Absolute Radio Icons: Dave Stewart Takes Over The Show Thursday Sept 26th #StevieNicks

Absolute Radio Icons: Dave Stewart

Dave Stewart will host a takeover show as part of the series of Absolute Radio Icons, and will talk about his new album Lucky Numbers, writing the music for Ghost the Musical and his experiences working with Steve Nicks on their new documentary.

Event details
When: 11.00pm on Thursday, 26 September 2013
Until: 11.59pm on Thursday, 26 September 2013
Where: on Absolute Radio

Check out his new single "Every Single Night" on iTunes

Lady Antebellum and Stevie Nicks on Crossroads was "Golden" (Full Episode Available On-Line)

If you are in the U.S. and don't have CMT as part of your cable package.... You can catch the full episode of Crossroads with Stevie Nicks and Lady Antebellum at CMT.com  PLUS there are bonus video tracks of "Just A Kiss", Cold As Stone and Gold Dust Woman HERE

What a show! What a great pairing of artists!  I'm a fan of Lady A and knew from the time this was announced that this would be outstanding... So many goose bump moments hearing the four of them sing and harmonize together... Just spectacular!  Favourite moment... "Golden"  Beautiful song!  

This program is way too short.. It could easily be a 90 minute program!  With the songs performed live that didn't make the show, maybe we'll be lucky and see this released on DVD or VOD.  In the show you'll hear: Edge of Seventeen, Love Don't Live Here, Need You Now, Landslide, Golden, Stop Draggin' My Heart Around and Rhiannon.

BONUS CLIP: JUST A KISS
BONUS CLIP: GOLD DUST WOMAN
BONUS CLIP: COLD AS STONE

Heartbreaking story about how the song "Golden" touched Stevie Nicks

Stevie Nicks, Lady Antebellum Come Together for CMT's 'Crossroads'
by Chris Willman
The Hollywood Reporter

The idea of collaborating on each others' songs came by way of a dream, the Fleetwood Mac singer tells THR.

If you tune in to the new episode of CMT Crossroads, which has Stevie Nicks and Lady Antebellum as its latest cross-genre pairing, you’ll hear a version of “Rhiannon” that almost sounds more like Fleetwood Mac’s original version than Fleetwood Mac could do.

Perhaps we should let Stevie explain…

“I gave Hillary (Scott) that high part in ‘Rhiannon’ because I don’t sing it that way on stage -- because I can’t reach that note,” Nicks tells The Hollywood Reporter. “I reached it once: the day we recorded the song in 1977. I thought, you know what, if we’re gonna do this, wouldn’t it be great to actually have her sing the real melody of ‘Rhiannon.’ Because it has not been sung since it was written!”

That’s not to say that Nicks took the lazy way out, long-abandoned high notes excepted. CMT producers say they’ve never had a guest from the rock world approach a Crossroads taping with quite as much preparation or work ethic as the FM mainstay. And this particular coupling was Nicks’ own idea, coming out of a dream she had where she was cheating on Lindsey Buckingham, musically speaking.

“The dream was very short,” Nicks says. “And the dream was actually very fun. But I just want to clarify that so that when my other half hears this” (by “other half,” she means her professional partner Buckingham), “he doesn’t get all pissed off, because it wasn’t that kind of a dream. We were just having our usual little disagreement [in the dream], because that’s what we do. And I laughingly said to him, ‘Well, fine. I’ll just go join Lady Antebellum.’ And then the dream ended, and I sat up, and there it was.”

Nicks didn’t think much more about this nocturnal prophecy until three days later, when she went to the premiere of a Led Zeppelin concert movie and was approached by Bill Flanagan, a longtime producer for MTV Networks specials, who asked her for the umpteenth time if she’d be willing to do a Crossroads. 

Much to his shock, she said she could fit it in right before rehearsal started for this year’s Fleetwood Mac tour. And before he could start listing potential names, Nicks told him about how Lady Antebellum had just popped up in her rapid-eye-movement revelation.

SATURDAY 9:00AM - Stevie Nicks with Robert Elms BBC Radio 94.9 London

Stevie Nicks will be interviewed on BBC Radio 94.9 London with Robert Elms Saturday, September 14th at 9:00am
(Stevie's interview portion starts at 2:01)

Listen on-line

Christine McVie to perform w/ Fleetwood Mac in Dublin or London?... The suspense is going to kill me!

Singer Christine McVie is to rejoin Fleetwood Mac at two

Jane Garvey with Stevie Nicks
BBC Radio 4 Woman's Hour
Interview Monday, Sept 16th 10am

shows on their forthcoming European tour, her former bandmate Stevie Nicks has confirmed.

BBC News

McVie was part of the group from the 1970s to the '90s, writing and performing some of their biggest hits.

Nicks told BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour that McVie, who left the group in 1998, would perform one song at two concerts.

The tour begins with two shows in Dublin on Friday 20 September followed by a further three in London.

Nicks told Woman's Hour: 

"She is going to come and do a song on the second two shows. I think it will probably be Don't Stop. I don't know, but she's coming to Ireland to rehearse with us."

Nicks did not clarify which two shows she was referring to. A spokesman for the group said he could not confirm the details.

Don't Stop was McVie's biggest US hit as a songwriter, reaching number three in 1977.

The news comes despite comments from Nicks last December, saying of a possible return by McVie: "There's no more a chance of that happening than an asteroid hitting the Earth."

Nicks, however, went on to explain that her British former bandmate "doesn't want to fly" and "doesn't want to come back to America", which may explain why she has agreed to appear at a couple of UK shows but not their US dates earlier this year.

Fleetwood Mac, "Opus Collection" Enters Billboard Top 200 at No.72 (Starbucks Exclusive Release)

Fleetwood Mac, "Opus Collection" (No. 72): The new 15-song greatest hits package was exclusively available at Starbucks. It grants Fleetwood Mac its 27th chart entry -- and second this year. (They debuted and peaked at No. 48 earlier this year with the "Extended Play" EP.) The band last bowed two new releases on the chart in the same year in 1975.

Billboard

Lady Antebellum's Dave Haywood on Sharing a Stage With Stevie Nicks and the Band's 'New Normal'

The collaboration, airing on CMT Crossroads TONIGHT (Sept. 13th), was quite literally a dream-come-true -- for both parties.

"It really was one of the best things we've ever been a part of," says Lady Antebellum's Dave Haywood, daydreaming about the band's performance alongside Stevie Nicks.

Full interview at The Hollywood Reporter

Win a trip for 2 to see Fleetwood Mac live at Auckland’s Vector Arena

ENTER FROM MONDAY...

Fleetwood Mac are in New Zealand in December performing 3 SOLD OUT concerts. You may have missed out on tickets and think all hope is lost…BUT The Sound has your chance to be at Vector Arena & see Fleetwood Mac perform live!!

They will fly you and a friend to Auckland, put you up in a city hotel so you can really enjoy the concert and you’ll win a double pass to see Fleetwood Mac live on Friday 6th December!

How to win: 

Beginning Sept 16th listen out for Fleetwood Mac songs to go in the draw to win. Whenever you hear a Fleetwood Mac song on The Sound, text FM to 339 to go in the draw to win.

Draw: 

The winner will be contacted by The Sound Promotions Manager on Monday 23rd September via phone call. Their name will also be displayed online at thesound.co.nz.

Fleetwood Mac live in Auckland, flights and accommodation for you and a friend – couldn't be better! Listen out all week for your chance to go in the draw.

Check out the Fleetwood Mac terms and conditions

The Sound - New Zealand

BBC RADIO INTERVIEWS: Stevie Nicks w/ Steve Wright | Lauren Laverne and Jane Garvey of Woman's Hour

Steve Wright in the Afternoon BBC Radio 2
Steve and the team chat to Fleetwood Mac legend - Stevie Nicks Friday Sept 13th - 14:00 (2:00pm). Listen on-line

Lauren Laverne BBC Radio 6 Music
Lauren interviewed Stevie today (Sept 13) The show will be available shortly on the BBC website. Stevie's interview is right at the end of the show.
Listen on-line 

Woman's Hour BBC Radio 4
Jane Garvey interviewed Stevie today (Sep 13). The show with Stevie's interview will air on Monday, Sept 16th at 10am UK time.

Jane Garvey tweeted that Stevie told her that Christine will perform with Fleetwood Mac on the UK Tour.  Listen in on Monday to find out exactly to what extent!

Jane Garvey's show airs weekdays 10-11am and Saturdays 4-5pm.  Website to listen on-line

Stevie Nicks at a "Crossroads": Playlist For A Harmonic Convergence With Lady A by David Wild

"There are artists who go in and out of style. 

Then there are artists who define their own style. 

Stevie Nicks is one of those" 

- David Wild

Stevie Nicks at a "Crossroads": Playlist for a Harmonic Convergence With Lady A
Check out David Wild's Huffington Post post on tomorrows "Crossroads and check out his favourite Stevie tracks with and without Fleetwood Mac.... Add your own if you like.

The below videos are viewable only if you are in the U.S.  Available at CMT

Stevie Nicks had the 'everything I wanted to say to you for 35 years' talk with Lindsey Buckingham before tour

Fleetwood Mac star Stevie Nicks rebuilt bridges with her former lover and bandmate Lindsey Buckingham by spending 90 minutes lecturing him about their 35-year friendship.

The pair lived together for five years before joining the band in 1975 but their romance ended a few years later and Nicks has been bottling up her feelings about Buckingham ever since.

The Don't Stop hitmakers announced last year (12) they were reuniting for a tour, and Nicks poured her heart out to Buckingham in a mammoth phone call in a desperate bid to clear the air ahead of the comeback.

She tells U.K. TV show Loose Women, "We are getting along probably better than we ever have... Because about a year and a half ago I had a talk with Lindsey. I had the 'everything I wanted to say to you for 35 years' talk. I started in 1968 and I worked up... I started with (recalling how) he cut my fingernail off once because he decided I should practice guitar more. That was not a good move on his part. And I went from there all the way up until now.

"I said, you know, 'Do you remember how funny and sweet we were? Do you remember how cute we were? Do you remember how when we walked in the room we were a power couple... Do you know how long it's been since we have not been that power couple? If we are going to do this again, we've got to go back to the way we were.'

"He was very quiet. It was a solid hour and a half where I never stopped talking... It's much better now since the talk. Now we walk onstage and we are holding hands.

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Stevie Nicks praises Miley Cyrus: 'She has the ability to be great' Read more:

Stevie Nicks has praised Miley Cyrus, predicting that she will have a long and successful career.

The Fleetwood Mac star told the Loose Women panel that the 'Wrecking Ball' singer has the ability to become a "great songwriter".

Asked what advice she would give to young talent going off the rails, Nicks said: "I think that people will be sorry. I am going to use Miley Cyrus as an example as I happen to really like her.

"I happen to think that she - unlike some of the other rock and roll 'slash' actresses that we are really worried about - has the possibility and the ability to be a great actress, a great singer and probably a great songwriter and go on until she's my age.

"I think that she will not be very happy with what just went down two weeks ago. When you're really young, you don't think about even ten years from now or five years.

"I actually didn't either. I was really focused. I was really focused on who I wanted to be and what I wanted to be and I knew I was going to be in this business for a long time."

Cyrus has caused controversy in recent weeks with a provocative performance at the MTV VMAs and by going naked in her new music video.

Digital Spy

Video: Stevie Nicks on Loose Woman - Thursday Sept 12th

Stevie Nicks on Loose Woman Thursday, September 12th speaking about Fleetwood Mac and her upcoming "In Your Dreams" Premiere at the Curzon Mayfair in London - September 16th.

Fleetwood’s donates $11,160 to Make-A-Wish Foundation of Hawaii

LAHAINA - Fleetwood's On Front St. recently donated $11,160 to the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Hawaii.

The fundraiser was conducted through the restaurant's "Gift Of Life" appetizer program, in which a local charity is selected to benefit.

Full story at Lahaina News

"Performing with Stevie Nicks is by far the coolest thing we have ever done in our career," - Lady A's Charles Kelley

Lady Antebellum may be on hiatus, but fans are still getting a chance to see something new from the Nashville trio.

Lady A will join Stevie Nicks on Friday night's episode of "CMT Crossroads," the show that matches country stars with partners from different musical genres.

"Performing with Stevie Nicks is by far the coolest thing we have ever done in our career," Lady A's Charles Kelley said. "I mean, it really was. We are actually going to have a little viewing party at my house that night because we're just excited."

CMT recorded the performance last spring in Los Angeles before Lady A singer Hillary Scott gave birth to her first child this summer. The group has been on a break for two months and won't return to the road till later this year.

The show airs 10 p.m. EDT and pairs the trio with Nicks, a member of Fleetwood Mac, a group Lady A is often compared to because of its use of harmony. The singers will tackle songs from the catalogs of each, including "Rhiannon," ''Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" and "Need You Now."

"I mean, honestly, it really was one of those collaborations that I think if we had to put five names on a list, you know, who would have been on it?" Kelley said. "I mean, dream lists, Paul McCartney, Tom Petty and Stevie Nicks would have been in that five. So the fact that it was her idea and she came to us about it was even cooler."

By KRISTIN M. HALL, Associated Press

WATCH: CMT Crossroads: Stevie Nicks and Lady Antebellum Discuss Songwriting [2 Videos]

CMT Crossroads
Friday - 10:00pm | CMT

Stevie Nicks tells Lady Antebellum,
''Your songs make me want to be in love.'' 
This hour of TV is similarly bewitching. A–

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Fleeting Inspiration: The Invincible Fleetwood Mac are back... and the kids think they're alright.

by Dorian Lynskey
British - GQ, October, 2013

In the Reynolds Girls 1989 single "I'd Rather Jack", a peculiar moment of year zero militancy in the catalogue of hitmakers Stock Aitken Waterman, the teenage siblings insisted, "I'd rather jack than Fleetwood Mac," the band being a conveniently rhyming example of the kind of middle-aged millionaire has-beens that the rave generation allegedly had no time for.  Who needs them?  We have Yazz now!

But 24 years later, as Fleetwood Mac approach the UK leg of their latest world tour, their influence is, to quote one of their most infectious songs, everywhere.  Their audiophile fanaticism was a touchstone for Daft Punk's Random Access Memories.  Last year, the indie tribute album Just Tell Me That You Want Me featured the likes of MGMT and Tame Impala. Mumford & Sons recently closed their massive London show with a massed rendition of "The Chain". Hot Chip even perform a dance floor version of "Everywhere", proving once and for all that jacking and Fleetwood Mac-ing aren't mutually exclusive.  If the whispers are true and Fleetwood Mac headline Glastonbury next year, their status as twenty-somethings' new favourite classic rockers will be confirmed.

If only the Reynolds Girls had done their research they would have realised that Fleetwood Mac are unkillable. Their wikipedia page reads like a Russian novel, with new characters popping up before exiting in grim circumstances, including mental illness, alcoholism, adultery and religious cult.  By the time they absorbed romantically involved duo Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks in 1975 in a kind of last-ditch corporate merger, the band had lost seven members, with only the rock-solid rhythm section of Mick Fleetwood and John McVie weathering the perpetual storm.

The new vinyl box set 1969-1972 (Rhino) shines light on their underrated output during the difficult years, but it's the classic 1975-1987 line-up that has acquired mythic status.  For the first time since the Beatles, a band had three distinct singer-songwriters at the top of their game.

Christine McVie sang the airy love songs with crystalline precision and 

the same pragmatism that led her to retire from touring in 1997; 

Nicks was a husky SoCal mystic, tougher than her swirly wardrobe 

suggested; and Buckingham was the thorny alpha male.

Win Tickets To Fleetwood Mac Live in Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane

Reader's Digest Australia is giving you the opportunity to win 3 double passes to see Fleetwood Mac Live in Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane.

To enter, you must purchase "The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac" and "The Dance" on DVD for $59.97 plus shipping.

Full details and ordering information at Reader's Digest Australia.

FLEETWOOD MAC BEFORE BUCKINGHAM AND NICKS: AN ESSENTIAL PRIMER

For the last couple of years, Fleetwood Mac have been the latest vintage soft rock band to become fashionable among the sort of college students who still frequent used record shops. But it seems like only the Mac's 1975-'87 period, when Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks were fronting the band and they were scoring massive hits, has penetrated the consciousness of today's bearded youth, with their earlier incarnations largely unknown. Let's rectify that with a countdown of the essential pre-Buckingham Nicks Fleetwood Mac albums.

Full article by Stewart Mason at Hollywood.com

The moment Stevie Nicks met Leon Russell [Video]

During the filming of Cameron Crowe's The Union - on the collaboration between Elton John and Leon Russell, Stevie Nicks dropped in to the Village studio where they were recording to meet Leon and to thank him... 

I believe this was filmed during the time Stevie was in the studio laying down tracks for "In Your Dreams" in 2010.  This film "The Union" made it's premiere in late 2011 and was televised on HBO in January, 2012.

Stevie tells Leon that after she and Lindsey Buckingham opened for him as part of the band Fritz in the early ’70s,

“That’s when the two of us thought, 

‘That’s it. We’re gonna go to LA. We’re gonna do it.”