Thursday, March 14, 2013

SPOILER: Stevie Nicks Reveals Fleetwood Mac Upcoming Tour Setlist Details at SXSW

Gary Graff, a journalist, is at the SXSW Interview with Stevie Nicks... He just tweeted this bombshell!

RT @GraffonMusic: .@StevieNicks says @fleetwoodmac doing "Sisters of the Moon" on tour for first time in 3 decades. 24song setlist total #sxsw

AWESOME!!!!!

Stevie Nicks - Austin... #SXSW "In Your Dreams" Screening


 Stevie and the two Dave's






Well THIS Just Made My Day! 1975 Interview with Mick Fleetwood and Stevie Nicks

WOW... This just popped up today!
Check out this 1975 Interview with Mick Fleetwood and Stevie Nicks 
Footage From The Texas Archive!
 View the interview here (5.5 minutes)

This short film from Dallas-based producer Jim Ruddy features a portion of an interview with Mick Fleetwood and Stevie Nicks from 1975 or 1976. Topics covered include changes in the band's sound, the songwriting and production process, hit singles and their monumental tour in support of the 1975 self-named Fleetwood Mac album.





Previously The Texas Archives upped this Mick Fleetwood Interview which was cool to see as well.  You can view this footage here

TODAY at #SXSW: Stevie Nicks "In Your Dreams" Screening and Interview + Live w/ Sound City Players

SXSW Music Thursday highlights

Dave Grohl Keynote:
His “Sound City” documentary played Wednesday night during SXSW Film, and Thursday, Grohl delivers the 2013 Music keynote at 11:00 AM CDT in Ballroom D of the Austin Convention Center. It’s open to badgeholders but will be streamed live at sxsw.com and npr.org. Check sxsw.com for updates or changes in the schedule.

Sound City Players:
Meat Puppets, Dave Grohl, and the Sound City Players, 8pm, Stubb's - It's time for rock's friendliest superstar to invite the Meat Puppets to open and then for Stevie Nicks, John Fogerty, Nirvana's Krist Novoselic, Rick Springfield, Fear's Lee Ving, Cheap Trick's Rick Nielsen, Rage Against The Machine's Brad Wilk, Slipnot's Corey Taylor, and more to play at what is the festival's craziest, most star-studded concert. If you end up having grand kids  you'll be telling them about this one.

SXSW Stevie Nicks Interview:
The Fleetwood Mac chanteuse is everywhere this year. She’s in her own documentary, “In Your Dreams,” and in Grohl’s “Sound City.” She’ll talk Thursday with NPR’s Ann Powers. 5 p.m. in Room 18ABC in the Convention Center. This interview is open to all Music and Platinum badges as well as Artist Wristbands.

In Your Dreams:
The movie “In Your Dreams” about recording Stevie's new album will premiere at 2:30 p.m. today at the Paramount Theatre.


Wednesday, March 13, 2013

NEW: Stevie Nicks 'In Your Dreams' April 2nd Screening in Scottsdale, AZ + 3 New Cities Go On-Sale

Scottsdale, Arizona has been added to the list of over 60 cities screening Stevie's new documentary.  
Advance Tickets are on sale now!

Scottsdale, AZ
iPic Theater
Scottsdale Quarter
15257 North Scottsdale Road

PLUS 4 New On-Sale Cities

Seattle, WA
Guild 45th Theatre
2115 N. 45TH

Austin, TX
iPic Theater
3225 Amy Donovan Plaza

Redmond, WA
iPic Theater
Redmond Town Center
16451 NE 74th Street

New York City, NY
Clearview's Chelsea
260 West 23rd Street



7 NEW Canadian Dates Announced For STEVIE NICKS 'In Your Dreams" Rock Doc!

Western Canada will see 'In Your Dreams' in Theatres beginning with Toronto April 15, running through June in Montreal.  Montreal tickets are on sale now!

IN YOUR DREAMS - IN CANADA
April, May, June, 2013
Toronto, ON TIFF April 15 Buy Tickets
Toronto, ON TIFF April 15 Buy Tickets
Ottawa, ON Mayfair Theatre April 19 Buy Tickets
Ottawa, ON Mayfair Theatre April 20 Buy Tickets
Winnipeg, MB Cinematheque May 4 Buy Tickets
Winnipeg, MB Cinematheque May 5 Buy Tickets
Saskatoon, SK Broadway Theatre May 13 Buy Tickets
Edmonton, AB Metro Cinema May 14 Buy Tickets
Calgary, AB Globe Cinema May 16 Buy Tickets
Vancouver, BC Vancity Theatre May 16 Buy Tickets
Montreal, QC Cinema Du Parc June 14 On Sale Now
Montreal, QC Cinema Du Parc June 15 On Sale Now
Montreal, QC Cinema Du Parc June 16 On Sale Now
Montreal, QC Cinema Du Parc June 17 On Sale Now

Also, a second theatre has been added for New York City at The Chelsea on April 2nd.

Visit the In Your Dreams Movie website for a complete list of dates and theatres.

NEW City! Stevie Nicks "In Your Dreams" Coming to Washington, DC April 2nd

NEW CITY
Stevie's documentary "In Your Dreams" will also be shown at the E Street Cinema in Washington, DC.  Tickets for the ONE NIGHT ONLY event can be purchased in advance through Landmark Theatres HERE

LOS ANGELES PREMIERE! Stevie Nicks Will Appear In Person at "In Your Dreams" Screening!

LOS ANGELES, CA PREMIERE! 
Sunday, March 31st at 7:00pm at The Landmark

Q&A with Stevie Nicks after the film at The Landmark!

Tickets now on sale

On Sale Now! Stevie Nicks "In Your Dreams" Atlanta | Oakland | Minneapolis + 31 Others. In Theatres Apr 2nd

Stevie Nicks In Your Dreams 

Tickets Now On Sale For These Shows

Stevie Nicks Film to Play 50 Theaters on April 2

“In Your Dreams” was produced by Dave Stewart's production company, Weapons of Mass Entertainment.

The Stevie Nicks documentary In Your Dreams will screen on more than 50 theaters across North America on April 2, two days prior to the start of Fleetwood Mac's next tour.


Stevie Nicks Film to Play 50 Theaters on April 2


The Stevie Nicks documentary "In Your Dreams" will screen on more than 50 theaters across North America on April 2, two days prior to the start of Fleetwood Mac's next tour.

Nicks, who will be in Austin for Thursday's concert with Dave Grohl and the Sound City Players, will travel with the film to the Toronto International Film Festival to speak on April 15.



Monday, March 11, 2013

Press Release: "In Your Dreams" Stevie Nicks Documentary Scheduled For Exclusive North American Release

"In Your Dreams" Stevie Nicks Documentary In Theatres - April 2nd - ONE NIGHT ONLY!

Intimate Portrait of Grammy Award Winning Artist and Member of Legendary Rock Band Fleetwood Mac as She Creates Album with Dave Stewart

Film Featured at SXSW Film Festival on March 14th in Austin, Texas with Media Q&A Red Carpet

Special Screening at Famed TIFF (Toronto International Film Festival) on April 15th with Nicks Including Q&A

NEW YORK, March 11, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Following the tremendous positive response to the Stevie Nicks documentary "In Your Dreams", an intimate portrait of one of rock's most enduring and legendary artists, at the Hamptons International Film Festival and the Mill Valley Film Festival, this up close portrayal of Nicks recording her critically acclaimed "In Your Dreams" CD in collaboration with Dave Stewart is now scheduled to screen in over 50 theaters across North America on April 2nd. Tickets will be available on www.inyourdreamsmovie.com once they go on sale. A current schedule of cities and theaters follows this release, with more cities to be added.

The "In Your Dreams" film is being distributed by Abamorama. Co-produced and co-directed by former Eurythmic Dave Stewart, "In Your Dreams" is a portrait of the elusive Nicks as she and Stewart embark on a musical journey to write and record the critically acclaimed album "In Your Dreams."  Nicks called this "the greatest year of my life" and felt compelled to share the joyful experience that she terms "the day the circus came to town" with her fans.  The record was co-written by Nicks and Stewart and produced by Stewart and Glen Ballard. Watch the trailer at www.inyourdreamsmovie.com 

Nicks, one of the lead singers and emotional catalyst for Fleetwood Mac, is embarking on a world tour with them beginning April 4th in Columbus Ohio.  A multi Grammy Award winning artist and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, Nicks allowed cameras inside her magical old mansion high atop the hills of LA with a wild cast of musicians and friends.  The inner life of the legendary Nicks has by her design long been kept at a distance from the public. We learn in "Dreams" that her world features, costume parties, elaborate dinner feasts, tap dancing, fantasy creations and revealing songwriting and recording sessions all of which are captured on film. Also cameos by Edgar Allan Poe, Mick Fleetwood, Reese Witherspoon, a massive white stallion in the backyard, owls and naturally a few vampires who appear in several "home movie" style music videos.

Along with tracking the Nicks/Stewart creative partnership, "In Your Dreams" has plenty of other cinematic payoffs including rare never before seen personal scrapbook stills from Nicks' childhood and family life, and a wealth of candid backstage and performance shots taken over the last 35 years. The documentary was produced by Dave Stewart's production company, Weapons of Mass Entertainment.

Nicks, who has sold millions of records as a solo artist and writer of such iconic songs as "Landslide," "Gold Dust Woman" and "Edge of 17," is regularly cited by stars as diverse as Taylor Swift, Kid Rock, Courtney Love, Sheryl Crow, The Dixie Chicks and John Mayer as an iconic favorite and heroine and is a continuous inspiration to the world's top fashion designers.

"She is really real. It doesn't matter if she is singing in the make-up room or in the middle of a TV interview.  She is who she is, and she doesn't change," commented Stewart.

"This is our baby and we give her lovingly into your dreams.  From our tribe to yours," concluded Nicks.


For more information
Please contact:
Liz Rosenberg
Karen Moss
Liz Rosenberg Media
liz@lizrosenbergmedia.com
karenmoss@lizrosenbergmedia.com
212-991-4290

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The Chain Gang... When the rain washed them clean, our ears knew

Sound and Vision April-May, 2013



The Road to Rumours: 35 Years On…
Acoustic Magazine - February, 2013

Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours is an album heard in the homes, cars and computers of more than 40 million people. To mark its 35th anniversary, this landmark album is being re-released with a package of demos and studio out-takes. Andy Hughes looks back at his own personal discovery of this iconic recording, and assesses its enduring appeal.

Any music collector remembers the time they first heard a song that led to an album purchase that still gives value for money decades later. I recall with complete clarity Bob Harris’s voice on The Old Grey Whistle Test as he introduced the first playing of ‘The Chain’. The next day the album was released, I was in my local record shop buying the album – it remains one of the most played albums I own.

Back in the 1970s, before the advent of the internet, album purchases were an event. You bought your album, took it home, took it out of its sleeve, put it on the turntable, and sat and paid attention as it played. There was never the notion of doing anything else but listening and absorbing the music, and music was made with that attitude in mind. I played ‘The Chain’ over and over again, captivated by the sound of Stevie Nicks’ voice and the guitar interplay that Lindsey Buckingham used to enhance its ethereal appeal. From there, I moved onto ‘Gold Dust Woman’, with a similar structure of multi-tracked acoustic guitar, sparse percussion, minor chords, and that ghostly voice. Another story of a broken heart delivered with that Fleetwood Mac trademark of authenticity – this was music made by people who knew of what they sang and played. And know it they did, all of them, with recent and raw experiences of heartbreak, betrayal and loss. The problem for the band was not that they brought their external traumas into the studio and wrote and sang about them surrounded by the unique comfort and support that a band atmosphere offers. The opposite applied – the band were each other’s heartbreakers, betrayers, life-shatterers, and as Christine McVie memorably pointed out at the time – “Most people go to work for a rest from the pressure and strain of a breakup, we went to work with the people who were causing ours, and our work was to sing and play about it all day every day.”

This is the thread that runs through Rumours – it is that in-built sense of naked emotion that runs through the singing and playing that reaches out to generations of music fans. To place its longevity in perspective – you have to be 35-years-old to have been alive when these songs were written and recorded. It’s that timeless feel for love and loss that makes Rumours one of the greatest albums about romance and loneliness that has ever been made.

The Background

Sunday, March 10, 2013

Giveaway: WIN a copy of Fleetwood Mac's Rumours: 35th Anniversary Edition From Me!


WE HAVE A WINNER!
Congratulations to Mr. Ryan Ward on his name being drawn in this contest.  Look for your package within the next week.  

Had a ton of entries!  Just under 200, which was nice to see.  Thanks to everyone for participating and for the really kind words a lot of you said along with your entry... I appreciate it.

Cheers! 


To celebrate the 35th Anniversary of "Rumours" Rhino and Fleetwood Mac have re-released this landmark 1977 album in 3 disc expanded and 5 disc deluxe editions.

The expanded edition’s three CDs includes the original album and  the b-side “Silver Springs,” a dozen unreleased live recordings from the  group’s ’77 world tour, and an entire disc filled with unreleased takes  from the album’s recording sessions.

The deluxe edition includes all of  the music from expanded version, plus an additional disc of outtakes a  DVD that features “The Rosebud Film,” a 1977 documentary about the  album, and the album on vinyl.

Both versions available now:
Here's your chance to WIN a copy of the 3CD expanded version from Fleetwood Mac News & Reviews!

To enter simply send an email to me at: thechain1966@gmail.com with the subject line "Win Rumours" and the answer to the following question:

What "Rumours" track replaced Silver Springs on the original album?

Contest open to residence of North America only.  Deadline for entries is March 8, 2013.
Draw date is March 9, 2013. Once a winner has been chosen, you will be notified by email and you'll need to provide your full name and mailing address and phone number (if outside the USA).

Good Luck!