Stevie to be honored as BMI icon

[SLN1]

Originally Posted by SLN1

the person here with his mic in Stevie's face is an old friend of mine from home
trying to connect on FB to get some scoop but I'm sure he's a little busy with other things right now

Here's the interview
my friend said he has the tribute performance videos as well
I will post them when they become available

http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/US...age=1&b=c42d8b

[kathy1]

congrats to stevie

[MoonSister75]

Originally Posted by SLN1

Here's the interview
my friend said he has the tribute performance videos as well
I will post them when they become available

http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/US...age=1&b=c42d8b

Thanks so much for posting this - some really great info about the new album!

[loverly13]

Originally Posted by MoonSister75

Thanks so much for posting this - some really great info about the new album!

Seriously! I'm much more excited now knowing that it's all old, beloved demos and outtakes!

[BlueDenimLamp]

Stevie Nicks BMI ICON awards AP interview http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/US...age=1&b=c42d8b

Stevie Nicks/Musician, on the reunion of the full superstar configuration of Fleetwood Mac: "Well, Christine (McVie) just decided to come back. She called. We were in Europe last year at the end of the year and she called me and said, 'What would you think if I decided to come back to the band?' And I'm like, 'Well, you've convinced us over 16 years that you were never coming back. You finally, actually convinced us. So, are you kidding?' And she said, 'I'm not kidding.' And I said, 'Well, Chris, have you seen us in concert lately? Because you should see us, because it's very physical. It's almost three hours, and you have to kind of be an athlete. So, get a trainer.' And she did! She did, totally! So she's, like, rockin.' So she's very excited, and we are very excited for her. "

Steve Nicks/Musician, on reviewing her own compositions: "There's no fluff songs in my songs. And they all meant a lot to me and they were all written about somebody else or about me or about the world or about the country or, you know, there's no just playful no-big-deal songs."

"It's a very, very heavy thing to look back at all the things you've done, especially when that's between 15 years old and 66 years old, and, then, tomorrow, it all starts again with a whole other thing."

Stevie Nicks on the material for her upcoming solo album:

"We went on to YouTube and we found all the songs that, somehow, were taken from my house or picked up or loaned out or whatever, and we picked up all the songs that like -- there was like 25 songs that the fans really wanted me to record, and we picked 18. And we went to Nashville and we recorded 17 songs. So they're like all starting from like 1969 maybe? I call them my 24-carat gold songs.

Stevie Nicks on acting opposite actress Jessica Lange in "American Horror Story: Coven": "She's amazing. And, so, I just watched her a lot, you know? And I sang, 'Has Anyone Ever Written Anything for You' to her, probably like 20 times. And she cried every time. And it was like, 'Oh my god!' It was -- the fact that Ryan (series co-creator and -producer Ryan Murphy) brought me into that was such a gift - nothing like that probably will ever happen to me like that again. 'American Horror Story: Coven'! It's like my dream, you know. (laughs.)"

NICKS GETS ICONIC, TALKS FLEETWOOD MAC REUNION, NEW SOLO ALBUM AND 'AMERICAN HORROR STORY'

Stevie Nicks thought former Fleetwood Mac bandmate Christine McVie was pulling her leg.

"She called when we were in Europe at the end of last year," explained Nicks. "And (she) said, 'What would you think if I decided to come back to the band?' And I'm like, 'Well, you've convinced us over 16 years that you were never coming back. You finally, actually convinced us. So, are you kidding?'"

She wasn't.

McVie had conquered a longtime fear of flying -- a fear so crippling that, in 1998, it forced her to retire from one of the world's busiest touring bands.

McVie spent most of the time between then and now at her mansion in rural northern England.

With McVie's return, Fleetwood Mac is finally back to its most successful configuration, also including Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood and Christin's ex-husband John McVie.

Out of the gate, they produced the multi-million selling albums "Fleetwood Mac" (1975) and "Rumours" (1977) and such pop classics as "Rhiannon (Will You Ever Win)" "Say You Love Me," "Go Your Own Way" and "Dreams."

Many of Fleetwood Mac's hits were written by Nicks, who, Tuesday night, was honored with the Icon award from music-rights management group Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) for her body of work both with the band and solo, also including the songs "Landslide," "Gypsy," "Edge of Seventeen" and "Stand Back."

To prep for her acceptance speech, Nicks, 66, reviewed her own songbook.

"There's no fluff," she noted. "There's no just-playful, no-big-deal songs."

"It's a very, very heavy thing to look back on what you've done," Nicks continued. "And, then, tomorrow, it all starts again."

There's a solo album on the way, with 17 so-called "trunk" songs -- things Nicks had written and, in some cases, performed over the years that fans requested be properly recorded and put into an album. A new Fleetwood Mac album is coming, too, as well as a big Mac tour, beginning 30 September in Minneapolis.

Nicks said she warned McVie to expect a very different experience on stage, "'It's very physical. It's almost three hours. You have to kind of be an athlete, so get a trainer.' And she did! She did, totally! And she's like rockin.'"

[BlueDenimLamp]

From MSN:http://music.msn.com/music/article.aspx?news=867168

Shakira, Adam Levine, Sheryl Crow and Lady Antebellum were among the stars who paid tribute to singer/songwriter Stevie Nicks at the BMI Pop Awards ceremony in Beverly Hills, California on Tuesday night (13May14). The Fleetwood Mac star was feted with the Icon Award during the songwriting ceremony at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, and a number of artists took to the stage during the show to honour Nicks by performing some of her most famous songs. Maroon 5 frontman Levine teamed up with Crow to perform Leather and Lace, country stars Lady Antebellum played Rhiannon, singer Vanessa Carlton gave an interpretation of Dreams, while Shakira sang Landslide. Upon accepting the award, Nicks told the audience, "This is one of the best nights of my life. We are reporters - we songwriters write songs about life, not just love... I wrote my first song when I was 15 and a half, and this is what you have to look forward to if you really want to do this."

[Aussie W/Heart]

Finally, the vault has been opened!!!! This is the best news ever, my mind is racing wondering which 17 songs she has chosen..

[BlueDenimLamp]

Shakira..."Landslide" BMI awards...

Looks like Stevie had her "Goya" guitar on stage...

[BlueDenimLamp]

Stevie had her treasured Goya guitar at the BMI awards...

[Aussie W/Heart]

Hope someone recorded Stevie playing her Goya

[BlueDenimLamp]

Originally Posted by Aussie W/Heart

Hope someone recorded Stevie playing her Goya

Look closely...Her guitar only has 5 strings and it looks like it has only 5 strings in the "IYD" doc as well so I don't think she plays it...

[BlueDenimLamp]

Stevie Nicks recieved the BMI Icon Award last night.We were honored to be asked to attend as her guest! Getty Images http://t.co/3GCMVuazK2

— Margi Kent (@MargiKentStudio) May 14, 2014

What's the deal with Margi Kent??? She says she was Stevie's guest but no pics of her with Stevie and she refuses to use Stevie's @StevieNicks twitter in her tweets...Margi was previously using the fake "RealStevieNicks" in her tweets but since she was notified of Stevie's "Verified" @StevieNicks twitter she won't use it in her "I know Stevie" tweets...

[Macfanforever]

From Contactmusic.


http://www.contactmusic.com/story/st...awards_4194528



Stars Pay Tribute To Stevie Nicks At Bmi Pop Awards
by WENN | 14 May 2014




Shakira

Picture: Shakira - 102.7 KIIS FM's 2014 Wango Tango at StubHub Center - Show - Los Angeles, California, United States - Saturday 10th May 2014

Shakira, Adam Levine, Sheryl Crow and Lady Antebellum were among the stars who paid tribute to singer/songwriter Stevie Nicks at the BMI Pop Awards ceremony in Beverly Hills, California on Tuesday night (13May14).

The Fleetwood Mac star was feted with the Icon Award during the songwriting ceremony at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel, and a number of artists took to the stage during the show to honour Nicks by performing some of her most famous songs.

Maroon 5 frontman Levine teamed up with Crow to perform Leather and Lace, country stars Lady Antebellum played Rhiannon, singer Vanessa Carlton gave an interpretation of Dreams, while Shakira sang Landslide.

Upon accepting the award, Nicks told the audience, "This is one of the best nights of my life. We are reporters - we songwriters write songs about life, not just love... I wrote my first song when I was 15 and a half, and this is what you have to look forward to if you really want to do this."

Other awards went to Levine, who was named Songwriter of the Year along with Ryan Lewis and his collaborator Macklemore, and producer/songwriter Jeff Bhasker.

The Lumineers' Ho Hey was named Song of the Year, while other featured tracks included Thrift Shop by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, Roar by Katy Perry, Justin Timberlake's Mirrors, and I Knew You Were Trouble by Taylor Swift.

Contactmusic

[BlueDenimLamp]

[SpyNote]

Originally Posted by BlueDenimLamp

Stevie Nicks recieved the BMI Icon Award last night.We were honored to be asked to attend as her guest! Getty Images http://t.co/3GCMVuazK2

— Margi Kent (@MargiKentStudio) May 14, 2014

What's the deal with Margi Kent??? She says she was Stevie's guest but no pics of her with Stevie and she refuses to use Stevie's @StevieNicks twitter in her tweets...Margi was previously using the fake "RealStevieNicks" in her tweets but since she was notified of Stevie's "Verified" @StevieNicks twitter she won't use it in her "I know Stevie" tweets...

Was this confirmed to be Margi Kent, and not some Stevie Nicks troll? Stevie and Margi are good friends, so I can't imagine her being some loner trolling around on Twitter saying these things. It actually sounds like the actions of a crazy fan, of which there have been many online.