{"id":69128,"date":"2026-07-23T15:44:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-23T15:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/23\/fleetwood-mac-tease-rumours-at-blazing-ohio-gig\/"},"modified":"2026-07-23T15:44:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-23T15:44:29","slug":"fleetwood-mac-tease-rumours-at-blazing-ohio-gig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/23\/fleetwood-mac-tease-rumours-at-blazing-ohio-gig\/","title":{"rendered":"Fleetwood Mac Tease &#8216;Rumours&#8217; at Blazing Ohio Gig"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tA couple of weeks before <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/fleetwood-mac\/\" id=\"auto-tag_fleetwood-mac\" data-tag=\"fleetwood-mac\">Fleetwood Mac<\/a> played the Richfield Coliseum in Ohio on July 23, 1976, a story in the <em>Associated Press<\/em> made a valiant effort to summarize the madness of the group\u2019s previous decade in just three sentences.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cIts recent history includes two divorces, one romantic split, two religious conversions, and a messy legal battle with a former manager,\u201d read the article, which appeared in newspapers all across the country. \u201cYet these five people \u2014 two women and three men \u2014 can drown their sorrows in success. After nearly 10 years as just another group, Fleetwood Mac is hot.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fleetwood Mac - Live at Clevaland 07-23-1976\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mDQ1rgTqR8I?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThat hotness was a direct result of their decision to bring <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/stevie-nicks\/\" id=\"auto-tag_stevie-nicks\" data-tag=\"stevie-nicks\">Stevie Nicks<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/lindsey-buckingham\/\" id=\"auto-tag_lindsey-buckingham\" data-tag=\"lindsey-buckingham\">Lindsey Buckingham<\/a> into the band for their self-titled LP the previous year. It felt like a last-ditch effort since they had a small caravan of guitarists come and go throughout the early Seventies, following the defection of band co-founder Peter Green. But Nicks and Buckingham were perfect fits. Not only were they incredibly charismatic performers, they also contributed \u201cMonday Morning,\u201d \u201cRhiannon,\u201d \u201cLandslide,\u201d and \u201cI\u2019m So Afraid\u201d to the LP.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe album that followed a couple of years later has become such an enormous phenomenon, one that somehow grows more beloved with each passing decade, that the impact of 1975\u2019s <em>Fleetwood Mac<\/em> has been somewhat overlooked. But \u201cOver My Head,\u201d \u201cRhiannon,\u201d and \u201cSay You Love Me\u201d were inescapable on the radio around the bicentennial, and the album grew so massive that it displaced <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/yes-peter-frampton-concert-riot-1976-1235592921\/\">Frampton Comes Alive!<\/a><\/em> at the top of the Billboard 200 in September 1976.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tBut it took over a year of restless, grueling touring to unseat Peter Frampton. When they first went out in May 1975, the group was still dealing with the aftermath of a ridiculous situation where a shady manager put a fake version of the group on the road, creating an ugly legal battle. They\u2019d also recently parted ways with singer-guitarist Bob Welch after five unsuccessful albums.<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ editors-pick-module lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tEditor\u2019s picks<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThis created incredible confusion in the marketplace, as nobody knew who they\u2019d actually see onstage when they bought tickets to a Fleetwood Mac gig. And at first, Buckingham and Nicks just seemed like the latest newbies destined for the same fate as Welch, Jeremy Spencer, and Danny Kirwan.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Over My Head\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UXWia0TWAMM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe lead-off single from <em>Fleetwood Mac<\/em>, \u201cOver My Head,\u201d is a classic Christine McVie ballad that hit Number 20 on the Hot 100, their biggest song in America up to that point. That gave them enough momentum to move into larger venues in the States, even if follow-up single \u201cWarm Ways,\u201d another McVie ballad, was a total stiff.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Rhiannon - Fleetwood Mac | The Midnight Special\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/goKM7jsOwrg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tFinally, in February 1976, seven months after the album came out, they dropped \u201cRhiannon.\u201d For much of the public, this song about \u201can old Irish witch,\u201d in the words of its songwriter, was their introduction to the majesty of Stevie Nicks. It shot to Number 11, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/17-reasons-this-rhiannon-clip-is-the-coolest-thing-in-the-universe-61514\/\">landed them a spot on <em>The Midnight Special<\/em>,<\/a> supercharged sales of the album, and transformed Nicks into an icon. (Amazingly, they never released \u201cLandslide\u201d as a single. It became famous as an album track.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThey had no choice but to keep touring in 1976 even though they played more than 100 shows in 1975. This took a predictable toll on the marriage of Christine and John McVie. \u201cYou just don\u2019t get any space,\u201d John McVie told the Associated Press. \u201cSeven years later you realize you\u2019ve got a Siamese twin who you\u2019ve seen at best and worst, and usually the worst is more memorable. You begin to think, \u2018This isn\u2019t making me happy.\u2019 In this case, Christine felt that way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThey weren\u2019t the only couple in Fleetwood Mac going through this. \u201cWe hear that Fleetwood Mac\u2019s Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham are the second couple within the group navigating rocky romantic waters,\u201d read an April 1976 item in <em>Rolling Stone<\/em>\u2018s Random Notes. \u201cChristine McVie and John McVie split up eight months ago.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tRelated Content<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThroughout all this chaos, the Fleetwood Mac touring machine whirled on. And on June 25, 1976, there was an announcement in <em>The Cleveland Press<\/em> that Fleetwood Mac, Yes, Jethro Tull, the Average White Band, and Jefferson Starship were all coming to the Richfield Coliseum as part of a \u201cSummer Extravaganza\u201d concert series. \u201cNils Lofgren will open the Fleetwood Mac concert,\u201d read the article, \u201cwith another soon-to-be-announced \u2018heavy-duty act,&#8217;\u201d who turned out to be Boz Scaggs. (All tickets were $6.00, which is about $35 adjusted for inflation in 2026, and were available via Ticketron at Sears, Cleveland Tux Shops, May Co. Downtown, and King\u2019s Men\u2019s Wear. Prices ramped up all the way to $7.00 for people who waited until the day of the show to buy.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tSecurity at the Richfield Coliseum \u2014 located halfway between Cleveland and Akron \u2014 must have been somewhat lax since at least one fan brought in a recorder, which is the reason we can hear the show today, and another snuck in a firecracker or cherry bomb that went off just as the band were taking the stage. (This was a constant issue at concerts in this time period, as wild as that sounds today.)<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fleetwood Mac - Say You Love Me (Live) (Official Video) [HD]\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MgAVX1KKWnw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThey open with \u201cSay You Love Me,\u201d but then dip back to the early days with \u201cStation Man\u201d and \u201cSpare Me a Little of Your Love.\u201d \u201cWe\u2019ll try and do the old and the new,\u201d Christine McVie tells the audience. But it\u2019s the new \u2014 an incendiary, fierce \u201cRhiannon\u201d \u2014 that really gets the crowd going, showcasing the strengths of both new members of the group.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cIn front of the stage a strange-looking woman in layers of black chiffon and velvet wound her arms about her and sang, \u2018All your life you\u2019ve never seen a woman taken by the wind,&#8217;\u201d wrote legendary <em>Cleveland Plain Dealer<\/em> music critic Jane Scott in her review of the show. \u201cShe looked like a cross between [silent film stars] Theda Bara and Pola Negri, but she was a blonde dynamite.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThat blonde dynamite only had a few more moments in the spotlight, including a beautiful \u201cLandslide,\u201d since much of the set was devoted to older classics like \u201cOh Well,\u201d \u201cThe Green Manalishi,\u201d and \u201cHypnotized.\u201d But midway through the night, Christine McVie tells the crowd some news. \u201cWe just almost finished another album, which is planned to come out the end of September sometime,\u201d she says. \u201cWe\u2019d just like to do one song from that album. This is called \u2018You Make Loving Fun.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fleetwood Mac - You Make Loving Fun (Live) (Official Video) [HD]\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZsDJLaqw5Tc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tFor nearly everyone in the crowd, this was the first time they heard anything from <em>Rumours<\/em>. But the band had been chipping away at it since February, and it was indeed nearly finished, even though the planned September release date got pushed to February 1977.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tIn a July 1976 interview, John McVie said the album was like \u201cMary Hartman on wax,\u201d referencing the Norman Lear soap opera. \u201cIt wasn\u2019t planned that way,\u201d he said. \u201cWe suddenly realized all the songs were about personal situations in the band. It\u2019s very honest.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t\u201cIt\u2019s also likely to be a hit,\u201d noted the AP, \u201cand after all these years, Fleetwood Mac is ready to cope with superstardom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe first prediction was indeed correct, to put it mildly. And they may have been ready to cope with superstardom, but it came with quite a few unexpected challenges they\u2019re coping with to this day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tBut the madness of the <em>Rumours<\/em> period was all in the future when they played the Richfield Coliseum in July 1976. At that point, they were just a part of Cleveland\u2019s Summer Extravaganza concert series. And they didn\u2019t even have enough juice to charge $7.00 for advance tickets like the Aerosmith\/Derringer show five days later. Neil Diamond, meanwhile, was crushing them both by demanding $7.50, $10.00, and an eye-popping $12.50 for his Aug. 6th show at the Cleveland Coliseum.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Richfield Coliseum  a look back\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CtQ7sLuYOKg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tToday, there\u2019s not even a tiny trace of the Richfield Coliseum. It was razed in 1999, four years after shutting its doors. It\u2019s now just a grassy meadow in the middle of Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Deer, rabbits, foxes, and the occasional coyote run across the grounds, along with hikers and birders, mostly having no clue they\u2019re standing in the exact spot where groups like Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, the Rolling Stones, Elton John, Genesis, and countless other titans of rock once played, not to mention well over 1,000 Cavs games.<\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tFleetwood Mac isn\u2019t in much better shape following the death of Christine McVie in 2022 and a civil war between Nicks and Buckingham that\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/lindsey-buckingham-stevie-nicks-reunion-1235538237\/\">only recently thawed to at least a tiny degree<\/a>. Fans continue to hope for one last tour, but it\u2019s unclear if John McVie is in shape for such a thing or if Nicks is willing to handle Buckingham for anything more than the occasional phone call.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tIn the meantime, they should consider some sort of official bootleg series. This Richfield Coliseum tape isn\u2019t quite clean enough to justify a release. But there must be something in their vault from this time. It\u2019s a fascinating moment where a band thinks they\u2019ve hit a peak without having any clue what\u2019s right around the corner.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/fleetwood-mac-rumours-cleveland-concert-1235597682\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of weeks before Fleetwood Mac played the Richfield Coliseum in Ohio on July 23, 1976, a story in the Associated Press made&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":69129,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}