“Fleetwood Mac who has just completed the European leg of their phenomenally successful worldwide tour has announced the cancellation of their upcoming 14 date tour of Australia and New Zealand,” the notice on Facebook said. The band announced the cancellation on their Facebook page on Saturday, and their publicist confirmed the news. 44 on the Billboard chart this week.Fleetwood Mac have canceled the Australia and New Zealand legs of their tour so that bassist John McVie can undergo cancer treatment. The clip immediately went viral and Fleetwood Mac band members Stevie Nicks and Mick Fleetwood quickly joined the craze to recreate Apodaca’s video.įleetwood Mac’s self-titled 1975 album also benefited from Apodaca’s success, moving up to No. The unexpected resurgence of Fleetwood Mac’s iconic album was driven by skateboarder and TikTok enthusiast Nathan Apodaca. #Īpodaca, who uses the TikTok handle 420doggface208, filmed himself lip-syncing to Dreams while sipping on Ocean Spray’s Cran-Raspberry juice and cruising on his long board across an empty highway. The single has now found its way to the top of the iTunes chart and was also among the 50 most-streamed songs on Spotify. 1 spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for the first time on June 18, 1977, and held that spot for one week. 1 on the Billboard 200 across 19 and has now returned to the top ten for the first time since 1978.ĭreams climbed to the No.
Rumours originally spent a staggering 31 non-consecutive weeks at No. 9 in the chart, creeping up an impressive six spots from the week before.ĭreams, Fleetwood Mac’s second single from the 1977 album, has seen an even bigger leap, landing at No. The British-American rock band re-joined the Billboard charts with its famed album, 43 years after it was first released.
Late last year, their album Rumours re-entered the top 10 with the help of a TikTok video featuring the artists’ iconic single Dreams. ‘He’d been completely brainwashed,’ writes Fleetwood.Ĭhart-topping: Late last year, their album Rumours re-entered the top 10 with the help of a TikTok video featuring the artists’ iconic single Dreams (John and Christine McVie, Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham and Mick pictured in 2014) tour, joining the Children of God, the sinister cult which used sex to win converts. Green’s fellow guitarist, Jeremy Spencer, the band’s other big LSD user, disappeared in 1971 in Los Angeles during the band’s U.S. This phase gave rise to their huge albums Fleetwood Mac and Rumours. The band continued with a transformed line-up featuring a core group of Fleetwood, Nicks, Buckingham, and the McVies. He was eventually diagnosed with schizophrenia and spent time in hospitals undergoing electro-convulsive therapy during the mid-70s. Green left Fleetwood Mac after a final performance in 1970 as he struggled with mental health difficulties and spiralling drug use, later sleeping rough. The breakdown of romantic relationships within the band - between Buckingham and Nicks, as well as former married bassist/keyboardist couple, John and Christine McVie - caused ruptures even though they continued to make music together, surviving several break-ups, reunions and line-up changes.įounding member Peter Green died on 25 July 2020 at the age of 73. Their addition helped propel the band into their golden age, making them one of the best selling groups in the world. Lindsey first joined the group in 1974, on the condition he got to bring his folk rock singing partner and then-girlfriend Nicks with him. Lindsey was replaced on the tour by Crowded House’s Neil Finn and Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers’ Mike Campbell. Heyday: Green, an influential blues rock guitarist, from Bethnal Green in London, formed Fleetwood Mac with drummer Mick Fleetwood after a stint in John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers – filling in for Eric Clapton (pictured 2004) He died last year