Photo Review: Stevie Nicks Live at The Fillmore San Francisco 10/8 & 10/9 2011

Stevie Nicks wowed the crowd and rose to the occasion this past weekend at her highly anticipated two night stand at The Fillmore in San Francisco. She played to a packed house both nights... Fans flew in from all over North America to see the two nights unfold... There were no changes to the setlist, on either night, from the Summer tour (a good thing). The show was chalk full of In Your Dreams tracks that deserve to played and heard on this monumental occasion... Stevie took to the stage with feathers in her hair perhaps in an homage to the past greats that have played the venue (Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix) referencing them in her speach as she took to the stage to greet the audience. Stevie introduced each song before singing explaining what each was about.  The special Landslide dedications went to 2 people Saturday night, the first was to David Young (her first boyfriend at 17) and comedienne Kathy Griffin who was in the audience.  She ended the main set with Edge of 17 with an abbreviated version that we've seen lately from her tv appearances and told the audience at the end that this was all she ever dreamed of right here tonight. 

Above photo of Stevie Nicks by Amlyn

Above photo by @chloemakesmusic

The Above 4 photos by: wollmaus & Stephanie Wiley



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Photos: Lindsey Buckingham Live in Atlanta, GA Oct 7th

Atlanta Symphony Hall

Photos below by David Eckoff

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Stevie Nicks and Dave Stewart have penned a modern classic in “Everybody Loves You"

Stevie Nicks, “Everybody Loves You”
By Davis Inman
American Songwriter

With a chorus hook that seems in equal parts inspired by the hit DNA of U2′s “One” and REM’s “Everybody Hurts,” Stevie Nicks and Dave Stewart have penned a modern classic in “Everybody Loves You.”

The song comes on Stevie Nicks’ new album, In Your Dreams, produced by Dave Stewart. It seems appropriate that for Nicks’ first album in a decade, she’s chosen to tackle aspects of Fleetwood Mac’s complicated past: the romantic entanglements and revolving personnel doors that would lead to the group’s most successful work.

Fleetwood Mac began life as a Peter Green-helmed British blues rock entity, along with the rhythm section of Mick Fleetwood and John McVie, for whom Green named the band and who would prove to be the only stable force through years of lineup changes.

By the early ‘70s, Green was out, and the band seemed to be switching guitar-playing singer-songwriters like relief pitchers in a baseball game. (1974’s Kiln House seems a clear high-water mark for the ’50s blues-meets-’70s soft rock transitional period caretaken by Danny Kirwan and Jeremy Spencer.)

By 1975, Mick Fleetwood had moved the band to Los Angeles and was looking for a new guitarist. In a feature story, Nicks tells American Songwriter’s Lynne Margolis that “destiny” brought she and Lindsay Buckingham together.

“[Mick Fleetwood] definitely heard strains of Peter Green [in Lindsay Buckingham] and all the other famous guitar players who had been in Fleetwood Mac for the five years before that. So the fact that this big tall guy would come in and Keith Olsen would play him a song off a Buckingham-Nicks record that never really went anywhere, that two years before had opened to critical acclaim and then was dropped like a rock by Polydor—what are the chances of that? One in 20 million?”

Buckingham and Nicks would join the group and Olsen would produce the new lineup’s first album, Fleetwood Mac (their second eponymous release). The Buckingham-Nicks dynamic would help move the band into Fleetwood Mac’s golden era of ‘70s California smooth rock, which in 1977 produced Rumours, created in the midst of the power couple’s disintegration.

Stewart also headed up a famous formerly-romantic musical duo with Annie Lennox in Eurythmics, and Nicks says there was an unspoken bond between the two when working together on “Everybody Loves You.”

Candid Photos: Stevie Nicks Arriving at The Fillmore San Francisco...

Stevie Nicks arriving at The Fillmore in San Francisco Sunday night for the 2nd show of her 2 night stint at The Fillmore... This is huge for Stevie fans seeing her in such an intimate venue... Fans have been waiting in line since the early morning in order to secure their position at the front of the house... particularly these girls who took the photos... They've been in line since the sun came up. Dedication I tell you!  Pays off when this happens!

Photos by: @JadeInTheMoon, @_SoSueMe_ & @Ashleyglynn

Review: Lindsey Buckingham Clearwater, FL

Lindsey Buckingham at the Capitol Theatre, Clearwater 
The Fleetwood Mac singer-guitarist woos an appreciative crowd with tasteful ease.
by GABE ECHAZABAL and TRACY MAY 

"It was the night's early, stripped-down readings that gave the clearest insight into the eerie genius that festers inside the brain of Buckingham"

Some believe the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. It's an adage that's proven time and again when a band member with an inflated ego decides to take center stage and fly solo into his or her own career path. More often than not, the results are disappointing and unspectacular. But Lindsey Buckingham obviously doesn't subscribe to that maxim. The guitar virtuoso who has served as an integral part of Fleetwood Mac, arguably one of the hugest and most successful bands of the rock era, has no qualms about breaking away from the enormous Mac machine and basking in the spotlight to show off his many solo talents. A small but passionate crowd of 437 tightly-packed bodies at Clearwater's cozy Capitol Theatre was treated to an intimate evening with Buckingham on Wednesday night and, it's safe to say, it was an evening anyone in attendance won't soon forget. 

FULL REVIEW + More photos at Creative Loafing Tampa

$20 to see Lindsey Buckingham at Celebrity Theatre on Oct. 12 Phoenix - $55 value for $20!

$20 per ticket to the Lindsey Buckingham concert at Celebrity Theatre 

Phoenix , AZ - October, 12th 

$55 value for $20!

The Deal
Promotion Expires: October 12, 2011

• May purchase multiples.
• Valid for concert on Wednesday, Oct. 12 at 8:00 PM.
• Tickets valid for rows 14-25.
• May redeem certificate beginning Monday, Oct. 10, 2011 at the Celebrity Theatre box office.
• Cannot be combined with any other discounts.
• Includes tax and fees.

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WIN Stevie Nicks Tickets + Chance Meet & Greet with Dave Stewart in Australia

'The Holden Rocktober Legends of Rock'
Week Two: Monday, 10th of October - Friday, 14th of October, 2011  

Tune in to Kim & Dave at Heart 107.3 Hobart from 5.30am for your chance to WIN a Rock Experience too see Stevie Nicks LIVE on Saturday, 19th of November. 

See Stevie Nicks LIVE in concert performing Fleetwood Mac's greatest plus her solo hits! You'll also be treated with performances by special guests, Dave Stewart of Eurythmics and Brian McFadden. PLUS: A meet and greet with Dave Stewart, accommodation at the fabulous Olsen Hotel, return airfares and limo transfers for you and a mate. You'll also receive a signed Stevie Nicks poster and album. 

For more info about show tickets, check out mcmanusentertainment.com 


Week Two – Major Prize 2 (STEVIE NICKS) 

• 2 x VIP seats to see Stevie Nicks live in concert on Saturday 19 November, 2011. ($165 per ticket)  (Venue: Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Melbourne) $330.00.
• 1 x nights accommodation for two people in a standard room at the Olsen (5 star rating) $239.00.
• Return economy flights for two people departing closest capital city $610.00. 
• 1 x Meet and Greet with Dave Stewart - This is a money can't buy experience, which cannot have a value attributed.
• 1 x signed Stevie Nicks poster $200.00.
• 1 x Stevie Nicks album $30.00.
• Return limo transfers for two people to and from the airport $471.00.
• Total Prize Value (Prize 2): $1880.00.

LIVE TONIGHT... LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM in ATLANTA

Oct 6th Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The guitar master/rebel of one of rock’s most popular bands of the past 40 years is still going his own way. Since returning to his solo career in 2006 after a 14-year hiatus, he’s released three albums, including this year’s “Seeds We Sow.” It’s Buckingham’s first self-released album and maintains his standing as one of pop’s greatest craftsmen, and as a longtime critical favorite. “Unencumbered by the commercial and ego demands in [Fleetwood] Mac,” writes the Chicago Tribune’s Greg Kot in a review of the album, “Buckingham affirms his talent for turning eccentricity into twisted pop songs.”

Live tonight Oct 7th at 8 p.m. at Atlanta Symphony Hall, 1280 Peachtree St. N.E.

Tickets $45-$95.  Available at Ticketmaster or by calling 404- 733-5000.

INTERVIEW: MICK FLEETWOOD on ZZ Top, Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham and what's delaying Fleetwood Mac

In Stores October 11th - iTunes

SHARP DRESSED MEN: MICK FLEETWOOD ON THE NEW ZZ TOP TRIBUTE ALBUM 

Mick Fleetwood interviewed by Jeb Wright for Classic Rock Revisted... Mick speaks extensively about the recording of the ZZ Top Tribute album who the band the M.O.B. is and why they formed to record “Sharp Dressed Man.” Fleetwood also reveals his passion for the blues and his desire to get back on the road with his band, Fleetwood Mac in 2012.

The full interview can be found at Classicrockrevisted

(interesting Fleetwood Mac exerpt from the interview)

Is Fleetwood Mac going to tour again? Are you just talking a break?

Mick: We are definitely taking a break and it’s a longer break than any of us anticipated. When we last came off the road we were planning to take 18 months off and get back and do it again.

We knew Stevie was going to make an album, which got delayed. We are really waiting on Stevie, to tell you the truth. We were supposed to go out this year and now we are hovering around what is going to take place next year. The reason I said, “hovering around” is because about six months ago I would have said that we are going out next year, but the truth of the matter is that Stevie is still out on the road promoting her album, which I played on, I might add, as did Lindsey.

I really don’t know what is going to happen because we’re in a holding pattern. We keep thinking her tour is ending and we can’t really talk about Fleetwood Mac until her tour actually does stop. We are somewhat beholden to Stevie. The need, desire and want to do it is definitely there.

Fleetwood Mac is a funny old machine. It’s certainly not about not going out because of fear and loathing and complete disfuntionality. At this point in our careers, and life, knowing that there are so many components, makes it difficult. I would imagine when Keith Richards and Mick Jagger want to go out as the Stones then they go, “Okay, we are going out” and Charlie and the rest just tag along. Our two front people, Stevie and Lindsey, both have albums out and are touring. Lindsey probably wouldn’t have done that if Stevie hadn’t been doing what she is doing. You get that three steps forward and four steps back sort of thing happening. We are used to it.

So we will see Fleetwood Mac again.

Mick: I can tell you that I don’t think you’ve seen the last of Fleetwood Mac. There were days when I would say we all loathed each other and that Stevie and Lindsey won’t talk to each other, but it is nothing to with that now. It is just circumstance, really. We are keeping the flag flying of what I call the worst run rock n’ roll franchise in the business. We certainly can’t be accused of greed because of how we have done it. We could have probably made thirty thousand times more money than we have, but that’s Fleetwood Mac. We do what we do, how we do it and I suppose that has a certain amount of class to it.

In the past, I’ve interviewed the man who produced your breakthrough self-titled album, Keith Olsen…

Mick: I made the decision, but if he hadn’t played the tape of the album that he made with Buckingham Nicks for me when I wandered into Sound City... Keith happened to be in the room and he said, “Let me play something for you that I made right here in this room.” I said, “Okay, I’ll check it out.” That is how Stevie and Lindsey joined the band.

Last one: You used Olsen on the self-titled album and it was a huge hit, so I have always wondered why you didn’t use him for Rumours?

Mick: Actually, it was something that I had no idea about. It was really a Lindsey and Stevie dynamic. When I met Keith, and I saw the vision of Lindsey and Stevie being in Fleetwood Mac, and then it all came to be, I thought the natural fit would be Keith. I figured they knew Keith and that they must really work well together – and they did but not to the extent that I thought. In truth, Stevie and Lindsey were going to move on. I do not believe that Keith was going to make the next Buckingham Nicks album.

It worked out great, and what came out of it was the desire not to go that route again. Richard Dashut, who worked with Stevie and Lindsey, and then made countless albums, producing andengineering us, became part of the team.  Richard was, I believe, with Lindsey, and Lindsey wanted to be more in control. He is so talented, and creatively overpowering, that I think his vision was to make a Buckingham Nicks album with Richard producing it.  When they joined the band, it all just melted away. Keith went on to have huge success, and I mean huge success, in the industry. He probably made a lot more money than he would have with Fleetwood Mac.