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STEVIE NICKS

Born in 1948, renowned singer/songwriter Stevie Nicks is best known for the time she spent in Fleetwood Mac. However, she has also enjoyed a successful solo career.

Nicks joined the band in 1974 and enjoyed huge success with the 1977 album 'Rumours', which topped the US album charts for 31 weeks.

Fleetwood Mac continued to make albums over the next few years, but Nicks felt herself increasingly drawn to solo work.

In 1981, she released the album 'Bella Donna', which shot to the top of the charts and featured the hits 'Edge of Seventeen' and 'Leather and Lace'.

The following year, she recorded another album with Fleetwood Mac, before putting out a second solo record the following year.

Despite her professional career being on a high, Nicks' health took a turn for the worst in the late 80s when she battled a cocaine addiction, which created a hole in her nasal passage. She later became addicted to the tranquilliser Klonopin.

Nicks beat her addictions in 1993 when she embarked on a detox programme.

She has continued to work throughout the last decade, reuniting once again with Fleetwood Mac in 2009 for a global hits tour.

In 2011, Nicks teamed up with fellow singer Rod Stewart to co-headline The Heart and Soul Tour.

Watch Stevie Nick's biography on Tuesday 2 August at 1pm

Other women in the 'Women Rock' series:  Tina Turner, Sheryl Crow, Debbie Harry & Pink, 

Stevie Nicks 'In Your Dreams' Week 10 Billboard Charts

In it's 10th week of release in North America, Stevie's new album 'In Your Dreams' remains on the Billboard Top 200 Albums Sales Chart holding down the # 167 spot for a second week.  On the Top 200 Current Albums Chart the album moves up one spot to # 141.  On the Top Rock Albums Chart the disc also moves up this week to # 41 from # 44 last week.  

Fleetwood Mac on the other hand have completely dropped off all the Billboard charts they were charting on last week including the Top 200 and Catalogue.

Charts are published in the July 23rd issue of Billboard Magazine. 

Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart
(Last weeks position in parenthesis)
# 167 (167) Stevie Nicks In Your Dreams

Billboard Top 200 Current Albums
# 141 (142) Stevie Nicks - In Your Dreams

Billboard Top Rock Albums Chart
# 41 ( 44) Stevie Nicks - In Your Dreams

In Your Dreams Sales Thus Far:
Wk 1 : #     6 - 5/21/11 - 52,418 Debut
Wk  2: #   16 - 5/28/11 - 20,400 Accumulated total = 72,818
Wk  3: #   24 - 6/04/11 - 15,500 Accumulated total = 88,318
Wk  4: #   47 - 6/11/11 - 9,933 Accumulated total = 98,251
Wk  5: #   59 - 6/18/11 - 7,470 Accumulated total = 105,721
Wk  6: #   87 - 6/25/11 - 5,547 Accumulated total = 111,268
Wk  7: # 108 - 7/02/11 - 5,585 Accumulated total = 116,853
Wk  8: # 155 - 7/09/11 - 3,813 Accumulated total = 120,666
Wk  9: # 167 - 7/16/11 -
Wk10: # 167 - 7/23/11 -

A couple of Stevie Nicks interviews from this past week...

Stevie Nicks interview with Steve Wright of BBC Radio 2 - July 11th

Stevie Nicks interview with Kathryn Thomas of RTE Radio One - July 8th

Vanessa Carlton's Special Guest last night at Bardot

Stevie Nicks made another surprise appearance with Vanessa Carlton last night in Hollywood at a small club called Bardot. This is her 2nd unannounced appearance with Vanessa during her show... The first was on July 8th at Largo. Good for Stevie... GREAT for anyone who caught the show!  She sang on two songs with Vanessa one of them being Carousel.

Left Photo by: Paul Tao | Right Photo by:@365HorrorMovie 

Photo by: Eden Siesser

Want to hear the radio edit of "For What It's Worth"? **New Stevie Nicks Single **

Go to allaccess.com scroll down to "S" section Future Releases July 11th and click on the blue arrow next to the song title and launch the Windows Media Player.  Pay attention to about 3:23 where the edit took place removing one of the choruses that repeat... plus the ending of the song has one line where she says "For What It's Worth" removed... Song still sounds good even though about 28 seconds of the song have been removed.

Allaccess

The track is going for adds the week of July 20th to the formats TRIPLE A | AC | ROCK according to Radio and Records.

KWAV 96.9FM out of Monterey, California has added the song to their playlist according to mediabase.

Stevie Nicks on The Rock Report - Radio Nova 100FM Tuesday!

Stevie Nicks will be chatting to The Rock Report on Radio Nova 100FM out of Dublin, Ireland tomorrow at 6pm (Ireland Time).

Listen Live HERE

Vanessa Carlton Fan Meets Stevie Nicks!

Eric, Administrator of V.Carlton.net an unofficial Vanessa Carlton website met Stevie Nicks & Vanessa Carlton at Vanessa's recent show July 8th in LA at Largo.  Check out his account of the show and how he ended up meeting Stevie who came to the show, sat in the audience and sang with Vanessa on the final song of the night "Carousel".

V.Carlton.net.

Very cool Eric!  Thanks for sending in the pic!

Stevie Nicks In Your Dreams Week 2 UK / Ireland Charts + Australia, Netherlands and Fleetwood Mac

STEVIE NICKS
IN YOUR DREAMS | CRYSTAL VISION - THE VERY BEST OF

23 position drop for In Your Dreams week 2 on the UK Top 100 Albums Chart.... Ireland week 2 has the album down 28 positions to # 61 on the Irish Top 100 Albums Chart .  In Australia after re-entering the Top 100 last week at # 62 the album drops only one position to # 63 this week. Crystal Vision The Very Best of Stevie Nicks re-enters the Top 50 Catalogue Chart at # 48. In The Netherlands In Your Dreams re-enters the Top 100 at # 95 after dropping out at the end of May.

FLEETWOOD MAC
RUMOURS | THE VERY BEST OF | GREATEST HITS

Fleetwood Mac's Rumours album continues on the Australian Top 100 Albums chart at # 35 down slightly from last weeks # 33.  on the Catalogue Chart Rumours remains at # 5, The Very Best Of moves up one spot to # 3 and Greatest Hits moves up to # 32 from # 47 last week.  On the Top Digital Albums Chart, Rumours drops to # 27 from # 18 last week.  The Dance DVD re-enters the Top 40 DVD Chart at # 31.  In Ireland Rumours re-enters the Top 100 at # 95 and also re-enters the Top 100 albums chart in the UK at # 89.  On the Catalogue Charts in the UK, Rumours holds at # 9.

AUSTRALIA
TOP 100 ALBUMS CHART (Week ending 7/11/2011):
# 35 (33) - RUMOURS
# 63 (62) - IN YOUR DREAMS

TOP 50 CATALOGUE CHART (Week ending 7/11/2011):
# 05 (05) - RUMOURS
# 03 ( 4) - THE VERY BEST OF FLEETWOOD MAC
# 32 (47) - GREATEST HITS
# 48 ( -) - CRYSTAL VISIONS The very Best of Stevie Nicks (RE-ENTRY)

TOP 50 DIGITAL ALBUMS CHART (Week ending 7/11/2011):
# 27 (18) - RUMOURS

TOP 40 DVD CHARTS (Week ending 7/11/2011):
# 31 (-) THE DANCE (re-entry)

UK & IRELAND

UK TOP 100 ALBUMS CHART (Week ending 7/16/2011)
# 37 ( 14) - IN YOUR DREAMS (Week 2)
# 89 (106) - RUMOURS (Re-entry)

TOP 40 CATALOGUE CHART (Week ending 7/09/2011)
# 09 ( 09) - RUMOURS

IRELAND TOP 100 ALBUMS CHART (Week ending 7/07/2011)
# 61 (33) - IN YOUR DREAMS (Week 2)
# 95 ( -) - RUMOURS

THE NETHERLANDS

Top 100 Albums Chart (Week ending 7/09/2011)
# 95 (  -) IN YOUR DREAMS (Re-entry)

Top 50 Catalogue Chart (Week ending 7/09/2011)
# 12 (12) RUMOURS

"Secret Love" Moves Up The Top 100 UK Radio Airplay Chart...

Stevie Nicks - Secret Love moves up to # 44 from # 48 on the Top 100 UK Radio Airplay Chart for the week ending July 9th.  Radio plays this week in the UK on monitored stations = 399, up from 375 last week.(17.06m impacts).

The Last 4 Weeks:
June 05-June 11 - #113
June 12-June 18 - # 54 177 plays
June 19-June 25 - #114
June 26-July 02 - # 48 375 plays
July 03-July 09 - # 44 399 plays

Stevie Nicks on BBC Radio 2 with Steve Wright - Monday July 11th

Stevie is scheduled to appear on Steve Wright in the Afternoon this Monday July 11th. at 2pm. His 3 hour show runs 2-pm weekday afternoons on BBC Radio 2.

Listen live here as it happens... Or keep checking the BBC iplayer for the replay.

"Steve, Tim and The Old Woman try and out-trivia each other with more brain-busting Factoids and interview more amazing celebrity guests - today it's singer Stevie Nicks and Blue Mink frontman Roger Cook. Plus, three hours of toe-tapping tunes including 30 minutes of classic Non-Stop Oldies, and the latest lifestyle and entertainment headlines and top-notch Talkie bits."

Stevie Nicks Sighting... Last Night at Vanessa Carlton Concert in LA

Stevie Nicks made a surprise appearance last night (July 8th) in front of a theatre crowd in LA at Largo at the Coronet to perform with Vanessa Carlton... She joined Vanessa on stage during the encore "Rabbits on the Run".

New Interview - Stevie Nicks with Janice Forsyth BBC Radio Scotland

BBC Radio Scotland
with Janice Forsyth

Stevie Nicks was interviewed earlier today on BBC Radio Scotland on the Janice Forsyth Programme... "Stevie chats about her work with the band 'Fleetwood Mac' and her newly released first solo album in 10 years 'In Your Dreams'."  The interview is in the 2nd half of the programme and starts at about the 1:12 mark.

Re-listen to the program HERE

Stevie Nicks & John Fogerty part of "Jeff Bridges & Friends" show in Sturgis, SD August 11th

“Jeff Bridges and Friends” perform a concert at the Legendary Buffalo Chip Campground on Thursday, Aug. 11 during the annual Sturgis Motorcycle Rally.

All-Star concert will benefit The Bob Woodruff Foundation, in celebration of the men and women of the United States Armed Forces and their families.

Full Press Release | Reserve your campsite

Absolute Classic Rock Radio Special Featuring Stevie Nicks July 17th

Good News - Absolute Classic Rock's DJ Leona Graham interviewed Stevie Nicks during Hard Rock Calling in London a few weeks ago. The interview with Stevie will become a full on air special on Sunday 17th July at 7pm. Leona is hoping this will include some live tracks from her Hard Rock Calling set too - she's just awaiting clearance from Stevie's Management. The show will include playing new tracks from 'In Your Dreams' which is great! This all sounds like an expansion on her very popular interview with Stevie that's on the Absolute Classic Rock's website. To listen to the interview Click Here.

Hopefully Stevie's Management allows some live tracks to be played... would be awesome to hear some of her show other then what's been on youtube... The sound will likely be superior.

Absolute Classic Rock's website can be found here, and you can listen live any time... internationally.

Week 9 for Stevie Nicks In Your Dreams Billboard Top 200 + Fleetwood Mac

STEVIE NICKS: In it's 9th week of release in the US "In Your Dreams" drops to # 167 from # 155 on next week's Billboard Top 200 Chart (issue date July 16th).  Over on the Top 200 Current Albums Chart the disc is at # 142, down from # 131 last week.  The Rock Albums Chart has the album moving up slightly to # 44 up from # 47 last week.

In Your Dreams Sales Thus Far:
Wk 1: #     6 - 5/21/11 - 52,418 Debut
Wk 2: #   16 - 5/28/11 - 20,400 Accumulated total = 72,818
Wk 3: #   24 - 6/04/11 - 15,500 Accumulated total = 88,318
Wk 4: #   47 - 6/11/11 -   9,933 Accumulated total = 98,251
Wk 5: #   59 - 6/18/11 -   7,470 Accumulated total = 105,721
Wk 6: #   87 - 6/25/11 -   5,547 Accumulated total = 111,268
Wk 7: # 108 - 7/02/11 -   5,585 Accumulated total = 116,853
Wk 8: # 155 - 7/09/11 -   3,813 Accumulated total = 120,666
Wk 9: # 167 - 7/16/11 -

FLEETWOOD MAC: It's the 3rd week back on the Top 200 albums chart for "The Very Best of" Fleetwood Mac, moving down this week to # 189 from # 167. The 2/CD set re-entered the Top 200 3 weeks ago at # 175 peaking last week at # 167.  Also down on the Catalogue chart to # 36 from # 29 last week.  Rumours drops out of the top 50 on the Catalogue Chart.

Billboard Top 200 Albums Chart

(Last week in parenthesis)

# 167 (155) Stevie Nicks - In Your Dreams

# 189 (167) Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of

Billboard Top 200 Current Albums

# 142 (131) Stevie Nicks - In Your Dreams

Billboard Top Rock Albums Chart
# 44 (47) Stevie Nicks - In Your Dreams

Billboard Top Catalogue Albums Chart

# 36 (29) Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of

(Review) Stevie Nicks 'In Your Dreams' "None of Nick’s lyrical intensity has left her, with a Nicksonian take on the whole vampire thing on Moonlight, A Vampire’s Dream"

Stevie Nicks – In Your Dreams
Reviews, By Augustus, 7th July, 2011
Samesame.com.au

In Your Dreams is only Stevie Nick’s seventh solo studio album since the release of her highly successful solo debut, Bella Donna, in 1981. Then, Nicks had an enigmatic presence and somewhat ethereal style. She produced simultaneously haunting, fragile and hard-hitting melodies, with lyrics that often seemed more stream-of-consciousness than the musings of your everyday rock or pop artist.

Steve Nicks joined Fleetwood Mac in 1974, writing one of my all-time favourite lyrics on the track Dreams, which she performed on their 1977 album Rumours: players only love you when they’re playin’. It’s deceptively simple, but the more you think about it, the more you think about it.

This has been a difficult review to write... Continue to the full review

Paul Phear Spoke with Stevie Nicks about her life, and love of music

If you are in the UK, you're lucky as this site doesn't stream it's audio beyond the UK's border.

Click The Image To Listen to the interview

If someone has the ability to capture the audio - by all means let me know, would love to hear the interview.

Stevie Nicks tells Helen Brown about her latest album – and the joys of being part of a double act.

The July 7th issue of The Ottawa Citizen newspaper in Canada is running Helen Brown's article today that originally ran in british publication The Telegraph back on June 22nd.... If you missed it, the full article can be found HERE

Stevie Nicks tells Helen Brown about her latest album – and the joys of being part of a double act.

By Helen Brown
The Telegraph

When Stevie Nicks asked her 15-year-old god-daughter to take part in her new music video – “playing me at 30, around the time I joined Fleetwood Mac” – the girl asked for a little direction. “So I told her to twirl, talk to yourself, make like you’re crazy, be me,” she says. “We put her in my vintage, evergreen tie-dye with my top hat. Oh, she looked so beautiful. My girlfriends laughed when we saw the dress. Were we ever that small? We must have been!”.....

Sweet Dreams - Stevie Nicks Interview

Back after a Decade 

Stevie Nicks is back after a a decade - and it’s all thanks to Dave Stewart.

It’s been ten years since Stevie Nicks released a solo record. Now sixty-three, it seemed her fans would have to be content with seeing her on stage performing Fleetwood Mac hits.

But energised by a new creative partnership with ex-Eurythmic Dave Stewart, she’s put Fleetwood Mac on hold (temporarily) and says making ‘In Your Dreams’ was the best year of her life.

The rest of the abbreviated interview can be found on the Clash website.
The full version of this interview appears in the next issue of Clash Magazine, in shops 7th July 2011.

Also, on newstands now is The Word magazine that features an interview with Stevie Nicks.  The Word is a UK published magazine.

The August, 2011 issue of MoJo Music Magazine has a two page spread on "How To Buy Fleetwood Mac" The cover features Paul McCartney.

Hey Radio... "For What It's Worth" Is Worth Playing!

A clear sign that the 2nd single from the Stevie Nicks album 'In Your Dreams' has been issued to radio is the 4 ebay auctions currently running selling the 2 track promo discs.  These promo only discs are issued to radio stations and DJ's for consideration on their playlists... 'For What It's Worth' hopefully will start receiving some airplay across the USA. The 4 listings on ebay all include the album cut at 4:31 and an edit at 4:03, which shaves off 28 seconds from the album version. I'm curious as to what they shaved off. Possibly sacrificed is a large chunk of the intro where up to the point of the bell ringing is about 18 seconds.

I really hope radio gives this great track a chance!... It's right up there along the lines of Landslide as far as I'm concerned...A timeless piece of music.