After a few months’ respite from the Say You Will tour, Nicks did a four-night stint in May 2005 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, and then did a 10-show tour with Don Henley. Nicks continued the tour solo with pop singer Vanessa Carlton as the opening act, playing over 20 dates nationwide during the summer of 2005. She played such venues as Boston’s Tweeter Center, Tommy Hilfiger at Jones Beach Amphitheatre in Wantagh, New York., Giant Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania., Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Morrison, CO., Honda Center in Anaheim, CA., and the PNC Bank Arts Center in Holmdel, NJ. She ended the tour where it began, at Caesar’s Palace. There her set included the rarely performed-live “If Anyone Falls”, the moving “How Still My Love” from Bella Donna and a rendition of Led Zeppelin’s “Rock and Roll”. At the “Fashion Rocks” concert of September 2005 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, soul singer Joss Stone and singer Rob Thomas covered the Stevie Nicks – Tom Petty 1981 smash hit “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around” to kick-start the Fall Fashion Week.
In October 2005, she attended the Melbourne Cup Week in Australia, and one of the horse racing stakes was named after her: The Stevie Nicks Plate. She used this opportunity to launch her promotion of an Australian/New Zealand extension to her Gold Dust Tour in February and March 2006. Nicks toured in Australia and New Zealand with popular Australian performer John Farnham. She also appeared in concert with Tom Petty in June near Manassas, Virginia and at the Bonnaroo Music Festival that same month.
In 2006, Nicks also performed with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers for the first leg of their tour in the summer, and later in the year returned as a guest performer for a number of songs on the tour celebrating Petty’s 30th anniversary since his debut album. Tom Petty’s Homecoming Concert in Gainesville, FL, which contained performances with Stevie Nicks, was filmed for PBS Soundstage as well as DVD release for March 2007. Nicks was also the featured performer for Bette Midler’s benefit function, Hullaween, in October 2006. On December 8, 2006, Nicks performed at Caesars Palace on the Las Vegas Strip near Las Vegas, Nevada as a benefit for the Epicurean Charitable Foundation.
On February 4, 2007 Nicks performed her classic solo hit song “Stand Back” at the 2007 Super Bowl XLI Pre-game Show on CBS. She also made performance appearances on NBC’s The Today Show and The Ellen Degeneres Show.
Nicks began touring with pop/rock artist Chris Isaak beginning in May 2007. The last Stevie Nicks/Chris Isaak show was June 17, 2007 at the Tweeter Center in Boston, MA. Nicks continued the tour solo, with Vanessa Carlton opening on some dates. The tour finished off at The Borgata in Atlantic City on August 24, 2007.
On December 3, 2008, it was announced that Fleetwood Mac will be hitting the road for a hits tour in 2009, starting in March. According to Pollstar, the tour coincides with a new greatest hits compilation called “Unleashed” that contains never before seen footage and previously unreleased tracks.
Touring Band (2008)
- Jana Anderson - Backing vocals (2003-present)
- Lenny Castro - Percussionist (1994-present)
- Sharon Celani - Backing vocals (1981-present)
- Al Ortiz - Bass guitar (2001-present)
- Jimmy Paxson - Drums (2005-present)
- Ricky Peterson - Keyboardist (2007-present)
- Lori Perry - Backing vocals (1981-1989, 1996, 2005-present)
- Scott Plunket - Pianist (2001-2002, 2008)
- Carlos Rios - Rhythm guitar (1988-present)
- Waddy Wachtel - Lead guitarist, Musical director(1981-1986, 2001-present)
