Fleetwood Mac's "Rumours" spends 4th week on Billboard Top 200

The 1977 album re-entered the Billboard Top 200 albums chart on July 12th at No.139 moving all the way up to No.99 on the July 19, 2014 chart - then falling back down to No.135 on the chart dated July 24, 2014.  This week the album continues to move down ending the July 20th sales period at No.143.  An interesting note is that 37 years ago this week the album was No.1 in the U.S. for the 12th non-consecutive week.  The album also moves down slightly on the top 50 catalogue chart to No.25.

In the UK, the album never seems to leave the catalogue sales chart. This week it moves down to No.23 from No.20 last week.

In Australia, 1988's Greatest Hits and 2002's 2-CD The Very Best Of Fleetwood Mac continue to be the albums of choice for Australians.  Greatest Hits moves down to No.76 with The Very Best Of moving up to No.78 from No.82 last week.  The Dance DVD re-enters the Top 40 DVD Music Chart this week. In Ireland Rumours re-enters the top 100 at No.89 with The Very Best Of moving down to No.85.

USA - August 2, 2014
BILLBOARD TOP 200 ALBUMS CHART
# 143 (135) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

TOP 50 CATALOGUE ALBUMS CHART
# 25 (23) Fleetwood Mac - Rumour

UK - July 26, 2014
TOP 40 CATALOGUE ALBUMS CHART
# 23 (20) - Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

UK - August 2, 2014
TOP 40 CATALOGUE ALBUMS CHART
# 15 (23) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

TOP 40 CATALOGUE SINGLES CHART
# 36 (R/E) Fleetwood Mac - Everywhere

AUSTRALIA - July 27, 2014
TOP 100 ALBUMS CHART
# 76 (44) Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits
# 78 (82)  Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of

TOP 50 DIGITAL ALBUMS CHART
# 29 (19) Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits

TOP 50 CATALOGUE ALBUMS CHART
# 16  (3)  Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits
# 17 (17) Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of

TOP 40 DVD MUSIC CHART
# 39 (R/E) Fleetwood Mac - The Dance

IRELAND - July 24, 2014
TOP 100 ALBUMS CHART
# 85 (67) Fleetwood Mac - The Very Best Of
# 89 (R/E) Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

Tom Petty says it was hard to sum up his friendship with Stevie Nicks

In this excerpt taken from a much larger interview piece written in the Toronto Sun, interviewer Jane Stevenson lists her 5 essential Tom Petty songs... Her favourite being "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around".

She wrote:

"One of my favourite Tom Petty songs is Stop Draggin' My Heart Around, a duet with Fleetwood Mac's Stevie Nicks, the first single from her 1981 solo debut, Bella Donna.

It was written by Petty and Mike Campbell as a Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers song, but producer Jimmy Iovine, who was also working for Stevie Nicks at the time, arranged for her to sing on it. (The original version without Nicks appears on the Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers' 1995 box set Playback.) Petty says it was hard to sum up their friendship.

"Have you got a couple of hours? She's a good friend. I've know her since 1978 and she's insisted on being in my life (laughs). Some of my best musical memories of her are sitting on the couch and just playing the guitar while she sings."

Sadly, there's no new Nicks duets on Petty and the Heartbreakers new album, Hypnotic Eye: "There are no girls in the Heartbeakers," he says."

Counting down Petty's 20 biggest smashes with the Heartbreakers and beyond
Billboard recently ran down Tom Petty's Top 20 Billboard Hot 100 Hits. Tom and Stevie's live duet "Needles and Pins" from the "Pack Up The Plantation" Album came in at No.16 and Stevie and Tom's duet "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" from "Bella Donna" was selected as No.1. Selections were based on their Hot 100 chart performance.

For the full article, check out Billboard

Meet & Greet with Mick Fleetwood - August 1st on Maui

Mick Fleetwood with the House Shakers on Maui Friday, August 1, 2014.

Mick is scheduled to perform on the Fleetwood's on Front St. restaurant rooftop August 1st with the House Shakers  on Maui. The show includes two options for tickets.  $125 includes a 4 course dinner plus the show, plus an intimate Meet and Greet with Mick himself.

There is also a $40 option that is for Standing Room Only.

For tickets, call Kristen at (508) 277-8437 or email ksimeone@fleetwoodsonfrontst.com


Well, one things for certain... Mick will still be on Maui August 1st. Fleetwood Mac rehearsals are scheduled to start in early August presumably in California.... unless everyone is heading to Maui, which I doubt.

Stevie Nicks 24 Karat Gold -- Songs from the Vault due Oct. 7th

Stevie Nicks hinted earlier this year that she might release some older songs that had never seen the light of day. Now, she's making good on that tease: her new album 24 Karat Gold -- Songs from the Vault is due October 7. 

According to Stevie, the album features mostly songs written between 1969 and 1987, with two that were written in 1994 and 1995.  "Each song is a lifetime.  Each song has a soul.  Each song has a purpose. Each song is a love story," she says in a statement. "They represent my life behind the scenes, the secrets, the broken hearts, the broken-hearted and the survivors. These songs are the memories -- the 24 karat gold rings in the blue box. These songs are for you."

The artwork for the album includes never-before-seen Polaroid photos taken by Stevie throughout her career.

24 Karat Gold -- Songs from the Vault is available for pre-order starting August 5.  That same day, Stevie will debut her new, official Instagram account, StevieNicksOfficial, where she'll begin previewing snippets of the music.

In addition, a limited edition double vinyl version of 24 Karat Gold -- Songs from the Vault will come out September 29.  Also available will be a Deluxe Photobook CD, which will include two bonus tracks, as well as 48 pages of exclusive photos from Stevie's personal collection.

Stevie and Fleetwood Mac will hit the road for their On with the Show tour -- featuring the return of Christine McVie -- starting September 30 in Minneapolis.  Tickets available at Ticketmaster.

ABC News Radio

Liz Rosenberg Media

Stevie Nicks Details Release Plan for New Solo Album '24 Karat Gold'
Album will focus on songs the Fleetwood Mac frontwoman wrote between 1969 and 1987.
Rollingstone

Stevie Nicks to release new album, '24 Karat Gold,' on Oct. 7
Stand Back: Stevie Nicks is preparing to unleash a new solo album.
LA Times

Stevie Nicks to Release New Solo CD, '24 Carat Gold — Songs from the Vault,' Oct. 7
Will join Fleetwood Mac bandmates for 'On with the Show' tour beginning Sept. 30 in Minneapolis.
Hollywood Reporter

Stevie Nicks New Album sound bites to come via NEW Instagram Account stevienicksofficial

Stevie Nicks now has a new official Instagram account... Follow her at: stevienicksofficial and beginning August 5th, every week we'll get a taste of her new album!!

Just throwing this out there... Could this be the count down to the album release date... a weekly snippit or photo from the album? If it's a sound bite.... and 16 tracks were recorded and mastered and all were included on the album and say the intention was to provide a sound bite to each track, could we be 16 weeks until it's release?  16 weeks from August 5th is November 25th.  If less tracks are on the album or if less tracks are previewed... it could be a release date a few weeks earlier. Just a thought.

[Update:] Announced July 24, 2014

Stevie Nicks' new solo record, 24 Karat Gold: Songs From The Vault, will arrive on Oct. 7 on Warner Bros. Records. 

Press Release

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