Fans of Stevie Nicks thought they were in for a gift this May 26th, her 78th birthday, when People, in a story Sunday about what the members of Fleetwood Mac are doing, announced that The Ghost Record would be released that day. But a source close to Stevie tells us, “That’s completely inaccurate – the album isn’t even done.” People has since removed that line about the album.
Stevie hinted at the album last April when she was inducted into concert industry magazine Pollstar‘s Live Music Hall of Fame, saying, “I have seven songs, and they are autobiographical real stories where I’m not pulling any punches for probably the first time in my life… They’re real stories of memories of mine, of fantastic men! I call it the ghost record.”
When it is done, it will be her first studio album since 2014’s 24 Karat Gold: Songs from the Vault, and her first with all new material since 2011’s In Your Dreams.
And in accurate Stevie news, a new biography, Lessons & Lace, will be published on September 15th.
It was written by music journalist Rachel Brodsky who says it’s a “philosophical, prescriptive biography” that “traces the journey of the iconic Fleetwood Mac singer through the lens of her own life lessons and recounts her path to becoming the wisdom-dispersing fairy godmother we know her as today.”
Stevie will be on the road later this month with shows in Thackerville, Oklahoma on April 18th, Austin, Texas on the 22nd, and the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on the 25th.
