Stevie Nicks Tapped To Perform at City of Hope Spirit of Life Gala October 2026

City of Hope Announces Melissa Etheridge, Stevie Nicks & Jackson Browne for 2026 Spirit of Life® Gala honoring music exec & entrepreneur Larry Mestel, founder and CEO of Primary Wave.

Date: October 27, 2026 

Location: Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles

Stevie Nicks Makes Significant Contribution to USC Keck School of Medicine

Stevie Nicks Makes Major Gift to Establish Endowed Chair at USC

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame singer-songwriter Stevie Nicks has made a significant contribution to the University of Southern California, helping establish a $3 million endowed chair in otolaryngology at the USC Keck School of Medicine.

The newly created Stevie Nicks and Joseph Sugerman, MD, Endowed Chair in Otolaryngology honors renowned Beverly Hills ear, nose and throat specialist Dr. Joseph Sugerman, a USC alumnus and longtime faculty member who has spent nearly five decades caring for performers and patients alike.

Nicks’ gift completed the fundraising effort for the endowed chair, which was also supported through contributions from several foundations and individual donors.

Reflecting on her longtime relationship with Dr. Sugerman, Nicks said:

"Through late nights on the road, years of touring, hours in the recording studio, I always knew I could count on Dr. Sugerman to be there to help keep my voice healthy, just as he does for his other patients. I am thrilled to have this opportunity to acknowledge his talent and insights and mark his many years of outstanding practice."

The honor recognizes a professional relationship that has helped sustain one of rock music’s most distinctive voices throughout a celebrated career spanning more than five decades.

Nicks’ connection to USC dates back to 1979, when Fleetwood Mac invited the USC Trojan Marching Band to perform on the title track of the band's landmark album Tusk. The collaboration later continued when the band joined Fleetwood Mac on tour.

According to USC officials, income generated by the endowed chair will support research, education, and patient care focused on vocal medicine and disorders affecting the ear, nose, and throat, ensuring continued advancements in a field that has played a vital role in preserving the voices of performers around the world.

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Re-Release Stevie Nicks Live at Red Rocks Remastered in HD

 For Immediate Release 

Eight Classic Music Films to Be Re-Released in 2026 in High Definition 

Studio City, CA – Lightyear Entertainment announces that it has embarked on a major project to remaster and future-proof its classic music films.  Shot and edited on videotape in the 80’s, there was no way to go back to 35mm film materials.  But using modern technology, the company has successfully remastered eight of them in High Definition for the first time.

Lightyear CEO Arnie Holland said: “These films are some of the best music films ever, starring some of the biggest artists ever.  Some are concerts, some are documentaries, and one is a unique feature film.  All were in Standard Definition.  It was sad for me to watch them become so fuzzy and outdated, when these beloved artists’ music is still vibrant and relevant.  Technology had pushed these classic films aside, but now technology has made them great again.  Yes, we used AI programs to accomplish this. While I am as worried about the future of AI as most other people, right now it’s a great tool.  And ignoring the possibilities of what it can do doesn’t make sense.  We owed it to these major artists to use every tool we could find in order to preserve and future-proof these films.”

All of the eight films were produced in the 80’s before Lightyear’s 1987 management buyout of RCA Video Productions, Inc.

The first film to be newly released was Elvis ’56 Remastered, on February 20.  For that one a BluRay was released for the first time along with a release to Digital platforms in TVOD, SVOD, AVOD and YVOD.

On June 5, the following films will be released to Digital platforms in TVOD, SVOD, AVOD and YVOD:

Eurythmics: Sweet Dreams (the Video Album) Remastered

Jefferson Starship: The Definitive Concert Remastered

Stevie Nicks: Live at Red Rocks Remastered

On August 21, the following films will be released to Digital platforms in TVOD, SVOD, AVOD and YVOD:

A Night with Lou Reed Remastered

Rick Springfield: The Beat of the Live Drum Remastered

Waylon Jennings: America Remastered

Return to Waterloo (a film by Ray Davies of the Kinks) Remastered

Waylon Jennings America was released on DVD in 1986.  It has never been offered to Digital platforms before.  The film includes scenes with Robert Duvall, Hank Williams, Jr. and Johnny Cash.

Return to Waterloo is a 60-minute feature film (released theatrically by New Line Cinema), and, instead of dialog by the actors, the story is told almost exclusively by the lyrics of original songs penned by storyteller extraordinaire Ray Davies.

Elvis ’56 was originally seen on Cinemax after debuting at Sundance; Stevie Nicks Live at Red Rocks on HBO, Rick Springfield’s The Beat of the Live Drum (directed by David Fincher) on HBO, Eurythmics Sweet Dreams on MTV, A Night With Lou Reed on MTV.

All of the film remastering was produced in-house by David Lawrence, Lightyear’s Director of Film Acquisition. Sound mastering adjustments were done by Sky Spooner, Lightyear’s Executive Vice President.

Lightyear Entertainment, a distributor of independent films and music, was founded in 1987. https://lightyearentertainment.com/

Stevie Nicks Stuns in Custom Galliano at Her First-Ever Met Gala

After decades of influencing fashion from concert stages around the world, Stevie Nicks finally made her long-awaited debut at the Met Gala on May 4 — and in true Nicks fashion, the moment felt nothing short of magical.

The legendary Fleetwood Mac frontwoman arrived at fashion’s biggest night in a breathtaking custom gown created by celebrated designer John Galliano for Zara, marking the singer’s first-ever appearance on the famed Met steps at age 77.

According to a press release, the one-of-a-kind ensemble perfectly captured the mystique and theatrical elegance that have defined Nicks’ style for decades. The dramatic black and midnight blue gown featured a sweeping crinoline silhouette with an overlay skirt adorned in intricate appliqué roses crafted from layers of tulle and chiffon. As the sprawling skirt cascaded down the Met’s iconic staircase, the look instantly became one of the evening’s most memorable fashion moments.

This year’s gala theme, “Fashion is Art,” celebrated the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s spring 2026 exhibition “Costume Art,” making Nicks’ cinematic, romantic look a fitting addition to the night’s artistic spectacle.

The ensemble was completed with a silk taffeta and velvet jacket that shimmered beneath the gala lights, along with one of Nicks’ signature accessories — a towering black top hat accented with feathers. The piece was created in collaboration with famed milliner Stephen Jones, further elevating the gothic glamour of the look.

While Nicks is famously associated with flowing shawls, moon necklaces, and layered bohemian jewelry, she opted for a more refined approach for her Met Gala debut. She wore her signature blonde curls loose over the velvet textures of the gown and accessorized with opal and diamond jewelry from Tiffany & Co.’s Blue Book collection, including a pendant necklace, earrings, and rings.

The appearance served as a reminder of just how influential Nicks has been as a fashion icon throughout her career. From velvet capes and platform boots to lace gloves and top hats, her aesthetic helped define the visual identity of 1970s and 1980s rock culture and continues to inspire generations of musicians and designers alike.

Later in the evening, the night transformed from fashion event to unforgettable musical moment when Sabrina Carpenter joined Nicks for a surprise duet performance of Landslide in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Egyptian wing.

After Carpenter opened the evening with performances of “House Tour,” “Espresso,” and “Please Please Please,” Nicks took the stage as the event’s headlining performer. Together, the pair performed “Landslide” before Carpenter assisted Nicks on “Don’t Stop Thinking About Tomorrow.” Nicks also delivered performances of Gypsy and Edge of Seventeen, bringing the evening to a dramatic and emotional close.

For an artist whose image has long existed at the intersection of rock and couture, Stevie Nicks’ Met Gala debut felt less like a first appearance — and more like the arrival of fashion royalty. 

Photos: Kevin Mazur, Michael Loccisano, John Shearer

Stevie Nicks on Taylor Swift

The 30 Greatest Living American Songwriters

New York Times

More than 250 music insiders and six New York Times critics weighed in on who defines the new American songbook. Here, in an unranked list, are the artists they chose.

She has never stopped chasing that initial Nashville impulse — a four-ish-minute distillation of the biggest feelings imaginable, threaded through a melody that won’t leave you alone. Sometimes she brings country phrasings to electro-pop, or pop rigor to indie rock; she might let her rhymes and verses go shaggy or bring a bridge back like a chorus. Such are the perks of having mastered the form early, while amassing the cultural capital to remake pop in her image.

Pop stars are not supposed to last this long or create this much. The Beatles’ entire creative output happened, essentially, in eight years. But Swift’s durability — 12 studio albums and hundreds of songs over two decades — has given us an unprecedented combination of musical auteurism and commercial success.

Her later work often explores the tension between the two. She has a campy kiss-off register for tart bon mots — “Lights, camera, bitch, smile / Even when you wanna die,” she chirps on the fake-bubbly “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart.” But on the dream-pop opus “Mirrorball,” it’s all earnest reflection from the top of the mountain: “I can change everything about me to fit in.”

Swift’s latest run of dominance, the stretch that has given her two more Grammys for album of the year (and four in total, a record), began with that surprise pandemic one-two flutter of “Folklore” and its sister album “Evermore.” Simultaneously, Swift was painstakingly recreating four of her earlier albums to own them outright. Collective fervor around the “Taylor’s Version” albums sent a 10-minute director’s cut rendition of a nearly decade-old breakup ballad, “All Too Well,” to No. 1 on the Billboard chart in 2021, simply because so many listeners wanted to hear even more of a track that made them feel bruised, abandoned and devastated.

Swift has done as much as anyone in modern popular music history to advance the idea of the song — its construction and impact, its tensions and limitations — as an important art form. But she has also done it while foregrounding the agency and emotional lives of young women, and as a result has become probably the most pored-over writer — or at least up there with J.K. Rowling and the pope — of the 21st century in any medium.

— Joe Coscarelli

Stevie Nicks on Taylor Swift

You ask about her brilliance
I can only say ~
If only I had — written it …
For me, this song will always live ~
In my heart
“You’re on your own kid —
You always have been … ”

I feel that her song is generational. I think it’s all of her relationships written into one song — a little bit of this, a little bit of that — and dropped into my lap. Over time, I have dropped in my own great loves to stand in her story, and it makes me cry for both of us — what we lost, what we learned and how we survived. That is how a great songwriter reaches into people’s hearts and connects with them. All that beauty and tragedy and life’s lessons have led her down this path of unstoppable creativity; she just doesn’t stop, and that is what has turned her into this beautiful young woman who makes magic with everything she touches.

P.S. Yes, this is the song that reconnected Taylor and I. The title of the song is something Christine would have said to me after she passed away — and I felt it came through Taylor. It helped me a lot to let her go ~

And brought me a new friend. …

— Stevie Nicks is a singer and songwriter. Interview by Jenn Pelly. Text has been edited and condensed.

Stevie Nicks and her polished, sturdy band Rock the Orleans Jazz Fest 2026

A few notable changes for this, Stevie's last scheduled show so far in 2026.

• She changed the top portion of her outfit something she hasn't done for the last number of years.  likely because it was an outdoor show and warm.
• She changed up the setlist, adding Fleetwood Mac's "Don't Stop" along with "New Orleans".
• She brought out the tambourine, something she hasn't played in a long while, not since she fell and hurt her shoulder.

Stevie Nicks conjured a big crowd and a rainbow at Jazz Fest 2026 with Tyler Childers, Nas

BY KEITH SPERA
Nola.com
Photos David Grunfeld

In the mathematics of Jazz Fest, Stevie Nicks + Tyler Childers + Saturday = a huge crowd.

That equation was evident to anyone stuck in the blocks-long line that snaked down Fortin Street outside of the Fair Grounds on Saturday.

And it was evident to anyone who hoped to show up at the last minute to see Nicks close out the main Festival Stage.

She drew one of the largest crowds in 2022, and she played Saturday to the biggest crowd so far at the 2026 Jazz Fest. It was one of those Jazz Fest crowds that takes on a presence and personality of its own. It created gridlock on the walking path coming from the food area and overflowed onto the dirt track. A sightline to glimpse a distant video screen was the best late arrivals could hope for.

Nicks demonstrated that she is not ready to go gently. She and her polished, sturdy band didn’t just play the hits. They played with the hits, adding extra flourishes and roughing them up a bit across the last hour of her set.

At Jazz Fest in 2022, she dedicated “Landslide” to the Foo Fighters’ recently deceased drummer, her pal Taylor Hawkins. This time, she dedicated it to her vast audience. Waddy Wachtel, a collaborator with Nicks and many other rock stars going back to the 1970s, accompanied her on acoustic guitar. She stretched out and held the final “snow” in the “snow-covered hills” line, her voice as perfectly burnished as ever.

She ducked out of view for a moment to “go get another cape.” The musicians welcomed her back for “Gold Dust Woman.” The sprinkle that was dusting the rear of the Festival Stage crowd — the crowd was so big, it’s entirely possible it wasn’t raining up front — started falling in bigger drops. The band extended passages of “Gold Dust Woman,” rocking it up with big thumps on the drums, cymbal splashes and jagged electric guitars.

Nicks has evolved into an onstage storyteller in recent years, prefacing many songs with charming anecdotes. On Saturday, she recalled how poor she and then-paramour Lindsey Buckingham were when they first moved to Los Angeles. She waitressed and cleaned houses to help make ends meet.

After they joined Fleetwood Mac, their fortunes changed — and her mom informed her that she needed to start paying taxes. Which was a roundabout way of getting to “Gypsy.”

She disappeared for another cape change, giving Wachtel and company an opportunity to lock into a long, grungy intro to “Edge of Seventeen.”

“We might see you again today,” she said as the band exited, which was her Stevie way of indicating an encore was forthcoming. That encore opened with “New Orleans,” a lesser-known composition of hers that she dusts off for local shows.

The next song, she said, “has lots of hope.” It was one she hadn’t sung in a while.

It was “Don’t Stop,” from Fleetwood Mac’s 1977 opus “Rumours.” Written by the late Christine McVie and originally sung by McVie and Buckingham, “Don’t Stop” lofted out over the Fair Grounds as a rainbow appeared overhead. She played a tambourine for the first time since she broke her shoulder a year ago.

Earlier, Nicks shared that “I often think, at times like these, what a great job I have.”

She’s still very good at it.

Stop Draggin My Heart Around

STEVIE'S COMING!!

Upcoming Stevie Nicks album is 'glorious,' says pal Vanessa Carlton

Stevie Nicks and "A Thousand Miles" singer Vanessa Carlton are pals; in fact, Stevie officiated her wedding. So maybe it's not surprising to hear that Vanessa has heard the new album that Stevie said she was working on a year ago.

Speaking with People, Vanessa confirmed that she's heard the album, which Stevie first mentioned during the Pollstar Awards in April 2025. She told the audience during the event, "I'm actually making a record right now." She added that she'd written seven songs that were "autobiographical, real stories where I’m not pulling any punches for probably the first time in my life.”

While Vanessa said that she'd heard it, she added, "I cannot say a word more. The world should get ready. That's all I'll say. Stevie's coming. Let's put it that way."

She added, "It's Stevie, so it's glorious."

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Album by Album 4 Page Stevie Nicks Magazine Spread

4 Page Album by Album spread in the latest issue of Classic Pop (Duran Duran on the cover)

STEVIE NICKS

Renowned for her shimmering vibrato, soap opera personal life and sorceress image, the singer-songwriter helped propel Fleetwood Mac into the pantheon of all-time greats before launching a sporadic solo career which consistently mined pop gold.

May 2026 Classic Pop issue... Look for it wherever you buy magazines.

 

 

👀 Could a Buckingham Nicks Reunion be in the cards?

LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM ON REUNITING WITH STEVIE NICKS: ‘THAT’S SOMETHING THAT’S IN THE AIR’

The guitarist detailed his plans for 2026, including a new solo album and the upcoming Fleetwood Mac doc

By ANGIE MARTOCCIO

Rollingstone

Lindsey Buckingham detailed his plans for 2026 — and that may include some type of reunion for him and Stevie Nicks.

In a new video posted to his Instagram account (where he recently, quite hilariously, tried to break down Gen Z slang with his children), the singer-guitarist said that despite the state of our country, he has a lot of projects in the works. “I am still very, very grounded in my creative life,” he said. “I’ve been working on a new solo album for the last couple of years, which is one song away from being finished.”

Buckingham also added that in addition to his solo album, the upcoming Fleetwood Mac documentary may arrive this year. There’s no official release date, but Frank Marshall is helming the project for Apple, and it features interviews with the four core surviving members of the band: Buckingham, Nicks, Mick Fleetwood, and John McVie. “Those are two very specific things that are waiting in the wings for this year,” he said.

Most notable was Buckingham’s acknowledgement of his relationship with Nicks. Last year, the duo reissued their pre-Mac album Buckingham Nicks for the first time in decades, and have apparently reconciled. “I think on a more general level, just the energy in terms of what Buckingham Nicks did to sort of create a resurgence of connection between Stevie and myself, I think on a larger scale, that seems to be something that’s in the air,” he said. “And what that translates to specifically, I wouldn’t want to speculate yet. But I believe with all my heart, it will translate to something good, and something wonderful, and something needed and something extremely appropriate.”

Though it was apparent last fall that Buckingham and Nicks were back on speaking terms — when they went deep on the Buckingham Nicks track “Frozen Love” for Song Exploder — this is the first time Buckingham has addressed any type of 2026 reunion in any capacity. It’s unclear what “larger scale” means, and whether it would be a Buckingham Nicks project of some sort or a Fleetwood Mac reunion tour. Nicks told Rolling Stone in 2024 that she’d never consider a Fleetwood Mac tour after the death of bandmate Christine McVie, but that was before her reconciliation with Buckingham. And next year will be a milestone for the band, as Rumours will celebrate its 50th anniversary. Only time will tell. For now, all we can do is listen to “Crystal” and remain hopeful.

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Stevie Nicks is coming to Austin Texas April 22nd

 New date announced... 

STEVIE NICKS LIVE IN AUSTIN, TX

April 22, 2026 at The Moody Center

Tickets on sale Friday January 23rd

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REVIEW Stevie Nicks • Bella Donna Ultradisc One-Step

Spins: Stevie Nicks • Bella Donna Ultradisc One-Step 2xLP

Stevie Nicks

Bella Donna Ultradisc One-Step 2xLP

(Mobile Fidelity)

– Jeff Elbel

9 of 10

Illinois Entertainer

2025 was a good year for devotees of audiophile vinyl and Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab followers. The label reissued pristine pressings of albums reviewed in Illinois Entertainer, including Rick James’ soul-funk classic, Street Songs, and Miles Davis’ genre-blending jazz standout, Sketches of Spain. Fans of the best ’80s rock and followers of Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Nicks herself will be thrilled by the quality of this reissue of Nicks’ 1981 solo debut, Bella Donna.

The album was meticulously recorded with the best technology of its day and has always sounded good, but it has never sounded this good on vinyl. This prestige-format release benefits from the label’s best mastering and highest-tier pressing process.

MoFi’s Ultradisc One-Step process reduces the generational loss experienced in the traditional three-step plating process by directly making a metal stamper from the lacquer. This results in greater detail retention, increased dynamics, and a lower noise floor. These qualities are evident in the new pressing of Bella Donna. The album is mastered for 45RPM playback, which requires the 10-song program to be split across two vinyl platters but also provides increased sonic fidelity compared to the original analog source tapes. Many who know the album from its eventual CD release in the ’80s will be impressed by this vinyl release’s depth, body, warmth, clarity, dynamic range, and spatial staging.

None of the technical work would matter if not for the performances and songs conveyed. Songs including the conversational duet with the Eagles’ Don Henley, “Leather and Lace,” remain among Nicks’ most beloved songs. The glistening acoustic love song used its titular fabrics as metaphors for the attraction of opposites. “Kind of Woman” is a haunting waltz reflecting on the repercussions of infidelity. E Street Band pianist Roy Bittan’s piano and Dan Dugmore’s weeping pedal steel ring through the countrified “After the Glitter Fades,” a melancholy portrait of a rock star’s hopes and fractured dreams in gilded Hollywood.

“Edge of Seventeen” is tense and restless, driven by a carpal tunnel syndrome-inducing Waddy Wachtel rhythm guitar part that echoes “Bring on the Night” by the Police. The coming-of-age song probes Nicks’ own mindset in the wake of loss and grief. Infused into the song’s imagery are the loss of John Lennon (a close friend of Bella Donna producer Jimmy Iovine) and the loss of Nicks’ beloved uncle Jonathan, who succumbed to cancer during the same week that Lennon was killed.

Brooding rocker “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around” is steeped in the sound and songwriting of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. The song sprang from the same sessions that produced “The Insider” on the Heartbreakers’ Iovine-produced Hard Promises album. Nicks arguably got the most mileage out of the collaboration. “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around” rose to #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and has remained a mainstay in Nicks’ solo set lists. The Heartbreakers would revisit the song with Nicks on stage as well.

The album features first-call players from the era. Drummer Russ Kunkel propels most songs, often joined in the rhythm section by top bassist Bob Glaub. Duck Dunn from Booker T. & the M.G.’s guests with the Heartbreakers on “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around.” Bill Payne from Little Feat plays piano on the stirring mid-tempo thriller “Think About It.” Heartbreakers keyboardist Benmont Tench plays Hammond shimmering organ throughout the album. Harmony vocalists Sharon Celani and Lori Perry are featured on many tracks, including the title cut. The pair continue to work with Nicks today. The players’ performances and Nicks’ own tremulous, inimitable vocals are rich, nuanced, and vivid on this One-Step pressing.

The price for this premium release is not cheap. With an MSRP of $125, this might be the most you spend for a new copy of an in-print domestic LP. For audiophiles who count Bella Donna among their favorite records and want the definitive vinyl experience, though, this reissue can’t be topped.

 

– Jeff Elbel

9 of 10

Available at Mobile Fidelity

Stevie Nicks is headed to Thackerville, OK April 2026

 NEW Date Announced for 2026

Tickets on Sale Friday, December 19th

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First 2026 Tour Date for Stevie Nicks - New Orleans Jazz Fest April 25th

No sooner does she end her 2025 tour and new dates are starting to roll out for 2026.  The New Orleans Jazz Festival is the first date announced.  Stevie will be performing on the first weekend of the festival on April 25th.  Tickets are on sales now via the festival website or StevieNicksOfficial.com

https://www.nojazzfest.com/

Fleetwood Mac Fans - 2026 is shaping up to be a particularly significant year

UNCUT Magazine (January 2026 issue), in its 2026 Albums Preview section, highlighted an anticipated new release from Stevie Nicks, signaling that new material from the Rock & Roll Hall of Famer is firmly on the horizon for 2026.

In addition, Mick Fleetwood has been quietly developing a solo project that is widely expected to surface in 2026. Lindsey Buckingham is also reported to have a completed or near-completed album ready for release within the same timeframe. While formal announcements have yet to be made, industry chatter suggests that these projects may be strategically timed to align with the upcoming Apple-produced Fleetwood Mac documentary, currently expected to debut in 2026.

If these plans come to fruition, 2026 is shaping up to be a particularly significant year for fans, with multiple new releases connected to the Fleetwood Mac universe arriving alongside a major documentary event—offering both fresh music and renewed historical context for one of rock’s most enduring legacies.