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Fleetwood Mac will released Rumours Live on Sept. 8 via Rhino. The album was recorded during the group’s Rumours Live tour at a concert at The Forum in Los Angeles on August 29, 1977. The band have teased the release with a live rendition of “Dreams,” the album’s first single. Rumours Live will be available on digital, double LP, and double CD, and includes nearly 90 minutes of previously-unreleased music. The setlist from the concert draws almost exclusively from Fleetwood Mac and Rumours, the first two albums…

Gen Z acts like Conan Gray, Olivia Rodrigo, and Billie Eilish stack up against legacy acts like Fleetwood Mac and Red Hot Chili Peppers on the Spotify Billions Club this year.Graphic: Lori PedrickSpotify is one of the premiere music services of the 21st century, and modern music consumption favors streaming over nearly all formats. In 2021, Spotify unveiled the Billions Club, which consists of every song that has accrued at least one billion streams on the platform since their respective date of upload. So far, the…

It was strange enough being in Christine McVie’s flat – high up and hovering over a stretch of the River Thames in Battersea with an upright piano in the corner of the room (oh, to be her neighbour). But it was stranger still hearing what she had to say. As we sat together on her light grey sofa in December 2013, McVie told me how she had left Fleetwood Mac in 1998 thinking that she wanted a quiet life in the Kent countryside with her dogs and Hunter wellies. But that hadn’t been what she had wanted at all. Fifteen years…

It’s easy to take a steadying presence for granted. Steady doesn’t work as a brand, and it doesn’t compel hot takes. Instead of announcing itself to the world, steady quietly gets the job done without expecting fanfare.Steady was the way of Christine McVie. Her death on Wednesday, at age 79, leaves behind an assortment of open wounds, but the absence of her stabilizing presence may be the most visible and acutely painful. Fleetwood Mac bandmate Stevie Nicks called her “Mother Earth” for her unflappable grace amid…

The late singer joined Fleetwood Mac in 1970, performing with them for decades. She went on to release three solo albums and win two Grammy awards. We take a look back at her finest moments…

Christine Perfect – I’d Rather Go Blind (1970)Before she was Fleetwood Mac’s Christine McVie, she was solo artist Christine Perfect – a rock’n’roll moniker if there ever was one. Her self-titled 1970 LP (later cheekily retitled The Legendary Christine Perfect Album) features a handful of originals and select covers. Among the highlights is a lovelorn take on 1967’s I’d Rather Go Blind, a hit for both Etta James and McVie’s late 60s band Chicken Shack. McVie ruminates on a broken heart, her velvety voice sounding wistful…

Famous names across the music industry have paid tribute to Christine McVie on Thursday, after news broke that the Fleetwood Mac singer-songwriter had died aged 79.Her bandmates led the celebrations of McVie’s life. “There are no words to describe our sadness at the passing of Christine McVie,” they said in a group statement. “She was truly one of a kind, special and talented beyond measure. She was the best musician anyone could have in their band and the best friend anyone could have in their life. We were so lucky to…

Singer-songwriter Christine McVie, who served as the co-lead vocalist and keyboardist of Fleetwood Mac, has died at age 79 following a short illness.“On behalf of Christine McVie’s family, it is with a heavy heart we are informing you of Christine’s death. She passed away peacefully at hospital this morning, Wednesday, November 30th 2022, following a short illness,” said her family in a statement released on Thursday, per Variety. “She was in the company of her family. We kindly ask that you respect the family’s privacy…

The members of Fleetwood Mac have released a joint statement honoring their longtime friend and bandmate Christine McVie.The British vocalist and keyboardist died Wednesday at a hospital after experiencing “a short illness,” her family announced. She was 79.“There are no words to describe our sadness at the passing of Christine McVie,” the Fleetwood Mac statement said. “She was truly one-of-a-kind, special and talented beyond measure. She was the best musician anyone could have in their band and the best friend anyone…

Christine McVie in 1983. (Associated Press) Christine McVie, who sang lead vocals and played keyboard in Fleetwood Mac — including on some of the long-running rock band’s most enduring hits, such as “Don’t Stop,” “You Make Loving Fun,” “Songbird,” “Hold Me” and “Little Lies” — died Wednesday. She was 79.Her death was announced by her family in a statement that said she’d “passed away peacefully” at a hospital following “a short illness.”“There are no words to describe our sadness at the passing of…