Stevie Nicks Is the Spiritual-Warrior Leader We Need: ‘Wear a Mask and Stay In’

In a recent journal entry imploring everyone to fight COVID-19, music icon is all of us who are missing concerts and other life’s joys

By ALTHEA LEGASPI

Rollingstone

Stevie Nicks shared a recent journal entry that basically encapsulates how many of us are feeling during the COVID-19 pandemic, which has taken more than 660,000 lives worldwide, with more than 150,000 dead in the U.S. to date, and cases continue to surge. As scientists and other health experts have been stressing to help stem the deadly tide, Nicks implores everyone to “wear a mask and stay in” and also addresses the emotional ups and downs that many music and concert lovers who are adhering to health guidelines can relate to in these isolated, insomnia-inducing times.

In her July 17th journal entry, which she shared Wednesday via Twitter, Nicks references Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young’s “Our House” and the Rolling Stones’ “Wild Horses.” She writes the entry when she’s still awake at 6:50 a.m. and is listening to music, which makes her happy. “Feeling slightly euphoric and inspired to be alive and still be able to feel young and safe here,” she writes. However, the “goodness” she is experiencing is fleeting as she explains that her early-morning hope dissipates once she reads the news of the day.

“If everyone could just wear a mask and stay in as much as possible — you might be able to find this magical place I have found, in the early morning when everyone sleeps,” she continues.

“In order for us all to get back to our former lives — we must all change into spiritual warriors. We must make it our mission to fight the virus; otherwise there is nothing left,” she adds, noting that there is no way to “rewind” and emphasizes the necessity to take preventative measures immediately for a promising future. “I want to go back on the road. I want to sing for you again. I want to put on those high black suede platform boots and dance for you again. I want you to forget the world and sing with me.

“Please don’t throw this world away,” she implores. “Please don’t give up on humanity and let this virus win this war. It is up to us now.”

Peter Green, Fleetwood Mac Founder has died at 73

Blues guitarist Peter Green, a co-founder of the band Fleetwood Mac, has died at the age of 73.

Representatives from the firm Swan Turton released a statement from Green's family on Saturday saying, "It is with great sadness that the family of Peter Green announce his death this weekend, peacefully in his sleep. A further statement will be provided in the coming days."

Green was known for his blues guitar sound even prior to the forming of Fleetwood Mac. He replaced Eric Clapton in John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers in 1965. Just a couple years later in 1967, Green and fellow Bluesbreakers members, drummer Mick Fleetwood and bassist John McVie, formed Fleetwood Mac, along with guitarist Jeremy Spencer.

Mick Fleetwood released a statement on Saturday noting Green's fundamental place in the band's history.

"For me, and every past and present member of Fleetwood Mac, losing Peter Green is monumental! Peter was the man who started the band Fleetwood Mac along with myself, John McVie, and Jeremy Spencer. No one has ever stepped into the ranks of Fleetwood Mac without a reverence for Peter Green and his talent, and to the fact that music should shine bright and always be delivered with uncompromising passion!!!

Peter,

I will miss you, but rest easy your music lives on. I thank you for asking me to be your drummer all those years ago. We did good, and trail blazed one hell of a musical road for so many to enjoy.

God speed to you, my dearest friend.......

Love Mick Fleetwood"

Green's direction can be heard on the group's early albums including their self-titled debut in 1968. He wrote "Albatross," the group's only No. 1 hit on the United Kingdom's singles chart. Green was also behind "Oh Well," "Man of the World," and "Black Magic Woman," the last of which Santana popularized with a cover version.

Green left the band in 1970 following a period of erratic behavior and drug use. His behavior was later diagnosed as schizophrenia and he was hospitalized for some time. Green returned to music in the late '70s, composing and recording albums on his own.

Green was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998, alongside seven other members of Fleetwood Mac.

In February, before the coronavirus shut down large scale gatherings, Mick Fleetwood held a tribute concert for Green in London, featuring a lineup of artists who were influenced by Green's work.

Fleetwood told Rolling Stone that he put the tribute concert together because "I wanted people to know that I did not form this band — Peter Green did. And I wanted to celebrate those early years of Fleetwood Mac, which started this massive ball that went down the road over the last 50 years."

Wynne Davis - NPR

Statement from Stevie Nicks

Fleetwood Mac Early Years CD / LP Collections Available September 4th

FLEETWOOD MAC’S EARLY YEARS 

SPOTLIGHTED IN TWO NEW BOXED SETS 

8-CD Set Fleetwood Mac 1969-1974 

Includes Remastered Versions Of Seven Studio Albums Plus An Unreleased 1974 Concert

4-LP Fleetwood Mac 1973-1974 Collection 

Features Penguin, Mystery To Me And Heroes Are Hard To Find, Plus 1974 Concert And A 7” Single

Limited Edition, Colored-Vinyl Edition Available For Pre-Order Now Exclusively From Rhino.com

All Three Sets Will Available On September 4, 2020

PRE-ORDER NOW.

4-LP/7" 1973-1974 Boxed Set

8-CD 1969-1974 Boxed Set

LOS ANGELES – After Mick Fleetwood, Peter Green, John McVie, and Jeremy Spencer started Fleetwood Mac in 1967, they quickly found an audience eager for their British-style blues. Over the next seven years, the band would sign with Reprise Records, release seven studio albums, and release many classic tracks that are still beloved today. Fleetwood Mac’s early rise to fame takes centerstage on two upcoming Rhino releases that spotlight the group’s deep-blues roots.

8-CD BOXED SET 1969-1974

The first release is an 8-CD boxed set that includes remastered versions of all seven studio albums the band recorded between 1969 and 1974, several bonus tracks, and an unreleased 1974 concert recorded just a few months before Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks joined the band. On September 4, FLEETWOOD MAC 1969-1974 will be available on CD for $54.98.

The set covers a five-year time frame that encompasses several different band lineups, from founding members Fleetwood, Green, McVie and Spencer; to later additions like Danny Kirwan, Christine McVie, Dave Walker, Bob Welch, and Bob Weston.

The collection includes seven studio albums: Then Play On (1969), Kiln House (1970), Future Games (1971), Bare Trees (1972), Penguin (1973), Mystery To Me (1973), and Heroes Are Hard To Find (1974). Those records fueled Fleetwood Mac’s early popularity in the U.K. and propelled them into the Top Ten with singles like “Man Of The World,” “Oh Well – Pt. 1,” “The Green Manalishi (With The Two Prong Crown),” and the #1 hit “Albatross.”

The CD set concludes with an unreleased recording of the band’s December 15, 1974 concert at The Record Plant in Sausalito, California. The performance captures the band – Fleetwood, Welch and the McVies – on tour supporting their latest album, Heroes Are Hard To Find. Originally, the show was simulcast on the legendary rock radio station KSAN-FM in San Francisco.

4-LP / 7" BOXED SET 1973-1974

For the second release, Rhino continues to bring Fleetwood Mac’s early albums back into print on vinyl with a 4-LP/7” boxed set that will be available on September 4 for $119.98. FLEETWOOD MAC 1973-1974 includes the unreleased 1974 live album along with Penguin (1973), Mystery To Me (1973) and Heroes Are Hard To Find (1974).

To ensure superb sound quality, Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering cut the lacquers for all the albums from the original analog masters, which are pressed on 140-gram vinyl and presented in replica sleeves made to look like the original pressings. As a final touch, the set also includes a 7” single with “For Your Love” (Mono Promo Edit) on one side, and the previously unreleased “Good Things (Come To Those Who Wait)” on the flipside.

4-LP / 7" BOXED SET 1973-1974
(LIMITED EDITION COLORED VINYL)

On the same day, a limited edition, colored-vinyl edition of FLEETWOOD MAC 1973-1974 will be available exclusively from www.rhino.com. The studio albums, live recording, and 7” single will each be pressed on a different colored vinyl. Limited to 1500 and individually numbered in Bronze.

• Penguin (yellow)
• Mystery To Me (orange)
• Heroes Are Hard To Find (gold)
• Live from the Record Plant 12-15-74 (white) 
• 7” (blue). 

Fleetwood Mac – ‘Before The Beginning Vol. 2’

Peter Green’s 

Fleetwood Mac – ‘Before The Beginning Vol. 2’

Following on from last year’s collection of Fleetwood Mac rarities, Sony Legacy is pleased to announce that Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac ‘Before The Beginning Vol. 2’ will be released on August 7th.

Taken from recently discovered, lovingly restored, live recordings from 1970, the release consists of a triple vinyl set and will also be available digitally.  Information on Volume 1's release last year can be found here

PRE-ORDER TODAY

That tracklisting in full:

VINYL 1 SIDE A (all tracks remastered)	VINYL 1 SIDE B (all tracks remastered)
Before the Beginning (Live) Only You (Live) Madison Blues (Version 2) (Live)  Can’t Stop Lovin’ (Live)  The Green Manalishi (With The Two Prong Crown) (Live)	Albatross (Live)  World In Harmony (Version 1) (Live)  Sandy Mary (Live)  Only You (Live)  World In Harmony (Version 2) (Live)
VINYL 2 SIDE A (all tracks remastered)	VINYL 2 SIDE B (all tracks remastered)
I Can’t Hold Out (Live) Oh Well (Part 1) (Live)  Rattlesnake Shake (Live)	Underway (Live) Coming Your Way (Live)
VINYL 3 SIDE A (all tracks remastered)	VINYL 3 SIDE B (all tracks remastered)
Homework (Live) My Baby’s Sweet (Live)  My Baby’s Gone (Live)  You Need Love (Demo)	Talk With You (Demo) If It Ain’t Me (GK Edit) (Demo)  Mean Old World (Demo)

Fleetwood Mac's "The Chain" Certified 2X Platinum in the UK

Fleetwood Mac's "THE CHAIN" was certified 2X PLATINUM on July 17, 2020 by the Official Charts Company in the UK as having sold 1.2 million units in the UK.

Fleetwood Mac 2019 Tour Programs Available

Fleetwood Mac 2019 Tour Programs 

Available in the Fleetwood Mac Store FleetwoodMac.com  Nice piece of memorabilia if you missed out on picking one up at a show. Great photos. It's the size of a 12"LP and produced on heavy card stock so a pretty solid piece.

Fleetwood Mac have 2 of the Best Selling Albums in the UK in 2020

The Official Top 40 biggest albums of 2020 so far in the UK

TOP SELLING ALBUMS IN THE UK

Classic greatest hits albums see resurgence in lock down. A number of greatest hits albums have seen a resurgence on the Official Albums Chart this year as the public returned to classic favorites in lock down. Among them, 50 Years – Don’t Stop by Fleetwood Mac at number 14 and Rumours sitting at number 21.

TOP SELLING VINYL ALBUMS IN THE UK

Fleetwood Mac have the top selling vinyl album in the UK so far this year with “Rumours”! 

MOST STREAMED ALBUMS IN THE UK

Of the Most Streamed Albums of 2020, “50 Years-Don’t Stop” is the 12th and “Rumours” is 29th

Official Charts

STEVIE NICKS 24K GOLD (CONCERT FILM) PERTH AUSTRALIA SCREENING

STEVIE NICKS 24K GOLD
Tickets on sale July 16
Perth, Australia

A concert performance by the woman with one of the most recognizable voices in music history. Stevie's string of hits songs as a solo artist and as a part of rock legends Fleetwood Mac has provided the soundtrack of our lives. Filmed over the last two shows of her solo tour including hits Edge of Seventeen, Rhianon & Landslide and including cinema exclusive content of Stevie discussing personal moments with Tom Petty, Prince, Lindsey Buckingham. (Subtitles: English, German, French, Italian)

The event comes with the full support of the Stevie Nicks and the Fleetwood Mac teams and record labels.

Screening Wed September 9 at 7.00pm  @ Luna Leederville & Luna on SX plus matinee session on Sun September 13 TBA at Luna & Luna on SX

Luna Palace Cinemas
(the information has disappeared from their website, looks like they possibly jumped the gun on posting)

Fleetwood Mac's 1975 Album "Fleetwood Mac" Turns 45

FLEETWOOD MAC 

"FLEETWOOD MAC" 45th ANNIVERSARY

Truth be told, I was not eager to hear the album simply titled  Fleetwood Mac that July  of 1975. Don’t get me wrong, I was a big fan beginning with their 1972 album Bare Trees , and had played it on the radio along with subsequent Fleetwood Mac albums Mystery to Me (one of my favorite “desert island discs”) and Heroes Are Hard to Find  in 1974. I even sought out the earlier Peter Green / Danny Kirwan/ Jeremy Spencer-era Fleetwood Mac albums, playing the original ” Black Magic Woman”,”Rattlesnake Shake”,”Green Manalishi”,”Oh Well” and “Station Man” on the radio as well, but I thought that the chemistry of the late American Bob Welch and Christine McVie‘s songwriting brought out the best in the band.

After Bob Welch left Fleetwood Mac, his first solo album in the Fall 1975 came and went in about 15 minutes, not unlike the 1973 Buckingham Nicks  album, which was the sole output of Welch’s replacements, singer/guitarist Lindsey Buckingham and singer/songwriter Stephanie”Stevie” Nicks. So on balance I didn’t see how this major change could do anything except diminish Fleetwood Mac.

Boy was I wrong! That 1975 Fleetwood Mac album sold over twenty times as many copies as any previous Fleetwood Mac album. The unsung hero is actually producer/recording engineer Keith Olsen, who had produced and recorded the Buckingham Nicks album, imparting a fat, warm, upfront sound to their music. It was in that context that bandleader Mick Fleetwood first noticed Lindsey Buckingham’s guitar-playing and singing abilities, but at the time it was Keith Olsen’s studio and recording techniques that Mick was auditioning, not the musicians. When Fleetwood fell in love with the sound that he heard, he wisely decided to embrace all of it – the musicians Buckingham and Nicks, the producer Keith Olsen – and incorporate it all into the next Fleetwood Mac album, which featured “Monday Morning”,”Over My Head”,”Say You Love Me”,”Rhiannon”,”Crystal”, and “Landslide”. Not only did that decision change the fortunes of all involved, it would also change the sound of contemporary music for years to follow. Nicks, Fleetwood, and former member Buckingham all share their recollections with me in great detail in this classic rock interview In the Studio . –Redbeard

56 minute show with archival interview footage from Mick Fleetwood, Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham - with tracks played from the album. Listen below.

WIN Fleetwood Mac's "Then Play On" Celebration Edition

COMPETITION 

Next week MICK FLEETWOOD AND FRIENDS will be drawing 2 names at random from their mailing list subscribers to win a copy of the new deluxe ‘Celebration’ edition of Fleetwood Mac’s Then Play On. If you want to enter, sign up to their mailing list www.mickfleetwoodandfriends.com 

YOU HAVE TO BE IN IT TO WIN IT

FLEETWOOD MAC, STEVIE NICKS AND LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM INDEPENDENCE DAY SALE

INDEPENDENCE DAY SALE! 20% OFF STORE WIDE 

FLEETWOOD MAC, STEVIE NICKS AND LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM RELEASES THROUGH RHINO RECORDS ON NOW THROUGH SUNDAY, JULY 5, 2020

(Free Domestic Shipping)
Rhino Records

FLEETWOOD MAC RUMOURS (DELUXE EDITION) (4CD) Regular Price: $49.98 Special Price $39.98	FLEETWOOD MAC THE DANCE 2LP  Regular Price: $31.98 Special Price $25.58
FLEETWOOD MAC SAY YOU WILL 2LP  Regular Price: $31.98  Special Price $25.58	FLEETWOOD MAC 50 YEARS – DON’T STOP 5LP  Regular Price: $99.98  Special Price $79.98
FLEETWOOD MAC 50 YEARS – DON’T STOP 1CD  Regular Price: $18.98  Special Price $15.18	FLEETWOOD MAC 50 YEARS – DON’T STOP 3CD Regular Price: $34.98  Special Price $27.98
FLEETWOOD MAC 1975-1987 BOXED SET  Regular Price: $119.98  Special Price $95.98	STEVIE NICKS BELLA DONNA (REMASTERED)(VINYL) Regular Price: $21.98  Special Price $17.58
STEVIE NICKS THE WILD HEART (REMASTERED)(VINYL) Regular Price: $21.98  Special Price $17.58	STEVIE NICKS 24 KARAT GOLD -  SONGS FROM THE VAULT (2LP) Regular Price: $26.98  Special Price $21.58
STEVIE NICKS STAND BACK 1-CD  Regular Price: $14.98  Special Price $11.98 STEVIE NICKS STAND BACK: 1981-2017 (3CD) Regular Price: $34.98  Special Price $27.98	LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM SOLO ANTHOLOGY:  THE BEST OF LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM  (DELUXE EDITION) 3CD  Regular Price: $29.98  Special Price $23.98 LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM SOLO ANTHOLOGY 6LP Regular Price: $119.98  Special Price $95.98