It’s not often that you get to watch two of music’s leading ladies on the one stage.
And to see them laughing and having fun while speaking candidly to an audience of thousands on a sunny afternoon in the vineyards – well, it was nothing short of a privilege.
Stevie Nicks was the 24 Karat Gold tour headliner but Chrissie Hynde and her Pretenders gave the boho blonde in black a run for her money.
Ali Barter kicked things off on the right note. The former Triple J unearthed winner from Melbourne is one of several female artists putting Aussie music on the map again, and for all the right reasons. Barter is right up there with Vera Blue, Alex Lahey, Montaigne and Courtney Barnett – pushing musical boundaries with clever and thought-provoking, relatable lyrics. It’s about the music, not the image.
Barter has embraced light and shade when it comes to her vocals and musical compositions. Her voice is sweet and gravelly one second and a roaring scream the next. She nails it, too.
Unassuming with jeans, a black t-shirt and sunglasses, she is one to watch.
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Stevie Nicks and Chrissie Hynde high-five in rock-chick solidarity during “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around.” (Paul Dear)
Hynde strolled on stage with a confidence to be expected by a performer of her stature and experience. She ripped into Alone followed by Gotta Wait before giving a shout-out to the only original Pretenders member sharing the stage with her: the talented Martin Chambers on drums.
“What a pleasure it is to be back in the Hunter Valley, to be back with a message of love,” Hynde said.
“We love it here. I’d rather be here than just about anywhere else in the world. We can’t see anything because of the sun right now but it’ll go down, Everything goes down.”
“Message of Love” was followed by “Talk of The Town” which earned one fan a mention from the stage – “Nice dancing, sister” – and “Down The Wrong Way.”
A new version of “Let’s Get Lost” prompted a wonderful Hynde rant.
“You may not have heard this one. Download it. Steal it. I hate advertising,” she said.
“Oh and can you not film? This is a live performance and we don’t need that.”
Signs around the venue, in fact, discouraged people from filming and suggested instead that they enjoy the moment rather than viewing it through a small screen. Amen to that.
“Let’s Get Lost” preceded the superb “Hymn To Her” with just Hynde and a keyboard. Breathtaking. She cut the song short, saying: “I need love. Who doesn’t? I’m just an ordinary single grandmother.”
Ordinary? That’s debatable.
“Back On The Chain Gang” had everyone on their feet dancing and “I’ll Stand By You” had us screaming each word in unison.
At one stage Hynde stopped a song and swore when a guitarist made an error, then laughed.
“Everyone makes mistakes, That’s one of the things we all have in common,” Hynde said.
As for “Don’t Get Me Wrong” and “Brass In Pocket” – wow. Just wow.
The quintessential rock chick is still as formidable as ever but friendly, too. And boy, she is a tough act to follow.
Nicks floated onto the stage as only she can, much to the delight of the crowd (especially those who payed homage to their gypsy queen in leather, lace and flowing dresses). Her set was a mix of stories and songs and with a heavy emphasis on the life and talent of the late Tom Petty. Nicks all but worshipped the ground he walked on and admitted her dream was once to be a Heartbreaker.
We heard all kinds of anecdotes, such as the time she told Fleetwood Mac she wanted to record a solo album.
“They used to tease me about how many songs I would write that ended up in the dark gothic trough of songs,” Nicks said.
“I nearly fell over when they said I could go an do my own thing for a bit.”
She spoke of hiding in the basement of her music producer boyfriend’s house when Petty would come over, because he didn’t want Petty to know who his “new girlfriend” was, and then recording a number one hit with the man himself.
Hynde joined her on stage for “Stop Dragging My Heart Around” before Nicks launched into another story, this time about her beloved Toyota Corolla which didn’t drive in reverse. Then the money started flowing in and each Fleetwood Mac member had their own limousine.
Nicks felt “lonely” in the limo and missed her Corolla.
There was definitely a sense of a little girl lost in her stories. Nicks even wrapped her famous 1980 blue velvet shawl around her shoulders for a time. You couldn’t help but think it was some kind of security blanket when she spoke about her late mother and how she couldn’t believe Nicks paid $3000 for it.
Nicks was open and honest and gave a heartfelt insight into the stories behind the songs and life on the road with one of the world’s most popular bands. She talked about the “craziness” of recording Rumours and how “Dreams” came to be, and how she and Christine McVie moved out of a house they shared with the rest of the band.
The stage was pluinged into darkness for a time so the crowd held mobile phones (that had been hidden in their bags for fear of being subjected to the wrath of Hynde) in the air so that Nicks and her band could see.
Prince featured in her stories, too, as did the Twilight series. Yes, the vampire and werewolf one. Nicks is an Edward Cullen fan.
It was an odd but interesting series of recollections peppered with songs (see set list below). Was the format to everyone’s liking? It depends who you talk to. Those chatting away among themselves while Nicks told a story obviously weren’t that interested – however earned disapproving glares and head shakes from those who were hanging on her every word.
Portaloo line-up chatter at the end of the night suggested Nicks should have sung more of her hits and eased up on the storytelling, and praised Hynde for simply rocking out. Others loved the personal insights Nicks felt compelled to share.
Whatever your take, if you were at Bimbadgen on November 11 you were part of something special. These gals can still sing.
And as for A Day On The Green organisers, cheers to another well-organised and user-friendly concert experience.
Lisa Rockman / Newcastle Herald / Sunday, November 12, 2017
Scroll down for photos, videos, set list, fan reaction, and full transcripts of Stevie’s stories!
On Sunday night, Stevie Nicks wrapped up the first leg of the 24 Karat Gold Tour, performing at The Forum in Inglewood, CA (near downtown Los Angeles). The show was another sellout. Celebrity sightings included actress Hilary Duff, singer Carly Rae Jepsen, and celebrity blogger Perez Hilton.
Due to the extreme weather that the rest of the country has been experiencing, Stevie was relieved to back in Los Angeles.
“Hello Los Angeles! Well, it is so great to be back here. We have been all over the country, Canada…we have been to all the places that are now completely frozen over, and we are so glad to be back in California! She says, I may not be able to talk — it is cold out there!”
Continuing to break with convention, Stevie remained chatty with the audience, telling the stories behind the “mystical and magical” songs she had chosen for the tour. Some of the stories were noticeably shorter, with Stevie conceding, “I was told, I have to shorten the stories. My stories are becoming longer than the concert!” The adjustment comes after a scathing review from a Vancouver critic — the only one of the entire tour — who slammed the singer as a “party pooper” for telling “lengthy, egotistical and over-rehearsed anecdotes.” Another Vancouver critic, however, offered a less-agitated perspective — supporting the veteran rock acts well-earned “freedom to explore their vast musical repertoires” and appreciating this rare opportunity to hear those songs performed in concert at this late stage of their careers.
At the end of the show, Stevie told the audience that she would be starting up the tour again in February and also revealed that she may tour in Australia later in the year, though she wasn’t sure. She dedicated ‘Landslide,’ the final song of the evening, to her hard-working stage crew.
Much love and gratitude to all the fans who shared photos and video!
(The Forum)(Trevor Rich)
Gold and Braid (iseethecrystalvision)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD6BY3c8ehk
“Hello Los Angeles! Well, it is so great to be back here. We have been all over the country, Canada…we have been to all the places that are now completely frozen over, and we are so glad to be back in California! She says, I may not be able to talk — it is cold out there!
The Forum, yay! So this show is not exactly the Stevie Nicks show that you have seen 300,000 times in your lifetime probably, because this time I decided I was going to do something for me, which was dig out some of my old demos that I love, that for whatever reason did not make it onto records, not because they weren’t as good, but because I pulled them, because I wasn’t happy with the concept. So I call all of these songs the songs that went into the black trunk of gothic, mystical songs that were lost forever. Well, I pulled them out and I’m really excited about them. This is our 28th show and we’ve had such a good time because it is different — it’s different — and it’s really fun and it’s really fulfilling for me So anyway, it’s a journey, come with me. Let’s go!”
(Andrew Kevin Walker)
If Anyone Falls (jitsu1109)
Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around feat. Chrissie Hynde (SoCalLiveitLive)
Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around feat. Chrissie Hynde / Belle Fleur (Cal Vid)
Stevie: We have had the best time on this tour.
Chrissie: It’s all over. I love her.
Stevie: You can hire us two as a duo…parties, birthday parties, Bar Mitzvahs, we can do it. We have laughed ourselves across this country. We have forgotten words, we have giggled, we have looked at each other like, ‘We just didn’t come on here with a brain tonight!’
Chrissie: She gave me that hat.
Stevie: And I did give you that hat. You can only wear the hat and keep it on. You can never take the hat off.
Chrissie: See, I’m on a learning curve. And I’m learning from the queen herself.
Stevie: I gave it to you so you could just take it home and put it on your dining table! So you’re not leaving us, we’ll see you again.
Chrissie: No, we’ll see you soon. And I love you, you know that.
“OK, so this next song could have been written by Chrissie Hynde or Stevie Nicks or any girl that’s in a rock and roll band. When I first joined Fleetwood Mac, I was very taken by this one picture, and that was: A) I was a cleaning lady and a waitress and I had a Toyota with no reverse B) Suddenly, I was picked up by a very long, shiny, beautiful, black limousine. This stuck in my head to this day. I’m not crazy about the SUV thing because the limousine is just so grand, and after driving that Toyota with no reverse for five or six years, I was like, ‘Ah!’ But what I realized, when that black car came to pick me up to take me somewhere, it was usually on a tour and that meant that I wasn’t going to be back so if I had a boyfriend, which sometimes I did, sometimes I didn’t. But if I did, I had to basically say, ‘au revoir.’ And I couldn’t say when I would be back because you never know when you go on tour when you’re gonna be back. So I painted this picture in my head, and I wrote this song about it and it’s called ‘Belle Fleur.’”
Gypsy
(Taehyuns Jaimz)
Gypsy (SoCalLiveitLive)
“Thank you so much.”
(Renee Bowen)
Wild Heart / Bella Donna (The Scatman)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JZwPah1ytk
“Thank you. So I have a little story that goes along with those two songs. First of all, when we did Bella Donna, you have to kind of understand I walked away, and I didn’t…I wasn’t walking away, but that’s how everybody looked at it. I walked away from a very big band to do a solo record, which you know, was not, not greatly applauded by my friends and my band. But I promised them, I made them a promise. Swear to God, I’m not breaking up this band. You don’t have to worry, go on vacation and then I’ll be back. And you’re going on vacation anyway so you won’t even be here. So I said, I’m going to do this record. So when I did it, Bella Donna was very, very successful, and… But what I was afraid of was that everybody would think that it was fluke, and that’s what I was afraid of. And so I knew that I was going to leave Bella Donna because it was a very short tour and run to Paris to do Mirage, and then the second I got to Paris to do Mirage, I could be writing Wild Heart really fast so that the second I got finished with that, I could hit the ground running back to do Wild Heart because I knew that Wild Heart would be the single thing that would prove that Bella Donna wasn’t a fluke if it was successful. And Wild Heart…crazier, more fragmented, drove Jimmy (Iovine) crazy…but nevertheless, a beautiful album, very successful. And for me in my heart of hearts, signified that Bella Donna was not a fluke and neither was my solo career. So I had a little confidence, and I didn’t hurt anybody’s feelings. But the last thing about that story is you might notice I am wearing the original Bella Donna cape, which does not even have a snag. It is perfect, it is exactly the way it was in 1981 when it was made so I’m going to show it to you.
So if my mom was here, she would say to me, ‘Well, Stevie, you made a very good choice of fabric because, look at this, this cost like $2000, and you’ll never have to remake it because it’s made out of silk chiffon, and silk chiffon basically is what they make sails for boats out of. It will never fall apart.’ This is my mother, right? And I’m like, well this is her talking from heaven actually right now, and I’m thinking that she would be so knocked out to see this and think that, well, it really was a good choice. So that’s my little message from my mom. I think we should all invest in silk chiffon.”
Enchanted (The Scatman)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfYF8zCecHY
New Orleans
(Lindsey Salls)
Thank you. Well, this next song… It’s way harder singing all the songs, I have to tell you, than…(inaudible). You have no idea. So this song, this is serious, and I wrote this song in 2005. I was sitting in my house in Santa Monica, looking at my beautiful blue calm sea. And all of the sudden, on the news, it started that morning the fact that there was a giant, angry hurricane getting ready to slam into the coast of New Orleans. And so I, as a writer, when stuff like this happens, I’m always writing about it. I don’t necessarily tell people that I’m writing everything that’s going on, but I am, and so I hide those journals away. And so I thought, OK, as a writer, I know this is gonna be bad, so I have to figure a way to write about it, to chronicle it, to archive it, and not have people when they do read it in 10 years, go like, ‘Well, that’s the most depressing thing I’ve ever heard. Why in the world would she write something that was like unhopeful?’ So uplifting is the word that comes to mind. So that’s what I tried to do. I found a really good track that somebody had given me like two years before, brought my cassette-to-cassette recorder out, which is still the best way to record music, and sat there, and over the next two, three days, put this song together and then I put it away. I put it into the dark, gothic trunk of magical, mystical lost songs, and there it stayed. And then in 2010 when I did In Your Dreams, I decided I had the right people, I had Waddy, I had Dave Stewart, I had an amazing team of musicians, and I thought, OK this is the time. Let’s record it. So we did, and it came out so great, and I was so proud of it. We went on the road for two years with that record. We still did not do the song because it just was too sacred and too close. So when we decided to do this tour, I thought, OK, it’s time to like bring this song out and play it for people because it is a celebration now. It has turned into something that I’m very proud of that I hope the people from the city, the specific city, will love always. Anyway, so we gonna do it for you now. This is ‘New Orleans.’
Starshine (The Scatman)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJZvAHlyFCQ
“Thank you. So this next song was written at Tom Petty’s house. And I have been saying every single night that he was living in the Palisades when I wrote this, and I realized that’s totally not true. And I thought, ‘Oh my God, if Tom comes and I say he he was living in the Palisades and he wasn’t living in the Palisades, I’m going to get into so much trouble! So I think he was living in the Valley, which meant it was a long drive for me from Santa Monica to the Valley, but…
So I was going over there, he had a great studio and I had a song. And so I went there and I go to the door with my guitar in a case because I looked much more serious with my guitar in a case. Of course, I don’t play because I had really long nails, but I looked serious. So I come through the door, and he’s like, looks at me and he’s like, I’ve got my huge bag and my guitar, ‘Are you moving in?’ And I’m like, ‘No, just today.’ And I said, I have a song and I think it’s good. So he goes, ‘OK, well, come on. Play it, play it for me.’ So I sat down at the piano and I played it . And he said, ‘That’s a good song, Stevie.’ And he’s not, you know, he doesn’t love everything that you do, so it’s a big deal. So I’m like, ‘Yes! So I said like, ‘Well, can we record it?’ And he said, ‘Yes, we can.’ And The Heartbreakers slowly came straggling in, and the story is really very short because it happened…I think we played it twice. The track was amazing, and I did a good vocal. And had I been doing a record or had Tom been doing a record, it would have gone on one of those records, but we weren’t doing a record, so guess where it went? Into the glass gothic trunk of mislaid and mystical songs, lost forever. So there it stayed until now. And that was probably…1980? So anyway, it’s called ‘Starshine,’ and here it is.”
Moonlight (A Vampire’s Dream) (SoCalLiveitLive)
“This is for Prince.”
“There’s a big, long story that goes with that, but I’m not even gonna go there tonight. I’m just going to tell you that he was my friend and that song was written about un-doable relationship of people, and I was Prince’s friend and I’ll always feel that maybe, you know, we…any of us could have done something, and so anyway let’s just leave it up there in the twilight. Thank you.”
Stand Back
(Ben Harris)
Stand Back (SoCalLiveitLive)
“Thank you. So the reason that we put that picture up now is because Prince and I actually wrote a song together even though we didn’t sit in the same room and write it. But the story is that I was driving in the car… I was told, I have to shorten the story. My stories are starting to become longer than the concert. Pretty soon it’s just going to be like a seminar here. So anyway, there is a longer story, but I’m just gonna tell you the immediate story and that is that I was actually driving to Santa Barbara on my honeymoon and this is in like, you know, 1982, and this song came on the radio and my then, one-and-only-husband Kim said, ‘It’s a great song, huh?’ and I’m like, ‘This is a great song.’ And I’m like getting paper and pencil out of my personal things and he goes, ‘What are you doing?’ ‘I’m writing a song to this song,’ and he goes, ‘Well, this is a Prince song. You can’t just go and write a song to his song.’ And I go, ‘Well, yeah, yes i can and I’m doing it.’ So I said, ‘We have to pull over to like a drug store, laughing — no, not driving to get a cassette player! — and have something to take with us to where we were going in Santa Barbara because we have to record this. We have to make a demo before I forget it.
So then we did that, we made a demo, we raced back to LA, went into Sunset Sound recording, and I finally talked to somebody, maybe it was my manager, I don’t remember who but I said, ‘So can we get in touch with Prince? And I know he lives in Minneapolis, but maybe he’s here. Well, of course, he’s not here, he’s in Minneapolis,’ and they said, ‘Well, guess what? He’s here and here’s his number.’ So I called him and I go like, ‘Hello, Prince. Um, this is Stevie Nicks.’ And he’s like, ‘Hello, this is Prince,’ and I go, ‘I know.’ He said, ‘Well, how are you doing? and ‘Well, I’m doing fine, but this is why I’m calling you. So I wrote this song along to your musical track of ‘Little Red Corvette’ and I think you’re really gonna like it, but you may hate it and if you hate it, it is like deleted.’ That word didn’t even exist then. It is erased. And I said like, ‘So you’re in Los Angeles?’ and he said, ‘Yeah.’ And I said, ‘Can you come over here to Sunset Sound?’ and he said, ‘OK, I’ll be there in minute,’ and he was. Dressed…more dressed up than me and the girls, so dressed up…in purple.
So he listened to the song, he loved it, and he thought it was very innovative of me and he played guitar, he played synthesizer, he played other keyboards, and he did all this in about an hour and a half and then he was — whoosh — gone! Just gone. And so this song became like, you know a big — that horrible word — single, big single for us and was extremely…became a huge part of my life. And now, it is more of that because now when I sing ‘Stand Back,’ it’s like he is standing right here. And for me that will always be for me, so he’ll always be right here on this stage because I’ll never not do ‘Stand Back’ onstage. And I’ll always be able to whisper in my head, ‘Thank you for that song.’ So that’s our Prince story for ‘Stand Back.’”
Crying in the Night (The Scatman)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k6JhcA44INQ
“OK, here’s the really funny story. Let’s look at it this way. This song was probably written before Lindsey and I left San Francisco. That would have been 1970. But let’s round it off and say I wrote it in 1973 when Buckingham Nicks came out. So that would be 1973, 1983, 1993, 2003, 2013, 14, 15, 16…43 years! So I just wanna say that if you ever thought that you had a dream and it didn’t come true, the fact that Waddy and I are standing on this stage 43 years later, singing a song that should have been a single, but it never was, for an album that should have been big ’cause it was really good, but never was, and here we are today. So what I want to say to you is, you know, you have a dream, you’re 20, you don’t know what to do. You know, wait ’til you’re 25. Maybe it’s going to happen then. You’re 27…if you’re still looking for that dream, you haven’t found it yet. Your parents are mad you. OK, so like, 32…dream’s not happening yet. It’s in your hands. You’re like, I’m not giving up. 37…nothing. 40…45…here comes the dream, baby! Not quite. 50…55…60…68!
So never give up on your dreams because they are right out there in the ‘Bella Donna Starland.’ Just reach out your little hand and get ’em. It’s always there for you.”
If You Were My Love
“So this next song is one of the other songs I don’t remember who it was written about. But I do remember that I love this song, and it should have been on Bella Donna, but I didn’t like the concept of it. I didn’t like the way it was recorded, and it was all finished and mixed. It’s really hard to walk up to your producer and say, ‘I don’t like it.’ And they’re like, ‘Why didn’t you say something half way through it. ‘Like, I don’t know, but I don’t like it now.’ And so I pulled it because it was right. And I knew someday I could figure it out and make it right. It’s my favorite song. It’s one of my favorite songs to actually sing, because I think that being in this business is really about singing and if more people sang songs like this, it would be good. So anyway, for your listening pleasure, this is called ‘If You Were My Love.’”
(after the song)
“Thank you. That song is just for the joy of singing. I will be back.”
Gold Dust Woman (Steve Isaacs)
Band Introductions (iseethecrystalvision & The Scatman)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8R4CeoqSXc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-p-kvSEuUig
“Thank you. So now I’d like to introduce you to my band because, just think about it, if there was no band, it would just be me telling you more stories. It’d be cheap.
So nice Christmas decorations. Did you do that yourself? Can you hear me? Did you do that yourself? He did it. Thaggard. OK. Ladies and gentlemen, on Hammond B3, the best in the world, Mr. Ricky Peterson! On drums, also best in the world, we love him, he’s come back, he goes away, he comes back, on drums, Mr. Scotty Crago!
The grand pianist on the grand piano, the person who is the best balladeer along with me, me and him, we’re the two balladeers of this band, and almost as cheap, just the two of us. What he plays, I feel like I’m playing, and that is like so amazing for an artist. Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Darrell Smith on grand piano!
Right in back of Darrell is my friend from Phoenix, Arizona, yes. We come from the same place, and we’ve been hanging out since the middle of the ’90s. We make demos on cassette players. Well, we had an intern, we did. But anyway, we have lots of fun, and we have been in the beginnings of many amazing songs. So I always have to thank you for that because that’s very improtant to me. Thank you, Al. On bass, Al Ortiz, ladies and gentlemen!
Over here, the girls. First of all, you might notice that if you are a diehard Stevie Nicks fan, which you may not be, but if you are, you might notice that instead of a redhead where the blond is, there’s a blond now, and that’s because Lori, my sister-in-law, had to go and be with her daughter who’s having a baby in a couple of weeks. So we thought that was a good excuse, but we had to find somebody to sing for us. So we remembered that we had this amazing singer/friend from the ’80s that sang with us for quite a while. And I said to Sharon, ‘Sharon, what do you think? Let’s call Minnie.’ So we called Minnie and asked her if she would come on this tour, and she said, ‘YES!’ And we’re so happy that she came in without a ripple, and it’s a big job. So thank you, Minnie, you saved our lives. Ladies and gentlemen, on vocals, Miss Marilyn Martin, but we call her Minnie.
Right next to Minnie, my friend Sharon. I have known Sharon since 1978. I met her in Lahaina, Maui, and she was playing at the best bar in Lahaina. And I was there to have dinner and drink and hang out. And there was Sharon singing in this great band and I waited until she was done, and I asked her, ‘So Sharon, if I ever do a solo career, which wasn’t really in the book yet, would you like to be in my, like, Crosby-Stills-and-Nash thing?’ She said like, ‘YES!’ And so basically, two months later, she moved to Los Angeles and we went full speed on getting those Bella Donna songs written, right? So anyway, the really sweet thing about Sharon is though, the next day, I said to her, ‘Well, OK, we’re gonna sing and write and everything, but we don’t have a piano, so we’re acapella. So she said, ‘I’ll get us a piano.’ And so here comes… (A cartoon of Sharon moving the piano from her Treehouse is projected on the screen.) (laughing) Sharon lived in a treehouse. (laughing) She’s getting from (laughing)…the piano out of the treehouse. Seriously, this is the truth, and brought it to my house! Oh, Arlo! Arlo is our little lighting guy who does that. Sometimes, even I am surprised. She did live in a treehouse and it did have an upright grand piano in it. No lie. I ain’t lyin’. Ladies and gentlemen, on vocals and piano delivery, Miss Sharon Celani!
Right next to Sharon is our other guitarist, who is simply fantastic, and plays an amazing guitar, and has an amazing knowledge of the guitar and of all different kinds of music and keeps us laughing all the time. And for that and his brilliance on that instrument, we love him. His name is Carlos Rios, on guitar! Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome him.
You notice I’m hurrying. I’m hurrying because I’ve been told to hurry. I’m not that good at hurrying. We just need another hour.
So OK, over here, this man, you’ve heard a lot about him since the beginning of the show. I met him in 1971. We became really good friends. We have played music ever since, and he’s been my musical director since 1981 when I got my Atlantic deal, with Jimmy and Atlantic. I called Waddy and said will you come and be like the musical director. I don’t even know what a musical director is at that point, but I’m like, I think that sounds good. So he says yes, and we go in and make that record. So he’s been along for the entire ride, and he is the person who makes me feel safe up her because I’m not always brave and courageous. This was a little scary to do this show and to do all these new songs that some of you probably have never heard. So I was nervous about it. And Waddy was just like, ‘You know what? Just do what you want to do, and have fun and feel your heart, I mean, at this point.’ So anyway, he makes this our little house of love. It’s like our little living room at The Forum. And when somebody does that for you, it’s amazing because you are never scared and that is such a great thing. Ladies and gentlemen, musical director, million dollar baby, best friend, Gemini twin…Waddy Wachtel!
That’s really the only time we get to talk. We have that little moment. So, OK, well, I’ll be right back.”
(Steve Gaines)
Edge of Seventeen (prestoff2000)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEIBI9s1PYo
“Thank you so much, everybody! You’ve been an awesome audience. You have been awesome! And it’s just so great to be back so I thank you so much. Hopefully, we’ll get to see you again. We’re going to go back out in February for like two more months and we’re going to Australia, I think. And so this is like, it’s carrying on. So I’m really excited, and I’m so glad you got to share this with me. So many of you out there are just my really close friends, and all the people, all of you. Even though you don’t know it, you’re my really close friends, too. So thank you so much. You have just been awesome!”
Rhiannon (The Scatman)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4OU9y1C65ts
“That darned, old Rhiannon. You know, we can’t rid of her. She like puts on her black wings and flies in and has been in every show on every stage I’ve ever been on, ever since 1975. And every once in while I will say, ‘So maybe we could not do Rhiannon this time.’ And this is the reaction that I get, (loud gasp!). So I don’t say that very often. People are like, ‘What?!’ So anyway, that was her. Now she’s gone.
So before we go into this last song, this is our 28th show, I want to thank our amazing crew because, as marvelous as the lighting is all done by our amazing lighting people and the sound that is done by our amazing sound people, the crew makes sure that one of those things don’t fall on my head. That’s really important if you think about it. Can you feel safe down here or not? So I want the crew to know that I know how hard you work every single day, every single night to put this together and make it safe up here for us. And Arlo, lighting, you’re just like…the graphics for Sharon in her treehouse like…you get like a small raise. Small, but nevertheless, a raise. And just everybody who has made this tour so fantastic. You just can’t name all the people. They’re all amazing. So thank you to them, and I would like to take this moment to dedicate this song to my crew, my lighting people, my sound people, and all the people who care so much about us and keep us safe here every night. This is ‘Landslide’.”
Landslide (Cal Vid & Steve Isaacs)
Reviews
Review: Stevie Nicks opens a ‘gothic trunk’ of lost songs at the Forum
Stevie Nicks brought her usual assortment of accessories to the Forum on Sunday night, including a tambourine festooned with glittering streamers and a dark-blue garment she described as “the original ‘Bella Donna’ cape.’” Unchanged since she started wearing it around the time of her debut solo album in 1981, the cape cost $2,000, she said, and was made of silk chiffon — the same material used to create ships’ sails, according to Nicks. “It’ll never fall apart,” she added. —Mikael Wood / LA Times (Read the full review here.)
Stevie Nicks and Chrissie Hynde are timeless at The Forum While 2016 has seen more than its fair share of loss in the music world (David Bowie, Glenn Frey, Prince, Merle Haggard, Sharon Jones, Sir George Martin and Leonard Cohen for starters), two of classic rock’s most celebrated women showcased their distinguished legacies in a sold-out concert at the Forum in Inglewood on Sunday. —Robert Kinsler / OC Register (Read the full review here.)
Ninie & Mother are currently at the Stevie Nicks concert whereas I'm studying to remember the difference between ser & estar. lol, what? pic.twitter.com/tUvs14DGIX
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!
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 kicked off the highly-anticipated 24 Karat Gold Tour Tuesday tonight at the Talking Stick Resort Arena in downtown Phoenix. Promising an eclectic show packed with music “in your heart,” Stevie delivered a surprisingly diverse set list that focused heavily on her solo work, performing just three songs from her Fleetwood Mac catalog (see full set list below). This was clearly the rock icon’s plan, as she made the bold move to open the set with “Gold and Braid” — an obscure track from the Bella Donna sessions that was never completed (the 1981 live version appears on 1998’s retrospective Enchanted.)
Among other set list surprises were a fantastic “Wild Heart/Bella Donna” medley; a moving stripped-down version of “Moonlight (A Vampire’s Dream)”; and the elusive “Crying in the Night” from Stevie’s out-of-print 1973 recording Buckingham Nicks (with Fleetwood Mac band member Lindsey Buckingham). Stevie noted that her longtime friend, musical director, and guitarist Waddy Wachtel played an instrumental role during the recording of Buckingham Nicks.
Fellow-Rock-and-Roll-Hall-of-Famer Chrissie Hynde and The Pretenders hit the stage first at around 7:20 pm, igniting the crowd with a bevy of hits, which included “Back on the Chain Gang,” “Don’t Get Me Wrong,” and “Brass in Pocket.” Sporting ripped blue jeans, black Elvis Presley t-shirt, and white sneakers, Chrissie commanded the stage with authority, as she and the band knocked out a catalog of songs spanning nearly 40 years. (The Pretenders set list also appears below.)
The Pretenders performed for about an hour before Stevie took to the stage at 8:45 pm. Chrissie returned to the stage to join Stevie and Waddy for the hit duet “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around,” filling in nicely for Tom Petty and providing a unique point of view at the same time. During the song, the two rock veterans high-fived in cool female solidarity (Stevie and Chrissie’s positive influence on female rock and roll is undeniable).
(Melissa Fossum / Phoenix New Times)
Stevie revealed that she was a little nervous about singing a full set of songs on her own again (20 in all), but she was delighted and inspired to be starting the tour in her hometown of Phoenix.
“I’m a little freaked out,” Stevie said. “But I’m in my hometown where I wrote a lot of these songs.” After performing the “Wild Heart” and “Bella Donna” medley, Stevie told the audience she had been wearing the same blue cape she wore during the Bella Donna sessions in 1981.
The middle part of the set was strong, with Stevie showcasing a number of songs from 2011’s In Your Dreams and 2014’s 24 Karat Gold: Songs from the Vault. The uptempo “Annabel Lee” (Edgar Allan Poe’s poem set to rock music) and “Starshine” played especially well onstage, with the singers in full vocal range. This momentum led into the pulsating “Stand Back,” complete with full spins during the guitar solo. The signature spectacle never fails to impress.
Stevie shared the stories behind some of the songs she performed, such as “Crying in the Night” and “If You Were My Love,” two lesser-known songs in her repertoire. Stevie revealed that both songs had languished in her back catalog for years, namely the reflective “If You Were My Love,” which had been rehearsed numerous times and withdrawn from both Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Nicks solo projects.
(Melissa Fossum / Phoenix New Times)
Stevie closed out the show with her trademark anthems “Gold Dust Woman,” “Edge of Seventeen,” and “Rhiannon” (first encore). During “Edge of Seventeen,” Stevie paid her respects to “Stand Back”-collaborator Prince, showing a photo montage of the legendary musician on the large projection screen at the back of the stage. The tribute produced a loud crowd ovation from the Phoenix crowd.
Stevie skipped her famous “Edge of Seventeen” walk, during which she has traditionally shaken hands with fans in the front row. A Stevie Nicks concert without this ritual seemed like an unthinkable occurrence, but this decision allowed time for additional songs and truly underscored an evening of experimentation for Stevie, who has not often strayed from familiar set lists. But the risk paid off, as she had the crowd pumped and on their feet by the end of the show.
The final encore “Leather and Lace,” performed with just “the girls” (background singers Sharon Celani and Marilyn Martin), as it had been arranged for the White Winged Dove Tour back in 1981, was a fitting homage to Stevie’s 35-year solo career coming full circle. “What a journey it has been!” she remarked at the end of the show.
The 24 Karat Gold Tour coincides with the November 4th re-release of Stevie Nicks’ first two solo albums Bella Donna (1981) and The Wild Heart (1983), which combined have sold more than 6 million copies in the U.S. alone.
All slideshow photos courtesy of Michael Chow / AZ Central
Thank you to Jamie Maletic and her friends for providing the full set list before the show!
Gold and Braid
If Anyone Falls
Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around (with Chrissie Hynde & Waddy Wachtel)
Belle Fleur
Outside the Rain/Dreams (medley)
Wild Heart/Bella Donna (medley)
Annabel Lee
Enchanted
New Orleans
Starshine
Moonlight (A Vampire’s Dream)
Stand Back
Crying in the Night
If You Were My Love Band introductions
Gold Dust Woman
Edge of Seventeen Encores
Rhiannon
Leather and Lace
The Pretenders Set List
Alone
Gotta Wait
Down the Wrong Way
Private Life
Hymn to Her
Back on the Chain Gang
Don’t Get Me Wrong
I’ll Stand by You
Tattooed Love Boys
Mystery Achievement
Stop Your Sobbing
Brass in Pocket
Holy Commotion
Middle of the Road
Room Full of Mirrors
Videos
Big thanks and much love to Haley Clark, UnderTheDesertMoon, and especially The American, who filmed the entire show!
Gold and Braid (Haley Clark)
Gold and Braid (The American)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXljEmrv_Mw
“Phoenix, Arizona…just like I pictured it! Well, I’d like to say, Welcome home! This is our house tonight. Very proud to be here, very very proud to have Chrissie Hynde and The Pretenders here with me. This is not exactly… And I know you all know this, but I’m just gonna tell you anyway ’cause you know that I just love to talk, so. This is a… This is a little different kind of set. We really have done what you have asked for all these years, and we have gone back and we have picked up some things that we think maybe in your hearts you always wanted to hear. It’s been a lot of fun for us to put this together. So everybody, thank you for coming! We’re very, very happy to be here! We love you and we’re home! Thank you!”
If Anyone Falls (The American)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXfy3Q9URCc
Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around – with Chrissie Hynde (The American)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fucmVEYUPCo
Outside the Rain/Dreams (The American)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zt2Zveo_XY
Wild Heart / Bella Donna (The American)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQookMdC8i8
Annabel Lee (The American)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ucHw3NHAEQk
“Thank you, Edgar Allan Poe! Here’s here. He’s in the back. Just watch out. He’s standing behind you somewhere.”
New Orleans (The American)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sr2wUtxP9U
Starshine (The American)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nYqwrtBqw8
Moonlight (A Vampire’s Dream) (The American)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VMNX2qvGyU
Stand Back (The American)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QElg2ETPUYw
Crying in the Night (The American)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jeMqftCpUoY
Gold Dust Woman (The American)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SdkkRLLksI
Gold Dust Woman (UnderTheDesertMoon)
Edge of Seventeen (The American)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wv-XM3eMMVg
Rhiannon (The American)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SaJLwrHqxbE
Leather and Lace (The American)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pj8oHIAc074
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvYav6QRoP0
“What a journey it has been! Thank you, everyone, so much. You know, uh, first of all, thank you for staying. That’s a big plus. That makes me really feel good because, you know, I mean if it was me, I’d probably be going like, ‘A lot of traffic out there.’ So thank you so much!
Secondly, you always surprise me, and uh, this was a very, you know it’s like, I’m not really supposed to like talk this much. Someday I’m going to do a show where I don’t even sing, I’m just gonna talk. And uh, but I want you to know this was a very different show. This is doing songs that we’ve never done, and it’s hard because you haven’t ever. You’re so familiar with your other songs. These songs, a lot of them you’re not familiar with, but you love them, and to be able to share them with everybody is wonderful. By the time we get a couple more shows, they’ll be a little more finessed. But I’m glad that I was able to share this first night of trying to get this all in my head with you.
You have been my great friends, sitting in my living room, listening to my new demos. And that, of course, is my favorite thing of all to do, is sit in my living room and play demos. So that’s what’s you’ve done for me tonight. And you’ve let me know that this is gonna work, and I’m gonna be OK, and I appreciate that.
So take care of yourself, stay strong, don’t watch the news — it’s depressing. I love you all! We’ll be back! Take care! God bless you!”
Legendary acts Stevie Nicks and Chrissie Hynde’s Pretenders pair up for fall tour
On October 25, Stevie Nicks will kick off the 24 Karat Gold Tour, performing 27 shows across the U.S. and Canada. The Pretenders, lead by Chrissie Hynde, will be the support act. To purchase VIP concert packages, visit Stevie Nicks Official.
Official Tour Dates
October 25: Talking Stick Resort Arena-Phoenix AZ
October 27: Pepsi Center-Denver CO
October 29: Toyota Center-Houston TX
October 30: American Airlines Center-Dallas TX
November 2: Amalie Arena-Tampa
November 4: BB&T Arena: Ft. Lauderdale FL
November 6: Phillips Arena-Atlanta GA
November 7: Bridgestone Arena-Nashville TN
November 10: Time Warner Cable Arena-Charlotte NC
Novemeber 12: Colonial Life Arena-Columbia SC
November 14: Verizon Center-Washington DC
November 15: TD Gardens-Boston MA
November 18: Boardwalk Hall-Atlantic City NJ
November 20: Wells Fargo Center-Philadelphia PA
November 23: Van Andel Arena-Grand Rapids MI
November 25: Mohegun Sun – Connecticut
November 27: The Palace of Auburn Hills-Detroit MI
November 29: Air Canada Center-Toronto ON
December 1: Madison Square Gardens-New York NY
December 3: United Center-Chicago IL
December 5: Pinnacle Bank Arena-Lincoln NE
December 6: Xcel Energy Center-St Paul MN
December 9: Pepsi Live at Rodgers Arena-Vancouver BC
December 11: Key Arena-Seattle WA
December 13: Golden 1 – Sacramento CA
December 14 SAP Center-San Jose CA
December 18: The Forum- Los Angeles CA
Official Press Release
Singer Stevie Nicks, the multi-platinum, Grammy Award Winning music icon today announced The 24 Karat Gold Tour. Produced exclusively by Live Nation, the 28 city tour with Pretenders, will begin on Tuesday, October 25 in Phoenix, Arizona and will see the legendary Nicks perform throughout North America this Fall with shows scheduled in New York City, LA, Toronto, Vancouver, Chicago, Philadelphia, Atlanta and more. A full list of tour dates follows this release.
American Express Card Members can purchase tickets before the general public beginning Wednesday, September 7 at 10:00 am. Through Sunday, September 11 at 10:00 pm. Tickets go on sale beginning Monday, September 12 at www.livenation.com.
Nicks, a multi-platinum selling artist – dubbed “the reigning queen of rock and roll” by Rolling Stone Magazine has had six Top Ten albums and 8 Grammy nominations. Her 2014 album 24 Karat Gold – Songs From The Vault debuted at No. 7 on Billboard’s Top 200 Charts. As a member of Fleetwood Mac, Nicks recently performed 122 sold out shows around the world during 2014-2015. Collectively as a solo artist and Fleetwood Mac band member, Nicks has sold over 140 million albums and won several Grammys.
The Pretenders cross the bridge between punk, new wave and Top 40 pop music more than any other band, with hit songs like I’ll Stand By You, Back On The Chain Gang and Don’t Get Me Wrong. The band has sold over 25 million albums and founder & leader Chrissie Hynde is one of contemporary music’s greatest songwriters. Chrissie most recently released the album Stockholm and a 2015 memoir, Reckless: My Life As a Pretender, hailed by the New York Times upon its release as “honest and distinctive…first and foremost, a love letter to rock and roll.”