Friday, February 28, 2014

Music and Sound Awards Announced: @ThreeUK wins for use of Fleetwood Mac's 'Everywhere' in Pony Ad

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The winner’s of this year’s UK Music+Sound Awards were presented at The Troxy in London last night. Awards are given out for the best music and sound design across all the visual media industries.

The use of Fleetwood Mac's 'Everywhere' used in the Three UK Pony Ad last year took home the award for:

BEST SYNC / USE OF EXISTING MUSIC: TELEVISION ADVERTISING
Three ‘Pony’ (Universal Music Publishing / Warner Music / Wieden + Kennedy)

Congratulations!


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Wednesday, February 26, 2014

25 Great Albums from the new Millennium: Stevie Nicks "In Your Dreams" ranks right there near the top

Stevie Nicks – In Your Dreams (2011)
Rock icon Stevie Nicks has put out some great solo records, but In Your Dreams ranks right there near the top. She collaborates with Dave Stewart of Eurythmics, which proves to be a shrewd choice. Stewart is a master in the studio as well as an ace guitarist and songwriter, and one of the best producers in the business. Like Nicks, Stewart works best with a strong collaborator, as he did for so many years with Annie Lennox. In Your Dreams has some truly breathtaking moments, like the wistful ballad “For What It’s Worth.” One can’t help but imagine what some of these songs would sound like with Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie harmonizing along, but that’s just a testament to the strength of the material. The title song is another winner, and first single “Secret Love” is a strong opener. Dave Stewart’s blazing guitar takes center-stage on the excellent “Wide Sargasso Sea.” It’s a shame that In Your Dreams didn’t do better commercially. It did reach #6 in the U.S. upon its release (although with first-week sales of barely over 50k), but quickly tumbled down the charts. There seems to be a tendency by fans of older artists to ignore the newer stuff, and that’s a shame. This is still the same Stevie Nicks who wrote and sang classics like “Dreams,” “Landslide,” “Sara,” “Gypsy,” “Stand Back,” “Nightbird” and so many others.

by Chris Gerard 
MetroWeekly (Full list of 25)
February 26, 2014

Elizabeth Hopkins talks working with Lindsey Buckingham. #FleetwoodMac @DeltaRae

Delta Rae’s Elizabeth Hopkins Talks “Chasing Twisters” And Working With Lindsey Buckingham
by David Weiner
Emertainment Monthly

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WORKING WITH LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM: Rob Cavallo, our producer said, “Hey, did my assistant tell you the news? Well, I don’t know if you guys know Fleetwood Mac?” Do we know Fleetwood Mac? Of course we do, they’re one of our favorite bands. “Well I’m really good friends with Lindsey Buckingham and I had him over for dinner the other night and he asked to hear what I was working on.” Rob then tells us Lindsey started noodling around on our song and Rob stopped the song and was just like, “Lindsey would you mind if I laid that down?” And he was like, “Sure.” It was enough for us just the fact that Lindsey Buckingham liked our music, but that he was inspired enough to play on it was incredible.

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Covering Fleetwood Mac's "The Chain"

Monday, February 24, 2014

Fleetwood Mac Tour Manager Marty Hom reveals how John McVie cancer diagnoses discovered

Tour Managers of Foo Fighters, Rolling Stones & Fleetwood Mac Swap Wild Tales From the Road
Billboard

Some of you have toured with the same bands for more than a decade. Describe the bonds that form between you and them.

Hom: I've been with Fleetwood Mac for 17 years, Barbra for 13 years. If you've toured with somebody long enough, they are your family. And you're kind of like the dad who takes care of them, and they depend on you. The younger artists are a little different in that they surround themselves with entourages now. They have assistants, they have managers who go on the road, publicists, they have people. The relationships are still good but they're not as personal because there are layers of people you have to go through.

Sounds like it can get pretty intimate.

Hom: Let me tell you how intimate. I had to tell Ian Astbury from The Cult that his father had passed away. They were onstage at the old Omni in Atlanta, and the manager called me. It was one of the hardest things I had to do.

I was just in Europe with Fleetwood Mac and [bassist] John McVie wasn't feeling well. So we got him to a doctor in Berlin. And he called me afterward and says, "Marty, can you come over to my hotel and talk to me?" I know that's not good, so I jump in a cab and go over to his hotel. We sit down and he says, "I've just been diagnosed with cancer." And John's sitting here and then Mick [Fleetwood] comes over, and we have a discussion of what we're going to do next. We ended up canceling Australia and New Zealand-15 sold-out shows. The band thought about moving on without a bass player but...you can't get onstage without John McVie.

Full article at Billboard

You have to see this... NEW Video Surfaces of Fleetwood Mac Live in NJ 1975

This is UNREAL... 
We've seen older footage like this before but not without a time counter watermark.  I see these videos originated at the Paste.com website.  In any case... Great stuff!


 

Fleetwood Mac Live Oct 17, 1975 Capitol Theatre, Passaic, NJ

Spare Me a Little
Rhiannon
Get Like I Used To Be
Don't Let Me Down Again


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Sunday, February 23, 2014

This week on the music charts. Fleetwood Mac reach milestone | Stevie Nicks film logs 11th week on DVD Chart


USA - March 1, 2014
Fleetwood Mac's 'Rumours' re-enters the Top 200 this week at No.190. Last weeks re-entery title "The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac" drops off the big chart this week and also out of the top 50 on the catalogue albums chart.

Catalogue Albums Chart Milestone: Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours", one of the biggest selling albums of the 1970's, reaches 100 (non consecutive) weeks on the Catalog chart this week. It is the 138th album to reach that milestone on the Catalog chart, and the second for Fleetwood Mac, along with "Greatest Hits". Both of these albums reached #1, making Fleetwood Mac only the ninth act to have both multiple Catalog #1's and multiple 100-week Catalog albums.

Stevie's 'In Your Dreams' DVD drops this week to No.24 from No.16 last week in it's 11th week on the Top 40 Music DVD Sales Chart.

"In Your Dreams" Chart run thus far:
TW      LW      Weeks On
24       16     11 In Your Dreams Stevie Nicks
16       27     10 In Your Dreams Stevie Nicks
27       22      9 In Your Dreams Stevie Nicks
22       17      8 In Your Dreams Stevie Nicks
17       18      7 In Your Dreams Stevie Nicks
18       21      6 In Your Dreams Stevie Nicks
21       22      5 In Your Dreams Stevie Nicks
22       18      4 In Your Dreams Stevie Nicks
18       12      3 In Your Dreams Stevie Nicks
12         7      2 In Your Dreams Stevie Nicks
  7         -      1 In Your Dreams Stevie Nicks (Debut)

BILLBOARD TOP 200 ALBUMS CHART
# 190 (R/E) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

TOP 50 CATALOGUE ALBUMS CHART
# 45 (R/E) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

TOP 40 MUSIC DVD SALES CHART
# 17 (17) Sound City - Real To Reel
# 24 (16) Stevie Nicks - In Your Dreams

Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and UK Album Chart Data below