Fleetwood Mac are the honorees at tonight’s MusiCares Person of the Year tribute at New York City’s Radio City Music Hall. Lorde and Haim both paid tribute to the band with their performing covers. Lorde performed “Silver Springs,” while Haim played “Gypsy.” Watch below.
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Eagles and Fleetwood Mac get Earth, Wind & Fire, Steely Dan, more for “Classic East and Classic West” festival series
Eagles and Fleetwood Mac have released the full details for their bicoastal festival series, Classic East and Classic West. The festivals will be at Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles and Citi Field in New York City, on July 15-16th and July 29-30th respectively. Earth, Wind & Fire, Steely Dan, Journey, and the Doobie Brothers have been set to perform at each festival, as Billboard points out. It will be the Eagles’ first performance since Glenn Frey’s death last year.
Record Store Day 2016 announces release list
Record Store Day will return on April 16th. The list of releases available at independent record stores exclusively that day was announced today. Find the full list here for the U.S. and here for the UK. Artists like David Bowie, Run the Jewels, the Weeknd, Outkast, J Dilla, Mac DeMarco, Bob Dylan, Chvrches, the Flaming Lips, Jay Reatard, the Shaggs, Big Star, Fleetwood Mac, Foals, Best Coast, Jason Molina, and many more are included. Here are a few of the highlights of what is coming out:
- David Bowie reissues of “TVC 15” and “The Man Who Sold the World” on picture disc, and the 50th anniversary release of his singles, I Dig Everything – The Pye Years 1966
- A 16-track album of Mac DeMarco demos, Another (Demo) One, which were in his bedroom
- Unheard songs by the Shaggs on a 7″, “Sweet Maria” b/w “The Missouri Waltz (Missouri State Song)”
- J Dilla’s long-lost vocal album The Diary
- Big Star’s reunion show Complete Columbia: Live at Missouri University 4/25/93, on double-LP
- Patti Smith’s Horses Live Electric Lady Studios, a live version of the classic album, recorded last year in the same studio
- The Weeknd’s The Hills Remixes, which features Eminem and Nicki Minaj
- Run the Jewels’ own virtual reality viewer (for watching their “Crown” VR video, which is coming soon)
- Metz and Mission of Burma cover one another on “Good Not Great” b/w “Get Off,” available on starburst 7″
- Florence + the Machine’s “Delilah / Only Love Can Break Your Heart,” which has studio and demo versions of “Delilah” alongside the Neil Young cover
- Outkast’s “Elevators (Me & You),” reissued as a “glow-in-the-dark alien vinyl” for the 20th anniversary of ATLiens
- The Feelies’ Uncovered, which features covers of Bob Dylan, Neil Young, the Doors, Patti Smith, and more
- Fleetwood Mac’s (Alternative) Tusk, that features the alternative version of the album on double-LP
- A 7″ including new songs from Mazzy Star’s Hope Sandoval
- Best Coast’s “Late 20s” b/w “Bigger Man” 7″, including two previously unreleased B-sides
- Chvrches’ Every Open Eye Remix EP, including takes on the song by Four Tet and others
- Low/S. Carey’s 10″ single “Not a Word” b/w “I Won’t Let You,” including two exclusive seven-minute collaborations
- The Flaming Lips’ alternate mix for Cloud Tastes Metallic, which also includes an accompanying comic written and illustrated by Wayne Coyne, and an 8xLP albums boxset called Heady Nuggs Vol.II Studio Albums 2006 – 2012
- Jay Reatard’s Blood Visions 10th anniversary reissue on red vinyl, with a bonus demos 7″
- A Bob Dylan EP called Melancholy Mood backed by four tracks from his upcoming Fallen Angels album
- Husker Du’s “In A Free Land” with the long out-of-print 1982 single to 7″
- A 7″ featuring Townes Van Zandt covers by the late Jason Molina
- Death Cab for Cutie’s “Tractor Rape Chain”/”Black Sun,” two live tracks that also includes a Guided by Voices cover
- The Runaways’ single “Right Now/Black Leather” reissued on cherry-red vinyl
- Lush’s five album reissues in the Origami boxset
- New York performances by Sun Ra and His Arkestra, recorded in 1966 and ’68, on colored vinyl
- Foals’ “Rain” 7″ backed by a cover of Mark Ronson and Kevin Parker’s “Daffodils”
Fleetwood Mac Expands Tour into 2015
With only three dates under their belt so far on their reunion tour with Chrstine McVie, Fleetwood Mac has already announced another leg of their tour, keeping the band on the their reunion until March 2015.
On The Today Show Thursday, the band announced the new leg of the tour and performed songs “Little Lies”, “Gypsy”, and “Go Your Own Way.”
Fleetwood Mac 2014 Tour Dates:
10/10 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden
10/11 – Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center
10/14 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Consol Energy Center
10/15 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center
10/18 – Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre
10/19 – Columbus, OH @ Nationwide Arena
10/21 – Indianapolis, IN @ Bankers Life Fieldhouse
10/22 – Auburn Hills, MI @ The Palace of Auburn Hills
10/26 – Ottawa, ON @ Canadian Tire Center
10/31 – Washington, DC @ Verizon Center
11/01 – Hartford, CT @ XL Center
11/10 – Winnipeg, MB @ MTS Centre
11/12 – Saskatoon, SK @ Credit Union Centre
11/14 – Calgary, AB @ Scotiabank Saddledome
11/15 – Edmonton, AB @ Rexall Place
11/18 – Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena
11/20 – Tacoma, WA @ Tacoma Dome
11/22 – Portland, OR @ Moda Center
11/24 – Sacramento, CA @ Sleep Train Arena
11/25 – San Jose, CA @ SAP Center
11/28 – Inglewood, CA @ The Forum
11/29 – Inglewood, CA @ The Forum
12/02 – San Diego, CA @ Viejas Arena
12/03 – Oakland, CA @ Oracle Arena
12/10 – Phoenix, AZ @ US Airways Center
12/12 – Denver, CO @ Pepsi Center
12/14 – Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center
12/15 – Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
12/17 – Atlanta, GA @ Philips Arena
12/19 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ BB&T Center
12/20 – Tampa, FL @ Tampa Bay Times Forum
01/16 – St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center
01/17 – Lincoln, NE @ Pinnacle Bank Arena
01/20 – Grand Rapids, MI @ Van Andel Arena
01/22 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
01/24 – Atlantic City, NJ @ Boardwalk Hall
01/25 – Uniondale, NY @ Nassau Coliseum
01/28 – Providence, RI @ Dunkin’ Donuts Center
01/31 – Buffalo, NY @ First Niagara Center
02/03 – Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre
02/05 – Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
02/07 – Uncasville, CT @ Mohegan Sun Arena
02/08 – Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center
02/11 – Des Moines, IA @ Wells Fargo Arena
02/12 – Milwaukee, WI @ BMO Harris Bradley Center
02/14 – Chicago, IL @ Allstate Arena
02/17 – Louisville, KY @ KFC Yum! Center
02/18 – Cleveland, OH @ Quicken Loans Arena
03/01 – Austin, TX @ Frank Erwin Center
03/07 – Charlotte, NC @ Time Warner Cable Arena
03/08 – Knoxville, TN @ Thompson-Boling Arena
03/11 – Little Rock, AR @ Verizon Arena
03/12 – Oklahoma City, OK @ Chesapeake Energy Arena
03/15 – Charlottesville, VA @ John Paul Jones Arena
03/17 – Greensboro, NC @ Greensboro Coliseum Complex
03/18 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena
03/27 – St. Louis, MO @ Scottrade Center
03/28 – Kansas City, MO @ Sprint Center
03/31 – Wichita, KS @ INTRUST Bank Arena
Hear Haim Perform a Fleetwood Mac Song at Stevie Nicks’ House
HAIM were invited recently to Nicks’ house in Los Angeles to talk about subjects like music, life, feminism, and more in a conversation that was three hours long for T: The New York Times Style Magazine. HAIM also joined Nicks on her piano to sing the classic, “Rhiannon” by Fleetwood Mac. You can listen to the song here.
The Melodic Tree’s Weekly Playlist
Alone In My Home – Jack White
Sparrow and the Wolf – James Vincent McMorrow
Mr Tambourine Man – Bob Dylan
Pocketknife – Ferraby Lionheart
Land of the Bloody Unknown – The Middle East
Fall At Your Feet – Boy & Bear
Changes – Neil Young
Mojo Pin – Jeff Buckley
Songbird – Fleetwood Mac
Maybe I’m Amazed – Paul McCartney
To Be Alive – Brother and Bones
Yet Again – Grizzly Bear
Fireworks – Animal Collective
No One Does It Like You – Department of Eagles
Animal – Miike Snow
Suburban War – Arcade Fire
Dark Eyes – Iron & Wine and Calexico
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