Christine McVie, Fleetwood Mac, Tour Info, UK Articles

Ms Mac is Back | The Works | BASCA, June 2014

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The Works
The British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors Magazine
June 2014

 

It’s 5pm on the eve of the Ivor Novello Awards and Christine McVie is sat in her London home, excited and contemplating the forthcoming ceremony and the prospect of accepting her Lifetime Achievement Award.

“I’m thrilled to bits. It’s a huge honour and I’m overwhelmed, really.”

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No stranger to awards, Christine can count Grammy Awards, a BRIT Award, an honorary doctorate degree in music from the University of Greenwich and even one of BASCA’s Gold Badge Awards among her many trophies. But, this Ivor Novello Award is different.

“For me, this is really special because it’s for me as an individual writer. The others have always been connected with Fleetwood Mac.”

There’s much more excitement on the horizon for Christine too, following her announcement that she is the rejoin the band.

It’s been 15 years since she retired from Fleetwood Mac following the Dance Tour in 1998. She cited a fear of flying and wanting to move back to England where she’d bought a new property in Wickhamreaux, Kent as the public reasons for her departure.

“…and I wanted to just kind of get out of Los Angeles really. Although why I say that now after having just come back, I don’t know, because I really enjoyed it out there.”

She enjoyed her early retirement, for a while too… Continue reading Ms Mac is Back | The Works | BASCA, June 2014 →

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Fleetwood Mac New Album And Tour On The Way | MTV UK

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There’s new music AND a world tour on the way from a crowd-favourite band…

Thursday, 22 May 2014
MTV.co.uk

Christine McVie has confirmed that she has rejoined Fleetwood Mac, as well as announcing a new album is on the way.

Upon winning the Lifetime Achievement award at the Ivor Novello’s this afternoon, the singer said: “I would like to announce that I have rejoined Fleetwood Mac and we’re in the process of writing a new album for next year.”

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Christine also confirmed that Fleetwood Mac will be going on a world tour.

News of her return comes as no surprise after Mick Fleetwood told the crowd at Uncle Willie K’s BBQ Blues Festival in January: “This is the worst-kept secret there is, but Christine McVie will be rejoining Fleetwood Mac.”

McVie has not been with the band full-time for over 15 years.


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Fleetwood Mac’s New Music Will Override 40 Years Of Gossip | Huff Post, May 2014

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Jessica Goodman
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The most interesting narrative of Fleetwood Mac — one every music writer hopes to chronicle and every fan dreams about when reading between the lines of “Rumours” — involves romance and adultery. The stories behind lyrics of heartbreak and betrayal and love and acceptance are well-documented, but in recent interviews with Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie, the bandmates assert that the past is just that.

Fleetwood Mac released its best-selling album “Rumours” nearly 40 years ago; Christine McVie left the band 16 years ago. Now, the five members have reunited for an album and an international tour, “On With The Show.”

“It’s been the most profound experience of my entire life,” Christine McVie said of returning to the group in an interview with HuffPost Entertainment. “The chemistry between the band is stronger than it ever was.” In March of this year, Mick Fleetwood and John McVie joined Buckingham and Christine McVie at Studio D in the Village Recorder in Los Angeles, where they made 1979’s “Tusk.” (Nicks was unable to be there due to prior scheduling conflicts, Buckingham and McVie said.) They laid the groundwork for eight tracks, mostly written by Christine McVie and began to reestablish the legacy and future of Fleetwood Mac. Continue reading Fleetwood Mac’s New Music Will Override 40 Years Of Gossip | Huff Post, May 2014 →

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Stevie Nicks Preps New ’24 Karat Gold’ Album | Billboard

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Keith Caulfield 

It’s proving to be a very busy year for the legendary Stevie Nicks. Not only is she about to head out on tour with a reunited Fleetwood Mac, but she’s also in the midst of finishing up her own new solo album. 

Photo by Kristin Burns
Photo by Kristin Burns

Tentatively titled “24 Karat Gold: Songs From the Vault,” Nicks’ forthcoming collection includes lost and stray tracks that she’s written and recorded through the years, but never made it onto an album. The selections for “24 Karat Gold” were all newly recorded, and co-produced by Nicks, Dave Stewart and Waddy Wachtel.

Nicks’ publicist, Liz Rosenberg, says that Nicks hopes to release the album in October on Reprise/Warner Bros. Records. She recently recorded the “24 Karat” tunes in Nashville, and will continue working on the album in Los Angeles.  Continue reading Stevie Nicks Preps New ’24 Karat Gold’ Album | Billboard →

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Fleetwood Mac on new recordings: ‘We get chills when we hear them’ | The Guardian (UK)

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Minus Stevie Nicks, the band are recording ‘blues-based’ and ‘commercial’ songs in the studio in which they made Tusk

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Fleetwood Mac have almost finished eight songs for a possible new album. The new recordings feature Christine McVie but not yet Stevie Nicks, who has been absent due to other commitments. “The chemistry was just unbelievable,” Lindsey Buckingham has said.

Minus Nicks, Fleetwood Mac spent two months at Village Recorder studio, in Los Angeles, working in the same room in which they recorded their 1979 album Tusk. “We’re all very excited about [the new music],” Buckingham told Billboard in a recent interview. “Knowing me, I’m going to be pushing for a double album.” Though eight tracks are “75% done”, they are now putting the sessions on pause as McVie returns home to England. The group will reunite for live rehearsals at the end of July, ahead of their world tour, and are unlikely to release anything before 2015. Continue reading Fleetwood Mac on new recordings: ‘We get chills when we hear them’ | The Guardian (UK) →

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Fleetwood Mac Revives Chemistry In Studio: ‘We Get Chills,’ Says Christine McVie | Billboard

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Billboard.com
7th May 2014
By Gary Graff

It appears that Christine McVie will be returning to Fleetwood Mac to do more than play some old songs in concert. The group — sans Stevie Nicks, who was busy with “some other commitments,” according to Lindsey Buckingham — has just finished a nearly two-month run in Studio D at the Village Recorder in Los Angeles, where Fleetwood Mac made 1979’s “Tusk” album, working on a batch of new songs by McVie and Buckingham.

“This has kind of been a project in slow motion, that’s the only way I can put it,” Buckingham tells Billboard. “We got in the studio not knowing what to expect, and the chemistry was just unbelievable… We got eight tracks very far along, like, 75 percent done. It just played out really organically in a way that seemed appropriate.” Buckingham says the new songs came from ideas McVie brought into the band, and coupled with material he worked on previously with Mick Fleetwood and John McVie, the group has “about 14 or 15 things, and some other things we want to get to down the line” even before Nicks begins making contributions.

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Christine McVie and Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac in the studio (Kevin Winter/Getty images)

“We’re all very excited about it. Knowing me, I’m going to be pushing for a double album,” Buckingham says with a laugh. Continue reading Fleetwood Mac Revives Chemistry In Studio: ‘We Get Chills,’ Says Christine McVie | Billboard →

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Her fear gone, Christine McVie’s muse soars with Fleetwood Mac reunion | L.A Times

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Los Angeles Times
BY RANDY LEWIS
May 2, 2014, 2:30 p.m

Christine McVie eases comfortably into the corner of a leather sofa, about a foot between her and Lindsey Buckingham. He leans forward and side by side, they listen to the playback of “Too Far Gone,” a danceable new Fleetwood Mac song they’ve written together over the last few weeks at a West Los Angeles recording studio.

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“This was a great collaboration,” Buckingham said. “I had a track without any singing on it, and she wrote the song over it.”

“We’ve been doing that quite a bit lately, haven’t we?” McVie said. Continue reading Her fear gone, Christine McVie’s muse soars with Fleetwood Mac reunion | L.A Times →

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Stevie Nicks on Kiss’ Rock Hall Appearance: ‘They Should Have Played’

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By Kory Grow
April 11, 2014 1:38 AM ET

Rolling Stone

“It’s their loss they didn’t play, because the Kiss Army is out there screaming for them,” says Fleetwood Mac singer

Stevie Nicks performs at the 29th Annual Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony. Dimitrios Kambouris/WireImage for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Stevie Nicks performs at the 29th Annual Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony.
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Fleetwood Mac frontwoman Stevie Nicks paid tribute to Linda Ronstadt at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony Thursday night, along with an all-star lineup of women Ronstadt influenced, as Ronstadt was unable to make an appearance herself. Following performances by Carrie Underwood, Bonnie Raitt, Emmylou Harris and Sheryl Crow, Nicks sang Buddy Holly’s “It’s So Easy,” which Ronstadt released as her own single 1977 album Simple Dreams, and the Everly Brothers’ “When Will I Be Loved,”  a 1975 single for Ronstadt off her Heart Like a Wheel LP. Following her performance, she told Rolling Stone how Ronstadt left an indelible impression on her at an early age. Continue reading Stevie Nicks on Kiss’ Rock Hall Appearance: ‘They Should Have Played’ →

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Life Stories: Stevie Nicks | Marie Claire

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Words by Michelle Davis
Marie Claire Magazine (UK)
May 2014

Her husky voice, epic stage presence and flamboyant style defined 70s supergroup Fleetwood Mac – as did the incestuous, drug-fulled private lives of its members. And against all odds, she’s still rocking…

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AS THE DAUGHTER OF A travelling businessman, Stevie Nicks was used to making new friends quickly. One evening in 1965, after her family’s latest move from Los Angeles to San Francisco, 17-year-old Stevie attended an event in a local hall. She walked in to see a teenage boy strumming a guitar and singing The Mamas & The Papas’ California Dreamin’ I walked up and brazenly burst into harmony with him,’ she would later recall. ‘It was cool andI said, “I’m Stevie Nicks” and he said, “I’m Lindsey Buckingham.” Continue reading Life Stories: Stevie Nicks | Marie Claire →

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Jimmy Fallon, Stevie Nicks re-create ‘Draggin” video

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Brian Mansfield, Special for USA TODAY
10:14 a.m. EDT April 10, 2014

‘The Tonight Show’ host plays Tom Petty to Stevie Nicks.

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Jimmy Fallon and Stevie Nicks perform “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around” on ‘The Tonight Show.'(Photo: Screengrab)

Chalk up another big musical moment to Jimmy Fallon.

The Tonight Show host donned a blond wig, strapped on a guitar and sang with Stevie Nicks on Wednesday’s show, essentially re-creating the video for Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around, Nicks’ 1981 duet hit with Tom Petty. They were introduced by Nirvana members Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic.

Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around was Nicks’ biggest hit outside Fleetwood Mac and appeared on her Bella Donna album. The song’s promotional clip was the 25th video MTV ran when the channel debuted Aug. 1, 1981. Continue reading Jimmy Fallon, Stevie Nicks re-create ‘Draggin” video →