Monday, February 05, 2024

Stevie Nicks Adds 12 New Dates to 2024 Tour

 



































STEVIE NICK’S HEADLINING North American tour kicks off next week in Atlantic City, but the singer and songwriter is already eager to play even more shows. On Monday, Nicks announced the addition of 12 new dates to the already expansive run, now scheduled to conclude in June rather than March as originally planned.

The new dates run from May 7 through June 18 and include stops in St. Louis, Nashville, Salt Lake City, Denver, Albany, Hershey, Grand Rapids, and more.

Tickets for the new dates will be made available beginning Thursday, Feb. 8 via presales, while general sale begins on Friday, Feb. 9 at 10 a.m. local time via Live Nation. - Rollingstone



May 07 - St. Louis, MO - Enterprise Center
May 10 - Thackerville, OK - WinStar World Casino & Resort
May 14 - Nashville, TN - Bridgestone Arena
May 18 - San Antonio, TX - Frost Bank Center
May 21 - Highland, CA - Yaamava' Resort & Casino - Yaamava’ Theater
May 27 - Salt Lake City, UT - Delta Center
May 30 - Denver, CO - Ball Arena
June 04 - Indianapolis, IN - Gainbridge Fieldhouse
June 09 - Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Casino
June 12 - Albany, NY - MVP Arena
June 15 - Hershey, PA - Hersheypark Stadium
June 18 - Grand Rapids, MI - Van Andel Arena

Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Fleetwood Mac Double Cover Issue of "Record Collector" Feb, 2024

 Record Collector Presents... Fleetwood Mac. 






Fleetwood Mac are no ordinary rock band, having sold 120 million albums and ruled the airwaves for half a century with an unparalleled catalogue of albums -- so our new special edition, Record Collector Presents... Fleetwood Mac, is no ordinary magazine. 

For the first time in RC’s history, we’ve compiled a double-cover issue that devotes equal love and attention to the two halves of the Mac’s career. 

Once you’ve read the story of the band’s wild early years, when guitarist supreme Peter Green redefined the blues, flip the mag over for the tale of the even wilder Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham era, when the band were beset by drugs, infidelity and chaos and still produced the unmatchable Rumours. Think you’ve read some crazy stories? Read on…

Record Collector Presents Fleetwood Mac will be in shops on 8th February, but you can pre-order your copy here:


Shipping available world-wide








Fleetwood Mac "Fleetwood Mac" Vinyl Me Please Album of the Month February

Fleetwood Mac's self-titled 1975 album, known as "The White Album," is the VMP Essentials Record of the Month for February 2024, at Vinylme Please.  



It will be available on 1LP, 180g Black & White Quad vinyl with AAA lacquers cut from master tapes by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound.  Includes Listening Notes Booklet By Rachel Brodsky and an Art Print.


Vinylme Please is a monthly subscription service where you receive a vinyl LP per month along with other perks depending on the service you subscribe to.

Join the club or join the wait list if you don't want to join with a monthly subscription. Leftovers after February will be sold to people on the wait list.

Also expected to be released in February at Vinylme Please are Mirage and Tango In The Night on Green Galaxy and Plum Galaxy


Friday, January 19, 2024

Fleetwood Mac Among The Best Selling Artists on Vinyl in 2023

Fleetwood Mac was the 9th best selling artist on vinyl in the US in 2023, with 357,000 albums sold.  Of the 357,000, 206,000 were "Rumours".

TOP 10-BEST SELLING ARTISTS ON VINYL

1. Taylor Swift: 3.484 million copies sold on vinyl in the US. She was the best selling artist on the format, with 1 out of every 15 vinyl purchases. 7% of the industry on the format.
2. Lana Del Rey: 646,000 copies sold.
3. Tyler, the Creator: 552,000 copies sold.
4. Travis Scott: 474,000 copies sold.
5. Olivia Rodrigo: 408,000 copies sold.
6. Kendrick Lamar: 382,000 copies sold.
7. Metallica: 378,000 copies sold.
8. The Beatles: 373,000 copies sold.
9. Fleetwood Mac: 357,000 copies sold.
10. Mac Miller: 354,000 copies sold.


TOP 10-SELLING VINYL ALBUMS OF 2023 IN U.S.

1. Taylor Swift, 1989 (Taylor’s Version) (1.014 million)
2. Taylor Swift, Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) (510,000)
3. Taylor Swift, Midnights (492,000)
4. Travis Scott, Utopia (373,000)
5. Taylor Swift, Folklore (308,000)
6. Olivia Rodrigo, Guts (267,000)
7. Taylor Swift, Lover (256,000)
8. Lana Del Rey, Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd (215,000)
9. Fleetwood Mac, Rumours (206,000)
10. Lana Del Rey, Born To Die (192,000)


Fleetwood Mac on the charts this week January 19, 2024

Billboard Top 200:
#37  Rumours Fleetwood Mac
#177 Greatest Hits ‒ Fleetwood Mac

Top 100 Album Sales (pure album sales)
#17 Rumours - Fleetwood Mac

Top 25 Vinyl Albums Chart
#11 Rumours - Fleetwood Mac

Top 100 Canadian Albums Chart
#30 Rumours - Fleetwood Mac

UK Top 100 Albums Chart
#11 Fleetwood Mac ~ 50 Years: Don't Stop
#23 Fleetwood Mac ~ Rumours

UK Top 40 Vinyl Albums chart
#7  Fleetwood Mac ~ Rumours
#31 Fleetwood Mac ~ Greatest Hits

UK Top 100 Singles Chart
#89  Fleetwood Mac ~ Everywhere
#100 Fleetwood Mac ~ Dreams

Scotland Top 100 Albums Chart
#9  Fleetwood Mac ~ Rumours
#55 Fleetwood Mac ~ Greatest Hits

Ireland Top 100 Albums Chart
#5  Fleetwood Mac ~ 50 Years: Don't Stop
#14 Fleetwood Mac ~ Rumours

Australia's Top 50 Albums
#29 Fleetwood Mac ~ Rumours

Sunday, January 14, 2024

Fleetwood Mac owns 2 spots on UK Top 40 Albums of 2023

The UK’s Top 40 albums of 2023 have been announced. 



Fleetwood Mac owns 2 spots: 
#6 - "50 YEARS: DON'T STOP" & 
#22 - "Rumours" 





"Rumours" also snags 5th in vinyl sales!

Monday, December 18, 2023

Follow The Shawls... Stevie Nicks Live in San Francisco Dec 15, 2023

‘I feel like I’m home’: Stevie Nicks conjures the magic for S.F.
By Tony Bravo


Photo: Dana Jacobs

If you’re trying to find the path to a Stevie Nicks concert in any city, just follow the shawls.

The singer’s trademark accessory was in abundance Friday, Dec. 15, at San Francisco’s Chase Center, along with peasant skirts, top hats and lace as fans dressed in homage to the rock ’n’ roll queen and fashion icon.

“I dressed as Stevie Nicks for Halloween two or three years ago, then my brain chemistry changed and I never stopped,” said Emma Sullivan, who was bedecked in layers of black velvet and Victorian chokers. 

Sullivan attended Nicks’ last concert of the year with her equally festooned sister Ysabel. The San Francisco siblings remember listening to Nicks’ music — both her solo albums and hits with Fleetwood Mac — with their parents as children. But for them, Nicks’ appeal is more than just nostalgia. 

“She’s a queer icon, a feminist icon,” said Ysabel Sullivan, “and I connect with the spiritual and darker aspects of her music.”

For fellow San Franciscan Warren Sinclair, his fandom also goes beyond an appreciation of her music. 

“It’s the closest thing to a religious experience in my life,” said Sinclair, who was attending his 20th Nicks concert in two decades. “Each one is as magical as the first time.” 

Nicks, nicknamed “White Witch” by loyal followers, also seemed to be feeling the magic for the two-hour show.

Wearing a black velvet jacket over a black ruched skirt with her long blond hair curly and loose, Nicks had a youthful glow under the stage lights. But she did not shy away from mentioning her age — she proclaimed she’s 75 several times — or her “fairy grandmother” status during the show. 

Throughout the night, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame singer also referenced her deep local roots. Nicks’ family moved to the Bay Area when she was a teenager, and it was during her senior year at Menlo-Atherton High School that she met future musical partner Lindsey Buckingham. The two later attended San Jose State University together before dropping out to pursue music, forming bands Fritz and Buckingham Nicks before finding success with Fleetwood Mac. 

Nicks told the audience that while she lived in the Bay Area for only about seven years, her connection to the region remains strong.

“I feel like I’m home,” she said in the first of many stories she shared between songs. 

Nicks said being back in San Francisco brought back memories from earlier days, including the time she performed at the Fillmore in “1969 or ’70,” she said, with Buckingham and their band Fritz. 

“This guy is heckling me, ‘Hey baby, what you doing?,’ and guess who walks onstage — Mr. Bill Graham,” Nicks recounted, referring to the legendary San Francisco concert promoter. “He stomps out on the stage, and I’m not sure who he is but I know he’s someone … He went, ‘I want you to get out of my f—ing Fillmore and never f—ing come back to this building ever. And if I ever see you come back, I’ll kill you!’ ”

Friday night’s concert, rescheduled from March due to a band member’s COVID illness, closed Nicks’ 2023 leg of her tour before she goes on the road again in February. The crowd spanned generations, with fans in their 70s and 80s mixing with children, at least one of whom was carrying the special edition Stevie Nicks Barbie that was released earlier this year. 

Nicks opened the concert with 1981’s “Outside the Rain” from her first solo outing “Bella Donna,” then immediately transitioned into Fleetwood Mac’s “Dreams” from the band’s 1977 album “Rumours.” 

In recent years, Nicks, like many singers her age, has dropped some of the high notes from her songs, but they’re not too missed under the enveloping musical direction of her longtime guitarist Waddy Wachtel. Her voice has become richer and gained color, with her signature vibrato matured into a warmer timbre.

One of the concert’s recurring themes was Nicks’ homages to her late friend and sometimes collaborator, Tom Petty. On the Petty-authored “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around,” she dueted with Wachtel in Petty’s place, tearing ferociously through the lyrics. Later, she covered Petty’s “Free Fallin’ ” with a soaring freedom in her voice. 

Her versions of her Fleetwood Mac classics “Gypsy” and “Gold Dust Woman,” plus her solo hit “Edge of Seventeen,” were expected crowd pleasers. But to many, her lesser-known 2011 “Soldier’s Angel” was a surprise. 

She introduced the song by referencing the war in Ukraine, saying, “If I was a guy and wasn’t 75, I’d go” fight for the country, she said, before launching into a performance accompanied by images of the conflict, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and the country’s flag. 

Although Nicks didn’t change costumes during her performance, she did switch out shawls a number of times, reentering to roars when she sang her solo hit “Bella Donna” draped in the original purple shawl from the album. 

For her encores, she sang Fleetwood Mac hits “Rhiannon” — complete with streamer-laden tambourine — and closed with “Landslide,” which she dedicated to her late Fleetwood Mac bandmate Christine McVie, who died last year at age 79. 

Before exiting the stage, Nicks said that she loves San Francisco and can’t wait to return. 

As the crowd exited Chase Center, a sea of gold sequins, fringe and leather moved through Thrive City just outside the stadium, where a few fans continued to twirl in their shawls.