Stevie Nicks at the Delta Center

Last night I was able to see the legendary Stevie Nicks in concert at the Delta Center!  I was so excited I could hardly contain myself and, even at 76 years old, she put on quite the show!  She took the stage in a flowing black dress (many people in the audience were similarly attired) and she had her microphone stand adorned with her signature sparkly beads and scarves.  There was a curved screen behind her that took up the whole length of the stage and featured lots of nostalgic photos and videos spanning her lengthy career, both with Fleetwood Mac and as a solo artist.  She sang for over two hours and her instantly recognizable voice sounded great!  I was so happy because she sang "Dreams," my favorite Fleetwood Mac song, very early in the evening and also included the Fleetwood Mac songs "Gypsy," during which she twirled and whipped the crowd into a frenzy, and "Gold Dust Woman," while wearing a gold shawl and casting spells on the audience.  Another highlight for me was when she sang "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" after telling the crowd what it was like to record it with Tom Petty (with lots of photos of Petty on the giant screen).  During "Bella Donna" she wore the original blue cape from the album photo for Bella Donna (she mentioned that her mother was angry because it cost $3000 but she thinks it was worth it) and then for "Stand Back" she changed into the original black and gold cape from the music video.  She sang powerful versions of Buffalo Springfield's "For What It's Worth" and her own "Soldier's Angel" while reminding the crowd to vote and work towards peace around the world.  She originally recorded the song "Leather and Lace" with Don Henley but last night she brought her vocal coach Steve Real to the stage to sing it with her and it was amazing.  She ended her main set with "Edge of Seventeen" which is the song I most wanted to hear (the rest of the audience obviously did too because they went crazy as soon as they heard the opening notes) and I loved her performance so much (she brought out her signature beribboned tambourine for this song).  For the encore, she sang "Rhiannon" and an emotional version of "Landslide" which she dedicated to Christine McVie (featuring lots of photos of the two of them together on the screen).  Nicks was so funny and charismatic with lots of stories and anecdotes between every song.  I especially enjoyed it when she talked about how she and Lindsey Buckingham joined Fleetwood Mac.  This was my first concert of the year and it was an amazing one!

Note:  It was her birthday on Sunday so the crowd sang a rousing rendition of "Happy Birthday" to her!