Fleetwood Mac formed in London in 1967 as a blues band, with Mick Fleetwood on drums, John McVie on bass and Peter Green and Jeremy Spencer on guitar. A third guitarist, Danny Kirwan, was added to the lineup in 1968. Pianist Christine Perfect (who had married McVie in 1968) joined the band in 1970, shortly after the departure of Green. In the mid-’70s the band moved to California and added guitarist Lindsey Buckingham and singer Stevie Nicks, a soft-rock duo who had released their debut, Buckingham Nicks, in ’73. Fleetwood Mac (1975) sold over five million copies, and Rumours (1977) — filled with songs inspired by the breakups of both Buckingham and Nicks and the McVies — eventually sold over 25 million copies, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time. Buckingham, Nicks and Christine McVie left in the early ’80s to pursue solo careers. After a few fledgling attempts at reuniting, which resulted in the hit album Mirages in 1982 and Tango in the Night in 1987, strife within the band and disappointing sales led to further departures. In 1997 a reunion tour and a successful live album, The Dance, brought the band back into the public eye. Without Christine McVie, Fleetwood Mac released Say You Will in 2003.

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• Kiln House
• Bare Trees
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• Mystery to Me
• Tusk
• Mirage
• Behind the Mask
• Tango in the Night
• Time
• Rumours
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