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Robert Lawrence Welch Jr. (August 31, 1945 – June 7, 2012) was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter who was a member of Fleetwood Mac from 1971 to 1974. He had a successful solo career in the late 1970s.
Rumours Tour (1977–78) After the release of the band's tenth album Fleetwood Mac in July 1975, the band, along with their new line-up of Lindsey Buckingham on guitar and vocals and Stevie Nicks on vocals, set off on a tour of the U.S. and Canada to promote the album.
The Rumours Tour was a concert tour by Fleetwood Mac, after the release of the band's eleventh album with the same title in February 1977. Due to the album's success Fleetwood Mac embarked on a world tour taking in North America, Europe, their native UK, Japan and Oceania.
Fleetwood Mac have announced the dates for a massive North American tour this fall and winter. The news comes shortly after Lindsey Buckingham unexpectedly broke with the group, and the band ...
The album was recorded during a low point for the group, with Bob Weston's affair with drummer Mick Fleetwood's wife causing a temporary disbandment. This led to subsequent legal problems when manager Clifford Davis organized a completely new lineup using the Fleetwood Mac name to fulfill their remaining tour dates. [2]
Fleetwood Mac became transatlantic in 1971; Welch was the first American musician to join the band, and Future Games was its first album that charted higher in the U.S. than in the U.K., a trend ...
While the fake Fleetwood Mac were on tour, Welch stayed in Los Angeles and connected with entertainment attorneys. He realised that Fleetwood Mac was being neglected by Warner Bros and that they would need to change their base of operation from England to America, to which the rest of the band agreed.
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