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Thursday, March 29, 2012
CBS Detroit: Stevie Nicks Concert Ticket Pre-Sale Opportunity
Tickets go on sale Friday, March 30 at 10 a.m. but WWJ Newsradio 950 listeners will have an opportunity to purchase tickets before they go on-sale on Thursday, March 29, 2012 from 10 a.m. – 10 p.m.
Click here on Thursday, March 29, 10 a.m. – 10 p.m. to take advatange of the Stevie Nicks pre-sale!
Promo Code: “WWJ” Use the code in the "Promotions and Special Offers"
Tickets ($45.50, $75, $80 and $125) go on sale to the general public on Friday, March 30 at 10 a.m. at OlympiaEntertainment.com, The Fox Theatre and Joe Louis Arena box offices, Hockeytown Authentics in Troy (without service charge) at all Ticketmaster locations and Ticketmaster.com. To charge tickets by phone, call (800) 745-3000. For additional information, call (313) 471-6611.
CBS Detroit
Magic was in the air on American Idol
Magic was in the air on American Idol tonight.
As Aerosmith frontman Tyler noted, the [night] 'was a magical mystery tour of over-the-top talent and emotion.'
Both were found in the dynamic between 21-year-old Phillip Phillips and guest mentor Stevie Nicks.
The Fleetwood Mac singer was so enamoured with the Georgia boy that she even said, had it been 1975, he would have been part of her band.
It was the highest form of praise anyone could receive from a musical legend on an evening where the Idols honoured their own Idols.
The smitten singer told Phillips: 'Had it been you, me and [fellow Fleetwood Mac singer Lindsay Buckingham] in 1975, Mick Fleetwood would have asked all three of us to be part of Fleetwood Mac. You're that good.'
Full Article: Daily Mail
Emotional Stevie Nicks Coaches McKinney's Cavanagh on Idol
Townsquarebuzz
Music legend Stevie Nicks shared a tender moment with McKinney's Hollie Cavanagh this week on American Idol, and Hollie's emotions were still stirred during the show's live performance Wednesday night.
Hollie sang "Jesus Take the Wheel" by Carrie Underwood. And Nicks, a guest coach this week, pleaded with her during practice to better connect with the song. Nicks shared with Hollie that her mother just died two months ago, and Hollie's song, which tackles a heartbreaking family drama, needed to relate to those powerful emotions.
"It doesn't matter about your big voice," Nicks, fighting back tears, whispered to Hollie during her practice session. "It matters about your heart."
After 18-year-old Hollie sang her practice number, Nicks said, "When she sang I started to cry. I believe her, and I think the world will believe her."
Hollie said it meant a lot that her practice session turned personal with the iconic solo artist and former Fleetwood Mac lead singer.
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
Videos: Stevie Nicks on Idol
Stevie Nicks was absolutely wonderful tonight on American Idol. So personal... So caring... and I think the contestants that were taking advice from Stevie and Jimmy really felt that... I did!
Here are 2 mentoring segments from the show. It was a two hour show, Jimmy and Stevie were interspersed amongst the live performances hearing each song the contestant was going to sing... They would critique them, give them pointers, encouragement - and Stevie even added her own voice to a few of the segments helping the idol work out the song... It was great and really cool to see. The kids all seemed so blown away by what Stevie had to say... and were so appreciative. It was cool to see Stevie in action. We've all heard the stories on how she likes to mentor the younger generation of singers and artists but that's never been for public consumption... So it was nice to hear her with these young artists. Stevie could easily be the resident Mentor on Idol!
Here's a couple of examples. First up is Skylar and then Hollie who sang Carrie Underwood's Jesus Take The Wheel - which was really a touching moment for Stevie when in trying to get across the emotion that needs to be in the song to make it believable explained that she just lost her mother a couple of months ago and wants to hear Hollie's heart in the song! Stevie, then listening to Hollie sing, began to tear up.
The Top 9 on IDOL Talk Stevie Nicks: "She gave such thoughtful, helpful advice"
The "American Idol" Top 9 might be a very diverse group of singers with different outlooks on life, but they can all agree on one thing: Stevie Nicks is the best mentor they've ever had.
"She was amazing," gushes Jessica Sanchez.
DeAndre Brackensick agrees. "My favorite mentor ever," he tells Zap2it. "She came so prepared. She stayed up until like 4:00 in the morning the night before listening to all of our songs. She helped us be an artist not a product, which is what I really loved. She focused on what we wanted. I loved her."
Skylar Laine also appreciates the helpful advice Nicks gave. "Stevie was awesome. She did her homework. She came in and said 'I spent two hours last night listening to your songs and I still listened to them on the way here this morning.' I was like 'Dang.' No other mentor has said that to us. It was awesome because you felt so much respect for her and you just knew that she really cared about the mentoring. She wasn't just there beause she was asked to be there. She really wanted to help us."
For Elise Testone, the mentoring experience was especially wonderful because she actually got to sing with the Fleetwood Mac frontwoman.
"I said, 'I sing your music,' and Jimmy [Iovine] was like 'Well here Stevie, why don't you sing a song together?' We sang 'Dreams.' She sang the chorus and I harmonized above her. I just jumped right in -- it was like we had been playing together forever."
In fact, the familiarity was apparent as soon as Testone and Nicks met. "There are certain people that I meet that I instantly feel like I have been friends with them or we know each other," she says. "I felt that way with Steven Tyler, and I felt that way with her. There's just something that we have that we just clicked. We were just friends. I was so excited and I couldn't stop giggling."
But even more exciting than meeting such an industry legend was the fact that she gave such thoughtful, helpful advice -- something every single finalist mentioned they loved about Nicks.
"Stevie Nicks was the one person who actually changed our perspective towards the mentor," Heejun Han explains. "A couple of past weeks we had a mentor who wasn't prepared, who pretty much just wanted to have their own [moment in the spotlight], but Stevie Nicks was really well-prepared and I think she's the best mentor we've had so far."
And who, exactly could Han be referring to? We'll let this exchange between Colton Dixon and Phillip Phillips speak for itself:
"I was really excited that we walked in and we had a rock singer in there," Dixon says. "I was so tickled to death about that. I was like finally! Not that Diddy couldn't relate to my music, but..."
Phillips interjects: "He couldn't relate!"
Dixon agrees. "Yeah, I don't think he could."
Detroit Tigers: STEVIE NICKS IN CONCERT PRESALE
Fox Theatre Detroit
Friday, July 6 at 7:30 p.m.
We are excited to provide you with the opportunity to purchase tickets to the Friday, July 6, 2012, "Stevie Nicks in Concert" at Fox Theatre before they go on sale to the general public. The presale begins Thursday, March 29th, 10 a.m. Please note there will be an eight (8) ticket limit per person.
PRESALE DETAILS
Begins: Thursday, March 29, 10 a.m. ET
Password: GYPSY (Enter the password in the "Presale Offer" box)
Ends: Thursday, March 29, 10 p.m. ET
This is an online opportunity only, and no phone orders will be accepted. Please order as quickly as possible as supplies are limited and may be exhausted prior to the conclusion of the presale.
This presale will go on sale Thursday, March 29, 10 a.m. ET.
The public onsale is Friday, March 30 at 10 a.m.
Stevie Nicks' first studio CD in ten years "In Your Dreams" was released to critical raves and debuted in the Top Ten on Billboard's Top 200 Chart.
As a solo artist and member of Fleetwood Mac whose "Rumours" CD was one of the biggest selling albums of all time, Nicks' extraordinary career includes multiple Grammy awards, gold and platinum records, induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and unforgettable performances across the stages of the world for over three decades.
As a legendary performer and songwriter, Nicks has penned several Fleetwood Mac classics including the timeless "Landslide," "Dreams," "Gold Dust Woman" and "Rhiannon" along with her solo hits beginning with her five times platinum debut "Bella Donna" and unforgettable solo singles such as "Edge of Seventeen," "Leather and Lace" and "Stand Back." Her previous studio CD, the Grammy nominated "Trouble in Shangri-la" was released in 2001. Nicks' "Live in Chicago" DVD and "The Soundstage Sessions" CD were both released in 2009.
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