Edge of Everything: The inevitable return of Stevie Nicks

by Michael Martin
Out.com

The gay icon reveals thoughts on American Horror Story, coming out, addiction, and more
Stevie Nicks has never gone out of fashion, but in the past few years her star has been on the rise: with a Glee episode dedicated to Rumours, a showstopping cameo on American Horror Story: Coven, and a mentor spot on The Voice.

 

In advance of the October 7 release of 24 Karat Gold, a collection of songs she wrote between 1969 and 1987 and demoed on cassettes that she stored in shoeboxes, she spoke with Michael Martin at her Los Angeles home about her career, love affairs, and why she cherishes her gay fans.

 

Read the full story, "Edge of Everything;"

Also check out:
5 Things We Learned From Stevie Nicks
by Jerry Portwood

Full article at Out.com

One interesting note:

"Stevie's gearing up to present a gallery show of her career-documenting Polaroids — some of which form collages inside 24 Karat Gold — in New York City"

Photography by Danny Clinch



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Available October 7th.

NEW SHOW ANNOUNCED: Fleetwood Mac Live In Anaheim, CA - December 7, 2014

FLEETWOOD MAC IS BACK IN FULL
DUE TO OVERWHELMING DEMAND AN ANAHEIM SHOW ADDED!

All Five Fleetwood Mac Members On The Road for the First Time In 16 Years -

On Sale Monday, September 15 Through The Live Nation Mobile App, LiveNation.com or Ticketmaster.

LOS ANGELES (September 4) - It’s Official!! After a 16-year absence, Christine McVie will be re-joining Fleetwood Mac bandmates Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks as they launch the On With The Show Tour.  The tour will kick off on Tuesday, September 30 in Minneapolis, Minn. at the Target Center and as the reunited band performs across North America. Christine has not toured with the band since 1998’s The Dance Tour.

The reunion of the multi-Grammy Award winning Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees and one of rock’s most beloved bands was  announced during an interview from Los Angeles with Carson Daly on NBC’s The TODAY Show and was confirmed  by Live Nation, the tour’s national promoter.

American Express® Card Members can purchase tickets for the Anaheim show before the general public beginning Monday, September 8 at 10:00 a.m. through Sunday, September 14 at 10:00 p.m. 

Live Nation Presale: 
Presale starts: Thursday, Sept 11th at 10am and ends Sunday, Sept 14th at 10pm
Use Password: bringfriends

Tickets go on sale beginning Monday, September 15 through the Live Nation mobile app, at www.livenation.com or Ticketmaster

During Fleetwood Mac’s 2013 Tour, the  four members happily welcomed Christine back on the stage during their show at London’s 02 Arena where she performed their classic “Don’t Stop Thinking About Tomorrow” and received a wild ovation from the crowd.  “It was so comfortable being back onstage with them as if no time had passed and then we all started talking and it feels like the time is right. I’m really happy,” commented Ms. McVie.  “As far as we’re concerned, she’s never really left.  We are overjoyed to have Christine back on stage with us,” said the other members of Fleetwood Mac in a joint statement.

Fleetwood Mac is also scheduled to appear on The TODAY Show’s Summer Concert Series on October 9.

STEVIE NICKS "24 KARAT GOLD - SONGS FROM THE VAULT"

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Available October 7th.

New Song Sample: "Blue Water" WOW! @StevieNicks... Well done!

It's only 15 seconds... But it's enough to hear that Stevie's staying pretty close to the original demo.. which is a good thing. It's a simple, but beautiful song.  She sounds fantastic here!

"Blue water... I sit and I wait
for the morning to come...
Blue water"

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Available October 7th.

Mick Fleetwood Autobiography, "Play On," to Be Published October 28th

As the drummer of Fleetwood Mac since its 1967 inception, Mick Fleetwood saw the group transform from a respected British blues outfit to one of the most successful U.S.-based pop-rock acts ever.  The 67-year-old Rock and Roll Hall of Famer certainly has more than a few tales to tell about his experiences in the group, and will share them in a new autobiography titled Play On: Now, Then and Fleetwood Mac, which will be published on October 28 in the US and October 30th in the UK.

The memoir, which was co-written with veteran Rolling Stone journalist Anthony Bozza, will offer an intimate look at the personal and professional triumphs and trials of Fleetwood and his band mates.  Through Fleetwood Mac's volatile history, which has included lineup upheavals, madness, drug abuse and intraband love affairs, Mick has been there for it all: He's the only member to have played with every incarnation of the group.

According to non-fiction publisher Hannah Black who acquired world rights in a joint deal with Little, Brown US, Mick will be do a UK book tour in November, said: “After 46 years of being on the road, now is the right time to look back in a way I've never done before: now and then.”

Play On will be released about one month after Fleetwood Mac kicks off its latest tour -- its first with longtime singer/keyboardist Christine McVie since 1998.  The trek begins September 30 in Minneapolis and runs through a December 20 show in Tampa, Florida.

Play On will be published as a hardback, e-book and audiobook on 28th October (US/CANADA) and on 30th October (UK).

[US/CANADA/UK SPECIAL OFFERS] 
‘PLAY ON: NOW, THEN, AND FLEETWOOD MAC’

US:
This fall’s must-read is PLAY ON by Mick Fleetwood. For a limited time, you can pre-order your copy at a special pre-publication discount (35% off! Just $19.50).
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CANADA:
This fall’s must-read is PLAY ON by Mick Fleetwood. For a limited time, you can pre-order your copy at a special pre-publication discount (37% off!).
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UK 
Hodder & Stoughton Offer
There’s a very special opportunity for UK fans of the book. Sign up for news of our special pre-order offer below for the chance of a signed copy – and one person who takes part in the offer will win a trip to Washington DC to see Fleetwood Mac live on October 31st, and will meet Mick before the concert. Sign up at Hodder & Stoughton and/or PRE-ORDER HERE

Souce: Mickfleetwoodofficial.com

"Carousel" clip from Stevie Nicks upcoming release #24KaratGold Stevienicksofficial.com

Here's the clip of "Carousel"... Isn't this a Vanessa Carlton tune? I recall Stevie and Vanessa performed this live a couple of years ago (video).  Maybe it's just a line from the song, not sure. But in any case the music combined with the multiple layers of voices sounds beautiful!

"And all I hear is the music
And beauty stands before me
And love comes back around again
It's a carousel my friend"

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Available October 7th.

UK TV: Fleetwood Mac "Don't Stop" Documentary Tonight BBC Four 9:15pm

Fleetwood Mac - Don't Stop Documentary
The story of one of the biggest-selling bands of all time, told in their own words.

BBC Four
Friday, September 5th - 21:15 (9:15pm)
Saturday, September 6th - 01:35 (1:35am)
Sunday, September 7th - 00:00 (12:00am)

DURATION: 1 HOUR

Fleetwood Mac are one of the biggest-selling bands of all time and still on the road. Their story, told in their own words, is an epic tale of love and confrontation, of success and loss.

Few bands have undergone such radical musical and personal change. The band evolved from the 60s British blues boom to perfect a US West Coast sound that saw them sell 40 million copies of the album Rumours.

However, behind-the-scenes relationships were turbulent. The band went through multiple line-ups with six different lead guitarists. While working on Rumours, the two couples at the heart of the band separated, yet this heartache inspired the perfect pop record.

VIDEO PREMIERE: Stevie Nicks "Lady" plus companion Commentary Video

I love this!... Not only does she look stunning, but the video perfectly fits the stripped down track that features just Stevie's voice along with piano.  Below is a commentary video where Stevie talks all about "Lady".

ELLE Exclusive: Watch Stevie Nicks Perform Beloved Secret Track, "Lady"
by: Sergio Kletnoy

It's a new song. Well, only sort of. "This is a song that has really stayed in my head all these years," Stevie Nicks says of "Lady," from her soon-to-be-released eighth studio album, 24 Karat Gold – Songs From The Vault, out October 7.

"Sometimes I'll find myself humming it, or whistling it, and this has been going on since I wrote it...in 1971."

Full article at Elle.com

Stevie talks about "Lady"

Pre-Order Stevie Nicks "24 Karat Gold - Songs From The Vault" from Stevienicksofficial.com
Available October 7th.

New Sample: Stevie Nicks "Hard Advice".

Another week... another sample from Stevie's new album. This one is "Hard Advice".

"Remember how it was 
before our infamous pasts had begun 

You have to let him go 

He gives such hard advice"

Pre-Order Stevie Nicks "24 Karat Gold - Songs From The Vault" from Stevienicksofficial.com
Available October 7th.

Stevie Nicks reveals song sample of "I Don't Care"

Check it out... New song sample of "I Don't Care" from Stevie Nicks... Sounds like a swampy rocker! Vocals are really crisp on this one.  I'm liking it!

"I don't care where you go

I don't care what you do

I don't care what you said

I just care that you love me"

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Available October 7th.

How Fleetwood Mac singer Stevie Nicks Unlocked Her 'Songs From the Vault'

Stevie Nicks Unearths Her Hidden Gems For '24 Karat Gold – Songs From the Vault'
Fleetwood Mac singer heads to Nashville and cuts 45 years' worth of unreleased songs

By Rob Sheffield | August 28, 2014
Rollingstone.com

These songs are little jewels," says Stevie Nicks of her new album. "Each one is the story of what was going on at the time – new relationships, new friends, new Fleetwood Mac albums." 24 Karat Gold – Songs From the Vault (out October 7th) is full of songs Nicks had written but never previously recorded, dating back to 1969. Some are so private, not even her Mac bandmates have heard them. "'Lady' was on a cassette I kept in a box, in a sacred trunk that my mother had," she says. "It just said 'Lady' on the front."

Nicks faced a severe time crunch in the studio – she had to finish before rehearsals for Fleetwood Mac's fall reunion tour with Christine McVie began. "I called [producer] Dave Stewart and said, 'I've got the songs, but how do we make a record in two months?'" she says. "He said, 'Nashville. That's what they do.' It's like checking yourself into music rehab."

The Nashville session cats helped Nicks crash 17 tracks in just three weeks. It was a new experience for her. "I'm usually up till four or five in the morning, but [for this album] I had to get up at nine, do a vocal lesson at 10, then watch Wendy Williams just to wake up. I'm in the bathtub at 12, then dressing as fast as I can, and driving across town to be in the vocal booth by two." It was exotic in other ways, too. "I'm used to bands where we argue over how to do the song. These Nashville guys just say, 'Yes, ma'am.'"

The album is decorated with Polaroid selfies taken by Nicks over the years. "People would ask to model for me, and I'd say, 'Be at my hotel room at 2:30 a.m., dressed in lipstick and gowns and hats and rhinestones and diamonds,' " Nicks says. "And they'd say, 'Uh, no, I'm good.' So I was the model, photographer and furniture mover."

Like the photos, the songs document Nicks' private life. "'Lady' captures the mood of me and Lindsey [Buckingham] being scared to death when we moved to L.A. in 1971," she says. "Our producer Keith Olsen gave us this white carved piano – I wrote 'Rhiannon' on it. But I didn't know how to play. 'Lady' was me figuring it out."

Nobody from Fleetwood Mac has heard the album yet, but she's confident her mates will like it. "Lindsey will love it," she says. "Half the songs are about him!"

Pre-Order Stevie Nicks "24 Karat Gold - Songs From The Vault" from Stevienicksofficial.com
Available October 7th.

Preview - Sept 15th FLEETWOOD MAC On With The Show Tour Special

Surprisingly Fleetwood Mac is back to full strength with the mid ’70s line up that made them international superstars, and three of them, singer/songwriter/guitarist Lindsey Buckingham, singer/songwriter Stevie Nicks, and band co-founder Mick Fleetwood join us In the Studio on the eve of their North American tour for some of their most popular songs.

In The Studio with Redbeard

Sounds like it's an hour of Fleetwood Mac tunes with archival interview footage interspersed between tracks. Check your local listings to see if it plays in your area.

Pre-Order Stevie Nicks "24 Karat Gold - Songs From The Vault" from Stevienicksofficial.com
Available October 7th.

Canadian Television Premiere Stevie Nicks: In Your Dreams Sept 7th Documentary Channel

Canadian Television Premiere 
Stevie Nicks: In Your Dreams
September 7, 2014 at 9pm ET/10 PT
Documentary Channel

Watch this documentary that follows Stevie Nicks as she begins writing and recording her first solo album in nearly a decade.

Pre-Order Stevie Nicks new album "24 Karat Gold - Songs From The Vault"
from Stevienicksofficial.com Available October 7th.