Thursday, June 07, 2012

Press Release: “Rythym of A Rose” Art Exhibition by Mick Fleetwood


“Rythym of A Rose” Art Exhibition by Mick Fleetwood.

MOUCHE GALLERY Beverly Hills Grand Opening 
MICK FLEETWOOD of FLEETWOOD MAC 
To Benefit MUSIC UNITES.

Opening Champagne Reception for the Artist:
June 18th-6-8PM

Exhibition:
June 18th-25th Exclusively at Mouche Gallery

Mouche Gallery
340 N Beverly Dr.
Beverly Hills, CA, 90210
424.354.8008
www.mouchegallery.com

Few individuals rise to the incredible atmospheric status of international celebrity. Through incomparable talent in artistic, political, literary, scientific, and athletic endeavors, it seems that these people are truly “gifted”. We have found that many of the world’s great public figures are also exquisite fine artists. After searching for the treasure, we have assembled a stunning collection of works of art at Mouche Gallery from these celebrities and public figures. Some have achieved broad recognition among art critics. Many remain unknown, awaiting discovery. All are remarkable and extraordinary. There has never been a presentation that has featured these significant works of art… until now.

On June 18th Mouche Gallery spotlights one of these legendary artists, Mick Fleetwood, and invites you to take a closer look of the beauty surrounding us, making the overlooked visible, giving breath to the life of a rose. As the drummer and co-founder of the iconic band Fleetwood Mac, he has sold over 100 million records worldwide and is an inductee of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Mick has traveled the world observing our planet from a very unique point of view.  “The world of nature is something I have always been passionate about and it has been a huge inspiration for my photographs. The camera lens is like a magic window that transports me into a secret world. In that world I observe shapes and details that I might not generally see even though the subjects are right before my eyes. I am fascinated by the intricate structure and design found in nature, and through my photography I hope to unveil this invisible world that sometimes goes unnoticed.”  -Mick Fleetwood

 

Wednesday, June 06, 2012

Announced Today: Mark Cohn added as Special Guest on Stevie Nicks Tour

Mark Cohn has been added as Stevie's Special Guest on a number of upcoming east coast dates... 


Date with Stevie:
June 29th - Wantagh, NY (Jones Beach)
June 30th - Holmdel, NJ
July 2nd - New York City, NY
July 3rd - Hershey, Pa
July 10th - Boston, MA

"Walking in Memphis" immediately pops into my head when I think of Mark Cohn... Great tune!


Review: Lindsey Buckingham Live in NYC - B.B. King Blues Club June 5th

Photographer unknown
Lindsey Buckingham Live in New York City
June 5, 2012 - B.B. King Blues Club
Reviewed by: Jay Rubin
LocalBozo.com

"Whenever you go see a member of a landmark band out on the road in a solo setting there exists certain expectations on both sides of the fence. For the singer-songwriter it’s hope that the audience will support their current work apart from the entity which made them notable. On the flip side, some members of the audience anxiously wonder whether the talent will omit certain hits from the set that connected them to said artist in the first place. On Tuesday night, Fleetwood Mac founding member Lindsey Buckhingham took to the stage of Manhattan’s B.B. King’s Blues Club for the second of two sold out nights and literally bull-dozed any of these expectations immediately. LocalBozo.com was front and center for a show that beautifully married his prolific work with Fleetwood Mac and his much beloved solo efforts."

CHECK OUT THE FULL REVIEW (PLUS PHOTOS) HERE

MORE PHOTOS:
- Check these photos by Dino Perrucci Photography
- Also photos by New York Photographer Matt Borowick

Brace Yourself - Lindsey Buckingham "Rock Away Blind" Live in NYC

Lindsey Buckingham Live - B.B. King Blues Club
New York City, NY - June 5, 2012

"ROCK AWAY BLIND" LIVE
Wow!... On the second night at The B.B. King Blues Club last night in New York City, Lindsey takes a detour away from his usual setlist and treats the audience to "Rock Away Blind" by request!  "Rock Away Blind" has never been played live except for once instance back on November 4, 2011 during his appearance at the 92Y event.  The song is a great album track, one of my favourites and sounds pretty fantastic for an unrehearsed moment up on stage... Lindsey says at the end of the video that his sound man is probably going "what the fuck was that?"

A couple of other things to note is Lindsey says at the beginning of this video that he's not ready to do it yet but he's thinking on the next leg (of the tour) he'll start taking requests.  That would be really cool if he did and would really shake up the live show setlist.  Whether his remark on "the next leg" is confirmation of more dates beyond June 16th, I'm not sure, but it looks like it's part of his plan and backs up what was in earlier press releases saying more dates around the country were to follow.

Thank you to those that requested Lindsey play this... and a BIG thank you to tgrpaws for capturing it on film!


Also, check out "Come" from the first night at B.B.Kings here

Next up for Lindsey is tonight in Ridgefield, CT at The Ridgefield Playhouse. Tickets available here

Tuesday, June 05, 2012

Photos/Vids Lindsey Buckingham B.B. King Blues Club #NYC Night 1

Lindsey Buckingham Live in NYC June 4, 2012 
B.B. King Blues Club 
Lindsey plays again tonight at B.B. King... Tickets still available here
It's about to go down! #Buckingham
"Stephanie"


"Not Too Late"


"Shut Us Down"

Photos below by: HighlineBallroom

You can go your own way - Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac

Monday, June 04, 2012

Chart Updates: Fleetwood Mac Australia & UK + Ken Caillat Book Signing Events

AUSTRALIA - June 4, 2012
Fleetwood Mac's 2CD "The Very Best Of Fleetwood Mac" surges back into the top half of the Top 100 Albums Chart re-entering the chart at #49 this week helped along no doubt by the discounted album price of $9.99 at JB Hi-Fi. The album needs to spend just one more week within the top 100, which it likely will, to mark it's 300th non-consecutive week in the Top 100. The album also re-enters the top 10 on the Top 50 Catalogue Chart moving from #14 last week to #6 this week.  Rumours also re-enters the Top 50 Catalogue Chart this week at #34 after being absent for awhile.

TOP 100 ALBUMS CHART
#49 (RE) Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of

TOP 50 CATALOGUE ALBUMS CHART
# 6   (14) Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of
# 34 (RE) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

Fleetwood Mac's 1975 song "Landslide" was covered by Karise Eden on Australia's "The Voice" TV show. The song is included on "The Voice: The Final 24" album.  That album entered the Australian Top 100 Albums Chart at #26. Karise's version of Landslide was the highest charting song from the album entering the Top 100 Singles Chart at #14 and also #14 on the Top 40 Digital Tracks Chart. Fleetwood Mac's original version of Landslide from the white "Fleetwood Mac" album earlier today was the No. 1 Rock Song on iTunes Australia.

UK - June 9, 2012
Rumours in the UK hangs on for one more week on the Top 100 Albums Chart moving from #81 last week to #99 this week.  The album remains within the top 10 on the Top 40 Catalogue Chart.

TOP 100 ALBUMS CHART
# 99 (81) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

TOP 40 CATALOGUE ALBUMS CHART
# 6 Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

THE NETHERLANDS - June 2, 2012
TOP 50 CATALOGUE ALBUMS CHART
# 31 (25) Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of


SPEAKING OF RUMOURS... or THE MAKING OF...

Here are a couple of Book Signing/Speaking Events that Fleetwood Mac Engineer and Producer Ken Caillat can be found at over the next couple of weeks.

Book Signings Are No Rumour
Prosound News

Producer and engineer Ken Caillat will be speaking and signing his book, Making Rumours, in New York and New Jersey in early June.

Up first, Ken Caillat will be speaking about the book and the album at Cinema Arts Center in Huntington, NY (Long Island), and giving his firsthand account on working with the band and writing the book.  Tickets for the event are $10 and available at brownpapertickets, at the following locations:

Cinema Arts Center
June 5, 2012 at 7:30 p.m.
423 Park Avenue
Huntington, NY 11743

Books & Greetings 
June 6, 2012 at 7:00 p.m.
(Colbie Caillat will also be attending)
271 Livingston Street, #G
Northvale, NJ 07647

A CONVERSATION WITH KEN CAILLAT at The GRAMMY MUSEUM
PRESENTED BY AMERICAN EXPRESS
Ken will also be at The Grammy Museum Tuesday, June 12, 2012; 7:30pm

Hear Caillat in discussion, along with Vice President of the GRAMMY Foundation and MusiCares Scott Goldman as moderator, talk about the making of both the album and the book. Following the interview, Caillat will take questions from the audience and will sign copies of his book.

Tickets are $15 for this event and available at Ticketmaster

BARNES AND NOBLE - THOUSAND OAKS
Catch Ken at a Book Signing Event at Barnes & Noble in Thousand Oaks, CA
Saturday, June 16th at 2pm

Barnes and Noble
160 S. Westlake Blvd.,
Thousand Oaks, CA 91362,

Author Discussion:
Thirty-six years ago, an up-and-coming band hired a young engineer to record its new album -- and magic happened. Join that engineer, Grammy-winning producer Ken Caillat, as he discusses and signs Making Rumours, the story of the iconic Fleetwood Mac album.

Barnes and Noble location

Review: Lindsey Buckingham creates orgasmic moment onstage

Lindsey Buckingham creates orgasmic moment onstage
Providence, RI - May 30, 2012
by: Phyllis Pascazio
Examiner

"My favorite moment happened about half a dozen songs into the set. The room suddenly went quiet. We all knew something good, something holy was about to happen. When the familiar guitar riffs of "Never Going Back Again" gently teased their way into our psyches, the entire audience responded, then seemed to hold its breath. An act of lovemaking was about to begin."

The words came hesitantly, almost in a whisper.

"She broke down... and let me in..."

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Win Stevie Nicks Tickets PLUS Meet & Greet - Hershey, PA July 3rd

Stevie Nicks Live July 3rd 
Hershey, PA

Win a VIP Package that includes 2 Tickets, 2 Meet & Greet Passes and a limo ride to and from the show

Great opportunity!!

Enter at The River 97.3

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43 Photos: Lindsey Buckingham Live at Hampton Beach Casino

LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM LIVE
Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom May 31, 2012
Photos by: New England Concert Reviews
Really great shots of Lindsey at the link below
Smugmug Gallery (43 photos)

Sunday, June 03, 2012

Review: Lindsey Buckingham pleases crowd at Calvin Theatre


"The barrage of notes that come arpeggiating off the 
fretboard is truly jaw-dropping"

By George Lenker 

There are only a few ways to review a concert, but let me try what I think is a different method for Lindsey Buckingham's Saturday night show at the Calvin Theatre in Northampton: giving you the good and the not-so-good in separate doses.

Before we start, let's acknowledge that the former Fleetwood Mac member did nothing but wow the enthusiastic crowd which filled about 3/4 of the venue. But fans are fans and performers have to be pretty be pretty bad for their faithful to turn on them.

This is not to imply Buckingham wasn't good. He was. But there were (admittedly subjective) aspects to the show that weren't wonderful.

Good: Buckingham's masterful fingerpicking
Not-as-good: His too-long guitar solos

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Saturday, June 02, 2012

Photos: Lindsey Buckingham Live - Providence & Lebanon - 48 Stunning Shots

Lindsey Buckingham Live - Lebanon Opera House
Lebanon, NH - June 1, 2012
Photos by Nancy Nutile-McMenemy
Smugmug Gallery (39 photos)










Lindsey Buckingham Live - Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel
Providence, RI - May 30, 2012
Photos by Phyllis Pascazio
Facebook Gallery (9 photos)


Friday, June 01, 2012

Stevie Nicks | Fleetwood Mac Album Sales Update... Bella Donna Enters The Fray

US Albums Sales Update
Week ending May 27th, Billboard Chart Date June 9th.


RUMOURS: The 1977 album remains on the Top 200 Catalogue Albums Chart in the US this week dropping 5% in sales and moving down to #173 on the chart from #143 last week.  Sales for the week in the US were 1,439 vs 1,515 the previous week.  Total album sales since November, 1991 = 2,958,689.  On the Top 200 Catalogue Digital Albums Chart the album sold 810 copies vs 937 the previous week and sits at #94 down from #55 the previous week.  The difference between 1,439 and 810 is the number of physical albums sold.

GREATEST HITS: The 1988 release dropped off the Top 200 Catalogue Chart a couple of weeks ago, but remains on the Top 200 Catalogue Digital Chart registering 709 units sold digitally vs 750 the previous week.

THE VERY BEST OF FLEETWOOD MAC: The 2002 2CD album remains on the Top 200 Physical Catalogue Chart this week with 1,028 units sold vs 1,004 sold the previous week.  The album moves up to #157 from #169 the previous week.  Total album sales in the US = 1,477,562.

BELLA DONNA: Now there's a title we don't see much (or at all) on any of the Catalogue Charts!!  Stevie's 1981 debut album in it's second week on the Top 200 Catalogue Physical Albums Chart is at #136 this week up from #173 last week on at 12% sales increase.  The album sold 1,115 units in the US during the sales period vs 996 albums in the previous week.  Total album sales in the US since 1991 when Soundscan began tracking sales = 860,494.