Thursday, March 15, 2012

Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours" back on the Top 200 Catalogue Chart


Fleetwood Mac's Rumours album returns to the top half of the Catalogue Albums Chart this week coming in at #94 on sales in the US of 2,290 units.  The prior week the album sold 1,511, not enough to make the top 200 listing.  Since November, 1991 when soundscan began tracking over the counter sales and subsequently digital sales, the album has sold 2,938,119 units in the US.

 TOP CATALOGUE ALBUMS CHART - MARCH 24, 2012
# 94 (-) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours


On the Catalog Physical Albums listing, Fleetwood Mac's 2002 double disc Very Best Of set sold 1,156 units in the last week down slightly from the previous week of 1,258.  To date, sales in the US are 1,465,827 units.  Technically the album is due to be re-certified.  It's was certified platinum once it sold 500,000 units (because its a 2 disc set, each overall album sold is counted twice 500,000 x 2 = 1,000,000.) with 1,465,827 in sales, its sitting just below triple platinum.


TOP CATALOGUE PHYSICAL ALBUMS - MARCH 24, 2012
# 197  (-) Fleetwood Mac - Very Best Of

On the Catalogue Digital Albums list Fleetwood Mac have two titles, Rumours and Greatest Hits.  Rumours sold 1,677 digital copies last week up from 910 the previous week.  Greatest Hits sold 634 digital copies up from 534 the previous week.  These numbers for Rumours would be included in the Top Catalogue Albums Chart total of 2,290 above which means that Rumours sold 613 physical copies last week.

TOP CATALOGUE DIGITAL ALBUMS - MARCH 24, 2012
# 30 (65)     Fleetwood Mac - Rumours 
# 157 (183) Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits

Watch & Win: Tickets to Rod Stewart & Stevie Nicks Live in Tulsa Aug 8th


Tulsa - Rod Stewart and Stevie Nicks are coming to Tulsa in August for their Heart and Soul Tour. KTUL Tulsa's ABC Channel 8 is giving away 10 sets of tickets to the August 8th show at the BOK center.  They will give away 4 sets on March 15th, 22nd and 23rd.

How to Win:
Watch the 10 o'clock newscasts on each of these nights.  They will give you a key word during the newscast.  All you need to do then is visit ktul.com, click on the banner which willb e at the top of the home page and fill out the form, including the key word that was given during the newscast.

The entries will be taken until 9am the following morning, at which time all entries with the correct keyword will go into a drawing.  We will notify the winners by the contact information provided on the entry form.

For complete contest rules visit the KTUL Channel 8 website

NEW DATE: Lindsey Buckingham Live in Santa Cruz, CA May 11th

An Evening With Lindsey Buckingham
Friday, May 11, 2012 - Rio Theatre 
Santa Cruz, CA
Doors: 7:00 pm, Show begins at 8:00pm

Ticket Prices:
$42.00 General Admission, $63.00 Gold Circle

Tickets on sale NOW at Pulse Productions


OFF THE RECORD with Fleetwood Mac: This weekend on over 80 stations

This weekend, over 80 stations will air OFF THE RECORD with Joe Benson featuring the music of Fleetwood Mac as well as more of Joe's conversations with Mick Fleetwood, Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham. Check out the promo HERE... and check out Uncle Joe Benson's website for a station that's streaming the show

Wednesday, March 14, 2012

Mick Fleetwood Blames Stevie Nicks For Fleetwood Mac Tour Trouble

Fleetwood Mac founder Mick Fleetwood fears the supergroup will never tour again because bandmate Stevie Nicks won't give up her latest solo dream.

The drummer reveals he and his bandmates were preparing for a major world trek in 2010 but then Nicks announced she was releasing a solo album and the plans stalled.

Two years later and Nicks is still touring on the back of her 2011 release, In Dreams, and has tour dates with Rod Stewart scheduled.

And Fleetwood, who performed on his bandmate's latest solo album, thinks the moment for a reunion tour has passed.

He tells Playboy magazine, "I don't believe Fleetwood Mac will ever tour again, but I really hope we do. We have rehearsed and prepared for it since 2010. We were supposed to tour in 2011, but we delayed it for a year to allow Stevie Nicks to support her solo record and for Lindsey Buckingham to do the same with his.

"I've always been supportive of my bandmates doing solo albums, so long as we kept our band together... I played drums on most of Stevie's album, the one she is still out there supporting and the one that is the reason that, for now, she refuses to do a Fleetwood Mac tour. It comes down to her.

"Stevie is really proud of her new album, and I get that, but she will not let it go... She's insistent upon working it (album) until it is incapable of growing further.

"I understand what she likes about her situation: Touring in support of her album, she is able to be her, without any degree of compromise. She doesn't have to worry about the other three of us asking her to do anything... She has become obsessed with her album in a very nice but inconvenient way."
KVOS.com

[update] Read the full Playboy Interview where Micks statement is taken from

[Stevie said in December, 2011 live in a radio interview, while in Tasmania, when asked about Fleetwood Mac touring in 2012 - she said that she wasn't finished with her album and touring and wanted to continue on in 2012.  She also said she had a couple of other projects she wanted to do first and that Fleetwood Mac would happen in 2013.  So it should come as no surprise to Mick if Stevie books dates on the road this year.]

Lindsey Buckingham brings his solo acoustic tour to Thousand Oaks May 6th

LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM LIVE
Fred Kavli Theatre-Thousand Oaks Civic Arts 
Thousand Oaks, CA
Sunday, May 6, 2012 - 8:00 PM

Fleetwood Mac front man Lindsey Buckingham brings his solo acoustic tour to the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza. Guitarist Lindsey Buckingham was one of the forces behind one of rock's most legendary records, Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours." But the singer/songwriter, Grammy winner, producer and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer sees his latest solo effort, "Seeds We Sow," as his best work yet.

Ticket Prices:
US $30.00 - US $55.00
US $30.00 Ticket + US $15.80 Fees = US $45.80
US $55.00 Ticket + US $18.00 Fees = US $73.00

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