Photos: Stevie Nicks Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center

STEVIE NICKS LIVE IN HOLMDEL, NJ
PNC BANK ARTS CENTER
JUNE 30, 2012

The show just finished in Holmdel and by all accounts, everything remained intact from opening night.  No changes to the setlist - the show opened with Rock & Roll.  From a band positioning perspective, it looks like Bass player Al Ortiz has re-positioned himself next to the piano on the piano riser right behind Carlos Rios.  Maybe someone can confirm whether or not he was there last night. From looking at some of the videos, it doesn't look like it. As for Stevie herself she only went half white for Edge of Seventeen keeping the layered black dress on with the white top.

A lot of really cool shots came through Twitter from the show most notably from uber fan Jeannie Kartis.  She kept it up all night sending a shot through for every tune until her phone battery died... But in the mean time she captured some really spectacular colourful shots.. Here's a number of them.

Check out Jeannie's feed on Twitter for more @jeannie_Kartis. Thank you Jeannie!... Taking and sending out photos to the world takes you away from your show experience, but we really appreciate you doing it!

Here's Annabel Lee from last nights show at Jones Beach

Video: Rhiannon - Stevie Nicks and the wind just make sense! (Jones Beach)

RHIANNON

LEATHER AND LACE

Multiple Videos: Stevie Nicks Live at Jones Beach Theatre - June 29th

 STAND BACK
> DREAMS

LANDSLIDE

MORE FOOTAGE 

 Rock & Roll (clip) | Moonlight | Edge of 17 | Secret Love | 

NEW Stevie Nicks Merchandise.... PLUS Final Bow Photo - Jones Beach

New Merchandise!
A lot of you are interested in seeing what's new in merchandise this year... Well this kinda sums it up.  Some pretty unique looking items up for grabs... You have a choice between nine T-shirts, black Hoodies, Hats, Magnets plus the In Your Dreams CD.  I particularly like the shirts with a picture of Stevie's own drawing on the front and the one with her and the owl.

Get ready to spend!

Final Bow at Jones Beach

Noticeably absent from the band this year is Lenny Castro, so no percussion player!  Noticeably added to Stevie's band this year is Brett Tuggle (next to Waddy) taking the place of also noticeably absent Ricky Peterson who played Keyboards and has been with Stevie on her last few tours.  Brett was last seen backing up Lindsey in 2011 on his Seeds We Sow Tour... and when not on tour joins Waddy at The Joint in L.A. for some live gigs. Not shown is Al Ortiz... I'm assuming he's standing next to Darrell Smith on the far left.

The Band

Waddy Wachtel - Lead Guitar, Musical Director

Darrell Smith - Piano

Brett Tuggle - Keyboards, Guitar

Carlos Rios - Guitar

Al Ortiz - Bass

Jimmy Paxson - Drums

Lori Nicks - Background Vocals

Sharon Celani - Background Vocals

Steve Real - Vocal Coach

Photo credit: @SteviesSara

22 Front Row Photos: Stevie Nicks Live at Jones Beach Theatre 6/29/12

STEVIE NICKS IN ACTION AT JONES BEACH 
Wantagh, NY - June 29, 2012 
In Your Dreams Tour 2012 

Photos sent in by @SteviesSara (Thank you)

Recap / Setlist / Photos: Stevie Nicks Live at Jones Beach

Stevie Nicks Live in Wantagh, NY at Jones Beach Theatre June 29, 2012

Stevie kicked off her first public live performance of 2012 in Wantagh, NY at Jones Beach Theatre on Long Island. She opened the show with Rock & Roll which is a big change.  The song normally takes it's place as the second to last song in the encore set, so it's a nice change to see her open with it.  I like the fact that she comes out blasting with a rocker!  The audience is already excited to see her so a really rockin' tune or something up tempo just sends them over the top. Previous sets in the last few years have opened with either Stand Back or Fall From Grace.  Stevie came out in her typical trademark platform boots dressed in all black with a Feather Boa attached to her wrist.  She didn't appear to change from the black all night, only adding different pieces like the Gold Dust shawl, the Stand Back shawl and of course the Rhiannon top. At the end with Edge of Seventeen she pulled out the white. 

The setlist tonight didn't deviate too much from what her setlist was last year except she shuffled around the tunes and made two additions with Rock & Roll and Enchanted, which hasn't been in the set for awhile. Steve Real was back for his duet with Stevie on Leather and Lace... I read and was told that once again Stevie charmed the audience with her humour. During her intro to Annabel Lee she again eluded to her affair with Edgar Allan Poe saying she was hanging with him back in the 1800's, he was married, but that never stopped her before.  It was also said that Stevie ended the night emotionally with Love Is with tears in her eyes thankful to and grateful for the enthusiastic audience.  Jones Beach has a great stage, so the Edge Walk was intact... Photos below.

Here's a run down of the songs in the set... Big thanks to @Steviessara on Twitter for a copy of the setlist. This was @Steviessara's first front row experience at a Stevie show, and she won the tickets to boot!  All in all saw a lot of positive responses to tonights show - which is great for Stevie and her first night back.  Next stop is Holmdel, NJ Saturday night where she'll be just as great!

Thanks to everyone that tweeted or sent me messages about the show.. It was fun read

Photo on left by T. Cole Rachel

Photo on right by @theonewithally