head was released as the lead single from the album entitled "Fleetwood Mac" in the in the US hitting #20 on the US charts. |
| 24th Oct 1975 |
The single Warm Ways was released as the lead single from the album entitled "Fleetwood Mac" in the in the UK but fails to make the chart. |
| 31st Dec 1975 |
The US
tour ends at the Diamond Head Festival in Honululu, HI. |
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| Jan 1976 |
The single Rhiannon is released in the US and climbs to #11 on the US singles charts. |
| Feb 1976 |
Sessions
begin for the Rumours album at the Record Plant in Sausalito, San Francisco and will last throughout the year. |
| 13th Feb 1976 |
The single Over
My Head was released in the in the UK but fails to make the chart. |
| Mar 1976 |
Songbird is recorded at the Zellerback Auditorium for the Rumours album. |
| 1st May 1976 |
An American
Tour in support of the Fleetwood Mac album begins at Oakland, California |
| 9th Jun 1976 |
The single Say
You Love Me is released in the US and climbs to #11 on the US singles charts. |
| 10th Jun 1976 |
An old
Buckingham Nicks single Crying In The Night is re-released, but it misses
the US charts. |
| 24th Sep 1976 |
The single Say
You Love Me is released in the UK and makes #40 on the UK
charts. |
| 4th Sep 1976 |
Following the success of the singles lifted from the Fleetwood Mac album,
the album will finally make #1 on the US album chart. It will make #23 on the UK
album chart |
| 5th Dec 1976 |
The American
Tour ends at Market Square Arena in Indianapolis, Indiana. |
| 20th Dec 1976 |
The single Go
Your Own Way is released in the US and charts at #10 on the Billboard Singles Chart. |
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| 28th Jan 1977 |
The single Go
Your Own Way is released in the UK and charts at #38. |
| 4th Feb 1977 |
Rumours is released, following personal problems between the two couples in the band,
the songs on the album reflect the mood and connect with the buying public. Rumours will go on to sell in excess of 45 million copies worldwide, reaching both the
#1 slot on the US and UK album charts. |
| 24th Feb 1977 |
The group
begins a US tour in support of Rumours at Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, NY. |
| 24th Mar 1977 |
Fleetwood Mac are featured on the cover of US magazine "Rolling Stone" with an article from Cameron Crowe on the band included in the magazine. |
| 1st Apr 1977 |
The single Don't Stop is released in the UK hitting #32. |
| 2nd Apr 1977 |
A European
Tour in support of Rumours begins at Birmingham, England, which lasts for the month. |
| 2nd Apr 1977 |
Rumours Reaches #1 on the Billboard Top 200 Album Charts. |
| 4th Apr 1977 |
The single Dreams is released in the US and hits #1 on the charts. This remains the only Fleetwood Mac single to hit #1 on the Billboard singles chart. |
| 1st May 1977 |
The American
Tour in support of Rumours recommences in Boulder, CO and continues till October 4th. |
| 17th Jun 1977 |
The single Dreams is released in the UK and hits #24 on the UK charts. |
| 6th Jul 1977 |
Don't
Stop is released in the US reaching #3. |
| 12th Sep 1977 |
French Kiss, a new album from former Fleetwood Mac member Bob Welch is released in the US, this album contains guest appearances from Christine McVie, Mick Fleetwood and Lindsey Buckingham. |
| 16th Sep 1977 |
The single You
Make Loving Fun is released in the UK reaching #45. |
| 3rd Oct 1977 |
The final
single from Rumours, You Make Loving Fun is released in the US reaching
#9. |
| 4th Oct 1977 |
The
American tour in support of Rumours ends in San Diego, California. |
| 6th Nov 1977 |
Australia /
Japan Tour in support of Rumours begins in Auckland, Australia, the tour lasts till December 5th. |
| 10th Dec 1977 |
The
1977 Rumours Tour ends at Maui, Hawaii. |
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| Jan 1978 |
Fleetwood
Mac wins the Favourite Band and Favourite Album at the annual American Music
Awards. |
| 3rd Feb 1978 |
Rhiannon is re-released in the UK reaching #46. |
| 23rd Feb 1978 |
Rumours is named the Album Of The Year at the 20th annual Grammy Awards and is also nominated for Best Engineered Recording, Best Arrangement of Voices and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group. Fleetwood Mac appear on the US TV broadcast. |
| May 1978 |
Sessions
begin for the Tusk album at The Village Recorder in Los Angeles, CA. |
| 1st Jun 1978 |
Fleetwood Mac: The Authorized History book written by Samuel Graham is published. |
| 17th Jul 1978 |
The
group begin a summer US tour at Alpine Valley, Wisconsin in support of Rumours. |
| 18th Jul 1978 |
Stevie
Nicks guests on Kenny Loggins Whenever I Call You Friend which makes US #5. |
| 30th Aug 1978 |
The Summer
Tour in support of Rumours ends at Baton Rouge, Louisiana. |
| 1st Sep 1978 |
Rumours n' Fax a book about Fleetwood Mac written by Roy Carr & Steve Clarke is published. |
| Late 1978 |
The song Tusk is
recorded with the USC Trojan Marching Band at Dodger Stadium California for the Tusk album. |
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| Feb 1979 |
Three Hearts, a new album from former Fleetwood Mac member Bob Welch is released in the US, this album contains guest appearances from Christine McVie, Mick Fleetwood and Stevie Nicks. |
| 9th May 1979 |
Bombs
Away Dream Babies by John Stewart is released, it contains the songs Gold and Midnight Wind that has Stevie Nicks on backing vocals. Lindsey Buckingham also guests and produces the album. |
| 19th Sept 1979 |
The lead single Tusk from the soon to be released album "Tusk" is released hitting US #8 and UK #6. |
| 10th Oct 1979 |
Fleetwood Mac is
awarded its Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. |
| 18th Oct 1979 |
Fleetwood Mac begin three days of full tour rehearsals for the upcoming Tusk tour. |
| 19th Oct 1979 |
The double
album Tusk is released,
the album will fail to sell as many copies as Rumours but still makes US #4 and
UK #1. |
| 26th Oct 1979 |
The
group begins an American Tour in support of Tusk in Pocatello, ID. |
| 5th Dec 1979 |
The second single from the "Tusk" alum Sara is released and hits US #7. |
| 16th Dec 1979 |
The first leg of the American Tour in support of Tusk ends at The Cow Palace, San Francisco and is the last live date of the 70s for Fleetwood Mac. |
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