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  • RECAP: Tulsa, OK – BOK Center

    RECAP: Tulsa, OK – BOK Center

    On Monday night, Stevie Nicks performed at the BOK Center Arena in Tulsa, OK — the 33rd show of the 24 Karat Gold Tour.

    Stevie introduced the show by telling the crowd that she had been awoken by the Tulsa area’s extreme weather that morning.

    Welcome, Tulsa, Oklahoma! Well, I can tell you that this morning at 8:00 I got woken up by the extreme wind. And by 11:00 I was sure I was Dorothy. And the night before, of course, I watched two hours of The Weather Channel on twisters, right? On whatever, tornadoes. So I was sure that I wouldn’t even make it to the show today. So anyway, just wanted to let you know that I did make it and there was an actual magical fairy…

    So this show is not like the other Stevie Nicks shows that you have seen over the last two thousand years. It’s slightly…it’s different. I went back through my catalog of songs that didn’t make albums because they just weren’t done well enough, but they were still my favorite songs, or all kinds of other stories, which I will tell you about as we go through this journey, and that’s what it is. It’s a journey, it’s a trip, it’s a lot of fun, so let’s go!

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    Photos

    Thanks and much love to BOK Center, Robert Raab, and Cory Young/Tulsa World (slideshow photos) for sharing these photos.

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    Stevie Nicks, 24 Karat Gold Tour, BOK Arena, Tulsa OK, March 6, 2017
    (Robert Raab)
    Stevie Nicks, 24 Karat Gold Tour, BOK Arena, Tulsa OK, March 6, 2017
    (BOK Center)
    Stevie Nicks, 24 Karat Gold Tour, BOK Arena, Tulsa OK, March 6, 2017
    (BOK Center)
    Stevie Nicks, 24 Karat Gold Tour, BOK Arena, Tulsa OK, March 6, 2017
    (BOK Center)

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    Videos

    Thanks and much love to angelicdemise, angelnemesis, Charles T. Crook, Hunter Davis, Shanesta Garcia, Elizabeth Jane Gartrell, Dante Hill, King Crybaby, sgtmcgrail, Brian Talley, Jane Terry, Twisted Sense, and Dalton Williams for sharing these videos.

    Gold and Braid / If Anyone Falls / Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around / Belle Fleur / Gypsy / Wild Heart / Bella Donna / Enchanted / New Orleans / Starshine (Twisted Sense)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWFQdWZpAjs

    Welcome/Introduction (Charles T. Crook)
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    If Anyone Falls (sgtmcgrail)

    If Anyone Falls (Dante Hill)
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    Gypsy (angelicdemise)

    Gypsy (Hunter Davis)
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    Bella Donna – partial (Dalton Williams)
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    New Orleans (Hunter Davis)
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    Moonlight (A Vampire’s Dream) (Shanesta Garcia)

    Stand Back (Jane Terry)

    Gold Dust Woman – partial (angelnemesis)

    Edge of Seventeen – partial (angelicdemise)

    Rhiannon (King Crybaby)

    Landslide (Elizabeth Jane Gartrell)
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    Landslide (Brian Talley)

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    Reviews

    • Stevie Nicks revisits storied career at BOK Center (Jimmie Tramel, Tulsa World) —”I don’t know how the majority of attendees felt about Nicks shifting back and forth between sing gear and talk gear, but why in the heck wouldn’t you want a concert to be a one-of-a-kind experience with artist commentary? If all you want is song after song with no elaboration, maybe a greatest-hits album should be your next adventure.”
    • What is there left to say about Stevie Nicks that hasn’t already been said? (Keaton Bell, Red Dirt Report) — “Nicks has never shied away from her love of over-the-top theatricality and melodrama. One of the biggest factors of her everlasting appeal is her ability to channel her deeply-felt emotions in such a universal way through everything she writes.”

    Twittersphere

    https://twitter.com/ghostsaregone/status/838994227325349888

    https://twitter.com/hustonharshaw/status/838992729367511040

    https://twitter.com/madisonsteely/status/838989464215105536

    https://twitter.com/xemilyperry/status/838987654863671296

    https://twitter.com/LyndziN/status/838985571498397696

    https://twitter.com/lunachey27/status/838978722652962816

    https://twitter.com/JessicaDylan16/status/838968645531418624

    https://twitter.com/nicole_delong/status/838939936569053185

    https://twitter.com/hbgoodman13/status/838938888680980481

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  • RECAP: San Diego, CA – Viejas Arena

    RECAP: San Diego, CA – Viejas Arena

    On Thursday night, Stevie Nicks performed at Viejas Arena at Aztec Bowl on the campus of San Diego State University — the 32nd show of the 24 Karat Gold Tour.

    Stevie felt like it was a homecoming because she had recently spent a lot of time in San Diego, between the holidays and being with her niece Jessica for the birth of Jessica’s baby.

    Hello, San Diego! Well, I feel a little bit like I’ve come home. I spent from the 19th of December ’til the 3rd of January here for Christmas with my family — they all came here this year. And then I came back because of my niece Jessi this year, she had a baby. So we came back on like the 12th, and she had her little boy on Martin Luther King Day, the 16th. So I spent a lot of time in San Diego over the last month and a half. 

    Stevie humored the crowd by joking about the unusually cold San Diego weather.

    Who knew San Diego could be so cold? I thought it was like Hawaii, California, right? No, it’s bitter freezing cold, but pretty.

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    Photos

    Thanks and much love to Richard Browning, Erik Fish, Pixel Perfect Images, redrumastrid, and U-T Entertainment for sharing these pictures.)

    Stevie Nicks, 24 Karat Gold Tour, Viejas Arena at Aztec Bowl, San Diego State University, March 2, 2017
    (Richard Browning)
    Stevie Nicks, 24 Karat Gold Tour, Viejas Arena at Aztec Bowl, San Diego State University, March 2, 2017
    (Pixel Perfect Images)
    Stevie Nicks, 24 Karat Gold Tour, Viejas Arena at Aztec Bowl, San Diego State University, March 2, 2017
    (Erik Fish)
    Stevie Nicks, 24 Karat Gold Tour, Viejas Arena at Aztec Bowl, San Diego State University, March 2, 2017
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    Stevie Nicks, 24 Karat Gold Tour, Viejas Arena at Aztec Bowl, San Diego State University, March 2, 2017
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    Videos

    Thanks and much love to AnchntQueen, Richard Browning, Nobby Coburn, Mark Drakk, Dirty Radio, Rogelle Keller, Millerviller, Valerian Productions, and Shawn White for sharing these videos.

    Gold and Braid / If Anyone Falls / Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around (Dirty Radio)

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    Hello, San Diego! Well, I feel a little bit like I’ve come home. I spent from the 19th of December ’til the 3rd of January here for Christmas with my family. They all came here this year. And then I came back because of my niece Jessie this year, she had a baby. So we came back on like the 12th, and she had her little boy on Martin Luther King Day, the 16th. So I spent a lot of time in San Diego over the last month and a half. Who knew San Diego could be so cold? I thought it was like Hawaii, California, right? No, it’s bitter freezing cold, but pretty.

    So this show…this show is not the Stevie Nicks show, the quintessential Stevie Nicks show, that you’ve seen a million times because I have done that same show a million times — I’m tired of it, so I have moved on! When you’re as old as me, it’s like, why not? So I said, ‘Let’s do something different.’ So I went back through my… all my old demos that I loved, and for whatever my reasons, did not go on records because, mostly because, I didn’t like the way they were done and so I said at the last minute, ‘I’m taking that song back.’ And so I had all these wonderful songs that I always wanted to play on stage. So anyway, this is a journey, it’s a trip, and so I ask you to come with me. Let’s go!

    If Anyone Falls (Nobby Coburn)

    Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around (Millerviller)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuoxf7A5Sxs

    Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around (Rogelle Keller)

    Belle Fleur (AnchntQueen)

    Gypsy (Millerviller)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3B7sM-rRNNA

    Gypsy (Richard Browning)

    Bella Donna (partial) (Shawn White)

    Bella Donna cape story / Enchanted (partial) (Shawn White)

    My mom, if she were here today, she would say, ‘Stevie, that was a very good choice of fabric because you know silk chiffon is what they make boat sails from, which means it will last forever. And you’ll never have to get another one.’ And she was totally right. There’s not one thread that’s gone from this — it’s perfect. So that’s my little endearing story of my mom. Thank you, Barbara!

    Starshine (Mark Drakk)

    Moonlight (A Vampire’s Dream) (Valerian Productions)

    Stand Back (Rogelle Keller)

    Stand Back (Millerviller)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEGhGB3zXAs

    Stand Back (Richard Browning)

    Gold Dust Woman (Rogelle Keller)

    Gold Dust Woman (Millerviller)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yD-PCoS8mM

    Edge of Seventeen (Shawn White)

    We give you back what you give us, you know? You give us your heart and your soul, then we try to throw it right back at you like a magical…and it’s so great. For me, it’s so great to be able to stand up here and do these more unfamiliar songs and be able to tell you the stories and really but myself it’s like writing a book, you know? And I’m never gonna write a book, so this is as close to actually writing my history as I’m ever probably going to get. And so anyway, it was really such a beautiful night and you made it that way. It’s all your fault. So take care of yourselves, we’ll be back for sure, and I love you… Thank you so much.

    Rhiannon (Millerviller)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llgDH5mJtMo

    Landslide (Millerviller)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQcdQUieyKA

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    Reviews

    Review Stevie Nicks and her stories at Viejas Arena (Leslie Hackett, San Diego Union-Tribune)

    There’s a fine line that separates telling stories between songs and letting the music speak for itself. Last night at Viejas Arena, Stevie Nicks was on the wrong side of that line. When you go to a Stevie Nicks concert, it’s her captivating, raspy singing voice — the one that has been reeling in fans for nearly 50 years — you want to hear most of all. And that’s not what happened Thursday night. Read the full review.

    Return of the Gold Dust Woman (Meghan Roos, San Diego Reader)

    Nicks’s voice is remarkably similar to the pure, gravelly vocals that graced her debut solo record nearly 36 years ago. The stadium cheered as Nicks sang and narrated her songs, especially when the time came to end the more than two-hour-long set with a “Landslide” encore. Read the full review.

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    Twittersphere

    https://twitter.com/WyrdGifts/status/837539685870141440

    https://twitter.com/WyrdGifts/status/837538828080439297

    https://twitter.com/jhyatt100/status/837530681622212609

  • RECAP: Portland, OR – Moda Center

    RECAP: Portland, OR – Moda Center

    On Tuesday night, Stevie Nicks performed at the Moda Center in Portland, OR — the third show of Leg 2 and 31st show overall of the 24 Karat Gold Tour.

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    Photos

    Slideshow photos by David Greenwald/The Oregonian

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    Thanks and much love to Alenal33, Ami Collofello, Brian Garish, David Greenwald, Chris McGowan, Bill Patton, and Greg Pfohl for sharing these pictures.

    Stevie Nicks, 24 Karat Gold Tour, Portland OR, Moda Center, February 28, 2017
    (Alenal33)
    Stevie Nicks, 24 Karat Gold Tour, Portland OR, Moda Center, February 28, 2017
    (Ami Collofello)
    Stevie Nicks, 24 Karat Gold Tour, Portland OR, Moda Center, February 28, 2017
    (Bill Patton)
    Stevie Nicks, 24 Karat Gold Tour, Portland OR, Moda Center, February 28, 2017
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    Stevie Nicks, 24 Karat Gold Tour, Portland OR, Moda Center, February 28, 2017
    (Chris McGowan)
    Stevie Nicks, 24 Karat Gold Tour, Portland OR, Moda Center, February 28, 2017
    (Greg Pfohl)

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    Videos

    Thanks and much love to Ginger Balazs, Alex Klenski, Matty McFly, sdintn, Mark Selph, pokeadoubledecker, Chris Taylor, and Walter & friends for sharing these videos.

    Gold and Braid (Ginger Balazs)

    If Anyone Falls (Chris Taylor)

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    Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around (Ginger Balazs)

    Gypsy (Ginger Balazs)

    Gypsy (sdintn)

    Enchanted (Walter & friends)

    Enchanted (Ginger Balazs)

    Starshine (Walter & friends)

    Moonlight (sdintn)

    Stand Back (Alex Klenski)

    Stand Back (Matty McFly)

    If You Were My Love / Gold Dust Woman / Band Introductions (Alex Klenski)

    Gold Dust Woman (Ginger Balazs)

    Edge of Seventeen (pokeadoubledecker)

    Edge of Seventeen (Ginger Balazs)

    Rhiannon (Ginger Balazs)

    Landslide (Ginger Balazs)

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    Review

    Stevie Nicks in Portland (David Greenwald, Oregon Live)

    Twittersphere

    https://twitter.com/not_that_ciara/status/836800118233968646

    https://twitter.com/MikeSnyderDrums/status/836799661751087105

    https://twitter.com/badrobot68/status/836773517056102400

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  • RECAP: Salt Lake City, UT – Vivint Smart Home Arena

    RECAP: Salt Lake City, UT – Vivint Smart Home Arena

    On Saturday night, Stevie Nicks performed at Vivint Smart Home Arena in Salt Lake City — the second show of Leg 2 and 30th show overall. Salt Lake City was one of many cities where Stevie spent time as a child. She shared a story about attending public and Catholic stories in the area.

    Hello, Salt Lake City, Utah! Well, you know that I went to the 8th and the 9th grade here. Oh, yeah. So in some cities, I’m…this whole tour is all about stories, and in some stories, there are different stories because specific things happened in different cities. And this city, I actually lived here, and I loved it. And we got transferred at the end of…like no, I was actually…went into like almost two months of the 10th grade and then my family got transferred to Los Angeles.

    But this is the very funny story is that my parents told me, I was going to like Wasatch (right?) Junior High, and my mom and dad told me if you don’t get a B average, you’re not going on to the big high school with your best friend Karen, who’s here tonight. You are gonna go to the Catholic school in the middle of the city. And I’m like, they’d never do it, right? They would never, ever do that. Well, guess what? I didn’t get the B average, and they did it. And I had to walk like two blocks in the snow down to the bus to drive all the way to downtown Salt Lake City to the Catholic school. However, it totally backfired on my parents because it was really a fun school. And it was co-ed…yes! Ah! I did not rave. I didn’t rave about it because I knew that they would whip me right out of that school and put me in a convent.

    So anyway, everybody, I’m so happy to be here because really I’ve…I really…I stayed yesterday up in Park City…so beautiful. And let me tell you, it is really snowing up there. I know you know, but it is snowing up there.

    So this isn’t the same show you’ve probably seen before. It’s really different because I decided this time that I was going to go back into my catalog of — I like to call them the new-old songs, which were songs that didn’t go on albums for some reason or another. But songs I really loved. So I call it the gothic trunk of lost songs. So anyway, you’re gonna hear some, I think, really great songs tonight that are not that familiar but I’ll tell you the story of why they were written, and then you’ll understand and just roll with me on that. So, here we go! Let’s go!

    At the end of the show, Stevie again mentioned having a personal attachment to the snowy area during her introduction for “Landslide.”

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    Photos

    Thanks and much love to Sammy Jo Hester, McKell Richardson, Christine Hall, and LA for sharing these pictures.

    Stevie Nicks 24 Karat Gold Tour Salt Lake City UT February 25, 2017
    (Sammy Jo Hester)
    Stevie Nicks 24 Karat Gold Tour Salt Lake City UT February 25, 2017
    (Sammy Jo Hester)
    Stevie Nicks 24 Karat Gold Tour Salt Lake City UT February 25, 2017
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    Stevie Nicks 24 Karat Gold Tour Salt Lake City UT February 25, 2017
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    Stevie Nicks 24 Karat Gold Tour Salt Lake City UT February 25, 2017
    (McKell Richardson)
    Stevie Nicks 24 Karat Gold Tour Salt Lake City UT February 25, 2017
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    Stevie Nicks 24 Karat Gold Tour Salt Lake City UT February 25, 2017
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    Stevie Nicks 24 Karat Gold Tour Salt Lake City UT February 25, 2017
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    Stevie Nicks 24 Karat Gold Tour Salt Lake City UT February 25, 2017
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    Stevie Nicks 24 Karat Gold Tour Salt Lake City UT February 25, 2017
    (McKell Richardson)
    Stevie Nicks 24 Karat Gold Tour Salt Lake City UT February 25, 2017
    Stevie performs “Moonlight (A Vampire’s Dream) in Salt Lake City, UT on Saturday night. (LA)

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    Videos

    Thanks and much love to Troy Dunn, Doug Jessop, Barbara Keckler, Krista Kendall, metgpks, Gwenita Pawwinnee, pobox5255, Connor Taylor, Ashly Thorn for sharing these videos.

    Gold and Braid (pobox5255)

    Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around (Barbara Keckler)

    Gypsy (Connor Taylor)

    Gypsy (Gwenita Pawwinnee)

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    Gypsy (Doug Jessop)

    Enchanted (Troy Dunn)

    New Orleans (Krista Kendall)

    Starshine (metgpkts)

    Starshine (Barbara Keckler)

    I went to Tom Petty’s house somewhere around 1981/1982. Maybe…it could have even been 1979, actually, probably was. And I went over to his house and I had my guitar in hand, in the case so I looked totally serious, even though I had super long nails which meant: Why are you bothering to bring your guitar? Because it looked good. So I would go over there once in a while and we’d like sit and write. So I walked in, I said ‘So I think I have a good song. I have a good poem, and I think the melody’s good.’ So he said, ‘OK, well, play it for me.’ No pressure. So I sit down at the piano and I play this song and he likes it! And he doesn’t like everything so you’ll thrilled when he does like something. So I said, ‘OK, good, so does that mean we can maybe record it?’ And he’s like, ‘Yeah, OK, well, OK, all right.’ And I said, ‘Are The Heartbreakers coming over?’ And goes like, ‘Yeah they’re kind of on their way.’ So they came slowly in.

    And so anyway, long story short, we recorded this song, and it took like 20 minutes. It was really easy and…because I only three or four chords. So it was really easy, and it came out great, even the lead vocal was even good. So if he had been doing a record, or if I had been doing a record, it would have went on one of those records. But neither of us was doing a record so it went into the ‘gothic trunk of lost songs.’ And it stayed there until two years ago when I went to Nashville and took all my demos that were in the ‘gothic trunk of lost songs’ and recorded them exactly like they were on their demos. So here it is and it’s called ‘Starshine.’

    Stand Back (pobox5255)

    Stand Back story (Amanda Dickson)

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    Gold Dust Woman (Ashly Thorn)

    Rhiannon (pobox5255)

    Landslide (Doug Jessop)

    Thank you. So that’s one of the five or six songs that have also been played every single time on the stage pretty much. And every once in a while I will say to whoever is the band, ‘So why don’t we just not do ‘Rhiannon’ this time, and this is the reaction I get… [gasps!]. So I go like, ‘OK!’

    So this next song…and yes, there’s one more! There’s like maybe seven of those songs. And I wrote this song in Aspen. I totally wish I had written it here, but I wrote it in Aspen. It’s the only time I’d been in the snow covered mountains, snow covered hills or mountains, except for when I was here. I should have written it when I lived here because I was certainly more attached to here than I was the two months I spent in Aspen. And I wrote it in someone’s living room looking out over this beautiful view and trying to make a decision on what to do with my musical life. And so anyway, little did that little girl know that that song would really take her to the top. And that’s another way to tell you all that one little thing…because it may happen for you. Always keep your eyes open because that could be it. So here it is, ‘Landslide.’

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    Reviews

    Twittersphere

    https://twitter.com/notkate/status/835738660523798528

    https://twitter.com/coleyirene/status/835737812439715841

    https://twitter.com/ivyandgreene/status/835735930153517056

    https://twitter.com/Ms_AliCat99/status/835734743199051776

    https://twitter.com/ChartieBartie/status/835713411270922240

    https://twitter.com/SteeviFlygare/status/835705529661980672

    https://twitter.com/joestrand/status/835679432354340865

    https://twitter.com/spencergbird/status/835656271235731460

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  • RECAP: 24 Karat Gold Tour resumes in Reno

    RECAP: 24 Karat Gold Tour resumes in Reno

    After a two month break, Stevie Nicks resumed the 24 Karat Gold Tour, kicking off Leg 2 in Reno, Nevada on Thursday night. Stevie admitted she was nervous and uncomfortable after being off for so long, but she thanked the crowd for being so supportive, calling them “Awesome! Awesome! Awesome!”

    Producer Keith Olsen (Buckingham Nicks, Fleetwood Mac) was at the show. Stevie first mentioned him during the band introductions, crediting him for introducing her to guitarist Waddy Wachtel, her “best friend” and “confidant” of more than 45 years. Stevie brought Keith out onstage at the end of the show for the final bows.

    Like on the previous leg, Stevie first prepared the crowd for eclectic mix of songs (deep cuts) coming their way.

    What I did was I went back through the, like…what do you want to call it? You know, the years! I went back through the years and back to the catalog and I found all the songs that I really love that for whatever reasons that did not go on records because not because they weren’t good enough, but because I didn’t like the way they were done. And as a strong woman, I said at the very end, ‘I don’t like it, you have to fix it!’ So these are some of those songs. There are some other things. Anyway, it’s a journey, it’s a trip. Come with me on my journey, all right? Let’s go!

    While the tour mainly picked up where it left off in December, with the set list unchanged, Stevie added new drummer Drew Hester to her band, replacing outgoing drummer Scott Crago. She thanked Drew profusely for being able to pick up the drum parts in just two weeks’ time. “Our new favorite drummer” has “come in and saved our life,” Stevie told the crowd.

    Stevie continued to tell long stories about the songs in the set list to the joy — or frustration — of the audience, depending on their desired concert experience. But her band introductions were noticeably shorter and succinct.

    Fellow Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee The Pretenders, led by singer-songwriter Chrissie Hynde, accompanied Stevie once again, opening the show as the support act. As expected, Chrissie joined Stevie on the stage for another lively rendition of “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around.” Humble and playful, Chrissie told the crowd how much she adored Stevie.

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    Photos

    Thanks and much love to Tia Guenther, Anita Kayed, and Michelle Payne for sharing these photos.

    Stevie Nicks 24 Karat Gold Tour Reno Nevada February 23, 2017
    Stevie, her band, and producer Keith Olsen take a final bow at Thursday night’s Leg 2 opener in Reno. (Michelle Payne)
    Stevie Nicks 24 Karat Gold Tour Reno Nevada February 23, 2017
    (Anita Kayed)
    Stevie Nicks 24 Karat Gold Tour Reno Nevada February 23, 2017
    (Tia Guenther)
    Stevie Nicks 24 Karat Gold Tour Reno Nevada February 23, 2017, memorabilia, concert t-shirts
    (Michelle Payne)

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    Videos

    Thanks and much love to Tracy Crutchfield, Sheri Kush, Michelle Payne, and Willow J. for sharing these videos from the show.

    2. If Anyone Falls

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    What I did was I went back through the, like…what do you want to call it? You know, the years! I went back through the years and back to the catalog and I found all the songs that I really love that for whatever reasons that did not go on records because not because they weren’t good enough, but because I didn’t like the way they were done. And as a strong woman, I said at the very end, “I don’t like it, you have to fix it!” So these are some of those songs. There are some other things. Anyway, it’s a journey, it’s a trip. Come with me on my journey, all right? Let’s go!

    3. Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around feat. Chrissie Hynde (Sheri Kush)

    4. Belle Fleur

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    So you probably know this is our first show. We’ve been off since the 18th of December. So we did 28 shows, Chrissie Hynde/Stevie Nicks. So this is the first time I’ve actually seen her since the 18th of December. I know, it’s all…it’s all rather shocking and amazing! So if I seem a little bit ‘discomboobled,’ it’s because I just haven’t been onstage in so long that I’m kind of asking myself, ‘What are you doing up here?’

    OK! So anyway, this song, this next song could have been written in 1981, or whenever it was written, which could’ve been written by Chrissie Hynde or me, it’s about… When I first joined Fleetwood Mac, I had a Toyota. It was the…and it had no reverse. And did I mention I was a waitress and a cleaning lady? And so when I joined Fleetwood Mac, the first thing that I got, like two weeks into it, was I was picked up by a limousine, and I got a first class ticket on a plane. So this was really different than what I used to. So I always to this day have this picture of this long black limousine driving up in front of my house to pick me up. But what happened was that that started to become the picture of the limo coming to get me to take me away. So if I had a boyfriend, it was goodbye, but it might not be goodbye forever, but it usually was because if you go on tour, you usually don’t know how long you’re gonna be out. This (24 Karat Gold) tour was supposed to end on the 18th of December, and here we are two months later. So the fact is you can never actually give somebody a real answer. So the limousine started to become to me the thing that came to take me away. So this song was written about the big black limousine that comes to take you on tour and basically that relationship is over. Sad, but nevertheless, over. It’s called ‘Belle Fleur.’

    5. Gypsy (Sheri Kush)

    6-7. Wild Heart/Bella Donna & Enchanted

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    Well, I have a story about this song, these two songs. Bella Donna was only done…it was a very short tour because I made that promise to Fleetwood Mac that I would only be gone for a little while. So we made the record, we did like a couple of weeks, and then I was off to Paris to do Mirage. So it was my promise, I kept it. I’m still keeping it…even after all these years. So anyway, Bella Donna ended up being very successful…lucky, lucky, lucky. However, many times when an artist walks away from a really big band, then makes a solo record, and it’s successful, then what is said about that is that it was a fluke. I was terrified that they would think that Bella Donna was a fluke.

    So when I was off making Mirage and doing the very, very long Mirage tour, I was writing Wild Heart and setting myself up to hit the ground running the second I got home, which I did. It’s like…go home, unpack, straight into the studio. So we made Wild Heart. It was not as organized. It took a lot longer than three months. But it ended up to also be very, very crazily successful, which proved that Bella Donna was not a fluke, and therefore, my solo career was not a fluke.

    This made me very happy because I even knew even way back then that for me, the Gemini that I am…the two personalities, the person that gets bored…it’s like I needed both of those tours to be happy. I wouldn’t have been happy to be in either one all the time. So that’s my Wild Heart and Bella Donna story.

    This cape is on the back of the Bella Donna album, and it has been with me since 1981, and I’m gonna show you.

    The interesting thing about this is that, you know…you don’t know this…but my mom, Barbara, was very frugal, even though my dad was very successful. And certainly they were very poor, and they worked very hard, and he made a lot of money, and then she didn’t have to be frugal anymore, but she never learned how not to be frugal, and she pounded that into me. So when I started doing all this stuff, this little number here cost like $2,000. And that [inaudible] a lot of money. So my mother would have like fallen dead on the floor if she’d known. And so I’d always think that if she was standing right here, she would look at this and go, ‘Well, Stevie, you made a very good decision on the fabric because it’s silk chiffon, and you know that’s what they make boat sails out of, and that was why it is in perfect shape 30 years later.’ So thank you, Mom, for teaching me to be frugal.

    9. Starshine (Willow J)

    11. Stand Back

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    13. If You Were My Love

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    14. Gold Dust Woman (Willow J)

    Thank you. “Gold Dust Woman” has been done in every show, really, since the very beginning, since the beginning of the Fleetwood Mac, all the way through the beginning of Bella Donna, all the way through from those two records, all the way up to now. This song has never been dropped in the set, never once. So it’d always have its way. It morphs into a different… Depending on who’s playing, our vibes, it goes in and out of its own story. It changes every single time we do it on stage. So thank you for that. 

    15. Edge of Seventeen (Tracy Crutchfield)

    Thank you, everyone. You have been a completely rockin’ audience! And whenever you do a first show, it’s always frightening because you’ve forgotten some things, you’re a little uncomfortable, and you’re little out of…you know…out of whack in your head. And so you always, when you walk in, you go, “Oh my God, I hope this is an audience that’s really gonna just roll with us and like kind of hold us up a little bit,” and you did that, you really did that. Thank you so much! I will be able to go on from here and feel like we did a good show, and now we can go on and we can be back to where we were when we stopped in December. Thank you so much for that, it means the world! You’ve been awesome! So awesome! Awesome! Awesome! Awesome! Triple awesome! Thank you!

    Rhiannon (Sheri Kush)

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    Set List

    1. Gold and Braid
    2. If Anyone Falls
    3. Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around
    4. Belle Fleur
    5. Gypsy
    6. Wild Heart / Bella Donna
    7. Enchanted
    8. New Orleans
    9. Starshine
    10. Moonlight (A Vampire’s Dream)
    11. Stand Back
    12. Crying in the Night
    13. If You Were My Love
    14. Gold Dust Woman
    15. Edge of Seventeen
    16. Rhiannon (encore)
    17. Landslide (encore)
    Stevie Nicks 24 Karat Gold Tour Reno Nevada February 23, 2017
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    Touring Band

    Lead vocalsStevie Nicks
    Guitars/Musical DirectorWaddy Wachtel
    Hammond PianoRicky Peterson
    DrumsDrew Hester (new)
    Grand PianoDarrell Smith
    BassAl Ortiz
    GuitarsCarlos Rios
    Backup vocalsSharon Celani
    Backup vocalsMarilyn “Minnie” Martin

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    24 Karat Gold Tour | Winter/Spring 2017

    Show No.DateVenueLocation
    29Thursday, February 23, 2017Reno Events CenterReno, NV
    30Saturday, February 25, 2017Vivint Smart Home ArenaSalt Lake City, UT
    31Tuesday, February 28, 2017Moda CenterPortland, OR
    32Thursday, March 2, 2017Viejas ArenaSan Diego, CA
    33Monday, March 6, 2017BOK CenterTulsa, OK
    34Wednesday, March 8, 2017FedEx ForumMemphis, TN
    35Friday, March 10, 2017CenturyLink CenterBossier City, LA
    36Sunday, March 12, 2017Frank Erwin CenterAustin, TX
    37Wednesday, March 15, 2017Smoothie King CenterNew Orleans, LA
    38Friday, March 17, 2017Nationwide ArenaColumbus, OH
    39Sunday, March 19, 2017PNC ArenaRaleigh, NC
    40Tuesday, March 21, 2017Amway CenterOrlando, FL
    41Thursday, March 23, 2017Jacksonville ArenaJacksonville, FL
    42Saturday, March 25, 2017John Paul Jones ArenaCharlottesville, VA
    43Sunday, March 26, 2017Royal Farms ArenaBaltimore, MD
    44Wednesday, March 29, 2017Bankers Life FieldhouseIndianapolis, IN
    45Friday, March 31, 2017PPG Paints ArenaPittsburgh, PA
    46Sunday, April 2, 2017Prudential CenterNewark, NJ
    47Wednesday, April 5, 2017SNHU ArenaManchester, NH
    48Thursday, April 6, 2017Nassau ColiseumLong Island, NY
  • MusiCares interviews

    MusiCares interviews

    Here is a compilation of interviews that Stevie gave on the red carpet of the MusiCares gala, Friday, February 10, 2017.

    Access Hollywood

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    Stevie Nicks speaks with Access Hollywood at MusiCares’ annual benefit gala in Los Angeles and reveals how her 1981 hit with Tom Petty, “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around,” was chosen as her debut solo single. Plus, what does she say about an upcoming Fleetwood Mac tour?

    CBS

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BT1lMnjZaZY#t=01m01s

    STEVIE: Tom’s willing to give you this song (“Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around”) that is an amazing single and sing it with you. And I was like, well, that’s a huge favor that I will never get over and never forget because had he not given that to me, it’s possible that Bella Donna would not have been a success.

    Entertainment Tonight

    https://www.facebook.com/EntertainmentTonight/videos/10155076473371180

    STEVIE: Whenever I get a chance to be with Tom, for any reason at all, I’m always, if I can be there, I’m there, so. And if I get to sing with him, even better. So this is really exciting for both of us.

    You know, you made a couple of duets with this guy. I mean, what do you remember most about making those records?

    A lot of fun, you know. Well, being in a different band, you know. Coming out of Fleetwood Mac, and going into a solo career, which is when I first met him, so I was really in two bands, you know. And to be able to actually become, for all practical purposes almost a member of a third band, it’s amazing. It’s like, how many bands can a girl be in? But fantastic, you know, and we have such a connection — a singing-Everly-Brothers kind of connection. So that makes working with Tom really not ‘work.’

    You know, I know it’s hard to choose, but do you have a favorite Tom Petty song?

    Um, you know what? It just depends on the time. It’s like, you know, right now, we’re doing, tonight, we’re doing ‘Insider,’ which is a really beautiful, tragic ballad, you know. So um… And it is tragic and so singing it with him, you know, we remember the tragic days. I mean, we love tragedy ’cause that’s what we write about, you know? So when you can sing a tragic ballad, I mean, as sad as it is, it’s so great ’cause that’s the compassion, you know?

    I was going to say, those sad stories, those lyrics make for some great music, right? I gotta ask you about Beyonce, your old Bootylicious co-star, you know? She’s performing at the Grammys this weekend. She’s expecting twins. I mean, how excited are you for her?

    I’m so excited for her. I can’t believe she’s expecting twins.

    I know, it’s crazy, right?

    I know. Well, you know what, that’s it, they’re done! They have three kids, they’re finished!

    That’s it, right?

    So, yeah, that’s great.

    There’s a lot of questions about whether or not she can perform at Coachella. I mean, if there’s anyone who can pull it off, do you think it’s her?

    It will be her. I watched her do Glastonbury like three years ago, and I watched it on TV by myself with a really good…in London…with a really good sound system — and just me. And it was just so great, and I always knew she was good, but I walked away from that television show of Glastonbury going like, ‘Wow! This woman did two and a half hours, and she never stopped!’

    Can she do it with twins though? Do you think she can pull it off?

    Well, I don’t know ’cause I’ve never been pregnant with twins. So I have no idea.

    Thank you very much. Have fun tonight.

    Thank you.

    AP

    Well, you know, when I first met him, it was because Jimmy Iovine came to me and said, ‘I don’t think you have a single on Bella Donna. But my friend, the reason you hired me, Tom Petty has a really great song and he’s offered to give it to you and sing it with you, and I think that you should take it.’ And I said, ‘Well, can I hear it?’ And he goes, ‘Yeah.’ So we played it and I was like, ‘Wow, this is like amazing!’ And it was like a, you know, it was a Heartbreaker track so it was different than all the rest of the tracks on my record. And it was such a cool, sexy song, you know? And then I get to go in and do a video.

    So I actually really got to hang out with Tom and actually get to know him in the making of that whole thing. And so I would kid him, I would go, ‘You know, if you guys ever would have like a girl in your band, I might be, I might consider dumping the solo thing and like just joining the Heartbreakers. And he’d go like, [in a deep, low voice]’No girls allowed.’ And I’d go, I’d think to myself, hmm… And I’d go like, ‘Well, we’ll see 30 years down the road, and you know what? I mean, he let me come out on the road with him in 2007, and do three months.

  • Stevie Nicks honors Tom Petty @MusiCares all-star gala

    Stevie Nicks honors Tom Petty @MusiCares all-star gala

    Stevie Nicks MusiCares, Tom Petty
    (Getty Images)

    On Friday night, Stevie Nicks joined a star-studded tribute to Tom Petty, MusiCares’ 2017 Person of the Year. The pre-Grammy event was held at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Performers included Jackson Browne, Foo Fighters, Don Henley, Nora Jones, The Lumineers, George Strait, and Stevie herself, among many others.

    Stevie and Tom performed two of their duets, “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around” (from Stevie’s 1981 album Bella Donna) and “Insider” (from the Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers 1981 album Hard Promises).

    Stevie Nicks MusiCaresAccording to Recording Academy president Neil Portnow, Friday night’s benefit raised $8.5 million for MusiCares, the nonprofit providing a safety net of critical assistance for music people in times of need. During the red carpet event, the organization live streamed on Facebook, sharing personal stories of struggling musicians who benefited from their assistance.

    Slideshow photos courtesy of ABCNews Radio, Entertainment Tonight, Dave Fennoy, findspek, Mike Cidoni Lennox, Jen Lowery, Jason Nathanson, Chris Pizzello, Platinum Event, Melissa Ruggieri, and WireImage.

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    Stevie Nicks Tom Petty MusiCares
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    Before the evening’s tribute concert, Entertainment Tonight (ET) interviewed Stevie on the red carpet. Stevie talked about Tom, their duet “Insider,” and Beyonce and her twins.

    https://www.facebook.com/EntertainmentTonight/videos/10155076473371180

    LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 10: (L-R) Singers Don Henley, Stevie Nicks and Dave Grohl attend MusiCares Person of the Year honoring Tom Petty at the Los Angeles Convention Center on February 10, 2017. (Photo by Michael Kovac/WireImage)
    (Michael Kovac / WireImage)

    Interview Transcript

    STEVIE: Whenever I get a chance to be with Tom, for any reason at all, I’m always, if I can be there, I’m there, so. And if I get to sing with him, even better. So this is really exciting for both of us.

    You know, you made a couple of duets with this guy. I mean, what do you remember most about making those records?

    A lot of fun, you know. Well, being in a different band, you know. Coming out of Fleetwood Mac, and going into a solo career, which is when I first met him, so I was really in two bands, you know. And to be able to actually become, for all practical purposes almost a member of a third band, it’s amazing. It’s like, how many bands can a girl be in? But fantastic, you know, and we have such a connection — a singing-Everly-Brothers kind of connection. So that makes working with Tom really not ‘work.’

    You know, I know it’s hard to choose, but do you have a favorite Tom Petty song?

    Um, you know what? It just depends on the time. It’s like, you know, right now, we’re doing, tonight, we’re doing ‘Insider,’ which is a really beautiful, tragic ballad, you know. So um… And it is tragic and so singing it with him, you know, we remember the tragic days. I mean, we love tragedy ’cause that’s what we write about, you know? So when you can sing a tragic ballad, I mean, as sad as it is, it’s so great ’cause that’s the compassion, you know?

    I was going to say, those sad stories, those lyrics make for some great music, right? I gotta ask you about Beyonce, your old Bootylicious co-star, you know? She’s performing at the Grammys this weekend. She’s expecting twins. I mean, how excited are you for her?

    I’m so excited for her. I can’t believe she’s expecting twins.

    I know, it’s crazy, right?

    I know. Well, you know what, that’s it, they’re done! They have three kids, they’re finished!

    That’s it, right?

    So, yeah, that’s great.

    There’s a lot of questions about whether or not she can perform at Coachella. I mean, if there’s anyone who can pull it off, do you think it’s her?

    It will be her. I watched her do Glastonbury like three years ago, and I watched it on TV by myself with a really good…in London…with a really good sound system — and just me. And it was just so great, and I always knew she was good, but I walked away from that television show of Glastonbury going like, ‘Wow! This woman did two and a half hours, and she never stopped!’

    Can she do it with twins though? Do you think she can pull it off?

    Well, I don’t know ’cause I’ve never been pregnant with twins. So I have no idea.

    Thank you very much. Have fun tonight.

    Thank you.

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    https://twitter.com/BuzzParade/status/830304405341687809

  • Stevie Nicks strikes ‘Gold’ with latest tour

    Stevie Nicks’ first solo tour in four years — the 24 Karat Gold Tour — impacts the latest Hot Tours tally (see list, below), as the trek’s final show from its fall 2016 run ranks at No. 3 on the tally. The show, held on Dec. 18 at The Forum in Inglewood, Calif., grossed $1.3 million from a sell-out crowd of 14,210.

    The new tour supports Nicks’ most recent solo album, 24 Karat Gold: Songs From the Vault, which was released in September 2014. The set debuted and peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard 200 chart, marking Nicks’ sixth solo top 10-charting effort.

    The 24 Karat Gold Tour — with The Pretenders on board as the opening act — also topped $1 million in sales at Madison Square Garden in New York City with a sold-out performance on Dec. 1. Revenue from that concert reached $1.5 million with a sold ticket count of 15,167. Final box-office figures have not yet been reported from the entire fall run, but estimated grosses from the Live Nation-produced tour fall in the $25 million range based on box office data from 10 shows reported to Boxscore during the fall.

    The 24 Karat Gold Tour launched Oct. 25 in Phoenix and will pick back up after a winter break on Feb. 23 in Reno, Nevada. The tour will continue through April. The Pretenders will remain with the tour through the April finale.

    The tour is Nicks’ first solo outing since her In Your Dreams Tour wrapped in September 2012. The following spring, she headed out on the road with her band Fleetwood Mac for the Fleetwood Mac Live tour from April through December 2013. It was followed by another Mac tour, the On With the Show tour (with a returning Christine McVie), from September 2014 through November 2015.

    HOT TOURS – January 24, 2017
    Ranked by Gross. Compiled from Boxscores reported Jan. 17-23

    Rank ACT
    Total Gross
    Show Date Range
    Venue/City (Shows/Sellouts)
    Total Attendance (Capacity)

    1 RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
    $3,514,134
    Dec. 18-Jan. 18
    O2 Arena, London (1/0)
    INTRUST Bank Arena, Wichita, Kan. (1/0)
    Scottrade Center, St. Louis (1/1)
    40,884 (43,243)

    2 MARC ANTHONY
    $1,622,258
    Dec. 9
    Coliseo de Puerto Rico José Miguel Agrelot, San Juan (1/0)
    16,484 (16,508)

    3 STEVIE NICKS
    $1,379,531
    Dec. 18
    The Forum, Inglewood, Calif. (1/1)
    14,210 (14,210)

    4 TRANS-SIBERIAN ORCHESTRA
    $1,208,560
    Dec. 22
    Van Andel Arena, Grand Rapids, Mich. (2/0)
    19,255 (20,508)

    5 R. KELLY
    $708,644
    Dec. 2-17
    Fox Theatre, Detroit (1/0)
    Orpheum Theatre, Minneapolis (1/0)
    Riverside Theatre, Milwaukee, Wis. (1/0)
    Kings Theatre, Brooklyn, N.Y. (1/0)
    8,008 (11,204)

    6 THE 1975
    $615,919
    Dec. 16
    O2 Arena, London (1/0)
    17,357 (18,081)

    7 CAIFANES
    $552,798
    Dec. 11
    Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City (1/0)
    16,819 (17,182)

    8 OV7 & KABAH
    $491,584
    Nov. 24-Dec. 4
    Auditorio Nacional, Mexico City (2/0)
    17,250 (19,239)

    9 FATBOY SLIM
    $478,266
    Dec. 17
    O2 Arena, London (1/0)
    10,293 (11,883)

    10 HA-ASH
    $460,108
    Nov. 26-Dec. 2
    Palacio de los Deportes, Mexico City (1/0)
    Auditorio Banamex, Monterrey, Mexico (2/0)
    22,282 (23,114)

    Bob Allen / Billboard / Friday, January 27, 2017

    Top 20 Global Concert Tours from Pollstar

    The Top 20 Global Concert Tours ranks artists by average box office gross per city and includes the average ticket price for shows Worldwide. The list is based on data provided to the trade publication Pollstar by concert promoters and venue managers.

    TOP 20 GLOBAL CONCERT TOURS

    1. Guns N’ Roses; $5,043,476; $101.18.
    2. Adele; $3,903,894; $109.48.
    3. Justin Bieber; $2,285,709; $79.13.
    4. Kanye West; $1,803,227; $82.70.
    5. Red Hot Chili Peppers; $1,532,584; $83.61.
    6. Marc Anthony; $1,467,575; $124.95.
    7. Maroon 5; $1,405,196; $102.93.
    8. Elton John; $1,341,193; $115.48.
    9. Andre Rieu; $960,987; $103.29.
    10. “The Illusionists”; $946,021; $71.71.
    11. The Cure; $910,724; $62.10.
    12. Stevie Nicks; $885,769; $98.05.
    13. Sia; $821,290; $78.98.
    14. Trans-Siberian Orchestra; $817,060; $59.44.
    15. Dixie Chicks; $771,486; $85.55.
    16. Carrie Underwood; $716,105; $70.45.
    17. Keith Urban; $676,101; $71.56.
    18. Dolly Parton; $671,982; $81.54.
    19. Def Leppard; $639,183; $59.40.
    20. Florida Georgia Line; $606,263; $46.28.

    Associated Press / Friday, January 27, 2017

  • Stevie Nicks honors late manager Howard Kaufman

    Stevie Nicks honors late manager Howard Kaufman

    A reception for the industry veteran drew a rock star-worthy crowd.

    A reception for veteran music manager Howard Kaufman, who died unexpectedly in the early morning hours of Jan. 19, drew a rock star-worthy crowd to Los Angeles’ Hillcrest Country Club on Jan. 25.

    Among the musicians to pay their respects were longtime clients Stevie Nicks, members of Def Leppard (Joe Elliott, Rick Savage) and Aerosmith (Steven Tyler) along with Fleetwood Mac’s Mick Fleetwood, The Eagles’ Joe Walsh and Poison’s Bret Michaels.

    Many industry heavy-hitters were also in attendance, including Irving Azoff and his wife Shelli; CAA head of music Rob Light and agent Mitch Rose; Michael Jackson estate co-executor John Branca; Maverick Management’s Larry Rudolph (Britney Spears); Songwriter Diane Warren; Hertz Lichtenstein & Young attorney Jamie Young; former Capitol chief executives Andy Slater and Phil Quartararo; Universal Music Enterprises CEO Bruce Resnikoff; and PR veterans Mitch Schneider and Marcee Rondon of MSO, and Liz Rosenberg, longtime rep for Kaufman clients Nicks and Chris Isaak, the latter of whom told the Los Angeles Times that Kaufman was “the Fred Astaire of management.”

    A graduate of UCLA , Kaufman started out in management working with Chicago while the group was still in its nascent stage. He went on to form Front Line Management with Azoff in 1974. Later, he launched HK Management where he represented and advised the likes of Janet Jackson, Lenny Kravitz and Jimmy Buffett.

    Kaufman is survived by his wife, Caroline; son, Brett; daughters Brooke Halsband and Elle Kaufman; and three grandchildren.

    Shirley Halperin / Billboard / Thursday, January 26, 2017

    Howard Kaufman, manager for the Eagles, Aerosmith and Stevie Nicks, dies at 79

    Veteran music manager Howard Kaufman, who guided the careers of the Eagles, Aerosmith and Stevie Nicks and helped pull off some of the mightiest rock ’n’ roll world tours of his day, has died at 79.

    Kaufman died Thursday and had continued working until the day before his death, said Craig Fruin, a longtime business associate.

    In an industry filled with larger-than-life personalities and supercharged egos, Kaufman was an even-keeled executive who blended an accountant’s mastery of number-crunching with a fatherly sense of rewarding his clients with long careers and sustained success, friends and clients said.

    “He wasn’t stereotype Hollywood, at all. He was low-key, non-hype,” singer and sometimes-actor Chris Isaak said Tuesday. “He was that rare little island of reality.”

    Over the decades, Kaufman managed or assisted a distinguished stable of musicians and rock acts — the Eagles, Steely Dan, Heart, Janet Jackson, Boston, Boz Scaggs, Three Dog Night, The Go-Go’s, Fiona Apple, Don Henley.

    Though long past conventional retirement age, Kaufman continued to handle clients through his management agency, HK Management, including Jimmy Buffett, Aerosmith, Chicago, Lenny Kravitz, Nicks and Isaak.

    Isaak said he had a deep admiration for Kaufman’s nearly innate money-management skills.

    “You could be at lunch planning a 50-date tour and, off the top of his head, he could tell you how many seats you sold in Kansas City last time, what you could expect this time, what size the venue was, whether it would work and — this was all while he was just passing the bread,” Isaak said. “He was the Fred Astaire of management, so good, you know, you just loved watching him.”

    Kaufman graduated from UCLA in 1960, served in the Army and set out on a career as an accountant. In 1969, he became a partner and business manager at Caribou Management, getting his first taste of rock stardom when he worked with Chicago, then still an emerging rock band.

    A decade later, he joined Irving Azoff at Front Line Management, one of the dominate forces in entertainment management. Kaufman later bought out Azoff and rebranded the company as HK Management.

    In addition to juggling the careers, tour schedules and album releases of top recording artists, he managed or served as a consultant on often extravagant and complex world tours for the Rolling Stones, Fleetwood Mac and Paul McCartney’s Wings Across America tour in the mid-’70s, when McCartney first began injecting his Beatles standards into his performances.

    Kaufman also was involved in the production and music coordination of several films, including “Urban Cowboy” and “Fast Times at Ridgemont High.”

    Nicks, in an interview Tuesday, said that Kaufman — with his this-is-how-we’re-going-to-do-it attitude — likely kept her from running out of money during her early days with Fleetwood Mac.

    “Let’s face it. We were all a little high, we were all a little stupid and without Howard, I’m sure I would have been broke,” Nicks said. “He’d say, ‘You don’t need to have three houses, Stevie. You need to put some of that money away in savings.’ ”

    Though wonkish when it came to numbers, Kaufman also was a fierce negotiator.

    Nicks said that Kaufman once held her father’s feet to the fire when he balked at paying her usual six-figure guarantee for making a tour stop at a concert venue he owned in the Phoenix area. She said her father later called her to complain.

    “I said, ‘Dad, you always told me to have a manager I trusted.’ ” She said that her father eventually relented and that the concert proceeds easily covered the guarantee.

    Isaak had similar memories.

    “When you’re going to a meeting and everyone has their guns and knives out, take Howard Kaufman,” he said. “The guy just didn’t have a back-down gear.”

    Fruin worked with Kaufman for 40 years and said despite his successes and an always-impressive roster of famous clients, his friend remained selfless and grounded.

    “His joy was his family, and his reward was helping people succeed,” Fruin said.

    Kaufman is survived by his wife, Caroline; son, Brett; daughters Brooke Halsband and Elle Kaufman; and three grandchildren.

    Steve Marble / Los Angeles Times / Wednesday, January 25, 2017

  • Stevie on ‘Buckingham McVie’: ‘I’m happy for them’

    Stevie on ‘Buckingham McVie’: ‘I’m happy for them’

    Stevie Nicks says another Fleetwood Mac album is unlikely: ‘We’re not 40 anymore’

    The music icon says the band are more keen to focus on touring

    Stevie Nicks says she does not think Fleetwood Mac will make another album together — because they are “not 40” any more.

    The singer, 68, believes the band are more likely to focus on touring and doubts they will ever record a follow-up to 2003’s Say You Will.

    She said: “If the five of us were to get together to make a record it would take a year, which is what it always takes us.

    “It would be a whole year of recording, then press, then rehearsal, and by the time we got back onto the road, it would be heading towards the second year, and I don’t know whether at this time it’s better for us just to do a big tour.”

    The band has sold more than 100 million records and reformed with the classic line-up of Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, John and Christine McVie and Mick Fleetwood for a world tour, which ended in 2015.

    Nicks said: “It’s every single penny we make divided by five, so the expense of making a record, which is huge, and then to get back on tour … we are not 40.

    “We have to take that into consideration — how long can we do tours that are three-hour shows? Would you rather spend a year in the studio or get back on the road? I think that the band would choose to tour.”

    Nicks, who is focusing on her solo career, is also reluctant to make new music.

    She said: “I don’t write as many songs any more because with the internet, the way that kids listen to music, all the streaming, and the fact that if they’re very savvy, if they want to get it and not pay for it, they can.

    “It goes against the grain of our whole belief in, ‘You write a song, you record it, and you put it out there and people should buy it’.

    “We realise it’s not our world any more and the younger kids don’t look at it like they’re taking from us… we don’t have the impetus to write 20 songs because we know that unless you’re under 20 you’re not going to sell many records.”

    She is not involved with the new album by McVie and Buckingham, which is not a Fleetwood Mac record.

    She said: “I’m sure it’s going to  be great, because Christine is super-inspired. I’m really happy for them.”

    On July 9, Nicks will support her old friend Tom Petty with his band The Heartbreakers at Barclaycard Presents British Summer Time in Hyde Park.

    She said: “I’m the girl who always wanted to be in his band and he’s always the one who said, ‘No, no girls allowed.’ There’s just no one else I’d rather be on stage with than Tom.”

    Alistair Foster / Evening Standard / Tuesday, January 17, 2017