Stevie Nicks Ends Whirlwind Day at SXSW with Rocking Sound City Performance!

Sound city Players at Stubb's, 03.14.13

Stevie Nicks blew into Austin and SXSW like a bird in flight today to promote two documentaries - "Sound City" and her own "In Your Dreams". She attended the IYD screening, spoke to the audience a bit afterwards with Dave Stewart, was quickly whisked off to her own one on one interview in front of a packed house at the Convention Center with Ann Power of NPR. Then capped off the night at Stubbs BBQ where she joined Dave Grohl and the rest of The Sound City Players and rocked the out-door venue.  Her set came a little earlier tonight then normal.  In the past she closed out the usual 3 hour event... But the girls busy! She's gotta plane's waiting! She needs to high-tail it back to L.A. and Fleetwood Mac rehearsals to brush up on Sister of The Moon! Fleetwood Mac are Live in Columbus, Ohio in exactly 3 weeks from tonight!

Here are a couple of twitter pics.  First two are by Ultra5280 which I think are kinda cool!  As you can see Stevie changed up the on stage outfit vs what she previously wore during the Sound City Live shows.  Looks like the same outfit she wore on Letterman last month.  Her set was the same as in previous Sound City shows:  Stop Draggin My Heart Around | You Can't Fix This | Dreams | Landslide | Gold Dust Woman.

Next event for Stevie... Oprah's Masterclass on the 24th!

Photo by Kim Martin Bannerman

Photo by Nadia Neophytou

Photos by Jay Janner - Austin 360

Landslide

Video | Pics: Stevie Nicks Austin Interview at SXSW

SXSW interview with Stevie Nicks
By Chad Swiatecki
Austin360

If you’re an interviewer you don’t keep famed rock singer Stevie Nicks on a short leash. The better move is to think of a question or topic like a stick thrown to a dog; she’ll chase after its general direction but the chances of the stick being retrieved are about 50/50. Thankfully, there aren’t many interview subjects who are as interesting to watch wander as Nicks, as National Public Radio journalist Ann Powers learned Thursday evening during an talk that saw the singer cover the early days of Fleetwood Mac, her relationship with Lindsey Buckingham, her songwriting partnership with Christine McVie and Buckingham and how she came to work with Dave Stewart on her new album “In Your Dreams.”

On she and Buckingham joining Fleetwood Mac: Nicks (whose all black ensemble and sunglasses lent to her mystical reputation) said the band based its decision on bringing she and Buckingham on board on whether McVie approved of Nicks. Talking about the entire group’s introductory dinner at a Mexican restaurant, she recalled a pair of Cadillacs pulling up outside with the FM members and entourage pouring out, contrasted against she and Buckingham being dirt poor. “Christine and I got on like thieves… babbling like a gaggle of geese.” Soon after she and McVie started rehearsing for the group’s next album - 1975’s self-titled bestseller - with Nicks and Buckingham making the then astronomical sum of $200 a week. “We hit the road in June and by October we each were millionaires.”

Above Photos by: Mindy Best

On fitting into the male-dominated world of rock: “I said we can’t be treated like second-class citizens. When we walk into a room… we have to float in there like goddesses. It worked. The boys never went anywhere without us and we were always invited to the party.” Later, Nicks took her most serious tone of the hour-long talk when discussing the control many female artists have ceded to handlers and label directors afer she and other female artist spent the ’70s and ’80s fighting to have their own say. Removing her sunglasses to make her point clear, she talked about her burgeoning desire to get actively involved in women’s equality on a political front.

On working with McVie and Buckingham as songwriting partners: Powers astutley described the three writers’ roles as McVie being the maternal one, Buckingham being the “weird alpha male” one and Nicks serving as the bridge between the two. The singer agreed, saying McVie was responsible for hits like “Hold Me” and “Say That You Love Me,” with Buckingham doing what he could to rough up those pure pop creations with his rocker proclivities. “I sequenced ‘Rumours’ so that one side is creepy and eerie and the other side is more poppy, to have two different experiences.”

On drawing inspiration from literature and film: In one of the more interesting and revealing segments of the talk, Nicks talked about seeing her own life through the lens of works by Edgar Allen Poe (when she was a teenager), the classic tale of Beauty and the Beast and the recent film adaptation of “Anna Karenina,” its lessons “about what obsessive love can do” about how after seeing it she was “ready to go to the grand piano with white candles. I’m not Anna. I’ve been there and I don’t want to be there again. It got me misery, unhappiness, two or three years to get over it and bad karma. You learn; don’t mess with a married man.” Later on she offered, “I’ve already written about that and I will write about it again.”

 

 Couple of brief clips of Stevie and Dave speaking after the film and before her sit down interview with Ann Power... Thanks to Mike Bise for the quick upload!

Mick Fleetwood Autobiography Scheduled for October

It was announced during the Hodder Book Conference in the UK yesterday that Mick Fleetwood has a new Autobiography scheduled for release in October, 2013.

Is this new, or is this a reprint and update of his early 90's book "My Life and Adventures in Fleetwood Mac"?

Mick Fleetwood autobiography scheduled for Oct from @hodderbooks. Could be huge.
— Jonathan Ruppin (@tintiddle) March 14, 2013

Tickets On Sale Now: In Your Dreams: Stevie Nicks Boca Raton, FL, Fairview, TX and Providence, RI

Three More Cities Now Selling Advance Tickets:

Boca Raton
iPic at Mizner Park
301 Plaza Real
Boca Raton, FL

Fairview
iPic at The Village at Fairview
321 Town Place
Fairview, TX

Providence
Cable Car Cinema
204 South Main Street
Providence, RI

Stevie Nicks’ In Your Dreams set to hit Canadian screens

Here we go again, with her crystal visions.
The documentary In Your Dreams, an inside look at the recording of Stevie Nicks’ 2011 solo album of the same name, is set to hit Canadian screens, starting in Toronto at the TIFF Bell Lightbox on April 15, one day prior to Fleetwood Mac’s concert at Air Canada Centre.

While the high-heeled singer is in town, she’ll also appear at the Lightbox for a pair of Q&A sessions. At those post-screening chats, Nicks is expected to speak candidly about her Mac bandmate and former paramour Lindsey Buckingham, who has not been promised rebuttal time. According to the press release, the film includes cameos by Edgar Allan Poe, actress Reese Witherspoon and a massive white stallion. Naturally.

BRAD WHEELER
The Globe and Mail

Other Canadian Dates:

Ottawa - Mayfair Theatre - April 19th and 20th
Winnipeg - Cinematheque - May 4th and 5th
Saskatoon - Broadway Theatre - May 13th
Edmonton - Metro Cinema at the Garneau - May 14th
Calgary -  Globe Cinema - May 16th
Vancouver - Vancity Theatre - May 16th
Montreal - Cinema du Parc - June 14th - 17th

Check out the In Your Dreams Movie website

Stevie Nicks to discuss career at Toronto screening

The Canadian Press 
Published Thursday, Mar. 14, 2013 7:06PM EDT

TORONTO -- Rock legend Stevie Nicks will discuss her wild career at the Canadian premiere of her documentary film "In Your Dreams."

The movie includes scenes in Nicks' home studio and traces the making of her 2011 album of the same name.

It features Nicks discussing her rise to fame with Fleetwood Mac, her current sources of inspiration, and tales of occasionally knocking heads with album producer Dave Stewart.

"In Your Dreams" is slated to screen April 15 at TIFF Bell Lightbox in Toronto. Organizers say it will be followed by a Q&A session.

There will also be three regular screenings April 16 to 18.

"In Your Dreams" was Nicks' first solo album in more than a decade.

SPOILER: Stevie Nicks Reveals Fleetwood Mac Upcoming Tour Setlist Details at SXSW

Gary Graff, a journalist, is at the SXSW Interview with Stevie Nicks... He just tweeted this bombshell!

RT @GraffonMusic: .@StevieNicks says @fleetwoodmac doing "Sisters of the Moon" on tour for first time in 3 decades. 24song setlist total #sxsw

AWESOME!!!!!