**** Fleetwood Mac (Glastonbury 2023)****

[henry bear]

1 hour ago, The Nal said:

There's also this

https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/christine_mcvie_says_fleetwood_mac_kind_of_broke_up_claims_shes_not_physically_up_for_a_farewell_tour.html

And there endeth the FM dream

[The Red Telephone]

I dunno, with 60% of the band in bad health and Mick charging £££ just for a selfie, this smells of “not gonna happen” to me

[Quark]

15 minutes ago, henry bear said:

And there endeth the FM dream

Well that was fun. Same time next year?

[The Nal]

Fleetwood Mac fucked it up basically. Asked mutiple times to play and their greed kicked them up the ass in the end.

"I think I’ll burn in hell if we don’t do it one day.”

Indeed Mick, indeed. 

[NorthernSoul52]

Just can't see Fleetwood Mac getting all their chips in order to do it.

[kalifire]

38 minutes ago, henry bear said:

And there endeth the FM dream

A one off gig is vastly different from a tour. 
 

[CaledonianGonzo]

Yeah - it doesn't rule them out.

[Matt42]

Fm can do like 6 european dates and a few in Europe and call it a world tour. Just like Macca did this year.

Doing as few dates as possible and calling it a world tour is in vogue these days.

[clarkete]

5 pages for a band who can't play the festival and famously won't play for the money offered? 

[NorthernSoul52]

16 minutes ago, clarkete said:

5 pages for a band who can't play the festival and famously won't play for the money offered? 

Welcome to eFestivals.

[CaledonianGonzo]

Famously haven't up till now.

Just like the Stones famously wouldn't - until they did.

[clarkete]

1 hour ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

Famously haven't up till now.

Just like the Stones famously wouldn't - until they did.

But unlike the Stones, Fleetwood Mac are  the ones I've often seen mentioned in articles about fees such as this ... 

https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/whats-on/music-nightlife/how-much-glastonbury-headline-acts-7273207.amp

[Toilet Duck]

3 hours ago, henry bear said:

And there endeth the FM dream

Oh Well....

[danbailey80]

I read that Christine interview. 

Shall we move on...?

[danbailey80]

So just to be clear. This sort of attention seeking trolling shite is fine here? 

[Smeble]

No Lindsey Buckingham no fleetwood Mac as far as I’m concerned. Saw them in 2015 at IOW and they were epic, a proportion of the songs lose their bite without Buckingham either dishing them out or being on the receiving end. 

[iwalker]

I think the Stones did it to get themselves into the shop window for a younger audience.  In fact Jagger even said if you enjoyed yourself then come and see them again.  They might have made a loss on the night but they are no mugs and it has probably paid for itself several time over since.  Reading his book Springsteen and the E Street Band were seeing more empty seats at their concerts then they would like - more so in the US - so did several festivals to get some new fans in (although jetting over to play with Macca suggests he enjoyed it).

Not sure Fleetwood Mac need that, especially if they aren't planning to tour much more.

[NorthernSoul52]

This rumour appears to be dead in the water now then? Assumed it was a stretch to begin with, but regardless.

[balti-pie]

On 6/30/2022 at 9:58 AM, 504329lt said:

AC/DC would be superb

 

This isnt the place to have this discussion really, but ac/dc are really spectacularly specific about their sound and image rights - when they played download they had their own stage (not set-up, i mean actual stage) that no other band were allowed on, with their own PA etc etc - and they even negotiated so that Download couldnt use the ac/dc logo on the tshirts/hoodies etc. Kind of part pointless nonsense, and part creating spinal tap style hilarious demands . . . . i'd be hugely surprised to see them playing glastonbury. While it'd draw the kind of headlines they want, it would mean them sharing the limelight, and thats not really their thing. plus $$$

Edited July 6, 2022 by balti-pie

[NorthernSoul52]

3 minutes ago, balti-pie said:

This isnt the place to have this discussion really, but ac/dc are really spectacularly specific about their sound and image rights - when they played download they had their own stage (not set-up, i mean actual stage) that no other band were allowed on, with their own PA etc etc - and they even negotiated so that Download couldnt use the ac/dc logo on the tshirts/hoodies etc. Kind of part pointless nonsense, and part creating spinal tap style hilarious demands . . . . i'd be hugely surprised to see them playing glastonbury. While it'd draw the kind of headlines they want, it would mean them sharing the limelight, and thats not really their thing. plus $$$

Yeah, that had crossed my mind too. Very vociferous about how they farm their brand out.

[CaledonianGonzo]

They played Coachella without their own stage.

[NorthernSoul52]

10 minutes ago, CaledonianGonzo said:

They played Coachella without their own stage.

Doesn't Coachella pay more than any other festival in the world though?

[CaledonianGonzo]

Yeah - I dont think they're likely - just that their own stage isnt a hard and fast requirement.

 

[balti-pie]

Itd be fascinating to see where glastonbury would bung the new stage! get rid of pennards and put it at the bottom of that field? That could be quite good! 

[The Nal]

Angus said he'd play Glasto if AC/DC were asked to. Might have been a throwaway comment though. But seems theyre one of those bands who dont really know what the festival is about.