GLEE The Music: Vol 5

GLEE CAST - GLEE, THE MUSIC: VOL. 5

In it's first week of release sold just over 92,000 copies and will open at #3 in the next issue of Billboard Magazine on the Top 200 Albums Chart.  

The album includes a cover of 

Fleetwood Mac's "Landslide".

Source: Hits Daily Double

HOLLYWOOD AND INDIO... 2 STEVIE NICKS CONTESTS

STEVIE NICKS AND ROD STEWART CONTEST

Birmingham, Alabama Radio Station Magic 96.5 is giving away a trip for two to Los Angeles to see Stevie Nicks with Rod Stewart at the Hollywood Bowl April 16th:

Enter to win a trip to see Stevie Nicks and Rod Stewart in concert April 16th at the Hollywood Bowl! HERE

One lucky grand prize winner will receive:

• Roundtrip airfare for two (2).
• Two (2) concert tickets to see Stevie Nicks and Rod Stewart in the Hollywood Bowl on April 16th, 2011.
• Two (2) nights hotel accommodations.

Prizes provided by Warner Brothers.  Contest ends April 1, 2011
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STEVIE NICKS SOLO CONCERT CONTEST

Also...  Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, CA is giving away a couple of tickets to Stevie's opening night show for her In Your Dreams Tour.

Win two tickets to see Stevie Nicks on May 13th at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino before they go on sale this Friday (May 18th). Just write “I want 2 tix 2 Stevie Nicks at Fantasy Springs!” in the comments section on their Facebook Page HERE

FIRST STEVIE NICKS LIVE SOLO DATE ANNOUNCED!

Fantasy Springs: Stevie Nicks performs May 13

If you love tambourines, flowing scarves and gypsies, we've got the show for you.

Stevie Nicks (the real one, not the really good impersonator we've seen in the area), will perform May 13 at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino's Special Events Center in Indio.

Nicks performed at Fantasy Springs in February 2008 to a sold out audience. Tickets for Nicks' concert are $69, $89, $99 and $109 and go on sale on Friday at 10 a.m. Tickets may be purchased in person at the Fantasy Springs Box Office, via telephone at 800-827-2946 or online at www.FantasySpringsResort.com

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CHART UPDATES: FLEETWOOD MAC, IRELAND, AUSTRALIA, NETHERLANDS, UK, USA, CANADA

The push began today to get "The Chain" to # 1 in the UK. Over at the Facebook Group: "Get 'The Chain' to number 1 for the new F1 season" members began today feverishly buying the track from "The Very Best Of" Fleetwood Mac album from various UK digital download retailers. So far they've managed to push the track to # 10 on the Top Rock Song downloads chart on itunes in the UK, and since this morning, when I begain following it's trajectory, I watched as the track started off at # 269 in overall digital download sales up to # 135 where it's sitting at the moment. Impressive!  

If you are in the UK... Join the action!  The group has amassed a sizable following approaching 5,000 in a very short time. Fans of F1 and Fleetwood Mac united.. It's great to see.

IRELAND: Top 100 Albums Chart - Week ending 10th March, 2011

• On Ireland's Top 100 Albums Chart Fleetwood Mac's 1988 "Greatest Hits" compilation moves up to # 59 after re-entering the chart at # 94 last week notching up its 75th non-consecutive week on the Top 100.           

UK:  itunes UK Top 10 Rock Albums Chart

• Fleetwood Mac's "The Very Best Of" is sitting at # 9 as of today (March 13th) on itunes Top 10 Rock Albums Chart.

CANADA:  itunes UK Top 10 Rock Albums Chart

• Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours" is # 4 as of today (March 13th) on itunes Top 10 Rock Albums Chart.

NETHERLANDS: Top 50 Back Catalogue Chart - Week Ending 12th March, 2011

• "Rumours" moves down the chart to # 16 from # 7 last week on the Top 50 back catalogue chart.         

AUSTRALIA: Top 50 Catalogue Albums Chart - Week of 14th, March, 2011

• Fleetwood Mac returns to the # 1 spot on Australia's Top 50 Catalogue Chart moving up from # 2 last week with the 6x Platinum "The Very Best Of".  Total weeks on this chart - 51.  

• Fleetwood Mac's 12x Platinum "Rumours" moves up to # 26 this week after re-entering the Top 50 Catalogue Chart last week at # 38.  Total weeks spent on this chart non-consecutively is 17.

         itunes: Australia Top 10 Rock Albums Chart

• In Australia on The Top 10 Rock Albums on itunes as of today (March 13th) - "The Very Best Of" is at # 6.

Top 40 DVD Chart - Australia - Week of 14th, March, 2011

• On the Top 40 Music DVD Chart, Fleetwood Mac's 8x Platinum "The Dance" drops down to # 29 from # 16 last week. Total non-consecutive weeks for "The Dance" on this chart 227.

USA: As of March 13th on itunes:

         itunes: USA Top 100 Overall Songs | Top 100 Pop Songs | Top 100 Country Songs | 
         Top 100 Pop Albums | Top 100 Rock Albums

• Glee's version of the Stevie Nicks penned "Landslide" is currently # 21 on itunes Top 100 Overall Songs Chart with their single version.
• The Glee album version is currently # 85.
• On the Top 100 Pop Songs tally, the Glee album version is # 40.
• On the Top 100 Country Songs Chart the single version remains at # 1 where it's spent the majority of this past week.
• The Dixie Chicks version from their album "Home" is currently # 33 on the country songs chart.

• Fleetwood Mac's "Greatest Hits" from 1988 is currently # 43 on the Top 100 Pop Albums Chart.

• "Rumours" is # 38 on the Top 100 Rock Albums Chart today.

STEVIE NICKS VIDEO ANNOUNCEMENT.... NEXT WEEK!

It's finally upon us!... An announcement of some sort will be made next week regarding Stevie's video...I'm assuming this is for "Secret Love" but the "+" in one of Dave Stewarts Twitter posts this morning has me thinking we may be in for a little more than that, maybe we'll finally see the "sizzle reel" that Stevie previewed to industry types Feb 19th... Or it could be an announcement about the full on movie that Dave has been working on... It's not entirely clear at this point...  Follow Dave Stewart on Twitter

And is this the official tracklist for "In Your Dreams"?

MightyApe in New Zealand have this on their website where the album will be available to purchase:

Track Listing:

1. "Moonlight - A Vampire's Dream"
2. "For What It's Worth"
3. "In Your Dreams"
4. "The Ghosts Are Gone"
5. "New Orleans"
6. "Secret Love"
7. "The Soldier's Angel"
8. "Annabel Lee"
9. "Italian Summer
10. "Everybody Loves You
11. "Wide Sargasso Sea"
121. "You May Be The One"
13. "Cheaper Than Free"

Stevie Nicks Revamps Youtube, Myspace & Twitter... Updated with New Photos

Myspace, Youtube & Twitter backgrounds have all been updated featuring new photos of Stevie incorporating some of the theme from her new album cover.  Looks great!

MYSPACE | YOUTUBE | TWITTER

"Secret Love" by: Stevie Nicks - Week 2 on Billboards AC Charts

In it's 2nd week on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Charts "Secret Love" moves up slightly two places to # 27 after debuting at # 29 on last weeks chart.  Stevie's biggest hit as a solo artist on the AC Chart was with "Leather and Lace" all the way back in December, 1981 where it peaked at # 10 in it's 8th week on the chart.

The track is currently being played on 12 AC stations in the US compared to 92 stations for the # 1 track this week on the chart... So there's a lot of room to grow.

To contact AC Radio stations in your area to request them to play "Secet Love" here is a Station Locator site

STEVIE NICKS PHOTO OP... SUNSET SESSIONS

A little more from the Sunset Sessions Feb 19th:

These were the photos taken after the album preview event... 

Here's Stevie's captured signing the Rumours album.

Sunset Sessions on Facebook

STEVIE NICKS LIVE IN LONDON - JUNE 26, 2011

Stevie Nicks To Play Hard Rock Calling
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STEVIE Nicks has been added to the line-up for Hard Rock Calling 2011 on Sunday, June 26.

The Fleetwood Mac icon will be joining headliner Rod Stewart whose appearance at Hard Rock Calling was also announced this week.

Both Stewart and Nicks are currently in rehearsal for their upcoming Heart & Soul US tour.

Hamish Dodds, president and CEO of Hard Rock International, commented: “Stevie Nicks is one of the most influential women in music, and we’re thrilled to add her to the lineup at Hard Rock Calling and help celebrate our 40th Anniversary.”

Multi-Grammy winning Stevie Nicks has had an unparalleled career as a solo artist and member of Fleetwood Mac, whose Rumours album has sold over 50 million copies worldwide and was a Top Ten album on the UK charts for 24 weeks.

Nicks has penned several Fleetwood Mac classics including Landslide, Dreams, Gold Dust Woman and Rhiannon.

Her solo career began with her five times platinum debut Bella Donna, while her iconic hit singles include Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around, Edge of Seventeen, Leather and Lace and Stand Back.

WHEN DO TICKETS GO ON SALE

Tickets for Rod Stewart are on presale 9am Thursday 10th March - at Livenation: HERE

TICKET PRICE PRESALE - 61.00£


Rod Stewart General Onsale 9am Friday 11th March

TICKET PRICE - 61.00£

Tickets for the Sunday go on sale on at 9am on Friday, March 11, 2011 and are available at

www.hardrockcalling.co.uk

Sunday 26th June sees legendary singer perform in Hyde Park
Hard Rock Calling

Stevie Nicks will grace Hyde Park as support to Rod Steward when she plays Hard Rock Calling on Sunday 26th June. The superstar is the second artist to be confirmed on what is already shaping up to be an incredible day of live music in London's back garden. During her hugely sucessful solo career, Stevie has had forty Top 50 hits and sold over 140 million albums.

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Glee Cast Version of "Landslide" on the itunes Charts:

It's Doing Very Well...
[updated March 10th - 6am]

Glee: The Music, Volume 5 as an album is the # 4 selling album on itunes in the US and it's the # 2 selling pop album.

Landslide - US itunes Charts:
Top 100 Country Songs Chart - itunes

# 1 - Glee (Single)
# 14 - Dixie Chicks (LP Cut)
# 47 - Dixie Chicks (Single)

Top 100 Pop Songs Chart - itunes
# 17 - Glee (LP Cut)
# 59 - Fleetwood Mac (LP Cut)

Overall Top 100 Songs - itunes
# 6 - Glee (Single)
# 24 - Glee (LP Cut)
#98 - Dixie Chicks (LP Cut)

The album will likely sell huge this week and open at or near the top of the album charts next week.
Landslide (Glee Cast Version) [feat. Gwyneth Paltrow] - Single. Buy on itunes

Also on itunes today... (March 10th)

Fleetwood Mac's 1975 "Fleetwood Mac"

# 70 on the Top 100 Pop Albums Chart - itunes

Fleetwood Mac's 1988 "Greatest Hits"

# 35 on the Top 100 Pop Albums Chart - itunes

Fleetwood Mac's 1977 "Rumours"

# 45 on the Top 100 Rock Albums - itunes

Fleetwood Mac's "The Dance" (NEW March 10th)

# 99 on the Top 100 Pop Albums Chart - itunes

"Secret Love" at Radio... How it's doing on the charts ? Well, it's on the way UP!

STEVIE NICKS "SECRET LOVE"

The first single from In Your Dreams continues to gain traction at radio, with Adult Rock Radio (Triple A) really starting to pick up on the song and give it some serious radio play, hense the 14 place jump to # 33  this week after debuting on the chart at # 47 last week.  I'll have more later.

Adult Contemporary Radio Play Charts:

Up to # 26 from # 30 for the week ending March 8th

Adult Rock Radio Play Charts:

Up to # 33 from # 47 last week

Fleetwood Mac Album Producer Sues HarperCollins For Breach of Contract

"Starting Rumours" Has Hit A Snag!

Ken Caillat is best known in the music business as the man who produced Fleetwood Mac's 1977 album Rumours, one of the best-selling rock records of all time.

That credential in turn garnered him a $555,000 advance from HarperCollins' It Books imprint to write Starting Rumours, an oral history of the making of that record, which the publisher won at auction from Caillat's agent Peter McGuigan of Foundry Media. But last month, Caillat filed suit against the publisher in Ventura County Superior Court alleging that he was rightfully owed his entire advance, and that HarperCollins had breached their contract by not paying him for a manuscript they rejected, and did not sufficiently explain why they rejected it.

Full Article

Complaint (via Courthouse News) - PDF File