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Stevie Nicks w/ Mia Dyson
Santa Barbara, CA - August 4, 2010
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Friday, August 20, 2010
(PHOTOS) STEVIE NICKS LIVE IN SANTA BARBARA - AUGUST 4, 2010 - NICE IMAGES!!
Monday, August 09, 2010
STEVIE NICKS AUGUST 4TH SANTA BARBARA REVIEW
Stevie Nicks at the Santa Barbara BowlFleetwood Mac’s Leading Lady Proves She Still Knows How to Rock
Monday, August 9, 2010
by ALY COMINGORE
Photos by: Paul Wellman
Santa Barbara Independent
The only thing more captivating than watching thousands of hardcore Stevie Nicks fans mill around in one place is watching the woman herself, who, at 62, still sounds—and looks—as remarkable as ever. Clad in the requisite all-black ensemble and with a truckload of bedazzled scarves at her disposal, the Fleetwood Mac frontwoman delivered a powerful, emotive, and at times downright rockin’ set to throngs of fans and lookalikes at the Santa Barbara Bowl this past Wednesday night.
Sunday, August 08, 2010
(PHOTOS) STEVIE NICKS SANTA BARBARA - ANOTHER PHOTOGRAPHERS PERSPECTIVE
STEVIE NICKS - SANTA BARBARA, CA
AUGUST 4, 2010
PHOTOS BY: John Pyle
STEVIE NICKS: A NIGHT OF CLASSIC HITS IN SANTA BARBARA (REVIEW)
Classy Stevie Nicks wows S.B. Bowl crowd
Singer's show a benefit for 8-year-old family friend |
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VCStar.com
It was a night of classic hits as veteran crooner and multiple-Grammy winner Stevie Nicks wowed fans at the Santa Barbara Bowl on Aug. 4 with a barrage of her popular ballads and rock ’n’ roll jams— all to benefit a young girl battling a rare skin disease.
Nicks, who has been working on her seventh solo studio album, took a break from recording to kick off a five-show mini tour at the bowl. In an interview with The Star last month, Nicks said proceeds from this Santa Barbara gig would go towards paying hospital bills for 8-year old Cecilia, a daughter of a family friend who is fighting rhabdomyosarcoma, a rare soft tissue cancer.
Nicks got the party started early with a spirited performance of Fall From Grace, a rocker from her 2001 Trouble in ShangriLa album that got audience members dancing in their seats. She followed it up with the ballad Outside the Rain. The 62-year-old Nicks looked radiant with her long blond locks and signature bohemian-textured skirts and colorful wraps, which, she joked, are “so old they would disintegrate in front of your eyes.” But they never do, just like me,” Nicks said with a laugh as she launched into “If Anyone Falls.”
Nicks’ cast of talented veteran musicians included longtime lead guitarist and music director Waddy Wachtel, guitarist Carlos Rios, percussionist Taku Hirano, drummer Jimmy Paxton, pianist Daryl Smith and keyboardist Ricky Peterson.
One surprise included the band’s rendition of Bob Seger’s “Face the Promise,” which delighted the enthusiastic audience as Nicks’ raspy voice played off the guitar riffs nicely.
Age is nothing but a number and Nicks proved she still has the vocal chops to hit her notes during a rousing performance of “Rhiannon.” On that 1976 Fleetwood Mac hit, she was ably backed by vocalists Lori Nicks (her sister-in-law) and Sharon Celani.
One of the highlights of the show included a beat master back-and-forth between percussionist Hirano and drummer Paxton, who took turns showing off their skills for more than five minutes before Wachtel appeared on stage and hit the recognizable chords of “Edge of Seventeen.”
The audience jumped to their feet as Nicks belted out the lyrics with strong conviction, while Wachtel and the band also wowed the crowd with their unrelenting energy on stage.
Nicks closed her nearly 90-minute show with an understated but powerful performance of “Love Is,” backed only by her vocalists and Smith on piano.
Before Nicks exited the stage, she thanked the Santa Barbara crowd for helping 8-year old Cecilia and her family, proving that class never goes out of style.
Saturday, August 07, 2010
(REVIEW) STEVIE NICKS: SANTA BARBARA
CONCERT REVIEW : Setting the stage for what's next - Veteran pop star Stevie Nicks returned to the Santa Barbara Bowl in fine form, amidst a long-awaited new album-in-progress and with a good cause in tow.By JOSEF WOODARD, NEWS-PRESS CORRESPONDENT
FULL REVIEW
TAHOE OR SANTA BARBARA.... YOU BE THE JUDGE
Not exactly sure what night these were taken... Could have been Santa Barbara, or last night in Tahoe... None the less... Some nice shots.
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Photos by Michelle Lafromboise
Friday, August 06, 2010
STEVIE NICKS: DEVILISH DIVA PRANCED, DANCED AND SWAYED TO THE POWERFUL RHYTHMS
Paul Mann: Stevie Nicks Plays Emotional Set at the Bowl - Noozhawk.com
L. Paul Mann is a Noozhawk contributor
It was Rolling Stone magazine that gave 62-year-old Stevie Nicks the moniker “The Reigning Queen of Rock and Roll.” Nicks, a member of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, has sold more than 120 million records over her career as a solo artist and with 1970s superstars Fleetwood Mac.
When she joined the group in 1975 with her former lover, guitar guru Lindsey Buckingham, she was categorized as the most beautiful rock star of the time. Fleetwood Mac was one of the most successful touring bands of all time, playing a slew of radio hits in true innovative jam band style, with some songs extended to a 20-minute orgy of rock. The key to the success of the band was Nicks’ characteristic contralto voice mixed with Buckingham’s piercing guitar solos and his unique vocals. The pair played off each other often in a drug-induced trance, in perfect sync with the mid-‘70s carefree lifestyle.
While Buckingham went on to a solo career emphasizing the hard-core jam and guitar wizardry of his former band, Nicks took on the role of rock-and-roll diva, playing the more melodic ballad oriented songs of Fleetwood Mac. At the same time, she built her own impressive library of solo hit songs.
Nicks is poised to release her first solo record in 10 years, which may prove to be one of her greatest recordings. Collaborating with songwriting legend Dave Stewart of Eurythmics fame, the album has been eagerly anticipated by the music industry and fans alike.
The sultry diva made a special stop Aug. 4 at the Santa Barbara Bowl, her only California stop on her impromptu six-city mini tour. Appearing in front of an impressive ensemble of veteran rock musicians, she appeared larger than life — the iconic rock star. The crowd seemed captured and mesmerized from the moment she began to sing until the moment she stepped offstage — two hours and scores of hits later.
The devilish diva pranced, danced and swayed to the powerful rhythms of the band, and chatted and joked at ease with the audience between songs. Occasionally she would shuffle offstage, appearing with yet another characteristic vintage scarf or trademark hat. Each garment seemed to represent a different emotion as the singer entwined herself and her band mates in mythical poses.
The show proved to be an emotional event on many levels for local fans of the iconic rock star. First and foremost, the event was a benefit for an 8-year-old local resident named Cecilia, who is fighting a battle with a rare form of cancer. Nicks, who has known the family for several years, arranged to perform at the Bowl and donate her salary for the event to help the family.
Nicks has always nursed a persona of a Wiccan-like sorcerer, with her trance-like dancing and twirling of sensuous garments. It seemed fitting that she performed a concert for a sick little girl to transfer her immense energy and inspire hope for the honored guest and her family.
The concert was an emotional moment, as well, for many aging fans in the audience, who sought a transference of youthful energy from pleasant memories of a bygone era. Toward the end of the show, Nicks methodically proceeded across the front of the stage, locking hands with countless fans, seeming to make that enigmatic connection to transfer energy from the crowd. Then she slowly went around to her army of accomplished musicians and touched each one in a special embrace, again seeming to transfer the energy from the audience to the band.
The band played a blazing finale of “Rock and Roll,” a fitting tune from another 1970s legend, Led Zeppelin, while the video background portrayed scenes from ‘70s concerts.
As a beautiful but cool summer night descended on the Bowl, Nicks then returned for one last beautiful love song ballad, “Love Is,” which emanated through the amphitheater like magic.
Thursday, August 05, 2010
STEVIE'S ANGEL BUNNY T-SHIRT
NEVER BEFORE SEEN PIECE OF STEVIE'S ORIGINAL ART FRONTS T-SHIRT
No new tour merchandise for Stevie's short "Not a Tour" Tour stop in Santa Barbara last night except for a new T-Shirt with an original drawing done by Stevie herself... Stevie's proceeds from the show will be donated to Cecelia, a little friend of hers who she mentioned previously has cancer. The T-Shirt drawing was chosen because of Cecelia's situation.
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NICKS TELLS AUDIENCE SHE'S HALF WAY THROUGH NEW ALBUM & LANDSLIDE DEDICATION
SHORT REVIEW OF STEVIE IN SANTA BARBARA BY: @WILLIAMUSIC
Stevie Nicks played the first of her "not a tour, tour," at the Santa Barbara Bowl. She performed 15 songs, including Dreams, Rhiannon, Gold Dust Woman, Edge of Seventeen and Landslide, which she dedicated to Cecilia, an year-old family friend battling cancer. Stevie mentioned the young girl several times during the evening and proceeds from her show at Santa Barbara are going toward her escalating medical costs.
Stevie Nicks was in terrific form and mentioned that she was half-way through a new album. Her band was led by her long-time musical director and friend Waddy Wachtel, who drove her 9 member band through an energetic performance. The night also included several covers: Rock & Roll, You Wreck Me and Face the Promise, by Zeppelin, Petty and Seger, respectively.
She's only supposed to be doing six shows, but you never know...
(VIDEO) "LOVE IS" AND "LANDSLIDE" STEVIE NICKS SANTA BARBARA BOWL
Stevie Nicks sings "Landslide" at the Santa Barbara Bowl, 8/4/10
and to end the night a couple of clips of "Love Is"...
Love IT!
EXIT STAGE LEFT... OR IS THIS RIGHT
SANTA BARBARA BOWL PHOTOS TAKEN FROM THE SIDE OF THE STAGE....
No Boots! But they were reportedly spotted last night.
Photos by: Stacie Surabian
**SPOILER** STEVIE NICKS SANTA BARBARA SETLIST
Thank you to SB BOWL for providing a copy
Two BIG Surprises of the night at Stevie's first show... Covering Tom Petty's "You Wreck Me" a song she's never done before... And ending the the night with "Love Is" a song from Trouble in Shangri-La that also has never before been performed live.
But... the over all feeling is that given the set is short and the vastness of Stevie's own catalog of material,
there are too many covers in the set.
You Wreck Me - Tom Petty
Face The Promise - Bob Seger
Rock & Roll - Led Zepplin
Wednesday, August 04, 2010
FIRST SHOT OF THE STAGE & MIA & STEVIE
With the screen at the back it looks like these shows will get the video backdrop similar to 2008. Wonder if the video will be different or the same.
Photos By: andywhatley
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Photo by: xxjeannexx
Stevie in Santa Barbara | NBC Los Angeles
Stevie in Santa Barbara | NBC Los Angeles: "Ms. Nicks plays her only California date.
By ALYSIA GRAY PAINTER"
By ALYSIA GRAY PAINTER"
Well, we did, anyway. We just see Stevie Nicks and we feel the need to be a bit bolder, have more attitude, with or without the twirling scarves and scrunchy boots.
Not sure that we've gained any scrunchy-boot-a-tude over the last year, but we'll all get another chance to see the masterful singer at work. Ms. Nicks is headed for the Santa Barbara Bowl on Wednesday, Aug. 4. It's her only California date listed (though she'll soon be nearby in Nevada on Friday, Aug. 6), and the Independent says Ms. Nicks is donating her take for the night to a young friend who has cancer.
This is the magical Ms. Nicks we're talking about here. And that magic doesn't come solely from extravagant costumes or a cavalcade of #1 hits.
Get ticket info over at the Nicks Fix. And if you've only ever don theHollywood Bowl, but not the bowl in Santa Barbara, time to add that to your California concert roster.
Not sure that we've gained any scrunchy-boot-a-tude over the last year, but we'll all get another chance to see the masterful singer at work. Ms. Nicks is headed for the Santa Barbara Bowl on Wednesday, Aug. 4. It's her only California date listed (though she'll soon be nearby in Nevada on Friday, Aug. 6), and the Independent says Ms. Nicks is donating her take for the night to a young friend who has cancer.
This is the magical Ms. Nicks we're talking about here. And that magic doesn't come solely from extravagant costumes or a cavalcade of #1 hits.
Get ticket info over at the Nicks Fix. And if you've only ever don theHollywood Bowl, but not the bowl in Santa Barbara, time to add that to your California concert roster.
Tuesday, August 03, 2010
Events Happening Wednesday - STEVIE NICKS IN SANTA BARBARA
Events happening Wednesday - latimes.com: "Stevie Nicks The great scratchy, smoky voice of '70s rock, who unwittingly inspires hundreds of sartorial decisions in Silver Lake every day, will perform at the Santa Barbara Bowl. Expect lots of fans swaying along to the hits — from the silken gypsy scarf of Fleetwood Mac classic 'Rhiannon' to Nicks' 1983 'don't mess with me' jam, 'Stand Back.' Santa Barbara Bowl, 1122 N. Milpas, Santa Barbara. 7 p.m. (805) 962-7411. $47.50-$127.50."
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