WHITNEY HOUSTON COVERS STEVIE NICKS SONG

WOW!!!!

Details are leaking out regarding Whitney Houstons upcoming cd release on September 1, 2009. Apparently Whitney recorded the Stevie Nicks song "Has Anyone Ever Written Anything For You" for a possible inclusion on the upcoming release... Someone on Twitter that goes by the name of: Sholoongo Sweet heard 17 potential tracks for the disc and the no. 1 song on the cd she heard was "Has Anyone Ever Written Anything For You".

First off... I can't even imagine what Whitney would sound like on this... Second, I want to hear her sing it!! And personally, I think she should include it!! Whitney has an extraordinary voice and Stevie's song is so beautiful, a perfect fit!

The sad news is that Sholoongo Sweet is also reporting that two cover tracks Whitney recorded, may not make the final cut - one of them being the Stevie cover...

A full interview on how Whitney's new cd sounds can be found here... The quote in the interview regarding Stevie's song is:

Derek Sheldon (DS): Ok, first question you have heard the new CD by Whitney how much did you hear and how many tracks were there?

Sholoongo Sweet(SS):I heard about 17 songs on the version of the CD that I heard in May. I did not see "song titles" or "credits." The number 1 song is written by Stevie Nicks called "Has Anybody Ever Written Anything For You" ---ballad cover, but my date said it may not make the CD. (For the record I love this song made famous by Stevie Nicks-DS)

Stevie Nicks gets landslide support from gay community

Move over, Cher. Stevie Nicks has just been declared an icon by the gay community. Specifically, MTV Networks’ gay-themed Logo channel has announced that the Fleetwood Mac singer / songwriter will be the first subject of a new series of specials dubbed “NewNowNext Icons.”

The shows will focus on “the timeless music legends that have reached icon status in the eyes of the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) community and the greater world of pop culture,” according to a Logo statement.

In the half-hour premiere airing at midnight EDT/PDT on July 19, Nicks will share her thoughts on why the LGBT community has embraced her music and persona, Logo said. She will also discuss her career, inspirations and future projects. Music videos for tunes such as “Landslide,” “Gypsy” and “Stand Back” will also be featured. A Logo spokesman declined to identify the subjects of additional “NewNowNext Icons” specials.

Reuters

TRIBUTE TO STEVIE NICKS - SERIES PREMIERE LOGO NETWORK

Logo Launches 'NewNowNext Icons' Honoring Timeless Music Legends With a Tribute to Stevie Nicks

"NewNowNext Icons" Joins the "NewNowNext Music" Franchise with Its Premiere Featuring Grammy Award-Winning, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductee Stevie Nicks

"NewNowNext Icons: Stevie Nicks" Will Air on Logo July 19, 2009 at 12 AM Midnight ET/PT and LOGOonline.com

NEW YORK, July 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Logo, a division of Viacom Inc.'s (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B) MTV Networks, announced today the launch of a new series of specials, "NewNowNext Icons," focusing on the timeless music legends that have reached icon status in the eyes of the LGBT community and the greater world of pop culture. The special premieres with an intimate interview by award-winning music artist and visionary Stevie Nicks airing July 19 at 12 AM Midnight ET/PT and LOGOonline.com.

In the premiere of this half-hour special, "NewNowNext Icons," Stevie Nicks discusses various aspects of her career as a solo artist and part of legendary rock band Fleetwood Mac. Nicks also opens up about her own inspirations, future projects and her thoughts on why the LGBT community has embraced her music and persona. Throughout the special, hit music videos including "Landslide," "Gypsy" and "Stand Back" will be featured demonstrating her impact in music and popular culture. Dubbed the "reigning queen of Rock and Roll" by Rolling Stone Magazine, Nicks recently released her "Live in Chicago" DVD celebrating her first live recorded performance since 1985, as well as the recent release of her new CD "The Soundstage Sessions." Along with Fleetwood Mac, Stevie has produced over forty Top 50 hits and has sold nearly 120 million albums.

The newest show in the "NewNowNext" family takes on these legends with hosted spots, music videos, and archival footage including rarely seen interviews from the MTV and VH1 vaults. "NewNowNext Icons" brings the "NewNowNext" franchise to full circle. As modern up-and-coming artists on Logo's "NewNowNext Music" and "NewNowNext Pop Lab" attribute their inspiration to pop culture icons, "NewNowNext Icons" offers an intimate and unique point of view from the icons themselves on why their legendary status is synonymous with their work and persona. Past hosts of "NewNowNext Music" and "NewNowNext Pop Lab" including Beyonce, Jennifer Hudson, Lilly Allen, Lady GaGa, Del Marquis of "Scissor Sisters," La Roux and Fischerspooner represent the upcoming icons of tomorrow. "NewNowNext Icons" will consist of a series of specials premiering throughout the year highlighting the rare few that have reached such superstardom as headliners such as Stevie Nicks.

"NewNowNext Icons: Stevie Nicks" will premiere July 19 at 12 AM ET/PT and LOGOonline.com. For more information about "NewNowNext Icons", go to LOGOonline.com and NewNowNext.com.

ABOUT LOGO

Logo is the world's leading ad-supported cable, satellite, online, mobile and digital entertainment gay and lesbian-themed network, from MTV Networks, a unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B). Launched in 2005, Logo's cable channel is in more than 39 million homes across the United States and is complemented by a federation of online properties, including LOGOonline.com, TripOutGayTravel.com, AfterEllen.com, AfterElton.com, 365gay.com, DowneLink.com and NewNowNext.com. Logo's content is distributed across all leading download-to-own, streaming and mobile services. The most influential brand for the most influential audience, Logo provides a mix of original and acquired entertainment as well as news, social networking and community building that are authentic, smart, fun, entertaining, and inclusive. Logo joins MTV Networks' roster of popular and highly targeted brands which include MTV, Comedy Central, VH1 and Spike TV.

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HAPPY 66TH BIRTHDAY CHRISTINE MCVIE

34 YEARS AGO ON THIS DAY FLEETWOOD MAC RELEASED

ON THIS DAY IN 1975 (July 11th) Fleetwood Mac Released their 8th album, the self titled album Fleetwood Mac - the first to feature Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks.

The Album debuted August 2, 1975 on Billboard's Top Albums Chart at #183. It would go on to spend an incredible 148 weeks on Billboard's Album Chart ending it's chart run on May 27, 1978. For comparison, Rumours spent 134 weeks on the chart.

On September 4, 1976 in it's 58th week of release Fleetwood Mac hit #1 and spent a single week at the top. This set a record never before achieved in the 32 year history of Billboard's Album Charts. Never before had an album hit the #1 spot for the first time after being charted for 1 year.

First US Single: Over My Head

HOT 100 SINGLES CHART
Released: November, 1975
Debuted on Billboard's Hot 100 at #91 on November 8, 1975
Hot 100 Peak Position: #20
Weeks on Chart: 14

Adult Contemporary Singles Chart
Debut: January 3, 1976
Peak: #32
Weeks on Chart: 7
UK Peak: -



Second Single: Rhiannon (Will You Ever Win)

HOT 100 SINGLES CHART
Released: February, 1976
Debuted on Billboard's Hot 100 at #89 on March 6, 1976
Hot 100 Peak Position: #11
Weeks on Chart: 18

Adult Contemporary Singles Chart
Debut: March 27, 1976
Peak: #33
Weeks on Chart: 8
UK Peak: #46

Third Single: Say You Love Me

HOT 100 SINGLES CHART

Released: June, 1976
Debuted on Billboards's Hot 100 at #74 on July 3, 1976
Hot 100 Peak Position: #11
Weeks on Chart: 19

Adult Contemporary Singles Chart
Debut: July 24, 1976
Peak: #12
Weeks on Chart: 12
UK Peak: #40

DETAILED RECONSTRUCTION ON THE PROMOTIONAL EFFORT BEHIND THE SUCCESS OF FLEETWOOD MAC FLEETWOOD MAC

FLEETWOOD MAC #2 IN NORTH AMERICA #6 WORLDWIDE

FLEETWOOD MAC RANKS 2nd IN NORTH AMERICA BEHIND BRITNEY SPEARS

Pollstar has released it's mid year Top 100 North American Concert Tours for the first six months of 2009. Fleetwood Mac is #2 in North America with a gross of 54.8 million on 53 shows.

On the Top 25 Worldwide Tours - Fleetwood Mac rank #6.

Considering the economy in North America this past year along with Fleetwood Mac not promoting any new material but touring behind their past hits, I think they did quite well with a million dollar average per show.

STEVIE NICKS ON THE ULTIMATE SHOWMAN (MICHAEL JACKSON)

Michael Jackson Remembered:

I remember before [we performed at Bill Clinton's 1993 inauguration], Michael sent somebody to find out if I had any foundation make-up he could borrow. I was using some light Chanel foundation at that time, and Michael sent back a note to say, thanks, but the foundation wasn't quite light enough for him. He meant that in show business, the stage is everywhere — it's when you leave the parking lot, when you go to the mall. It's about trying your best to be as perfect as possible. It's the reason Michael was like royalty. There's no other person like that, because the era of performers — the Frank Sinatras, the Elizabeth Taylors, the Sammy Davis Jr.s — is over. He was the last emperor.

Rolling Stone's special commemorative Michael Jackson issue featuring tributes from Quincy Jones, Slash, Brooke Shields and more is available now.

Rollingstone Magazine

FLEETWOOD MAC BOXSCORE NUMBERS (UPDATED)

Strangely 7 Canadian dates have gone unreported so far. 11 dates in total remain to be reported. Additional dates added in the last two weeks are marked with an *.

The Top 20 Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price in U.S. dollars for shows in North America. The previous week's ranking is in parentheses. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers.

The Canadian Press

TOP 20 CONCERT TOURS

1. (1) Elton John/Billy Joel; $2,570,018; $125.44.
2. (2) Britney Spears; $1,860,690; $97.57.
3. (3) Bruce Springsteen&The E Street Band; $1,800,608; $91.65.
4. (4) The Dead; $1,553,713; $81.72.
5. (5) Kenny Chesney; $1,300,419; $67.46.
6. (6) Dave Matthews Band; $1,230,485; $55.05.
7. (7) Fleetwood Mac; $1,012,470; $95.15.
8. (8) Coldplay; $925,937; $63.69.
9. (9) Dane Cook; $721,668; $62.68.
10. (10) Nickelback; $712,129; $51.51.

STEVIE NICKS QUIETLY VISITS BETHESDA IN JUNE

"Singer Stevie Nicks visited, leaving an iPod with her favorite music for him and lotions for his mom."

Background:

For the last number of years, Stevie, on a regular basis, quietly visits the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland supporting and visiting with the U.S. troops and donating hundreds of iPods to soldiers wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan.

She explains, "I refuse to be pulled into the politics of war. But once these soldiers sign up, go to war and come back to a hospital, I will do whatever it takes to make them better." Nicks provides iPods loaded with her favourite music.

Oregon Marine gravely wounded, losing both legs after bombing in Afghanistan

by Julie Sullivan, The Oregonian

Full Story

A&E FLEETWOOD MAC BIOGRAPHY JULY 12th

Biography®

“Fleetwood Mac”

Rated: TV PG

Running Time: 60 Minutes

Genre: Documentary

Closed Captions: Yes

Upcoming Airings:

Sunday, July 12 @ 7am/6C

After 40 years, 16 different members, and several break-ups, Fleetwood Mac endures as one of the world's most popular groups, selling more than 100 million albums. Our look at this amazing survival story begins with Fleetwood Mac finding its artistic niche in soft rock driven by haunting lyrics and female vocals. Mick Fleetwood and John McVie remained constant fixtures, while Christine McVie helped begin the group's transition to softer rock. With the arrival of Lindsay Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, Fleetwood Mac developed its signature sound. The group produced albums such as "Fleetwood Mac," "Rumours" and "Tusk," and a string of hit singles including "Rhiannon," "Go Your Own Way," "Over My Head," and "Don't Stop Thinking About Tomorrow."

FLEETWOOD MAC LIVE IN BOSTON

VH1 Classics is running Fleetwood Mac's Soundstage Show that was recorded in 2003 (released on DVD as "Live in Boston" in 2004) from today July 5th through Saturday July 18th at 4pm and 8pm daily. Check local listings. It's an hour and a half, so it looks like an edited version of the two DVD set that was released.

FLEETWOOD MAC "LIVE"

Fleetwood Mac's 10 month, four continent tour that began in Oct. 1979 and ended in September 1980 is documented in this two-recorded live set. Recorded in various locales, the LP spans some of the best of the group's material, all delivered in crisp fashion. Much of the material deviates from their studio counterparts in that there is spontaneous interaction among members. While such Mac standards as "Rhiannon," "Go Your Own Way," "Over My Head" and "Don't Stop" are included, there are also less obvious cuts selected such as "Fireflies" and Brian Wilson's "The Farmer's Daughter." The sound quality is extraordinary and the packaging exceptional making it a valid collection by one of the world's most popular groups. Best cuts:"Go Your Own Way," "The Farmer's Daughter," "Sara," "Monday Morning," "Landslide," "One More Night." (Billboard Magazine, 12/20/80)

"Live" debuted at no.49 on Billboard Magazines Top LP's and Tape Chart December 27, 1980 and peaked at no.14 spending 18 weeks on the chart.

"Landslide" for STEVIE NICKS at MSG!!

On June 11th, the fifth grade PS22 Chorus of Staten Island performed its rendition of "Landslide" for Stevie Nicks at Madison Square Garden. Stevie was incredibly gracious and kind to all of us, as you can see in the video! She gave every child individual attention and reminded them that anything is within their grasp.

The audio on the video is very low, but of course this had to be posted even if there was no sound at all! The kids added a little piece of "Silver Springs" as an intro to their performance to great effect! And watching Stevie leading the kids from the aisle at MSG is my outstanding memory of the performance, so I'm glad the videographers caught that. It's too bad it's not in smell-o-vision, because this won't capture the KIDS' most outstanding memory of the day -- how good Stevie smelled!!

STEVIE IN UPCOMING SPECIAL ISSUE OF ROLLING STONE MAG

DAVID WILD SPEAKS TO STEVIE NICKS ABOUT MICHAEL JACKSON... TO APPEAR IN UPCOMING SPECIAL ISSUE OF ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE.

"Midway through the film, Stevie Nicks -- a truly beautiful woman inside and out who I've loved since high school -- called to discuss Michael Jackson for a special issue of "Rolling Stone" that's coming right up. So I found myself sneaking out to lobby and recording our talk about Michael, music, fame and life as the absurly loud sounds of endless transformer battles bleed loudly through the theater walls."

David Wild is an Emmy-nominated television writer, a best-selling author, Contributing Editor for Rolling Stone, producer of The Chris Isaak Hour on the Bio Channel and wrote the foreword in the liner notes of Stevie's Crystal Visions Best Of CD/DVD release in 2007.

Full Huffington Post Article

49 SECONDS.... THAT'S IT!

12,000 fans in Edmonton, Alberta Canada apparently saw Fleetwood Mac's last show of the north american leg of the tour... and all that is on youtube as evidence is 49 seconds! LOL

MITCHELL'S COURT AND SPARK (By Stevie Nicks)

THE RECORD THAT CHANGED MY LIFE

Thoughts on Joni Mitchell's Court and Spark

By Stevie Nicks | Elle.com

Joni Mitchell’s Court and Spark. I was over at [Fleetwood Mac producer Keith Olson’s] house, and he had these great speakers that were as tall as me, and Joni’s record had just come out, and I put it on. He went away, it was just me, and I listened to this record for three days. She was able to stuff so many words into one sentence and not have them sound crowded. She was talking about what it was like to be very famous and to be a woman living in a man’s world. She had been in the world of fame much longer than me, and she had gone out with every famous rock ’n’ roll star that there was. And she was such an amazing guitarist that they all respected her. That was unheard of. She was in the boys’ club. She talked about what I saw coming. Even though Buckingham Nicks had tanked, I knew that we were going to be very famous, very rich, and that this fame thing was going to overwhelm us. So when I listened to this record, it was like a great old premonition just being laid out in front of me. There is a song on it called “The Same Situation,” and that song just would kill me when I’d hear it. Because I knew it was coming.

(VIDEO) STEVIE NICKS "NEW ORLEANS SONG"

A couple of years ago during various press interviews when asked about recording new material Stevie mentioned that in the wake of Katrina she wrote a song for New Orleans. Fast forward a couple of years later in New Orleans on June 20th - the last date of the American Unleashed Tour - Stevie sang a few lines of this mystery song. For Stevie Nicks fans, this is a hopeful sign that one day, in the not to distant future she will record it and include it on a new studio album.

The lyrics in this clip appear to be:

I want to sing in the streets of the French Quarter

I want to dress up, I want to wear beads, I want to wear feathers and lace

I want to brush by the vampires that go down Bourbon Street

(PHOTOS) FLEETWOOD MAC IN EDMONTON

Photos by: JORDAN VERLAGE/Sun Media

STEVIE NICKS FAN SEES EDMONTON CONCERT

Fleetwood Mac ensures P.E.I. Steve Nicks fan sees Edmonton concert

THE CANADIAN PRESS

EDMONTON — A lifelong dream finally came true Wednesday night when a fan from Prince Edward Island finally saw her idol Stevie Nicks up close and personal at a Fleetwood Mac concert in Edmonton.

“I am beside myself, I’m ecstatic,” Pauline Doucette said before the show, wearing a black T-shirt bearing the singer’s image and holding a bag of gifts for the band.

“This is unbelievable, a memory of a lifetime.”

Doucette originally held tickets for Fleetwood Mac’s May 13 concert in Edmonton. She had saved money for months to pay the airfare.

But the concert was cancelled at the last minute when a member of the band fell ill.

In some ways, it didn’t surprise Doucette — in her hometown of Summerside, P.E.I., her nickname is “Black Cloud Polly,” an indicator of a long string of bad luck and her struggle as a 45-year-old single mother living off a disability pension.

But her luck changed when the band heard her story.

For the rescheduled concert, they ensured she had a room at a posh hotel, filled with band memorabilia including T-shirts and autographed photos, as well as a chance to meet the band members with a backstage pass.

The band had also offered to fly her back out to Edmonton, but she had already accepted an offer from a woman — a complete stranger — who offered to give Doucette her Air Miles for free.

“I’m still speechless,” Doucette said Wednesday. “It’s beyond anything I had expected.”