{"id":39,"date":"2025-12-02T17:57:10","date_gmt":"2025-12-02T17:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/student.wp.odu.edu\/mligh001\/?page_id=39"},"modified":"2025-12-05T04:35:57","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T04:35:57","slug":"2-a-brief-history-of-fleetwood-mac","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/student.wp.odu.edu\/mligh001\/2-a-brief-history-of-fleetwood-mac\/","title":{"rendered":"The History of Fleetwood Mac"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Maddy K Lightner<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n

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From left to right: Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks, Mick Fleetwood, Christine McVie, John McVie<\/sup><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Boasting over 120 million claimed sales, holding the 8th spot for the highest selling record of all time, and gaining over 8 billion streams on Spotify, even as a band that predates streaming platforms, the ever-changing music group known as Fleetwood Mac has cemented itself into the music hall of fame with more than enough reasoning behind it. One aspect of their fame comes from their lack of sticking to one singular genre, as so many bands at the time opted to do. Fleetwood Mac’s music evolved from the blues, to psychedelia, to folk, to dream pop, and many other experimental sounds in the process. Many know the songs of Fleetwood Mac, such as the many Rumours<\/em> hits: “Dreams”, “Go Your Own Way”, and “The Chain”, to name a few, or the later hits, like “Gypsy”, off of Mirage<\/em>, or “Sara”, off of Tusk<\/em>. However you might know Fleetwood Mac, it’s important to know the history behind the tumultuous band and their unique sound that solidified their place as music legends, because without that history, Fleetwood Mac would be a very different band from what we now know. <\/p>\n\n\n

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From left to right: John McVie, Danny Kirwan, Peter Green, Jeremy Spencer, Mick Fleetwood<\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

1967: Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Fleetwood Mac begins in London, 1967, though it wasn’t Fleetwood Mac at the time. After forming several other failing bands, Peter Green eventually joined his friend’s band, John Mayall and the Bluesbreakers, and their bassist John McVie, as a replacement for guitarist Eric Clapton (yes, that Eric Clapton). Additionally, the drummer for the Bluesbreakers left as well, so Peter Green suggested his friend Mick Fleetwood, who he’d met through playing for bands across London. During a recording session between Green, Fleetwood, and McVie, Green had the idea to form a new band, Fleetwood Mac, named after a song recorded during this session. The name came from combining Fleetwood and McVie’s names together. McVie was hesitant, opting to stay within the financial safety of the Bluesbreakers, while Green and Fleetwood left to hunt for other members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On August 13th, 1967, Fleetwood Mac made their live debut at the Windsor Jazz and Blues Festival, alongside the soon-to-be wildly famous bands Cream (which Eric Clapton had left the Bluesbreakers for) and Pink Floyd. The bands lineup included Peter Green and newly hired Jeremy Spencer on guitar and vocals, Mick Fleetwood on drums, and newly hired Bob Brunning on bass. Weeks after the performance, McVie replaced Brunning under Brunning’s own request. This would be the beginning of the original Fleetwood Mac. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1968, Danny Kurwin joined the band as their third guitarist, and shortly afterwards, in February, the band released their first album: Fleetwood Mac<\/em>, now known as Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac,<\/em> as to differentiate from their 1975 self-titled album. In October, their second album, Mr. Wonderful<\/em>, was released. In August of 1969, they released a compilation album featuring some of their non-album hit singles, such as “Albatross” and “Black Magic Woman”. Two months later, their third studio album, Then Play On<\/em>, was released. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fun Fact:<\/em> Legendary guitarist Carlos Santana’s hit song “Black Magic Woman” is actually a cover of Fleetwood Mac’s song, released under Peter Green’s leadership, though Santana’s version is more well-known. Below are YouTube links to both versions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Christine McVie<\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

1970: Peter Green exits, Christine McVie enters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Throughout their time touring through 1968 into 1970, members of the band had begun taking psychedelic drugs, specifically LSD, after meeting and hanging out with The Grateful Dead, receiving these drugs from their long-time supplier. Afterwards, as the band continued touring, they would continue to take LSD, which would cause serious effects on the mental state of Peter Green and guitarist Danny Kurwin. As a result of his drug use, Green began practicing a form of Buddhism influenced by Christianity, which caused him to change his sense of clothing style, primarily wearing white robes and crucifixes around his neck. During their 1970 tour of Europe, after arriving in the Munich airport in Germany, Green was quickly taken away by a cult-like, drug-using commune, and kept away from his band members for the night. Following the event, Green stated he wanted to leave in April of 1970, and, a month later, he finally did. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In August of the same year, the band recruited Christine McVie, the keyboardist-vocalist wife of the bands bassist, John McVie (in order to differentiate them, I’ll be calling them by their first names from now on). Christine not only brought her abilities on the keyboard to the band, but also her haunting, contralto voice, legendary songwriting skills, and artistic abilities. A month after joining, the band released their fourth album, Kiln House<\/em>, for which Christine drew the cover art for and provided uncredited background vocals, keyboard, and piano to the tracks. <\/p>\n\n\n

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The Kiln House<\/em> album cover, by Christine McVie.<\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

1971-1973: Spencer, Kurwin, and Weston leave <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In 1971, right before a sold-out show at the Los Angeles music venue the Whiskey A Go Go, famous for some of its performers such as The Doors, Janis Joplin, The Byrds, and Led Zeppelin, Jeremy Spencer told his band he was leaving to go buy a magazine, but he never returned to perform. Green was now no longer the only Fleetwood Mac member to be taken from the band by a cult, as the L.A. cult known as The Children of God, or simply just The Family, convinced Spencer to join them. Guitarist Bob Welch was then hired as his replacement. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1972, Danny Kurwin was fired from the band. He’d always had conflicting feelings on the band, and he was much younger than the other members, joining in 1968 at just 18 years old. Suffering from alcoholism, he finally snapped right before a show, smashing his guitar after a fight with the band and refusing to perform on stage. He was quickly replaced with Bob Weston, who would also be fired a year later after having an affair with Mick Fleetwood’s wife, Jenny Boyd. If that name sounds familiar, it might be because Jenny is the sister of Pattie Boyd, 60s model, it-girl, and Beatles Muse. She was the then-wife of George Harrison and his inspiration for their hit song “Something”. <\/p>\n\n\n

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The real<\/em> Fleetwood Mac in Los Angeles, 1974. <\/sub>
From left to right: John McVie, Mick Fleetwood, Bob Welch, and Christine McVie<\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

April 1974: The New<\/s> Fake Fleetwood Mac<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In 1973, the band had temporarily separated and gone their separate ways due to internal conflicts among members- in the middle of their U.S. tour. This then left their manager, Clifford Davis, booked with tour dates, but no complete band to fulfill them. Wanting to save his professional reputation and fulfill these tour dates, he hired several musicians from other bands to perform as ‘The New Fleetwood Mac’. In order to validate the use of the name, the hired band members were told that Mick Fleetwood would be joining them, but Fleetwood stated he’d made no such agreement. This meant no original, or real<\/em> members would join them. This new band was welcomed at first, but as soon as audiences realized there wasn’t a single original band member in the lineup, the band and tour quickly ended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both Davis and the real band members wanted ownership of the ‘Fleetwood Mac’ name, and the legal suit that came as a result of that put the band on a year-long hiatus. Their record company was no help either, as they stated they didn’t know who owned the rights to the name. The lawsuit never came to be, however, and no legal action was fully taken. Instead, Fleetwood, Welch, and the McVie’s wrote a letter to their record company convincing them that they were the rightful owners of the name. They opted not to hire a manager and became the only major rock band at the time to be self-managed. When all this was said and down, and they’d renewed their record deal with their company, they released their ninth album, Heroes Are Hard to Find<\/em>, and relocated the band to the United States. <\/p>\n\n\n

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From left to right: Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, 1974<\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

December 1974: Buckingham-Nicks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

After moving their base of operations to the States, Fleetwood Mac would find two of their most valuable members: a singer songwriter couple named Buckingham-Nicks. While visiting Sound City Studios, a recording engineer played the track “Frozen Love” by the duo for Fleetwood, and he was entranced by their sound. Fleetwood and Lindsey Buckingham met at the studio one day, and Fleetwood proposed he join the band. Buckingham agreed on one condition: his girlfriend Stevie Nicks has to join as well. On New Years Eve of 1974, the duo officially joined Fleetwood Mac. Shortly after, Welch left the band to venture into a solo career. With the addition of Buckingham-Nicks, this lineup of members has since become the most well-known, and when most people think of ‘Fleetwood Mac’, they envision Mick Fleetwood, John Mcvie, Christine McVie, Stevie Nicks, and Lindsey Buckingham. Save for Peter Green, there are no other members of the band that are as associated with it as these five are. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In July of the new year, the band released their tenth album, and their first with the inclusion of Buckingham and Nicks: their second self-titled album. Within the album were numerous hits: Christine’s “Over My Head” and “Say You Love Me”, and Nicks’ “Rhiannon”. Additionally, Nicks’ “Landslide” would become popular at time of release, but would be a hit later on due to a 90s live rendition of the song. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With success comes distress, though, and by 1976, Christine and John McVie had filed for divorce, and Buckingham and Nicks’ relationship had come to a bloody end over cheating, control issues, and their inability to work with one another. Fleetwood was also in the middle of his divorce with Boyd, all while struggling with heavy drug use. All this turmoil and struggle, however, could still bring some good from it, and that good was Rumours<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Rumours<\/em> album cover<\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

1977: Rumours<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

On the 4th of February 1977, the state of the music world would forever be changed. Fleetwood Mac released their album Rumours<\/em>, inspired by their rocky love lives with one another, and recorded during periods of heavy drug use and partying, with the recording of the album typically taking place in the early hours of the morning after the sleepless band members had burnt themselves out from partying. While the tension among members created for hostile situations outside of the music, Nicks has stated that the band made the best music when they all hated each other, and Buckingham stated these tensions made the recording process smooth, resulting in seamless recordings and songs that easily compiled an album. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

All four singles off Rumours<\/em> became number one hits: “Go Your Own Way” written by Buckingham about Nicks, “Dreams” written by Nicks about Buckingham, and “Don’t Stop” and “You Make Loving Fun” by Christine. The latter song was written by Christine about the bands lighting director, Curry Grant, whom she was having an affair with. Remember, though, her ex-husband is still in the band at the time of release, and they were likely still married when she wrote the song. In order to not raise suspicion, Christine told John the song was about their dog. Other notable songs off the album are “The Chain”, which was the only song to be written by all five members, and fan favorites “Songbird”, by Christine, and “Gold Dust Woman”, an autobiographical track by Nicks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the success of Rumours<\/em>, the tension between Buckingham and Nicks increasingly got worse. The two fought often, which was led on by and the reason for Nicks’ cocaine addiction. Additionally, Nicks had begun an affair with Fleetwood. You might be wondering, how is it an affair if, last I mentioned, he got divorced? Well, he remarried! To the same woman: Jenny Boyd. This caused the couple to divorce once more in 1978, and, that same year, Fleetwood began seeing Nicks’ best friend, Sara Recor. Nicks was heartbroken over this. She could bear to lose Fleetwood, since their relationship was troubled as it was, but losing her best friend was the worst of it. Sara was no longer allowed in the recording studio, and for months on end, no one in the band would even look at each other. Despite all this, the band released their eleventh album, Tusk<\/em>, in 1979. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

1980-1984: Domestic Disputes and Bankruptcy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In 1980, while on tour for Tusk<\/em> in New Zealand, a physical fight started between Nicks and Buckingham. While the entire story isn’t very concrete, and there’s many versions of what happened, as it’s always been remembered through drug-induced hazes from the band members, one thing about it is certain: while Stevie danced on stage, Buckingham either attempted to trip her or kicked her, it’s debated which. Afterward, he quickly ran backstage, followed by Nicks, who stated “we all ran at breakneck speed back to the dressing room to see who could kill him first”, and Christine, who stated “I think he\u2019s the only person I ever, ever slapped”. While it’s unclear if this was a part of the New Zealand fight or a separate instance, Buckingham also reportedly threw his guitar at Nicks. This wasn’t the first instance of Buckingham tormenting Nicks on stage, either. A week or two before the New Zealand show, in Australia, while Nicks performed her song “Rhiannon” in her usual black shawl and lace dress, Buckingham pulled his jacket over his body and began mocking Nicks and her performance. A year later, Nicks would release her first solo album, Bella Donna<\/em>, featuring rock legends Tom Petty and Don Henley, who she married in 1977 and divorced in 1978. Nicks later stated that, with the exception of the release of their 1986 album Tango in the Night<\/em>, she spent very little time with Buckingham. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mick Fleetwood was dealing with his own issues as well. He’d once again divorced Jenny Boyd, his father was dying of cancer, and, in 1984, he had to file bankruptcy. News outlets and fans speculated this was because of heavy drug use, but his lawyer claimed that wasn’t true. It was <\/em>partially true, as he spent hundreds of thousands on his cocaine addiction, but a larger part of that bankruptcy came from spending too much of real estate. All $3 million that he’d made off the success of Rumours<\/em> had been spent, and he didn’t own the assets to make up for it. As Christopher Connelly, a journalist for Rolling Stone Magazine, said in 1984 during an interview with Fleetwood, “[he] looks hale and hearty, and he talks with enthusiasm about his upcoming recording and touring plans with Fleetwood Mac and with his own group, Mick Fleetwood\u2019s Zoo. As you take it all in, it\u2019s easy to forget that Mick Fleetwood is flat broke<\/span>.”<\/p>\n\n\n

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Fleetwood Mac, 1987. From left to right: John McVie, Stevie Nicks, Mick Fleetwood, Christine McVie, Lindsey Buckingham<\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

1987-1990: The Departure of Buckingham, Nicks, and Christine; “Silver Springs” <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In 1987, just before their tour for their album Tango in the Night<\/em>, Buckingham reported to Rolling Stone that he was leaving Fleetwood Mac to pursue his solo career. This did now, however, come as a shock to the band. Buckingham had been stating for a while he wanted to leave in pursuit of his own music, and his leave was welcomed by the band, especially Nicks, who stated there were less conflicts and arguments once he was gone (though a band meeting that ended in Buckingham leaving the next day also caused a fight between the two) . He’d released two solo albums prior to this, Law and Order<\/em> in 1980 and Go Insane<\/em> in 1984. His next solo album, however, wouldn’t be released until 1992, five years after leaving Fleetwood Mac. For the tour, he was replaced by guitarists Billy Burnette and Rick Vito.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three years later, Christine and Nicks both stated they would also be leaving the band once the tour for their fifteenth album, Behind the Mask<\/em>, had concluded. Nicks left in pursuit of her solo career, and Christine states she would still help with making albums and recording for the band, but she would no longer tour with them. This once again left Fleetwood and John McVie as the last standing members of the band. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nicks stated that one of the major reasons for her departure was over her track “Silver Springs” (I can’t make a ‘history of Fleetwood Mac’ essay without including this song). Originally intended for Rumours<\/em>, Nicks wanted the royalties from the song to go to her mother and sister to help provide financial security for them. The song, however, was never added to the album, and Fleetwood refused to include it on the Greatest Hits album they were releasing in 1991. “Silver Springs” is a sort of catalyst for the drama behind Fleetwood Mac, and many modern, younger fans know the band through this song. The song was written by Nicks about Buckingham and her desire to live a normal life with him, comparing what their love could have been to a silver spring, with “blue-green colors flashin”. Within the lyrics are lines like “Time cast a spell on you, but you won’t forget me\/\/I know I could have loved you\/\/But you would not let me”. When performed live, Nicks would sing the lyrics while Buckingham provided backing vocals and guitar, often staring at one another as they sang the words. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below are links to three different performances of the song, so you can get a visual understanding of what I mean when I say, “staring at one another”. “Staring holes into each other” is probably a more fitting description. I couldn’t find a YouTube video of the 2004 performance, so I included a TikTok link.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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President Bill Clinton, Michael Jackson, and Stevie Nicks at the President’s inauguration. The rest of the band is cropped out of the photo. <\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

1993: A Fleetwood Mac Reunion Caused by… Bill Clinton?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

During his 1992 campaign for president, Bill Clinton used Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours<\/em> hit “Don’t Stop” as his campaign song. This was ironic, since, to quote comedian John Mulaney, the song came from an album “written by and for people cheating on each other”, but that hadn’t happened yet, so we’ll forget about it. When Clinton won, he invited Fleetwood Mac to perform at his Inaugural Ball, and who were these disgruntled, cheating, broken-apart band members to say no to the president of the United States? Even if only less than half of them were Americans. Setting aside their differences, the five members of the Rumours<\/em> era lineup agreed to perform “Don’t Stop”, wrapping the song up with guests including the First Family and Michael Jackson. This gave the band the most attention they’d received in years, but it didn’t last for long. The group would once again go their own ways (get my joke?), and a few years later, the band reached their lowest point, when they were merely openers with no one but Fleetwood and John McVie being known by audiences. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Fleetwood Mac on stage at Warner Brothers Studio in Burbank, California. From left to right: Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Christine McVie, Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham. <\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

1997: The release of The Dance<\/em><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In 1997, Fleetwood Mac hosted a reunion show in Burbank, California consisting of all five Rumours<\/em>-era members, which was then recorded and released under a live album titled The Dance:<\/em> their first release all together since Tango in the Night<\/em>, released 10 years earlier. It was Fleetwood Mac’s first album to reach the top of the U.S. charts since their 1982 album Mirage<\/em>, which famously featured the Nicks track “Gypsy”. This was finally the time for Nicks’ heartfelt track “Landslide” to become a hit, as the live version of this song was released as a single and became a hit. The Dance<\/em> introduced an entire generation of listeners to Fleetwood Mac and once more revitalized their fame. Christine McVie left the band a year later. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the next 25 years, Fleetwood Mac would continue to disappear and reappear out of the spotlight, with members leaving and returning on several occasions. In 1998, Fleetwood Mac was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by singer Sheryl Crow- and not just the classic Rumours<\/em> lineup. The inductees of Fleetwood Mac were: Mick Fleetwood, John McVie (the only lifelong members of the band), original frontman Peter Green, Jeremy Spencer (both of which had, I assume, snapped out of it and left their respective cults), Danny Kirwan, Christine McVie, Stevie Nicks, and Lindsey Buckingham. In 2008, the band began their Unleashed<\/em> tour, without Christine, though, who wouldn’t perform with the band again 2013, where she joined them for two shows in London, and she would join them on tour again the year after. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2018, Buckingham left\/was fired from Fleetwood Mac and, shortly after, sued the band for fiduciary duty, essentially meaning he believed the band was prioritizing other members rather than providing him his fair share of royalties and money, breach of contract, and intentional interference with finances meant for him. I use the term “left Fleetwood Mac” because Fleetwood stated the band believed “fired” was an ugly word, and they had simply reached a disagreement with one another. Buckingham reached an undisclosed settlement with the band, but it was eventually revealed that Buckingham’s apparent issues with Nicks were their reason for removing him, and Nicks stated either he was removed, or she would leave. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over those 25 years, several members had passed away. The bands original bassist, Bob Brunning, died at age 68 in 2011. Bob Weston died at the age of 64 in the beginning of 2012. Bob Welch committed suicide in June of 2012. In 2018, Danny Kurwin died at the age of 68. In 2020, original frontman and founder of Fleetwood Mac Peter Green died in his sleep at the age of 73. The band continued to tour after all of these, with the exception of Green, however, as their final tour concluded in 2019. On November 30th of 2022, the death of Christine McVie was announced by her family through social media. When asked about a return from Fleetwood Mac, Mick Fleetwood stated the band could no longer continue without Christine, and Stevie Nicks called it “impossible” to tour without her. Losing a valuable friend and band member, the remaining four members have stated they won’t return to touring as Fleetwood Mac. Following the death of Christine McVie, Stevie Nicks posted a hand-written letter detailing her love and friendship with McVie. Lindsey Buckingham posted a hand-written letter to about his loss of McVie and what it meant to him. Mick Fleetwood posted a letter calling McVie a “truly one-of-a-kind talent” and “the best friend anyone could have in their life”.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Fleetwood Mac’s final concert, 2019. <\/sub><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

Despite the tragedies, hardships, and loss, Fleetwood Mac remains one of the most well-known bands of all time. Stevie Nicks still tours on her own, and sings songs off the Fleetwood Mac discography, though only the ones she’s written, and during her 2025 tour, plays Christine McVie’s “Got a Hold on Me” as an outro. Whether you know the band from their music or their history, they still remain on many people’s minds, and have influenced newer musical minds such as the sister bands HAIM and Heart, major singer-songwriters Taylor Swift, Harry Styles, who performed with them in 2019, and Lana Del Rey, who featured Stevie Nicks on her 2017 song “Beautiful People, Beautiful Problems”. Their influence and inability to remain with just one genre, as so many bands of the past tended to do, has permeated the music industry as it exists now, and they remain a lesson for the hardships of fame and the importance of friendship. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Works Cited<\/summary>\n

“Fleetwood Mac” – Rock & Roll Hall of Fame<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best-selling albums of all time<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“A Timeline of Fleetwood Mac\u2019s Dramatic, Decades-Long Saga” – Elle Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Why Peter Green quit Fleetwood Mac” – Far Out Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The True Life Confessions of Fleetwood Mac” – Cameron Crowe, Rolling Stone Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The Continuing Mystery of 1974’s \u2018Fake\u2019 Fleetwood Mac Tour” – Far Out Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Fleetwood Mac” – Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Who is the Fleetwood Mac song ‘You Make Loving Fun’ about?” – Far Out Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The concerning moment Lindsey Buckingham assaulted Stevie Nicks on stage” – Far Out Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Fleetwood Mac: Back on the Chain Gang” – Rolling Stone Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Mick Fleetwood Bankrupt” – Rolling Stone Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Flashback: Fleetwood Mac Reunite for Bill Clinton’s Inauguration” – Rolling Stone Magazine<\/a><\/p>\n<\/details>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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