Fleetwood Mac Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids Fleetwood Mac
Left to right: John McVie, Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood (2009)
Background information
Origin	London, England
Genres	Rock, pop, soft rock, blues rock (earlier material)
Years active	1967–present
Labels	Blue Horizon, Epic, Reprise, Warner Bros., Sire, CBS Europe, Epic, Sanctuary
Associated acts	John Mayall's Bluesbreakers Eddie Boyd Chicken Shack Buckingham Nicks

Members	Stevie Nicks Mick Fleetwood John McVie Christine McVie Lindsey Buckingham

Fleetwood Mac are a British-American rock band that formed in London, England in 1967. The group was started by Peter Green. The original group included Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Jeremy Spencer and Bob Brunning. In 1968 Danny Kirwan joined the band. He was then an 18-year-old guitarist and singer. Peter Green left and, in 1971 was was replaced by Christine and John McVie plus Bob Welch. When Welch left he was replaced by Americans Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks. The band became famous with the release of the album Fleetwood Mac.

In 2018, Buckingham was fired from the band, and was replaced by Mike Campbell, formerly of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and Neil Finn of Split Enz and Crowded House.

Discography

Peter Green, 18 March 1970
1973 line-up with Christine McVie, Mick Fleetwood, Bob Weston, John McVie, and Bob Welch.
Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham on the Say You Will Tour, 2003
Fleetwood Mac in Saint Paul, Minnesota in 2009
Fleetwood Mac performing Sacramento, California in 2014
Neil Finn (left) and Mike Campbell (right) performing with Fleetwood Mac in 2018. Both joined the band following Lindsey Buckingham's departure that same year