The Christine McVie Affect: Fleetwood Mac Music Sales Increase

Reunited Fleetwood Mac's Music Sales Surge

Billboard

According to Billboard Fleetwood Mac's March 27th Today Show appearance announcing the return of Christine McVie to the band along with the upcoming 2014 tour dates, had a fairly substantial affect on their catalogue album sales.

Album sales increased by 33% in the U.S. during the tracking period March 24th to March 30th according to Nielsen Soundscan. In total their catalogue sales amounted to 10,000 copies sold for the seven days, up from 8,000 the previous week.

The 1988 "Greatest Hits" album saw the biggest increase, enough for the album to re-enter Billboard's Top 200 Album Charts this week at No.200 and No.32 on the catalogue charts. Digital song sales also increased, according to Billboard, by 52% for the week from 20,000 to 30,000 with "Landslide" selling the lions share of 4,000 downloads, up 45%.

Other catalogue titles that also re-enter the Top 50 Catalogue Chart this week include 2002's "The Very Best Of" at No.33 and 1975's "Fleetwood Mac" at No.46.

Given that the March 27th announcement was three days away from the end of the tracking period and with the buzz all this week about Fleetwood Mac's reunion with Christine and tour tickets on sale - Next weeks charts reflecting a full seven days worth of sales should show further increases in sales.

USA - April 12, 2014 Chart Date

BILLBOARD TOP 200 ALBUMS CHART
# 200 (R/E) Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits

TOP 50 CATALOGUE ALBUMS CHART
# 32 (R/E) Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits
# 33 (R/E) Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of
# 42 (41)  Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
# 46 (R/E) Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac

Source: Billboard

The Mick Fleetwood Blues Band Feat. Rick Vito June 9th & 10th Solana Beach, CA

The Mick Fleetwood Blues Band Feat. Rick Vito
Solana Beach, CA - Belly Up Tavern

June 9, 2014

Venue: Belly Up Solana Beach
Doors Open: 7:00 PM
Event Starts: 8:00 PM
Age Policy: Ages 21 and up
Status: SOLD OUT

Second show added for June 10, 2014.
Tickets: $45 advance / $50 day of show / $79 reserved seating / $250 VIP

$250 VIP Ticket includes:

• General admission ticket and first access to seats (first come, first serve)
• VIP early entry into the venue
• Exclusive meet & greet with Mick Fleetwood
• Personal photograph with Mick Fleetwood
• Autographed 8x10 photo
• Q&A session with Mick
• Exclusive tour merchandise item
• Official meet & greet laminate
• On-site VIP host
• Limited availability

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PRESS RELEASE: Stevie Nicks will be the musical guest on The Tonight Show April 9th

THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON'

Wednesday, April 9th at 11:35|10:35c: Guests include Jennifer Garner, Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic and musical guest Stevie Nicks with The Roots. Show 0038

Stevie will be performing with Waddy Wachtel and The Roots.

NBC PRESS RELEASE

Enter To Win Fleetwood Mac Tix Winnipeg Edmonton Calgary Vancouver Saskatoon

Live Nation on Facebook are giving Canadian's a chance to WIN a pair of tickets to each of the Fleetwood Mac shows in Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Edmonton, Calgary or Vancouver.  To enter go here to Live Nation Saskatchewan & Manitoba and fill in the details.  Open to legal Canadian residence 13+.  You can't win unless you enter... so give it a try HERE!

Plenty more ways to WIN Tickets... Check out this post for the multiple radio contests running this week.

NEW Lady Antebellum Single 'Golden' Features STEVIE NICKS! on iTunes now!

"GOLDEN"

Studio recording of Lady Antebellum's latest single features Stevie Nicks!

It's beautiful!!!  Get it at iTunes or Amazon

One of the best collaborations on Cross Roads was when Stevie hooked up with Lady Antebellum last year.  They performed this song and it sounded spectacular live... This new studio take is a real treat!

AMEX | MICK FLEETWOOD VIP TIX on SALE TODAY in CANADA

Fleetwood Mac Presale Tickets Available in Canada in the following cities beginning today - April 1st - for AMEX card holders and for those of you that want to take advantage of the Mick Fleetwood VIP Tickets guaranteeing you a seat in the first 5 rows.  Also noted are the upcoming Facebook and Live Nation presale ticket dates which you can access via Ticketmaster using the appropriate password.

Stevie Nicks to perform for Linda Ronstadt at Rock Hall of Fame Induction

NEW YORK — Bruce Springsteen, Stevie Nicks, Carrie Underwood, Chris Martin: The stars are turning out to salute the 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees.

The hall of fame announced Tuesday that "The Boss" will fittingly induct and perform with his loyal E Street Band, while a superstar lineup of Nicks, Underwood, Bonnie Raitt, Emmylou Harris and Sheryl Crow will perform for Linda Ronstadt. Glenn Frey will induct the singer.

Michael Stipe of R.E.M. will induct Nirvana, Coldplay's Chris Martin will induct Peter Gabriel, Tom Morello handles those duties for KISS, and Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson will induct fellow Philadelphians Hall and Oates.

Inductees Daryl Hall and John Oates, Gabriel and Cat Stevens will perform during the April 10 ceremony, which will be broadcast May 31 on HBO at 9pm.

The 2014 Ceremony will take place on Thursday, April 10, 2014 at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, and will again be open to the public, as it has been for the Induction Ceremonies in Cleveland (2009, 2012) and Los Angeles (2013). This will be the first time that the ceremony will be open to the public in New York.