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The Penguin: Everything That Is Fleetwood Mac Newsletter (June 2004)
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The Penguin: Everything That Is Fleetwood Mac Newsletter (06/2004)

 

Fleetwood Mac is on the third leg of the Say You Will tour that kicked off May 8th in Madison Wisconsin. Visit the Penguin site for tour reviews and current media interviews in the Blue Letter Archives. Read concert reviews from fans in the review section on the Penguin site:

 

   http://www.fleetwoodmac.net/penguin/reviews.htm

 

Daily posts from fans concert reviews and photos in the Rumours forum on the Ledge message board:

 

   http://ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/forumdisplay.php?f=2

 

We have invited Brett Tuggle back for a new Q&A on The Penguin.  The Q&A, which started this morning,  June 7th, will run for two weeks. Brett is currently on tour with the band but will find time in his busy schedule to answer our questions. 

 

   http://www.fleetwoodmac.net/penguin/qa/

 

Several recent concerts on the current tour have been either been postponed or cancelled while Stevie was recovering from a throat ailment and congestion. Doctors have now given Stevie the go ahead to resume the tour and Fleetwood Mac performed last night, June 6th, at Jones Beach in NY.  Stevie is planning on being at full force for the rest of the summer's concerts.

 

"Singing is a very personal thing for me," she says, "and I really can't do it unless I am able to give it my best. Now that I'm feeling well, I can do that. I can't wait to be back onstage Sunday night."  --Stevie Nicks

 

Management for Fleetwood Mac have confirmed the current Say You Will tour will run through Mid July and the final show will be on July 14th in Cedar Falls, Iowa.

 

Fleetwood Mac's "Live in Boston" Soundstage concert is beginning to air on local PBS stations around the country.  Listings are not showing up for all cities and we suggest you check your local PBS website as well as the Soundstage PBS site for listings in your own area.  Details about the show are available at:

 

   http://www.pbs.org/wttw/soundstage/fwm/setlist.htm

 

Lindsey Buckingham's Soundstage special, featuring a guest appearance by Stevie Nicks, is tentatively scheduled to air on September 30th. Check the Soundstage PBS site as well as your local PBS listings. Details about the show are available at:

 

   http://www.pbs.org/wttw/soundstage/lbuckingham/featured.htm

 

The new "Live in Boston" DVD release from Fleetwood Mac's Say You Will tour is scheduled to be released on June 15th.  There is now a special edition available for purchase through PBS that will include 2 DVD's from the live concert, a special 10 track audio cd and a bonus DVD of the recent documentary Fleetwood Mac: Destiny Rules that aired on VH1 and chronicled the 2 years the band spent recording the Say You Will CD.  The 4 disc set featuring the documentary is $44.95 plus shipping.

 

Call 1-866-383-4643 to place an order. PBS will ship the DVD on June 8th.  Details about the set are available at:

 

   http://hdready.com/merchandise.htm

 

This set is NOT being distributed or shipped through Fanfire and is being offered by HD Ready and shipped through PBS.

 

There is also a 3 pc set that includes the 2 DVD's from the live concert and a 10 track audio cd.  More details can be found on The Penguin:

 

   http://www.fleetwoodmac.net/penguin/albums/fm_liveinboston.htm

 

The special Fleetwood Mac: Destiny Rules Documentary is being re-aired on VH1 Classics on June 14th at 7:30 PM EST and June 18th at 9:00 PM EST. You can watch several clips from the show at:

 

   http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/fleetwood_mac/videos.jhtml

 

 VH1 Classics is airing the show Headline Act featuring Fleetwood Mac”

 

        June 14th   11:00 AM EST and 7:00 PM EST

        June 15th     3:00 AM EST

        June 18th     8:00 AM EST and 8:30 PM EST

        June 19th   12:00 AM EST

 

Cory Buckingham has been a crew member on the Say You Will tour and has been writing some great tour diaries of her travels with the band. You can view all of Cory's diaries at:

 

   http://www.FleetwoodMac.com

 

or on Daniel's Stevie Nicks Info site at:

 

   http://stevie-nicks.info/fanclub.html

 

Stevie Nicks Info also has some great backstage photos of Stevie's dressing room available on this website at:

 

   http://stevie-nicks.info/syw/tour/backstage.html

 

Fleetwood Mac is still being featured on MSN's Artist Spotlight. There are several links to listen to the bonus disc from the new reissue of the Rumours CD and 5 rare videos including Sara and Tusk:

 

   http://entertainment.msn.com/artist/?artist=100240

 

VH1 is currently featuring 2 videos from the Live in Boston concert taped last year for Soundstage that's currently airing in some markets on PBS. 

 

You can watch the Stand Back and Say You Will video clips here:

 

   http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/fleetwood_mac/artist.jhtml?_requestid=657339

 

 

VH1 and VH1 Classic are airing the Landslide performance from the Boston Soundstage show during their daily video shows. Check local listings.

 

Christine McVie will release her new solo cd  "In The Meantime" on June 21st in the UK and on September 7th in the USA:

   http://www.fleetwoodmac.net/penguin/albums/inthemeantime.htm

 

We have opened a new “Christine McVie” discussion forum on the Ledge message board. There are a lot of interesting discussions and articles being posted about Christine's latest cd:

 

   http://ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/forumdisplay.php?f=20

 

Christine has also just launched a new official website:

 

   http://www.christinemcvie.com/  

 

 

Lis Adelson has posted the first part of her three part series "The Story of John and Christine McVie."  Everyone knows the background story of the other Fleetwood Mac couple, but very little has been written about John and Christine's relationship until now. Lis has written a great bio using material from her personal collection of extensive articles, interviews and photos. You can read the first part of this interesting story at:

 

   http://www.fleetwoodmac.net/penguin/themcvies.htm

 

Four great tracks from a Live Buckingham Nicks concert in 1974 have been uncovered with the help of Jamie Cole (http://www.jamie-cole.com/music/fm.html ) and are available for download on the following fan sites. Please pick one of these sites randomly so the bandwidth is not too much of a burden on either one.

 

   Go Your Own Way ( http://www.fleetwoodmac-uk.com/ )

   Fleetfoot Mike ( http://www.fleetfootmike.net/bn/  )

 

If you have a Fleetwood Mac or related site and would like to add it to our new and improved Chain Links section, just go here:

 

   http://www.fleetwoodmac.net/chainlinks/

 

Finally, we invite you to The Ledge message boards too to discuss Fleetwood Mac, in all its incarnations.  There is a lot going on right now so come to where so many of the fans discuss it! 

 

   http://ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/

 

Hope to see you there and that you enjoyed the newsletter!

 

- Marty and Lisa Adelson

 

 


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