When Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks joined Fleetwood Mac, they became one of two couples in the band. By the time they were working on their second album with the band, both couples had broken up. Their emotional turmoil provided rich fodder for the band’s magnum opus, Rumours. It also stretched them all to their limits. Despite this, Buckingham said things would have been worse if the couple stayed together.
Lindsey Buckingham said it was for the best that he and Stevie Nicks broke up
In the lead up to the release of Rumours, John and Christine McVie divorced and Nicks and Buckingham broke up after years together. The breakup rattled the band, but Buckingham thought it would have been worse if both couples stayed together.
“If Stevie and I, and John and Chris had remained as couples, the stability of the band would not have been very good,...
Lindsey Buckingham said it was for the best that he and Stevie Nicks broke up
In the lead up to the release of Rumours, John and Christine McVie divorced and Nicks and Buckingham broke up after years together. The breakup rattled the band, but Buckingham thought it would have been worse if both couples stayed together.
“If Stevie and I, and John and Chris had remained as couples, the stability of the band would not have been very good,...
- 4/22/2024
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Fleetwood Mac have unveiled Rumours Live, a live album taken from a concert the band performed at The Forum in Los Angeles in 1977. The record is out today, September 8th, via Rhino. Stream it in full below.
Rumours Live was recorded when Fleetwood Mac were at a zenith of their success. Rumours, their seminal album from February 1977, was No. 1 on the US Billboard 200, and the band was wrapping up its support tour. They rolled into Los Angeles for three shows at The Forum — the one that would go on to become Rumours Live was held on August 29th, 1977, performed to a crowd of nearly 20,000 fans. The set was recorded by engineer Ken Caillat using a mobile recording truck owned by the Recording Plant, the studio where the band recorded most of Rumours itself.
Listening to the version of “Dreams” from that night, the energy is palpable. Stevie Nicks’ inimitable voice...
Rumours Live was recorded when Fleetwood Mac were at a zenith of their success. Rumours, their seminal album from February 1977, was No. 1 on the US Billboard 200, and the band was wrapping up its support tour. They rolled into Los Angeles for three shows at The Forum — the one that would go on to become Rumours Live was held on August 29th, 1977, performed to a crowd of nearly 20,000 fans. The set was recorded by engineer Ken Caillat using a mobile recording truck owned by the Recording Plant, the studio where the band recorded most of Rumours itself.
Listening to the version of “Dreams” from that night, the energy is palpable. Stevie Nicks’ inimitable voice...
- 9/8/2023
- by Jo Vito
- Consequence - Music
Fleetwood Mac have shared the unreleased live rendition of their hit “Go Your Own Way” from the upcoming Rumours Live, a double-lp capturing that band’s victory lap at the Forum in Los Angeles following the release of their 1977 masterpiece.
Recorded 46 years and two days ago today — August 29, 1977 — Rumours Live finds the classic Mac lineup — Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Christine McVie, Stevie Nicks, and Lindsey Buckingham — performing the majority of tracks off both 1975’s Fleetwood Mac and Rumours, as well as their 1969 Peter Green-era hit “Oh Well.”
With the...
Recorded 46 years and two days ago today — August 29, 1977 — Rumours Live finds the classic Mac lineup — Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Christine McVie, Stevie Nicks, and Lindsey Buckingham — performing the majority of tracks off both 1975’s Fleetwood Mac and Rumours, as well as their 1969 Peter Green-era hit “Oh Well.”
With the...
- 8/31/2023
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Fleetwood Mac will released Rumours Live on Sept. 8 via Rhino. The album was recorded during the group’s Rumours Live tour at a concert at The Forum in Los Angeles on August 29, 1977. The band have teased the release with a live rendition of “Dreams,” the album’s first single.
Rumours Live will be available on digital, double LP, and double CD, and includes nearly 90 minutes of previously-unreleased music. The setlist from the concert draws almost exclusively from Fleetwood Mac and Rumours, the first two albums recorded by the lineup of Mick Fleetwood,...
Rumours Live will be available on digital, double LP, and double CD, and includes nearly 90 minutes of previously-unreleased music. The setlist from the concert draws almost exclusively from Fleetwood Mac and Rumours, the first two albums recorded by the lineup of Mick Fleetwood,...
- 7/20/2023
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham had a tumultuous relationship while with Fleetwood Mac. The American duo joined Fleetwood Mac as a couple, but their on-and-off romantic relationship led to many tense recording sessions with the band. One song on Rumours saw the pair going at it while the microphones were off, but they managed to halt their insults to record the song.
Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham kept insulting each other while recording ‘You Make Loving Fun’
While Rumours is Fleetwood Mac’s most acclaimed and most successful album, it is riddled with stories of behind-the-scenes drama, especially with Nicks and Buckingham. At one point, the pair were a package deal. When Mick Fleetwood asked Buckingham to join Fleetwood Mac, he refused unless Nicks could also join.
After their relationship deteriorated, they were still able to create excellent music, but their rocky relationship made it hard for them to be in the same room.
Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham kept insulting each other while recording ‘You Make Loving Fun’
While Rumours is Fleetwood Mac’s most acclaimed and most successful album, it is riddled with stories of behind-the-scenes drama, especially with Nicks and Buckingham. At one point, the pair were a package deal. When Mick Fleetwood asked Buckingham to join Fleetwood Mac, he refused unless Nicks could also join.
After their relationship deteriorated, they were still able to create excellent music, but their rocky relationship made it hard for them to be in the same room.
- 6/23/2023
- by Ross Tanenbaum
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
When Lindsey Buckingham joined Fleetwood Mac, he helped the group find unprecedented success but also opened them up to drama. Buckingham and then-girlfriend Stevie Nicks increased the band’s star power. Their tumultuous relationship also nearly broke the band apart. They weren’t the only ones causing problems, though. According to Buckingham, nobody was ever on the same page. He shared how he thought this made them the opposite of the Eagles.
Lindsey Buckingham said Fleetwood Mac was the opposite of the Eagles
Fleetwood Mac was an incredibly successful band in spite of their personal drama. They broke up with each other, had affairs, consumed copious amounts of drugs and alcohol, and fought over their music. Buckingham said they were rarely on the same page, even after years of working together.
“[T]hings change, and that’s a part of Fleetwood Mac,” he told Rolling Stone in 2012. “We’re a moving target.
Lindsey Buckingham said Fleetwood Mac was the opposite of the Eagles
Fleetwood Mac was an incredibly successful band in spite of their personal drama. They broke up with each other, had affairs, consumed copious amounts of drugs and alcohol, and fought over their music. Buckingham said they were rarely on the same page, even after years of working together.
“[T]hings change, and that’s a part of Fleetwood Mac,” he told Rolling Stone in 2012. “We’re a moving target.
- 6/22/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Working with Fleetwood Mac during the Rumours era was not easy, and Lindsey Buckingham’s temper made things even harder. The band dynamics were in disarray, and their drug use was ramping up. Producer Ken Caillat said his job became even more complicated when Buckingham physically attacked him. He shared how following Buckingham’s demands landed him in a dangerous position.
Lindsey Buckingham | Fin Costello/Redferns/Getty Images Lindsey Buckingham grew violently furious with a Fleetwood Mac producer
While recording “You Make Loving Fun,” Caillat said Buckingham worked to get in an “aggressive place.” He believed this would make his playing better. While it might have, it also made him a challenge to be around.
“So, we started recording over our least favorite tracks,” Caillat wrote in his book Making Rumours: The Inside Story of the Classic Fleetwood Mac Album. “Things got hot and heavy as he got into his guitar solo.
Lindsey Buckingham | Fin Costello/Redferns/Getty Images Lindsey Buckingham grew violently furious with a Fleetwood Mac producer
While recording “You Make Loving Fun,” Caillat said Buckingham worked to get in an “aggressive place.” He believed this would make his playing better. While it might have, it also made him a challenge to be around.
“So, we started recording over our least favorite tracks,” Caillat wrote in his book Making Rumours: The Inside Story of the Classic Fleetwood Mac Album. “Things got hot and heavy as he got into his guitar solo.
- 5/23/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Fleetwood Mac’s magnum opus Rumours featured songs about the real-life breakups of songwriters Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks, and Christine McVie. The band was at the top of their game musically, but their personal lives were in flames, which the album reflected. For this reason, they faced some difficulties in the studio. There was one song Buckingham found particularly difficult to sing, but it wasn’t because he was mourning the breakdown of his relationship with Nicks.
Lindsey Buckingham | Ed Perlstein/Redferns/Getty Images Lindsey Buckingham found a Fleetwood Mac breakup song particularly challenging to sing
Buckingham wrote the song “Never Going Back Again” about the end of his relationship with Nicks. The couple’s longtime romance broke down contentiously, and he expressed his desire to move on through song. The song was not easy to get through, though.
“The intro started. I added a little reverb to one of the guitars,...
Lindsey Buckingham | Ed Perlstein/Redferns/Getty Images Lindsey Buckingham found a Fleetwood Mac breakup song particularly challenging to sing
Buckingham wrote the song “Never Going Back Again” about the end of his relationship with Nicks. The couple’s longtime romance broke down contentiously, and he expressed his desire to move on through song. The song was not easy to get through, though.
“The intro started. I added a little reverb to one of the guitars,...
- 5/2/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Lindsey Buckingham is best known for recording several albums with the long-running band Fleetwood Mac, including the 1979 record Tusk. The guitarist reportedly had a “my way or the highway” attitude while making the double album, according to a producer who worked with the band. Here’s what Buckingham’s former bandmates and the producer said about recording Tusk.
Lindsey Buckingham | Stephen J. Cohen/Getty Images Lindsey Buckingham demanded a replica of his personal bathroom to record the Fleetwood Mac ‘Tusk’ album
Tusk was Fleetwood Mac’s 12th studio album. It was released as a double album in 1979 and featured the popular tracks “Sisters of the Moon,” “Sara,” “Think About Me,” and “Storms.”
Buckingham rehearsed several songs at home before introducing them to the band to be considered for the album. In the studio, he requested and received a replica of his personal bathroom to capture the “amazing sound” he had created at home.
Lindsey Buckingham | Stephen J. Cohen/Getty Images Lindsey Buckingham demanded a replica of his personal bathroom to record the Fleetwood Mac ‘Tusk’ album
Tusk was Fleetwood Mac’s 12th studio album. It was released as a double album in 1979 and featured the popular tracks “Sisters of the Moon,” “Sara,” “Think About Me,” and “Storms.”
Buckingham rehearsed several songs at home before introducing them to the band to be considered for the album. In the studio, he requested and received a replica of his personal bathroom to capture the “amazing sound” he had created at home.
- 1/29/2023
- by Grace Turney
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Christine McVie sometimes played pranks on her friends — especially on April Fools’ Day. Here’s what the band’s producer said about this Fleetwood Mac member in Making Rumours: The Inside Story of the Classic Fleetwood Mac Album.
Fleetwood Mac released ‘Rumours’ — featuring songs by Christine McVie Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac performs at the Met Center in Bloomington, Minnesota | Jim Steinfeldt/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
Fleetwood Mac will never break the chain. One of their most popular releases was 1977’s Rumours, complete with “Dreams,” “The Chain,” and other hit songs. Some of these tracks were produced by Ken Caillat, who later reflected on the recording process.
Christine McVie co-wrote “The Chain” along with the other four band members — Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, John McVie, and Mick Fleetwood.
Christine McVie played practical jokes on her accountant and lawyer for April Fools’ Day
Making Rumours: The Inside Story of the...
Fleetwood Mac released ‘Rumours’ — featuring songs by Christine McVie Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac performs at the Met Center in Bloomington, Minnesota | Jim Steinfeldt/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images
Fleetwood Mac will never break the chain. One of their most popular releases was 1977’s Rumours, complete with “Dreams,” “The Chain,” and other hit songs. Some of these tracks were produced by Ken Caillat, who later reflected on the recording process.
Christine McVie co-wrote “The Chain” along with the other four band members — Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, John McVie, and Mick Fleetwood.
Christine McVie played practical jokes on her accountant and lawyer for April Fools’ Day
Making Rumours: The Inside Story of the...
- 1/26/2023
- by Julia Dzurillay
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
When the news of Christine McVie’s death broke yesterday, radio stations around the world queued up her 1987 hit, “Everywhere”. The song’s sparkling synths will have shimmered from a thousand car radios and supermarket speakers, sending tiny, shiny bubbles of love and anticipation fizzing into the midweek mood. Paces will have picked up to the bouncing trot of the melody and fingers will have begun tapping on steering wheels. Multipacks of loo roll will have been tossed into trolleys with a little more flourish. Then McVie’s clear, questing voice will have cut straight through the mix.
“Can you hear me calling/ Out your name?/ You know that I’ve fallen/ And I don’t know what to say…” It’s a sound that will have transported many older fans back to its release, over a quarter of a century ago, a month after the “Great Storm” had swept...
“Can you hear me calling/ Out your name?/ You know that I’ve fallen/ And I don’t know what to say…” It’s a sound that will have transported many older fans back to its release, over a quarter of a century ago, a month after the “Great Storm” had swept...
- 12/1/2022
- by Helen Brown
- The Independent - Music
Christine McVie, a long-time member of Fleetwood Mac, has died at age 79.
According to a statement from her family, released on Wednesday (30 November), she died of a short illness in hospital.
They added: “We would like everyone to keep Christine in their hearts and remember the life of an incredible human being, and revered musician who was loved universally.”
Fans and fellow musicians, including McVie’s bandmate Stevie Nicks, have paid tribute.
After joining Fleetwood Mac in 1970, McVie went on to write some of the band’s most recognisable and commercially successful songs.
Here are six essential Christine McVie-penned tracks to listen to in tribute.
Come a Little Bit Closer (1974)
Album: Heroes Are Hard to Find
Featured on the group’s ninth studio album, Heroes Are Hard to Find (1974), is McVie’s “Come a Little Bit Closer”.
There’s little information regarding the actual song, but the album itself marked...
According to a statement from her family, released on Wednesday (30 November), she died of a short illness in hospital.
They added: “We would like everyone to keep Christine in their hearts and remember the life of an incredible human being, and revered musician who was loved universally.”
Fans and fellow musicians, including McVie’s bandmate Stevie Nicks, have paid tribute.
After joining Fleetwood Mac in 1970, McVie went on to write some of the band’s most recognisable and commercially successful songs.
Here are six essential Christine McVie-penned tracks to listen to in tribute.
Come a Little Bit Closer (1974)
Album: Heroes Are Hard to Find
Featured on the group’s ninth studio album, Heroes Are Hard to Find (1974), is McVie’s “Come a Little Bit Closer”.
There’s little information regarding the actual song, but the album itself marked...
- 11/30/2022
- by Nicole Vassell and Inga Parkel
- The Independent - Music
Los Angeles, CA., April 15, 2014—Alcon Entertainment and Sleeping Giant Media, LLC have formed Asg Music Group, a joint venture designed to integrate the combined companies’ music enterprises into a new music model for the modern business of film, television and commercial media production, it was announced by Alcon co-ceo’s and co-founders Andrew Kosove and Broderick Johnson, and Sleeping Giant’s co-founders Ken Caillat, Michael Hodges and Kayla Morrison. In addition to financing and producing original music and third party content for Alcon’s motion picture and television properties, Asg will partner with other film, television and commercial media companies to provide value added music and label services. As part of Asg’s unique services model, the company will provide revolutionary solutions for music supervisors, film companies, television companies, brands, gaming and commercial media companies by utilizing an in-house and global network of top talent for music and song creation,...
- 4/15/2014
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Are you a songwriter? Do you need inspiration? Do you think inspirational juices on a toilet seat can change your fortunes? Then the house of mega-songwriter Colbie Caillat has your name on it.The 3,700-square-foot house is actually owned by Colbie's parents -- it's where she wrote the songs on her album, "Breakthrough." Btw ... the house was also featured on "MTV Cribs."The San Fernando Valley house is listed for $1.4 million with Evelina Kostova at CA Realty Group.
- 4/6/2013
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
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