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Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Stevie Nicks Promises "Eclectic" "Fast and Furious" show

Stevie Nicks Kicks Off 24 Karat Gold Tour Tonight, Promises "Eclectic," "Fast and Furious" Show

Stevie Nicks kicks off her 24 Karat Gold Tour tonight in her hometown of Phoenix, Arizona, and she promises a show packed with music, not a lot of chatter.

"I'm not gonna do long talking things, where they might be going, 'Well, she could've actually done a whole song during this little talk here,'" Stevie tells ABC Radio. "It's gonna be fast and furious."

The set list will feature songs from Stevie's entire solo career as well as Fleetwood Mac hits, so everyone will go home happy.

"It's gonna be eclectic," she says. "I don't think anybody's gonna walk away going, like, 'Oh my God, she didn't do that Fleetwood Mac song that we wanted her to do.'"

She adds, "I'm not even gonna give people a minute to even start to ponder what's missing!"

And while she's giving fans a show, Stevie wants them to give her a show, too -- she's urging them to come dressed to the nines.

"I'm dressed-up up there, so I think it's a great thing to...say, ‘I give you all permission to totally pretend that you're going to a glorious cocktail party, and wear your most beautiful clothes,’" Stevie says.

"If you're a six-foot-five guy and you want to come in your white 'Edge of Seventeen' outfit, please do!'" she adds. "'Cause I just think it's hysterical, and I love it!"

Stevie's opening act is another legendary rock and roll chick, Chrissie Hynde, and her band the Pretenders -- which thrills Stevie to no end.

"When my manager said, 'What about The Pretenders?' I'm like, 'Would they even go with me?' And he said, 'I think they would!'" Stevie says. "I'm really excited about this, and I think, yes, we are bada** chicks, and it's really gonna be fun!"

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Saturday, October 22, 2016

INTERVIEW Stevie Nicks on the importance of being a romantic

Stevie Nicks on the importance of being a romantic
The Creative Independent

Do people often ask about your songwriting process?

They do. You know, they say, “Do you write about people? Do you write about love affairs? Do you write about what’s happening now? Do you write about what happened to you a long time ago in the past? How do you summon those memories up?” I always say to them, as a writer you don’t have any one way. You write about what inspires you right now. If what inspires you right now is that song “Missing You” by John Waite because you just happened to hear it on the radio, then so be it. That was my song back when I was with Joe Walsh and whenever it comes on I just have to sit down. My mind races back to that time in my life and if I let myself I could run right to the piano and write another song. I don’t always let myself do that anymore, but that’s what it inspires.

As a writer you don’t have any one way. You write about what inspires you right now.

I can be sitting in a parking lot waiting for my assistant to come to the car and I see a couple walk by and I can see their fingers gently touch and see him open the door for her and look at her and her look at him and for a moment they just stand still in time… and then I can go home and write a song about them. Or I can see a movie—say, it’s a movie with Michael Fassbender called The Light Between Oceans—and I can’t get this movie out of my head. The tragedy of this movie is so intense and so beautiful you can hardly stand it and you go home and think about it for days afterwards. It’s everything I can do to not just say “Stop everything I have to go and write a song about this movie because I need to write a song about this fictional relationship that I can’t stop thinking about.”

When people ask me about songwriting, that’s what I tell them. Pay attention to your feelings. It can be anything. Everything. And yes, I can write a really super romantic song today even though I’m not really in a relationship nor have I been in one for a long time. I can take ideas right out of the air, but I have to be really inspired. It has to be something truly inspiring that pushes me to go and write a poem, and then that poem is something that, when I have the time, I will take to the piano. That has always been my process since I was 15 years old.

You’ve spoken about the connection between poetry and songwriting. Is writing poems and songs your way of making sense of the world?

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Tuesday, October 18, 2016

INTERVIEW Stevie Nicks speaks with Keith Caulfield of Billboard Magazine

Pop Shop Podcast featuring: Stevie Nicks and Sheryl Crow

Billboard co-director of charts Keith Caulfield and senior editor Katie Atkinson interview Stevie Nicks.

We spoke to the legendary Stevie Nicks a little while back, and in our conversation, we talk about her upcoming tour, her 24 Karat Gold album, how she compiled the set list for the show and the possibility of a new Fleetwood Mac album from the classic Rumours-era lineup of the band. Plus, Nicks discusses how she’s “heartbroken” that she’ll never be able to perform her famed hit “Stand Back” with Prince, as the song was inspired by the Purple One’s single “Little Red Corvette.”

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Saturday, October 15, 2016

Mick Fleetwood returned to the historic El Carmen restaurant

Mick Fleetwood Revisits El Carmen

Mick Fleetwood returned to the historic El Carmen restaurant in Los Angeles last month, to be photographed by Henry Diltz for the upcoming Genesis publication charting the formation and rise of Fleetwood Mac from 1967 to 1974.

It was in this restaurant, in 1974, that Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Christine McVie, Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham met to discuss the next incarnation of the group.

Genesis is looking for anyone who has historic photographs of Fleetwood Mac for possible inclusion in Mick Fleetwood's limited edition new book.

To find out more about this Genesis edition, and submit your photos of Fleetwood Mac for possible inclusion in the book visit:

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Thursday, October 13, 2016

Mick Fleetwood Says He Hopes Fleetwood Mac Finishes a New Album "Before We Hang It Up"

Fleetwood Mac launched its 2014-2015 world tour, Christine McVie, Lindsey Buckingham, John

McVie and Mick Fleetwood worked on some new tracks that have yet to see the light of day. Fleetwood says that "before we hang it up," he hopes the band will complete those recordings and release a new studio album, while admitting that he isn't sure if that will happen.

"We have what we would call a large stash of great music. I'm not quite sure what we're heading to do with it," he tells ABC Radio. "I hope that we are able to [put an album together]. It's just getting everyone on the same page to finish off the work that we've been doing."

Mick admits that one Fleetwood Mac member who currently isn't on the same page is Stevie Nicks, who will be launching a new North American solo tour on October 25.

"She's busy doing her own stuff," he points out. "And in this point in life, we've all dedicated so much time to Fleetwood Mac, you go, 'Hey, it'd be great if we could, but if not, don't worry about it.'"

Fleetwood tells ABC Radio that even if Nicks chooses not to lend her talents to the project, he hopes the music that's already been recorded will be released in some form.

"I think there's some thought that some of that lovely music would come out as a sort of duet album, maybe…from Christine and Lindsey," Mick poses. "And if not, it will stay in a room, waiting for the day that maybe it would make sense that all of us can contribute to that being a Fleetwood Mac album."

He adds, "Before we hang it up in the next few years, I truly hope there's another lovely album that will come out."

Check out the 'Bella Donna' Demo from Stevie Nicks' Nov 4th reissue of Bella Donna

Today Rollingstone.com gave us the first taste of Stevie's new album reissues... Check out the previously unreleased demo of 'Bella Donna' from the November 4th deluxe release of 'Bella Donna'. It's beautiful in it's simplicity! If you are in the UK, Australia or New Zealand the track is now available at iTunes and Amazon (UK) to download. The US and Canada it looks like Friday it'll be available.

Pre-order both deluxe versions of 'Bella Donna' and 'The Wild Heart' today at Amazon or iTunes.