Review: Stevie Nicks Grand Prairie, TX....

"This devoted audience of some 5,900 admirers genuinely loved Stevie Nicks because her music truly had been the soundtrack to their own lives. When the lights went down, and the opening chords to "Stand Back" wafted through the sound system, the crowd just couldn't wait to show their appreciation."


Stevie Nicks
Verizon Theater
Grand Prairie, TX
August 12, 2011
Review by David Huff

For some reason, over the last 30 days, it seems like every time I catch a live performance of an iconic female artist, I do the time warp back to 1986. That's the year, my memory bank tells me, I last gazed upon Sade, Ann Wilson of Heart and the enigmatic Stevie Nicks. Though each of these female superstars has carved out their own unique Hall of Fame career, without a doubt, it's Nicks who really stirs up the emotions in an audience. With nearly 40 years of whirling dervish behavior behind her shawls, to this very day there's just something about this vocalist that is both captivating and passionate. And it's those very two qualities that lie at the core of who and what this artist truly is.

Personally, I've always had mixed feelings when it comes to Stephanie Lynn Nicks. I witnessed firsthand her spiral downward into booze and drugs at a Dallas concert a quarter of a century ago during her Rock a Little tour. I dutifully reported her destructive behavior in the pages of Jam. In fact, the promoter of the concert even went so far as to ban me from any backstage access for the next year because of the scathing report I did from my behind-the-scenes perch. Yeah, Stevie was one hell of a mess back then. Unfortunately, it was that image I had not been able to shake, all these years later, as I sat quietly through this evening's opening act, Michael Grimm.

Continue:  For the full Grand Prairie review including photos see Jam Magazine

Review: Stevie Nicks Woodlands, TX

"She is forever the cool rock and roll aunt who, as long as you don't spill your apple juice on her shawl, will tell you tales of woodland nymphs, players who only love you when they're playing, and vampires in the moonlight until well after the witching hour."

Stevie Nicks 
Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Woodlands, TX
August 13, 2011
By Chris Gray
Houston Press

Aftermath can't help but wonder if the people who think Stevie Nicks is some kind of wand-waving white-witch faerie queen have paid much attention to anything she's done besides "Rihannon." Not that Nicks didn't give those Woodlands creatures what they wanted Saturday; we were just a wee bit surprised at what else she gave them.

To bend the title of one of her albums, Nicks didn't rock a little Saturday; she rocked a lot.

Nicks is not going to make Lita Ford or Joan Jett (and probably not even Pat Benatar) cast any defensive spells around their amplifiers. Probably. But "Stand Back," a wicked wind-machine workout of an opener, and the new "Ghosts are Gone" had a much sharper hard-rock edge to them than we expected, like Nicks was hiding razor-blade fingernails in her fingerless gloves.

Get the rest of this great review and more photos at Houston Press

[Video] Fleetwood Mac Man Lindsey Buckingham Releases New Album Trailer...

Jokerstyle Productions have put together an album trailer for Lindsey's new album "Seeds We Sow" to be released September 6th in North America... Keep checking lindseybuckingham.com as the trailer was up, but they took it down to replace it with a correctly sized version... AND check out the second song clip of "One Take"... THAT to me sounds amazing! 

It's a short video, only 1:22 in length with only a three song clips included "That's The Way Love Goes", "One Take" and "Rock Away Blind".

Original Video - More videos at TinyPic

Stevie Nicks Show in Noblesville, IN 8/17/11 has been cancelled

Just heard that the show at Verizon Wireless Music Center in Noblesville, IN (Indianapolis) has been canceled.  Live Nation confirm

Stevie was scheduled to play Atlanta tonight but because of medical reasons (no specific info was provided) the show in Atlanta was rescheduled to Wednesday August 17th.  This put the Indianpolis show in question all last evening as it too was scheduled for August 17th.  Also both Atlanta and Indianapolis were showing up on Ticketmaster and Livenation with the same date.

Noblesville won't be rescheduled - which is odd given the under roof seating looked about 90% sold out.  Maybe there were no other dates available at the venue that jived with Stevie's schedule.

Full refund at point of purchase.

Stevie Nicks Postpones Atlanta Show...

Stevie's Altanta show scheduled for Monday Night 8/15 has been postponed until Wednesday 8/17 due to medical reasons.  No specific band members name was mentioned as having the medical issue.  

The only problem with this is Stevie is also scheduled to play Indianapolis Wednesday 8/17.

Live Nation and Ticketmaster both list the rescheduled Atlanta date as being Wednesday 8/17 - so what seems to be left out of this equation is the status of the Indianapolis show?... Either Indianapolis is outright cancelled or it will also be moved to a new date.

All Monday night tickets will be honoured for the new date... Refunds can be made at point of purchase if necessary.

So now the question is what's happening with Indianapolis??

Lindsey Buckingham Guitarist Magazine "We Salute You"

Look for the August, 2011 issue of 

Guitarist Magazine... 

Lindsey Buckingham featured on Page 20 

"Unsung Guitar Heros". 

STEVIE NICKS... Dreaming on, rocking on

Toledo Free Press STAR – Aug. 10, 2011

Review: My Date With Stevie Nicks... Grand Prairie August 12, 2011

Finally……

Stevie!

Her great backing band launched into a pulsating intro to “Stand Back”…..as a heavily back-lit silhouetted Stevie slowly walked and twirled from between the two drum stands and out to her microphone stand. The place went nuts!

Instantly, the whole theater was filled with THOUSANDS of glassy-eyed, drooling middle aged men….just like myself….most of whom had loving wives seated next to them…all wondering if their loving hubbies would be going this nuts if it was THEM up on stage singing and dancing at age 63…..

Read the full review at The Idiot Speaketh + Music Flashback Stevie Nicks

Photos: Michael Grimm and Stevie Nicks - Woodlands - August 13th

STEVIE NICKS with MICHAEL GRIMM 

Live at The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion 

Woodlands, TX - August 13th 

Photos by: Cyntha Mitchell Woods Pavilion - Facebook 

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Review: Stevie Nicks Grand Prairie August 12, 2011 >>

"At a Stevie Nicks concert, even if you close your eyes you can see as well as hear the music". 
BY: MARIO TARRADELL, Dallas Morning News 
August 14, 2011 
Photo by G.J. McCarthy

Photos: Mick Fleetwood at this years Don the Beachcomber Mai Tai Festival

Mick Fleetwood, left, and Sam Choy were two of the judges for this year's contest held Saturday August 13, 2011. (Photo courtesy Kevin J. Olson).

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At 63, the Fleetwood Mac frontwoman never seems to stop working, either on her solo career or with the band that shot her to superstar status in the 1970s

Stevie Nicks: timeless, tireless 
BY DAN FIRESTONE BLADE STAFF WRITER
Toledo Blade

When Stevie Nicks last performed in Toledo, a thunderstorm threatened to blow her and her band right out of town.

"It blew so hard it almost knocked some of our set down," Nicks said in a phone interview, recalling her appearance at the Toledo Zoo Amphitheatre in 2008, which finally began after a downpour delayed the show for almost two hours. "Of course I remember. But you know it turned out to be a magical night."

The rock and roll legend returns this week, with no worries about weather conditions. Her concert is scheduled for Friday at the Huntington Center.

Nicks, calling from her home near Phoenix last week, is embarking on a tour to promote her seventh studio solo album, "In Your Dreams." It debuted at No. 6 on the Billboard charts, an impressive showing in a business dominated by younger artists.

At 63, the Fleetwood Mac frontwoman never seems to stop working, either on her solo career or with the band that shot her to superstar status in the 1970s. She did a mini-tour earlier this year with Rod Stewart. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer seems everywhere these days, with guest appearances on all of TV’s top competition shows.

It’s hard to imagine that it’s been nearly 40 years since she and then-boyfriend Lindsey Buckingham joined three remaining members of the English-based Fleetwood Mac and skyrocketed to success with a run of best-selling albums, most notably "Rumours," which sold more than 40 million copies worldwide.

Nicks released her first solo album, "Bella Donna" in 1981 and it went to No. 1 and spawned the hits "Edge of Seventeen," "Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around" (with Tom Petty), and "Leather and Lace" (with Don Henley). She’s overcome battles with drug addiction to develop a career that spans generations, which she discussed in a recent interview.

How do you approach writing songs, because you’ve often said you don’t write for your generation?

I try to make my music as timeless as possible. I don’t think that any of my songs are directed to people in their 70s. My songs are directed towards the whole world. I think love in many ways, when you’re writing about it, is not different. When I fell in love with the first guy I fell in love with at 15½ and I wrote my first little love song and told my mom and dad I was going to be a songwriter, I was in love with that guy at 15½ [in the same way] as I have been in love with anyone since.

So when I write, that’s how I write, I look back to 15 and come up to how old I am now and I see so many similarities. I don’t think a lot of things change. I think a lot of people think it does. I write for people who think love is timeless.

Unlike the old days where we didn’t see Fleetwood Mac or yourself on TV much, you were everywhere the past few months, especially on the talent shows (Dancing with the Stars, The Voice, America’s Got Talent.) How is it different in promoting albums from years past?