On Saturday night, Stevie performed at the Park Theater @ Monte Carlo in Las Vegas — the penultimate show of the 24 Karat Gold Tour. Stevie had the honor of being the first major act to perform in the brand new, state-of-the-art Las Vegas entertainment venue. The Las Vegas business community took to Twitter to welcome The Park Theater to the neighborhood, wishing it well on opening night with Stevie as the headliner.
Being in Las Vegas, the show was pushed back an hour with The Pretenders opening at 8:30 pm and playing for an hour. After a short break to reconfigure the stage, Stevie came out at 9:45.
Stevie heads home to Southern California and will perform at The Forum in Inglewood on Sunday night to wrap up the first leg of the successful 24 Karat Gold Tour.
(David Trujillo)(Phil Miller)(Brady Eagle)(Park Theater Las Vegas)(Bill Cimo)(Princess Rene)
Videos
Much love and gratitude to johnnymo526 for sharing this video
Stand Back (johnnymo526)
Reviews
Nicks’ latest outing was an ideal thematic fit for the Park Theater’s debut: The tour is named after her latest album, “24 Karat Gold: Songs from the Vault,” a collection of previously unreleased songs from throughout Nicks’ career, some of which spanned back four decades. For most of these tunes, Nicks explained their origins, creating a storyteller vibe that lent a casual intimacy to the evening. —Jason Bracelin / Las Vegas Review-Journal (Read the full review here.)
“Nicks explained that she designed her latest solo tour to excavate deeper cuts from her catalog, and she did just that Saturday night, at one point reeling off six-consecutive non-charting songs between Fleetwood Mac classic “Gypsy” and synthy solo favorite “Stand Back.” —Spencer Patterson / Las Vegas Weekly (Read the full review here.)
On Wednesday night, Stevie Nicks performed at SAP Center in San Jose, CA — the 26th show of the 24 Karat Gold Tour.
Stevie has a rich history in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she attended high school and college. Stevie dedicated the show to her many friends who were in the San Jose audience, such as her first boyfriend David Young and her “best guy friend ever” Bob Fogle.
Despite living in the area for seven years as a young adult, Stevie was surprised and slightly embarrassed to learn how close to the Pacific Ocean she once lived. She shared a funny story about seeing the ocean for the first time from “a skyscraper” earlier in the day. “I said to my assistant, ‘Is that the ocean?’ And she goes, ‘Yes, it is.’ How is that possible? I have been writing about getting back to the ocean since I was 15 and a 1/2 (when Stevie moved to the Bay Area), and I had no idea that the ocean was just over the top of those buildings. Can you believe it? I could have been living by the ocean the entire time I lived here! So anyway, that is only your story.”
Much love, thanks, and gratitude to Ron Emery, Leland Kim, Connie McKee, Michelle Payne, and SAP Center for sharing your pictures!
Much love and gratitude to Big D, Timothy Charles Ellis, Janette Fulde, Claudia Maibes, and zeroslant for sharing these videos!
Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around (Timothy Charles Ellis)
Gypsy – partial (Janette Fulde)
Stand Back (Claudia Maibes)
Gold Dust Woman (Big D)
Edge of Seventeen / Rhiannon (Timothy Charles Ellis)
Landslide – short clip (zeroslant)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_ipnmfXAt4
Final comments (Timothy Charles Ellis)
“Last but not least, I would like to dedicate this entire show to all my friends that are here tonight — my very first boyfriend, his name is David Young, is here; my best guy friend ever, his name is Bob Fogle, is here. I’m sure there’s a lot of my friends who I don’t even know that are here, but they’re here. And so I just wanted to dedicate this whole thing to all those people that were actually there when we were putting this whole thing together in 1970 and ’69 and ’68. I don’t think we could have done it without all you guys, we wouldn’t had as much fun.
So, and lastly, but last, but not…but not leastly — new word! — take care of yourselves and be good to yourselves and just remember, you and I will, if you’re 30, talk to your 60-year-old self about how you want to be when you’re 60 and how you want to feel because it’s important, because when you get to be my age, you’ll still care — I guarantee you. So stay out of the sun, eat good food, be well, enjoy the world, and don’t forget your dream is on. Thank you very much. Thank you.”
Fan Reaction
Much love and thanks to all the fans who tweeted during the concert!
Scroll down for photos, videos, reviews, and fan reaction! Check back soon for more updates.
On Sunday, Stevie Nicks performed at Key Arena in Seattle, WA — the 24th show of the 24 Karat Gold Tour.
Leg 1 of the tour is winding down with the remaining four shows in the West Coast cities of Sacramento, San Jose, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles.
Stevie delivered yet another strong performance, captivating the Seattle audience with her usual charm and grace. She was especially poignant during “Moonlight (A Vampire’s Dream),” dedicating the song to Prince, with whom she had a special relationship. “I’ve only sang ‘Moonlight’ to Prince one other night,” she said, “because when I do, it takes on a whole other meaning for me.”
All slideshow photos graciously shared by Logan Riely of The Seattle Times.
Much love and thanks to 4128Darren, Ginger Balazas, mama mattoid, Pat Cummings, Photography by Salinas, and mistralwindbebe for filming and sharing these videos!
Gold and Braid (Photography by Salinas)
“Welcome, Seattle! Well, we’re very, very glad to be here tonight. I have a lot of family here tonight. So hello to all my family that’s here tonight. And um, uh, I wanted to just like take a second to tell you all that this is not the same Stevie Nicks show you have seen for the last, like, 45 years…um…because I just decided this time at the end of the summer when I decided I was gonna come out and maybe promote 24 Karat Gold because I had a window, um, I said I’m not doing the same thing that I always do. I just can’t do it again, so I have to take to that. So I went into what I like to call the dark, gothic trunk of magical mystery things that you’ve heard for a little bit, but you’re not sure, and do some new things that are new-old, old-new. And, uh, it has been so much fun for me, and I tried to put them all together in a way that you would, um, enjoy them, and it’s definitely a journey. So knowing that, let’s go!”
If Anyone Falls – short clip (mama mattoid)
Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around feat. Chrissie Hynde (4128Darren)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByVJOHVPNn4
Gypsy (4128Darren)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71nu6hZjm4I
Gypsy (Ginger Balazas)
Wild Heart/Bella Donna (mistalwindbebe)
“This is the original Bella Donna cape. It is in perfect shape. There is not even one little snag, it is perfect. And the funny thing is that my mom, who sewed and who made all my clothes in high school, which I didn’t love but I pretended to love them because she made them. She would have said to me if she was standing here right now, ‘That was a very good choice of fabric, Stevie, because that is silk chiffon. And you know what they do with silk chiffon, they make sails for boats out of silk chiffon. So it’s gonna last forever, and so you’re not ever gonna have to replace it.’ And of course, your mother is a saint, right? So I have to thank my mom for saying that and tell you all that I think that if you’re going to invest in your money in this day and age in anything, I think silk chiffon is a good thing.”
Enchanted (Ginger Balazas)
New Orleans (mistalwindbebe)
Starshine (Ginger Balazas)
“This was about 1980, maybe, and I lived in Santa Monica and, every once in a while I’d go over to his house and we’d hang out in his studio and write sometimes and just talk, you know, discuss our miserable rock and roll life. And, so I went over one day and I walked up and knocked on the door and I took my, I took my guitar and I had it in a case because I looked so much more serious with a guitar in a case. Of course, I had really long nails so I really couldn’t play, but I looked very serious walking in the door. So I knocked on the door and he says, he goes like ‘Are you moving in?’ And I’m like ‘No, I’m just here for a playdate, and he said, ‘OK’. So we go in, we go downstairs and I have a song and it’s already written and I said, ‘Here’s the words.’ And I give him a piece of paper with the words on it and I said, ‘So what do you think?’ And he says, ‘Well, play it for me.’ So I sat at the piano and played it and he really liked it. And I said, ‘Can we record it?’ And he said, ‘Yes’. And so at that point, all the Heartbreakers were wandering in and, of course, I’m not just loving this because I’m determined I’m gonna get in the Heartbreakers somehow, right? Never gonna happen, but I believe, I believe, I believe! So anyway, the thing is that we recorded the song — it just came out great. We probably played it twice, we got a great track and I did a really a good vocal and we could have put really good backing vocals on it, but I wasn’t doing a record and neither was Tom, so where did it go? In the trunk, in the gothic trunk of mystical, magical…Miss-Peregrine’s-curious-children trunk, and was never heard of again really by me. I mean I know some people heard it, but I really never heard it again. So I dug it up for this because like I thought, well, it’s about time it comes out of that trunk. So anyway, it’s called ‘Starshine’ and we’re gonna do it for you now.”
Moonlight (A Vampire’s Dream) (Ginger Balazas)
Stand Back (4128Darren)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3qlkd5JN2g
Crying in the Night (Pat Cummings)
If You Were My Love (mistralwindbebe)
Gold Dust Woman (4128Darren)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2jlHiX6bbQ
Edge of Seventeen (4128Darren)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Y4ZHaq2LUI
Rhiannon (4128Darren)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIB1-YPJ0-8
Landslide (4128Darren)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mt_5Bq9qhIg
Reviews
“Rock and Roll Hall of Fame musician Stevie Nicks played to packed crowd at Key Arena on Sunday. It was an evening of beloved songs, stories and emotional tributes. Stevie Nicks was all about new music and old friendships at her Key Arena show on Sunday. The powerhouse openers were Chrissie Hynde and The Pretenders.” —Alexa Peters / Seattle Times (Read the full review here.)
Fan Reaction
Much love and thanks to fans who tweeted live and shared their experience of the seeing Stevie’s show!
After a few days off, Stevie Nicks returned to Canada, performing at Pepsi Live at Rogers Arena in Vancouver on Friday night — the 23rd show of the 24 Karat Gold Tour.
Introduction (after Gold and Braid)
“Well, welcome, everybody! We’re so glad that you’re here, and what a beautiful day of snow today was! Even I, a working girl, got to stay in bed until 3:30 and just watched the snow. It was fantastic! Anyway, um, it really was, I’ll never forget it, it was a memory. Um, and I know you guys don’t get snow all that much because the limousine driver’s going like, ‘It never comes down here. It just stays up there on the hill. Really.’ And I’m like, ‘Really?’ ‘Yes, really, it never comes down here. We don’t like it when it comes down here.’ Is that true? [an emphatic YES! from the crowd]. I knew it! So anyway, um, everybody, this is not the same… [I decided] a couple of month ago, whatever, that I was going go into what I like to call the dark, ‘the dark, mystical, gothic trunk of songs that never actually went out,’ and I’m a do some things that I love and that weren’t necessarily pulled off of records because they weren’t good enough. In fact, that was the never the reason. It was because I wasn’t crazy for the concept or whatever so I pulled it at the end. So these are songs that I really love, and I’ve kind of put them…intertwined them into a set that I think is really good and I hope you will like. So what this really is, it is a journey through the snow! So welcome once again and let’s go!”
New Orleans story
I have it on a cassette player, which I personally think is the best thing that was ever made. And, um, I have it, and it still sounds like amazing. Um, and I, um, put it away. And in 2010 when I did, um, my album In Your Dreams, I actually recorded it, and I loved it, and it came out great, and it came out with all the sensitivity and the love and the tragedy that I wanted to have — the balance. But I still couldn’t do it onstage, still too close. So this time when we decided to go out to do this tour, I finally said to Waddy, ‘I think that…I think we can do this song now, I think it’s time.’ So, um, anyway, this is the song, and this is ‘New Orleans.’
(jinaanika)
Videos
Much love and thanks to dobwat, LiveShows, Michelle Peach, and Lonnie Santrock and for filming and sharing these videos!
If Anyone Falls / Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around / Gypsy / Wild Heart / Bella Donna / Enchanted / New Orleans / Stand Back / Gold Dust Woman / Edge of Seventeen (Lonnie Santrock)
Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around feat. Chrissie Hynde – short clip (Michelle Peach)
Stand Back – short clip (Michelle Peach)
Gold Dust Woman (LiveShows)
Gold Dust Woman (dobwat)
Landslide (Michelle Peach)
Reviews
“Vancouver welcomed two of music’s most celebrated and iconic rock stars Friday night amidst unusual amounts of snow and the buzzing of impending witchy enchantment. Both Stevie Nicks and the Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde — ages 68 and 65 respectfully — were in fine form, showing no signs of slowing down, but rather hopeful for a full future with the continued support of their fans and the freedom to explore their vast musical repertoires.”—Laura Sciarpelletti / Exclaim! (Read the full review here.)
“Two years ago Stevie Nicks released her eighth solo album 24 Karat Gold: Songs From The Vault, to critical and commercial success. Online music database All Music dubbed the re-recorded set of demo songs ‘the best sounding record she (Nicks) has made since 1983’s The Wild At Heart’. Fast forward to October of this year, where Nicks alongside her band and talented friends Waddy Wachtel (whom she met in the pre-Fleetwood Mac days of 1973) and backup singers Sharon Celani and Lori Perry (backup singer for Nicks since 1981) embarked on a 27 date 24 Karat Gold Tour in support of the album by the same name.” —Kris McDermott / Vancouver Weekly (Read the full review.)
Scroll down for photos, videos, reviews, fan reaction, and the play-by-play tweets from Pioneer Press’ pop music critic!
On Tuesday night, Stevie Nicks performed at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, MN — the 21st show of the 24 Karat Gold Tour.
Performing in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, where Prince Rogers Nelson was born and raised, seemed to weigh heavily on Stevie’s mind, as she spoke emotionally about the late music icon. A bit choked up, she unexpectedly dedicated “Moonlight (A Vampire’s Dream)” to him, which she’s previously identified as her “most favorite song [she’s] ever written” at past shows. After performing the song, Stevie began to tell the story of the 2011 In Your Dreams song, but became overwhelmed with emotion and quickly exited the stage. After an unplanned extended instrumental introduction to “Stand Back” (the next song in the set), she finally returned to the stage to perform the hit 1983 single. Afterwards, she also told the crowd, ‘I don’t want to get hysterical again,’ before going into the story behind her and Prince’s famous “Stand Back” collaboration (clip below). Stevie mentioned that her ex-husband (former record executive Kim Anderson) was at this evening’s show, which added more context to the story. (Stevie was married to Kim when she wrote the lyrics to “Stand Back” and had been riding in a car with him when the two heard Prince’s “Little Red Corvette” playing on the radio.)
(Brooke Lee)(Ayla)(Xcel Energy Center)
Videos
Much love and thanks to Denton P, mastenator, Stephanie Silva, and XcelEnergyCenter for filming and sharing these videos!
Gold and Braid (XcelEnergyCenter)
Gold and Braid (Denton P)
Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around feat. Chrissie Hynde – short clip (Stephanie Silva)
Starshine (Denton P)
Stand Back (Denton P)
“There is a story, a quick story It’s not really a quick story, but I don’t want to like get hysterical again, so I’ll just say that Prince and I actually — unbeknownst to Prince, of course, when I was writing it — wrote ‘Stand Back’ together. I was…this is so funny, my one and only husband happens to be here tonight. Hello, husband! You’re out there somewhere. Um, uh…but what happened was that, that my then-husband — my only husband actually I ever had — were driving on our honeymoon to, um, Santa Barbara, and this song ‘Little Red Corvette’ came on. And I was just like thrilled with his song. And I started — yes, oh yes, I had pencil and paper in the car — started like writing these words as I’m singing along, you know, and, and my husband’s like, ‘Well, you know, it’s already his song, you really can’t.’ And I was like, ‘Oh yes, I can! I’ll call him and I’ll just, I’ll sing it for him on the phone, and he’ll like it.’ And so, what..exactly what I did, so we have to pull over to a drug store and buy a cassette — cassette, oh yes — and record it when we get to the like San Ysidro Ranch, where we’re going for our honeymoon, right? He’s like, “OK, great!’ So we do, we get the recording equipment, we go —which is only this big (Stevie makes a small square with her hands) — we go up to our room and we…I sing over ‘Little Red Corvette’ and even my then-husband, his name is Kim, Kim said, ‘It’s good, it’s really good.” So um, yeah, you should call him and tell him that you’ve done this.’ So I said, “Of course I’m gonna, I’m honest, so.’
We go back to Los Angeles, and I go into Sunset Sound Recording Studio, and I find somebody who knows how to get in touch with Prince. And so, I call him and I don’t even think he’s in Los Angeles, but he is. And I said, ‘Well…’ I told him the quick story, and I said, ‘So can you come over? And he said, “Well, sure.” And so he did, he came over! And um…I know! And he walks in and he is dressed to the nines. He is the purple one, gorgeous. And I’m stunned you know because, because I’m also dressed to the nines because we, that’s how me and the girls dressed when we went into our recording sessions. So we’ll all totally dressed up. And so he comes in and he plays synthesizer, and he plays organ, and he plays piano, and does a little guitar, and, and he likes it, and he gives me permission, and I said, you know, ‘I mean, it’s half of yours, right?’ And he’s like, ‘OK.’ And he’s — whoosh! — gone in a puff of purple poof, gone.
And that was my relationship with Prince for many years, which was, I would just see him for a little while and then he’d just be gone, you know? He was just like that amazing kind of strange friend that just kind of came in and out of your life. So anyway, that’s… The great thing now is that whenever you hear ‘Stand Back’ or ‘Little Red Corvette,’ you can like kind of put them together because they are together, and they’ll always be together forever…and I will always have that. So whenever I sing ‘Stand Back,’ he’s always right here standing next to me. So um, anyway, that’s the story.”
Gold Dust Woman (Denton P)
Landslide (mastenator)
Play-by-Play by Ross Raihala, pop music critic for @PioneerPress
Here comes Stevie Nicks!
— Ross Raihala (Alpha Male) 🏳️🌈 (@RossRaihala) December 7, 2016
Steve Nicks is carrying a tambourine with long fringe, because she is Stevie Nicks. First song: Gold and Braid
— Ross Raihala (Alpha Male) 🏳️🌈 (@RossRaihala) December 7, 2016
"Hello, St. Paul. Welcome!" — Stevie Nicks, introducing "If Anyone Falls" from her second solo album "The Wild Heart"
— Ross Raihala (Alpha Male) 🏳️🌈 (@RossRaihala) December 7, 2016
Stevie's voice is on point so far.
— Ross Raihala (Alpha Male) 🏳️🌈 (@RossRaihala) December 7, 2016
Stevie Nicks is telling us about recording her first solo album and how Tom Petty gave her the song "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around"
— Ross Raihala (Alpha Male) 🏳️🌈 (@RossRaihala) December 7, 2016
Holy shit! Here comes Chrissie Hynde to sing "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" with Stevie Nicks!
— Ross Raihala (Alpha Male) 🏳️🌈 (@RossRaihala) December 7, 2016
Stevie Nicks is in a great mood today. She's super chatty between songs. She just started Belle Fleur from her latest album 24 Karat Gold
— Ross Raihala (Alpha Male) 🏳️🌈 (@RossRaihala) December 7, 2016
Stevie Nicks' "24 Karat Gold" is fully of new versions of old demos she never got around to properly recording. It's pretty good.
— Ross Raihala (Alpha Male) 🏳️🌈 (@RossRaihala) December 7, 2016
Stevie Nicks just started Gypsy.
GET READY FOR SOME TWIRLING
— Ross Raihala (Alpha Male) 🏳️🌈 (@RossRaihala) December 7, 2016
Back to the floor that I love To a room with some lace and paper flowers
— Ross Raihala (Alpha Male) 🏳️🌈 (@RossRaihala) December 7, 2016
Lightning strikes maybe once maybe twice
— Ross Raihala (Alpha Male) 🏳️🌈 (@RossRaihala) December 7, 2016
Stevie's avoiding some of the high notes in Gypsy.
— Ross Raihala (Alpha Male) 🏳️🌈 (@RossRaihala) December 7, 2016
She was just a wish She was just a wish
— Ross Raihala (Alpha Male) 🏳️🌈 (@RossRaihala) December 7, 2016
STEVIE NICKS IS TWIRLING!!!!
— Ross Raihala (Alpha Male) 🏳️🌈 (@RossRaihala) December 7, 2016
Stevie's doing "Bella Donna."
I'm eagerly awaiting more twirling.
— Ross Raihala (Alpha Male) 🏳️🌈 (@RossRaihala) December 7, 2016
Lovely take on "Bella Donna" from Miss Stevie Nicks
— Ross Raihala (Alpha Male) 🏳️🌈 (@RossRaihala) December 7, 2016
Stevie Nicks is now doing Enchanted
— Ross Raihala (Alpha Male) 🏳️🌈 (@RossRaihala) December 7, 2016
Stevie Nicks is talking about writing her song "New Orleans," inspired by Hurricane Katrina
— Ross Raihala (Alpha Male) 🏳️🌈 (@RossRaihala) December 7, 2016
Stevie Nicks is now doing "Starshine" from her latest album
— Ross Raihala (Alpha Male) 🏳️🌈 (@RossRaihala) December 7, 2016
Stevie Nicks is now doing a super Stevie Nicksy song: "Moonlight (A Vampire's Dream)"
— Ross Raihala (Alpha Male) 🏳️🌈 (@RossRaihala) December 7, 2016
Stevie Nicks just told us "Moonlight (A Vampire's Dream)" is for Prince !
— Ross Raihala (Alpha Male) 🏳️🌈 (@RossRaihala) December 7, 2016
Stevie Nicks just got choked up at the end of "Midnight" and said she usually tells a story, but then walked off stage.
— Ross Raihala (Alpha Male) 🏳️🌈 (@RossRaihala) December 7, 2016
The band has started "Stand Back" although Stevie Nicks is not on stage.
— Ross Raihala (Alpha Male) 🏳️🌈 (@RossRaihala) December 7, 2016
OK, Stevie's back on stage.
— Ross Raihala (Alpha Male) 🏳️🌈 (@RossRaihala) December 7, 2016
Stevie Nicks is TWIRLING AGAIN
— Ross Raihala (Alpha Male) 🏳️🌈 (@RossRaihala) December 7, 2016
That was a good twirl, too.
— Ross Raihala (Alpha Male) 🏳️🌈 (@RossRaihala) December 7, 2016
Stevie Nicks is telling the story about hearing Little Red Corvette on her honeymoon and getting inspired to write Stand Back.
— Ross Raihala (Alpha Male) 🏳️🌈 (@RossRaihala) December 7, 2016
Stevie Nicks said Prince is always with her when she sings Stand Back
— Ross Raihala (Alpha Male) 🏳️🌈 (@RossRaihala) December 7, 2016
Stevie Nicks is now doing "Crying in the Night," from her pre-Fleetwood Mac "Buckingham Nicks" album (which has never been reissued)
— Ross Raihala (Alpha Male) 🏳️🌈 (@RossRaihala) December 7, 2016
"I want you to know, in this crazy world we live in now, dreams do absolutely come true." — Stevie Nicks
— Ross Raihala (Alpha Male) 🏳️🌈 (@RossRaihala) December 7, 2016
Stevie Nicks' advice to anyone telling you not to chase your dreams: "Get out of my way!"
— Ross Raihala (Alpha Male) 🏳️🌈 (@RossRaihala) December 7, 2016
Stevie Nicks is now doing "If You Were My Love," a song that dates back from the "Bella Donna" sessions
— Ross Raihala (Alpha Male) 🏳️🌈 (@RossRaihala) December 7, 2016
Get out your coke spoons. Time for Gold Dust Woman.
— Ross Raihala (Alpha Male) 🏳️🌈 (@RossRaihala) December 7, 2016
Stevie Nicks has been introducing each and every one of her band members, at great length.
— Ross Raihala (Alpha Male) 🏳️🌈 (@RossRaihala) December 7, 2016
Stevie's ready to rock again, as the band kicks in to "Edge of Seventeen"
— Ross Raihala (Alpha Male) 🏳️🌈 (@RossRaihala) December 7, 2016
Twitter is like a white-winged dove.
— Ross Raihala (Alpha Male) 🏳️🌈 (@RossRaihala) December 7, 2016
Stevie Nicks is now done with the main part of her set and told us she appreciates us, and reminded us to follow our dreams.
— Ross Raihala (Alpha Male) 🏳️🌈 (@RossRaihala) December 7, 2016
Rhiannon!
— Ross Raihala (Alpha Male) 🏳️🌈 (@RossRaihala) December 7, 2016
Stevie Nicks is telling us the back story of Landslide, which looks like her final song of the night.
— Ross Raihala (Alpha Male) 🏳️🌈 (@RossRaihala) December 7, 2016
— Ross Raihala (Alpha Male) 🏳️🌈 (@RossRaihala) December 7, 2016
Reviews
Stevie Nicks enchants audience at the X with songs, stories and the spirit of Prince Stevie Nicks is now 68, but there’s always been a sort of timeless quality about her, like her soul has been kicking around for centuries, wrapping its hosts in shawls, lace and fringe. Remember, this is a woman who crafted the nostalgic, contemplative “Landslide” when she was just 25.—Ross Raihala / Pioneer Press (Read the full review here.)
Stevie Nicks, the Pretenders deliver knockout one-two punch at Xcel
After the Pretenders’ super-charged set, an announcement: “Stevie Nicks will be out in 25 minutes.” The stage was radically altered for Nicks and her big band — two keyboards, one bass, two guitars, two backup singers, and a drummer. Nicks came out last, naturally, backlit by the projection of a rising sun and surrounded by chandeliers. Bathed in golden light from top to bottom, the band launched into the joyous, buoyant “Gold and Braid.” Obviously, Nicks was wearing her platform boots, flowing capes, and surplus scarves. —Chad Werner / City Pages (Read the full review here)
Fan Twittersphere
a couple thousand people belting landslide alongside the legendary Stevie nicks. Does it get any better? pic.twitter.com/YD6YpRDdBM
Stevie Nicks is joined by Chrissie Hynde from The Pretenders singing her first single "Stop Draggin' My Heart." @xcelenegyctr pic.twitter.com/20P0Lx8v8G
On Monday night, Stevie Nicks performed at the Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, NE — the 21st show of the 24 Karat Gold Tour.
All photos by Kristin Streff / Lincoln Journal Star
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Reviews
For more than two hours Monday, Stevie Nicks hosted an episode of the old VH1 show, “Storytellers” at Pinnacle Bank Arena, spinning out tales of how and why songs were written, before and after they were performed. (Read the full review.) —L. Kent Wolgamott / Lincoln Journal Star
Stevie Nicks’ incredible 24 Karat Gold Tour has been extended! The new tour dates, which includes 20 new shows, will run from February 23, 2017 to April 6, according to her official website.
Stevie has been tremendously enjoying the latest tour, which has included a diverse set list of Fleetwood Mac classics, like “Rhiannon,” “Gypsy,” and “Landslide,” and deep catalog cuts, such as “Bella Donna,” “Wild Heart,” and the oldest and most elusive song in the set “Crying in the Night” (from the out-of-print 1973 album Buckingham Nicks). The show has also featured “Gold and Braid,” a track from the Bella Donna sessions that was never completed. (The track appears only as a live cut on 1998’s Enchanted box set and as a demo on this year’s reissue Bella Donna: The Deluxe Edition.)
At the recent Madison Square Garden show in New York, Stevie revealed the inspiration behind the latest tour and thanked her fans profusely for sticking around until the end of the show.
“It was a little scary to do this,” Stevie explained, “But it has been so overwhelmingly wonderful for my heart and for the fulfillment of being a musician to sing and to not just do the same thing over and over and over again. So thank you for being creative with me and staying ’til the end.”66
Key Dates
American Express Pre-sale begins December 7th
VIP packages will be available starting December 9th to the public
General on-sale will be December 12th
New Tour Dates
FEB 23
RENO EVENTS CENTER
Reno, NV
FEB 25
VIVINT SMART HOME AREA
Salt Lake City, UT
FEB 28
MODA CENTER
Portland, OR
MAR 2
VIEJAS ARENA
San Diego, CA
MAR 6
BOK CENTER
Tulsa, OK
MAR 8
FEDEX FORUM
Memphis, TN
MAR 10
CENTURYLINK CENTER
Bossier City, LA
MAR 12
FRANK ERWIN CENTER
Austin, TX
MAR 15
SMOOTHIE KING CENTER
New Orleans, LA
MAR 17
NATIONWIDE ARENA
Columbus, OH
MAR 19
PNC ARENA
Raleigh, NC
MAR 21
AMWAY CENTER
Orlando, FL
MAR 23
JACKSONVILLE ARENA
Jacksonville, FL
MAR 25
JOHN PAUL JONES ARENA
Charlottesville, VA
MAR 26
ROYAL FARMS ARENA
Baltimore, MD
MAR 29
BANKERS LIFE FIELDHOUSE
Indianapolis, IN
MAR 31
PPG PAINTS ARENA
Pittsburgh, PA
APR 2
PRUDENTIAL CENTER
Newark, NJ
APR 5
SNHU ARENA
Manchester, NH
APR 6
NASSAU COLISEUM
Long Island, NY
Official Press Release
STEVIE NICKS ROCKIN’ 24 KARAT GOLD TOUR ADDS 20 NEW SHOWS IN 2017
STEVIE NICKS ROCKIN’ 24 KARAT GOLD TOUR
WITH SPECIAL GUESTS PRETENDERS ADDS 20 NEW SHOWS IN 2017 BEGINNING FEBRUARY 23 IN RENO, NEVADA
– New Dates Follow 29 Shows in 2016 Which Have Received Rave Reviews –
– Tickets on Sale Monday, December 12 at LiveNation.com –
LOS ANGELES (December 5, 2016) – As Stevie Nicks 24 Karat Gold Tour With Special Guests Pretenders winds down for the year with 8 shows left, Live Nation, the tour’s promoter has announced 20 new shows beginning
February 23 in Reno, Nevada. A full list of dates follows this release.
American Express Card Members can purchase tickets before the general public beginning Wednesday, December 7 at 10:00 a.m. through Sunday, December 11 at 10:00 p.m. Tickets go on sale beginning Monday, December 12 at www.livenation.com.
Due to huge ticket demands and stellar reviews for the 24 Karat Gold Tour, the legendary gold dust queen Stevie Nicks, a Rock & Roll Hall of Famer and multi-platinum Grammy Award winning solo artist, has happily agreed to add the new series of shows and continue singing and dancing across the stages of North America performing her classic hits along with longtime fan favorites from throughout her entire career as a solo artist and member of Fleetwood Mac. Nicks has collectively sold over 140 million albums.
“It’s been thrilling to get on stage each night and sing some of my early gems from early in my career along with getting the chance to sing the material from my last two albums, “In Your Dreams” and “24 Karat Gold – Songs From The Vault,” says Stevie Nicks. Rhino Records has also recently released remastered deluxe versions of Nicks’ first two solo albums “Bella Donna” and “Wild Heart”.
RECENT RAVES FROM 24 KARAT GOLD TOUR
“Stevie cast a spell over Houston… Women danced. Men sang along. And Nicks in all her witchy allure proved she still reigns supreme.” – HOUSTON CHRONICLE
“Let’s face it, there’s something downright magical to Stevie Nicks… The sexiest voice on the planet.” – PHOENIX NEW TIMES
“Stevie Nicks enchants faithful fans at the Atlanta show… As women rock stars go, there aren’t much cooler than Stevie Nicks and Chrissie Hynde… A whopping injection of female fused musical power – a love letter to the faithful.” – ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION
“Stevie Nicks doesn’t need Fleetwood Mac… I’m so happy she has the Mac but her solo catalogue does fine, filling two hours as she proved to a packed TD Garden. The golden goddess in gossamer has huge instantly recognizable hits… In the ‘80’s she had ten top 40 singles (not including her Mac smashes) but last night proved her “forgotten works have equal force and beauty .” – BOSTON HERALD
24 Karat Gold Tour with Pretenders
*all dates, venues and cities below subject to change.
Stevie Nicks is currently out on her 24 Karat Gold tour, promoting her recent solo album. But as far as recording a new album with Fleetwood Mac, Stevie believes the band shouldn’t waste their time.
Before Fleetwood Mac launched their most recent tour, they worked on some new tracks without Stevie. While Mick Fleetwood suggested the tracks might be released with just Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie singing, Stevie doesn’t buy it. “You can never say never, but I don’t think that will happen,” she tells ABC Radio.
That doesn’t mean Stevie’s ready to join her bandmates in the studio, though.
“The only reason that I don’t really wanna do a record is because I think that, in a year and a half, we’ll probably go out and do another Fleetwood Mac tour, since Christine has come back,” she explains. Christine McVie rejoined Fleetwood Mac in 2014 after a 16-year absence.
Stevie thinks touring is the better plan, simply because of Fleetwood Mac’s dynamics.
“Do we want to go and close ourselves up in a studio for a year, [and] make a record that’s really good but that probably won’t sell, because records don’t really sell that much?” she asks. “And then we’ll have been stuffed together for a year in one room, and…when you come out of that room, we may not want to go on a tour!”
The logical solution, Stevie says, is to skip making a new record, and simply hit the road.
“I think that we should choose the tour over the record,” she tells ABC Radio. “Because touring is much more fun than making a record when you don’t have any idea how that record’s gonna come out.”
Stevie has time to figure out her next move: her tour (the first leg) doesn’t wrap until December 18.
On Saturday night, Stevie performed at the United Center in Chicago — the 20th show of the 24 Karat Gold Tour.
During “Rhiannon,” Stevie’s in-ear monitor was accidentally disconnected, so she couldn’t hear her band playing. A technician came onstage in the middle of the song to try and adjust the monitor, but it remained unfixed. Stevie commented on the technical malfunction after the song, seeming a bit irritated. ‘Well, THAT was an experience. I could hear no instrument, no girls, nothing, just my voice off in the ceiling somewhere. Well, that was a FINE thing!’ @jaycialyx captured the fiasco as it was happening.
here's a bit of it. She was telling them she couldn't hear and he finally came up and fixed it for her pic.twitter.com/0xKXoucmyj
She alluded to it again at the end of the show, saying “This was the craziest show of the like 18 shows we’ve played.” She may have also been referring to drawing a complete blank during the band introductions, where she forgot the name of her pianist.
Despite the peculiar moments, it was another great show and fans seemed to be thrilled with her performance.
Much love and thanks to Richard Bond, Erin Brown, Erin Hooley, Live Nation Chicago, and United Center for sharing these great photos from the show!
(Erin Hooley / Chicago Tribune)(Erin Hooley / Chicago Tribune)(Richard Bond)(Erin Brown)(Erin Brown)(Erin Brown)(Live Nation Chicago)(United Center)
Much love and thanks to artistexpressions, ErinBrown1978 pandaspu, and patricboylan66 for filming and sharing these videos!
Bella Donna (patricboylan66)
Stand Back (pandaspu)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdWnRTLdNGk
Crying in the Night (ErinBrown1978)
Gold Dust Woman (ErinBrown1978)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OYeo3xKUxI
Edge of Seventeen
(after the song)
“Thank you, everybody. Thank you for being a kind and loving audience, and listening to all these songs you probably don’t know very well. And not one of you yelled out, ‘Exactly what song did you take out to play that new song I’ve never heard before?’ I appreciate that because for me, you know, you can go on doing this forever, just do the same songs, and the same two-hour set every night for the rest of my life and it’s like, it’s not fulfilling for me. This is very fulfilling for me. It’s a little crazy. All the stories are a little nuts. But the fact is, is that it’s all true, and it’s fun to share it with you. It’s fun to come out here and tell you the real story of my life and their life. So thank you for being a wonderful, awesome audience. And I’ll never forgot it. I love Chicago, I always have. So we will see you the next time, and you be good to each other. Thank you.”
Rhiannon (patricboylan66)
(after the song)
“Well, THAT was an experience. Well, I might as well tell you about it. But you had to see it, right? So nothing was in my ear when I came out. When I went into change into this blouse, they…it didn’t connect. So tell that person, whoever it was that came out, there was nothing in my ear so I was singing ‘Rhiannon’ just to me. I could hear no instrument, no girls, nothing, just my voice off in the…in the ceiling somewhere. I know! And you know what? Pretty interesting. So, um… Well, that was a FINE thing!
OK, so this next song, well you know it. I’m not even gonna give you the story of it…because you don’t need to hear another story! So here it is, probably the song you really wanted to hear the whole time you were here.”
Landslide (after the song)
“Thank you. So what I really just want to leave you with, um, after this crazy night — this has been the craziest show of all the 18 shows we’ve played — is that, is that as crazy as life is, and as crazy as it is right now, you just have to remember that life is basically good and that people are basically good and that we’re basically good and that we love music and that we love being creative. And if we just stay on that path and try to like stay in the path of love, everything’s going to be good and everything’s going to be OK. We’re going to be fine. So keep that in your heart. And if you get upset about something, get in the car, turn on the radio really loud and take a drive, just drive. Thank you, everybody. You’re just awesome, thank you!”
