Another day, another A-list catalog sale.

BMG has acquired Fleetwood Mac co-founder Mick Fleetwood’s interests in the band’s recordings, the company announced Thursday (Jan. 14). The deal gives BMG Fleetwood’s royalty interest in over 300 recordings, including Fleetwood Mac hits including “Dreams,” “The Chain,” “Go Your Own Way” and “Landslide.” It excludes the band’s recorded work from their first two albums.

The deal is particularly lucrative following the viral success of “Dreams” on TikTok, where the song racked up 2.8 billion views and led to a streaming and sales bonanza for the more than four-decade-old hit and its attendant album Rumours. In the wake of the viral TikTok clip, the song racked up 182 million streams and sold 126,000 downloads, while Rumours moved over 86,000 albums in the U.S. in 2020 and was propelled back into the top 10 on the Billboard 200. In the process, the band garnered a legion of new, younger fans.

The sale was brokered by Fleetwood’s manager Carl Stubner of Shelter Music Group.

“This is a wonderfully inspiring marriage between two creative partners that understand all aspects of the business,” said Fleetwood in a statement. “Foremost, BMG understands the artistry and puts the artist first. If this partnership is any indication of my past, and now future, working relationship with BMG, it’s that they truly ‘get it’.”

Today’s deal bolsters Fleetwood’s existing relationship with BMG, which has the rights to the theatrical, record and mediabook release of the 2020 all-star concert event Mick Fleetwood & Friends, which celebrated Fleetwood Mac founding guitarist Peter Green and the band’s early years.

“Mick Fleetwood is the bedrock of one of the greatest bands in rock, he has a unique talent to bring together musicians of all genres and of course he is one of rock’s greatest drummers,” said BMG CEO Hartwig Masuch in a statement. “BMG is proud to represent his greatest work and excited about the forthcoming launch of Mick Fleetwood & Friends.”

“This acquisition highlights the value of timeless recordings in a streaming market which is increasingly benefitting established rather than newer artists,” added BMG executive vp group strategy and M&A Justus Haerder. “While recent acquisition activity in the music market has focused on music publishing, this is a pure recorded investment which will get the full benefit of streaming growth. Catalogues such as Fleetwood Mac’s which connect with every generation are benefiting disproportionately from that growth.”

The sale of Fleetwood’s recorded music rights marks the third time in less than two months that a member of Fleetwood Mac has sold all or part of their catalogs to music companies hungry for acquisitions. In December, Stevie Nicks struck a wide-ranging partnership with Primary Wave that included a joint venture deal and the sale of a majority stake in her publishing copyrights. Earlier this month, Lindsey Buckingham sold 100% of his writer’s and publisher’s share of his 161-song catalog to Hipgnosis.

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Since testing positive for the coronavirus, Ellen DeGeneres has fully recovered, and is back to her regularly scheduled programming.

On Wednesday’s episode, the host returned to set of The Ellen DeGeneres Show to open up about her experience with COVID-19.

“Obviously there are a lot of negative things going on, so instead I’m gonna talk about something positive — my COVID test,” DeGeneres said.

Thanking those who reached out with kind words and support throughout her recovery, DeGeneres expressed her wish to have “hugged each and every one” of her fans.

“That would have been dangerous and illegal, probably,” the host joked.

The Ellen DeGeneres Show paused production in early December on the final day of the show’s “Twelve Days of Giveaways” seasonal event. As a result, DeGeneres invited the same audience back to the show who missed out on their gifts in December.

The host went on to recount the dramatic events on set the day she received her COVID-19 test result.

While sitting in hair and makeup, the 62-year-old remembered her assistant Craig walking in to inform her that she had tested positive.

“And then, everyone around me ran away,” DeGeneres said. “It’s funny, people just really get scared and they ran. Some have not come back since.”

Following the news, DeGeneres left the studio immediately, as her COVID safety team informed everyone who had been in contact with the virus.

When one of the show’s executive producers Andy Lassner heard the news, Ellen claimed that “he literally ran at full speed off the lot.”

Following the news, DeGeneres quarantined at home in a separate room from wife Portia de Rossi. In the first three days after contracting the virus, DeGeneres reported that she slept for 16 hours a day, waking up with back spasms on the fourth day. When the pain persisted, she was prescribed pain pills and muscle relaxers by her doctor.

“Jackpot,” she joked. “This thing is paying off.”

When the painkillers didn’t help, doctors finally put DeGeneres on a steroid pack, which ultimately eased along her recovery.

Following her experience with the virus, DeGeneres informed her audience that, although she wasn’t aware of this before, back pain is now a considerable symptom of COVID-19. She did not experience any other significant symptoms.

“I didn’t lose my sense of taste,” she recalled. “Although I did wear crocs with socks for a day, so you be the judge.”

Now fully recovered, the talk show host claimed she still has not determined the source from which she contracted the virus.

Watch the clip and see Ashley McBryde’s performance from the episode below.

This article was originally published by The Hollywood Reporter.