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Apparently Stevie is booked on The Today Show April 2nd. There's no additional information on this appearance. We do know that Stevie's going to be in New York City after the last show of this leg of the Unleashed Tour (which is Toronto on March 26th) to promote her Soundstage Sessions CD and Live in Chicago DVD. She's appearing at Barnes and Noble, Union Square on March 31st for a CD/DVD signing at 7pm - then it's off to Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on April 1st.
As to whether these TV appearances are performance and interviews - we just don't know yet.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
PHOTOS: Fleetwood Mac Live in Ottawa at Scotiabank Place March, 2009
FLEETWOOD MAC SCOTIABANK PLACE
OTTAWA, ONTARIO CANADA
MARCH 23, 2009
Wonderful collection of shots from last nights show.
REVIEW: Fleetwood Mac Finally Landed in Ottawa Last Night
BY LYNN SAXBERG, THE OTTAWA CITIZEN
OTTAWA — Fleetwood Mac finally landed in Ottawa last night, a couple of decades past their heyday, but didn’t take long to remind an audience of 14,000 why they were everyone’s favourite band way back when.
So what if the configuration of the group wasn’t exactly the same as it was in the late 70s. The concert was still an unabashed nostalgia fest, consisting largely of songs from the band’s golden days. “There’s no new album to promote … yet,” Lindsey Buckingham teased the crowd early in the evening. “This time we said ‘Let’s just go out and have fun.’ Let’s do the songs we all love and hopefully that’s the thing that you love as well,” he added.
Sure enough, the veteran musicians looked like they were having almost as much fun as the fans who packed Scotiabank Place. A rock-solid version of Monday Morning immediately established a groove that was heavier than expected from the soft-rock superstars. Bass and drums blazing, it was a potent reminder of the awesome power of the rhythm section that provides the band’s name, that of drummer Mick Fleetwood and bassist John McVie.
However, as the concert unfolded, over the next two-plus hours, it became clear that Fleetwood Mac is, at its heart, a Buckingham-Nicks project. Singer-guitarist Buckingham and singer Stevie Nicks traded lead vocals, and shared the duty of chatting with the audience. There were small signs of warmth between them but few actual sparks. Even when Nicks put her head on Buckingham’s shoulder, no one was fooled.
To fill in a bit of Mac history here, singer Stevie Nicks and guitarist Buckingham were lovers when they first joined the band in the mid-70s, and many of the songs on the classic 1977 LP, Rumours, were inspired by their break-up (as well as the divorce of McVie and his wife, singer Christine, who chose not to take part in this reunion tour). As Buckingham said last night, those were “complex and convoluted times.”
Rumours was a landmark album, ample proof that complicated emotional situations make for the best songs. Although relationships can go sour, the best songs stand the test of time. With every selection from Rumours, including The Chain, Dreams, Second Hand News, Go Your Own Way and Don’t Stop, the band dug in, rocked out and had no problem reclaiming the original passion of the times, to the delight of the audience.
Both Buckingham and Nicks were in fine form, ageless in appearance, their voices as strong as ever. Nicks wore her blond hair long and sleek, had scarves hanging from her microphone stand and twirled her shawl on stage, her voice haunting. Buckingham dazzled on guitar, exploring the softer side during an acoustic version of Never Going Back Again but then working up to some full-out electric soloing for Go Your Own Way.
Backing the core quartet on stage were a couple of extra instrumentalists and a trio of female backing singers.
REVIEW: Fleetwood Mac Live in Ottawa
By SHANE ROSS - Sun Media
OTTAWA - Not they don't still look pretty darn good, but listening to Fleetwood Mac and wondering who's sleeping with who just doesn't have the same appeal as it did 30 years ago.
Did Stevie Nicks and Mick Fleetwood get it on before the show? Who cares? Probably not even Lindsey Buckingham.
He's already told her to go her own way. She went.
But she's back, again, still sexy at 60. They were all back last night at Scotiabank Place. All except Christine McVie, who declined to join her ex -- bassist John McVie -- and the four other bandmates for the tour, which kicked off March 1 in Pittsburgh and heads to Montreal tonight and Toronto on Thursday.
That left Nicks as the only woman in the band that became known in the 1970s as much for their tangled love lives as their chart-toppping hits.
"As you know, Fleetwood Mac has a convoluted and emotional history," Buckingham wink-winked to the 14,000 fans last night.
Yes, we know. Their 1978 Grammy-winning album, Rumours, filled us in. Stevie-Lindsay, Mick-Stevie, John-Christine, Christine-lighting guy-etc. It's what gave songs like Go Your Own Way, Second Hand News and Dreams an almost voyeuristic feel.
Teenage imagination, run wild.
Anyway, time heals all wounds. As Buckingham said last night, "We take breaks, long breaks, and every time we reconvene it's a little different. This time, we just said let's go out and have some fun."
They stuck to the plan last night. On drums, Fleetwood -- the ponytail, so prominent on the Rumours album cover, now grey -- sported a perma-grin. Buckingham teased the crowd by hinting at an upcoming album. "With no album to promote -- yet," he said, "we thought we'd sing the songs we all love."
And Nicks was warm and engaging in her black top and grey skirt -- and later, ruby dress and gold shawl, and even later, black dress and top hat -- that flowed when she swayed and twirled in that familiar hippie-like dance.
Proof of the reconciliation was in the encore. Stevie's Silver Springs, which reportedly caused a row when Mick cut it from Rumours, was the closer last night. Apology apparently accepted.
So while there may not have been much sexual tension on stage last night -- Stevie did lay her head tenderly on Lindsay's shoulder at the end of Sara -- there was plenty of good music. The songs stand up on their own, without the "convoluted history."
They sang most of their greatest hits last night, but not all. They couldn't, not without Christine. Over My Head, You Make Lovin' Fun, and Little Lies wouldn't be the same without her distinct lead vocals. Nicks and Buckingham attempted Say That You Love Me, which was sung by McVie on their self-titled album, but it didn't sound quite right. Nicks fared better on the second verse of Don't Stop, which was McVie's. But, hey, if Bill Clinton could sing it during his 1993 presidential campaign, anybody can.
Regardless, Nicks and Buckingham sing vocals on enough Fleetwood Mac hits to easily fill out a three-hour concert. If it was Nicks, instead, who wasn't there, they wouldn't have attempted Rhiannon, Gypsy and certainly not her solo hit, Stand Back.
And that was a pretty good tradeoff.
Monday, March 23, 2009
INTRODUCING "MyMickTV"
Mick Fleetwood and his assistant Karol will be carrying a Flip MinoHD camera and will be shooting behind the scenes footage of his life both on and off the road.
Some of the upcoming weekly webisodes on MyMickTV will include a backstage tour of Mick's dressing room at Madison Square Garden, Mick offering wine tips, Mick in Private jets, doing media interviews and CD signings, in short, Micks life on the road and at home in between "Unleashed" gigs.
Roland Woerner, heading up the Fourtress film and editing team of Fourtress Development Group, LLC said, "Mick has granted us unprecedented access to his world both on a personal and professional level. He understands the power and excitement of new media and has given us the green light to share his story with a global audience. With an instant online delivery system to millions of viewers, this is the ultimate reality show that's available 24/7."
The Premier Episode has Mick packing in LA and getting ready to head to Pittsburgh for the first show of Fleetwood Mac's "Unleashed" tour.
Episode 2 has been posted on MyMickTV.com regarding his association with Fleming's Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar.
LINKS to Bookmark
MyMickTV (on Youtube)
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"BLUE AGAIN" the new live cd release from The Mick Fleetwood Blues Band feat. Rick Vito is in stores now. It climbed to the #1 spot on the blues chart at itunes the day of release and was in the top 20 of all music sales for two days.Listen to full cd tracks here
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MEET MICK FLEETWOOD
Mick is scheduled to visit 8 Costco stores this fall in
September and November throughout Arizona and
Nevada with additional dates to be announced.
for his full schedule
STEVIE SCHEDULED ON LATE NIGHT WITH JIMMY FALLON
STEVIE NICKS is scheduled to be on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday, April 1, 2009.
Not sure if this will be a performance with interview or just performance - but she'll be on promoting "The Soundstage Sessions" CD along with the "Live in Chicago" DVD.
Jimmy Fallon is on NBC weeknights at 12:35 / 11:35 central.
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