Stevie Nicks' very short summer tour kicked off on August 4, 2010 at the Santa Barbara bowl. She rearranged some of the staples in her setlist and added two new nuggets. The 5-date tour only lasts through August, so if you get to see her, you'll be one of the rare few. Here's a review of the Santa Barbara show:
Paul Mann: Stevie Nicks Plays Emotional Set at the Bowl
'Reigning Queen of Rock and Roll' connects with fans and her band in a benefit concert at the Bowl for a little girl with cancer
By L. Paul Mann, Noozhawk Contributor | Published on 08.06.2010 http://www.noozhawk.com/arts/article...et_at_the_bowl
It was Rolling Stone magazine that gave 62-year-old Stevie Nicks the moniker “The Reigning Queen of Rock and Roll.” Nicks, a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, has sold more than 120 million records over her career as a solo artist and with 1970s superstars Fleetwood Mac.
When she joined the group in 1975 with her former lover, guitar guru Lindsey Buckingham, she was categorized as the most beautiful rock star of the time. Fleetwood Mac was one of the most successful touring bands of all time, playing a slew of radio hits in true innovative jam band style, with some songs extended to a 20-minute orgy of rock. The key to the success of the band was Nicks’ characteristic contralto voice mixed with Buckingham’s piercing guitar solos and his unique vocals. The pair played off each other often in a drug-induced trance, in perfect sync with the mid-‘70s carefree lifestyle.
While Buckingham went on to a solo career emphasizing the hard-core jam and guitar wizardry of his former band, Nicks took on the role of rock-and-roll diva, playing the more melodic ballad oriented songs of Fleetwood Mac. At the same time, she built her own impressive library of solo hit songs.
Nicks is poised to release her first solo record in 10 years, which may prove to be one of her greatest recordings. Collaborating with songwriting legend Dave Stewart of Eurythmics fame, the album has been eagerly anticipated by the music industry and fans alike.
The sultry diva made a special stop Aug. 4 at the Santa Barbara Bowl, her only California stop on her impromptu six-city mini tour. Appearing in front of an impressive ensemble of veteran rock musicians, she appeared larger than life — the iconic rock star. The crowd seemed captured and mesmerized from the moment she began to sing until the moment she stepped offstage — two hours and scores of hits later.
The devilish diva pranced, danced and swayed to the powerful rhythms of the band, and chatted and joked at ease with the audience between songs. Occasionally she would shuffle offstage, appearing with yet another characteristic vintage scarf or trademark hat. Each garment seemed to represent a different emotion as the singer entwined herself and her band mates in mythical poses.
The show proved to be an emotional event on many levels for local fans of the iconic rock star. First and foremost, the event was a benefit for an 8-year-old local resident named Cecilia, who is fighting a battle with a rare form of cancer. Nicks, who has known the family for several years, arranged to perform at the Bowl and donate her salary for the event to help the family.
Nicks has always nursed a persona of a Wiccan-like sorcerer, with her trance-like dancing and twirling of sensuous garments. It seemed fitting that she performed a concert for a sick little girl to transfer her immense energy and inspire hope for the honored guest and her family.
The concert was an emotional moment, as well, for many aging fans in the audience, who sought a transference of youthful energy from pleasant memories of a bygone era. Toward the end of the show, Nicks methodically proceeded across the front of the stage, locking hands with countless fans, seeming to make that enigmatic connection to transfer energy from the crowd. Then she slowly went around to her army of accomplished musicians and touched each one in a special embrace, again seeming to transfer the energy from the audience to the band.
The band played a blazing finale of “Rock and Roll,” a fitting tune from another 1970s legend, Led Zeppelin, while the video background portrayed scenes from ‘70s concerts.
As a beautiful but cool summer night descended on the Bowl, Nicks then returned for one last beautiful love song ballad, “Love Is,” which emanated through the amphitheater like magic.
Set List
Fall from Grace
Outside the Rain
Dreams
You Wreck Me (Tom Petty cover)
Sorcerer
Gold Dust Woman
If Anyone Falls
Face The Promise (Bob Seger cover)
Rhiannon
Stand Back
Landslide
Band introduction
How Still My Love
Percussion Solos
Edge of Seventeen
Rock and Roll (Led Zeppelin cover)
Love Is
Here are the remaining tour dates:
August 6, 2010
Harvey's Casino (Outdoor Arena), Lake Tahoe, Nevada
August 25, 2010
Turning Stone Resort/Casino, Verona, New York
Wednesday, August 25, 2010 at 8 p.m.
Showroom, $80/90/100
Tickets will go on sale Saturday, May 15 at 10:00 a.m.
August 27, 2010
Stevie Nicks
Fri. August 27, 2010
Stevie Nicks will be performing in the Arena at Trump Taj Mahal on Sat., August 27, 2010. Show time is 8:00pm, doors open one hour prior. Ticket prices are $116, $96 & $76. Tickets will go on sale Fri., May 7th at 10am.
Tickets can be obtained by either calling Ticketmaster at 1-800-736-1420, on line at www.ticketmaster.com or in person at the Taj Box Office. For box office hours and more information call (609) 449-5150.
Famed for her mystical chanteuse image, singer/songwriter Stevie Nicks enjoyed phenomenal success not only as a solo artist but also as a key member of Fleetwood Mac. Stephanie began performing at the age of four, and occasionally sang at the tavern owned by her parents. Nicks started writing songs in her mid-teens, and joined her first group, the Changing Times, while attending high school in California. She is best known for her work with Fleetwood Mac and an extensive solo career, which collectively have produced over forty Top 50 hits and has sold nearly 120 million albums.
Nicks joined Fleetwood Mac in 1975 along with her then boyfriend Lindsey Buckingham. Fleetwood Mac's second album after the incorporation of Nicks and Buckingham, 1977's Rumours, produced four U.S. Top 10 singles (including Nicks' song “Dreams” , which was the band's first and only U.S. number one) and remained at #1 on the American albums chart for over 30 weeks, as well as reaching the top spot in various countries around the world. To date the album has sold over 33 million copies worldwide.
Nicks began her solo career in 1981 with the album Bella Donna, and she has produced five more solo studio albums to date. After the release of her first solo album, Rolling Stone deemed her “The Reigning Queen of Rock and Roll.” She has been nominated for seven Grammy Awards and, with Fleetwood Mac, won the 1977/1978 Grammy for Album of the Year for Rumours. As a member of Fleetwood Mac, she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.
Some of her solo hits include: "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" (a duet with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers), "Leather and Lace" (a duet with Don Henley), "Edge of Seventeen (Just Like the White Winged Dove)," "Gypsy," and "Stand Back."
August 28, 2010
Stevie will be appearing at the MGM Grand Theater in Mashantucket, CT.
The concert will take place at Foxwoods Casino on August 28, 2010. Tickets go on sale on May 14, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. Prices are: $ 85.00, $ 100.00 and $ 135.00
