Fleetwood Mac are a British-American rock band, formed in London in 1967.
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45 Facts About Fleetwood Mac
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Fleetwood Mac were founded by guitarist Peter Green, drummer Mick Fleetwood and guitarist Jeremy Spencer, before bassist John McVie joined the line-up for their self-titled debut album.
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In late 1974, while Fleetwood Mac was scouting studios in Los Angeles, he heard American folk-rock duo Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, and asked Buckingham to be their new lead guitarist, and Buckingham agreed on condition that Nicks could join the band.
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Fleetwood Mac have sold more than 120 million records worldwide, making them one of the world's best-selling bands.
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Fleetwood Mac's self-titled debut album was a blues rock album and was released by the Blue Horizon label in February 1968.
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Fleetwood Mac was in the South London blues trio Boilerhouse, consisting of Kirwan, Trevor Stevens and Dave Terrey .
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Under the wing of Reprise, Fleetwood Mac released their third studio album, Then Play On, in September 1969.
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Fleetwood Mac wanted the band to give all their money to charity, but the other members of the band disagreed.
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In September 1970, Fleetwood Mac released their fourth studio album, Kiln House, to generally positive reviews.
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Fleetwood Mac's had had success with the Etta James classic "I'd Rather Go Blind" and was twice voted female artist of the year in England.
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Fleetwood Mac said later that the pressure had become too much for Kirwan, and he had suffered a breakdown.
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Fleetwood Mac was said to have been devastated by this, and could not continue with the tour.
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Fleetwood Mac had "temporarily disbanded" in Nebraska and its members had gone their separate ways.
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Fleetwood Mac sent the band a letter in which he said he "hadn't slaved for years to be brought down by the whims of irresponsible musicians".
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Davis and others stated that Fleetwood Mac had committed himself to the project and had given instructions to hire musicians and rehearse the band.
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Davis said Collinge had been hired only as a temporary stand-in drummer for rehearsals and the first two gigs, and that Fleetwood Mac had agreed to appear on the rest of the tour, but then had backed out after the tour started.
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Fleetwood Mac said later that he had not promised to appear on the tour.
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Fleetwood Mac realised that the original Fleetwood Mac was being neglected by Warner Bros and that they would need to change their base of operation from England to America, to which the rest of the band agreed.
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In September 1974, Fleetwood Mac signed a new recording contract with Warner Bros, but remained on the Reprise label.
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Fleetwood Mac was there to back me up, but I think it was decided after the first two or three concerts that I was better off without him.
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Fleetwood Mac liked it and was introduced to the guitarist from the band, Lindsey Buckingham, who was at Sound City that day recording demos.
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Fleetwood Mac, meanwhile, was in the midst of divorce proceedings from his wife, Jenny.
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On 10 October 1979, Fleetwood Mac were honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for their contributions to the music industry at 6608 Hollywood Boulevard.
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Buckingham convinced Fleetwood Mac to let his work on their next album be more experimental, and to be allowed to work on tracks at home before bringing them to the rest of the band in the studio.
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Fleetwood Mac blamed the album's relative lack of commercial success on the RKO radio chain having played the album in its entirety prior to release, thereby allowing mass home taping.
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Rumours line-up of Fleetwood Mac recorded one more album, their fourteenth studio album, Tango in the Night, in 1987.
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Fleetwood Mac said in his autobiography that there was a physical altercation between Buckingham and Nicks.
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Fleetwood Mac had already worked with Fleetwood in Zoo, with Christine McVie as part of her solo band, had done some session work with Nicks, and backed Buckingham on Saturday Night Live.
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In 1990, Fleetwood Mac released their fifteenth studio album, Behind the Mask.
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In 1992, Fleetwood Mac arranged a 4-disc box set, spanning highlights from the band's 25-year history, entitled 25 Years – The Chain .
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Nicks had requested use of this track for her 1991 best-of compilation TimeSpace, but Fleetwood Mac had refused as he had planned to include it in this collection as a rarity.
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The disagreement between Nicks and Fleetwood Mac garnered press coverage and was believed to have been the main reason for Nicks leaving the band in 1991.
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The volume featured notes written by Fleetwood Mac detailing the band's 25-year history and many rare photographs.
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On 10 October 1995, Fleetwood Mac released their sixteenth studio album, Time, which was not a success.
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Fleetwood Mac received the "Outstanding Contribution to Music" award at the Brit Awards the same year.
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In March 2009, Fleetwood Mac started their "Unleashed" tour, again without Christine McVie.
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On 1 November 2009 a one-hour documentary, Fleetwood Mac: Don't Stop, was broadcast in the UK on BBC One, featuring recent interviews with all four current band members.
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On 6 November 2009, Fleetwood Mac played the last show of the European leg of their Unleashed tour at London's Wembley Arena.
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On 19 December 2009 Fleetwood Mac played the second-to-last show of their Unleashed tour to a sell-out crowd in New Zealand, at what was originally intended to be a one-off event at the TSB Bowl of Brooklands in New Plymouth.
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On 19 October 2010, Fleetwood Mac played a private show at the Phoenician Hotel in Scottsdale, Arizona for TPG .
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In November 2013, Christine McVie expressed interest in a return to Fleetwood Mac, and affirmed that John McVie's prognosis was "really good".
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Fleetwood Mac's emphasised that people do not buy as many records as they used to.
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Fleetwood Mac stated that they eventually came to a settlement, which he would not share the terms of, but claimed he was "happy enough with it".
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Fleetwood Mac wrote an e-mail to Fleetwood assuring the drummer that the group could continue.
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Fleetwood Mac was a perfectionist; a fantastic musician and a fantastic writer.
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