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 Fleetwood Mac Live in New York City 

Madison Square Garden April 8, 2013

Fleetwood Mac always finds a way to keep things fresh.

By GLENN GAMBOA
Newday.com

Nearly the entire set Monday night at Madison Square Garden came from last century, including more than half of "Rumours," recently rereleased in a 35th anniversary format.

However, the band - singer Stevie Nicks, guitarist Lindsey Buckingham, drummer Mick Fleetwood and bassist John McVie - still filled the songs with as much urgency as they gave the new, upbeat tune "Sad Angel," which feels a bit like an R.E.M. song, and the previously unreleased "Without You" from their Buckingham Nicks days, which convinced Fleetwood the duo should join his band.  Both new songs are on a new EP that could be released as soon as this week, Buckingham said from the stage. 

"Every time we come together, it's different," he said. "After all this time, we're still evolving."  He and Nicks each proved this in their own ways. Nicks, who was in fine voice the whole night, reworked "Rhiannon" to make it more emotional, while toughening up parts of "Landslide."  Buckingham, whose fiery guitar work kept the energy level high, stripped back the opening of "Tusk" to make it sound like a White Stripes song.  They offered plenty of surprises, which will only grow as the tour continues.

The tour returns to the Prudential Center on April 24 and Nikon at Jones Beach Theater on June 22.

Review: Fleetwood Mac live at Madison Square Garden
by The G
According2g.com

The Mac is back!  On April 8, 2013, Fleetwood Mac tore the roof off the sold out Madison Square Garden in New York.  I’ve been a Fleetwood Mac fan for as long as I can remember, and I have seen them in concert about 10 times since they reunited in 1997 plus numerous solo shows by both Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham.  Separately, they are geniuses in their own right, but when they get together on stage, they are electric!  For the FM fans that have seen it all when it comes to this band, you cannot honestly say it anymore without seeing this tour.

Continue to the full review + Photos

FAN PHOTOS
Check out the gallery on Facebook of shots thrown out to the universe from the venue... Some cool captures

DON'T STOP

NEW BOOK: Led Zeppelin: Sound and Fury features an introduction written by Stevie Nicks

New Book Led Zeppelin: Sound And Fury Set For Release

Led Zeppelin are releasing a digital book, Led Zeppelin: Sound and Fury, exclusively through the Apple iBookstore on April 15th. Neal Preston, a photographer with up-close access to the group during the 70s, wrote the book.

According to a presser, the book "blend[s] images, interviews, and information to allow readers inside access into some of the greatest moments in rock history."

The digi book features a host of content including 250 of photos of the band onstage and behind the scenes (including over 100 previously unseen images), audio introductions, written pieces, hi-definition video interviews, commentary from contemporary artists, technical camera info, a band discography and more.

Led Zeppelin: Sound and Fury features an introduction written by Stevie Nicks; it is available for pre-order at the iTunes store now.

NEAL PRESTON

REVIEW: Fleetwood Mac Philadelphia 4/6/13 "Lindsey Buckingham still plays head-shakingly good guitar"

Fleetwood Mac in Philly: Good playing, songs and singing don't add up to great show
Posted by John J. Moser
Lehighvalleymusic

Fleetwood Mac - Philadelphia April 6, 2013 - Photo by Brian Hineline

Fleetwood Mac’s show Saturday at Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Center had many of the ingredients that made the band such a force of nature in the 1970s, with nine Top 20 songs  and 28 million albums sold.

Lindsey Buckingham still plays head-shakingly good guitar – in fact, if anything, his playing was better than ever. Stevie Nicks still has a voice, and simply a presence, that invokes the emotions those songs carried.

And, of course, there are those songs themselves: Partially the soundtrack to the lives of many in the generally older, sold-out crowd.

But on Saturday, the parts of the 23-song, 140-minute show didn’t always add up to the whole you expect with Fleetwood Mac. And sometimes even the parts fell short of expectations.

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"There are two or three things we’re hoping to get on the Internet as an EP" - Mick Fleetwood on Fleetwood Mac's NEW Release

Drummer Mick Fleetwood talks 'Rumours' revival

AM New York
by: Hal Bienstock

Fleetwood Mac’s “Rumours” is one of the 10 best-selling albums of all time. What keeps it fresh 35 years later is not only the music itself, but the stories behind the songs. The album was recorded as two couples — Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, and John and Christine McVie — were in the process of breaking up, and the album reflects that tension and emotion. A deluxe edition of “Rumours” was recently reissued, complete with outtakes and live tracks.

amNY spoke with drummer Mick Fleetwood as the 2013 edition of the band — with John McVie, Buckingham and Nicks — got ready for a tour.

What do you think when you listen to “Rumours” today? I think it was a miracle we were able to make it because of all the stuff that was going on. I love it. It’s a complete piece of work. They were really well put together songs, then you have the whole dynamic and the story of “How the hell did that bunch of people survive the emotional journey they were on?”

Is there still pain when you play these songs? We remember all of it. It makes us reconnect to what was going on then, but we look at it from increasingly different angles. We’re all older and more forgiving. It’s not super, super painful. What it is now is super, super interesting.

Are you working on new music? There are two or three things we’re hoping to get on the Internet as an EP. … In my opinion, Lindsey’s songs are some of the best stuff he’s done. I’d love to think we could put some of Stevie’s stuff together with it, then we’d have another Fleetwood Mac album. That’s my little pipe dream.

There’s a perception that these days Fleetwood Mac is a business as much as a band. Is there any truth to that? I so don’t identify with that. For one thing, if we were running a business, we’d be working a lot more. Stevie and Lindsey have been in love since they were 16. ... There are some bands that made great music, but don’t give a s--- about each other. In truth, we care too much about each other. That flame is very much about to get to lit up again.

If you go: Fleetwood Mac is at Madison Square Garden Monday night at 8, 4 Penn Plz., 212-465-6073, $79.50-$179.50. Ticketmaster

SILVER SPRINGS (Philadelphia April 6, 2013)

Box Office Gross: Stevie Nicks 'In Your Dreams' Week 1

Stevie Nicks "In Your Dreams" Box Office Gross 

For the week March 29, 2013 to April 4, 2013 the film, which was primarily released for only one night on April 2nd in the U.S. grossed $103,028 based on 76 theaters reporting an average take per screen of $1,356.

The film is continuing to screen in select theaters in the U.S. and Canada with it's next batch of showings happening next Tuesday, April 9th at Bow Tie Cinemas.  

LOCATIONS

• New Haven, CT - Criterion Cinemas®
• West Hartford, CT - Criterion Cinemas® at Blue Back Square
• Annapolis, Maryland - Harbour 9
• Schenectady, New York - Movieland 6
• Reston, Virginia - Reston Town Center 11 & BTX Theater
• Richmond, Virginia - Movieland at Boulevard Square

Check out inyourdreamsmovie.com for dates, ticket sales links and times.  Go see the film!  A VOD and Digital release is expected in the late spring.

FULL VIDEO: The Elusive "Sisters of the Moon" + More Photos - Fleetwood Mac Live in Philadelphia 4/6/2013

Fleetwood Mac Live in Philadelphia April 6, 2013

"Sister of The Moon"
Wells Fargo Center

Finally a full complete version!

This completely rocks!!... and Stevie's added the 'be my' a little more in front of the 'sistas' part, so the song is still evolving a little bit... She's into it!  Lindsey should be jumping in on the song with his "Some call her Sister of the Moon, some say illusions where her game, they like to wrap her in velvet, does anyone know her name" just like the Mirage video from 1982... and look at her while he's singing it - because the song IS about her... It would rock!  Other than that, Stevie sounds amazing on this... very dark, intense and even though you can't really hear the girls howling in the background, what you can hear sounds really cool. I think this sounds amazing! So happy it's back after 30 years!  

SO AFRAID

Check out these Youtube channels for some amazing video captures of the band in Philly

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Above 2 photos courtesy of Jill Shaw-Kuhn (Great shots Jill)