Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Fleetwood Mac Live in Stockholm: The Best.. The Worst.. and What Surprised + 81 Photos

Fleetwood Mac Live in Stockholm, Sweden
October 23, 2013 - Ericsson Globe Arena
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Fleetwood Mac - a bunch of survivors
SvD Kultur
by ELIN UNNES

(google translated)
Fleetwood Mac, the well-playing soft rockers from the 1970s, has gone from being a band that Stevie Nicks was one of the members to be the veritable, mardi gras-style parade vehicle for Nick to come. Her iconic status in contemporary music has grown in a way that the last few years, if not come to overshadow the band's influence, at least match it.

When Fleetwood Mac are now returning to Stockholm Globe Arena is exactly 35 years since they released
"Rumours," one of the best selling popskivorna ever, with Nicks at the height of his älvlika, patschulidoftande, poetically responsive capability.

The concert begins also with "Second Hand News," the first song from the album, and the crowd cheers when Nicks voice enters the song's third line and a spotlight reveals her already on the stage, dressed in black chunks and a microphone and tambourine covered with lace and beads. The selection seems to be done with Nick in mind - "Dreams," "Rhiannon," "Landslide". The load noticeable though. Nicks struggling on high heels and after a while it feels like a bar stool and a glass of water would have been better accessories.

The band has at times been a record company's wet dream (extremely easy to listen to, well played music) and worst nightmare (lovebirds with addictive personalities) and Lindsey Buckingham reveals that emotions are answered. He explains how the record companies' working method is to "Find something that works, and then suck the life out of it." During his time as a band Fleetwood Mac has seen itself forced to undermine the method, and the album "Tusk" was one such attempt. Buckingham sings "Not that funny" from that particular disc, and Nick gets a much-needed breaks.

The sound is loud and big, and even though the band actually has aged, it sounds good - it's like the whole point of Fleetwood Mac. Mick Fleetwood drum kit looks like a moving van on the way from a drummer collective, which include a huge gong, and even the cheesy screensaver projected in the fund behind the band feels okay. The nostalgic "Landslide" also becomes years and the experiences that have changed and deepened Nick's voice into a strength.

So so what if they play for over two and a half hours, and it feels like 30 minutes of that time is of the Stevie Nicks tells a long and confused story that I think maybe about vacuuming, outdated music formats, and possibly even a little of copyright infringement. They're both great musicians and a bunch of survivors. Nicks is a true hippie, with all the lifestyle entails, transported to our present day. It's almost as if Charlie Chaplin would step out of the screen in all its black and white glory. It plays like no matter what she says, just that she is here, and she can actually talk, goes a long way.

Tuesday, October 22, 2013

TALKS MUSIC Series w/ Malcolm Gerrie on @SkyArts Begins 11 Nov. Features Lindsey Buckingham

COMING SOON: 'Talks Music'

​Talks Music is a unique and exclusive interview series which looks into the careers of some of the world’s most iconic music legends. Fleetwood Mac guitarist and vocalist Lindsey Buckingham,  American guitarist, songwriter and producer Nile Rodgers, Boy George, Jeff Beck and the creative force of Blondie: Deborah Harry and Chris Stein, plus legendary crooner Tony Bennett are amongst the guests. The series will be hosted by TV-producer Malcolm Gerrie, whose credits include The Tube and The Brit Awards.

​Talks Music starts on Sky Arts 1 HD on November 11 at 9pm.

This is a 10 part interview series.  No details yet on when Lindsey's show will air.

UK TV: Fleetwood Mac: Rumours on @VintageTV 25 Oct 9pm

VINTAGE TV:
Fleetwood Mac: Rumours
Friday 25 October - 9pm

We're celebrating one of the planet's greatest albums by bringing you an hour-long tour of stunning sounds from these legends in their own life-time.

Vintage TV is available on Sky 369, Virgin 343 and Freesat 515 in the UK.

STEVIE NICKS: In Your Dreams - 2 Screenings PLUS Q&A Brisbane International Film Festival

Stevie Nicks: In Your Dreams
Brisbane International Film Festival

Wed. 13 Nov 2013 - 3:00PM - Palace Barracks Cinema 1
Fri. 15 Nov 2013 - 4:00PM - Palace Barracks Cinema 5

Stevie Nicks will be in attendance for a Q&A session following the screening on the 13th of November.

Tickets General Admission.  Tickets $40.00

Available Now at Ticketek

Festival Website

Fleetwood Mac play Brisbane November 14th and December 2nd.  Tickets are available at Livenation




THE Brisbane International Film Festival is back with a bang in 2013 
with the Australian premiere of Nicole Kidman’s Queensland-shot movie The Railway Man.

Courier Mail 22 Oct 2013
This year’s event includes the first Australian screenings of hot Oscar favourite 12 Years a Slave and provocative French Palme d’Or-winner Blue Is the Warmest Colour.

A host of international guests will walk the red carpet with music royalty Stevie Nicks, who will be in town touring with Fleetwood Mac, presenting her biographical film In Your Dreams - Stevie Nicks. BIFF will also present a 40th anniversary screening of the 1973 horror classic The Exorcist, followed by an intimate Q&A session with Golden Globe-winning actress Linda Blair.

BIFF will also host and celebrate the stellar career of Australian director and screenwriter Fred Schepisi ( Evil Angels, The Russia House, The Eye of the Storm).

BIFF director Jennie Hughes, in her first year curating the festival, is understandably excited at the calibre of films and talent on offer.

“I wanted (BIFF) to be packed full of goodies from opening night but to have events all through the festival," she said.

Sunday, October 20, 2013

Stevie Nicks Question Almost Shuts Down Katy Perry Interview - Video


Katy Perry interviewed by "Sunday Night" on channel 7 - Australia is stunned, or stumped by a question the interviewer Jackie Frank asked when talking about the meaning of Katy's "Roar" asking "So was Stevie Nicks wrong?" Katy with a somewhat blank look on her face asks the question back and Jackie continues by saying "Stevie Nicks felt that "Roar" was about one of your ex's"  At that point someone from the sidelines interjects and the subject is changed.  Video below... Start watching at about 3:20 if you don't want to watch the full clip.

That Stevie... the pot stir'er ;)

REVIEW: Fleetwood Mac Live in Oslo - Lindsey Wore Blue... Nicks Ditched The Riding Jacket

Fleetwood Mac Live - Oslo, Norway
October 20, 2013 - Oslo Spektrum Arena

Stevie Nicks struggled to get going in the spectrum, according to the reviewer.PHOTO: Rolf Ohman
In everlasting musical therapy
Even with some obvious mistakes, turned Fleetwood Mac. However, a good deal darker than many probably thought.
BY RBERT Hoftun Gjestad
Afterposten.no
5 out of 6

"Been down one time, been down two times, been down three times, I'm never going back." Ahh. A score of intense songs about love, relationships, arguments, drugs, betrayal, breakup, hope, faith and fervent despair. Could it be wrong? Of course, the legendary edition of Fleetwood Mac delivered. After each.

It was clearly a musical event of the rare that Fleetwood Mac finally came to Norway for real visits and tickets with prices up to 1300 million swine animal disappeared instantly by sales start. Someone with historical accuracy uttered that this is not the "real" Fleetwood Mac, what once was a psychedelic blues band with Peter Green on guitar back in the 1960s, while a few swear by the band between the period of the early 70s.

But Fleetwood Mac most people know and love is after all the third edition, the more pop-oriented band that was collected when the duo Buckingham Nicks joined in 1974 as one of several classic albums behind one of music history's best-selling, Rumours . Over 40 million sold, impressive enough. Ok, Christine McVie is no longer with, without weakening impression.

Full Review Here

Outfit change... While Lindsey wore the blue jacket again tonight... it looks like Stevie ditched the riding jacket to open the show in Oslo opting for this glitter number.  The Score: Lindsey 3; Stevie 3
PHOTO: Rolf Ohman




Ex-girlfriend ran the show when Fleetwood Mac hit Oslo
Fleetwood Mac has gone through many phases as a band. They are clearly in a good one.
Photo by Benjamin A. Ward

Ekskjærestene kjørte showet da Fleetwood Mac traff Oslo
Fleetwood Mac har gjennomgått mange faser som band. De er opplagt inne i en god en.
by ØYVIND RØNNING
dagbladet.net

Fleetwood Mac's hitmaskin is formidable. But the pace is a little uneven.
Photo by Trond Solberg
Oslo Spektrum
crowd: Approx. 7000

Fleetwood Macs hitmaskin er formidabel. Men tempoet er litt ujevnt.
Oslo Spektrum - Publikum: Ca. 7000
by MORTEN STÅLE NILSEN
vg.no


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