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Sunday, April 17, 2011
Taku Hirano to Re-join Stevie Nicks in May... One Night Only
I'm not sure what Stevie's band configuration is beyond the end of Heart and Soul, I assumed there wouldn't be any changes to the line-up - but it appears for one show at least Percussionist Taku Hirano is back in the band!
Taku Tweeted yesterday that he'll be re-joining his Stevie Nicks family for one show while he's between tours. Taku will play the May 11th Albuquerue, NM show at the Sandia Casino Amphitheatre.
So Lenny either has other commitments, or it's two percussionists that night...
So Lenny either has other commitments, or it's two percussionists that night...
(Review) LA Times - Rod Stewart and Stevie Nicks Hollywood Bowl
LA Times
Performing first at this hometown stop of what she and Stewart are calling the Heart & Soul Tour, Nicks, 62, revealed that she's lost a portion of her vocal range as well: The Fleetwood Mac frontwoman dodged high notes in “Dreams” and “Rhiannon” and took a low harmony line in “Edge of Seventeen,” leaving her backup singers to do the song's heavy melodic lifting.
Yet where Stewart used old-pro stage business to distract us from his limitations, Nicks turned hers into an asset, the rough grain of her voice concentrating the weird imperiousness of her music.
“Stand Back,” “Sorcerer,” “Gold Dust Woman” — these were powerful invocations of a type of mystery we rarely get from artists who've put in as much time as Nicks has in the public eye.
“There's no one that can take my place,” she sang with fists shaking in “Outside the Rain,” and it wasn't desperation she was expressing. It was total confidence.
Read The Full Review at The LA Times Blog
--Mikael Wood
Photo: Rod Stewart and Stevie Nicks take their bows at the Hollywood Bowl Saturday night.
Credit: Barbara Davison/Los Angeles Times
Rod Stewart and Stevie Nicks: Concert Review (The Hollywood Reporter)
The co-headliners perform hit after comfy hit for an appreciative veteran crowd and duet on Stewart's "Young Turks" and Nicks' "Leather and Lace" in the first of two nights at the Hollywood Bowl.
The Hollywood Reporterby Erik Pedersen
A warm, invigorating breeze traipsed through the Hollywood Bowl as the boomer-fantasy pairing of Rod Stewart and Stevie Nicks played the first of two nights. And the coziness factor was ratcheted up as the co-headliners played hit after comfy hit for an appreciative veteran crowd that was out for a night of just that.The L.A. stop on RaspFest '11, officially dubbed the Heart & Soul Tour, was a pleasing if occasionally uneven affair that juxtaposed Nicks' straightforward quasi-mystery and Stewart's broad-playing rock-star antics. She stood at the microphone, strumming occasional air guitar and making graceful little gestures; he peacocked around the stage, preening and teasing.
Ultimately, both were entertaining -- for the young, young at heart and otherwise. And that's what it was all about.
Nicks opened with a 70-minute set that she seemed more into than during her 2009 arena tour with Fleetwood Mac, likely invigorated by a new album due May 3. "The best year of Stevie Nicks' life just happened because of Dave Stewart," she said of the man with whom she wrote much of In Your Dreams, her first studio record in a decade. Lead single "Secret Love," a likable mid-upper-midtempo track she'd sung on The Oprah Winfrey Show three days before, drew a genuine cheer from the sellout crowd.
um Trouble in Shangri-La. Dressed in trademark dripping, glittery gown, Nicks, 62, began with a vocally rough "Stand Back" but settled in by the time her six-piece band locked into the laconic/iconic groove of "Dreams." Her smoky vocal enveloped the 1977 hit.
Sometimes raspy, sometimes reedy, Nicks was at her best during crowd favorites "Gold Dust Woman" and the still-lovely "Landslide." During the latter, a video screen showed photos of her from infancy through stardom, many featuring her father.
A hard-rocking intro to "Edge of Seventeen" -- courtesy of guitarist Waddy Wachtel, who has played with Nicks for most of her 30-year solo career -- fired up the crowd. But its repetitive riff and lyrics were more grating than stirring, especially in the endless version that closed her main set.
Read the FULL REVIEW - including the duets at The Hollywood Reporter site
(Review) Stevie Nicks and Rod Stewart - Hollywood Bowl (Night #1)
Rod Stewart is entertaining as ever at the Bowl
by STEVE FRYER
The OC Register
Full Review at The OC Register site
by STEVE FRYER
The OC Register
"Stevie Nicks opened with an 11-song show, and later joined Rod on stage for “Young Turks’ (his song) and “Leather and Lace” (her song, written and recorded with Don Henley). Both were fine collaborations, with their voices mixing well enough that, sure, they should go forward with it.
Nicks’ voice sounded better than ever, especially during the encore of “Love Is” during which she was accompanied by only piano and two supporting singers. She did a couple of her Fleetwood Mac hits, with “Gold Dust Woman” and “Rhiannon” given epic instrumental introductions that were a touch melodramatic. The songs are strong enough on their own, let ‘em breathe."
Photos by Armando Brown, for the Orange County Register
(Review) Rod Stewart, Stevie Nicks bring Heart and Soul to Phoenix + Photos
by Serene Dominic
AZ CENTAL
Photo Gallery
PHOTOS BY: RALPH FRESNO
They say the only predictable things are death and taxes and concerts by veteran rock acts teaming up to fill arenas during a recession.
But this neither deadly nor taxing Heart and Soul Tour pairing Rod Stewart and Stevie Nicks which arrived here on tax return weekend, playing US Airways Center Friday, raised lots of preliminary questions.
Which one would be the soul? Sure, Rod has covered a lot of Sam Cooke over the centuries, but Stevie has an equal number of songs about leaving her body. Metaphysically speaking, the soul should be her.
How much time would they actually spend onstage together?
Would they only sing songs they've recorded as duets with other veteran rock acts? They could do a whole set of those alone!
Who would sport more scarves?
And would they sit together on a piano bench and bang out "Heart and Soul," the song most amateur pianists insist on playing?
You say no, but if Rod is serious about this American Songbook thing, he's gotta get around to even that chestnut eventually.
Full Review at AZ Central
(Review) Phoenix, AZ - Rod Stewart and Stevie Nicks US Airways
Phoenix Concert Review: Stevie Nicks and Rod Stewart–Apr. 15, 2011, US Airways
Full Review at Examiner.com
If you ask me who I like better, Stevie or Rod—it really is a tossup. Yes, they are both known for a raspy style of singing, both have been around for some 30 years making truly legendary music and both artist’s records and CDs fill my music collection – but there is just one thing that makes it impossible to choose—they are both amazingly and uniquely talented--unique being the key word…but more on that in a moment.
A bill with two such superstars is always a big draw, and so it was not a surprise to see a very full, near sell-out crowd at last night’s show. Stevie came on first almost exactly on time, which I think left a good chuck of the crowd stuffed in the tunnels trying to get in—but when you have two full sets from two mega-artist’s you need to get started. She opened with “Stand Back,” and I was pleased to hear a strong voice in top form from Stevie. “Outside the Rain,” was followed by the amazing Fleetwood Mac tune she performed beautifully, “Dreams.”
Full Review at Examiner.com
(Photos) Rockstar Pro Photography: Rod Stewart and Stevie Nicks Detroit - April 10, 2011
A massive amount of really great photos of Stevie Nicks and Rod Stewart performing at Joe Lewis Arena on April 10, 2011 in Detroit, Michigan.
Rod Stewart and Stevie Nicks Live in Detroit - April 10, 2011
Photos by Scott Legato
View Full Gallery at the below links
38 Photo Gallery Rod and Stevie | 37 Photo Gallery Stevie Nicks
View Full Gallery at the below links
38 Photo Gallery Rod and Stevie | 37 Photo Gallery Stevie Nicks
Friday, April 15, 2011
BEST HIPPIE-QUEEN EARTH MOTHER - Stevie Nicks
Best of Rock - 2011
From the latest issue of RollingStone Magazine dated April 28th
The definitive guide to the 64 people, places and things that are ruling music right now. Starring Adele, Fleet Foxes, Odd Future, Panda Bear, Stevie Nicks, U2, Danger Mouse, Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart and many more.
Florence Welch the Florence and the Machine singer pays tribute to her hero
[Stevie Nicks].
WIN 2 Tickets To See STEVIE NICKS at Webster Hall in NYC from ROCKLINE
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• Roundtrip airfare for 2 to NYC
• One night hotel accommodations
• 2 tickets to see Stevie Nicks in concert on May 4th
(Approximate Value = $1,500)
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Photos... Rod Stewart and Stevie Nicks Live in Chicago
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