Photo: Stevie Nicks BMI Pop Awards Red Carpet Photos

Photo Jason Sanchez

Broadcast Music, Inc.® (BMI®), the leading global music rights organization, to honor GRAMMY Award-winning artist Stevie Nicks.

BMI's 62nd Annual Pop Awards is a black-tie, invitation-only dinner that will present the BMI Icon Award to Stevie Nicks for her unique and indelible influence on generations of music makers.

The evening will also recognize the songwriters and publishers of the past year's most-performed pop songs in the United States from BMI's repertoire of more than 8.5 million musical works. The BMI Pop Song, Songwriter and Publisher of the Year will also be named during the ceremony.

Additional invited guests include:  Adam Levine, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, The Lumineers, Fall Out Boy, Florida Georgia Line, Sheryl Crow, Shakira, Mac Miller, Skylar Grey, Vanessa Carlton, Andy Grammer, Paul Doucette, Lady Antebellum, Jeff Bahsker, Alex Da Kid, Rodney Jerkins, Bonnie McKee, Busbee, Claude Kelley, Brenda Russell, Noel Zancanella, Nathaniel Motte and more hit-making scribes.

Beverly Wilshire Hotel: Arrivals begin at 6:30 p.m.; awards begin at approximately 9 p.m.

 

Above Photos: BMI and Photo: Frazer Harrison

Photo: Frazer Harrison

 

Above two photos: pmama4obama

Above Photos: (Right) Andrea Seikaly (Left) BMI

 Above: the musical tribute to Stevie included Sheryl Crow and Adam Levine singing Leather and Lace, Vanessa Carlton singing Dreams and Shakira singing Leather and Lace.

The Band featured: Waddy Wachtel, Jimmy Paxson on drums, Brett Tuggle on keyboards, Sharon Celani and Lori Nicks on backup vocals.

Photo UMPG

Post by Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI).

Night of 1,000 Stevies, the 24th incarnation of the largest Nicks fan event in the world

Night of 1,000 Stevies: Originality Reigns Supreme
By R. Kurt Osenlund

Stevie Nicks remains the key inspiration of her largest fan event, but the diversity of its talent and turnout proves you can be her disciple and still go your own way.

Tambourines were tossed from the stage into a decadent crowd of hundreds, and ample black shawls were available for sale, but Stevie Nicks’s trademark accessories were hardly a requirement at last Friday’s Night of 1,000 Stevies, the 24th incarnation of the largest Nicks fan event in the world. Held at New York’s Irving Plaza, its sixth—and grandest—venue, the mystical affair attracted fans and performers who each found a way to uniquely channel Fleetwood Mac’s witchy woman.

Continue to the full review at OUT.com

Check out the photos from the event

Here's one of the videos produced for the event... Really well done.

Album Chart Update: Fleetwood Mac

Fleetwood Mac albums on the charts in North America, UK, Ireland and Australia. (Previous week in parenthesis)

UK - May 17, 2014
TOP 100 ALBUMS CHART
# 99 (86) Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of

TOP 40 CATALOGUE ALBUMS CHART
# 25 (21) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

U.S.A. -  Chart date May 17, 2014
TOP 50 CATALOGUE ALBUMS CHART
# 46 (50) Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of Fleetwood Mac

CANADA - Chart date May 4, 2014
TOP 150 CATALOGUE CHART
# 36 (33) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours
# 100 (101) Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits

IRELAND - May 8, 2014
TOP 100 ALBUMS CHART
# 67 (63)  Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of

AUSTRALIA - May 12, 2014
TOP 100 ALBUMS CHART
# 70 (32) Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of

TOP 50 CATALOGUE ALBUMS CHART
#  6 (3)   Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of
# 32 (R/E) Fleetwood Mac - 25 Years The Chain [box set]

TOP 40 MUSIC DVD CHART
# 18 (10) Sound City - Real To Reel (features Lindsey, Stevie and Mick)

Photos: Lindsey Buckingham spotted in the studio with Empire Of The Sun

"spent the day with one of my heroes Lindsay Buckingham.
I wish all superstars were this cool."

Lindsey in the studio with Peter Mayes and Empire Of The Sun?

Not sure what this is all about... The only info is that the colour photo is from May 8th and the black and white photo is from May 9th. Posted to Peter Mayes instagram account.

Peter Mayes is an Australian musician and producer widely known for being a leading member of dance act Pnau. He is longtime collaborator with Nick Littlemore and has produced and mixed many of his projects, most notably the platinum selling album Walking on a Dream, for Empire of the Sun, and the art-rock act Teenager. He has also done work with Elton John, Mika, Karen O, The Killers, Ellie Goulding, Sia, ESG, Lover Lover and Van She.

"Lindsay Buckingham in the studio again today"

"Happy Times with Lindsay Buckingham and Empire of the Sun"

"Lindsey Buckingham , Will Buckingham , Empire of the Sun and @mosessumney"
Photo: Nick Littlemore

AUDIO: Christine McVie describes the NEW Fleetwood Mac Sound

While fans have been buzzing about the return of Christine McVie for a tour this fall, most of Fleetwood Mac has quietly been in a Los Angeles studio working on new material.

Here's a short clip of Christine describing the sounds Fleetwood Mac are producing:
 

"There's a whole variety of songs, starting from sort of blues-based songs to very commercial songs, really. It's very, very exciting and very, very...I don't know. We get chills when we hear them."

Buckingham says the group worked on about eight songs -- whose titles include "Carnival Begin," "Red Sun" and "Too Far Gone" -- and also has material he, bassist John McVie and drummer Mick Fleetwood worked on prior to last year's Fleetwood Mac tours of North America and Europe. Stevie Nicks will also be making contributions, he says, but there are no firm release plans yet:



"There was never really any intention to try and finish this album and put it out to promote on this particular tour that we're about to embark upon because we all felt that maybe the smart call was to go out and have the novelty of Christine being back in the band be the cleaner and more to-the-point place to start, and so to go out and just re-include her songs in the body of work and have that be pretty much the presentation of that set seemed to be the right thing to do, and then to come back and when we're done with that (tour) and finish this up with Stevie, who has...assured us she will be ready to do that then. And then we'll have something to gout and promote with some new music. So it becomes sort of a long-term plan, so we're all very excited about that."

Press Release: 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Ceremony Feat. Stevie Nicks Debuts May 31st on HBO

2014 ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTION CEREMONY,

DEBUTING MAY 31, BRINGS AN ALL-STAR MUSIC NIGHT TO HBO

Inductees Are Nirvana, The E Street Band, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Peter Gabriel, Linda Ronstadt, Cat Stevens, KISS, Brian Epstein And Andrew Loog Oldham

Nirvana, The E Street Band, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Peter Gabriel, Linda Ronstadt, Cat Stevens and KISS are the performer inductees, and Brian Epstein and Andrew Loog Oldham are the non-performer inductees, in the exclusive HBO special 2014 ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTION CEREMONY, debuting SATURDAY, MAY 31 (8:00-11:15 p.m. ET/PT). This year’s ceremony featured an impressive array of guests, including Bruce Springsteen, Lorde, Chris Martin, Carrie Underwood, Stevie Nicks, Glenn Frey, Sheryl Crow, Tom Morello, St. Vincent, Joan Jett, Bonnie Raitt, Emmylou Harris, Kim Gordon, Michael Stipe, Questlove, Youssou N’Dour, Art Garfunkel and Peter Asher.

Other HBO playdates: 
June 04 (9:00 p.m.),
June 07 (4:45 p.m.),
June 10 (2:30 p.m., 4:15 a.m.),
June 16 (5:15 p.m., 2:00 a.m.),
June 22 (8:45 a.m.),
June 27 (1:45 p.m.)
June 30 (8:15 a.m.)

HBO2 playdates: 
June 03  (11:00 p.m.),
June 06  (9:00 p.m.),
June 08  (2:45 p.m.),
June 11 (8:00 a.m., 9:00 p.m.),
June 19 (4:45 p.m.),
June 24 (11:45 a.m.)
June 29 (8:45 a.m.)

The 29th annual induction ceremony took place April 10 at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, marking the first time the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony has been held in Brooklyn. The HBO special features some of the biggest names in music in celebratory reunions, rousing tributes and heartfelt speeches from both presenters and inductees.

The HBO special features:  Performer Category

Peter Gabriel
Induction: Chris Martin

Performance: Peter Gabriel and Chris Martin perform “Washing of the Water.” Youssou N’Dour joins Gabriel for an uplifting performance of “In Your Eyes.”

Linda Ronstadt
Induction: Glenn Frey

Performance: Carrie Underwood begins with Ronstadt’s “Different Drum.” Bonnie Raitt and Emmylou Harris join her for a sultry “Blue Bayou,” adding Sheryl Crow for “You’re No Good” and Stevie Nicks for “It’s So Easy.” The supergroup closes with a rousing “When Will I Be Loved?”

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