Friday, June 01, 2012

Review: Lindsey Buckingham Live in Boston

LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM REVS UP 'THE SMALL MACHINE'
PAT HEALY
Metro.us
With the aid of only his guitars and voice, Lindsey Buckingham turned in an impressive set at the Wilbur in Boston on Tuesday night.

When Lindsey Buckingham treated the half-full house at the Wilbur Theatre to "Go Insane," something remarkable happened. Though the Boston crowd was affectingly vocal on Tuesday night, it was impossible to overlook the empty rows on the floor and the unused third-floor balcony of the 1,200-capacity venue. But with his performance of his biggest solo hit (and frequent Fleetwood Mac live tune), a seismic shift of sympathy occurred, where instead of feeling badly for a performer who should be able to fill such a small hall, one could instead feel badly for every person who didn't buy a ticket for any of those unoccupied seats.


LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM RETURNS TO THE CALVIN 
Lindsey Buckingham has co-led one of the biggest-selling rock groups in history while letting his freak flag fly. He's had mega-success on his own terms, keeping his quirky soul intact, and the legendary vocalist/guitarist/songwriter/producer returns to the Calvin in Northampton, MA on Saturday at 8 p.m.

Tickets available at iheg.com

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"Lindsey Buckingham’s fingerpicking remains razor sharp and freight-train propulsive"

LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM
B.B. King Blues Club & Grill
New York City, NY - Monday & Tuesday June 4th and June 5th
Lindsey Buckingham does too many things too well for one of his talents not to go overlooked. Millions know him as the singer-songwriter of the Fleetwood Mac smash “Go Your Own Way,” and fans credit him as the driving force behind the band’s fractured epic, Tusk. But one thing you don’t hear much about is Buckingham’s guitar-heroism—a shame, since the man’s pickless playing is straight-up deadly.

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LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM
The State Theatre of Ithaca - Friday, June 8th
Text: state to 77000 for your chance to win tickets!

98.7 The Vine wants you to see Lindsey Buckingham, the iconic guitarist and male singer of Fleetwood Mac, Grammy winner, producer, and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer in Ithaca at the beautiful State Theatre in a solo engagement.  They want to get you rockin' with Lindsey, so they've got tickets growing on The Vine just for you!

Tickets for the show are still available here

FLEETWOOD'S ON FRONT STREET CONTEST CONTINUES... 

Mick Fleetwood's restaurant on Front Street in  Lahaina, HI on Maui is gearing up to open this year... They've just appointed the General Manager for the establishment and applications continue to be accepted for an assortment of positions... If interested, submit your resume via whoyouhire.com.

CONTEST:
Currently, Fleetwood's is running a contest, which actually started a while back... but they are continuing on with it... It's simple... Here are the details:

The question:
HOW MANY SEATS DOES Fleetwood's on Front St. have on the rooftop? (white building in photo)

Take a guess, click through to Fleetwood's on Front St. Facebook page, "Like" the page and submit your answer.

The Prize:
Winner will receive dinner for 4 and a Meet and Greet with the man himself, Mick Fleetwood!

Not a bad prize for simply submitting a guess!!



Stevie Nicks Signs on to 2012 Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction & Awards Dinner


Photo by: Alexandra Glen

New York, NY – May 31, 2012 – Dave Grohl, Stevie Nicks, Kenny Rogers, Lyle Lovett, Meat Loaf, Emmylou Harris, Cheyenne Jackson, Constantine Maroulis, L.P., Jerry Moss and Take 6 have signed on to be either a presenter and/or performer at the 2012 Songwriters Hall of Fame Annual Induction and Awards Dinner. This year’s dinner will be held Thursday, June 14th at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in NYC.

Inductees at the 43rd annual Songwriters Hall of Fame event include Gordon Lightfoot, Bob Seger, Don Schlitz, Harvey Schmidt & Tom Jones and Jim Steinman.  The Sammy Cahn Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to Bette Midler, with Ne-Yo receiving the Hal David Starlight Award. Lance Freed will be the recipient of the Abe Olman Publisher Award, and the first-ever Pioneer Award will be posthumously awarded to Woody Guthrie. “Stand By Me” is the Towering Song, with co-writer Ben E. King being honored with the Towering Performance Award.

Ticket Information: 
Tickets for the Songwriters Hall of Fame event begin at $1000 each, and are available through Buckley Hall Events, (212) 573-6933. Net proceeds from the event will go toward the Songwriters Hall of Fame programs.

Thursday, May 31, 2012

Photos: Lindsey Buckingham Live in Providence May 30th


Lindsey Buckingham Live in Providence May 30, 2012
Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel
Photos By Jay Santos - Gallery on Facebook

Some smashing shots from the front row!





Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Catch STEVIE NICKS on the Big Screen with Dave Stewart in Nashville


Dave Stewart to Debut "The Blackbird Diaries" and "The Ringmaster General" Documentary August 22, 2012 at the Belcourt Theatre in Nashville.

Description: "This tongue-in-cheek documentary follows Stewart's adventures in songwriting, letting the viewer witness his eccentric but compelling methods of creativity.  The days were filled with mayhem and martinis, while a circus of characters cross Stewart's path; many muses appear to join in the fun including Alison Krauss, Martina McBride, Colbie Caillat, The Secret Sisters, Joss Stone, STEVIE NICKS, Jessie Baylin, Diane Birch and Orianthi."


There are a limited number of general admission tickets available to the public for this VIP Event which go on-sale June 1st at www.belcourt.org.  Each ticket includes a free limited edition vinyl copy of Dave's forthcoming "The Ringmaster General" album which isn't released in the US until September 4th (Sept 3rd in the UK).

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An alternative to seeing the Documentary in Nashville is to order Dave's new wine "The Ringmaster General" from Mollydooker Wines which is gift packaged with a DVD of songs from both albums plus the 90 minute documentary on the making of The Blackbird Diaries and The Ringmaster General.

Place orders through Dave Stewarts on-line store.

IN YOUR DREAMS
Maybe this will be the route for Stevie's yet to be released In Your Dreams Documentary, which by the way, Dave tweeted about just a few days ago saying that distribution was still being set up for the release.



Check out the Documentary Trailer

Nicks Nixes Interview Footage on New Music with Buckingham


Lindsey Buckingham Talks Possible Nicks Reunion 
In new radio documentary by Pete Paphides, Fleetwood Mac's Lindsey Buckingham says "I would love to work with Stevie [Nicks] again"
The Quietus

Less than 24 hours remain to listen to last weeks broadcast from BBC4 on "Follow-up Albums" featuring Fleetwood Mac's "Tusk".  Pete Paphides 3 part documentary on bands that made a splash with an album only to follow it up with a left turn.  Great piece on the band with new interviews from Lindsey and Stevie.

Catch it at the BBC4 website

The above headline grabbing headline from The Quietus article opens a topic that has come up again and again regarding the idea of Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks reuniting as a duo (Buckingham Nicks).  It's a topic that's come up in the past, something the fan community would certainly welcome and what most people expect to happen if and when the Buckingham Nicks album ever sees the light of day on CD.  Their first and only album together from 1973 has never been released on CD.  Lindsey and Stevie both own the album have have the rights to do whatever they want with it.. and both have blamed each other for it not happening.  With the 40th anniversary (yes 40th, if you can believe that!) of the album approaching (2013). It would be the perfect opportunity to bring some attention to this really great album... Either re-release it as a stand alone, or record some new music together and release it as a double album, kind of a then and now... I think it would be cool!  Then do some live shows!

Anyway... the REALLY interesting part of this article is where Pete Paphide apparently confirms with The Quietus that portions of Stevie's interview regarding Lindsey working on new songs which he hoped the two of them could record together had been edited out of the interview footage by someone on Stevie's staff, who recorded the interview... Pete apparently also said that Lindsey was inspired to write the new music by the death of Stevie's mother whom he had known since both he and Stevie were teenagers.  Pete also said that Stevie was to meet up with Lindsey the day after their interview together.  What that meeting would have been about is unknown.  Could have been about the new music or the future of Fleetwood Mac.

"When we spoke to Paphides, he confirmed that when he interviewed Nicks for the programme (in a section that was never broadcast), she had mentioned that Buckingham had been working on some new songs, seemingly with a view to record them together. He had been inspired to do so after the death of Nicks' mother, whom he had known since he and Nicks got together as teenagers. Nicks was apparently due to meet Buckingham the day after Paphides' interview took place. The interview, Paphides explained, was recorded by one of Nicks' staff, and when it was sent back to him that section had been deleted."

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