ASK FLEETWOOD MAC / GIGS OF 09 THAT WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND

The Seven Deadly Sins of Reuniting Bands
Huffington Post

ENVY: WHEN OTHER REUNITED BANDS SCORE HITS

Everyone wants the comeback. Everyone wants to believe they have one more shot at the top of the charts. Most bands who reunite dispense with a new studio album. They're the smart ones. The stage — and 10,000 drunken nostalgic fans — are more forgiving than a recording studio. Ask Fleetwood Mac. They were smart enough to reunite in '97 with a live album, "The Dance." It was an album of oldies, but a #1 album nonetheless.

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The gigs of 09 that went above and beyond
The Dominion Post

FLEETWOOD MAC, BOWL OF BROOKLANDS, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19th

Part of the magic of Fleetwood Mac is knowing the soap-opera that informs and influences not only the songs but the performances. Lindsey Buckingham sings Go Your Own Way at Stevie Nicks as much as he is singing it with her. Nicks needs Buckingham to accompany her version of Landslide; a song that has added prescience 35 years on from its first performances. And of course in live performance there are nods to the blues band that Fleetwood Mac started out as (under the tutelage of Peter Green). There is something about the music of Fleetwood Mac, it spans generations - something that seems to be happening less and less with music. And this was the perfect show to end the year: full of nostalgia, full of hits, delivered by a band still aware of the magic behind its songs.

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OFF THE RECORD WITH JOE BENSON: Mick Fleetwood and Ken Caillat

This weekend Fleetwood Mac OFF THE RECORD with J.B., Mick Fleetwood & producer Ken Caillat

Sunday January 10th: OFF THE RECORD with Joe Benson will feature the music of Fleetwood Mac as well as more of Joe's conversations with Mick Fleetwood and producer Ken Caillat.

Westwood One - Off The Record

Listing of Stations Airing The Show

NIGHT OF A THOUSAND STEVIES 20 (best-known STEVIE NICKS fan event in the world)

THE JACKIE FACTORY NYC PRESENTS

NIGHT OF A THOUSAND STEVIES 20:

SISTERS OF THE MOON

FRIDAY MAY 14, 2010

THE HIGHLINE BALLROOM NYC

431 WEST 16TH STREET NYC

DOORS OPEN 9 PM - 4 AM

ADVANCE TICKETS ON SALE LATE JANUARY

$20 TILL FEBRUARY 15, $25 THEREAFTER

18 AND OVER, 21 TO DRINK

Full Details on NOTS 20 Website:

mothernyc.com/stevie

Night of a Thousand Stevies is probably the best-known STEVIE NICKS fan event in the world, a riot of shawls, lace, baby's breath, twirling, tambourines and great performance. This event began at JACKIE 60 twenty years ago with four performers, and has grown into a true spectacle, featuring countless interpretations over a marathon night. As always, this Enchanted evening will climax in a twirl of shawls and tambourines with the Battle of a Thousand Stevies near morning.

This year's moonlit, milestone edition was inspired by one of Stevie's most enduring and iconic songs, SISTERS OF THE MOON. Though Stevie has not performed this song much of late, it has remained a showpiece and staple of some of NOTS most thrilling performers, from NICOLE NICKS during the JACKIE 60 days right through to POISON EVE and troupe last year. This year's bill will include Legends of Stevie Realness from all eras of the show, and honors them all, who come from all over the country and go through so much to join us, our Sisters of the Moon.

As we once again prepare for a truly magical night, we are humbled by the tremendous support that you bring to NOTS every year. Special greetings to all of our friends from the Stevie Nicks websites and other online outposts for the Gypsies That Remain. Forward and post freely, and we look forward to twirling with all of you, sisters AND brothers of the moon, on May 14.

And The Love Remains -

Chi Chi Valenti, Hattie Hathaway and Johnny Dynell
Producers, NOTS 20
The Jackie Diaries

CHRISTINE MCVIE BY KEN REGAN - 70'S STAGE SHOTS

A couple of really neat Christine McVie shots (and one Stevie) from sometime in the 70's are on ebay right now. Christine looks like a total gypsy here!...

Photos by: Ken Regan

Link: Christine

Link: Christine

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CHART ROUND-UP: FLEETWOOD MAC "THE VERY BEST OF" UK AND AU

UK TOP 75 - Week of January 4th:
"The Very Best Of" is down 14 positions to #37 in the UK.

UK TOP 75 CHART RUN (2009 Best Of Version):
Week 1 #6 Debut
Week 2 #10
Week 3 #12
Week 4 #15
Week 5 #26
Week 6 #29
Week 7 #31
Week 8 #25
Week 9 #21
Week 10 #23
Week 11 #37


AUSTRALIA:

ARIA TOP 50 CATALOGUE ALBUMS CHART - Week of January 4th:
"The Very Best Of" notches another week at No. 1 on the Australian Top 50 Catalogue Charts. Total weeks on the Catalogue Chart = 8.

ARIA TOP 50 ALBUMS CHART - Week of January 4th:
Fleetwood Mac's "The Very Best Of" drops to #34 on the chart. Total weeks it's placed non-consecutively on the chart = 104

ARIA TOP 50 PHYSICAL ALBUMS CHART - Week of January 4th:
"The Very Best Of" drops down to #30 on the Physical Albums Chart. Total weeks it's placed non-consecutively on the chart = 109

MICK FLEETWOOD AND DENNIS DUNSTAN REUNITED IN BRISBANE