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LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM LIVE
Hampton Beach Casino Ballroom May 31, 2012
Photos by: New England Concert Reviews
Really great shots of Lindsey at the link below
Smugmug Gallery (43 photos)
Monday, June 04, 2012
Sunday, June 03, 2012
Review: Lindsey Buckingham pleases crowd at Calvin Theatre
"The barrage of notes that come arpeggiating off the
fretboard is truly jaw-dropping"
By George Lenker
There are only a few ways to review a concert, but let me try what I think is a different method for Lindsey Buckingham's Saturday night show at the Calvin Theatre in Northampton: giving you the good and the not-so-good in separate doses.
Before we start, let's acknowledge that the former Fleetwood Mac member did nothing but wow the enthusiastic crowd which filled about 3/4 of the venue. But fans are fans and performers have to be pretty be pretty bad for their faithful to turn on them.
This is not to imply Buckingham wasn't good. He was. But there were (admittedly subjective) aspects to the show that weren't wonderful.
Not-as-good: His too-long guitar solos
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Saturday, June 02, 2012
Photos: Lindsey Buckingham Live - Providence & Lebanon - 48 Stunning Shots
Lindsey Buckingham Live - Lebanon Opera House
Lebanon, NH - June 1, 2012
Photos by Nancy Nutile-McMenemy
Smugmug Gallery (39 photos)
Lindsey Buckingham Live - Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel
Providence, RI - May 30, 2012
Photos by Phyllis Pascazio
Facebook Gallery (9 photos)
Lebanon, NH - June 1, 2012
Photos by Nancy Nutile-McMenemy
Smugmug Gallery (39 photos)
Lindsey Buckingham Live - Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel
Providence, RI - May 30, 2012
Photos by Phyllis Pascazio
Facebook Gallery (9 photos)
Friday, June 01, 2012
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.
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
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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Who is Bob Lefsetz:
"Bob Lefsetz is the author of "The Lefsetz Letter." Famous for being beholden to no one and speaking the truth, Lefsetz addresses the issues that are at the core of the music business: downloading, copy protection, pricing and the music itself.
His intense brilliance captivates readers from Steven Tyler to Rick Nielsen to Bryan Adams to Quincy Jones to EVERYBODY who’s in the music business.
Never boring, always entertaining, Bob’s insights are fueled by his stint as an entertainment business attorney, majordomo of Sanctuary Music’s American division and consultancies to major labels."
Reprinted by permission
Bob Lefsetz: Welcome To My World - "Forgotten"
June 1, 2012
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.
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.
Subscribe to the Lefsetz Letter http://lefsetz.com/
Follow on Twitter
Who is Bob Lefsetz:
"Bob Lefsetz is the author of "The Lefsetz Letter." Famous for being beholden to no one and speaking the truth, Lefsetz addresses the issues that are at the core of the music business: downloading, copy protection, pricing and the music itself.
His intense brilliance captivates readers from Steven Tyler to Rick Nielsen to Bryan Adams to Quincy Jones to EVERYBODY who’s in the music business.
Never boring, always entertaining, Bob’s insights are fueled by his stint as an entertainment business attorney, majordomo of Sanctuary Music’s American division and consultancies to major labels."
Reprinted by permission
Review: Lindsey Buckingham Live in Boston
LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM REVS UP 'THE SMALL MACHINE'
PAT HEALY
Metro.us
Tickets available at iheg.com
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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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