FLEETWOOD MAC AND STEVIE NICKS: 2010 End of Year Charts AUSTRALIA & UK

Fleetwood Mac & Stevie Nicks both land on Australia's Top 50 Catalogue Albums 2010 End of Year Charts.

#   4 - "THE VERY BEST OF" FLEETWOOD MAC

# 46 - "CRYSTAL VISIONS... THE VERY BEST OF" STEVIE NICKS

The End Of Year Charts rank the top selling singles and albums for that year.

In the UK, Fleetwood Mac land at # 66 on year end sales charts selling approx. 197,000 units in 2010 of "The Very Best Of" for an accumulative total for the 2009 two disc release of 485,000.

FLEETWOOD MAC 1975: Saunders Field House at Mesa State Junior College

Mesa State yearbook

THE WAY WE WERE: 
Good concert, bad concert

It had to have been the best pre-punk, pre-big hair 1970s concert in Saunders Field House at Mesa State Junior College. “I was working at The Timbers Restaurant in November of 1975. I got the night off to go see Fleetwood Mac at the college. It was one of their first stops on their first tour and man was I surprised when a couple of girls got on stage, Christine McVie and Stevie Nicks.” remembers Ralph “Dinosaur” Donnen, past Mesa College class president.

Mike Radosevich was the Station Manager at KMSA at the time. “It was an incredible show. Everything was perfect and just the opposite of the Jerry Jeff Walker concert. Nobody knew the Fleetwood Mac album was going to do as well as it did. It was one of their first gigs with Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks.”

Doug “Candy Man” Simons tells me: “I remember it was a great concert. I loved it when Mick Fleetwood came out to the front of the stage with the drum under his arm that he could change the tension by squeezing his arm. Mick walked back and forth across the stage making goofy faces and playing drums solos. It was really great.” Doug was a Mesa State student at the time and active in the music department. “I played guitar, drums and whatever I could get my hands on at the time. I was even doing a little theater.”

The band flew out of Walker Field that next morning. My sister, Becky, was seeing her husband off that same morning. Christie and Stevie were wearing Boy Scout shirts and my sister, being in tune with vintage fashion trends, approached the girls and remarked on their outfits. She ended up having breakfast with them. She still can't find their autograph but thinks she knows where to look.

A few years later, Jerry Jeff Walker would come to the Field House for his first Grand Junction performance. Mike Radosevich was there for that one, too.

“Jerry Jeff was there twice. The first time was probably the most memorable. The production was just horrible. They were late opening the doors and the line of people went all the way to 12th Street, four deep. They finally let everyone in with the concert starting 2 1/2 hours late. They were supposed to start at 8 and it started at 10:30. It was the closest thing to a riot I'd ever seen, everyone getting restless and whiskey bottles bouncing off the walls. The sound system was really bad with all the white noise, they didn't have it under control at all. The SBA (Student Body Association) had hired the cheapest company they could get. I think they were out of Boulder. Jerry Jeff Walker was in his dressing room waiting to go on and by the time he finally did, he was toast and so were two-thirds of the audience. I had to leave and go to work. When Jerry Jeff came back a few years later, I worked at the Sentinel and interviewed him. He didn't remember a thing about it. He was feeling no pain.”

Debbie Manown Massey still holds some dear memories, like waiting and waiting and drinking and drinking and then some chick threw up on her. She can almost remember the girl's name.

I was there for the Fleetwood Mac concert but I don't think I was there for Jerry Jeff Walker. I met him years later after he'd cleaned up his act.

A whole new era of concert promotion was to follow at Mesa. I have to write about something else next column but look forward to me and my sources to jog your memory again.

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STEVIE NICKS PERFORMS ON ELLEN 1/13/11

The Ellen DeGeneres Show January 13, 2011. That's in ONE WEEK!

Listed as being on the show: Comic Ricky Gervais; Rod Stewart and Stevie Nicks perform.

Rod Stewart and Stevie Nicks on the same show?... Usually if there's a musical guest, there is one per show as far as I can see... Are they performing together? This is an interesting pairing... What will they sing?

Stevie was last on Ellen back in 2007.

Coming Soon.... Fleetwood's on Front Street

Fleetwood's on Front St. 
(Restaurant, Bar, Club)

FLEETWOOD'S ON FRONT ST. Mick Fleetwood's upcoming restaurant, bar, nightclub and hot-spot-to-be on the Island of Maui, Hawaii. Casual and Island Cool. Approachable menu with a blend of Hawaiiana and Colonial befitting the Rock Legend's home and heritage. Overlooking the ocean with Maui's most spectacular water and Island views. Scheduled to open mid 2011. Two levels, 14,000 Sq. Ft., with a separate wine shop, gallery and gift shop on the ground floor featuring the art of Hawaii and of Mick Fleetwood, plus Mick's award winning wines Mick Fleetwood Private Cellar.                 - Jonathan Todd

Fleetwood's on Front St. is now on Facebook - HERE
Fleetwood's on Front St. website coming soon - HERE

No specific date yet on when this restaurant will open, but you may recall Mick himself in a recent interview said the process was in the "lawyer" stage, so it sounds like things are just being finalized...  You may also recall back in November Mick appeared in a segment on the Golf Channel "GolfNow Ka'anapali", where Lauren Thompson interviewed Mick on Front Street in Lahaina at The Lahaina Store the former Planet Hollywood Restaurant.  This is the future site of Mick's restaurant... She said in her video diary it would open in the summer of 2011.  You can still catch that bit of footage online in Lauren's video diary.  

In any case, in the on-going evolution of branding Mick Fleetwood, this venture of Micks makes me want to head on over to Maui when it's up and running!!... I think it would be pretty cool to check out...

(VIDEO) Mick Fleetwood looks to be giving PARIS HILTON advice in Maui

Celebrites Galleries December 29, 2010

As Rhiannon plays in the background it sounds like Mick is passing on some sort of advice to Paris and the young man she's with...

Click image for Celebrites Galleries and the video

Paris Hilton and fans arrived en masse and dressed to party when local musician Mick Fleetwood played at Celebrities Gallery in the Shops at Wailea.

Mick appears in the January-February 2011 issue of Maui No Ka ‘Oi magazine 

NEW YEARS EVE SUPERGROUP...

See Photos at AliceCooper.com

Legendary rocker Alice Cooper rang in the New Year by joining fellow Rock And Roll Hall Of Famers James Hetfield (METALLICA) and Mick Fleetwood (FLEETWOD MAC) along with Pat Simmons (THE DOOBIE BROTHERS) and Mike Kroeger (NICKELBACK) on stage in Maui, Hawaii. The "supergroup" got together to play on New Year's Eve at a special party at Mala Wailea to benefit the MACC and the Maui Food Bank.

A couple of pictures of this supergroup playing a version of Cooper's "School's Out" can be found at AliceCooper.com.

The benefit was the second of two shows performed by the FLEETWOOD MAC co-founder and his band, the MICK FLEETWOOD BLUES BAND; they also played on December 30 at a Maui Celebrity Series concert at Maui Theatre in Lahaina.

Source - Blabbermouth

(CHART UPDATES) FLEETWOOD MAC & STEVIE NICKS, UK, IRELAND & AUSTRALIA

Top 100 Albums Chart - UK

Week of 8th January, 2011

• Fleetwood Mac's "The Very Best Of" moves up on the Top 100 UK Album Chart to # 64 from # 73 last week.

Top 100 Albums Chart - Ireland

Week Ending 30th December, 2010

• Fleetwood Mac "The Very Best Of" moves down to # 72 from # 65 last week.  Total of 19 non-consecutive weeks on the chart.

Top 50 Catalogue Albums Chart - Australia

Week of 3rd, January, 2011

• Fleetwood Mac remain at # 1 on the Top 50 Catalogue Chart with "The Very Best Of" for the 5th consecutive week. Total weeks on this chart - 42.  

• Stevie Nicks "Crystal Visions The Very Best of Stevie Nicks" moves up to # 38 from # 43 last week.  Total weeks on this chart - 26. 

Top 50 DVD Chart - Australia

Week of 3rd, January, 2011

• On the Top 50 Music DVD Chart, Fleetwood Mac's 8x Platinum "The Dance" moves up to # 16 this week from # 25 last week. Total non-consecutive weeks on this chart 217.

Mick Fleetwood rocks The Maui Celebrity Series One Year Anniversary concert

Brian Evans and Mick Fleetwood pose at Bubba Gump Shrimp Company following their sold out concert December 30th.

William Shatner introduced Brian Evans, who opened the show along with comedian Tom Arnold and Nermin Zajic.

"It was an honor to have Mick Fleetwood, one of the greatest musicians of our time, on the stage in Lahaina at The Maui Celebrity Series," says Evans. "That will be a tough act to follow in our coming shows."

STEVIE NICKS... NEW YEARS EVE WITH DAVE AND BILLY.

New Years Eve - I wonder if Billy and Stevie sang Landslide.

Photo by: Kristin Burns

Mick Fleetwood - Maui Theatre, December 30, 2010

Photo by: justthismoment 

FLEETWOOD MAC - A LOOK BACK AT A VERY BUSY 2010

For Mick Fleetwood and Stevie Nicks it was especially busy.... But Lindsey and John didn't completely disappear from the radar - even former band member Christine McVie popped up a couple of times.  Here are some hi-lights I've put together of 2010...  I think I've got everything... Here's hoping for an even MORE exciting year ahead... Happy New Year Everyone!

Happy New Year Fleetwood Mac!

JANUARY, 2010

GRAMMY NOMINATED MICK FLEETWOOD READIES DVD RELEASE

Jan 11th: Press Release announcing the release of "Blue Again" the companion DVD to the Grammy Nominated "Blue Again" Live CD.

MICK FLEETWOOD WILL BE PRESENTING IN PRE-GRAMMY AWARD TELECAST:

It was announced the Mick Fleetwood would be presenting during the pre-Grammy Award telecast along with Colbie Caillat. Mick who was nominated in the Blues Category would go on to lose in his category.

FLEETWOOD MAC RANK # 13 ON TOP 50 WORLDWIDE CONCERT TOURS OF '09

Jan 11th: Pollstar publish year end tour results and Fleetwood Mac placed #13 on the Top 50 Worldwide Concert Tours for 2009 grossing $84.9 million.

FLEETWOOD MAC & THE EAGLES NOT HAPPENING:

Jan 13th: It was confirmed by Timothy B. Schmidt that after months of much speculation and Rumours... FLEETWOOD MAC and THE EAGLES are not touring together in the summer of 2010. The Eagles subsequently ended up doing some stadium shows with The Dixie Chicks and Keith Urban.

STEVIE NICKS REPORTED TO PERFORM ON GRAMMY'S

Jan 27th: A not so surprising confirmation by US Magazine confirmed that Stevie Nicks would be performing at the 2010 Grammy's. Just days later it was revealed it would be a duet with Taylor Swift on Rhiannon.

More on this: Link | Link 

MICK FLEETWOOD HOUSE OF BLUES - HOLLYWOOD JANUARY 28th

Jan 29th: The Mick Fleetwood Blues Band plays a benefit at The House of Blues in Hollywood Jan 28th.

FEBRUARY, 2010

THE MICK FLEETWOOD BLUES BAND BEGINS A STRING OF AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND TOUR DATES

The tour would run through Feb and Mar - some dates alone, others backing up Michael McDonald and Boss Skaggs.

MICHELLE BRANCH PRODUCED BY STEVIE NICKS - FLEETWOOD MAC TRIBUTE ALBUM:

Feb 11th: It was announced on Twitter by Michelle Branch that Stevie was producing the singer singing "Say You Love Me for a Fleetwood Mac tribute album that we've heard very little about since.

SOMETHING'S COOKING IN THE NICKS CAMP

Feb 28th: Dave Stewart of Eurythmics announced to the world that he wrote a great song with Stevie Nicks and when asked about a new album, he said that's a possibility. The rest is as they say is history as the album has been recorded and produced and is currently making the rounds to industry insiders for first listens... 

MARCH, 2010

DAVE STEWART & STEVIE NICKS DUET PREVIEW FIRST LISTEN 

Mar 5th: It was announced by Dave Stewart that he would be posting a snippet of a duet between himself and Stevie on Friday March 5th. Subsequently Dave came through with a clip of "Everybody Loves You".

WHAT UP WITH THAT LINDSEY... SNL

Mar 7th: Saturday Night Live kept up their skit "What Up With That" through out the 09-10 season that features Bill Hader playing Lindsey Buckingham.

STEVIE NICKS SIGHTING - BOA STEAK HOUSE

Mar 22nd: Rarely photographed candidly, Stevie Nicks tries to avoid the prying eyes of the camera.

More on this: Link | Link

CHRISTINE MCVIE DENY'S VILLAGERS ACCESS TO STOUR RIVER

Mar 28th: AN IDYLLIC village is being shaken by a row between a retired rock star and one of Big Brother’s most notorious contestants. It was reported in the UK Express that Christine McVie joined a Consortium to buy fields next to a river that runs through her village to prevent development.

LATEST PHOTO OF CHRISTINE MCVIE OF FLEETWOOD MAC.

Mar 29th: Late March saw the release of current photos of Christine McVie who virtually hasn't been seen by the public since roughly 2004.

CANDID STEVIE NICKS SHOT CAPTURED LEAVING SHOP IN AUSTRALIA

Mar 31st: Candid photo of Stevie Nicks surfaces.

APRIL, 2010

FLEETWOOD MAC DRUMMER MICK FLEETWOOD TOURING WITH ZZ TOP

Apr 2nd: Dates started popping up on various ticketing sites showing that Mick Fleetwood's Blues Band would be opening for ZZ Top in the fall of 2010. They subsequently ended up not touring together as ZZ Top ended up agreeing to a chunK of opening spots on Tom Petty's summer/fall tour.

IS ATLANTIC CITY IN THE CARDS FOR AUGUST?

Apr 16th: The first dates of Stevie's short August, 2010 tour start showing up on ticket sites. Tickets for the 4 shows (Lake Tahoe,NV Santa Barbara, CA Verona,NY Atlantic City, NJ) she would perform in August (5 including one corporate Las Vegas show) would eventually go on sale in May.

PUTTING THE PIECES TOGETHER

April 17th: It's revealed that Jana Anderson won't be singing backup for Stevie on any up-coming shows... She's included for future Mac shows,but not part of Stevie's line-up.

STEVIE NICKS WORKING ON COUNTRY VERSION OF RUMOURS ALBUM

Apr 23rd: Mick reveals in an interview that Stevie is working with Don Was on a contry version of the Rumours album producing country artists.

BUDDY HOLLY TRIBUTE WITH STEVIE NICKS & THE FRAY

Apr 24th: The Fray guitarist Dave Welsh mentions a Buddy Holly Tribute Album that includes Stevie Nicks. It would be months later that we find she did in fact record with Peter Asher a Buddy Holly song "Not Fade Away". The album is yet to be released.

• Stevie Nicks sings "Not Fade Away" It was eventually confirmed by Peter Asher himself that Stevie would be singing "Not Fade Away".

MICK FLEETWOOD IN FILM SHOOT ON MAUI

Apr 24th: Mick Fleetwood makes a cameo appearance in the Maui shot film "Get A Job".

TAYLOR SWIFT: by STEVIE NICKS TIME MAGAZINE ARTICLE

Apr 29th: Stevie contributes to Time Magazines "The 2010 Time 100" with an article about Taylor Swift and her song writing.