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STEVIE NICKS THE SOUNDSTAGE SESSIONS REVIEW...

Nicks offers Landslide of emotion
by Tim Cole
WKTimes.co.uk

Stevie Nicks latest release is remarkable for one particular track.

How many times have Fleetwood Mac put out an album including the beautifully crafted song Landslide? How many ways can it be recorded?

It was originally penned by Nicks for the bands eponymous album, the first on which she and then partner Lindsay Buckingham appeared, back in 1975.

After the personal ructions of Rumours and the studio trials of Tusk, when the band recorded their next album, Fleetwood Mac Live, on their 1980 world tour, there was a version which carried little of the weight and charm of the original.

The haunting feel of the studio version had not been translated to the stage.

As the band moved on through its many incarnations from the mid-80s to the mid-90s, without the presence of Buckingham, the track was a live staple.

But it was with the reunion of the Fleetwood/McVie/McVie/ Buckingham/Nicks line-up in 1997 for the intimate live album The Dance that the song found new life.

With an emotional performance of the song followed by the words 'Thank you Lindsay,' and 'Thank you Stevie' all the rifts in the act's most successful line-up seemed to have been publicly healed.

For their 2004 tour the feeling was even stronger and the presence of the track on the Live in Boston DVD and CD is a true highlight.

Now the band are touring stateside and performing the track again.

But just when you thought it couldn't get any better... out comes Nicks' new album, The Soundstage Sessions, with a remarkable studio recording.

The difference in the vocal are clear and the tone of the guitar is miles away from Buckingham's original or his recent live performances.

But the genius lies in Nicks' decision to bring an orchestra in half way through the song - and have the guitar break played by a violin. Very brave and very clever.

There is much more to enjoy on the album including excellent new versions of Stand Back and Sara, the Bonnie Raitt track Circle Dance and Dave Matthews' Crash Into Me.

The accompanying DVD also contains a reworking of Rhiannon, the other best-loved track from the Fleetwood Mac album, and her other signature tunes, Dreams and Gold Dust Woman.

But this is a disc that is genuinely worth buying for one song - a track that tells the story of Nicks' life and times in Fleetwood Mac.

The Soundstage Sessions album and Live In Chicago DVD are out now on Reprise Records.

FLEETWOOD MAC WILL PROBABLY TOUR EUROPE AND AUSTALIA

FLEETWOOD MAC WILL BE IN EUROPE AND AUSTRALIA

Stevie Nicks was interviewed today on Philadelphia Classic Rock station WMGK.  When asked about the band going back in to do another album she said they have A LOT of shows to get through first saying the band was touring until June 20th - then taking a break and will probably be touring Europe and Australia after that - then probably back to the US to do more shows - so after all that is done, she hopes they can go in to do another album.

$25 / $27 TICKETS TO FLEETWOOD MAC - CHARLOTTE & GREENSBORO

Charlotte or Greensboro, North Carolina

April 25 and 26 at 8PM

Upper Level seats (reg. $49.50) are available for the following shows:

Click here for $27 tickets to Saturday, April 25 at 8PM

performance at Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte

Click here for $25 tickets to Sunday, April 26 at 8PM

performance at Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro

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 and facility fees are an additional $7.45-$9 per ticket.

MUST BE BOOKED BY: April 24.

COLUMBUS OHIO FLEETWOOD MAC TICKET GIVEAWAY

Fleetwood Mac @ Nationwide Arena

COLUMBUS, OHIO

You must be 18 years old or older to enter.

You can enter once per day now through Wed, 4/15/2009.

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$25 FLEETWOOD MAC CONCERT TIX OAKLAND, CA

Tickets to see Fleetwood Mac at Oakland's ORACLE Arena on Wednesday, May 20 have been cut to just $25. 

This 45% OFF deal is for Upper Level seats that regularly sell for $47.50.

This is the only discount ticket offer available for this stop on Fleetwood Mac's popular "Unleashed: Hits Tour 2009."

To buy tickets, click below. Use code LANDSLIDE to get this offer. An additional charge of $9.65 per ticket will be added by Ticketmaster.

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SALES SPIKE FOR STEVIE'S "STAND BACK"

Presumably because of the release of Stevie's DVD and CD Live in Chicago - Stand Back is the beneficiary of a sales spike on the Top 100 Physical Commercial Sales Chart.  The single "Stand Back" over the last two weeks has been on the chart re-entering the Top 100 near the bottom with 24 copies sold - then leaping up to #53 on the chart (billboard issue date 4/18/09) with 146% sales increase for a total of 59 copies sold for the week. This is for the physical commercially available single only – not digital downloads.  Who knew there was still such a chart!

TOP COMMERCIAL SINGLE SALES:

#53 NICKS*STEVIE - STAND BACK 59 24 +146% (total sales 8,602)