VH1
The Wire Article
Buckingham,
Nicks Front
Fleetwood Mac On Upcoming LP
By Corey Moss and Jon Wiederhorn, with additional reporting by Kristen
Davis
07/25/2001
While Stevie Nicks continues to search for Shangri-La on
tour, Fleetwood Mac singer/songwriter/guitarist Lindsey Buckingham, bassist John
McVie and drummer Mick Fleetwood are shacked up in a rented house in Bel Air,
California, working on songs for the next Fleetwood Mac album.
And though Nicks has stranded her bandmates without a female
lead singer for the time being, she hasn't left them empty-handed. Before
hitting the road, she gave them 17 demos she had recorded over the years.
"We're actually going to make a record, we're not just
gonna tour," Nicks told VH1. "It'll happen next year."
The album will mark the first time Nicks has recorded in the
studio with Fleetwood Mac since 1990's Behind
the Mask, and the first time she and Buckingham have both fully
collaborated on a band album since 1987's Tango
in the Night.
But the classic three-singer/songwriter lineup behind the
1970s smashes Fleetwood Mac and Rumours
won't quite be intact. When Nicks rejoins the band in the studio after her solo
tour, she'll be the lone female voice, as Christine McVie has decided not to
take part in the new record (see "Fleetwood:
Christine McVie 'Will Never Perform With Fleetwood Mac Again' ").
It's no secret that McVie did not enjoy the 1997 Fleetwood
Mac reunion tour, but it was previously unclear whether or not she would join
the band for the upcoming record. "She's done," Nicks said curtly.
"It's great," she continued, "because Lindsey
and I originally moved to Los Angeles to sing together, and once we joined
Fleetwood Mac that stopped because the second we became a trio, we could no
longer be a duo. This will allow Lindsey and I to actually go back to what we
started out doing."
Playing with Fleetwood Mac again is something Nicks surely
looks forward to, but at the moment she's focusing on her tour, and this week
there were setbacks when she had to postpone two concerts after falling ill. She
missed a show Tuesday (July 24) in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and canceled
Wednesday's performance in Raleigh, North Carolina. Rescheduled dates will be
announced soon, according to each of the venues. Nicks' spokesperson had no
comment on her condition.
Nicks is scheduled to resume touring Friday in Charlotte,
North Carolina.
Originally posted on http://www.vh1.com/thewire/content/news/1445399.jhtml
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