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==Promotion and release== [[File:BuckNicks.PNG|thumb|alt=A blonde, female singer and a male acoustic guitarist are performing together in concert.|[[Stevie Nicks]] and [[Lindsey Buckingham]] (photographed in 2003) were integral to the songwriting on ''[[Fleetwood Mac (1975 album)|Fleetwood Mac]]'' and ''Rumours''.]] In Autumn 1976, while still recording, Fleetwood Mac showcased tracks from ''Rumours'' at the [[Universal Amphitheatre]] in Los Angeles.<ref name=RSINT/> John McVie suggested the album title to the band because he felt the members were writing "journals and diaries" about each other through music.<ref name=dvd6/> Warner Bros. confirmed the release details to the press in December and chose "Go Your Own Way" as a December 1976 promotional single.<ref>{{cite news |title=Melanie—Just Trying to Change Her Image |author=Hunt, Dennis |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |page=V97 |date=19 December 1976}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |title=Billboard's Top Single Picks: Pop |magazine=Billboard |page=56 |date=8 January 1977}}</ref> The label's aggressive marketing of 1975's ''Fleetwood Mac'', in which links with dozens of FM and AM radio stations were formed across America, aided the promotion of ''Rumours''.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Number One With a Star: The Inside Of Making a Hit Record |last=Gurza |first=Agustin |magazine=Billboard |page=40 |date=14 May 1977}}</ref> At the time, the album's advance order of 800,000 copies was the largest in Warner Bros.' history.{{sfn|Brackett|2007|p=125}} ''Rumours'' was released on 4 February 1977 in the US, and a week later in the UK.<ref name=shakers/><ref>{{cite book |editor1=Warwick, Neil |editor2=Kutner, Jon |editor3=Brown, Tony |title=The Complete Book of the British Charts: Singles & Albums |year=2004 |publisher=[[Omnibus Press]] |isbn=1-84449-058-0 |page=414}}</ref> The front cover features a stylised shot of Fleetwood and Nicks dressed in her "Rhiannon" stage persona, while the back has a montage of band portraits; all the photographs were taken by [[Herbert Worthington]].<ref name=dvda/> On 28 February 1977, after rehearsing at SIR Studios in Los Angeles, Fleetwood Mac embarked on the [[Rumours Tour]], which visited North America, Europe, Oceania and Asia.<ref name=shakers>{{cite book |author1=Rees, Dafydd |author2=Crampton, Luke |title=Rock Movers & Shakers |year=1991 |publisher=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard Books]] |isbn=0-8230-7609-1 |page=192}}</ref> Nicks has noted that, after performing mostly ''Rumours'' songs during gigs, the band initially encountered poor reception from fans who were not accustomed to the new material.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Reprise's Nicks Returns With Crow in Tow |author=Flick, Larry |magazine=Billboard |pages=1, 13 |date=17 February 2001}}</ref> A one-off March performance at a benefit concert for [[United States Senator]] [[Birch Bayh]] in Indiana was followed by a short tour of the UK, the Netherlands, France, and Germany in April.<ref name=RSINT/><ref name=billint/> Nigel Williamson of ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]'' called Fleetwood Mac's performances "rock's greatest soap opera".{{sfn|Brackett|2007|p=123}} "Dreams", released in March 1977, became the band's only number one on the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] that June.<ref name=bb/> === Deluxe edition === ''Rumours'' was reissued on 28 January 2013 as a six-disc super deluxe edition box set, for the album's 35th anniversary.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Sinclair |first=Paul |date=2012-12-12 |title=Fleetwood Mac / Rumours Super Deluxe Edition 6-disc box set – SuperDeluxeEdition |url=https://superdeluxeedition.com/news/fleetwood-mac-rumours-super-deluxe-edition-6-disc-box-set/ |access-date=2024-08-22 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=January 29, 2013 |title=FLEETWOOD MAC RUMOURS DELUXE AND EXPANDED EDITIONS NOW AVAILABLE |url=https://www.rhino.com/article/fleetwood-mac-rumours-deluxe-and-expanded-editions-now-available |access-date=2024-08-22 |website=Rhino |language=en}}</ref> The set included four CDs that were divided into: a remastered version of the original album that features "Silver Springs"; a dozen unreleased live recordings from the [[Rumours Tour|1977 "Rumours" world tour]]; sixteen new and unreleased tracks from the album's recording sessions, titled "More From The Recording Sessions"; and another eighteen session tracks, previously found on the 2004 reissue of the album, titled as "Recording Sessions, Roughs & Outtakes".<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Rumours |url=https://www.fleetwoodmacofficial.com/album/rumours |access-date=22 August 2024 |website=Fleetwood Mac}}</ref> The last two discs were a 140-gram [[gatefold]] vinyl edition of the album and a DVD of "The Rosebud Film", a documentary created by Michael Collins to promote the European leg of the [[Rumours Tour|"Rumours" tour]], with behind-the-scenes interviews, rehearsal footage and live performances.<ref name=":0" /> Among the extra content on discs three and four, two different demos of "[[Planets of the Universe]]" were featured. Written by Nicks in 1976 during the recording of ''Rumours'' about her breakup with Buckingham, the song was rehearsed for the album but never recorded.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Planets of the Universe |url=https://stevienicks.info/music/stevie-nicks-trouble-in-shangri-la-2001/planets-of-the-universe/ |access-date=2024-08-22 |website=STEVIE NICKS INFO |language=en-US}}</ref> A new version would officially be released on Nicks' 2001 solo album, ''[[Trouble in Shangri-La]]''.<ref name=":1" /> Another Nicks-penned demo, "Think About It", was included on disc four. Written in 1975 and dedicated to Christine McVie, the finished recording would end up on her 1981 album, [[Bella Donna (album)|''Bella Donna'']].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Think About It |url=https://stevienicks.info/music/stevie-nicks-bella-donna-1981/think-about-it/ |access-date=2024-08-22 |website=STEVIE NICKS INFO |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Derringer |first=Liz |date=1981-03-01 |title=Stevie Nicks gets serious, down to business on Bella Donna |url=https://stevienicks.info/1981/03/01/stevie-nicks-gets-serious-down-to-business-on-bella-donna/ |access-date=2024-08-22 |website=STEVIE NICKS INFO |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jackson |first=Blair |date=1981-09-11 |title=Fleetwood Mac's siren soars with her first solo album Bella Donna |url=https://stevienicks.info/1981/08/11/fleetwood-macs-siren-soars-with-her-first-solo-album-bella-donna/ |access-date=2024-08-22 |website=STEVIE NICKS INFO |language=en-US}}</ref> === ''Rumours Live'' === {{Main|Rumours Live}} On 8 September 2023 Fleetwood Mac released a live album from the [[Rumours Tour]], titled ''[[Rumours Live]]''.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Zemler |first=Emily |date=2023-07-20 |title=Fleetwood Mac to Unveil 'Rumours Live' Double LP in September |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/fleetwood-mac-rumours-live-album-release-1234792232/ |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Sinclair |first=Paul |date=2023-07-20 |title=Fleetwood Mac / Rumours Live – SuperDeluxeEdition |url=https://superdeluxeedition.com/news/fleetwood-mac-rumours-live/ |access-date=2024-09-21 |language=en-US}}</ref> Recorded by [[Ken Caillat]] on the band's opening night at [[Kia Forum|The Forum]] on 29 August 1977, its setlist was mostly taken from ''[[Fleetwood Mac (1975 album)|Fleetwood Mac]]'' and ''Rumours'', except for 1969's "[[Oh Well (song)|Oh Well]]".<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Rumours Live (2LP) |url=https://store.rhino.com/en/rhino-store/artists/fleetwood-mac/rumours-live-2lp/603497860395.html |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=Rhino |language=en}}</ref> The live recording of "[[Gold Dust Woman]]" appeared as a bonus track on the deluxe edition of [[Live (Fleetwood Mac album)|''Live'']], but the show's other seventeen tracks had previously been unreleased.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":4" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rapp |first=Allison |date=2023-07-20 |title=Fleetwood Mac Announces 'Rumours Live' Album |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/fleetwood-mac-rumours-live/ |access-date=2024-09-22 |website=Ultimate Classic Rock |language=en}}</ref> ''[[Rumours Live]]'' was issued in two physical formats: a two-CD set, and a [[Double album|double-LP]] [[gatefold]] edition, pressed on 180g black vinyl, with lacquers cut by [[Chris Bellman]] at [[Bernie Grundman]] Mastering. A clear vinyl version of the LPs was also available.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" />
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