Tuesday, February 20, 2018

Stevie Nicks on Why She Limits Her Availability With Fleetwood Mac



Fleetwood Mac in recent years seems to have become one of those bands that will fall off the radar for a while and then out of nowhere pop back up for another tour. Usually this is not the way the majority of the band wants to do things, but singer Stevie Nicks limits her availability to the band deliberately.

In a recent interview with TeamRock, Nicks discusses her reasoning for making her time with Fleetwood Mac so sparse, saying:

“A big band like Fleetwood Mac needs to get out of the spotlight, so that’s what we’ve done. We should always be off the road for three years, because when we come back it’s an event. I think that’s very important. There’s a lot of famous bands and a lot of important people out, and you’re going to make a choice of which ticket to buy, and if you haven’t seen one of them for three years or more then that’s going to be at the top of the list. It feels more special.

And being away from each other for three years is good. It really sets you up for a good time because everything’s new and everybody’s got new stories and everybody’s been doing crazy, different things, so when you walk into rehearsal that first day everyone’s really happy to see each other. If we toured every other year it wouldn’t be like that.”

In some ways I kind of understand where Nicks is coming from on all of this. It makes sense that she would want to keep things interesting and fresh, though at the same time I still get a bit of that diva vibe off of her. Then again, I suppose that has always been a huge part of what makes Stevie Nicks Stevie Nicks.

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