- The title "Rumours" was thought up by John McVie who felt the band were writing "journals and diaries" about each other through music.
- "You Make Loving Fun" is inspired by Christine McVie's affair with the band's lighting director, Curry Grant.
- Stevie Nicks wrote "Rhiannon" and "Landslide" with the idea that they would appear on Buckingham Nicks second album if one was made.
- Their 1977 album "Rumours" has sold over 19 million copies in the US and over 40 million copies worldwide. It is the 9th best selling album of all time.
- "Dreams" is the bands only US #1 single, while "Albatross" is their only #1 single in the UK.
- Their 1979 album "Tusk" was the most expensive album produced at the time of its release. It reportedly cost over a million dollars to make.
- Members have included Mick Fleetwood, Stevie Nicks, Christine McVie, Lindsey Buckingham, Peter Green, John McVie, Bob Welch, Danny Kirwan, Bob Weston and Jeremy Spencer.
- "Silver Springs" was cut from the original "Rumours" album because of timing issues and included as the b-side to the "Go Your Own Way" single. This led to producer Richard Dashut, the engineer and co-producer of "Rumours", to call it "The best song that never made it to a record album." Stevie wanted to later include it on her 1991 greatest hits album "Timespace", but Mick Fleetwood wouldn't allow her to since it was due to be issued on the bands own 1992 box set 25 Years - The Chain. The song gained new popularity when it was performed on and included on "The Dance" as well as subsequent tours. It was released as a single in its own right and nominated for a Grammy for Rock Vocal Performance Grammy.
- While touring Europe in late March 1970, Peter Green binged on LSD at a party at a commune in Munich - an incident cited by Fleetwood Mac manager Clifford Davis as the crucial point in his mental decline. He would later be diagnosed with schizophrenia and spent time in psychiatric hospitals undergoing electroconvulsive therapy during the mid 1970s. Green was arrested in 1977 for threatening his accountant, Clifford Davis, with a shotgun, to reportedly stop him from sending him royalties. It was after this incident that Green was sent to a psychiatric institution in London.
- "Rumours" has spent 477 weeks on the UK album chart, making it one of the longest charting albums there of all time. However, it only spent one of those weeks at #1 when it finally topped the chart on 28 January 1978.
- 1977 album "Rumours" was ranked #16 on VH1's 100 Greatest Albums.
- The only original member present in the band is its eponymous drummer, Mick Fleetwood. John McVie joined in December 1967 after leaving the Bluebreakers and didn't appear on the bands first single nor at their first concerts.
- On a US tour in 1971, Guitarist Jeremy Spencer left his hotel to visit a book shop and did not return. He was eventually tracked down and found to have joined the religious group Children of God, and declared that he no long wanted to be part of the group.
- The name Fleetwood Mac was created when, after a jamming session involving Mick Fleetwood Mac, John McVie and Peter Green, the tape of the session was labeled "Fleetwood Mac" by Green to remind him who was playing on the track. He later chose it was the name of the band.
- Their record sales exceed 140 million worldwide.
- "Rumours" spent 31 weeks at #1 on the Billboard 200.
- Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin) has said that he wrote "Black Dog" as a response to Fleetwood Mac's "Oh Well".
- Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. They were also awarded the Outstanding Contribution to Music award by George Martin at the 1998 Brit Awards.
- Their 1997 live comeback album "The Dance" is the 5th best selling live album of all time in the US with sales of over 5 million. Its worldwide sales stand at over 8 million.
- Fleetwood Mac was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6608 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
- Guitarist Danny Kirwan was fired from the band in 1972. During the 1980s and 1990s, he endured a period of homelessness living in London. He no longer has any involvement in the music industry.
- Their 1988 greatest hits album is said to have been the last to be commercially released as an 8 track tape by a major label.
- "Rumours" is the 13th best selling album of all time in the UK with sales of over 3.3 million. It was also placed 4th in a poll to find Britain's favorite album. Their 1987 album "Tango in the Night" is also in the top 50 best selling albums of all time in the UK with sales over 2 million. It's also one of the most successful albums of the 1980s and spent more weeks at #1 on the chart than "Rumours".
- Christine McVie left the band in 1998 at the end of the US tour of "The Dance". She sold up and moved back to the UK where she now lives in Kent. While she has seen Fleetwood Mac on subsequent tours, she has not joined them on stage.
- Their 1977 album "Rumours" was placed 25th on Rolling Stone magazines list of 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Their 1975 self titled album was placed at #183.
- Mentioned in the Simpsons song "Those were the days".
- Ranked #22 on VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Rock & Roll.
- Former US President Bill Clinton used the song 'Don't Stop' as a part of his election campaign. They performed the track at his Inaugural Ball in 1993.
- Their self-titled 1975 album took 58 weeks to hit the #1 spot in the US. It has since sold over 5 million copies there.
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