CHART UPDATES: FLEETWOOD MAC, IRELAND, UK, AUSTRALIA ALBUMS CHARTS

Top 100 Albums Chart - UK

Week of 30th October 2010

Fleetwood Mac's "The Very Best Of" moves up the top 100 chart to #67
from #70 last week.

Top 40 Catalogue Chart - UK
Week of 23rd October 2010
Fleetwood Mac holds two positions in the Top 40, both are "Rumours" albums, one is the Rhino reissue and one the Warner Bros. version.  The Rhino reissue sits at #28 and the WB version at #39.

Top 100 Albums Chart - Ireland

Week of 21st October 2010

Fleetwood Mac "The Very Best Of" moves down this week to #34 from #31 last week.

Top 50 Catalogue & Top 50 Albums Chart - Australia

Week of 25th October 2010

Fleetwood Mac "The Very Best Of" slides to number #4 on the catalogue chart posting it's 32nd non-consecutive week on the chart. The dics slips to number #46 on the Top 50 Albums Chart - the set was recently certified 6x Platinum = 420,000 units shipped in Australia.

Stevie Nicks "Crystal Visions The Very Best of Stevie Nicks" slips out of the Top 50 this week from number #39 last week.

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Don’t Stop

The Chain

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Big Love

Never Going Back Again

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LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM WILL BE ON MARK AND BRIAN OCT 26th

Lindsey Buckingham along with Judd Apatow will be dropping by the KLOS studios on Tuesday October 26th for an early morning interview.  No information on what hour they will appear on, Mark and Brian do 4 hours in the morning likely from 6am - 10am.

Mark and Brian broadcast on 95.5 KLOS in Los Angeles.  Both Lindsey and Judd will no doubt be plugging the 826LA benefit they are both appearing at on October 29th.

The Podcast of the Mark and Brian Morning Show should be available later in the day Tuesday if you are outside the US and can't listen live to the show via the KLOS website.

A Few Important Links:   

KLOS Website | Podcast Website | 826LA

Looking forward to hearing the interview!

BILLY THORPE KEEP ROCKIN' Includes Mick Fleetwood Interview

MICK FLEETWOOD INTERVIEW FEATURED IN BILLY THORPE BOOK

'Keep Rockin' celebrates the legend and the life of Billy Thorpe in comprehensive style, with dozens of interviews - from people as diverse as Mick Fleetwood, Jimmy Barnes and Olivia Newton-John - as well as hundreds of photos, memorabilia, personal recollections from Lynn Thorpe, Billy's widow, and never-before-published material by Billy himself.

From Thorpie's early days as a child star in Brisbane to his meteoric rise with the Aztecs, his hard-rockin', hard-livin' Sunbury days and his phenomenal return to Australia in the nineties, Keep Rockin' is the definitive tribute to Billy Thorpe, as told by those who knew him best.

Billy Thorpe died suddenly on February 28 at the age of 60. One of Australia’s true rock legends, Thorpe was a teen star in the 60s before reinventing himself in the 70s with The Aztecs as one of Australia’s greatest live rock acts.

THE FLEETWOOD CONNECTION

From 1990, Thorpe collaborated with Mick Fleetwood (of Fleetwood Mac) and Bekka Bramlett in Fleetwood's side project, a band called The Zoo, which resulted in the "Shakin' the Cage" album and "Shakin' the Cage" single in March 1991. Thorpe had written all ten of the tracks, including two co-written with Bramlett. The Zoo went on tour in Australia in 1991.

Penguin Books

Fleetwood Mac playing at TPG conference in Arizona

Fleetwood Mac played at the TPG Conference

Scottsdale. AZ October 19,2010

The Phoenician Golf Resort.

Link to full image

  http://ping.fm/p/bCLsZ

If you were there, drop us a line... how was the show, how did they sound?

What was the setlist?

(PHOTOS) FLEETWOOD MAC LIVE IN SCOTTSDALE, AZ OCT 19, 2010

Fleetwood Mac Play @ The Phoenician, Scottsdale AZ
October 19, 2010

Photos by: richseow
Gallery of Photos Back Online

TAYLOR SWIFT lashes out at critics who slammed her off-key Grammy duet with STEVIE NICKS

Swift Takes Aim At Grammy Critics In New Song: 

TAYLOR SWIFT has lashed out at the 'mean' critics who slammed her off-key Grammy night duet with STEVIE NICKS in a candid new song from her upcoming album "SPEAK NOW".

The 20-year-old star was panned for her lackluster vocals at the awards show last January (10), which Swift's team blamed on technical issues.

And now the singer is speaking out about the controversy in a track called "Mean" from her new record."

Full Article Includes Lyrics 

(CHART UPDATE) TWO FLEETWOOD MAC ALBUMS ON THE CATALOG CHART

A couple of unit sales updates on two Fleetwood Mac albums currently on the Top 200 Catalog Album Chart in the US.

Top 200 Catalog Album Chart For the week ending October 3, 2010

Fleetwood Mac "Greatest Hits" is at #105 with 1,353 units sold - down about 6% from the previous week of 1,434 units sold. Total Soundscan sales on the 1988 release since 1991 when Soundscan began keeping track = 4,386,923.  The album is certified 8x platinum in the US.

Also on the Top 200 Catalog Album Chart for the first time in a long time is "The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac" sitting at #182 with 1,048 units sold - down approx. 7% from the previous week where the set sold 1,132 units. Total Soundscan sales for the 1x platinum "The Very Best Of" = 1,366,277. 

Since July, 2005 "The Very Best Of" 2 disc set has sold 319,596 units in the US.  Because "The Very Best Of" is a 2 disc set, each cd within qualifies for certification by the RIAA in the US.  To achieve platinum certification the 2 disc set only needs to sell 500,000 units and to achieve double platinum status 1 million units need to be sold.  With sales at 1,366,277 this means that "The Very Best Of" is approaching the 3x platinum mark (1,366,277 x 2 = 2,732,544).

Stevie Nicks wants a piece of a prominent Johnstown businessman.

Music licenser suing City View over fees: "

Stevie Nicks wants a piece of a prominent Johnstown businessman - And so do the Gibb brothers, of “Saturday Night Fever” fame.

Indirectly, through recording industry licenser BMI, they’re suing Andy Lasky and his City View Bar & Grill in federal court – saying he played their songs for karaoke May 7 without paying royalties.

Full Article

IT HAPPENED... Fleetwood Mac member Christine McVie and Eduardo Quintela were married

October 18th, 1986 - Fleetwood Mac member Christine McVie and Eduardo Quintela were married on this date. This was Christine's second marriage, the first being to of course bass player John McVie. Christine's marriage to Eduardo (Eddy) lasted 12 years. They had no children together.

THE MAC IS BACK.... IF ONLY BRIEFLY

Fleetwood Mac Rehearse For Upcoming Show

All week long word started trickling out about this Fleetwood Mac show that was rumoured to be happening in October... Details have been pretty thin in the when and where department... But a few things are fact.

Beginning this past Thursday the members of Fleetwood Mac along with all their usual back up musicians & sound and lighting guys have been holed up inside Soundstage 15 on the Sony Lot in Los Angeles for 3 quick days of rehearsals preparing for their first show together in about 10 months. It was obvious from the start that this was a corporate gig they were booked for, as no tour is in the planning stages.  As it turns out the rehearsals are for a show they've booked for this coming Tuesday outside of the LA area... No word on the event they are booked to play, I'm sure that will come out later.

A few Tweets from some close to the events on Stage 15:

garykordan: "I am losing my mind. We are standing outside Stage 15 listening to Fleetwood fucking Mac rehearse for their upcoming tour!!!"

"I am standing 6 feet away from Stevie Nicks and 10 feet from Mick Fleetwood while they perform Rhiannon."

cswaudio "Last day on the sony stage with Fleetwood Mac. Such a wonderful time getting to know such great people and watchin' them rock out!"

kevinolearytv: "Fleetwood Mac is rehearsing beside us in stage 15, I just walked over to check them out. I'm a fan"

garykordan: "Right this second I am 1 of 80 people watching a private dress rehearsal by Fleetwood Mac on a massive soundstage. Unreal goosebumps."

Fleetwood Mac haven't been together as a band playing since they ended their Unleashed Tour in New Zealand in December, 2009 so this is a pretty big deal!.  There's been speculation that Fleetwood Mac would tour in 2011 but personally I can't see that happening given the fact that Stevie is working on her new album and plans to release that early next year and tour behind it.  If it does happen, I can't see it happening until late in the year...

Good Luck Fleetwood Mac, have a great show!  Nice to see you all playing nice together... 

Photo by: Kevin O'Leary

(CHART UPDATE) "VERY BEST OF" ALBUMS... FLEETWOOD MAC & STEVIE NICKS

 Top 100 Albums Chart - UK

Week of 23rd October 2010

Fleetwood Mac's "The Very Best Of" moves up the top 100 chart to #70 from #93 last week.

Top 100 Albums Chart - Ireland

Week of 14th October 2010

Fleetwood Mac "The Very Best Of" moves up one spot this week to #31 after re-entering the Top 100 Chart last week at #32.

Top 50 Catalogue & Top 50 Albums Chart - Australia

Week of 18th October 2010

Fleetwood Mac "The Very Best Of" is still on hold at number #2 on the catalogue chart posting it's 31st non-consecutive week on the chart. The dics moves up seven places on the Top 50 Albums Chart to #40 and has been certified now at 6x Platinum = 420,000 units shipped.

Stevie Nicks "Crystal Visions The Very Best of Stevie Nicks" is in a hold position this week at number #39 on the Top 50 Catalogue Chart.  This is discs 19th non-consecutive week on the chart.