Fleetwood Mac had the wild energy of musical attack paired with the warm glow of together-again

TIME TRAVELING AND STEVIE NICKS HATS: FLEETWOOD MAC AT HP PAVILION, SAN JOSE (BY CLAIRE)

Stevie Nicks is spinning.

Stevie Nicks is twirling stage left, spinning and grinning, the billowy sleeves of her black velvet and chiffon dress flapping wildly (this dress is a dream come true, by the way. This dress is time travel and perfection and making me want to set my wardrobe on fire). Lindsey Buckingham is lean and frenetic, all black leather and shredding solos, and Mick Fleetwood’s got a Muppet grin and he’s banging on a gong, and if Stevie Nicks sings “Landslide”—at this point I’m practically shaking my friend Andrea—if Stevie Nicks sings “Landslide,” I am going to split in two.

A long sheath descends from the ceiling, Buckingham gives a primal rock god performance of “Big Love” (“Watch this,” the guy next to me says, pointing insistently at the screen showcasing an HD Buckingham. “Watch this, you’ll never forget it.”) And when it ends I think my surprised heart might leap out of my chest, but it freezes in mid air because the room gets quiet and Stevie Nicks sings that she’s been afraid of changing cause she built her life around the guy to her right, grinning and strumming.

Great recap of the San Jose show... Check out the rest at Charmcityjukebox.com

Review | Video | Photos: Fleetwood Mac Live at the Hollywood Bowl 5/25

FLEETWOOD MAC LIVE

MAY 25, 2013 - HOLLYWOOD BOWL

HOLLYWOOD, CA

Videos, reviews and photos from the show below.. Some really cool shots of the stage - they really transformed the arc projecting the background visuals right onto the bowl...Looks beautiful!

Review: Fleetwood Mac lights a fire at Hollywood Bowl

LA Times

By Mikael Wood

Lawrence K. Ho

Only a band as famously twisted as Fleetwood Mac would follow an exhortation to “get this party started”

LA Times May 27, 2013

with a song as bleakly imagined as “Dreams.” That’s the indelible 1977 smash in which Stevie Nicks warns a capricious lover about hearing “the sound of your loneliness like a heartbeat,” and Saturday night at the Hollywood Bowl, Fleetwood Mac performed it near the beginning of a sold-out concert that Nicks said represented the group’s happy homecoming after several weeks spent on the road.

The long-running pop-rock outfit, which formed as a London blues band in 1967 but didn’t attain superstardom until it later relocated to L.A. and hired Nicks and singer-guitarist Lindsey Buckingham, is halfway through a three-month North American tour; it’s to play Anaheim’s Honda Center on Tuesday, then circle back to Staples Center on July 3.

Yet if Saturday’s show was intended to start a party, as Nicks declared, Fleetwood Mac hardly had good times on its mind. Rounded out by drummer Mick Fleetwood and bassist John McVie (along with five auxiliary musicians), the group sounded sharper and more aggressive -- simply louder too -- than it had in years as it tore through old songs such as “Gold Dust Woman” and “The Chain,” in which Buckingham growled, “Damn your love / Damn your lies,” over grinding electric guitar.

As with “Dreams,” both tunes came from the band’s blockbuster album “Rumours,” which famously caught the romantic turmoil then raging among various members of the group (including McVie’s ex-wife Christine, who quit in 1998). At the Bowl, though, Fleetwood Mac stripped the songs of the soft-rock sheen that helped drive “Rumours” to sales of nearly 20 million copies; it was exposing the desperation that simmers beneath the catchy choruses.

Happy Birthday Stevie

It's official... Stevie Nicks Turns 65 Years Young Today... 
Wishing you nothing but the best Stevie!

Fleetwood Mac Album Chart Update: U.S.A. and Canada + Boxscore Totals

U.S.A. BILLBOARD Charts / Soundscan Sales
Sales week ending May 19th - Chart Date June 1, 2013
(Previous week in parenthesis)

No albums in the U.S. are on the main Top 200 Albums Chart, but there are still a few places you can find Fleetwood Mac making an impact sales wise in the U.S.

Top 200 Physical Album Sales:
Coming in at #170 The Very Best of Fleetwood Mac sold 1,673 units in the U.S. for the week ending May 19th down 21% over the previous week where it sold 2,113 units and was at #158.  Total U.S. sales since it's release in November, 2002 = 1,564,356.

# 170 (158) Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of

Top 200 Indie Albums:
At #143 (down from #63) The new EP "Extended Play" extended it's stay on the top 200 indie chart selling a further 672 units for the sales week down 53% vs the previous week where it sold 1,435 units.  Total U.S. sales since it's release April 30th is an abysmal 10,709.

# 143 (63) Fleetwood Mac - Extended Play

Top 200 Catalogue Albums:
4 albums make the list.  First up is "Rumours" at #51 with 2,066 units sold for the week ending May 19th, down 14% from the previous week where it sold 2,404 units - but it hangs on to it's #51 spot.  Total U.S. sales since November, 1991 = 3,186,976.

"The Very Best of" Fleetwood Mac lands at #73 with 1,841 total units sold (digital and physical) for the week down 21% vs the previous week where it sold 2,333 units. Total overall units sold in the U.S. since November, 2002 = 1,570,324.

"Fleetwood Mac" this week is at #107 down from #88 the previous week.  Total sales for the week were 1,622 vs 1,966 the previous week. Total U.S. sales since November, 1991 = 924,297.

"Greatest Hits" is sitting at #150 with 1,360 units sold vs 1,695 the previous week, a drop of 20%.  Total U.S. sales since November, 1991 = 4,659,588.

#   51 (51)   Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
#   73 (54)   Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of
# 107 (88)   Fleetwood Mac - Fleetwood Mac
# 150 (131) Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits

Experts say Fleetwood Mac has eclipsed the Rolling Stones 50th anniversary shows.

AMERICAN supergroup Fleetwood Mac will tour Australia in November.
Herald Sun

Their summer run Down Under follows their 40-date sell-out US tour which industry experts say has eclipsed the Rolling Stones 50th anniversary shows.

Fleetwood Mac will perform in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth.

Fleetwood Mac singer Stevie Nicks told The Sunday Times: "I'm very excited for the Australian tour and can't wait to get there."

The band has strong ties to Australia.

Nicks and drummer Mick Fleetwood almost moved here.

Nicks thought the Outback might help beat her cocaine habit.

"It was either check into the Betty Ford clinic, or go to Australia and hang out in the desert with my close friend and martial expert Bob Jones and sweat it out," she said. "I rang Bob one night and he said, 'No worries, come over'.

But I ended up getting a spot at Betty Ford."

Fleetwood bought a mansion in Mittagong, NSW.

"I fell in love with Australia on one of the tours, found a place to live, and those days were incredibly crazy," he said.

"It fell apart over a five or six years period, so I didn't end up truly living there. I gave up my green card and fully intended to do this whole thing. In truth, it was too much too soon."

Fleetwood said the home, called Wensleydale, was "an old stately home, a beautiful place".

In a wide-ranging interview with The Sunday Times (HERE), Fleetwood revealed his bizarre list of tour superstitions and drug myths surrounding the band.

But he dismissed US industry reports Fleetwood Mac is thumping the Stones in ticket sales and positive reviews.

"I've heard those reports, too. But I know the lads have decided to go with very expensive seats," he said. "All I know is Fleetwood Mac has been incredibly blessed with a hugely successful tour. We always do good business, but this tour is pretty much sold out before we even got out on the road.

"That is very gratifying. But we should be so lucky to even open for the Rolling Stones."

Tickets go on sale to the general public June 13th, but American Express Cardmembers have the opportunity to purchase tickets first during an exclusive pre-sale beginning 12noon Tuesday June 4.

My Live Nation members can be among the first to access tickets during the exclusive presale beginning at 9.00am Friday June 7. Sign up at www.livenation.co.nz

Fleetwood reveals the rituals and superstitions he follows when the band tours

Band Apart
The Sunday Mail - Brisbane (U on Sunday)
by Nu Te Koha

Even the members of Fleetwood mac are in awe of the fact they made it this far despite the break-ups and the drug benders, writes Nu Te Koha

Fleetwood Mac epitomizes the survival spirit.  "We know how lucky we are," drummer Mick Fleetwood says. "But we're very serious about what we do.  That's why we're still here."

Of course, the back-stories of break-ups, make-ups, and their insatiable drink and drug habits are as famous as the band itself. Even Fleetwood admits it's a blessing they're singing and touring, stronger then ever.

But as Fleetwood reveals the rituals and superstitions he follows when the band tours, it's a miracle anybody made it to the stage.