Tuesday, March 09, 2010

We Were the World: 86 Words Aboard the Crossover Express < Features | PopMatters

We Were the World: 86 Words Aboard the Crossover Express < Features | PopMatters: "In the second of our Tusk pieces, Alice Singleton explores how Fleetwood Mac fleetingly broke racial barriers in music and captured the heart of black girls raised on funk, R&B, and segregation politics."

Christine McVie’s Warm Ways < Features | PopMatters

Christine McVie’s Warm Ways < Features | PopMatters: "With Fleetwood Mac's Tusk recently turning 30, PopMatters offers some reflection on the too-often-overlooked Mac classic. In the first piece, Alfred Soto explores Tusk as the apex of the work of singer and keyboardist Christine McVie."

Sunday, March 07, 2010

UK CHART UPDATE: FLEETWOOD MAC "THE VERY BEST OF"

THE UK
In it's 20th week of release "The Very Best Of" slides from #31 to #38 on the UK Top 75 Chart for the week of March 8, 2010.

UK TOP 75 CHART RUN (2009 2 Disc Version):
Week 01 #06 - Oct 26, 2009 - 18,763
Week 02 #10 - Nov 02, 2009 - 17,541
Week 03 #12 - Nov 09, 2009
Week 04 #15 - Nov 16, 2009
Week 05 #26 - Nov 23, 2009
Week 06 #29 - Nov 30, 2009
Week 07 #31 - Dec 07, 2009
Week 08 #25 - Dec 14, 2009
Week 09 #21 - Dec 21, 2009
Week 10 #23 - Dec 28, 2009
Week 11 #37 - Jan 04, 2010
Week 12 #42 - Jan 11, 2010
Week 13 #31 - Jan 18, 2010
Week 14 #35 - Jan 25, 2010
Week 15 #31 - Feb 01, 2010
Week 16 #22 - Feb 08, 2010
Week 17 #16 - Feb 15, 2010 - 16,895
Week 18 #25 - Feb 22, 2010
Week 19 #31 - Mar 01, 2010
Week 20 #38 - Mar 08, 2010

FLEETWOOD MAC US CHART RE-ENTRY + EURO CHART UPDATE

BILLBOARD CATALOG ALBUMS CHART UPDATE - MARCH 6, 2010
In the US - Fleetwood Mac's Greatest Hits has reached the Top 200 Catalogue Chart for the first time in 2010 landing at #49.

BILLBOARD CATALOG ALBUMS CHART UPDATE - MARCH 13, 2010
Fleetwood Mac's Greatest Hits will be sitting at No.37 on the upcoming chart - up twelve places from last week. So far Greatest Hits has racked up 456 non-consecutive weeks on the Top 200 Catalogue Chart.

EUROPEAN TOP 200
Fleetwood Mac's The Very Best Of re-entered the chart on February 20, 2010 at #143, moving up to #94 the following week February 27, 2010. It didn't last long, dropping out of the Top 200 the following week.

CHART ROUND-UP: FLEETWOOD MAC AUSTRALIA.... RUMOURS & TVBO

AUSTRALIA:

ARIA TOP 50 CATALOGUE ALBUMS CHART - Week of March 8, 2010:
Fleetwood Mac's 5x Platinum (350,000 units - New accreditation) "The Very Best Of" slips twelve spots to #23 on the Australian Top 50 Catalogue Charts. Total weeks on the Catalogue Chart = 17.

RUMOURS CONTINUES TO FLY UP THE CHART:
In week 3 the 12 x Platinum (840,000 units) Rumours takes another leap from #16 to #8 on this weeks Catalogue Chart.

#38 - Week of 2/22/10
#16 - Week of 3/1/10
#08 - Week of 3/8/10

(REVIEW) MICK FLEETWOOD BLUES BAND NAPIER, NZ

A fan review of the last show in Napier, New Zealand of The Mick Fleetwood Blues Band Tour.

Includes photos.

Nicola's Daisies: A very, very good night