LIVE MAGAZINE VOL 8, Issue #197 November 28th THRU December 12th, 2014
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Fleetwood Mac are a British-American rock<br />
band formed in 1967 in London. Due to numerous<br />
line-up changes, the only original member<br />
present in the band is its namesake, drummer<br />
Mick Fleetwood. Although band founder<br />
Peter Green named the group by combining<br />
the surnames of two of his former bandmates<br />
(Fleetwood, McVie) from John Mayall's Bluesbreakers,<br />
bassist John McVie played neither on<br />
their first single nor at their first concerts, as he<br />
initially decided to stay with Mayall. The keyboardist,<br />
Christine McVie, who joined the band<br />
in 1970 while married to John McVie, appeared<br />
on all but the debut album, either as a member<br />
or as a session musician. She also supplied<br />
the artwork for the album Kiln House.<br />
The two most successful periods for the<br />
band were during the late 1960s British blues<br />
boom, when they were led by guitarist Peter<br />
Green and achieved a UK number one with<br />
"Albatross"; and from 1975 to 1987, as a more<br />
pop-oriented act, featuring Christine McVie,<br />
Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. Fleetwood<br />
Mac's second album after the incorporation<br />
of Buckingham and Nicks, 1977's<br />
Rumours, produced four U.S. Top 10 singles<br />
(including Nicks' song "Dreams"), and remained<br />
at No.1 on the American albums chart<br />
for 31 weeks, as well as reaching the top spot<br />
in various countries around the world. To date<br />
the album has sold over 45 million copies<br />
worldwide, making it the sixth-highest-selling<br />
album of all time.<br />
See Fleetwood Mac at the Viejas Arena<br />
Aztec Bowl San Diego State University<br />
San Diego, CA<br />
Tue, Dec 2, <strong>2014</strong> 8:00 PM<br />
The band achieved more modest success<br />
in the intervening period between 1971 and<br />
1974, when the line-up included Bob Welch,<br />
during the 1990s in between the departure<br />
and return of Nicks and Buckingham, and during<br />
the 2000s in between the departure and<br />
return of Christine McVie. In 1998, selected<br />
members of Fleetwood Mac were inducted<br />
into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and received<br />
the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution<br />
to Music. The band has sold more than<br />
100 million albums worldwide, making them<br />
one of the best-selling bands of all time.[1] In<br />
<strong>2014</strong>, Christine McVie rejoined the band.[2]<br />
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