On Tuesday, Stevie Nicks performed at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, Georgia, show No. 5 in Stevie’s solo run and the seventh show overall in the 2023 tour.
Stevie dropped “Sara” from the set list at Tuesday night’s show.
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Set List
1. Outside the Rain
2. Dreams
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3. If Anyone Falls
4. Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around
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5. Fall from Grace
6. For What It’s Worth (Buffalo Springfield cover)
For the general stadium show, Stevie performed a slightly shorter set, skipping deep cuts “Soldier’s Angel” and “I Sing for the Things.” Billy added his star power on the blue rocker duet “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around,” while Sheryl Crow, who lives just outside Nashville, provided harmonies on “Landslide,” the iconic ballad paying tribute to the late Christine McVie for the current tour. Stevie’s cover of Tom Petty’s “Free Fallin’” which is normally an encore for solo shows, moved up to the 11th position for the special TION set.
Stevie will perform a solo concert in Atlanta on Monday night.
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Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks perform “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around” in Nashville on May 19, 2023. (Nissan Stadium)
Set List
1. Outside the Rain
2. Dreams
3. If Anyone Falls
4. Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around (with Billy Joel)
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5. Fall from Grace
6. For What It’s Worth (Buffalo Springfield cover)
When it rain, it pours. And there’s a concert ticket at the door! Stevie Nicks has added 13 more shows to the current solo tour! See all the upcoming dates below, with the new ones highlighted in black.
The general sale for the additional dates will begin on Friday, May 19 at 10 AM Local on livenation.com.
Tour Dates
Tue May 16 – Knoxville, TN – Thompson-Boling Arena
Mon May 22 – Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena
Thu May 25 – Orlando, FL – Amway Center
Tue Jun 20 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena
Fri Jun 23 – Chicago, IL – United Center
Tue Jun 27 – Louisville, KY – KFC Yum! Center
*Tue Aug 08 — Milwaukee, WI — Fiserv Forum
*Sat Aug 12 — Houston, TX — Toyota Center
*Tue Aug 15 — Austin, TX — Moody Center
*Wed Sep 27 — Pittsburgh, PA — PPG Paints Arena
*Sun Oct 01 — New York, NY — Madison Square Garden
Stevie Nicks resumed her 2023 solo tour on Friday night, performing at PNC Arena in Raleigh, North Carolina. COVID had temporarily sidelined the tour when an unnamed band member fell ill in March, forcing several shows to be canceled or postponed. Stevie last performed at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas on March 18, 2023.
After opening with “Outside the Rain” and “Dreams,” Stevie welcomed the Raleigh crowd and revealed that she was “in bed for four weeks and I’m so happy to be up!” Healthy and well-rested, Stevie delivered a crowd-pleasing show, performing 18 songs from her vast Fleetwood Mac and solo catalog. She also covered Buffalo Springfield’s “For What It’s Worth” and Tom Petty’s “Free Fallin’”.
The solo tour moves on to Tennessee, where Stevie will perform at Thompson-Boling Arena in Knoxville on Tuesday night.
Special thanks to Liz Baker, @BRStevieNicks, Alex Palero, SandyMac, and Sunday Girl for pictures, videos and recaps from the show.
Set List
1. Outside the Rain
2. Dreams
3. If Anyone Falls
“Welcome, Raleigh! Well, this is the first I’ve been onstage in a while. We managed to do three shows about two and half months ago, and then we ran into a little trouble and then we stopped, and then I was in bed for four weeks and now I’m up again, and I’m so happy to be here, and be up!
“So I wanna…I never make a dedication this close to the beginning, but I have to do it tonight because, okay, this is such a great story. In like, I don’t know, somewhere in beginning of the ’80s, mid-’80s, I met this amazing guy, who’s this amazing dancer, and me and all my girlfriends just adored him because when you dance with him it was like, it was like, I dont’ know, Fred Astaire/Ginger Rogers, something so special, right? His name is Brad (Jeffries), he’s here tonight. Brad, where are you? At least, throw up your hand. (Sees Brad in the audience) Here’s right there!
“So anyway, Brad is dancing me in this next video, which, if you are a fan of ours, you’ve seen this video. But we chose parts of it for our backstage, for our video wall. And so you’ll see him and it’s my finest moment of ballet, my most fabulous moment of ballet. Anway, so it’s Brad and I dancing and you’ll see him, and this is “If Anyone Falls in Love.’”
4. Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around
5. Fall from Grace
6. For What It’s Worth (Buffalo Springfield cover)
7. Gypsy
“This next song is from the ’70s. It’s from Fleetwood Mac, and I wrote it about a specific time, I think, at the end of the ’70s when I was like, really like, I got so famous so fast that it was like weird, and it was weird-ing me out a little bit to go from being a cleaning lady to a very famous person like overnight. So whenever that would happen, I would take my bed, my mattress off of my bed frame and put it on the floor like it used to be, and I put a bunch of coverlets on it and flowers and stuff, you know, and then I would just sit down on this bed and I would go like, ‘I am still Stevie.’ And I have to tell you after the last couple of weeks of my life that I’m still sort of like sitting on my bed on the floor. I’m glad to say that I definitely am still Stevie. So uh, then there was a song called ‘Gypsy.’”
“So this next song was on… I’m not sure what album it was on. It was on one of the first three albums (Rock a Little), and it was never done onstage because when you do an album, especially in those days, you just get like 20 songs on your record to go down to like 12 songs or 11 songs. So there’s always gonna be a couple songs you really love that are just simply gonna have to go because you cannot…the record company will not have it. So this was one of those songs. And we decided where everything is right now that this is the perfect time to sing it for you now, so here it is. You know, if you remember it, great. If you don’t (inaudible) a song for you.”
Stevie Nicks has canceled three upcoming shows on her current solo tour: Oklahoma City, New Orleans and Birmingham. The Oklahoma City and New Orleans show had originally been rescheduled for April 11th and 15th, respectively, but are now officially canceled due to ongoing COVID illness within the band. This also affects Stevie’s Two Icons One Night show with Billy Joel scheduled for April 8th in Arlington, which has now been rescheduled for March 9th, 2024.
UPDATE 4/4/2023 —Both shows have been officially canceled.
Stevie Nicks has postponed two more shows due to continued COVID concerns within the band, this Thursday’s show in Oklahoma City and Sunday’s show in New Orleans. The Oklahoma City date will now take place on Tuesday, April 11 and the New Orleans date will happen on Saturday, April 15.
UPDATE 4/4/2023 — The Golden 1 Center show will take place on Tuesday, December 12, and the Chase Center show happen on Friday, December 15.
Stevie Nicks has postponed her two Northern California shows due to a COVID illness within the band. Stevie and her band are taking all the necessary safety precautions. The two shows are in San Francisco at Chase Center (Thursday, March 23) and Sacramento at Golden 1 Center (Sunday, March 26).
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On Wednesday night, Stevie Nicks performed at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, the first show of her 2023 solo tour. During rehearsals last month, Stevie invited fans to share their set list requests, and as expected, there were literally hundreds of songs submitted for consideration. To everyone’s surprise and delight, Stevie pulled out the obscure “I Sing for the Things” from her third solo album Rock a Little, the first time that the song has ever been performed in concert. See a clip of it below.
The rocker “Fall from Grace” and Fleetwood Mac masterpiece “Sara” also returned to the set list.
Outside the Rain/Dreams
Stevie opened the show with her reliable “Outside the Rain”/”Dreams” combo. During “Dreams,” she threw in an impressive sustained note on “you know what you lost…” during the pre-chorus.
If Anyone Falls
Stevie welcomed the Seattle crowd and let them know that she had broken her “little toe” on Monday afternoon. Wearing less precarious footwear, Stevie was still able to move about the stage with ease, throwing in the occasional twirl and keeping the energy level high, like a self-dubbed “cheerleader.”
“Welcome, Seattle! Can I tell you how glad we are to be here. We got here on Monday night instead of being in Los Angeles, where all of our houses are falling off the mountains. Nothing we can do, so we’re happy to be here. I will tell you one little thing because it’s truth, I love to tell my audiences truth. You might know this, that I’m not wearing high heels tonight. The reason being, I found out on Monday afternoon right before I got on the plane to come here that my little toe was broken. I know, what a downer. I said to say like hello/goodbye di Fabrizio and hello Balenciaga. So if I appear to be a little bit cheerleader-y, that’s why! And I have family here and so…I know they’re out there somewhere. She’s a nurse, so in case I need you, I’ll call you, you’ll run right up.
“So anyway, let’s get this party started. We’re so glad to be here! So you glad you’re here! Welcome!”
Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around
The blues rocker “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around” from Bella Donna was next. Guitarist Waddy Wachtel resumed his role as Stevie’s duet partner on the song.
Fall from Grace
Stevie has been mixing classics with lesser-known tracks, along with their stories, while being mindful of her fans who just wanted to hear the hits. She revisited the electrifying “Fall from Grace” from Trouble in Shangri-La, and the pensive “Soldier’s Angel” from In Your Dreams, which has taken on new meaning for Stevie since Russia invaded Ukraine.
For What It’s Worth
Stevie continues to perform her cover of Buffalo Springfield’s “For What It’s Worth,” which she recorded and released as a digital single last May.
Gypsy
“Gypsy,” a Billboard No. 12 hit for Fleetwood Mac back in the fall of 1982, was bright and graceful.
Wild Heart
Stevie began performing shortened versions of “Wild Heart” and “Bella Donna” during her 2016 24 Karat Gold Tour. She has since included these title tracks from her first and second solo albums in her most recent concert sets.
Bella Donna
During “Bella Donna,” Stevie draped herself in the famous blue cape.
Stand Back
I Sing for the Things
Stevie performed “I Sing for the Things” for the first time in her solo concerts. It followed “Stand Back” in the revised set list, with the Tom Petty cover “Free Fallin’” moving to the first encore position.
“It’s going to be like Prince and the Pea, except it’ll be Princess and the Cape.
“So I have to just say one thing about this next song. First of all, it’s never been done onstage before. Why? Because when I wrote it, and it was recorded somewhere, we think, 1986, I was not in a good place. We don’t exactly remember what place that was, but we know it wasn’t a good place and it’s very sad when you hear it on the recorded version. Or as Waddy likes to say, “agonizing.” So we decided that we would like to do it now because it was never meant to be agonizing. It was meant to be a really good, uplifting song about people that do what we do. So anyway, that’s what it is and it’s called “I Sing for the Things That Money Can’t Buy.”
Stevie gave an exquisite rendition of “Sara,” her Fleetwood Mac classic from Tusk. She sustained some notes, while pleasantly inflecting others. Wearing a sparkling red shawl, she danced playfully around the circular stage figuration, which resembled a crescent moon.
Edge of Seventeen
The show culminated with Stevie’s signature set closer “Edge of Seventeen,” which did not disappoint. At the end of the song, she danced and waved at the crowd, with her ribbon-laced tambourine in hand.
Free Fallin’
For the first encore, Stevie paid tribute to her longtime friend and collaborator Tom Petty by covering “Free Fallin’”from his 1989 solo album Full Moon Fever.
Rhiannon
Stevie performed “Rhiannon” without the piano introduction. She danced and showed off the long flowy sleeves attached to her trademark black chiffon shirt.
Landslide
Stevie ended the evening with “Landslide,” the emotional high point of the show. With just guitarist Waddy Wachtel and keyboardist Darrell Smith accompanying her onstage, Stevie dedicated the tender ballad to the late Christine McVie. As old pictures of the two displayed on the large monitor at the back of the stage, the crowd smiled and sang along. Time makes you bolder, children get older. I’m getting older too.
Singer CIL (“One More Shot”) was Stevie’s support act. CIL will be opening at four West Coast shows: Seattle, Las Vegas, San Francisco, and Sacramento.
Special thanks to Michael Wight and Devin Creisler Studios for the videos and @BRStevieNicks for the live, play-by-play action from the show!
