FLEETWOOD MAC CONFIRMED FOR PLYMOUTH

INSIDE SCOOP ON NZ GIGS is confirming that Fleetwood Mac will play one show only in New Zealand:

Fleetwood Mac Show Dec 19th Confirmed!

Fleetwood Mac is now confirmed for one show only at Bowl of Brooklyn's in New Plymouth on 19th Dec 2009! Tickets will be from Ticketmaster.

Official release early next week.

STEVIE NICKS / ART GARFUNKLE INTERVIEW (ROBERT KLEIN)

The Robert Klein Show with Stevie Nicks and Art Garfunkle

September 13, 1981

Stevie comes on with a penguin someone just gave her... She likes it. Stevie also discusses the bird on the cover of Bella Donna, she discusses Fleetwood Mac and that she was just in France recording a month ago and still has more to do. Also her involvement with Tom Petty, Bella Donna, about writing children stories. Robert Klein mentions Mick's skinny legs on the Rumours cover. Introduced part way through the interview is Art Garfunkel. Stevie and Art speak about singing as duo's, live performance versus studio & other stuff.

Fleetwood Mac on the way (AU & NZ)

Daile Pepper
WAtoday.com.au
August 18, 2009 - 10:24AM

The rumoured arrival of Fleetwood Mac on West Australian shores appears to be true, with the band believed to be playing at Member's Equity Stadium on December 11 and 12.

The band are gearing up for their Unleashed greatest hits tour, with fans hoping a New Zealand and Australian leg will be confirmed.

It seems some more big musical acts could also be headed to Perth later this year - that's if some cryptic clues delivered by the management of Member's Equity Stadium at a recent event are anything to go by.

Allia Venue Management chief executive officer Peter Bauchop addressed a crowd of sports representatives assembled for a night of celebration at the venue hinting at big things to come. And the events had nothing to do with sport.

"I don't want to spread any rumours, and I would much rather stay alive, than take the glory and the consequences," he said.

He told the crowd the months of November and December would be huge for the arena, but insisted that he was only joking around and could not confirm anything.

But the guessing games started with hopes that his reference to "rumours" referred to Fleetwood Mac's legendary album,"stay alive" to Pearl Jam's hit Alive and "take the glory" to Badly Drawn Boy.

Pearl Jam is playing at the stadium on November 14. Tickets are on sale now.

There is now a list of major acts heading for the city, including Beyonce, Marilyn Manson, Britney Spears, Greenday and ACDC.

CAILLAT / FLEEWOOD MAC COMPARISONS

Caillat has more going for her than simple naiveté.

New York Daily News

She has a talent for (co-)writing melodies that recall a light and lost period in pop.

Even more so than the songs on “Coco,” those on “Breakthrough” beam with a sheen that brings to mind California pop of the ’70s. At the high end, that means Fleetwood Mac. On the low, Firefall.

The former has real resonance for Caillat (pronounced kal-LAY). Her father, Ken Caillat, co-produced Mac classics like “Rumours” and “Tusk,” and also put in key dial-turning work on his kid’s disk.

Small wonder sunlight seems to dance off these tunes, much as it did in the most sheer work of Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie.

In “Fallin’ for You” the miniaturized guitar hook that caps the chorus might have slinked right off any song on “Rumours.” In “Begin Again,” the acoustic guitars dance gaily around the tune, while the piano tinkles.

Promoters To Keep Close Eye on Fleetwood Mac's Ticket Price

MUSIC fans spent more than $5.5 million on two major Sydney concert events yesterday as fierce competition for the entertainment dollar keeps ticket prices down.

The Daily Telegraph

Fleetwood Mac have leaked their Australian summer concert dates which includes shows at the Hope Estate Winery on December 5 and Acer Arena on December 7 and 8.

All promoters will keep a close eye on Fleetwood Mac's ticket price and how quickly the shows sell to determine whether the demand for nostalgia acts remains high.

DENNIS MCNAMARA'S 1981 STEVIE NICKS INTERVIEW

WLIR FM - Sunday at Nine with

Dennis Macnamara &

Stevie Nicks

Bella Donna release interview

Brief History on WLIR:

WLIR is “World Famous” mostly for the 80’s and “New Wave” format. ‘LIR was already adding cuts from Blondie, Talking Heads, and the Ramones to the latest Rolling Stones or Neil Young album cuts in the late ‘70’s. In early 1980 the Screamers of the Week (best new song as voted by the listeners) included new songs by the Kinks, Hall and Oats, Bruce Springsteen, and even Manfred Mann, along with emerging artists such as the Clash, Joan Jett, and Elvis Costello.

It became apparent there was a new music scene and enough artists that were being ignored by traditional radio to build a new format. In 1982 program director Denis McNamara decided WLIR would be the first station in the nation to be the outlet for all of this “new wave” of music. WLIR was the only place to hear the Police, the B-52’s, Duran Duran, the Cure, and many others. Listener response was sensational and WLIR became the birthplace of careers.

Many of these artists, such as the Police, the Pretenders and U-2 eventually forced their way into the mainstream. But the ‘LIR listener is familiar with so much more of their catalog that never became “hits”. WLIR was even the first station to play Madonna, George Michael, and Prince, artists who went on to make their mark in other formats.