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Stevie Nicks Performance Directed by Jonathan X
Landslide | Dreams | Don't Stop |
The Clinton Foundation Gala October 14, 2011
Hollywood Palladium
STEVIE NICKS SINGS Happy Birthday to President Clinton
Monday, October 17, 2011
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Hey Australia! WIN Front Row tickets to STEVIE NICKS
Stevie's “In Your Dreams” tour will hit Australia in November. She will play shows in Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, Sydney, Newcastle, Brisbane, Wollongong and Canberra. Joining Stevie for these special shows will be celebrated musician and songwriter Dave Stewart from Eurythmics, who co-produced Stevie's new solo album,In Your Dreams. Fans of both Fleetwood Mac andEurythmics will be thrilled to know that Stevie Nicks and Dave Stewart will be performing their greatest hits from their respective bandsas well as highlights from their solo careers.
To ENTER: tell us in 25 words or less Which song would you like to see Stevie Nicks & Dave Stewart perform live together and why?
MAX is lucky enough to have a double pass to the best seats (FRONT ROW) in the house to each of the following shows! Plus you will get a copy of Stevie's new album!
- Saturday 19 November – Melbourne Sidney Myer Music Bowl – VIC
- Sunday 20 November – Mornington Racecourse – VIC
- Wednesday 23 November – Adelaide Entertainment Centre – SA
- Tuesday 29 November – Sydney Entertainment Centre – NSW
- Wednesday 30 November – Newcastle Entertainment Centre – NSW
- Saturday 3 December – Brisbane Riverstage – QLD
- Monday 5 December – Wollongong Win Entertainment Centre – NSW
- Wednesday 7 December – Canberra AIS Arena – NSW
Competition closes on Sunday 30 October at 11:59pm AEST
38 Stunning Photos: Stevie Nicks in Las Vegas @TheJointLV by Erik Kabik
Really amazing photos of Stevie Nicks live in Las Vegas last night ending the US leg of the "In Your Dreams Tour"
The Clinton Foundation Gala - Stevie Nicks, Bill Clinton & a Birthday Cake
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| Photo by The Clinton Foundation |
It looks like Stevie sang Happy Birthday to the President!
If you missed it yesterday via Stevie's Twitter - the following photo and message were sent out.
"Stevie and President Clinton at his 65th Birthday Gala last night. What an amazing evening!"
Video: Stevie Nicks "Moonlight" Live The Fillmore San Francisco 10/9
This song takes on a whole other life now with the official video being released... Stevie looks incredible in this colour - and looks so cool flapping her arms around a bit like the owl in the offical video... Very dramatic. Love it!
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Lindsey Buckingham talks solo work, Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Nicks & possibly Buckingham Nicks next year
LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM
Fireworks Magazine
October 14, 2011
It’s quite amazing when you consider that vocalist and guitarist Lindsey Buckingham has co-written the ninth biggest selling album of all time, in the form of Fleetwood Mac’s legendary ‘Rumours’ record. Only his second record with the band, he penned three songs, including the huge hit ‘Go Your Own Way’ as well as a co-write - the contributions he and then partner Stevie Nicks made cannot be overlooked, as Fleetwood Mac became worldwide superstars. What is sometimes overlooked is the tasteful and skilled solo work that Buckingham has put out over the years. Releasing solo albums every so often, which showed off his skills as a songwriter, vocalist and guitarist with a distinctive finger picking style, he has continuted to hone his craft alongside his work in Fleetwood Mac. With his sixth album ‘Seeds We Sow’, he has created a record that takes his love of recording songs with just vocals and guitar and meshes it with a fuller sound, to create one of his most accomplished efforts yet. James Gaden talked to Lindsey to find out all about it...
Fireworks Magazine
October 14, 2011
It’s quite amazing when you consider that vocalist and guitarist Lindsey Buckingham has co-written the ninth biggest selling album of all time, in the form of Fleetwood Mac’s legendary ‘Rumours’ record. Only his second record with the band, he penned three songs, including the huge hit ‘Go Your Own Way’ as well as a co-write - the contributions he and then partner Stevie Nicks made cannot be overlooked, as Fleetwood Mac became worldwide superstars. What is sometimes overlooked is the tasteful and skilled solo work that Buckingham has put out over the years. Releasing solo albums every so often, which showed off his skills as a songwriter, vocalist and guitarist with a distinctive finger picking style, he has continuted to hone his craft alongside his work in Fleetwood Mac. With his sixth album ‘Seeds We Sow’, he has created a record that takes his love of recording songs with just vocals and guitar and meshes it with a fuller sound, to create one of his most accomplished efforts yet. James Gaden talked to Lindsey to find out all about it...
I’m impressed with your new album, I must say. It’s a very strong record.
Thank you! It’s funny - I didn’t really plan on making a record this last year, Fleetwood Mac had just gotten off the road and the time opened up... so I thought I’d better fill it! (laughs) So, y’know, maybe one of the reasons it worked out so well was that I didn’t have any agenda going in, it was kind of an off-hand thing. I think that a lot of stuff that I have been working on over the last seven years or so, especially solo, all just came together in this one place.
That’s what struck me - I thought this album sounds like a bridge between the sparser music of ‘Under The Skin’ and the fuller sound of ‘Out In The Cradle’... I think it sits nicely between those two records.
Yeah - that’s exactly where I think it should be placed. It does seem to harken back to ‘Out Of The Cradle’ a little bit, which is a good thing, a lot of people seem to like that one!
I noticed that throughout your career you’ve been very adept at taking personal things that have happened to you and crafting them into songs... was there any specific theme or inspiration behind the material on this album?
It’s funny, the way lyrics have evolved for me, in terms of the process, the approach. It’s gotten kinda a little more elusive in a way, I think it’s growth. I don’t want to say my lyrics have become more poetic, but I do think they are more open to interpretation. Sometimes I’ll write it and even I’m not entirely sure what it all means until I start putting it together, then I might have a finished lyric and think ‘Oh yeah, now I know what that means!’ (laughs) But I think when I did look at the lyrics collectively when this project was done, the thread that seemed to run through was to do with actions having consequences and the choices you make, while not always easy to define or to judge in the moment, given the perspective of time, sometimes quite a bit of time, you can see what is good in your own life, in your relationship, what is good or bad in the world. It’s all down to this collection of choices we have all made in our lives. So there’s kind of a karmic theme there, that’s where the title comes from, sowing seeds... those come back later on in your life, be it good or bad. When I look back over the last ten or even twenty years, the way I’ve tried to work the big machine - Fleetwood Mac, with the small machine - my solo career, it’s like a big movie scenario versus a small independent film mentality that goes with my solo projects... the two would seem to be opposed but in a larger sense they tend to support each other. In order to do that, you have to keep your wits about you and make choices based on a certain set of values. I guess I was able to feel that the place that I’ve arrived at as an artist, as a person with my family and everything, it all seems a lot of my choices were for the good. So I guess that’s what is reflected on the album.
When you come to make a solo album, do you create a central theme before you start, like the karmic one on this record, or do you just write the songs and let them dictate the shape?
Well, it depends... you just mentioned ‘Under The Skin’ and when I did that, I basically said to the band that I wanted to do two solo albums more or less back to back, wanted to tour both of them and that they shouldn’t bother me for about three years. Just leave me alone! (laughs) For ‘Under The Skin’, that did have a very specific idea, which was to try to do something very sparse, acoustic and intimate. This particular album... as I say, I think the only thing I committed myself to this time was taking on as much responsibility for the process myself as I’ve ever taken, which included playing almost everything, mixing it, engineering it all... that was like a painting process, building up layers. But no, on this album I didn’t have a specific idea in mind, other than the approaches I have arrived at over the last ten years or so. One of those is taking one or two guitars at the most and having that be pretty much the bulk of the track, but still putting production values onto it. That’s something which I’ve been very interested in for a number of years and I keep refining and expanding on it.
With the song ‘Seeds You Sow’, you gave that away free on your website as a precursor to the album launch. Did you feel you had to do that in this day and age, or do you like the fact the internet offers that chance for your fans to come to your website and hear something early?
In America, we’ve put this album out ourselves, I did make some forays into seeing what interest there might be from larger labels... what few there are left! (laughs) I spoke to a friend, Rob Cavallo, who I’ve known for years who was in a good position at Warner Brothers, but I realised that he couldn’t change anything, the system would change him. I talked with my manager and we felt it was just too weird out there for an album like this, for someone like me, on a label. In the spirit of that, to put the record out ourselves, we could do it on our own terms and letting people hear something early allows you to loosen the formula up a little bit. Certainly using the website for that, we completely re-did it for when the album was done, that resonated with the spirit of how the album was going out, it seemed like the right thing to do.
I think with somebody like yourself, you have your own fan base who keep up to date with what you’re doing and I don’t think any of the, like you say, few major labels left could or would offer you anything you couldn’t do yourself at this stage of your career.
It’s true - for someone who is now in their sixties like I am, they’d look at me and think “Well...” There’s a kind of built in momentum with my fan base, you’re right. That comes with a built in fear of getting too involved, but I think people had enough respect for me to look at me, especially to the big companies, they’re so beholden to the boardroom mentality where everything is about the bottom line, nobody at these labels have the kind of autonomy that I saw when I started. They can’t make their own decisions for themselves anymore and I think they had enough respect for me to know they wouldn’t be doing the kind of job I feel the record deserves. And that’s fair enough.
Finally, speculation has been floating around about this for a while - is the Buckingham/Nicks album finally going to be officially released on CD?
Stevie has an album out right now as well, and when she was working on it I spent quite a bit of time over at her house... probably more time with her off the road than I had spent in ages. It’s so funny with Stevie and me, this is someone I’ve known since high school and obviously we’ve had a fairly difficult story to play out together at times, and you’d think by now there would be nothing left to work out, but apparently there is and I find that to be incredibly sweet. The thing between she and myself is still a work in progress and we did talk about it... I think the reason that album never made it to CD was down to inertia. We have talked about the possibility of putting it out, maybe sometime next year or the not too distant future, and you could put some bonus tracks on there, re-release it properly. We haven’t set a timeline or made a decision yet, but I think it would be appropriate. Maybe we could figure out a way to do some shows, just the two of us - that would be a nice change of pace too. So nothing is set in stone by any means, but things will happen next year... I’ll be shocked if there isn’t some Fleetwood Mac action next year. We’ll have to wait and see!
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Video: Lindsey Buckingham Live in Las Vegas "Go Your Own Way" 10/14/11
Photos: Stevie Nicks Blue Carpet Arrivals - President Clinton Foundation Gala
Singer Stevie Nicks attends the Clinton Foundation Gala in honor of “A Decade of Difference" held at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles on October 14, 2011.
Stevie performed "Landslide", "Dreams" and Fleetwood Mac's "Don't Stop" (Video below)
Below: Actress Jessica Alba (L) and singer Stevie Nicks arrive at The Clinton Foundation's 'A Decade Of Difference' Gala at The Hollywood Palladium
Stevie performed "Landslide", "Dreams" and Fleetwood Mac's "Don't Stop" (Video below)
Below: Fashion Stylist Rachel Zoe with singer Stevie Nicks
Below: Kristen Aldridge interviews Stevie Nicks on the red carpet
Below: Actress Jessica Alba (L) and singer Stevie Nicks arrive at The Clinton Foundation's 'A Decade Of Difference' Gala at The Hollywood Palladium
Friday, October 14, 2011
Lindsey Buckingham just may be one of the very few Americans who most changed the face of British Rock
Rock’n’Roll Hall Of Famer Lindsey Buckingham just may be one of the very few Americans who most changed the face of British Rock. As the male lead singer for Fleetwood Mac, this singer/songwriter/guitarist/producer took an underground blues band and helped make it into one of the most respected and best-selling bands in the universe. His voice … his intricate guitar playing … his compositional prowess, they’re all instantly recognizable. And he’s still going strong.
On November 1, Eagle Rock Entertainment will release a DVD of Lindsey Buckingham’s Songs From The Small Machine: Live In L.A., which was filmed in high-definition with DTS Surround-Sound, Dolby Digital 5.1, and Dolby Digital Stereo at The Saban Theater in Beverly Hills, California in April 2011.
The two-hour 19-song show will be released on
DVD, Blu-ray, and as a DVD/CD set.
MSRP $14.98 for DVD, MSRP $19.98 for Blu-ray, $19.98 for DVD/CD set]. Filled with his most beloved songs, including such Fleetwood Mac classics as “Go Your Own Way,” “Second Hand News,” “Big Love,” “Tusk,” “I’m So Afraid” and “Never Going Back Again,” blended with material from his new album Seeds We Sow (“In Our Own Time,” “Illumination,” “Stars Are Crazy,” “That’s The Way Love Goes”) the DVD and Blu-Ray also feature a Buckingham interview.
Songs From The Small Machine: Live In LA opens with a solo acoustic set that accentuate Buckingham’s nimble fretwork and multidimensional voice. The band join him for the remainder of the concert leaving the audience on their feet, shouting for more. The show closes with an acoustic encore of the title song from Seeds We Sow– a final reminder that this is one artist who refuses to rest on past laurels but, instead, prefers to look towards the future.
Lindsey Buckingham is out on the road in America touring with his band in support of Seeds We Sow.
In Stores Now in Germany - AMAZON
In Stores Oct 31st in the UK - AMAZON
1) Shut Us Down
2) Go Insane
3) Trouble
4) Never Going Back Again
5) Big Love
6) Under The Skin
7) All My Sorrows
8) In Our Own Time (NEW SONG)
9) Illumination (NEW SONG)
10) Second Hand News
11) Tusk
12) Stars Are Crazy (NEW SONG)
13) End Of Time (NEW SONG)
14) That’s The Way Love Goes (NEW SONG)
15) I’m So Afraid
16) Go Your Own Way
17) Turn It On
18) Treason
19) Seeds We Sow (NEW SONG)
CD Tracklisting:
1) Shut Us Down
2) Trouble
3) Never Going Back Again
4) Big Love
5) Under The Skin
6) All My Sorrows
7) In Our Own Time (NEW SONG)
8) Illumination (NEW SONG)
9) Second Hand News
10) Tusk
11) Stars Are Crazy (NEW SONG)
12) End Of Time (NEW SONG)
13) That’s The Way Love Goes (NEW SONG)
14) I’m So Afraid
15) Go Your Own Way
16) Seeds We Sow (NEW SONG)
Review: A Guitar Hero Goes His Own Way – The Magic of Lindsey Buckingham
If there was a new video game out there called Underrated Guitar Hero… or Unsung Guitar Hero, Lindsey Buckingham would surely be on the cover.
I have always known him to be nothing short of amazing, but last night’s concert at Royce Hall on the UCLA campus proved it once again. The man is a living legend, and that is not something I say lightly or very often.
I would love to see him on stage trading licks with bass legend Stanley Clarke. Okay, yes I have always said Stanley is a living legend and he is… He is the best living musician out there. There is something very similar about their styles and approach and the way they attack their instruments. Watching their fingers fly across those strings, seeing an instrument literally transformed into something else… That would be amazing…
Lindsey Buckingham - Royce Hall UCLA - Los Angeles
10/13/11
By Danielle Bacher
Photos by Danielle Bacher
Some men gain weight as they get older, and many lose their hair. Lindsey Buckingham, however, has beaten the odds. Reed-thin with a shock of gravity-defying gray hair that reminds one of Jack Nance in Eraserhead, he retains a youthful air and still-keening voice. This is fortunate, as his set included both decades-old Fleetwood Mac hits and more recent solo work. The mixture didn't always cohere, leaving an off-kilter feeling, but the highs were extremely high, and the adoring fans were going to enjoy the music no matter what.
Buckingham led off the evening alone, just himself and his acoustic guitar. He opened with "Shut Us Down" from 2006's unjustly overlooked Under the Skin. A number at once gentle and snappy, it allowed him to show off his world-class fingerstyle skills, bending and popping each string for maximum effect. He kicked things up with the second track, 1984's "Go Insane." Stripped of its dated production (and Miami Vice visuals), it kept its jangly accents and haunting edge.
The steadfast picker followed with his biggest solo hit, "Trouble." Perhaps the quintessential Buckingham tune, it combines a lilting melody and catchy chorus with an air of coked-out dread that is, well, troubling. "I should be saying goodnight/ I really shouldn't stay anymore/ Been so long since I held you/ Forgotten what love was for," he coos to a lover who clearly has spooked him somehow. The pretty-but-fucked-up vibe continued through a breathy, languorous version of Fleetwood Mac's "Never Going Back Again" (aka, "The Song Every College Guy Tries to Learn on Acoustic Guitar"). It's not hard to hear why the Mac were a phenomenon in the late-1970s. Even if they only had Buckingham writing songs, they would have had more hits than most bands could ever dream of.
Continue to the full review at LA Weekly
Lindsey Buckingham: HIS FINGERTIPS AREN'T LIKE YOURS! has a secret he doesn't really talk about
Lindsey Buckingham, playing Aliante, talks about love, calluses and musicDoug Elfman
Las Vegas Review Journal
If you know the lore of Fleetwood Mac, you know all about Lindsey Buckingham's messy relationship with Stevie Nicks. It helped them write their classic album "Rumours," yada yada.
But that was so very long ago -- 30-plus years and counting. It's time to let it go.
Besides, Buckingham, 62, lives with his wife of several decades, Kristen Messner. They have three kids.
Buckingham -- performing solo tonight at Aliante Station -- romantically says he waited "a long time" for her.
See the full article at RJ
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