Return of the Mac — Fleetwood Mac

Though they began as a blues band of some note in England in 1967 and became better known through a succession of pop-minded leaders from Danny Kirwan to Bob Welch in subsequent years, Fleetwood Mac became a superstar band in the mid-1970s with the addition of Californians Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks.

After a couple of blockbuster albums and some other very popular ones, they began to splinter. Now, with singer-songwriter Christine McVie’s return, the band’s current tour is its first since 1998 to feature the full, most popular line-up.

Here’s a Fleetwood Mac refresher by the numbers:

8 — Years Fleetwood Mac existed before Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham joined in 1975.

34 — Highest chart rank for the band before 1975.

5 — Millions of copies sold of the No. 1 1975 album Fleetwood Mac.

20 — Millions of copies sold to date of the 1977 follow-up, Rumours.

6 — Rank of Rumours on list of all-time best-selling albums.

1 — No. 1 singles in Fleetwood Mac’s history. It was 1976’s Dreams.

1987 — Buckingham quits the band, replaced on tour by Billy Burnette and Rick Vito.

16 — Total Fleetwood Mac members over the years.

2 — Members of Fleetwood Mac who have been in every incarnation (luckily, the two who lent their names to the band: drummer Mick Fleetwood and bassist John McVie).

16 — Years since Christine McVie was part of Fleetwood Mac before returning this year.

71 — Age of Christine McVie.

7 — Number of McVie-led songs in the current tour.

8 — Songs reportedly finished for the reunited band’s upcoming new album, due out next year.

0 — New songs being played on the current tour.

9 — Songs on current tour from the Rumours album.

24 — Total songs typically played in the current tour.

27 — Age, in years, of the newest songs played on current Fleetwood Mac tour.

$10,998.98 (Dh40,388) — Highest price listed for a single resale ticket for the October 31 show in Washington, D.C., for a seat in the second row.