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Rumours Tour
The Rumours Tour was a concert tour by Fleetwood Mac that began after the release of the band's eleventh album with the same title in February 1977. During the tour, the band performed in North America, Europe, their native UK, continental Europe, Japan and Oceania. Their setlists primarily consisted of songs from their two most recent albums. Background In the spring of 1976, Mick Fleetwood and John McVie set up their own management company called Seedy Management, which also included the Penguin Promotions subsidiary, which was tasked with handling the band's touring arrangements. Following a set of rehearsals in early February, the band embarked on their tour in the end of February, with their first series of performances occurring in the United States, where they frequently played to audiences of between ten and fifteen thousand people. The setlist primarily focused on material from the band's 1975 self-titled album and ''Rumours''. Some early setlists from the band's firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fleetwood Mac
Fleetwood Mac are a British-American Rock music, rock band formed in London in 1967 by the singer and guitarist Peter Green (musician), Peter Green. Green named the band by combining the surnames of the drummer, Mick Fleetwood, and the bassist, John McVie, who have remained with the band throughout its many line-up changes. Fleetwood Mac have sold more than 120 million records worldwide, making them one of the List of best-selling music artists, world's best-selling bands. Primarily a British blues band in their early years, Fleetwood Mac achieved a UK number one single in 1968 with the instrumental "Albatross (instrumental), Albatross" and had other UK top ten hits with "Man of the World (song), Man of the World", "Oh Well (song), Oh Well" (both 1969), and "The Green Manalishi (With the Two Prong Crown)" (1970). Green left the band in May 1970 and McVie's wife, Christine McVie, joined as an official member on vocals and keyboards two months later, having previously contribute ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Business Jet
A business jet, private jet, or bizjet is a jet aircraft designed for transporting small groups of people, typically business executives and high-ranking coworker, associates. Business jets are generally designed for faster air travel and more personal comfort than commercial aircraft, and may be adapted for other roles, such as casualty evacuation or express package delivery, parcel deliveries, and some are used by public bodies, government officials, very important person, VIPs, or even the military. History Early developments The first small, jet-powered civilian aircraft was the Morane-Saulnier MS.760 Paris, developed privately in the early 1950s from the Morane-Saulnier MS.755 Fleuret, MS.755 Fleuret two-seat jet trainer. First flown in 1954, the MS.760 Paris differs from subsequent business jets in having only four seats arranged in two rows without a center aisle, similar to a light aircraft, under a large sliding canopy (aircraft), canopy similar to that of a fighter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Go Your Own Way
"Go Your Own Way" is a song by the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac from their eleventh studio album, '' Rumours'' (1977). The song was released as the album's first single in December 1976 in the United States. Written and sung by Lindsey Buckingham, it became the band's first top-ten hit in the United States. "Go Your Own Way" has been well received by music critics and was ranked number 120 by ''Rolling Stone'' magazine on their list of 500 greatest songs of all time in 2010, and re-ranked number 401 in 2021. They also ranked the song second on their list of the 50 greatest Fleetwood Mac songs. Recorded in three separate studios, the track was developed over a period of four months. As with most tracks on the ''Rumours'' album, none of the instruments were recorded live together; the tracks were instead completed through a series of overdubs. Lyrically, "Go Your Own Way" is about Buckingham's breakup with his bandmate Stevie Nicks. Composition "Go Your Own Way" wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I'm So Afraid
"I'm So Afraid" is a song written by Lindsey Buckingham for the British-American band Fleetwood Mac for their tenth album, ''Fleetwood Mac''. The song was intended for a second Buckingham Nicks album, but the album never came to fruition. It was also issued as the B-side to " Over My Head", which became the band's first top 20 hit in the United States. Buckingham has performed "I'm So Afraid" on numerous tours, both with Fleetwood Mac and as a solo artist. Background Like all other Buckingham and Nicks compositions on Fleetwood Mac's 1975 eponymous album, "I'm So Afraid" was written before Buckingham joined Fleetwood Mac. Buckingham wrote the song around the time he was suffering from a bout of mononucleosis. Mick Fleetwood said in his 2014 autobiography that Buckingham had labored over the song for four years and had "gotten the harmony of the guitar parts so in tune they were a virtual orchestra unto themselves." Buckingham incorporated musical themes from church music on "I'm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
You Make Loving Fun
"You Make Loving Fun" is a song by the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac, written and sung by Christine McVie. It was released as the fourth and final single from the band's 1977 album '' Rumours''. "You Make Loving Fun" peaked at number nine on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and became the album's fourth top-ten hit. Background "You Make Loving Fun" was inspired by Christine McVie's affair with the band's lighting director, Curry Grant. "To avoid flare-ups", she told her then-husband and fellow band member, John McVie, that the song was about her dog. The song uses descending seconds in its chord progression. In an interview with the ''New York Post'', McVie remarked that she wanted it to be the third US single from the album, but " Don't Stop" was chosen instead. Early tracking of the song was done, according to Christine McVie, in the absence of Lindsey Buckingham, which gave her the freedom to "build the song on erown". For the February 8 session, Fleetwood was on drum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Over My Head (Fleetwood Mac Song)
"Over My Head" is a song recorded by British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac for their self-titled 1975 album. The song was written by keyboardist and vocalist Christine McVie. "Over My Head" was the band's first single to reach the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 since " Oh Well", ending a six-year dry spell on the American charts. Background Christine McVie composed the song using a portable Hohner electric piano in a small apartment in Malibu, California, where she and then-husband John McVie (Fleetwood Mac's bassist) resided after completing a concert tour to promote '' Heroes Are Hard to Find'', which was the album that preceded the band's 1975 self-titled release. Christine McVie said that the lyrics were inspired by her relationship with bandmate Lindsey Buckingham. "I think that was based on a sort of fantasy about Lindsey, really. I think that was a sort of an ode to the gorgeous Lindsey at the time." The original rhythm track consisted of just vocals, drums and a Dobro. Other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gold Dust Woman
"Gold Dust Woman" is a song from British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac's 11th studio album, '' Rumours'' (1977). The song was written and sung by Stevie Nicks and released as a B-side to the " Don't Stop" single (in the UK) and the " You Make Loving Fun" single (in the US). The song's title, "Gold Dust Woman", comes from Gold Dust Lane, a street in Wickenburg, Arizona where Nicks spent time as a child. The 2004 two-disc special edition release of '' Rumours'' includes two demos of "Gold Dust Woman". One demo features vocal melody and lyrics in the coda which would later be developed into the stand-alone single "If You Ever Did Believe" in 1997, which Nicks recorded with Sheryl Crow as part of the early sessions for her 2001 '' Trouble in Shangri-La'' album. However, the track, "If You Ever Did Believe" was instead chosen as the theme song for the 1998 Warner Bros. film ''Practical Magic'', starring Sandra Bullock and Nicole Kidman, and is only available on the film's soundtr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oh Daddy (Fleetwood Mac Song)
"Oh Daddy" is a song written by Christine McVie that was first performed by the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac as the tenth song off their 1977 album '' Rumours''. The song was played throughout the band's '' Rumours'' and ''Tusk'' world tours, and resurfaced for the 1997 ''The Dance'' tour before disappearing once again. Background Christine McVie stated in a series of 1977 interviews that she wrote the song about Mick Fleetwood's separation from his erstwhile wife, Jenny Boyd. At the time, Fleetwood was the only father in the band, with two daughters. However, both Lindsey Buckingham's former girlfriend Carol Ann Harris and Stevie Nicks' biographer Zoe Howe have written that the song was originally written for the band's lighting director, who McVie had been dating at the time. Both Harris and Howe contend McVie only later claimed that the song was written for Fleetwood. Producer Ken Caillat described "Oh Daddy" as "a beautiful, airy song." He noted that getting the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landslide (Fleetwood Mac Song)
"Landslide" is a song by the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac, written and performed by Stevie Nicks. The song was first featured on the band's self-titled album ''Fleetwood Mac'' (1975). The original recording also appears on the compilation albums '' 25 Years – The Chain'' (1992), '' The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac'' (2002) and ''50 Years – Don't Stop'' (2018), while a live version was released as a single 23 years later from the live reunion album '' The Dance'' (1997). "Landslide" reached 51 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart and No. 10 on the Adult Contemporary chart. "Landslide" was certified gold in October 2009 for sales of over 500,000 copies in the United States. According to Nielsen Soundscan, "Landslide" sold 2,093,186 copies in the United States as of 2017. In 2021, the song was listed at No. 163 on ''Rolling Stone''s "500 Greatest Songs of All Time". The song is written and composed in the key of B-flat major and is set in a time signature with a t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Never Going Back Again
"Never Going Back Again" is a song written by Lindsey Buckingham that was first released by the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac on their eleventh studio album '' Rumours'' (1977). The song was also released as the B-side to the top-ten single " Don't Stop" in the US and the " You Make Loving Fun" single in the UK. It was also the B-side of "Dreams" in the Netherlands. "Never Going Back Again" has been covered by other artists, including Colin Reid and Matchbox Twenty. Background and composition "Never Going Back Again" is one of several songs on ''Rumours'' that Buckingham wrote in the wake of the breakup of his relationship with fellow Fleetwood Mac member Stevie Nicks. Buckingham recalls it being one of the last songs written for the album, after he had started a rebound relationship with another woman. Buckingham regards it as a sweet and naive song and does not consider the lyrics to be very deep. The song reflects a desire not to repeat previous mistakes. "Never G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhiannon (song)
"Rhiannon" (released as a single under the title "Rhiannon (Will You Ever Win)") is a song written by Stevie Nicks and originally recorded by the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac on their eponymous album in 1975; it was issued as a single the following year. The song's U.S. chart peak was in June 1976, when it hit no. 11. The song peaked at no. 46 in the UK singles chart for three weeks after re-release in February 1978. "Rhiannon" was voted no. 488 in The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time by ''Rolling Stone'' magazine. They also ranked the song number six on their list of the 50 greatest Fleetwood Mac songs. When Nicks performed the song live, she often introduced it as "a song about an old Welsh witch." During 1975–1982, Fleetwood Mac's live performances of "Rhiannon" took on a theatrical intensity not present on the FM-radio single. The song built to a climax in which Nicks's vocals were so impassioned that, as drummer and band co-founder Mick Fleetwood recalled, " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dreams (Fleetwood Mac Song)
"Dreams" is a song by the British-American rock band Fleetwood Mac, written and sung by Stevie Nicks for the band's eleventh studio album, '' Rumours'' (1977). In the United States, "Dreams" was released as the second single from ''Rumours'' in March 1977, by Warner Bros., while in the United Kingdom, the song was released as the third single in June 1977. A stage performance of "Dreams" was used as the promotional music video. In the US, "Dreams" sold more than one million copies and reached the top spot on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, the band's only number-one single in the country. In Canada, "Dreams" also reached number one on the ''RPM'' Top 100 Singles chart. In late 2020, the song experienced a widespread resurgence in popularity as a result of a viral TikTok video created by Nathan Apodaca. The song subsequently re-entered national music charts and also entered the Spotify and Apple Music charts in certain countries. "Dreams" was ranked number nine on ''Rolling Stone''s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
