Operation Ward 57 Recognizes Stevie Nicks for Dedication to Wounded Soldiers

We would like to take a moment to recognize Stevie Nicks and her continuous dedication to our wounded soldiers.


During my time stationed at Walter Reed working as a nurse with wounded soldiers, many visitors passed through the doorways of Ward 57. One visitor, in particular that impressed me, was Stevie Nicks.

by Scott Cameron
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Fleetwood Mac founder Mick Fleetwood's restaurant set to open in Lahaina in early summer

Renovations Begin for Fleetwood’s on Front Street
by: Daniel Weiss
The Maui Weekly

Fleetwood Mac founder Mick Fleetwood's newest masterpiece is a venture into the restaurateur world. Fleetwood's on Front Street and Fleetwood's Wine Cellar is set to open in Lahaina in early summer.

The restaurant will employ 100-plus people, and will embrace the Hawaiian culture and feature storytelling. Fleetwood himself will perform on a semi-regular basis along with surprise and esteemed musical guests performers.

Fleetwood's business partner, Jonathan Todd, said, "The restaurant space will look like a casbah meets Ralph Lauren meets colonial British Mick Fleetwood, and its changing and morphing as the process moves along."

Hawaiian Native Vene Chun presided over the traditional Hawaiian blessing last month, calling upon "na 'aumakua," ancestral guardians. Beginning with the blowing the conch and chanting, he used a tealeaf (a symbol of purification) to spread water (to give new life to the space) and sea salt (considered the amniotic fluid of Mother Earth), which reenergizes and revitalizes the spirits to rejuvenate everything in the building.

The blessing was followed by the initial demolition of the former restaurant's interior. An 1899 Langtry sign that adorned the back of one of the former restaurant's booths was salvaged and will be framed to hang on the walls of the new restaurant after renovations are complete. This was a particularly apropos, considering Langtry was one of the first locations of Mick Fleetwood Private Cellar Wines.

Fleetwood paid tribute to his late father, whose watch he wore to the ceremony and affectionately spoke about his mother, Bridget, who was in attendance.

"It's been a long time in dreaming of doing this," he said. "Mum, Mummy she knows way too much about me, but she knew me back in the day I was aspiring to play drums back when I was at the ripe old age of 9 or 10 years old. And mum and dad gave me part of their house, which were the stables, which we called Club Keller. And to me and mum, this [Fleetwood's on Front Street] is Club Keller. This was where I played drums, where I aspired to dream of going to London and began believing in something that might not be believable."

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Mick Fleetwood Attends Annual Dollar Loan Center Party in Las Vegas

Dollar Loan Center CEO Chuck Brennan pulled out all the stops at his annual company holiday party recently. Bringing in his famous friends from around the country, the business owner and philanthropist helped raise nearly $300,000 for charity while giving 500 employees and guests a night to remember including $250,000 in cash and prizes.

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Video: Lissie - Go Your Own Way (Fleetwood Mac cover)

Folk-rock star Lissie takes the Fleetwood Mac classic in a bold new directionLissie has unveiled a new video to accompany her version of Fleetwood Mac's 'Go Your Own Way'.From the new EP 'Covered Up With Flowers'

Charts Update: Fleetwood Mac | Stevie Nicks Australia, UK, USA, Netherlands

AUSTRALIA
For the week February 20, 2012.

All albums plus The Dance on the Top DVD chart move down the charts significantly this week. Rumours plus The Greatest Hits albums both drop off the catalogue charts completely making way for a slew of Whitney Houston catalogue titles that re-enter the charts.

TOP 100 ALBUMS CHART
# 59 (48) Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of

TOP 50 CATALOGUE ALBUM CHART
#  8 (3)  Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of
# 41 (32) Stevie Nicks - Crystal Visions... The Very Best Of

TOP 40 MUSIC DVD CHART
# 29 (19) Fleetwood Mac - The Dance

UK
For the week ending February 18, 2012

TOP 40 CATALOGUE ALBUMS CHART
# 13 (22) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

THE NETHERLANDS
For the week ending February 18, 2012

TOP 50 CATALOGUE ALBUMS CHART
# 23 (12) Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of

USA
For the week ending February 5, 2012.

Two weeks worth of Top Catalogue chart info and sales data for the US beginning with the chart for the week ending February 5th.  Rumours drops to #128 from #93 the previous week.  Sales for the period were 2,026 for an accumulated total of 2,928,923 units sold in the US since November, 1991.  Greatest Hits drops out of the Top 200.

TOP 200 CATALOGUE ALBUM CHART
# 128 (93) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

USA
For the week ending February 12, 2012.

Rumours continues its decent on the Catalogue Chart sliding 8% in sales moving from #128 to #181.  Sales for the week ending Feb 12th were 1,867 for an accumulated total of 2,930,949 units sold in the US since November, 1991.

TOP 200 CATALOGUE ALBUM CHART
# 181 (128) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

In terms of digital sales vs actually CD sales, Digital sales for Rumours for the week ending February 12th were 1,354 and for Greatest Hits they were 680.  Landslide drops off the Top 200 Digital Tracks listing this week - it was #141 last week.

TOP 200 CATALOGUE DIGITAL ALBUMS
#  58 (27) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
# 131 (107) Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits

ADELE'S HOT ON FLEETWOOD MAC'S HEELS
With "21" about to hit its 21st non-consecutive week at No. 1 on the US Billboard Top 200 album chart this coming week - with predicted sales in the 600-700k range (it's largest one week sales ever), Adele is hot on the heels of Fleetwood Mac's 31 week stint at No. 1 with Rumours.

Here are the albums with the most weeks at No. 1 in the nearly-56 year history of the Billboard 200 chart: (Weeks at No. 1, Title, Artist, Peak Year)

54 -- "West Side Story soundtrack, 1962**
37 -- "Thriller," Michael Jackson, 1983
31 -- "Rumours," Fleetwood Mac, 1977
31 -- "South Pacific" soundtrack, 1958
31 -- "Calypso," Harry Belafonte, 1956
24-- "Purple Rain," Prince and the Revolution/Soundtrack, 1984
24 -- "Saturday Night Fever" soundtrack, 1978
21 -- "Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em," M.C. Hammer, 1990
20 -- "21," Adele, 2011
20 -- "The Bodyguard," Whitney Houston/Soundtrack, 1992
20 -- "Blue Hawaii," Elvis Presley/Soundtrack, 1961
** (The figure of 54 weeks at No. 1 combines the set's time atop separate stereo and mono LP charts before the Billboard 200 became a singular ranking the week of Aug. 17, 1963.)

Mick Fleetwood Visits Sierra Canyon School

Mick Fleetwood, Classic Rocker, Demos Drum Styles 

to Sierra Canyon 4th Graders

Mick Fleetwood, of Fleetwood Mac fame, gives music history lesson and performs a mini-concert with Sierra Rock Band coach Howie Anderson in Mrs. Rosen's music class.

A Music Class 4th Graders will Never Forget!

On Wednesday Feb 15th, music specialist, Mrs. Rosen, invited Mick Fleetwood to visit the 4th grade to enhance their unit on the music of the 1960s and the British Invasion.

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