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Is Daisy Jones and the Six’s Rod Reyes Inspired by a Real Tour Manager?

Prime Video’s ‘ Daisy Jones and the Six ’ charts the rise and fall of the eponymous band. The story is traced through the late 60s to early 70s to give us the origins of the band. While Daisy Jones chases her dreams in a different city, a group of boys from a small town tries to make it big in the music scene. Their lives are changed when they meet a man who is familiar with the music circuit and gives them invaluable advice. This man is Rod Reyes who becomes the manager of the Dunne Brothers , later, the Six. Considering that the band in the show is said to have been inspired by real-life rock bands from the 70s, it naturally makes us wonder if their manager is also a real person. Let’s find out.

Rod Reyes is Not Based on a Real Tour Manager

No, Rod Reyes is not based on a real manager of a rock band. While the story of the show might be inspired by real-life bands, the characters and the plot of the show are completely fictional. The purpose of Reyes in the show is not only to help the band find their footing in the business but also to keep them from falling apart when things get tough. Considering that the band Daisy Jones and the Six is supposed to have been inspired by Fleetwood Mac, one can say that Reyes’s role in the story could be a reflection of the people who have managed the real-life band over the years.

Fleetwood Mac started with Mick Fleetwood, who has been one of the few constant things about the band since its inception. While talking about his role in the band with Apple Music 1’s Zane Lowe , Fleetwood said that one of his main jobs was to keep the band from falling apart, especially during the seventies when every single member had been going through tumultuous times in their lives.

At the beginning of the band’s journey, Fleetwood also acted as the manager. But even later, he found it his responsibility to keep the band going through its roughest of times. He said that he always tried to keep “some semblance out of panic or insecurity, to have this not stop” and make the band a “safe harbor” for everyone. The same role fell on the people who managed the bands over the years, witnessing the departure and arrival of members, and navigating the complex nature of their relationships.

Marty Hom has served as Fleetwood Mac’s manager, along with other stars like Barbara Streisand, Lionel Richie, Shakira, and Janet Jackson, to name a few. He said that working with the bands and the singers creates a relationship that goes further than professional capacity. “If you’ve toured with somebody long enough, they are your family. And you’re kind of like the dad who takes care of them, and they depend on you,” he said , in conversation with Billboard.

Despite the challenges that they face in their line of work, Hom said that it’s the passion for the job that keeps them going. “I think there is a sense of camaraderie. It’s like when you all go on the road together and you have this great team of people and you pull off a show and you kind of look at each other because everybody on that tour played a small part in accomplishing that show,” he said. With all this in mind, it looks like even though Rod Reyes is not a real person, he represents the real struggles of tour managers.

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Timothy Olyphant Talks 'Daisy Jones & The Six,' His Love of Music, and How Much He Dug the Wardrobe

"I love music. I haven’t thrown out my CD collection. It’s been a big deal, my whole life, seeing, listening, and talking about music", says Olyphant.

[Editor’s note: The following contains some spoilers for Daisy Jones & The Six.] Based on the best-selling novel of the same name from Taylor Jenkins Reid , the Amazon Studios/Hello Sunshine series Daisy Jones & The Six tells the story of the meteoric rise and crash-and-burn implosion of the iconic 1970s band, fronted by Daisy Jones ( Riley Keough ) and Billy Dunne ( Sam Claflin ). The two charismatic singers are brought together to explore their shared love of music, but while their combined artistry is magic, their personalities clash, becoming toxic for everyone around them and eventually tearing them apart. As their story is recounted directly by the band, through their personal truths and the songs that defined them, you’ll learn how desire and determination, and fame and success, can’t always overcome it all.

During this 1-on-1 interview with Collider, Timothy Olyphant (who plays tour manager Rod Reyes) talked about how he prepared to play the band’s tour manager, his own love of music, what it’s like to hook a big fish in the music industry, loving everything about the wardrobe, where there’s something appealing to an artist about never being sure what the next gig or acting role will be, and what it was like to be there for the Soldier Field concert.

Collider: In doing a project like this, when you’re dealing with a book that people love and has this built-in fan base, does that become something of a bible for you, outside the script, or does it work better for you to look at things like bands and musicians, locations, and just this whole era?

TIMOTHY OLYPHANT: The book, for me, was just a great read. Even before getting all the scripts, it was just a cool book. It’s always nice when you read some material that’s really great, and then you think, “Oh, I might be able to be fit into this somehow.” After that, you let go of it, other than what you’ve sourced already, and it becomes a bit of a jumping off point. The nature of an adaptation means that you’re taking it in its own direction. I did read about a lot of tour managers. There have been some great ones, and there were some classic interviews. Both of my brothers have been in the business, and my older brother is still in the business. I’ve been around it a lot. Even though it’s a different decade, it’s more or less the same gig and the same struggles and the same heartaches. I was around it a lot.

I’ve loved music my whole life, I’ve been a concert photographer since I was 15, and I’ve worked directly with a lot of bands, and I’ve run into a lot of guys like your character. He just seemed so real and authentic, in a way that you could find him with any number of bands. even today.

OLYPHANT: It’s no different from being in show business. If you’re around enough First ADs, they start to narrow down to a type, to some degree. But that book was well-researched. (Author) Taylor [Jenkins Reid] knew what she was writing about, and (producer) Scott [Neustadter] is no dummy either. I was in really good hands. And then, you put on those outfits, and it’s easy after that.

Are you, personally, a music guy? Are you someone who has a connection to music, yourself? Are there bands that you’re a fan of, that you’ve been curious about the personal story of?

OLYPHANT: I love music. I haven’t thrown out my CD collection. It was a big deal, growing up with my brothers. It’s been a big deal, my whole life, seeing music, listening to music, and talking about music. I wish it was something that came easy to me. It’s not. I’ve learned things for work, but it’s just not my language. But I love being around music, of all kinds.

What do you think this guy saw in this band? This type of job is a bit like herding cats. It’s hard to keep track of rock stars. So, what do you think made this band worth it to him?

OLYPHANT: Well, it’s a good job. If that’s what you do for a living and if you can hook a big fish that’s gonna carry you for a while, that’s pretty huge. You’re so dependent on the band’s success to maintain your job, to be part of that family, and to not have to keep looking for other bands. Even in the show, it’s such a sought after gig. This band is blowing up, and he’s pretty sure that there’s not gonna be any band that’s that successful, that’s gonna be easy. You know what you’re getting into.

Because of the structure of the storytelling of this, we’re experiencing this story in its wildest moments, but also through reflection with each of these characters. What was it like to build your character in that way?

OLYPHANT: We talked about where we wanted to see him go, and gave some hint of that. A lot of it was in the book already. A lot of it was just about how you wanna look. I don’t know what those other actors are telling you, but the fact is that most of us spend our time thinking about how we’re gonna look.

Did you get a say in his wardrobe? Was that collaborative, at all?

OLYPHANT: Yeah, but that work was so good. Everything [costume designer Denise Wingate] brought me was amazing. It was so good. It was the most enjoyable fittings. I’m always trying to wiggle out of fittings, but these were pretty good. I would show up, and there’d always be something, when I arrived in my trailer, with a note saying, “What do you think? Try it on, and let me know.” It was fun. It was pretty cool.

There’s a moment when your character is getting increasingly frustrated with the band’s antics because he knows it just makes his job harder. And then, Daisy asks him to picture how boring his life would be without her in it. Do you think that’s part of the appeal for him? Obviously, there’s the love of the music, but is being in it appealing to him, as well?

OLYPHANT: Yeah, of course it is. It’s the same thing with our job. Everybody spends a bunch of time talking about how they’re worried about not having their next gig and saying, “Maybe I won’t work again.” But the fact is, that’s part of what we liked about this whole thing, to begin with. That not knowing, that drama, that excitement, is part of what makes it so fun.

Do you just get to a point where you have to come to terms with that and accept it, if you’re going to do this job?

OLYPHANT: Yeah. Somewhere along the line, I remember having a good talking with myself about, “Hey, this is what you signed up for. You knew it. There must have been something about that very thing you’re complaining about, that was so appealing to begin with.” You can’t have it both ways.

What was it like to be there for the big Soldier Field concert, and see the culmination of what these actors did, as a band?

OLYPHANT: It was great. It was just a fun set to walk onto. As much as we have somewhat of that lifestyle, it did really feel like we were really backstage, we were really going out on stage, and they were really a band. It was fun to show up to a stadium as our set. And the trailers that we were in, as actors, felt like our backstage. Watching that was just cool. Getting up on the stage, it’s hard not to think about all the rock stars, and you really can see their point of view. It’s a ridiculously powerful feeling.

At the same time, is there something that’s just fun about getting to react to the drama, rather than having to be fully in it?

OLYPHANT: Yeah. And those days were also the days where it felt really special and like this was a real band. These people are really talented. It was really fun to watch them play. They would play in between setups, which was super cool. It was really special. It was a very special set. It was really fun to be around them. They were a cool group.

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Daisy Jones & the Six : Your Guide to Who’s Who In the Band and Beyond

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With the release of the highly anticipated television adaptation of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s novel Daisy Jones & the Six  quickly approaching, it’s time to get to know the members of one of the most iconic bands that never existed.

Set in the late 1960s to ’70s, the Prime Video series dives into what causes the Fleetwood Mac-inspired group to vanish into thin air, at the peak of their success. The show is filmed documentary-style as it details the rise and sudden fall of the fictional rock band. Secrets, lies and envy are only a few factors that play into the band’s demise after the release of their first (and only) studio album “Aurora.”

The star-studded cast, made up of Sam Claflin, Riley Keough, Suki Waterhouse and others, is sure to light up screens once the first three episodes are released Friday, March 3. The music will likely draw in even more fans, courtesy of the cast-recorded album, “Aurora,” which is available now on streaming music platforms and will be released on vinyl on premiere day. The remaining seven episodes will be spread out over the course of the following three weeks.

Which character are you most excited to see portrayed on the screen? Check out the attached list for a brief bio of each character, then head to the comments to leave your thoughts.

Daisy Jones

The granddaughter of the “King of Rock,” Elvis Presley, playing the lead role of free-spirited Daisy Jones couldn’t be more perfect. Daisy, as portrayed by Riley Keough ( The Terminal List ), comes from a troubled past with parents who didn’t want her and many failed relationships — that is, until she joins The Six and finds the family and connections she’s been so desperately seeking.

Billy Dunne

Sam Claflin ( Peaky Blinders ) plays fellow lead singer of the ’70s band alongside Keough’s Daisy. Billy, his brother Graham (Will Harrison) and a few of their high school buddies start a version of the band in the ’60s under the name of The Dunne Brothers. They are successful, but when they meet Daisy Jones, they are skyrocketed to a level of stardom one could only dream of.

Camila Dunne

Camila Morrone ( Death Wish ) plays the longtime girlfriend-turned-wife of Claflin’s Billy. Her relationship with Billy is tumultuous, to say the least, but she’s set on being more than just the spouse of Billy Dunne. She’s also a photographer and devoted mother to their daughter Julia.

Karen Sirko

Suki Waterhouse ( Love, Rosie ) plays the band’s keyboardist and the solo female member until Daisy joins. After bouncing from band to band, Karen meets the Dunne Brothers and decides to join them on their pursuit of notoriety. Karen exudes coolness without trying, and she’s British, so what’s not to love?

Graham Dunne

Newcomer Will Harrison plays the lead guitarist of the band and Billy’s younger brother. Graham is your typical doe-eyed, boy-next-door type, with a big heart and a desire to do and be good. He’s not perfect by any means, but he’s often the voice of reason in the band, and for that you’ve got to love him.

Warren Rojas

Sebastian Chacon ( Penny Dreadful: City of Angels ) plays the band’s laidback drummer, who only cares about the music and none of the drama. He wants to play his drums, smoke his weed and just vibe.

Simone Jackson

Nabiyah Be ( Black Panther ) plays Daisy’s best friend and a popular disco singer. Simone’s role in the series in larger than in the book, and we get to know her better because of it. It is apparent that she is the only person who has Daisy’s best interest in mind always. She’s the kind of friend who flies across the world if she thinks you’re in a sticky situation. (We all need a Simone in our lives!)

Eddie Roundtree

Josh Whitehouse ( Poldark ) plays the band’s bassist, whose forbidden crush and jealousy almost costs him everything. He’s arrogant, bad-tempered and wants to be more than just an extra in the “Daisy and Billy” show, which he makes known. (It’s understandable, but he just goes about it the wrong way.)

Teddy Price

Tom Wright ( Medical Police ) plays the famed producer behind Daisy Jones & The Six. After discovering their separate talents, it’s Price who ultimately connects Daisy with The Six, creating an unimaginable team. Although they butt heads sometimes, Price becomes a mentor to both Daisy and Billy.

Timothy Olyphant ( Justified ) plays Rod Reyes, the easygoing tour manager of The Six. He helps the band when they are just starting out, and they never forget his generosity. When they become Daisy Jones & The Six, the band calls up Rod to become their tour manager, an opportunity of a lifetime for him.

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‘Daisy Jones & the Six’ Cast and Character Guide: Who Plays Who?

Taylor Jenkins Reid’s characters each bring their own voice to the story

Fictional band Daisy Jones & the Six is set to take the stage — and small screen — beginning in March. Adapted from the New York Times bestselling novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid, the Prime Video TV series comes from Reese Witherspoon’s production company Hello Sunshine. Reid’s novel was the February 2019 Reese’s Book Club selection, but the rights to adapt the book itself were optioned before it was officially published. Nearly five years later, delayed by COVID, the show will rock the world in its global debut on Prime Video March 3.

Many characters come together to form the iconic band, from Riley Keough’s Daisy Jones to Sam Claflin’s Billy Dunne. Set mostly in the ‘70s Los Angeles rock scene on the Sunset Strip, the story is steeped in rock ‘n roll lore and set to songs like Carole King’s “I Feel the Earth Move” and Marc Bolan and T. Rex’s “Bang a Gong (Get It On).” Industry executives, managers and groupies are also well-represented.

Here are the cast and characters of Prime Video and Hello Sunshine’s “Daisy Jones & the Six”:

Margaret “Daisy” Jones (Riley Keough)

Elvis Presley’s granddaughter Riley Keough portrays the force that is Daisy Jones. Daisy grew up near the strip, taking advantage of every possible moment to sneak into the local venues and watch the up-and-coming bands and attend parties with the stars. She wants to write her own songs one day, but she lacks the courage and confidence to use her voice because her parents and boyfriends aren’t super supportive. She meets Simone (Nabiyah Be) who connects her to Teddy Price (Tom Wright), and once she gets featured on a hit single with The Six, the world truly becomes her oyster.

Riley Keough is known for her roles of Capable in “Mad Max: Fury Road” (2015), Krystal in “American Honey” (2016), Kim in “It Comes at Night” (2017) and Mellie Logan in “Logan Lucky” (2017). She played Christine Reade in “The Girlfriend Experience,” and she stared opposite Taylour Paige in “Zola” (2020) as Stefani. She also recently played Lauren Reece in “The Terminal List” on Prime Video.

Billy Dunne (Sam Claflin)

The elder Dunne brother gets sucked into joining a band that his younger brother Graham (Will Harrison) starts for fun. But after a few practices, Billy takes over the band, and following a fateful gig at a wedding, he goes all in on taking “The Dunne Brothers” to the next level. Billy’s ego and charisma can only be matched by Daisy’s when she comes into the picture and challenges the way he runs things.

Sam Claflin is most well known for portraying Finnick Odair in “The Hunger Games” film franchise. He also brought JoJo Moyes’ novel “Me Before You” to life by playing Will Traynor in the film adaptation. More recently, he has starred opposite Shailene Woodley in “Adrift” (2018) and as Mycroft Holmes in “Enola Holmes” (2020). Claflin kicked off his career by appearing in “The Pillars of the Earth” followed by “Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides” (2011). He played William in “Snow White and the Huntsman” (2012) as well as Alex Stewart in “Love, Rosie” (2014).

Camila Alvarez (Camila Morrone)

Camila nonchalantly enters Billy’s life one day at the laundromat. She is a photographer who captures great footage of the band’s early beginnings while dating Billy. Camila is younger than Billy, but when she decides to go with him as the band journeys to California to take their shot, she stands by him even in fame’s darker moments. Camila glues The Dunne Brothers, later The Six, and even Daisy Jones together, holding them together despite how it makes her feel.

Camila Morrone is an American model and actress. She is known for playing Jordan Kersey in “Death Wish” (2018), Jessie in “Never Goin’ Back” (2018) and Ruby in “Valley Girl” (2020). She is set to appear in the upcoming film “Marmalade” alongside Joe Keery.

Graham Dunne (Will Harrison)

Graham is Billy’s younger, sweeter brother. He looks to Billy for advice on girls and guitars. It’s his idea to form the band, but he knows he can’t do it without his brother. Graham grounds Billy when he gets emotionally wound up, and when they start performing alongside other bands he finds a great addition to their group, turning “The Dunne Brothers” into “The Six.”

Will Harrison has appeared in CBS’s TV series “Madam Secretary.” He plays Max in “This Film About My Mother,” and he is set to appear as David Herold in the upcoming series “Manhunt.”

Karen Sirko (Suki Waterhouse)

Karen holds her own amongst the four men in the band. She and Camila forge a strong bond. Karen played keys for The Winters before The Six snagged her, and she paves her own path as a woman, asserting herself and doing things her way without listening to the men of rock ‘n roll.

Suki Waterhouse is known for playing Sarah in “Assassination Nation” (2018), Tiffany in “A Rainy Day in New York” (2019) and Camille Meadows in “Seance” (2021). She has also appeared in films like “Daliland” alongside Christopher Briney” and “The Broken Hearts Gallery” (2020). She also played Bethany in “Love, Rosie” alongside Sam Claflin.

Eddie Roundtree (Josh Whitehouse)

Eddie starts out on guitar, but when Chuck Loving decides to quit The Dunne Brothers to become a dentist, Billy asks him to switch to bass, where he remains the rest of his time with the band. Eddie knew Camila growing up, and he holds a few grudges against Billy.

Josh Whitehouse is known for portraying Chris in “Alleycats” (2016), Hugh Armitage in the TV series “Poldark,” Sir Cole in “The Knight Before Christmas” (2019) and Randy in “Valley Girl” (2020).

Warren Rojas (Sebastian Chacon)

Warren anchors the band as its drummer, who isn’t afraid to trip out on drugs once in a while. His easygoing personality counters the more competitive natures of Billy and Eddie, and he might the most happy-go-lucky guy in the band, as he is the one who spends all of his money on a van to transport them from city to city.

Sebastian Chacon is known for playing Carlos in “Emergency” (2022). He also portrayed Fly Rico in “Penny Dreadful: City of Angels.” He appeared in the series “Pose” as Pito.

Simone Jackson (Nabiyah Be)

Simone is a singer looking to pave her own way like Daisy. The two meet at a party and become fast friends. It’s Simone who encourages Daisy to get up on stage and let the world hear her voice. It is also Simone who connects Daisy to Teddy Price.

Nabiyah Be has previously appeared in “Black Panther” (2018) as Linda. She also did a short film called “White Wedding” (2021).

Teddy Price (Tom Wright)

Teddy Price is one of the big-name producers in LA, and Billy idolizes him. Price works at Sound City Recording Studios, and he works with Simone Jackson before meeting Daisy and then Billy Dunne, eventually combining them in a stroke of genius.

Wright is known for playing Charles in “Marked for Death,” Cooper in “Murder at 600,” Morgan in “Seinfeld,” and Detective WIlliams in “Barbershop.”

Rod Reyes (Timothy Olyphant)

Rod spots The Dunne Brothers at one of their earliest gigs in Pittsburgh, where he encourages them to move to Los Angeles if they’re serious about making music. He is a tour manager, but he helps them with connections when they do decide to move to LA and call on him.

Timothy Olyphant is known for playing Todd Gaines in “Go” (1999), Nick in “A Perfect Getaway” (2009), David in “The Crazies” (2010) and Raylan Givens in the TV series “Justified.” More recently he has appeared in the show “Santa Clarita Diet,” “Fargo,” “The Starling” and “Amsterdam.”

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Rod sits to be interviewed for a documentary about Daisy Jones & The Six . He's credited as being a tour manager. He mentions that in a lineup people can still point to Jagger and say that's the rockstar. Billy Dunne had that in spades. When asked about him, Billy Dunne merely quips that Rod had a lot of ideas. Karen recalls him telling her to wear low-cut shirts. She told him to eat shit and that was that.

In 1971, Rod visits a club in Pittsburgh where he watches the Dunne Brothers open for The Winters. The latter's keyboardist Karen Sirko takes a seat next to him and he lights her cigarette as they both watch the band perform. Afterward, he sits with the band outside and suggests they write their own songs. Billy has written some but they aren't good enough yet. He wrote one called “Never More” about the Catonsville Nine. Rod vehemently tells him no, groaning about him being Bob Dylan. Enough with the political shit. No one needs reminding that the world is a mess. They want to feel good again, and feel hope and suggest he write a love song. He tells Graham to cool it with the solos. Nobody cares about his technical guitar skills. They want to sing and dance. He suggests they get out of Pittsburgh if they want to sign with a label and work with producers such as Teddy Price , which piques Billy's interest. Rod knows everyone and they're all in LA now. Not London or New York, but California. The next day, the band drives to California. [1]

The Dunne Brothers and Camila approach a mansion in LA, pressing the buzzer until Rod Reyes answers. Billy introduces himself and the band, reminding Rod that he said he could call. Rod looks them over. They didn't call, they're just here. Billy asks for ten minutes of his time. They sit outside by the pool and list the things they need. They need a place to stay, money since they rallied all their savings but don't have much left, and Teddy Price . Rod asks if they're fucking idiots. If they really think they can just show up in LA and be handed a key to the city and sit down with Teddy Price. Rod's a tour manager, not a band manager, so unless they're planning a world tour he's not their guy. Billy insists they aren't looking for a handout. Rod tries to recall their sound and their set was kind of tight. He'll make one call over to his guy at Filthy's, a bar on the Strip. Everyone is grateful and thanks him profusely. They start to leave when Graham asks for one more favor - Karen's number. He invites her into the band. [2]

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Adapted from Taylor Jenkins Reid’s bestselling 2019 novel of the same name, “Daisy Jones & The Six” uses the tempestuous creative and personal dynamics within the band Fleetwood Mac to tell its own story of a ‘70s band that burned out instead of fading away. They were massive. Why did they break up so quickly? The series has a gorgeous cast of young talents, excellent period detail, and a rich source. But unfortunately, the show succumbs to the same problem as so many streaming series—sagging when it needs to narratively build momentum. Director James Ponsoldt (“ The Spectacular Now ”) establishes a wonderful set for the band in the first few episodes, but the show feels too content to repeat itself, feeling more and more like a cover of a cover.

The first two episodes engender enough goodwill to carry the show through some later rough spots, and it should be said that the cast is uniformly excellent to make even the mistakes tolerable. “Daisy” is initially framed as a documentary made two decades after The Six played their final show. Everyone has been gathered for interviews to explain the band’s rise and fall for the first time since they went their separate ways after a sold-out show at Soldier Field. So the bulk of the drama plays out as a flashback, starting with introductions to Daisy Jones ( Riley Keough ) and Billy Dunne ( Sam Claflin ), the Stevie Nicks & Lindsey Buckingham of this dynamic. The interviews establish the older versions of these characters and their bandmates as people with skeletons in their closets, and then the show reveals how they got buried.

The vibrant early episodes present young people on a collision course with creative destiny, two people tired of being underestimated by the people around them. They will be compared to “ Almost Famous ,” of course, but that’s not a criticism in that the show echoes that film’s joyous creative spirit at its best in these first chapters. As Billy gets his band together—guitarist brother Graham ( Will Harrison ), bassist Eddie Roundtree ( Josh Whitehouse ), drummer Warren Rojas ( Sebastian Chacon ), and keyboardist Karen Sirko ( Suki Waterhouse )—while Daisy is being used by all of the men around her that don’t see her talent, there’s joy from the anticipation of their creative fusion. Ponsoldt and his team give these episodes a buoyancy, and Claflin and Keough really understand the “hungry artist” chapters best of all, making that blend of ambition and anxiety that often coalesces into creative genius. If anything, I wish the show spent more time before getting the title band together, letting The Six struggle in Pittsburgh and Daisy fight her way through the California music scene. It also would have helped define the other band members more before the focus becomes all about Daisy & Billy.

However, there’s definite magic when they get together, pushed by a famous producer named Teddy Price ( Tom Wright ). When Claflin and Keough’s voices harmonize in the studio on the earworm “Look at Us Now”—the original music in the show, often a problem in a project like this, is very strong—there’s power in just seeing the creative fusion work so well. The bulk of “Daisy Jones and The Six” consists of the band recording their only album Aurora , which means Daisy and Billy get close in ways that blur creative and personal lines, threatening Dunne’s marriage to Camila (the excellent Camila Morrone ).

This is where “Daisy Jones” starts to lose its momentum. When Billy and Daisy get together on that breakthrough track, it’s fire. When they’re still bouncing writing ideas off each other and making goo-goo eyes at one another three hours later, the flame has fizzled a bit. And it’s here where it starts to lose something by being so focused on its two admittedly wonderful leads. It’s not a criticism of Keough and Claflin to say that the show falters by not giving more members of the band time in the spotlight. Yes, the arc of the drama for some of them is that they get pushed to the background, but they’re barely defined before that happens, so it lessens the impact. 

There’s also an increasing sense that the show wastes its setting and period by staying in the studio or Billy’s house for such long stretches of time. When the series explores the life of Daisy’s best friend Simone ( Nabiyah Be ) and how her sexuality has to be hidden from the public eye while Daisy & Billy’s potential romance becomes a selling point for The Six, there are rich ideas about fame and double standards that should give a superficial show depth. But the writers don’t do enough with it, quickly returning to the love triangle at the center. Ultimately, it's a show that feels small for a band that was reportedly so big.

Later in the series, a wonderful Timothy Olyphant , as the band’s tour manager, tells Billy and Daisy that they should consider some pyrotechnics in their show. Daisy responds, “I’m the fire.” By that time, I didn’t believe her. I wanted that passion of the first few episodes to sustain. And, yes, that’s part of the point—this is a story of creative fires put out by personal waters—but perhaps that point works better in a tighter format or on the printed page.

Lester Bangs famously said in “Almost Famous,” “The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you’re uncool.” “Daisy Jones & The Six” is too concerned about being cool instead of finding the true currency underneath the façade of rock history.

Whole series was screened for review. The first three episodes of "Daisy Jones & the Six" are now playing on Prime Video.

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'Daisy Jones & The Six:' Everything to know about the new show

Mic check one, two. Daisy Jones & The Six are ready to hit center stage — before everything falls apart.

Based on the 2019 book by Taylor Jenkins Reid, "Daisy Jones & The Six" chronicles the whirlwind rise and epic fall of a fictional band in the 1970s, created by bringing together ingénue Daisy Jones, a party girl with an alluring voice, and The Six, a rock band led by heartthrob Billy Dunne.

When a music producer sees the potential for the Billy and Daisy to make music together, they create a partnership that "catapulted the band from obscurity to unbelievable fame," according to the show's synopsis.

But it takes just one night in Chicago for the band to split up, right at the height of their success. For years, nobody knew the reason behind their breakup.

The book, formatted as a retrospective oral history of the band, changes that. And based on the first trailer for the show, which features the characters telling their sides of the story on camera, documentary-style, the 10-episode adaptation will as well, promising romance, scandal and songwriting against the backdrop of the rich ‘70s culture of music and fashion.

Here's everything you need to know about the mini-series "Daisy Jones & The Six."

When does 'Daisy Jones & The Six' come out?

The first three episodes of "Daisy Jones" drop on March 3 on Prime Video. New episodes will premiere weekly on Fridays.

Who stars in the cast of 'Daisy Jones & The Six'?

"Daisy Jones & The Six" features an ensemble cast led by Riley Keough — the granddaughter of Elvis Presley and daughter of the late Lisa Marie Presley — as Daisy Jones and Sam Claflin at Billy Dunne. Camila Morrone also stars as Camila Dunne, Billy's wife.

The rest of the band is made up of keyboardist Karen Sirko (Suki Waterhouse), guitarist Graham Dunne (Will Harrison), bassist Eddie Roundtree (Josh Whitehouse) and drummer Warren Rojas (Sebastian Chacon).

Nabiyah Be plays Simone Jackson, a disco pioneer and Daisy's best friend, and Tom Wright plays Teddy, a music producer. Timothy Olyphant plays the recurring role of Rod Reyes, the band's tour manager.

I s there a trailer?

There are now two clips available previewing the limited series. The first, a teaser r eleased on Jan. 25 , showcases Keough going full '70s, rocking long, wavy red hair, flowing tops and bell bottom jeans.

It also introduces show's documentary-esque format, as an older version of Daisy, dressed for an interview, asks the camera, "How much do you want to know?"

A second trailer dropped on Feb. 15 previews how the band came together, hinting at the early animosity Claflin's character feels towards Keough's Daisy.

In the clip, Billy expresses annoyance at having to record his song with Daisy, saying "it's not even a duet." Daisy immediately challenges his performance, asking him what he thinks the song about.

"What do I think the song that I wrote is about?" he responds sarcastically.

"It's about a starting a new life," he says. "It's about dreaming of something different."

The rest of the trailer hints at the band's meteoric rise, which sees their single hit No. 1 on the charts. But as Daisy and Billy get closer through the songwriting process, his wife Camila takes notice.

"It's what people want to see, it's an act," Billy explains to a tearful Camila.

"Tell me that there's nothing going on between us," Daisy confronts Billy later in the trailer. "Tell me if I'm crazy."

The rest of the three-minute clip promises plenty of drama, full of tears, guitar-smashing and fist-fighting.

Who wrote the soundtrack's original songs?

The book version of "Daisy Jones" follows the band as they write and produce their first album, "Aurora." While Jenkins wrote lyrics for some of the songs, the show takes it a step further by setting them to melody.

Blake Mills wrote the songs on the record, with contributions from Phoebe Bridgers, Jackson Browne and Marcus Mumford, according to Pitchfork.

Two of the songs from "Aurora" have already been released.

"Regret Me" is an angry rock anthem with the hook, "You regret me, and I'll regret you."

The soulful ballad "Look At Us Now (Honeycomb)" follows a relationship that has "unraveled," with lyrics like, "This thing we've been doing ain't working out, why can't you just admit it to me?"

Both songs feature Keough and Claflin in lead vocals.

More songs from the album will drop on March 3 with the show's premiere.

Was Daisy Jones & The Six a real band or based on a true story?

As rocking as their songs are, Daisy Jones & The Six is unfortunately not a real band. However, Reid has been open about the real life '70s singers that gave her inspiration.

In a blog post for Hello Sunshine  — the Reese Witherspoon-led production company behind the show — Reid said a moment in the 1997 Fleetwood Mac reunion show "The Dance" inspired the complicated relationship at the center of her story.

While the chemistry between Daisy and Billy may be undeniable, real life gets in the way in the form of his loving marriage to Camila.

In the scene from the documentary, Stevie Nicks sings "Landslide" with Lindsey Buckingham accompanying her. Towards the end of the song, "Lindsey put his fist under his chin and looked at Stevie as if she was a miracle," Reid said.

"And I thought, 'Oh, they’re in love with each other,'" she wrote in the post.

She was later shocked to discover that while the bandmates had been romantically involved in the past, they had not been together at that moment, leaving her to determine that "love makes no goddamn sense."

"When I decided I wanted to write a book about rock and roll, I kept coming back to that moment when Lindsey watched Stevie sing 'Landslide,'" she wrote. "How it looked so much like two people in love. And yet, we’ll never truly know what lived between them. I wanted to write a story about that, about how the lines between real life and performance can get blurred, about how singing about old wounds might keep them fresh."

Will there be a Season 2?

"Daisy Jones & The Six" is a limited musical-drama mini-series set to follow the events of its source material, which is a standalone book.

Reid has other books, each spotlighting a different decade and a different cast of characters:

• "The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo," set between the 1960s and the modern day, follows a fictional Hollywood starlet as she looks back on her life and her seven marriages. Netflix announced in March 2022 that it was working on a film adaptation of the story.
• "Malibu Rising" tells the story of the four Riva siblings and the events that occur over the course of one night in 1983, starting with an annual party and ending with a devastating fire. A TV adaptation of the Read With Jenna pick is in the works at Hulu, per The Hollywood Reporter .
• " Carrie Soto Is Back" follows the attempted comeback of fictional sports legend Carrie Soto as she tries to hold onto her women's tennis record for most Grand Slam titles, coming out of retirement to play the 1994-1995 season.

Taylor Jenkins Reid also wrote "One True Loves" about a woman forced to choose between a new fiancé and her husband who she had presumed died in a helicopter crash four years earlier. A film adaptation of "One True Loves," starring Phillipa Soo, Simu Liu and Luke Bracey, premieres in theaters April 7.

Maddie Ellis is a weekend editor at TODAY Digital.

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As members of the fictional band  Daisy Jones & The Six  continue to come together to create the massively successful group at the center of the Prime Video series from Taylor Jenkins Reid's novel of the same name , the actors behind the characters underwent an intense band camp and extensive rehearsal to learn how to play their instruments and sing live, bringing authenticity to their performances. 

"All of us were actually, like, pretty nervous and being pretty silly, to be honest," Suki Waterhouse says of the cast coming together as they underwent the transformation process from being mere actors with various musical chops to becoming credible musicians who can also act.

She recalls that in the beginning, "we were collectively being really bad over and over again until we finally, you know, actually got good."  

While speaking to ET, the series' stars, Waterhouse (Karen Sirko),  Riley Keough (Daisy Jones), Sam Caflin (Billy Dunne) and Josh Whitehouse (Eddie Roundtree), as well as members of the creative team talk about how the actors effectively became a real-life group of their own and if they'll ever go on tour, performing the songs for Daisy Jones & The Six's hit album, Aurora .  

"So much went into the preparation of us being able to pull this off and perform together," Whitehouse says, revealing that they dedicated at least six months to band camp in addition to "practicing through the pandemic." 

Adding to that, Keough says, as a group, "we had months of jam sessions, we had months of rehearsals, so we were basically in band practice for, I don't know, a year." 

"We were blessed with a lot of time," Caflin says, while commending "the amount of people involved in making this a reality, from the coaches to the producers." He adds that "everyone was so supportive. I think they had more belief in me than I had in myself." 

While Nabiyah Be has her own rehearsals, learning to embody disco pioneer Simone Jackson, she occasionally went to the group's rehearsals. "I was invited to their band camp. So, I was there as the audience sometimes to give support or just learn the songs for my own pleasure," she says.   

Looking back on those rehearsals, Keough's favorite memory is "when we started being able to play together," she recalls. "Because there was a long time where we were working on our instruments and things alone. And then once we were good enough, they put us together in the same room and that was really exciting because we all got to work together and run through the songs." 

After everything eventually came together, the actors had to perform a live concert for everyone on the team before they could officially start filming. "We actually played a gig together in front of the whole crew," Whitehouse says. "It was nerve racking but, like, a really great experience to be able to get that under our belt before we started." 

In the end, the hard work paid off. "I was not just blown away but really, really proud of them because you can tell how hard they worked and you could tell that this is not a show in which it's a bunch of actors pretending these are people that became musicians, they became a rock band," Reid says. 

Echoing that sentiment, executive producer Lauren Levy Neustadter says, "They really became a band and… they blew us away."

And if there was anyone who was the most impressed, it was executive producer Reese Witherspoon . "I nearly fell out of my chair, it was just so beautiful that they had taken the time to learn these instruments, to really learn to be in sync with each other," she says.

"It's pretty amazing, you know, we really came from not being able to play anything on a guitar or sing, really to having a full record going out, which is, like, crazy to us," Keough says. 

In addition to contributions from the actors -- most notably Keough and Claflin lent their vocals to each track -- that record was helmed by Blake Mills and features co-writing credits from Marcus Mumford , Phoebe Bridgers and Jackson Browne. Additionally, instrumentalists from Rilo Kiley, The Who, Nine Inch Nails, Pearl Jam, David Bowie, Elton John, Jeff Beck, The Wallflowers helped with the overall production.  

When asked about working on Aurora , Mumford says it felt like a holiday. "We wrote songs while I was in the studio with Blake, working on my record. And I knew he'd been working on this music for a long time," the singer recalls, before eventually being asked to help out. "It's fun writing for a character rather than writing autobiographically."

For Reid, it's a dream come true to finally know what Daisy Jones & The Six sound like. "I always had this vague idea that I pulled from a lot of different places," she says, revealing that once she heard the final product, she thought, "That's what it always was… They sound great." 

Witherspoon adds, "The original songs -- I can't. You're gonna die… There's like two, three songs that you will never be able to shake. They're so good."  

Considering all the hard work the actors put into becoming a real-life band and the fact that they have a full album of original music, it remains to be seen if they will ever perform live -- for more than just the crew -- or go on tour.  

When asked about it, everyone seems to be on board, especially the show's producers. "We're ready, let's do it," Neustadter says, with Witherspoon adding, "They need to go on tour."  

"A hundred percent. All of us are so down for the tour. We're waiting for the call," Waterhouse says, confirming everyone's sentiments. 

"We've said this before, but you need to ask Amazon," Keough offers in the end before Waterhouse adds with some promise it may happen: "I just hope the schedules align." 

Daisy Jones & The Six is now streaming on Prime Video. 

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"Everybody involved really wants it to," showrunner Scott Neustadter told The Hollywood Reporter about the possibility of a live concert with the cast. "It's a matter of figuring out when they could all be in the same place at the same time again. They're all going to go off and do really amazing things. But I know that they've kept up their practicing on the off chance that maybe it could happen sooner rather than later. They'll be ready when it happens. It would be cool to watch, for all concerned."

At the 2024 Golden Globes, star Riley Keough said it wasn't happening. "It's not something that's being discussed at the moment so yeah I don't see a—I haven't heard of a tour," she said on the red carpet. Yet, a few weeks later, while at Sundance, Keough said , "We could open for Stevie Nicks! That would be cool. I might ask her!" ( Nicks, who inspired the character of Daisy, is a fan of the show .)

Before filming Daisy Jones & the Six , the actors all went through a musical bootcamp, and became very convincing as a band. "There were times throughout the course of the project and filming where I said to [the actors], 'You're a rockstar!' And they were all like, 'no, no,' but now it's like undeniable," author Taylor Jenkins Reid told T&C . "I will not allow them to refute me anymore. It's evidence, everyone can see it. It's a fact."

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The Six, from left: Sebastian Chacon, Will Harrison, Josh Whitehouse, Suki Waterhouse and Sam Claflin in "Daisy Jones & The Six."

From left: Riley Keough (as Daisy) and Sam Claflin (as Billy) in "Daisy Jones & The Six."

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Riley Keough channeling Stevie Nicks in "Daisy Jones & The Six."

Based on the popular 2019 novel about a fictional rock band that became huge in the late ’70s and then just as quickly fell apart, the 10-episode Amazon adaptation of “Daisy Jones & The Six” is structured (as is the book) like an episode of VH1’s “Behind the Music.”

Fleetwood Mac is author Taylor Jenkins Reid’s obvious inspiration, with her two main characters emulating, with some important tweaks, the combative push-pull that defined the personal and professional collaborations of Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham.

The Six is a band led by Billy Dunne (Sam Claflin), a working-class guy from Pittsburgh with Jim Morrison cheekbones and a chip on his shoulder. His insecurities and massive ego give way to addiction when the band goes on their first tour. So it’s off to rehab for Billy, who returns committed to doing right by his young wife (Camila Morrone) and baby. The band just needs something extra to take it to the next level.

When an avuncular and endlessly patient music producer (Tom Wright) pairs Billy with a singer-songwriter named Daisy Jones (Riley Keough) — a free spirit and quintessential Los Angeles girl who masks her own insecurities with bravado, booze and pills — their duet goes to No. 1 and, after some grumbling from Billy, she’s invited to join the band.

The group records one “Rumours”-esque album and then embarks on a stadium tour fraught with interpersonal issues plaguing the entire band (except for the blissed-out, Ringo-like drummer played by Sebastian Chacon). It all comes to a head at a sold-out show at Soldier Field in Chicago. It would be their last time on stage together. Twenty years later, they’re sitting for interviews and looking back at their origin story.

Created by the screenwriting team of Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber (whose credits include “(500) Days of Summer” ), the series falls into a number of expected traps. It’s the “same old tired rock and roll tale,” as Billy puts it, and he’s not wrong. But the episodes have a cumulative power, even if the storytelling often feels like it’s cutting corners rather than digging in.

Musically, Keough and Claflin are a good match. She has a strong, clear voice that bolsters their harmonies, but he can hold his own too, and they’re credible as performers. Keough is the granddaughter of Elvis Presley and, fairly or not, is perhaps shouldering certain expectations about her presence as a singer. But she looks at home on stage and finds a way to channel some of Nicks’ physicality and flowy-wispy stagewear without mimicking her outright. The music itself really does sound close enough to Fleetwood Mac, especially “Regret Me” and “Let Me Down Easy.” All of that works.

It’s the offstage drama that the show struggles with. As a pair, Daisy and Billy are supposed to feel like a musical inevitability fueled by mutual friction and attraction. But the fireworks just aren’t there. When Billy goes home after their first recording session and makes love to his wife, we’re meant to think it’s because he’s turned on by spending all day with Daisy; there’s just nothing on screen that even suggests this is the case. As a viewer, you’re being asked to make all kinds of leaps.

Some of this comes down to casting. Billy is a pill, but Claflin’s performance isn’t charismatic enough to transform that into: He’s a pill but I get it . Often he’s shot as if he’s posing and these moments feel like a workaround: Our lead is handsome, so if we lean into that maybe we can generate something that will read as “rock star.” Keough’s role is just as underdeveloped; the script tells us she’s into Billy — that she feels a unique connection with him — but that chemistry never shows up.

When the pair go off to write their first song together, he asks, “So how is this going to work?”

Daisy: “What do you mean?”

Billy: “What’s your process?”

Daisy: “You’re looking at it.”

That’s a frustrating dodge because a show like this should show us their process. That’s part of the fun of going behind the scenes. What does creative collaboration look like? Is it too boring to film? Maybe. But I would argue Peter Jackson’s 2021 “Get Back,” the documentary made from old footage of The Beatles working on their final album, suggests the opposite.

The series is primarily the Billy and Daisy show, with the other members of the band relegated to supporting status, including Suki Waterhouse as a character based on Christine McVie. While the keyboard can clearly be heard on the tracks, the character’s actual musical contributions are rendered invisible. She exists to be the woman who ends up falling into bed with one of her bandmates. There’s also Daisy’s one and only friend in the world, played by Nabiyah Be, who goes from background singer to disco sensation when she moves to New York and gets her song played in a club that resembles Studio 54. Her story may feel tacked on — being a Black gay woman means record labels are playing all kinds of games diminishing her talent — but Be is terrific.

I wish the studio sessions with Daisy and The Six were more complex narratively, but there’s a funny moment as the camera pans from the guitarist playing with a cigarette dangling from his mouth to the drummer playing with a cigarette dangling from his mouth. Or when Daisy says she wants a “swampy” sound and we see the band make that adjustment. More of those details would have given the show a richer sense of the group dynamic and what producing a song actually looks like — the tinkering and adjustments.

The show feels most alive whenever Timothy Olyphant shows up as their droll tour manager. And Morrone, as Billy’s other half at home, is more than just the beautiful, long-suffering wife. She’s a three-dimensional character with her own point of view, and she pushes Billy to collaborate with Daisy because she can see the way they ignite each other. Too bad the rest of us can’t.

For comparison’s sake, watching this video of Fleetwood Mac performing the song “Silver Springs” feels like something very complicated and private is happening between Nicks and Buckingham (who had long broken up by this point) when she sings the chorus. She’s staring her old lover dead in the eye, and he’s holding her gaze, and it’s almost like a curse:

I’ll follow you down ’til the sound of my voice will haunt you,

You’ll never get away from the sound of the woman that loves you.

Crucially, “Daisy Jones & The Six” is missing that intensity.

“Daisy Jones & The Six” — 2 stars (out of 4)

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Nina Metz is a Tribune critic

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Daisy Jones & the Six Recap: The Orphan Years

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Amazon has made the messy decision to drop the first three episodes of  Daisy Jones & the Six  on us at once, so here we are, together again. This tranche will be followed by three new episodes next week, then two episodes the week after, and the final two episodes the week after. This strikes me less like an artistic decision about how the series is best consumed and more like a panicked admission of doubt. Nothing about this initial trio of episodes shouts out for grouping. Perhaps Amazon suspects  Daisy Jones  doesn’t have the juice to capture our attention on ten separate occasions. Based on my viewing of just episodes one and two, I would understand that concern.

The first episode looked like a million bucks, but nothing much happened. In episode two,  everything  happens — the Dunne Brothers’ entire rise and fall. But it all happens so fast, and I wasn’t yet emotionally invested. It’s objectively very disgusting that Billy would cheat on his pregnant new wife with rando groupies, but I don’t understand Billy well enough to know if this outcome is tragic or foreseeable (or both, I suppose). I’m as eager for Daisy to meet the Six as anyone, but Houston, we have a pacing problem. At least now we also have Teddy.

When the name Teddy Price (Tom Wright) is first uttered in the series premiere, Billy Dunne’s reverence is clear; by the end of “I’ll Take You There,” that reverence feels entirely deserved. I wonder how many (fake) music producers have made it to  The Merv Griffin Show  sofa. This is a man whose effect on music and on his musicians is bigger than his job description. He tells Merv that all rock stars are “orphans,” but Billy isn’t anymore after Teddy. Albeit reluctantly, Teddy becomes the father Billy never had.

But first, the band has to figure out how to even meet Teddy Price. Upon arrival in L.A., the Dunne Brothers and Camila show up at the condo of moppy-haired Rod, who looks into their hopeful faces like he’s never seen them before. As it turns out, Rod’s not even a band manager; he’s a  tour  manager. He eventually agrees to call his buddy at Filthy McNasty’s, the dirtiest and emptiest club on the Strip, to set them up with a gig, but that’s where the free help ends.

Critically, Rod also gives them Karen’s phone number. The band is just as smitten with her lush keyboards as young Graham is smitten with the English rose playing them. After getting Camila’s assurance that The Dunne Brothers aren’t just wasters, Karen joins them in the Laurel Canyon cottage where they scrape the money together to rent. (It’s a change from the book’s Topanga Canyon, but one that’s surely meant to conjure the ghosts of rock and roll greats: the Mamas and the Papas, CSNY, and Daisy’s treasured Carole King.)

And that’s their life for a little while. They live together among a dead old lady’s belongings in a fusty cottage, writing songs by day and playing to crowds of one or two at Filthy’s by night. Karen thinks the boys are nerds, which they are. Camila and Billy are in love, and, as Billy Dunne says to the camera in one of the episode’s dwindling nods to the music documentary they’re supposedly making, “That was where we really fell in love as a band.” Eight months in, they have a strong set list of original songs, and they have undeniable swagger.

Unfortunately, they still don’t have a record deal. None of the producers Camila endlessly cold-calls ever turns up to see them play. Grocery money is tight. It’s not immediately clear to me that Billy is drinking too much, but the series  really  thinks he’s drinking too much. Every pour gets a close-up. But the band does find some resilience in a name change. “The Dunne Brothers” doesn’t fit the group’s composition anymore, so they rebrand as the Six, which sounds dangerous and intriguing. I would 100 percent watch a true crime doc about the Six, a Laurel Canyon commune that became a cult.

And yet the Six is still a mysterious name for a band with five members. In general, the relationships between the guys in the band are broad and underdeveloped, but Camila and Karen — or maybe just the actors who play them, Camila Morrone and Suki Waterhouse — are quietly developing real rapport, an accumulation of looks and whispers that feel more lived-in than even the relationship between Graham and Billy, who’ve known each other their whole lives but have no shorthand. It’s Karen who knows that there’s no band without Camila. Camila makes them whole, and Camila makes them the Six.

Eventually, the Six do get a chance with Teddy. Graham spots him by chance at a convenience store, and Billy slobbers all over him until the famous producer promises to listen to just one song. It’s the hokiest of music movie cliches. “If you had one shot or one opportunity to seize everything you ever wanted — one moment — would you capture it or just let it slip?” Well, these guys capture it. On Camila’s advice — and against Eddie’s wishes — they play a ballad called “Silver Nail” that knocks Teddy Price’s socks off, but which we, unfortunately, don’t hear, robbing the audience of a much-needed emotional catharsis.

Now, until this point, the episode is moving crisply. It’s very satisfying. Then some buster hits the NOS. With 16 minutes left in the episode, all of the following occurs: The Six records an entire album off-screen. Camila anxiously announces she’s pregnant hours before she joyfully shotgun-marries an equally joyful Billy in a sweet backyard ceremony. And The Six leave pregnant Camila in the hills as they embark on their first real tour. I think elder Billy Dunne speaks for the home audience when he says, “Everything had gone so slowly, and then suddenly it was just all happening so fast.”

For Billy, the tour could not be coming at a more — and less — opportune moment. He doesn’t want to leave Camila alone; I don’t think. Nor would he be free to drown his fear of fast-approaching fatherhood in whisky if she were around. Even twenty years later, no one wants to talk about the ill-fated tour, which Billy destroyed with drinking, drugs, and ugly and obvious philandering in less than 16 minutes. Not even Eddie, who hates Billy’s guts, tells Camila what’s going on. She has to show up and see it for herself. And by “it,” I mean her husband in the back of the tour van with not one but two groupies. The honeymoon is over before it starts.

Camila, gracious and exasperated and kinder than I could ever imagine being, offers Billy a better deal than he deserves. She’s too pregnant to deal with his shit, so she gives him until the baby is born to knock it off. I can’t decide if it’s an ultimatum offered out of love or desperation, but Billy doesn’t live up to his side of the bargain anyway. Teddy drives Billy to the hospital on the night baby Julia is born, but Billy is too drunk, stoned, and self-loathing to even get out of the car. He doesn’t comfort his wife, who cries alone in a hospital bed; he doesn’t rock Julia to sleep or even meet his daughter the night that she’s born at Cedars-Sinai, just about a mile off the Sunset Strip.

It’s easy to imagine Daisy relatively nearby while all this is happening. She leaves home and moves in with Simone, who continues to encourage her musically. Simone even invites her on stage at the Troubadour to sing one of her own enchantingly delicate songs. After the show, she introduces Daisy to Teddy, who’s under fire at the label even before Billy blows up The Six tour. But Daisy’s principal trait in this episode is arrogant self-belief, which, incidentally, feels like the opposite of the last episode’s uncertainty. When Teddy first offers to work with her, she’s offended that he suggests her songs need work at all, that she hasn’t arrived on the scene fully formed.

Teddy is persistent with Daisy, though it’s not just about her. It’s something in Teddy. He doesn’t give up on people. Even after Billy refuses to go into the hospital, for example, he insists Billy go “somewhere else” instead, presumably rehab. Eventually, Daisy falls under the same spell that gripped Billy for a time — a need to please Teddy Price. She actually takes the time to write him a song that moves the way he tells her a song should. The series doesn’t do much by way of makeup to age the actors up for their 1997 timeline, but Riley Keough efficiently conveys a sense of her character’s journey. Once upon a time, Daisy was another impudent Hollywood brat. Now, she blow-dries her hair straight and sees how Teddy helped her. The Six is falling apart, yes, but maybe they’re not going to be the ones to save Teddy’s reputation at the label after all.

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'Daisy Jones & The Six' TV Show: Everything to Know

From the cast to the plot, here’s everything to know about Daisy Jones & The Six

Kelsey Lentz is a former assistant editor at PEOPLE with over four years of experience working in the digital media industry. She left the brand in 2023.

Get ready to rock — Daisy Jones & The Six officially made its way from the page to the screen.

Based on Taylor Jenkins Reid's best-selling novel of the same name, the limited series details the rise and fall of a fictional '70s rock band — loosely inspired by Fleetwood Mac — and its enigmatic frontwoman Daisy Jones.

Given the book's popularity, it is no surprise that the rights were quickly swooped up by Reese Witherspoon and her production company Hello Sunshine, who have been behind some of the biggest book-to-screen adaptations, including Little Fires Everywhere and Where the Crawdads Sing . Amazon Prime Video announced the team-up with Witherspoon back in 2018, before the book had even hit shelves.

"As soon as I started reading Daisy Jones & The Six , I immediately fell head over heels in love with it, and I'm thrilled to be bringing it to the screen with Amazon and Jen Salke, whose passionate pursuit of the material spoke volumes," the Oscar winner said in a statement at the time.

From the plot to the cast, keep reading for everything to know about Daisy Jones & The Six .

What is Daisy Jones & The Six about?

Daisy Jones & The Six follows the source material, which took readers deep into the world of 1970s-era Rock 'n' Roll and centered on The Six's two lead singers, Daisy Jones and Billy Dunne, as well as their ensuing love triangle.

Prime Video's official plot synopsis reads : "Based on the best-selling novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid, Daisy Jones & The Six is a limited musical-drama series detailing the rise and precipitous fall of a renowned rock band. In 1977, Daisy Jones & The Six were on top of the world. Fronted by two charismatic lead singers — Daisy Jones and Billy Dunne — the band had risen from obscurity to fame. And then, after a sold-out show at Chicago's Soldier Field, they called it quits. Now, decades later, the band members finally agree to reveal the truth. This is the story of how an iconic band imploded at the height of its powers."

The book is uniquely structured as the script of a music documentary, with the band members reflecting on their glory days 20 years later.

Who is in the cast?

A star-studded cast has come together to form The Six. Riley Keough ( Elvis Presley 's granddaughter) stars as Daisy Jones, while The Hunger Games ' Sam Claflin is taking on the role of Billy Dunne.

Making up the rest of the band is Suki Waterhouse as keyboardist Karen Sirko, Will Harrison as lead guitarist Graham Dunne, Sebastian Chacon as drummer Warren Rhodes and Josh Whitehouse as bassist Eddie Roundtree. Timothy Olyphant will also star as the band's manager, Rod Reyes, and Billy's girlfriend, Camila, will be played by Camila Morrone .

Speaking to PEOPLE in December 2022, Keough compared her character Daisy to another free-spirited musician she knows — her mother, Lisa Marie Presley .

" My mother is certainly an inspiration to me ," the actress said, calling Lisa Marie "a very strong, smart woman."

"I was raised by somebody who did their own thing and didn't really care what other people thought. She was definitely inspirational to me," she added.

In February 2023, Keough spoke to PEOPLE again at the Los Angeles premiere of Daisy Jones & The Six . The actress discussed what it was like to play a singer, knowing so many see her as Elvis' living legacy.

"I mean, it was amazing because I'm passionate about music and we had rehearsed for a year and a half," Keough said. "By the time we got to the stage, it was very exciting and we were all just like thrilled to be able to test out the thing we'd been practicing for so long."

Regarding rehearsals, it seems Keough had to do some extra work for the role because, as she admitted on Feb. 27, 2023, she lied about her singing experience during her audition.

"I think I blacked out on that meeting. I don't really remember what happened," Keough said at a screening of the Prime Video series in New York City. "And then I auditioned like everybody else, and lied to them and told them l could sing."

Still, it seems she was right for the role. "In truth, I couldn't have asked for a better teammate," Claflin said of Keough. "As much as she had that reputation in her family genes, she didn't come with much musical experience herself, so the two of us had each other to lean on in that way."

Is there a trailer for Daisy Jones & The Six ?

Amazon Prime Video released the first official trailer for the film in January 2023. The minute-and-a-half clip opens with the sounds of a chanting crowd and shows Daisy Jones making her way on stage. Meanwhile, two intriguing statements flashed across the screen: "Their music made them famous. Their breakup made them legends."

Viewers then hear Daisy Jones and Billy Dunne belting a duet before watching the pair have a heartfelt discussion about the content of their music.

"You write songs about who you wish you were, not who you are," Keough's character tells Claflin's character. "What if you wrote songs about the guy who wants things that he shouldn't?" To which Billy Dunne responds, "Who'd want to hear a song about that?"

Prior to the trailer's release, Amazon shared a short teaser on Dec. 6, 2022, which showed Keough and Claflin suited up as their rockstar characters for the first time. The streamer also revealed the series' release date, writing in the video's description, "Their story will be told. Daisy Jones and the Six takes the stage March 3, 2023."

Is there original music?

Daisy Jones & The Six is not only a visual delight — filled with tons of 70s nostalgia — but it also delivers all-new music, reminiscent of the decade, that fans can stream and download on Amazon Music.

Singer-songwriter and guitarist Blake Mills, who has worked with artists such as Fiona Apple , John Legend and Jay-Z , was tasked with creating the soundtrack and bringing Jenkins Reid's fictional discography to life.

"Create a band, conjure up their sound, what they're writing about, and how they play," Mills told Rolling Stone of the project. "There's an opportunity to subvert and create a guitar personality that could have been present in the Seventies, and wasn't."

The actors had their work cut out for them as well as some of them had no prior music experience.

"I have to say, I'd never picked up a guitar before I got this part," Claflin told Vanity Fair of his experience becoming Billy Dunne. "And, you know, having read the book, it wasn't overly clear that I was due to be playing because we took some creative freedom and slightly shifted the parts a little bit, meaning that I was going to be playing not lead guitar, thank God, but rhythm guitar. I had to learn how to hold the guitar, how to strum a guitar. I had the biggest journey to go with the singing as well."

While Keough may be the granddaughter of the King of Rock 'N' Roll, channeling Daisy Jones was no easy feat either.

"I didn't even know how one gets to be able to sing loud. I went to a vocal coach and I was like, 'They need me to belt.' I sounded so bad that I started crying," she said. "I was like, 'I have to do it.' I'm gonna go to this vocal coach, and he's gonna teach me how to f------ belt, whatever I need to do to get this. It really became about pushing myself to do things I've never done before."

In March 2023, Chacon, who plays Warren Rojas, spoke to PEOPLE about the possibility of a real-life tour , explaining that they've "been throwing around a lot of different ideas for public appearances, maybe, for some moment."

"A tour is not out of the question," he added. "Who knows? I don't know what the future holds."

When was Daisy Jones & The Six released?

The series premiered on Amazon Prime Video on March 3, 2023, with new episodes being released every week until March 24.

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‘Daisy Jones & The Six’ Tour: Everything The Cast Has Said About The Exciting Possibility

'Daisy Jones & The Six' may be over, but the music will live on forever. There's been a lot of talk about the cast going on tour. Will it ever happen?! Here's the latest.

• Daisy Jones & The Six’s first season came to an end on March 23.
• The show released a full album of songs.
• Suki Waterhouse wants to play in Madison Square Garden.

Daisy Jones & The Six isn’t just a book or a show. It’s an experience . The Prime Video series took Taylor Jenkins Reid’s incredible novel to new heights when adapting the show for TV. Not only did the Daisy Jones & The Six team create 10-episode series, they actually created the album Aurora . The show and the album have become major successes, which have sparked rampant tour rumors, as well as talk of season 2 . Suki Waterhouse has an idea of how to make something work.

The show could have taken the easy way out with a few singles or just a snippet of Aurora’s biggest songs. But the cast and creative team put together a terrific album that encompasses all that fans love about the show.  HollywoodLife has rounded up everything we know about a Daisy Jones & The Six tour.

Will There Be A Daisy Jones & The Six Tour?

There’s nothing definitive about a Daisy Jones & The Six tour… yet. The cast and creative team have all expressed interest in a possible tour. The cast is basically a real-life band after recording all the songs for Aurora , which was released ahead of the show’s premiere.

Suki Waterhouse addressed the possibility of a tour in Variety’s latest Women of Awards Season issue . “At some point, the curtain has to close on Daisy Jones and the Six ,” Suki said. “If we were going to do a tour, I’d love to do three dates at a Madison Square Garden.” However, the problem lies in getting everyone’s schedules aligned.

Sebastian Chacon , a.k.a. Warren Rojas, told HollywoodLife EXCLUSIVELY that a tour is possible. “I don’t want to spill any beans that I’m not supposed to spill, but we have been talking about it,” Sebastian said. ‘It’s one of the questions whenever we have a conversation anywhere, and considering that we did actually play all the music, that’s definitely a big possibility. I think that there have been many conversations about it. I think that was actually part of the conversation at the very beginning. When I first saw this role, they had the possibility of, hey, maybe we’re going to do a tour. There’s the potential for this or that. I’m like, okay, whatever. But, I mean, we played the songs hundreds and hundreds of times. I could play today if need be, so I’m ready for that.”

Sam Claflin , who plays the one and only Billy Dunne, echoed Sebastian’s sentiments about coming together for a tour or some kind of cast performance. “I would happily do that. We’ve all been discussing it because it’s something that we would all love to do,” Sam told EW in a post-finale interview. “I would still not cast myself as a musician, but I can definitely play the songs from the show and I can definitely sing them. There’s a lot of questions.  Is that really Sam and Riley singing? Having the opportunity to actually prove to the world that we can do it would be amazing. That’s the hope. Maybe one day.”

Breakout star Will Harrison admitted to THR that a tour or live show sounds “extremely daunting. When we filmed, those audiences were paid to watch and enjoy us. So having people have to pay to do it is certainly flipping the script a little bit. I will say that we’d need some time to get back into the groove, but everyone has the ability to do it and it would be a blast.”

Riley Keough previously said that the entire cast would be open to a tour if the timing was right. “I think that we’d all love to, if it was the right moment,” the actress told Variety . “We want a comeback show!”

Showrunner Scott Neustadter told Alternative Press that it would be “amazing” if the cast decided to go on tour. “I would buy a ticket for sure, and I know that they could do it because I’ve heard them and seen them do it … if the timing could work that would be the coolest thing ever.”

He added, “One of the goals was to make the songs so good that l you just wanted to hear it. And I think everyone involved kind of put their head down and said, ‘They are a real band and no one can tell us otherwise.'”

How To Listen To Daisy Jones & The Six Music

Daisy Jones & The Six’s full-length album Aurora was released on March 2. The album consists of 11 songs, including “Look At Us Now (Honeycomb),” “More Fun To Miss,” ‘The River,” and “Regret Me.” Riley and Sam sang all of the lead vocals. The album was produced by Blake Mills , with additional production by Tony Berg . Phoebe Bridgers , Marcus Mumford , and more musicians collaborated as well.

The album became an instant hit. Aurora became the first album by a fictional band to reach No. 1 on iTunes, which has only fueled tour rumors. The album is available on streaming platforms like Apple Music, Spotify, and Amazon Music Unlimited.

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Daisy Jones & the Six showrunner answers all our finale burning questions

Scott Neustader on Billy's breakdown, Daisy's decision, and what happens in the future.

Maureen Lee Lenker is a senior writer at Entertainment Weekly with over seven years of experience in the entertainment industry. An award-winning journalist, she's written for Turner Classic Movies, Ms. Magazine , The Hollywood Reporter , and more. She's worked at EW for six years covering film, TV, theater, music, and books. The author of EW's quarterly romance review column, "Hot Stuff," Maureen holds Master's degrees from both the University of Southern California and the University of Oxford. Her debut novel, It Happened One Fight , is now available. Follow her for all things related to classic Hollywood, musicals, the romance genre, and Bruce Springsteen.

Warning: This article contains spoilers about the finale of Daisy Jones & the Six.

The legendary (fictional) rock band Daisy Jones & the Six have officially taken their last bow. In the Prime Video series' finale, we followed the band across their tempestuous last day and night as a cohesive unit, the fateful evening of their final 1977 concert at Soldier Field in Chicago.

In between some truly stellar songs, we find the entire band in disarray. Billy ( Sam Claflin) falls off the wagon, taking a drink after Camila (Camila Morrone) confronted him about his feelings for Daisy ( Riley Keough ). Meanwhile, in a tale that's as old as rock'n'roll, Eddie ( Josh Whitehouse ) finally reads Billy the riot act, taunting him with a hint at his liaison with Camila.

Warren (Sebastian Chacon) tells Eddie he's wasting their rare gift of success being angry all the time, but by the time Eddie realizes that Warren is on to something, it's too late for a drunk and coked up Billy. Karen ( Suki Waterhouse ) and Graham (Will Harrison) implode, as Graham is hurt by the revelation that Karen had an abortion. He tries to win her back by saying he doesn't need a family and is happy to stay with her on the road and in a band forever, but she lies to him because she can't bear to cost him the life he truly wants.

In his addictive stupor, Billy pivots to Daisy, kissing her and making her an offer every girl dreams about: "Let's be broken together." But Daisy realizes that's not the life either of them need nor truly want, and she sends him off after Camila. Billy doesn't win his wife back immediately, despite a heated conversation, but we know they repaired their relationship because an older, wiser Billy tells their daughter(!), who it turns out is also the documentarian, about his years in therapy winning her mom back.

In the future setting of the documentary, it's revealed that Camila died of a terminal illness. One of her last wishes was for Billy and Daisy to reunite and write her that song they owe her. Billy does as his wife asks, and we end on a hopeful shot of Daisy's face .

Lovers of the original Taylor Jenkins Reid novel will note a fair amount of changes from the book here, as well as plenty of ambiguity and unanswered questions. We called up showrunner and executive producer Scott Neustader to take us behind the music of that finale.

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Daisy and Billy do admit their feelings for each other, as opposed to refusing to admit them to each other on the page. Why was that the compelling choice to you?

SCOTT NEUSTADTER : It really felt like going into the last episode, the biggest, most propulsive beat would be if Daisy came out with it. Billy had to react and she finally put the screws to Billy's insistence on gaslighting her and pretending. It got to a place where post her overdose, they were almost friends, and they were in a new place with their relationship. It became undeniable, at least to Daisy, that the best-case scenario for her would be if they were together.

Another big change here is that instead of having Camila talk to Daisy and asking her to leave the band, you have her confront Billy about it. Walk me through that shift.

This was a very big discussion because the scene that Taylor Jenkins Reid wrote in the novel is so beautiful. It works really well because of the writing. But in the TV show, what we realized when we got under the hood of it, is that is essentially Camila telling everybody what they're going to do. Nobody has any agency of their own. We wanted to restructure it in a way that all three of them could make a choice for themselves. Maybe the wrong choice, maybe the right choice, but the necessary choice as opposed to having anyone dictate their futures.

Billy manages to resist temptation in the book, but here he falls off the wagon in rather spectacular fashion. What made you want to do that as the last beat of his story in the 1970s?

We talked to a lot of addiction experts in our writer's room and did a lot of research. One of the things that we found is that the Billy from the novel was an addict in name only. Because after that one rehab stint, he was able to resist temptation for the rest of his life. Everyone we talked to was like, "That is such a rarity. It happens, it's possible, but it is really unlikely." And Billy was having all of this turmoil. Daisy has confronted him and forced his hand to make a decision. Camila is telling him that she knows he's done the one kind of betrayal that she asked him not to do. Billy finds himself in a bar at wit's end and someone offers him a drink. We didn't believe that he wouldn't take it. Also, that propels the truth for Daisy, which is that the Billy that would be available to her is always the worst Billy. It's not the aspirational one that she would love to love, but the one that wants to go down in flames and take her with him.

Before he makes that choice, he calls Teddy. What is he hoping to get out of that call that he doesn't get?

Post his rehab stint, Teddy comes over and he says to him, "This is a fight you're going to have to fight for the rest of your life. You're not going to be able to do it on your own. If ever you find yourself in a low point again, know that I'm at the other end of the line." So he calls him and there's this moment where he could tell him, "I need you," but he can't say it. He backs down. He hears Teddy's voice, and he cares about Teddy so much and doesn't want to make more trouble for him. Or maybe he's embarrassed, or for whatever reason he can't go through it. He's asking for help there. But he has a lot of growing left to do still.

The episode wings in and out of the final concert at Soldier Field, which is super epic. It's finally a chance to really see Daisy and Billy letting their chemistry out on stage. What was it like filming that?

The idea for the episode was something that I had even when I was reading the book. The Talking Head's Stop Making Sense is one of my favorite movies. And I said, "What if we could do the last episode as a concert film and weave the drama through the music?" Because we haven't really seen full performance stuff up until now. We've seen glimpses of it. But to be able to watch it all and appreciate it and experience it as if you were at that show, would be a unique experience. We took over a soccer field in New Orleans. We built that stage from scratch. I guess we had it for like four days or four nights. It had to be in the evening. Everybody was so pumped and ready; we were all fueled by adrenaline.

Eddie has a much more dramatic exit here. How did you figure out the beats of that from his and Billy's fight in the hotel room to Eddie realizing he's wrong and he should stay and Billy not wanting to hear it?

We loved the idea that Warren is the one person who keeps his head level the whole time and appreciates the ride that they're on. He finally says to Eddie, "You're gonna go through this whole thing angry with a chip on your shoulder. You're missing the fun, man." Eddie has got to wake up and realize that this is a very singular experience that they're having. Eddie looks up to Billy, despite the fact that he's got the chip on his shoulder and is constantly competing with him in his head. They grew up together as kids, and he's the big older brother that you idolized. On stage at the end there when he's hearing Billy say nice things about him, he's hopeful that their relationship can get back to what it was, but he's crossed too many lines and it's not going to happen. Once he realizes that, there's no turning back from him.

Do you think Billy knows that Eddie is talking about Camila when he says, "Use your imagination"?

Yeah, I do. Based on the Camila conversation earlier in the day. He can put two and two together. That it is a gut punch to him because he's been so blind this whole time to all of the things that are going on. He's been so self-centered and focused on his own needs and wants, and he's really not been paying attention to what's going on with the rest of that side of the street. That really is like an eye opener and it propels him into the rest of the episode and his decision making.

Not that Camila's not empowered in terms of her talk with Daisy in the book, but she really decides here that she sees this and she's not going to accept it, she's going to leave. How did you make that choice and how did you and Camila work on that in terms of that line between clearly still loving him and feeling like she can't do this any more?

What she says to him is, "You can't fall in love with her. That's the line that you cannot cross." And once he crosses it, it's way worse than any actual physical line that he might have crossed. She's not going to accept it. She decides that she's going to leave, and when he comes back and says to her, "Don't go," she listens, but she still kicks him out. It was important for everybody to know that Billy does not win her back that night. It's going to take a lot more than just this conversation for him to earn her trust and her love again. If we had 10 more episodes, we would explore that, but we just want to make sure it's very clear that he's got to work on himself before he can deserve this person back his life.

Billy tells Daisy, "Let's be broken together." What dp you think would've happened if she said, "Okay. Yeah, sure. That sounds good."?

They probably would've made a pretty chaotic album. I would've probably loved it a lot (laughs), and then the two of them would've been in a lot of trouble emotionally and physically and who knows what else. I don't think they would've been long for this world if they had decided to couple up after that. It's the timing thing. This is the wrong time for them to couple up because they're both such emotional wrecks. It probably would've turned into some kind of Sid and Nancy situation.

Why do you think Daisy tells Billy to go in that final moment? She gives him that nudge and sends him after Camilla.

She puts the pieces together that he's behaving this way because he's losing the true north of his life. She loves him enough to realize that the best version of him, the one that she fell in love with, is the one that belongs with Camila. He shouldn't let Camila go. He should fight for her. He's feeling like he has crossed too many lines and it's hopeless. And what she's saying is, "It's never hopeless. You've just got to work." He is someone who's worked on himself for a really long time. He's resisted temptation and he's tried. She's just saying to him, "Try harder." It's a nice gift that she gives him. It's very similar to the gift that she gives him in the novel as well.

I love this exchange between Billy and Camila where he says, "I couldn't let you see all of me." And she says, "You don't think I see all of you?" Do you think she does?

I do think she does. She's the character who knows more and sees more than a lot of people think. There's the wife of the rock star trope and she transcends it. She's wiser than her years. She's observant. She's pulling some some strings the whole time that they might not recognize. So I do think that she understands what he's dealing with. She can't really empathize because she doesn't have the same demons, but she loves him. She wants what's best for him. I do believe that she's saying to him, "You know, you're hiding nothing from me."

Why do you think he can't see that?

It's a question of Billy wondering how someone could see that in him and still love him. The more he thinks about that, the more he would probably be embarrassed and want to hide it even more from the person that he loves. He loves seeing himself through Camila's eyes, and he thinks that she's seeing him in such a way that shields him from the ugliest parts of himself, but it isn't true. A good marriage and a real, healthy, love affair is two people who can see the truth in each other and love immensely.

In the novel, it genuinely feels like Karen really doesn't feel the same way about Graham that he does about her. But here, she very clearly does and makes the choice to lie to him so that he can go off and have the life he wants and not end up resenting her. Tell me more about that choice and pivoting from her colder approach to things on the page.

Our theory was that Karen was somebody who loves the music first. She wants a certain life where she's on the road playing music, and that's what makes her happy, and she just wants to do that. But we all got the sense that she also would love someone who felt the exact same way that she does. Someone that she could go on tour with, that she could be with and he wouldn't preclude her from living that lifestyle, but also, he would be there at the end of the night. Just because she wants one thing doesn't mean she doesn't also want romance and love. The difference here is that Graham doesn't want that. He lies to her first and he says, "Oh, I'll give it all up. I don't need a family. Let's just you and me go on the road and be happy." And she's like, you're lying. It's a heartbreaking thing for her. And not an easy decision for her to make, but it's the only decision she can make because he doesn't want the same things as her.

Theoretically, the band is going to see this documentary. I guess it's up to them if they watch it or not. Do you think Graham watches it? And if you do, how do you think he feels about that revelation from her?

If we continued the story, we would keep that scene in where he's discovering the truth and what it would do to his family and his situation. I really don't know, but it's a fun thing to think about.

Do you have in your head an idea of what happens after Daisy opens that door?

I have a ton of different ideas. It can go in a lot of different directions. The one thing I don't think happens is that they immediately fall into each other's arms. There's definitely a lot more going on there, and they have a lot to talk about.

Do you think they'll definitely make more music together?

She doesn't need him where she is in her life. She's done really well and she has the successful solo career and everybody loves her. He might need her more than she needs him, but at the same time, I do think both of them know that the best music they make is with each other. And so if that's important to them, they'll probably find a way to to do it again. Especially now that it's been sanctioned by Camila.

Well, and they do owe Camila a song.

Both Riley and Sam said they would be up for performing. Would you guys want to do any real life Daisy Jones & the Six performances, or a mini-tour with all of the actors?

I would love it. I would definitely buy a ticket to that. But the biggest challenge we're going to have is that all of these actors who are so great are getting so much love right now that they'll probably be too busy soon. Figuring out their schedules is going to be the hardest challenge. But I sure hope we can find some time to do a show or a couple shows. I know they can do it really well, and selfishly, it would be super fun to watch.

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Mic check one, two. Daisy Jones & The Six are ready to hit center stage — before everything falls apart.

Based on the 2019 book by Taylor Jenkins Reid , "Daisy Jones & The Six" chronicles the whirlwind rise and epic fall of a fictional band in the 1970s, created by bringing together ingénue Daisy Jones, a party girl with an alluring voice, and The Six, a rock band led by heartthrob Billy Dunne.

When a music producer sees the potential for the Billy and Daisy to make music together, they create a partnership that "catapulted the band from obscurity to unbelievable fame," according to the show's synopsis.

But it takes just one night in Chicago for the band to split up, right at the height of their success. For years, nobody knew the reason behind their breakup.

The book, formatted as a retrospective oral history of the band, changes that. And based on the first trailer for the show, which features the characters telling their sides of the story on camera, documentary-style, the 10-episode adaptation will as well, promising romance, scandal and songwriting against the backdrop of the rich ‘70s culture of music and fashion.

Here's everything you need to know about the mini-series "Daisy Jones & The Six."

When does 'Daisy Jones & The Six' come out?

The first three episodes of "Daisy Jones" drop on March 3 on Prime Video. New episodes will premiere weekly on Fridays.

Who stars in the cast of 'Daisy Jones & The Six'?

"Daisy Jones & The Six" features an ensemble cast led by Riley Keough — the granddaughter of Elvis Presley and daughter of the late Lisa Marie Presley — as Daisy Jones and Sam Claflin at Billy Dunne. Camila Morrone also stars as Camila Dunne, Billy's wife.

The rest of the band is made up of keyboardist Karen Sirko (Suki Waterhouse), guitarist Graham Dunne (Will Harrison), bassist Eddie Roundtree (Josh Whitehouse) and drummer Warren Rojas (Sebastian Chacon).

Nabiyah Be plays Simone Jackson, a disco pioneer and Daisy's best friend, and Tom Wright plays Teddy, a music producer. Timothy Olyphant plays the recurring role of Rod Reyes, the band's tour manager.

I s there a trailer?

There are now two clips available previewing the limited series. The first, a teaser r eleased on Jan. 25 , showcases Keough going full '70s, rocking long, wavy red hair, flowing tops and bell bottom jeans.

It also introduces show's documentary-esque format, as an older version of Daisy, dressed for an interview, asks the camera, "How much do you want to know?"

A second trailer dropped on Feb. 15 previews how the band came together, hinting at the early animosity Claflin's character feels towards Keough's Daisy.

In the clip, Billy expresses annoyance at having to record his song with Daisy, saying "it's not even a duet." Daisy immediately challenges his performance, asking him what he thinks the song about.

"What do I think the song that I wrote is about?" he responds sarcastically.

"It's about a starting a new life," he says. "It's about dreaming of something different."

The rest of the trailer hints at the band's meteoric rise, which sees their single hit No. 1 on the charts. But as Daisy and Billy get closer through the songwriting process, his wife Camila takes notice.

"It's what people want to see, it's an act," Billy explains to a tearful Camila.

"Tell me that there's nothing going on between us," Daisy confronts Billy later in the trailer. "Tell me if I'm crazy."

The rest of the three-minute clip promises plenty of drama, full of tears, guitar-smashing and fist-fighting.

Who wrote the soundtrack's original songs?

The book version of "Daisy Jones" follows the band as they write and produce their first album, "Aurora." While Jenkins wrote lyrics for some of the songs, the show takes it a step further by setting them to melody.

Blake Mills wrote the songs on the record, with contributions from Phoebe Bridgers, Jackson Browne and Marcus Mumford, according to Pitchfork.

Two of the songs from "Aurora" have already been released.

"Regret Me" is an angry rock anthem with the hook, "You regret me, and I'll regret you."

The soulful ballad "Look At Us Now (Honeycomb)" follows a relationship that has "unraveled," with lyrics like, "This thing we've been doing ain't working out, why can't you just admit it to me?"

Both songs feature Keough and Claflin in lead vocals.

More songs from the album will drop on March 3 with the show's premiere.

Was Daisy Jones & The Six a real band or based on a true story?

As rocking as their songs are, Daisy Jones & The Six is unfortunately not a real band. However, Reid has been open about the real life '70s singers that gave her inspiration.

In a blog post for Hello Sunshine  — the Reese Witherspoon-led production company behind the show — Reid said a moment in the 1997 Fleetwood Mac reunion show "The Dance" inspired the complicated relationship at the center of her story.

While the chemistry between Daisy and Billy may be undeniable, real life gets in the way in the form of his loving marriage to Camila.

In the scene from the documentary, Stevie Nicks sings "Landslide" with Lindsey Buckingham accompanying her. Towards the end of the song, "Lindsey put his fist under his chin and looked at Stevie as if she was a miracle," Reid said.

"And I thought, 'Oh, they’re in love with each other,'" she wrote in the post.

She was later shocked to discover that while the bandmates had been romantically involved in the past, they had not been together at that moment, leaving her to determine that "love makes no goddamn sense."

"When I decided I wanted to write a book about rock and roll, I kept coming back to that moment when Lindsey watched Stevie sing 'Landslide,'" she wrote. "How it looked so much like two people in love. And yet, we’ll never truly know what lived between them. I wanted to write a story about that, about how the lines between real life and performance can get blurred, about how singing about old wounds might keep them fresh."

Will there be a Season 2?

"Daisy Jones & The Six" is a limited musical-drama mini-series set to follow the events of its source material, which is a standalone book.

Reid has other books, each spotlighting a different decade and a different cast of characters:

"The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo," set between the 1960s and the modern day, follows a fictional Hollywood starlet as she looks back on her life and her seven marriages. Netflix announced in March 2022 that it was working on a film adaptation of the story.

"Malibu Rising" tells the story of the four Riva siblings and the events that occur over the course of one night in 1983, starting with an annual party and ending with a devastating fire. A TV adaptation of the Read With Jenna pick is in the works at Hulu, per The Hollywood Reporter .

" Carrie Soto Is Back" follows the attempted comeback of fictional sports legend Carrie Soto as she tries to hold onto her women's tennis record for most Grand Slam titles, coming out of retirement to play the 1994-1995 season.

Taylor Jenkins Reid also wrote "One True Loves" about a woman forced to choose between a new fiancé and her husband who she had presumed died in a helicopter crash four years earlier. A film adaptation of "One True Loves," starring Phillipa Soo, Simu Liu and Luke Bracey, premieres in theaters April 7.

This article was originally published on TODAY.com

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Riley Keough on ‘Daisy Jones & The Six’ season two: “I don’t know if it’s in the cards”

'Daisy Jones & The Six' premiered on Amazon Prime Video last year for a limited run of 10 episodes

Daisy Jones & The Six star Riley Keough has opened up about the show’s future – see what she had to say below.

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Last year, Daisy Jones & The Six premiered on Amazon Prime Video , telling the story of the “precipitous rise and fall of a renowned rock band” led by singers Daisy Jones (Riley Keough) and Billy Dunne (Sam Claflin).

The series is based on the 2019 novel by Taylor Jenkins Reid, with the story partly inspired by the  dynamic between Fleetwood Mac’s Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham .

However, despite the show’s positive reception, Daisy Jones & The Six has yet to be greenlit for a second season and now, Keough has spoken about a potential follow-up. Speaking to Variety , Keough said: “I would love to but I don’t know if it’s in the cards…I haven’t heard anything.”

Keough’s comments come after her co-star Sam Claflin revealed earlier during the Emmy Awards that he had “outlined” his vision for a second season , and that he was “pushing for it”.

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It is decision time for Jets general manager Joe Douglas — playmaker or protector?

That is what the decision at pick No. 10 in the first round of Thursday’s NFL draft is expected to come down to for Douglas.

Does he feel the Jets need to get another pass catcher for Aaron Rodgers or another player to keep him upright?

Whatever happens ahead of them, the Jets feel confident they will be able to land a good player at No. 10.

“We definitely have 10 players that we’re excited to take,” Douglas said last week. “We’re ready to roll.”

There could be four quarterbacks taken in the first five picks, which would help push down non-quarterback talent toward the Jets.

They could be looking at one of the top three wide receivers — Marvin Harrison Jr., Malik Nabers or Rome Odunze — falling to them or getting to a point where Douglas moves up to take one.

Then, there is Georgia tight end Brock Bowers, who seems to be the most popular player linked to the Jets in mock drafts .

Bowers scored 31 touchdowns (26 receiving, five rushing) in three years at Georgia and can line up all over the formation.

He is the consensus top tight end in the draft and considered one of the top five players in the draft by some draft evaluators.

If the Jets do select Bowers or a wide receiver in the first round, it will give the offense a weapon to go along with Garrett Wilson and Breece Hall and help Rodgers, who has never completed a pass to a wide receiver or tight end drafted in the first round by the team he was on.

Douglas did not use any names but commented on what was available this year in the top 10.

“There’s a lot of special players on the offensive side of the ball and guys that are playmakers and top-level blockers, top-level playmakers, dynamic playmakers and they’re all a different flavor,” Douglas said, “whether you want a precision route runner that’s super productive, whether you want an explosive just freak, whether you want a high-level route runner that can go up and get the ball and also run by people. There’s different flavors in blockers too. A tight end that’s a Swiss Army knife and can move all around the formation and can really stress the defense. It’s a really cool group.”

Bowers is the Swiss Army knife and we’ll see if Douglas wants to add that to his offense.

Douglas did not tip his hand in his pre-draft press conference, but did talk about how much a good tight end can help an offense.

“If that tight end can become someone that turns into what Kansas City [has in Travis Kelce], San Francisco [has in George Kittle], what [Sam] LaPorta did last year in Detroit,” Douglas said, “those are dynamic weapons for your offense and guys that put a lot of stress on your defense because they can create mismatches. It’s hard to put a linebacker on those guys. You put a DB on one of those guys and it creates a size mismatch. You put a safety on those guys, he better be able to run, he better be able to play man coverage. The right type of tight end can be a real weapon.”

The argument against taking a pass catcher is that Rodgers is 40 years old and coming off an Achilles injury that could hinder his movement.

The Jets signed Tyron Smith and traded for Morgan Moses to play tackle.

Both players are 33 and have recent injury histories.

The odds are low that both are going to be healthy for 17 games and their time with the Jets could be limited to this year.

Taking a tackle at No. 10 like Oregon State’s Taliese Fuaga, Penn State’s Olu Fashanu, Alabama’s J.C. Latham or a versatile lineman like Washington’s Troy Fautanu would address depth now and give you a possible long-term starter on the line later.

The team’s offseason moves up to this point have indicated an “all in” mentality for 2024.

Taking a pass catcher over a lineman would continue that trend.

A year after trading for Rodgers, it is all about what sets him up for the most success.

We’ll find out Thursday night if Douglas thinks that is a playmaker or a protector.

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