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4/8/2009 - The Associated Press
The Top 10 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows in North America. The previous week's ranking is in parentheses. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers.
TOP 10 CONCERT TOURS
1. (New) Britney Spears; $2,384,567; $102.51.
2. (New) Elton John / Billy Joel; $2,185,634; $115.84.
3. (1) Celine Dion; $2,011,606; $107.97.
4. (New) Eagles; $1,691,056; $130.12.
5. (2) AC/DC; $1,409,211; $85.12.
6. (3) Fleetwood Mac; $1,169,580; $99.27.
7. (4) Nickelback; $787,420; $58.38.
8. (6) Rascal Flatts; $656,209; $61.08.
9. (7) Lil' Wayne; $599,313; $66.39.
10. (8) Brad Paisley; $454,374; $48.30.
Friday, April 10, 2009
LUSH BEAUTIFULLY ORCHESTRATED PROJECT
Stevie Nicks - "The Soundstage Sessions" Review
More than any other female vocalist, when I was in my teenage and university years, Stevie Nicks impacted my life, so imagine the tremendous adrenaline rush which I experienced when Nicks’ new CD The Soundstage Sessions arrived in the mail. Stevie Nicks’ familiar vibrato is still omni present, on this lush, beautifully orchestrated project, on which she penned all, but two of the ten tunes, the exceptions being the second track, Dave Matthews’, “Crash Into Me,” and the seventh track, Bonnie Raitt’s, “Circle Dance.” Some of the songs are older and more familiar, others less so.
The album opens with the hard hitting rock tune, “Stand Back,” before moving into a mellow, acoustic cover of, “Crash Into Me,” featuring the splendid guitar work of Waddy Wachtel, who also acted as the Musical Director for The Soundstage Sessions.
The album opens with the hard hitting rock tune, “Stand Back,” before moving into a mellow, acoustic cover of, “Crash Into Me,” featuring the splendid guitar work of Waddy Wachtel, who also acted as the Musical Director for The Soundstage Sessions.
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IS THE OVERSEAS TOUR IN QUESTION?
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - If you want to sit in the really good seats for a Keith Urban concert this summer, a pair of tickets will put you about back about $170. But in a nod to the tough economic times, the country superstar has also priced some tickets as low as $20 per seat, so fans won't stay home because they can't afford to go.
With the economic news getting worse by the day, artists and concert promoters are trying to make sure fans come out to the stadiums, arenas and concert halls this year by offering ticket deals and other incentives.
No Doubt is giving away a digital download of their entire catalog in exchange for the purchase of a premium ticket ($42.50 before taxes and fees). Coldplay plans to give concertgoers a free live album, while U2 is pricing at least 10,000 tickets to every show in the $30 range.
Summer is a busy time for the concert business. Live Nation, the world's largest promoter, estimates that more than 50 percent of its annual profit comes in the summer months.
But with this year's economic uncertainty, promoters could have a tougher time filling seats.
"In a crowded marketplace in difficult economic times, you want your show or event to stand out as something people recognize as a deal," said Gary Bongiovanni, editor-in-chief of the concert industry publication Pollstar.
Rocker Stevie Nicks, who's currently on a reunion tour with Fleetwood Mac, said times are so bad, the band doesn't know if it can afford to go overseas: "It's so expensive to do that that you put people out of business to go play for them. It's affecting everybody."
Fans can get tickets to Fleetwood Mac's April 22 show at the St. Pete Times Forum for as little as $32.25 (plus service charges).
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Thursday, April 09, 2009
"GREATEST HITS" HITS BILLBOARD CHARTS
Fleetwood Mac's "Greatest Hits" reaches the Billboard Comprehensive Album chart at #178 (issue 4/18/09) for the first time, a week after cracking the Billboard Catalog Album chart for the first time since May 24, 2003. This album was a Catalog staple in the 1990's, and ranks #16 in Catalog longevity, with 434 weeks.
$25 FLEETWOOD MAC TIX - FLORIDA, CLEVELAND, COLUMBUS, LAS VEGAS
Almost 50 percent off tickets to Fleetwood Mac’s “Unleashed: Hits Tour 2009″
ALL UPPER LEVEL SEATING
$25 - Cleveland, OH - April 17, 2009 (Reg. $49.00)
You must book by April 16th at TICKETMASTER
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$26 - Columbus, OH - April 18, 2009 (Reg. $49.50)
You must book by April 16th at TICKETMASTER
$25 - Sunrise, FL - April 23, 2009 (Reg. $46.75)
You must book by April 19th at TICKETMASTER
$25 - Las Vegas, NV - May 30, 2009 (Reg. $55)
You must book by April 30th at TICKETMASTER
When ready to purchase, select "Find Tickets." Enter the code LANDSLIDE in the box marked "Travelzoo Ticket Offer" and use the drop-down menu to select the number of seats you would like. Click "Find Tickets" to see your seats. Note: Ticket fees are an additional $6.60 per ticket.
When ready to purchase, select "Find Tickets." Enter the code LANDSLIDE in the box marked "Travelzoo Ticket Offer" and use the drop-down menu to select the number of seats you would like. Click "Find Tickets" to see your seats. Note: Ticket fees are an additional $6.60 per ticket.
With Fleetwood Mac's "Unleashed: Hits Tour 2009" selling out nationwide, this one is sure to sell quickly with this exclusive 50% OFF deal for Travelzoo subscribers.
See legendary personalities Stevie Nicks, Mick Fleetwood and Lindsey Buckingham play all their greatest hits live at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Saturday, April 18 at 8PM. With over 3 decades of hits, Fleetwood Mac has a reputation as one of the greatest rock bands of the era.
FLEETWOOD MAC 1977 - 2009 ST. PAUL COLLAGE
When Fleetwood Mac played in St. Paul, MN last month on March 3rd - the band was presented with a framed collage of their concert ads for shows in St. Paul stretching back to 1977. Mick Fleetwood was on hand to accept.Perez Sighting
Stevie Nicks Disses Lindsay Lohan. It's amazing how many media outlets have picked up on this - a quote taken to the extreme:
STEVIE - NOT A FAN OF COMPUTERS
'Fleetwood Mac' lead singer Stevie Nicks talks about her first solo concert recording since 1985, why cell phones and computers make her mad and her hopes for Britney Spears. (April 9)
Q&A WITH STEVIE NICKS (Canadian Press)
THE CANADIAN PRESSThe HuffingtonPost.com
Q&A: Rock legend Stevie Nicks explains why she's a technophobe
NEW YORK — Friends who want to get in touch with Stevie Nicks know not to send an email, call on a cellphone, or reach out by text message, because she won't respond.
It's not that she's being rude: Nicks doesn't own a computer or a cellphone. The 60-year-old rock legend, who is currently on tour with Fleetwood Mac, is a proud technophobe.
"I believe that computers have taken over the world. I believe that they have in many ways ruined our children. I believe that kids used to love to go out and play," Nicks says in her famously smoky voice.
"I believe that social graces are gone because manners are gone because all people do is sit around and text. I think it's obnoxious."
Nicks does own an iPod, but she prefers to listen to music - which includes her new CD, "The Soundstage Sessions" - on a boombox. (The CD also comes packaged with a DVD.)
Better yet, give her a cassette version and she'll be in musical heaven. "It sounds better and you'd be convinced," she says.
AP: This is your first live project in 22 years. What took so long?
Nicks: I don't really know exactly how that happened. Before I knew it, it was 2007 ... (my) tour was over, and I'm sitting in my house going, "I can't believe I'm sitting here again, and I didn't film this show." So I got on my phone and I called my managers, and I said, "Make some calls, because I need to film this show." I'm very, very proud of it. I'm almost glad that I waited this long to do it, because maybe that's what God wanted me to do.
AP: You say you hope this project is a blueprint for the next generation. Why do you think there's a lack of strong rock acts?
Nicks: Because the music business is in terrible trouble. People are stealing our music. That's all there is to it. In the old days ... they would help you to develop into the artist that they knew you were going to be. In the last 10 years, the record companies don't have the money to do that. I don't know what the answer is to it. The only thing I can say to people is, "Buy music, do not steal music." If you do, you won't have any new music later on.
AP: If you and I were having lunch, and I pulled out my cellphone ...
Nicks: I'm gonna put my hand on your hand and say, "Turn it off, for now. Just give me an hour, of you, I really want an hour of just you, and your heart. I don't want you talking to someone else while we're having lunch." It's love, you know, it's relationships. I don't want love and relationships to be lost, and I feel like that's happening.
AP: Have the nation's economic troubles inspired you musically?
Nicks: Absolutely, I want to go home and write Bob Dylan songs, I want to go write radical, rebellious "let's try to make it better" songs. I'm very affected by everything going on. When I do get finished with this Fleetwood Mac tour, I will absolutely write about the political situation, which I have never done before. I have never actually been very political before, and I'm starting to feel more political every day. So, pretty soon, governor (laughs).
NUMBER 1
Stevie's "Live in Chicago" is the new No.1 Music Video DVD on Billboards April 18, 2009 chart.
Nicks also debuts on Billboards Comprehensive Albums Chart at #48 with "The Soundstage Sessions". and #5 on the Top Internet Albums Chart.Congratulations Stevie!
Summary
- Billboard 200 #47
- Billboard Comprehensive Albums #48
- Top Internet Albums #5
- Top Music DVD's #1
Wednesday, April 08, 2009
MICK SUES FORMER ATTORNEY
Fleetwood Mac Drummer Sues Attorney, Firm Over $4.5 Million in Fees
The drummer of Fleetwood Mac, Michael "Mick" Fleetwood, and several of his business partners, have sued their former attorney, Paul McDonald, and law firm, Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson, for putting them on the hook for $4.5 million in attorney fees.
The Fleetwood group had hired the firm, which is based in Portland, Maine, to bring suit against a division of the British Broadcasting Corp. over distribution rights to rare musical recordings worth about $100 million, according to an amended complaint in the lawsuit, which was filed on March 26 in federal court in Maine. McNulty v. McDonald, No. 2:09-cv-00111 (D. Maine).
Michael J. Waxman, a solo practitioner in Portland, who represents the Fleetwood group, did not return a call for comment.
The drummer of Fleetwood Mac, Michael "Mick" Fleetwood, and several of his business partners, have sued their former attorney, Paul McDonald, and law firm, Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson, for putting them on the hook for $4.5 million in attorney fees.
The Fleetwood group had hired the firm, which is based in Portland, Maine, to bring suit against a division of the British Broadcasting Corp. over distribution rights to rare musical recordings worth about $100 million, according to an amended complaint in the lawsuit, which was filed on March 26 in federal court in Maine. McNulty v. McDonald, No. 2:09-cv-00111 (D. Maine).
Michael J. Waxman, a solo practitioner in Portland, who represents the Fleetwood group, did not return a call for comment.
FULL ARTICLE (Law.com)
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