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A terrific assortment of photos by Erin Brown of Stevie Nicks with Sheryl Crow and Rod Stewart in Chicago at the United Center April 9th.
Monday, April 11, 2011
Stevie Nicks & Rod Stewart - Joe Louis Arena - Detroit 4/10/11
Photo Gallery by: 104.3 WOMC Detroit's Greatest Hits
Photos by Steve Wiseman/104.3 WOMC & Monica Morgan
Changes again in Stevie's setlist...
Wow, she's doing something really unconventional by switching songs in and out during the tour...I like that actually, it's keeping it interesting for sure! "Outside The Rain" was performed as well as Tom Petty's "You Wreck Me". Gone from set for Detroit were "If Anyone Falls", "Fall From Grace" and "Rock N Roll".
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Photos: John McVie and Mick Fleetwood TODAY in Honolulu - Kokua For Japan Benefit
Wow! This makes me extremely happy seeing Mick and John... Especially John! We don't see or hear enough about him! Both gents are taking part in the Kokua For Japan Fundraising event going on right now as we speak in Honolulu. Mick is expected to perform... To watch the event live, stream it online here at the Kokua For Japan Website
Photos courtesy of: Dave Lawrence Honolulu radio personality heard afternoons statewide in Hawaii on KHPR, Honolulu.
(Review) Rod Stewart and Stevie Nicks - Chicago Sun Times
By DAVE HOEKSTRA
Chicago Sun Times
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The Rod Stewart and Stevie Nicks “Heart & Soul” tour landed Saturday night at a nearly sold-out United Center with the Las Vegas glitz of Steve Lawrence and Eydie Gorme.
Fancy clothes? Check. Stewart changed from gold to powder blue to purple suits. Wild light shows? Check. Wacky jokes? Check. When Nicks and Stewart dueted on the 1981 Nicks/Don Henley hit “Leather and Lace,” Stewart stood in the background pretending he was removing a lace undergarment. It took some luster off the cowboy ballad that Nicks wrote for Waylon Jennings and Jessi Colter. Stewart also looked as if he was pulling a latter-day Frank Sinatra and singing from a TelePrompTer.
But if you looked hard enough there were poignant moments beyond the ’70s excess that found Stewart and Nicks, with Fleetwood Mac, at their peaks.
Sheryl Crow joined Nicks for “Sorcerer” and locked into the harmony of the Mac hit “Landslide.” Singing spot-on as the song was recorded (which legacy music fans love), Nicks was in comfortable vocal range while a screen featured a photo montage of her growing up. Crow was in town to tape an Oprah Winfrey episode that includes Nicks, Joan Jett, Miley Cyrus and others. The show airs Wednesday. Nicks took time to thank Winfrey for “being so fantastic.”
DVD News: Update on Lindsey Buckingham's New Album & Tour!
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| Brett Tuggle, Lindsey Buckingham, Walfredo Reyes & Neale Haywood |
Walfredo Reyes Jr. Drummer for Lindsey Buckingham while touring solo recently posted on his Facebook Page with photos that he was at Center Staging rehearsing for a LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM DVD! saying that it's going to be a really great DVD of Lindsey's NEW CD coming out... and that they hope to tour around the fall!!
No further details were given on whether this is a documentary type DVD that they are rehearsing for or a live performance they plan to film... But in any case to not only have a new Lindsey CD in the works for release this year, but to also have a DVD" This is just way beyond more then expected!
Jokerstyle Productions could be involved in the DVD filming. Back in March, they posted on their Facebook page a few details on them filming Lindsey's rehearsals.
Next up for Lindsey is he is to receive the Golden Note Award for lifetime achievement from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) at ASCAP's sixth annual 'I Create Music' expo being held from April 28 to April 30 at LA's Renaissance Hollywood Hotel. His award and interview that he'll give will take place April 29th.
(Review) Rod Stewart and Stevie Nicks - Chicago 4/9/11
With a wink and a smile, Rod Stewart delivers polished soul at United CenterBy Bob Gendron
Chicago Tribune
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It takes certain moxie for a 66-year-old man to strut around in an electric purple suit, surround himself with pretty young women and sing "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy." Rod Stewart had nerve to spare Saturday co-headlining with Stevie Nicks at a packed United Center, where he didn't miss any chance to add pomp to campy circumstance. Ignoring his recent Great American Songbook guise for a turn as a dapper nightclub crooner, the British vocalist filled out a 100-minute set with polished renditions of soul standards served up with a wink and a smile.
Stewart made a name for himself decades ago with gritty interpretations of folk and blues. So it's natural that he performed tunes by the likes of Sam Cooke ("Having a Party"), Persuaders ("Some Guys Have All the Luck") and the O'Jays ("Love Train"). Yet along with the sandpaper rasp in his voice, all traces of rawness and poignancy are gone. In their place resides a smooth, soft timbre and humorous flair that suit his showman glitz. Heavily stylized and glossed, it's difficult to tell whether or not Stewart takes himself—or even any of his adult-contemporary ballads—seriously.
With his diamond bracelets, loud sport coats, exaggerated dance moves and visual shtick, he came across as a combination of Las Vegas-era Elvis, Liberace and "Married…With Children" character Al Bundy. A trio if female background singers and three other female instrumentalists, all wearing short dresses, looked loosely modeled after the women in Robert Palmer's "Addicted to Love" video. About the only old-school entertainer cliché Stewart lacked was calling out an assistant to wipe his brow with a handkerchief; he did that himself, and with elaborate effect.
Musical merit aside—Stewart's tame readings of classics such as Chuck Berry's "Sweet Little Rock & Roller" sounded like the sanitized covers of R&B singles that dominated mainstream radio in the late 1950s—at least he had fun. Ironically, the only times Stewart appeared stiff occurred during two duets with opener Nicks. Strictly a crowd-pleasing endeavor, the pair's brief collaboration revealed little chemistry. On Nicks' "Leather and Lace," Rod the Mod seemed to be reading lyrics off a screen.Nicks' uneven 70-minute set got off to a sleepy start before surprise guest Sheryl Crow joined her for "Sorcerer" and gave the vocalist reason to invest more toughness in the songs. Too bad her mellow nine-piece band never received the message.
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