Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours Tops the Chart
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🗓️ 2 April 2026
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April 2, 1977. Fleetwood Mac’s iconic breakup album Rumours reaches number one on the Billboard 200, two months after its release.
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| 0:44.9 | It's April 2nd, 1977 at the Odeon, a concert hall in Birmingham, England. |
| 0:51.1 | 34-year-old Christina McVee parts the heavy stage curtain just enough to peek out at the packed auditorium. |
| 0:52.2 | She's pleased to see no empty seats because this gig has special |
| 0:55.5 | meaning for her. After years in America, she's returned to play her hometown with her band Fleet with Mac. |
| 1:01.9 | Birmingham is the latest stop on a world tour to promote the band's new album, Rumors. This album was |
| 1:07.6 | made in a storm of fierce arguments and barely controlled chaos, and it may be the band's last. |
| 1:13.7 | But if it does mark an end to the group, Christine wants it to go out on a high note. |
| 1:18.5 | She lets the curtain fall and turns down a narrow hallway toward the green room. |
| 1:23.0 | It's crowded with friends, crew, and hangers on. |
| 1:25.9 | Half-empty glasses sit on every surface, and |
| 1:28.5 | hairspray chokes the air. But Christine's fellow band members sit in the corners as far from |
| 1:33.7 | each other as they can manage. Guitarist Lindsay Buckingham's eyes are fixed on his instrument. |
| 1:39.1 | Drummer Mick Fleetwood finalizes the set list. Singer Stevie Nix later's mascara on in a mirror. |
| 1:45.7 | Bassist John McVee and Christine's ex-husband nurses a can of beer. |
| 1:50.7 | Christine lowers herself into an armchair next to Stevie. The two exchange a knowing look. |
| 1:55.5 | It's going to be another exhausting night. But before Christine can say another word, |
| 2:00.1 | the dressing room door bursts open and a member |
| 2:02.7 | of the band's management pushes in. A call has just come in from the United States. Rumors has reached |
| 2:08.7 | number one. Suddenly, the room transforms as friends cheer. Someone pulls out a bottle of champagne and |
| 2:15.8 | fires the cork into the air. |
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