THE MAN WHO STARTED IT ALL...

Fleetwood Mac Founder Guitarist

Peter Green Turns 64 Today

 Happy Birthday Peter!

IT HAPPENED...

On this day.... In 2003 Fleetwood Mac’s Stevie Nicks presented Tom Petty with the RMA Legend Award at the 2003 Radio Music Awards ceremony.

Lindsey Buckingham On Mark and Brian This Morning (Download The Interview)

Buckingham didn't actually confirm he's got a new album coming out this morning on Mark and Brian - but did say he "did not plan on recording another solo album" as he already carved out 3 years to put out his last two in 2006 and 2008. He also said he thinks the momentum was lost with Fleetwood Mac putting an album together after the Unleashed Tour - but they will probably get in the studio as Fleetwood Mac and record after everyone gets finished up with the next 10 months.

He also said....

• Still would like to bring in another producer to help produce and to oversee the recording process if Fleetwood Mac record another album.
• Talks about Christine McVie.... Says he speaks to her maybe once a year... Enjoys the current lineup of Fleetwood Mac because it allows him more freedom. 
• Has the Masters for Buckingham Nicks sitting in a room and it's more political inertia between Stevie and himself...says they are waiting to do something where an event can be created around the release, maybe tour together with Stevie.
• Saturday Night Live... Hasn't seen it on TV but HAS heard about it, and saw it on Youtube - thinks it's funny... Bill Hader really has it down. Thinks it's a compliment that he was in the fabric.

Download The Full Edited Interview

Or head on over to the KLOS Mark and Brian website to download the Podcast HERE

LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM PREPARING NEW SOLO ALBUM

After seeing a recent tweet today regarding Lindsey Buckingham working on a new album, I decided to follow up and contact RACK ATTACK RENTALS to find out if there was any truth to what they said... Turns out... that information is FACT!  How cool is that!

"LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM prepares new solo album for release utilizing Apogee Converters from Rack Attack"

No information on when the planned release will be... or what direction Lindsey is heading in with his music... But it looks like Lindsey hasn't just been taking it easy since Fleetwood Mac got off the road last year... Looking forward to it!!

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.

PRE-ORDER THE NEW LEARN TO PLAY FLEETWOOD MAC DVD

PRE-ORDER THE NEW
LEARN TO PLAY FLEETWOOD MAC (2 DVD Set)
BY MICHAEL CASSWELL
Lick Library

Pre-Order Your Copy Here

Learn five Fleetwood Mac tracks note for note, guitar lessons Michael Casswell

This superb DVD will teach you five tracks from this legendary mainstream rock band. Learn each track note for note! Guitar lessons include;

Don’t Stop

The Chain

Go Your Own Way

Big Love

Never Going Back Again

The 2x DVD set is available in PAL Format

Skill Level: Intermediate To Advanced

Michael Casswell is a highly sought after freelance guitarist and producer. He has played and toured with many well known bands and artists as diverse as Brian May, Cozy Powell and Ronan Keating to name just a few. His playing can be heard on numerous film and TV soundtracks

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).