OKAY... DAVE STEWART CAME THROUGH BIG TIME!!!

IT'S A BEGINNING

Here's the snippet of a duet demo Dave Stewart spoke about and promised to preview today - of him and Stevie singing "Everybody Loves You" ... I love it!, it's hard to believe this is only a demo. It sounds so beautiful with the strings....

Thank you Dave for taking the time to post this... and thank you Stevie!

"EVERYBODY LOVES YOU"

DOWNLOAD (38 second preview)

DAVE STEWART & STEVIE NICKS DUET PREVIEW FIRST LISTEN FRIDAY 11AM PST

Dave Stewart to preview a duet he's working

with Stevie Nicks on this Friday March 5th, 11am PST.

THE SUSPENSE IS KILLING ME!

More bits of info via Twitter and Dave Stewart.... Hit the link to his twitter page.

With references to Fleetwood Mac meets the Beatles meets Tom Petty meets the Eurythmics... This sounds epic!

Today - March 4th
"Now driving over to Stevie Nick's place to make more majik"

"working on 4 songs with Stevie now very fast capturing the essence of the music and poetry keeping it spontaneous ,sounds amazing"

yep it is awesome stuff , Stevie's Voice is soaring !!!

March 3rd
"back to Stevie Nick's house more songs on the go :)"

From earlier in the week
"wrote a great song with Stevie Nicks on Monday called "Everybody Loves You"

and when asked if this means Stevie's making a new album?.... He responded with:
"she's on top form and I see that possibility"

(REVIEW) MICK FLEETWOOD BLUES BAND - CHRISTCHURCH, NZ

Boz Scaggs, Michael McDonald, The Mick Fleetwood Blues Band. Westpac Arena Christchurch, Wednesday March 3, 2010
Reviewed by Alistair Armstrong.
The Press

Elder statesmen fly with blues

What looked like a showcase for the faces behind a lot of mature FM radio hits was actually a rare glimpse of some of the best players in the music business.

Rhythm and blues was the lifeblood linking this triple treat comprising one of rock's great drummers (Mick Fleetwood), arguably its finest blue-eyed soul artist (Michael McDonald) and an adult pop practitioner with a pedigree far deeper than many suspect (Boz Scaggs).

Fleetwood, the venerable giant with a mischievous twinkle in his eyes, started things by paying tribute to his roots in the British blues boom with a set that included Fleetwood Mac classics such as a gloriously authentic-sounding Black Magic Woman and Albatross.

What made his Blues Band an unheralded sensation was Mac alumni Rick Vito, surely one of America's finest guitarists, whose shimmering slide guitar and bluesy vocals made the quartet's set an event in itself.

While Fleetwood thumped the kit and mugged enthusiastically, Vito set the place on fire, especially in Love That Burns, when he bypassed the microphone to sing directly to the crowd.

Watching Michael McDonald, you're struck by qualities that lots of contemporary musicians leave at the door.

He pours endless amounts of soul and passion into his music, whether it's bright and funky stuff like What a Fool Believes, which got them dancing in the aisles, or ballads with worrying levels of heartache like I Keep Forgettin'.

The yearning in a lot of Motown is a natural fit for this guy, so familiar favourites like Heard It Through the Grapevine and Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing regain freshness. Happily though, the St Louis native focused on his solo and Doobie Brothers material, which was carried brilliantly by his crack six-piece band and back-up vocalist through to a rousing gospel-style finale in Takin' It to the Streets.

Scaggs, accompanied by yet another group of hand-picked American musicians, was a contrast in style.

Mention his name and many think of disco-era celebrations, but he has matured and mellowed into a masterful purveyor of mellow funk and jazz, as well as blues.

The introductory Jojo was just elegant perfection that could have stopped on a dime.

It was like being escorted in slow-cruising musical Cadillac carrying supple, sumptuous grooves and steered by Scaggs' distinctive mellow warble.

Lowdown came halfway through and as the band took solo turns, it was easy to reflect on a night of deep-seated luxury that was warmly appreciated by the moderate-sized crowd.

DAVE STEWART SEEDING THE TWITTER CLOUD WITH HINTS OF STEVIE NICKS

A Twitter quote today from Dave Stewart....
"back to Stevie Nick's house more songs on the go :)"

From earlier in the week
"wrote a great song with Stevie Nicks on Monday called "Everybody Loves You"

and when asked if this means Stevie's making a new album?.... He responded with:

"she's on top form and I see that possibility"


This is pretty exciting stuff!  You da man Dave! Make it happen.

FLEETWOOD MAC UK CHART UPDATE FEB 28, 2010

THE UK
In it's 19th week of release "The Very Best Of" slides from #25 to #31 on the UK Top 75 Chart.

UK TOP 75 CHART RUN W/ NONE SALES FIGURES (2009 Best Of Version):
Week 01 #06 - Oct 26, 2009 - 18,763
Week 02 #10 - Nov 02, 2009 - 17,541
Week 03 #12 - Nov 09, 2009
Week 04 #15 - Nov 16, 2009
Week 05 #26 - Nov 23, 2009
Week 06 #29 - Nov 30, 2009
Week 07 #31 - Dec 07, 2009
Week 08 #25 - Dec 14, 2009
Week 09 #21 - Dec 21, 2009
Week 10 #23 - Dec 28, 2009
Week 11 #37 - Jan 04, 2010
Week 12 #42 - Jan 11, 2010
Week 13 #31 - Jan 18, 2010
Week 14 #35 - Jan 25, 2010
Week 15 #31 - Feb 01, 2010
Week 16 #22 - Feb 08, 2010
Week 17 #16 - Feb 15, 2010 - 16,895
Week 18 #25 - Feb 22, 2010
Week 19 #31 - Mar 01, 2010

SOME NOTABLE UK ALBUM/SINGLE SALES STATS
2009 Singles/Albums Analysis - UK Music Week Magazine

Physical sales accounted for 100% of the market at the start of the decade but only 2% at the end. With millions of singles thus available at the click of a mouse, catalogue singles sales have played an ever-increasing role, with buyers now cherry-picking their favourite songs, rather than buying albums. Some acts who have not had a single out in years achieved impressive sales as a result – Queen sold 1,118,445 singles, while Fleetwood Mac sold 358,377 singles and even MC Hammer sold 128,710 – but those who have held out against digital delivery fare less well, with The Beatles, for example, selling just 2,372 singles in the decade.

TOP 50 BEST-SELLING ALBUMS ARTISTS 2009
At year end, Fleetwood Mac land at #43 in the Top 50 best-selling Albums artists of 2009 category. About 3/4 of these sales come from the October, 2009 release of "The Very Best Of".

43 (--) FLEETWOOD MAC - 416,520