Stevie Nicks | Fleetwood Mac Album Sales Update... Bella Donna Enters The Fray

US Albums Sales Update
Week ending May 27th, Billboard Chart Date June 9th.

RUMOURS: The 1977 album remains on the Top 200 Catalogue Albums Chart in the US this week dropping 5% in sales and moving down to #173 on the chart from #143 last week.  Sales for the week in the US were 1,439 vs 1,515 the previous week.  Total album sales since November, 1991 = 2,958,689.  On the Top 200 Catalogue Digital Albums Chart the album sold 810 copies vs 937 the previous week and sits at #94 down from #55 the previous week.  The difference between 1,439 and 810 is the number of physical albums sold.

GREATEST HITS: The 1988 release dropped off the Top 200 Catalogue Chart a couple of weeks ago, but remains on the Top 200 Catalogue Digital Chart registering 709 units sold digitally vs 750 the previous week.

THE VERY BEST OF FLEETWOOD MAC: The 2002 2CD album remains on the Top 200 Physical Catalogue Chart this week with 1,028 units sold vs 1,004 sold the previous week.  The album moves up to #157 from #169 the previous week.  Total album sales in the US = 1,477,562.

BELLA DONNA: Now there's a title we don't see much (or at all) on any of the Catalogue Charts!!  Stevie's 1981 debut album in it's second week on the Top 200 Catalogue Physical Albums Chart is at #136 this week up from #173 last week on at 12% sales increase.  The album sold 1,115 units in the US during the sales period vs 996 albums in the previous week.  Total album sales in the US since 1991 when Soundscan began tracking sales = 860,494. 

Bob Lefsetz gets it! >> Stevie Nicks "Secret Love"

Loved what he had to say about Stevie's "Secret Love" and the album "In Your Dreams" as a whole... 

Bob Lefsetz: Welcome To My World - "Forgotten"
June 1, 2012

"Secret Love"
Stevie Nicks

I smile every time this comes on my iPod.

Once upon a time, radio was the filter, before it became completely corporatized, littered with twenty two minutes of commercials per hour and we all stopped listening.

I know, I know, that's not completely true, the little girls listen to Top Forty and the oldsters revere the obscurities on the NonComm stations, but what about someone positively mainstream, a rocker who once was...where is she supposed to be played?

Nowhere.

So, Stevie Nicks's best album in decades, maybe her best ever...went unheard.

Used to be artists spent months and hundreds of thousands of dollars perfecting a sound, knowing listeners were waiting with eager anticipation. Now...no one cares.

And that positively sucks.

Which is why he (or she!) who invents the filter will own the future, will make all the money.

It can't be done with algorithms, otherwise Pandora wouldn't suck. It depends completely on humans, picking certified winners for the time-challenged.

If you ever liked Stevie Nicks, you can't hate this. You can't shake your head and say it's dreck. You may not love it, but you can't dismiss it. And what more can you ask for?

Ignore the naysayers, who hate Fleetwood Mac because they were too successful. The hipsters who can't like what everyone else does. That's the fringe. The middle, and I don't mean that disparagingly, the middle contains most people, would absolutely LOVE "Secret Love". But it came out and made barely a ripple and was forgotten.

It needs to be brought back.

First and foremost, there's the sound. Like a dark night in the middle of the summer, and suddenly a door opens and you go inside.

And what's up with that buzz saw guitar that keeps coming back, adding edge...I LOVE IT!

And the changes.

And the background vocals.

"I am not asking forever from you
I'm just asking to be held for a while
In a timeless search for love that might work"

You get older and you forsake your dreams. You're not looking for perfection, you're just looking for something, in a mental wilderness where there are people all around you, but very little connection.

This music is not made for the immature, it's made for you. With the rough edges, with the love handles, with the wisdom of years.

Madonna misfired with "MDNA", she wanted to be forever young.

Stevie Nicks aged. Not gracefully, none of us ever do. And she delivered something positively adult, and for that she's penalized?

The media only focuses on that with smooth skin, that which is brand new. But "Secret Love" is so in the pocket, so right, that it could become a cultural staple.

If people only heard it.

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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.

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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.

Songhall.org

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!