Today In Entertainment History June 13

Today In Entertainment History June 13

In 1970, Christine McVie released a solo album, then announced her retirement from music. She was back within a year, joining her husband, John McVie, in Fleetwood Mac.

COVERING FLEETWOOD MAC: DIXIE CHICKS "LANDSLIDE" LIVE TORONTO JUNE 8th

DIXIE CHICKS - LANDSLIDE

TORONTO, CANADA JUNE 8th

SALES UPDATE: FLEETWOOD MAC "GREATEST HITS"

US BILLBOARD TOP 200 CATALOGUE CHART
ISSUE DATE: JUNE 19, 2010

Fleetwood Mac's 1988 Greatest Hits for the week ending June 6, 2010 will chart at #62 on Billboards Top 200 Catalogue Charts. Sales for the week were: 2,055 units in the US.

The previous week it sold 1,941 units and charted at #58, prior to that it was #69.

Since Soundscan began keeping track of over the counter sales in 1991, and subsequently digital CD sales, Fleetwood Mac's Greatest Hits has sold 4,356,480 units in the US. It's moved 708,009 units since February, 2003 - basically 100,000 average per year.

History of Soundscan Sales:
4,356,480 - June, 2010
4,271,984 - September, 2009
4,229,451 - May, 2009
4,071,254 - October, 2007
3,768,006 - April, 2004
3,598,471 - February, 2003

FLEETWOOD MAC PHOTOGRAPHER NEAL PRESTON PRESENTS EXHIBIT

NEAL PRESTON has been with Fleetwood Mac pretty much from the beginning, or at least since the beginning of the Buckingham Nicks era... photographing the band on tour, in the studio, at events, at home, pretty much everywhere.  He's presenting his next exhibit of his work in Las Vegas at Skybar beginning on June 18th:

This is an excerpt of a much larger article - the full article can be found here

I've included many iconic photos of Fleetwood Mac and it's members that Neal has taken over the years - courtesy of Corbis.

Paparazzi and publicists are not two of Neal Preston’s favorite things

Legendary rock music photographer Neal Preston is presenting an exhibit of his work that includes a never-before-seen oversized proof sheet of Led Zeppelin. The Hard Rock Hotel unveiling features some 40 prints from his extensive collection, and the Led Zeppelin is being releasing as a limited edition to be sold exclusively one week from today when the exhibit opens at Skybar. The photos will be displayed throughout the hotel and available for purchase in the Hard Rock Retail Store.

With a staggering 40-plus-year career in photography that started while still in high school, Preston has made significant contributions to pop culture history. His photos have appeared in every conceivable media outlet literally everywhere, and his client list is a who’s who of rock royalty. His body of work is regarded as one of music’s most extensive and significant photo collections, and it was the key source of photographs for VH1’s acclaimed documentary series Behind the Music, providing more than 1,000 images for 50 episodes.

Rock fans know Preston best as the photographer who has toured with Led Zeppelin, The Who, Queen, Fleetwood Mac, Bruce Springsteen and countless others, and his travels have included touring Europe (Bruce, Queen), Canada (Heart), Russia (Billy Joel), Japan (Bruce, Duran Duran), China (Wham!), South Africa (Whitney Houston) and South America (Queen).

Las Vegas Sun: Did you pick all the photos for the new exhibit at the Hard Rock? Was it tough to choose? You can’t have one favorite kid, so to speak.

Preston: It’s beyond tough. In fact, it’s the most stressful part of my day every day. I’m very fortunate I have a fairly deep catalog, and I have a lot of kids to choose from. When you do a gallery show or an exhibition, you try to gear yourself to the people you know who will be looking at the photography. ... But like any other photographer, you get a certain amount of your “greatest hits.” The final count is about 40 — black and white and color. There will be some of the obvious things I’m known for shooting, like Led Zeppelin, Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Nicks, Queen. I try to put in a couple oddball things that people might not expect.

DIXIE CHICKS / EAGLES STADIUM TOUR INCLUDES FLEETWOOD MAC

Even though the Eagles/Fleetwood Mac Stadium Tour ended up not happening this time around, the Dixie Chicks brought the band to the masses anyway covering "Landslide" last night (June 8th) during the opening night Eagles/Dixie Chicks show in Toronto at the Rogers Centre. This shouldn't be a surprise considering "Landslide" is their biggest crossover hit from their 2002 release HOME - reaching #2 on Billboards Country singles chart, #1 on the AC chart, #7 on Billboards Hot 100 singles chart and #2 on Billboards Hot AC chart.

Full Review - Toronto Sun

"Landslide" is also included on the newly released "Playlist - The Very Best of Dixie Chicks" released June 1st.

AMAZON

TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS TAKE FLEETWOOD MAC'S "OH WELL" ON TOUR

3 shows into their current MOJO Tour - and once again, as was the case on their last tour - Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers are covering Fleetwood Mac's "Oh Well".  The song fits the bluesy theme of MOJO and the setlist on tour leans heavily on tracks from MOJO - with 5 or 6 songs from the album making it into the show. 

If you are interested in hearing the new album, their first in 8 years, being released on June 15th, you can stream the full album at ESPN MUSIC.