Fleetwood Mac’s “trials and tribulations” are set to explored in a new “fully authorised” documentary.
Directed by Frank Marshall, the Apple Original Films and Apple TV+ film will chronicle the legendary group’s “extraordinary story” in their own words.
Referencing their 1977 album ‘Rumours’, they announced on social media: ‘Dreams’ hitmakers announced on social media: “It’s not a Rumour. From director Frank Marshall, this Apple Original Films documentary will take you on the epic journey of the generation-defining Fleetwood Mac.”
The synopsis reads: “The film will explore how the band’s trials and tribulations, personal resilience, and musical dexterity combined to create songs that have stood the test of time and are enduring masterpieces. It will take fans through the highs and lows of their brilliant career, illuminating the exceptional ingredients each member brought to the band’s uncommon alchemy — a musical union that sold more than 220 million records worldwide.”
Apple said: “The documentary will explore what allowed this combination of artists to create singular musical work again and again, and what drew them back together and held them there when every possible pressure, both outside and inside the band, threatened to blow them apart.”
As well as new interviews with the group’s surviving members – Stevie Nicks, 76, Mick Fleetwood, 77, John McVie, 78, and 75-year-old former guitarist Lindsey Buckingham – there will be archival interviews with the late Christine McVie and “never-before-seen” footage.
The director said: “I am fascinated by how this incredible story of enormous musical achievement came about. Fleetwood Mac somehow managed to merge their often chaotic and almost operatic personal lives into their own tale in real-time, which then became legend. This will be a film about the music and the people who created it.”
While fans will be delighted about the documentary, frontwoman Stevie has insisted the band see “no reason” to continue without their beloved keyboard player and vocalist, who died in November at the age of 79, after a stroke and cancer battle, because they “can’t go any further”.
Speaking to Vulture, she said: “When Christine died, I felt like you can’t replace her. You just can’t.
“Without her, what is it? You know what I mean? She was like my soul mate, my musical soul mate, and my best friend that I spent more time with than any of my other best friends outside of Fleetwood Mac. Christine was my best friend.”
The ‘Go Your Own Way’ singer confessed that she and Christine felt like they were “on our own” in the band and “protected each other”.
She added: “When I think about Taylor Swift’s song ‘You’re on Your Own, Kid’ and the line ‘you always have been,’ it was like, that was Christine and I. We were on our own in that band. We always were. We protected each other. Who am I going to look over to on the right and have them not be there behind that Hammond organ? When she died, I figured we really can’t go any further with this. There’s no reason to.”