Thursday, March 10, 2011

"Secret Love" by: Stevie Nicks - Week 2 on Billboards AC Charts

In it's 2nd week on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Charts "Secret Love" moves up slightly two places to # 27 after debuting at # 29 on last weeks chart.  Stevie's biggest hit as a solo artist on the AC Chart was with "Leather and Lace" all the way back in December, 1981 where it peaked at # 10 in it's 8th week on the chart.

The track is currently being played on 12 AC stations in the US compared to 92 stations for the # 1 track this week on the chart... So there's a lot of room to grow.

To contact AC Radio stations in your area to request them to play "Secet Love" here is a Station Locator site

Wednesday, March 09, 2011

STEVIE NICKS PHOTO OP... SUNSET SESSIONS

A little more from the Sunset Sessions Feb 19th:
These were the photos taken after the album preview event... 
Here's Stevie's captured signing the Rumours album.



STEVIE NICKS LIVE IN LONDON - JUNE 26, 2011

Stevie Nicks To Play Hard Rock Calling
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STEVIE Nicks has been added to the line-up for Hard Rock Calling 2011 on Sunday, June 26.

The Fleetwood Mac icon will be joining headliner Rod Stewart whose appearance at Hard Rock Calling was also announced this week.

Both Stewart and Nicks are currently in rehearsal for their upcoming Heart & Soul US tour.

Hamish Dodds, president and CEO of Hard Rock International, commented: “Stevie Nicks is one of the most influential women in music, and we’re thrilled to add her to the lineup at Hard Rock Calling and help celebrate our 40th Anniversary.”

Multi-Grammy winning Stevie Nicks has had an unparalleled career as a solo artist and member of Fleetwood Mac, whose Rumours album has sold over 50 million copies worldwide and was a Top Ten album on the UK charts for 24 weeks.

Nicks has penned several Fleetwood Mac classics including Landslide, Dreams, Gold Dust Woman and Rhiannon.

Her solo career began with her five times platinum debut Bella Donna, while her iconic hit singles include Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around, Edge of Seventeen, Leather and Lace and Stand Back.


WHEN DO TICKETS GO ON SALE

Tickets for Rod Stewart are on presale 9am Thursday 10th March - at Livenation: HERE

TICKET PRICE PRESALE - 61.00£


Rod Stewart General Onsale 9am Friday 11th March

TICKET PRICE - 61.00£

Tickets for the Sunday go on sale on at 9am on Friday, March 11, 2011 and are available at

Sunday 26th June sees legendary singer perform in Hyde Park
Hard Rock Calling

Stevie Nicks will grace Hyde Park as support to Rod Steward when she plays Hard Rock Calling on Sunday 26th June. The superstar is the second artist to be confirmed on what is already shaping up to be an incredible day of live music in London's back garden. During her hugely sucessful solo career, Stevie has had forty Top 50 hits and sold over 140 million albums.

Tuesday, March 08, 2011

Glee Cast Version of "Landslide" on the itunes Charts:

It's Doing Very Well...
[updated March 10th - 6am]

Glee: The Music, Volume 5 as an album is the # 4 selling album on itunes in the US and it's the # 2 selling pop album.

Landslide - US itunes Charts:
Top 100 Country Songs Chart - itunes
# 1 - Glee (Single)
# 14 - Dixie Chicks (LP Cut)
# 47 - Dixie Chicks (Single)

Top 100 Pop Songs Chart - itunes
# 17 - Glee (LP Cut)
# 59 - Fleetwood Mac (LP Cut)

Overall Top 100 Songs - itunes
# 6 - Glee (Single)
# 24 - Glee (LP Cut)
#98 - Dixie Chicks (LP Cut)

The album will likely sell huge this week and open at or near the top of the album charts next week.
Landslide (Glee Cast Version) [feat. Gwyneth Paltrow] - Single. Buy on itunes

Also on itunes today... (March 10th)

Fleetwood Mac's 1975 "Fleetwood Mac"
# 70 on the Top 100 Pop Albums Chart - itunes

Fleetwood Mac's 1988 "Greatest Hits"
# 35 on the Top 100 Pop Albums Chart - itunes

Fleetwood Mac's 1977 "Rumours"
# 45 on the Top 100 Rock Albums - itunes
Fleetwood Mac's "The Dance" (NEW March 10th)
# 99 on the Top 100 Pop Albums Chart - itunes

"Secret Love" at Radio... How it's doing on the charts ? Well, it's on the way UP!

STEVIE NICKS "SECRET LOVE"
The first single from In Your Dreams continues to gain traction at radio, with Adult Rock Radio (Triple A) really starting to pick up on the song and give it some serious radio play, hense the 14 place jump to # 33  this week after debuting on the chart at # 47 last week.  I'll have more later.

Adult Contemporary Radio Play Charts:
Up to # 26 from # 30 for the week ending March 8th

Adult Rock Radio Play Charts:
Up to # 33 from # 47 last week


Fleetwood Mac Album Producer Sues HarperCollins For Breach of Contract

"Starting Rumours" Has Hit A Snag!

Ken Caillat is best known in the music business as the man who produced Fleetwood Mac's 1977 album Rumours, one of the best-selling rock records of all time.

That credential in turn garnered him a $555,000 advance from HarperCollins' It Books imprint to write Starting Rumours, an oral history of the making of that record, which the publisher won at auction from Caillat's agent Peter McGuigan of Foundry Media. But last month, Caillat filed suit against the publisher in Ventura County Superior Court alleging that he was rightfully owed his entire advance, and that HarperCollins had breached their contract by not paying him for a manuscript they rejected, and did not sufficiently explain why they rejected it.

Full Article

Complaint (via Courthouse News) - PDF File