Monday, October 15, 2012

[Update] Songwriters Hall of Fame 2013 Nominees: Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie

NEW YORK — Elvis Costello, B.B. King and Ray Davies are among the nominees for the 2013 Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Also nominated are Fleetwood Mac’s Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie, former Eurythmics bandmates Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart, Jeff Lynne, Steve Winwood, Aeromsith’s Steven Tyler and Joe Perry, Bobby Womack and Foreigner’s Lou Gramm and Mick Jones.

Songwriters Hall gave The Associated Press a list of nominees in advance of the official announcement, set for Oct. 16. The gala takes place June 13 at the New York Marriott Marquis.

Not sure what song(s) was nominated. We'll have to wait until the October 16th announcement.


[Update]
Eligible voting members will have until December 17th, 2012 to turn in ballots with their choices of three nominees from a non-performer and two from a performer category.

The nominees are: 
(*Note that the five songs listed after each nominee are merely a representative sample of their extensive catalogs)

Performer/Songwriters
Lindsey Buckingham/Christine McVie/Stevie Nicks (p/k/a Fleetwood Mac)

Lindsey Buckingham, Christine McVie and Steve Nicks were together in Fleetwood Mac from 1975 to 1987, when the band enjoyed its greatest commercial success and released Rumours (1977)--one of the all-time biggest-selling albums. The classic hits “Rhiannon,” “Say You Love Me,” “Go Your Own Way, “Dreams,” “Don’t Stop,” “Tusk,” “Hold Me” and “Gypsy” all came from this period. All three writers went on to solo success, as well as induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame—with Fleetwood Mac—in 1998. 

Key songs in the Buckingham/McVie/Nicks catalog include “Go Your Own Way,” “Don’t Stop Thinking About Tomorrow,” “Rhiannon,” “Over My Head” and “Dreams.” 

Wow! Check this out! Archival Footage of Fleetwood Mac prepping to play Cotton Bowl in ’78

Fleetwood Mac’s July 23, 1978, Cotton Bowl show
Part of the so-called Cotton Bowl Jam 2, which featured the likes of Billy Thorpe, Bob Welch, Little River Band and homeboy Steve Miller.

In colour and clear.  Mick Fleetwood is interviewed while the staging is set up for the show.  You see Mick and John milling about the stage prior to Micks interview... Cool stuff!

Check out the Video here

Fleetwood Mac member Stevie Nicks Opens Up MVFF35 About Film, Album and Roller Coaster Career


Photo Credit: Pamela Gentile
Stevie Nicks Opens Up MVFF35 About Film, Album and Roller Coaster Career
By Cate Lecuyer
Millvalley.patch

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In promoting a new documentary about the making of her first solo album in more than a decade, former Fleetwood Mac singer returns to the Bay Area, where she spent some of her most crazy and creative years.

When you listen to Stevie Nicks’ new album, In Your Dreams, sit on a couch with two huge speakers at your side - hopefully in front of a fireplace - pour yourself a glass of port, and take it in from start to finish.

That’s the request Nicks made after the screening of her self-produced documentary Friday night during the 35th Mill Valley Film Festival. The film chronicles the year she spent recording her first solo alum in more than a decade, with Eurythmics' Dave Stewart, who joined Nicks on stage at the sold-out Smith Rafael Film Center in San Rafael.

Nicks' ties to the Bay Area run deep. She lived in San Francisco from 1968 to 1971, and recorded the renowned Fleetwood Mac album Rumours at the former Record Plant in Sausalito during a stretch that had the group regularly piling into the studio's outdoor hot tub.

For this latest album, the magic happened at Nicks’ own mansion in Pacific Palisades  – although the 64-year-old rock 'n' roll icon actually lives with her dog in a one-bedroom condo a few minutes away. With people like Fleetwood Mac's Lindsey Buckingham, Mike Campbell of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and 'her girls,' backup singers Sharon Celani and Lori Nicks, all together under one roof, for Nicks it became “the moments that I live for.”

“I really wanted it to go on forever,” she said. Documenting the experience has been a way for her to relive it, and she also hopes it influences up and coming musicians about how much fun the process of creating an album can be.

Read the full article at Mill Valley Patch

Here's a couple of clips from the Q&A

Stevie Nicks: Fleetwood Mac Will Go on Tour in "April or May"; New Music May Be Coming


Back in June, Stevie Nicks confirmed that she would return to Fleetwood Mac in 2013, and the group would be hitting the road.  Now, she's offered a timetable for that hotly-anticipated event.

"We go into rehearsals somewhere around the end of February," she tells ABC News Radio.  "So...if everything goes to plan, we should probably be out [on the road] by end of April [or] May, I would think."

Not only that, but Stevie says the Mac may record some new songs as well.

"Well, actually, maybe like two songs, maybe four, who knows?" she says.  "We don't really know yet 'cause we're not in the world of Fleetwood Mac yet."  But, she reveals that Lindsey Buckingham "has a song," and adds, "I have a song that didn't make the Buckingham-Nicks album that I really love.  So, I'm gonna suggest that."

The Buckingham-Nicks album Stevie is referring to is a record that she and Lindsey put out in 1973 as a duo, before they joined Fleetwood Mac.  To date, it has not been released on CD, so it's pretty rare.

But either way, Stevie says, nothing's set in stone about Fleetwood Mac's recording plans.  "We're just still in talks about that," she says.

Copyright 2012 ABC News Radio

More than just Rumours: Fleetwood Mac confirm they're touring next year
The Mirror 

Fleetwood Mac confirm details of reunion tour, hint at new material in 2013 
Stevie Nicks says band will be on the road from April
NME.com

Sunday, October 14, 2012

Video + Radio Interview: Stevie Nicks on The Lady Brain Show Tonight!

THE LADY BRAIN SHOW
with Steph & Lauren

This week, Stevie Nicks tells us about her newest endeavour, the film she made with Dave Stewart, about the making of her album “In Your Dreams.”

If you missed this interview last night (like me), you can catch it today (Sunday) at 10pm in Phoenix on KWSS 106.7FM. Listen live, stream it or get the podcasts later in the week at The Lady Brain Show! 

Stevie Nicks red carpet interview at 20th annual Hamptons International Film Festival

Rock legend Stevie Nicks attends the 20th annual Hamptons International Film Festival for the premiere of her documentary, "In Your Dreams - Stevie Nicks." Ms. Nicks discusses the documentary, what she hopes the audience will away from the film, and more.

Saturday, October 13, 2012

Stevie Nicks at Sunset Sessions Vegas! Nov 8th, 9th & 10th Cosmopolitan Hotel

"IN YOUR DREAMS - STEVIE NICKS" 
Documentary Screening - Las Vegas November 9th

Sunset Sessions Vegas 2012 will be held at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas on November 8th, 9th, & 10th 

Join us for the first Sunset Sessions open to the public at The Cosmopolitan Hotel of Las Vegas!
Sunset Sessions Vegas Giving Artists a True Chance to be Heard …. While Benefiting Charities Worldwide!

Michele Clark’s Sunset Sessions is a music industry event that has been exclusive to the tastemakers of the music business for the past 15 years…UNTIL NOW!

For the first time ever, we are giving the public the opportunity to attend and donate to dozens of different charities, in exchange for a ticket to our Sunset Sessions Showcase.

Stevie's listed in the Private Sunset Sessions VIP Event section.  Doesn't say what day she'll be there either the 8th, 9th or 10th.

Private Sunset Sessions VIP Events Include:

Late Night Lounges, Super Duper Late Night Lounges/Alumni Acoustic Jam Sessions, Label Parties, Movie Screenings, Listening Parties.  Some of the artists included are Angels Landing, Joel Piper, Laura Warshauer, Slater, The James Douglas Show, Brooke Palsson, Alpha Rev, Olivia Olson, Carlos Santana and Stevie Nicks.


It looks like to participate in any event that Stevie's involved in it'll cost you $1,250 with $300 of that going to her charity of choice Wounded Warriors.  Single day tickets can be bought with a donation to Stevie's charity, but the tickets only good for The Boulevard Pool Main Stage showcase which Stevie's doesn't look like she's taking part in.

All the information is here and here

Updated October 28, 2012

Stevie Nicks is set to attend Sunset Sessions Las Vegas at The Cosmopolitan Hotel which takes place between November 8th - 10th.  She'll be on hand November 9th to screen her new documentary "In Your Dreams - Stevie Nicks" and also take part in an Interview and Q&A session. The documentary screening and Q&A runs from 8:30pm - 10:30pm at the Cosmopolitan Las Vegas according to the Sunset Sessions website.

(FYI, Dave Stewart also has the information posted in the events section of his website, but it's conflicting with the Sunset Sessions info.  Dave has Nov 8th at 4pm for the event but that's actually the start of the first day's Main Stage.)

This is the first time Sunset Sessions has opened the event to the public - so anyone can attend buy purchasing single day passes, or full even passes.  

The full 3 day event schedule can be found on the sunsetsession.org site.

BUY A TICKET
Stevie's screening is part of the Private Sunset Sessions VIP Events.  To gain access to these events, particularly Stevie's screening and Q&A you'll need to support Stevie's charity of choice "Wounded Warriors" buy donating $1,250.  Ticket information 

Tickets to the November 9th main stage for $25 do not include access to the screening and Q&A.

Check out Sunset Sessions on Facebook.


Fleetwood Mac hit the road | Showbiz | Express.co.uk

First of all... no need to panic, nothings been announced yet.

Second.... Three interesting points this article makes:

  1. Reforming for a series of concerts prior to a world tour next year?
  2. Possibly releasing new material for a proposed greatest hits release?
  3. This may be the end of the road for the band?

FLEETWOOD MAC HIT THE ROAD
Express.co.uk
By James Desborough
Sunday October 14,2012

SUPERGROUP Fleetwood Mac are planning a world tour next year after reforming for a series of concerts following months of wrangling between drummer Mick Fleetwood and singer Stevie Nicks.

The rock giants are hitting the road to mark the 45th anniversary of the release of the band’s first album, with a different line-up, in 1968.

Singer Stevie Nicks has agreed to reunite with Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood and John McVie. British singer Christine McVie is not expected to sign up.

Last night a spokesman for Nicks confirmed plans for the tour: “It’s certainly looking that way. I don’t have specifics yet.”

The group may even record new material for a proposed greatest hits release.

A source in Los Angeles said: “The Fleetwood Mac tour is on. This may be the end of the road for them after so many great years. They are all older and getting together can be a struggle with their commitments. They all want to go out on a bang.”

Mill Valley Film Festival: Stevie Nicks and Dave Stewart Arriving to Present Documentary

Stevie Nicks and Dave Stewart
Arriving at the Mill Valley Film Fest - Oct 12, 2012
More Arrival Photos at Getty & PRPhotos

Top left photo by Michelle Weitz. Top right by @robdroste showing the line-up waiting to get in.
Bottom left and right by Dave Stewart. He tweeted pics of Stevie and himself backstage waiting to go on.