Friday, September 27, 2024

Stevie Nicks Drops a Stellar Anthem for Women’s Rights

You’ll Get Chills Hearing Stevie Nicks’ New Women’s Rights Anthem Ahead of her appearance on Saturday Night Live, the icon drops the cathartic rocker "The Lighthouse"


By Angie Martoccio

Stevie Nicks has logged on. The icon dropped “The Lighthouse,” a stellar anthem for women’s rights.

Co-written with Magnus Birgersson and Vincent Villuis, the track opens with Nicks’ vocals and subtle instrumentation, before unfurling into a full-blown cathartic rocker. “I have my scars/You have yours,” she sings. “Don’t let them take your power.”

In the powerful video below, Nicks stands inside a lighthouse, surrounded by iconic Stevie imagery (white doves and gothic candelabras) accompanied by female protest signs. Soon she fronts a powerful crowd of women on a turbulent beach, charging forward.

“I wrote this song a few months after Roe v. Wade was overturned,” Nicks said in a statement. “It seemed like overnight, people were saying ‘What can we, as a collective force, do about this?’ For me, it was to write a song. It took a while because I was on the road. Then early one morning, I was watching the news on TV and a certain newscaster said something that felt like she was talking to me — explaining what the loss of Roe v. Wade would come to mean. I wrote the song the next morning and recorded it that night.”

She continued: “That was Sept. 6, 2022. I have been working on it ever since. I have often said to myself, ‘This may be the most important thing I ever do.’ To stand up for the women of the United States and their daughters and granddaughters — and the men that love them. This is an anthem.”

“The Lighthouse” marks Nicks’ first new music since her 2022 cover of Buffalo Springfield’s “For What It’s Worth.” On Oct. 12, she’ll appear as the musical guest on Saturday Night Live, alongside Ariana Grande as host. It marks her first time on the sketch-comedy show since 1983.

Earlier this month, Nicks praised Taylor Swift’s viral post endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris, posting a similar photothat featured a dog instead of a cat. “As my friend @taylorswift13 so eloquently stated, now is the time to research and choose the candidate that speaks to you and your beliefs,” she wrote. She concluded the message with a cheeky dig at J.D. Vance, signing it “Childless Dog Lady.”




Stevie Nicks is raising her voice once again (People Interview)

Stevie Nicks Wrote New Pro-Choice Anthem After She Saw Roe v. Wade 'Taken Away': ‘I Find It Very Sad’ (Exclusive)

The music icon — who released her new song on Friday, Sept. 27 — has said "there would have been no Fleetwood Mac" if she hadn't gotten an abortion in 1979.


By Jeff Nelson

Stevie Nicks is raising her voice once again.

The rock legend released a new pro-choice anthem "The Lighthouse" — her first new original solo track in four years — on Friday, Sept. 27.

"Don’t close your eyes and hope for the best / The dark is out there / The light is going fast / Until the final hours," she sings. "Your life’s changed forever / And all the rights that you had yesterday / Are taken away / And now you’re afraid / You should be afraid.”

Nicks wrote the heavy, atmospheric song in 2022, after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade that June, eliminating the constitutional right to abortion.

“I find it very sad, at 76 years old, I had to see Roe v. Wade taken away," Nicks tells PEOPLE exclusively in an email interview. "Two years ago, when I realized the consequences of women’s rights that are vanishing, I watched a lot of news, and I was like a sponge — it just went into me.”

Following the news, the Grammy winner and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee channeled that sadness into song.

“One morning I woke up… which, I never write when I wake up in the morning, and all of a sudden went, ‘I have my scars, I have my scars,’ so I just grabbed my notebook, and I started writing the whole thing," she says. "It was a long-form poem, and I didn't know what kind of song that would be. I found an instrumental that I loved and within two or three days, I had recorded the song. I never redid the vocal — it's an original vocal — and it's taken me two years.”

Ever since, the Fleetwood Mac alum has been fine-tuning the track, working with some A-list collaborators along the way.

"This song has traveled around; it has been in the hands of many producers, of many musicians, of many people that have helped with it. Sheryl Crow, bless her, came in and was such a help with the production. Dave Cobb did the incredible classical guitar chords and was the first producer I worked with on the song," she says. "I’ve been touring solidly for two years, so the whole time, we've been working on this song. I never thought it would take two years to get it to the point where it was perfect.”

The topic of women's reproductive rights is a personal one for Nicks, who in 2020 revealed to The Guardian that she "would have had to walk away" from Fleetwood Mac if she didn't get an abortion in 1979. Without the procedure, "I’m pretty sure there would have been no Fleetwood Mac," she added at the time.

Now, she tells PEOPLE, “All the stories that we tell about the necessity for women's healthcare and the necessity for a safe and legal abortion option for women is absolutely necessary."

Nicks wrote the track on Sept. 26, 2022.

"It seemed like overnight, people were saying, 'What can we, as a collective force, do about this…' For me, it was to write a song," she said in a statement. "I have often said to myself, 'This may be the most important thing I ever do.' To stand up for the women of the United States and their daughters and granddaughters — and the men that love them. This is an anthem."

Nicks — who has two remaining dates of her latest tour — is set to perform on Saturday Night Live for the first time in 41 years on Oct. 12.



Thursday, September 26, 2024

Stevie Nicks and Billy Joel Team Up for Detroit 2025 Stadium Show

 Ford Field announced today that Billy Joel and Stevie Nicks will team up for a one night show in Detroit March 29, 2025.  Tickets will go on sale October 4th.



NEW Stevie Nicks Single "The Lighthouse" Announced!

Late Wednesday evening Stevie Nicks dropped a teaser to her new single "The Lighthouse" on social media announcing the release date of Friday, September 27, 2024.

The song was written in September 2022 and the lyrics were posted on Stevie's social media. It's a call-to-action song in response to the overturning of Roe v. Wade. The last line of the song is used in the teaser.  

Pre-save the track





The Lighthouse • Stevie Nicks 

® 2024 Stevie Nicks under exclusive license to Warner Records Inc. 
  • Producer: Stevie Nicks 
  • Producer: Sheryl Crow 
  • Producer: Dave Cobb 
  • Engineer: Alberto Vaz 
  • Engineer: Brandon Bell 
  • Guitar: Dave Cobb 
  • Engineer: Eric Caudieux 
  • Engineer: Ethan Barrette 
  • Engineer: Karen Johnston 
  • Assistant Mixer: Kieron Beardmore Background Vocals: Lori Nicks 
  • Mixer: Mark "Spike" Stent 
  • Assistant Mixer: Matt Wolach 
  • Keyboards: Philip Towns 
  • Engineer: Phillip Smith 
  • Mastered: Randy Merrill 
  • Bass: Sheryl Crow 
  • Electric Guitar: Sheryl Crow 
  • Background Vocals: Sheryl Crow 
  • Vocals: Stevie Nicks 
  • Additional Guitar: Waddy Wachtel 
  • Writer: Magnus Birgersson 
  • Writer: Stevie Nicks 
  • Writer: Vincent Villuis

Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Stevie Nicks Saturday Night Live Musical Guest October 12th

Stevie Nicks, for the first time since 1983, will be the musical guest on "Saturday Night Live," October 12th, with Ariana Grande hosting the show.




Stevie Nicks was the musical guest on Dec. 10, 1983, performing "Stand Back" and "Nightbird," both from her new No.5 charting album that year "The Wild Heart".

Saturday Night Live airs on NBC 

Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Fleetwood Mac and Stevie Nicks Rocktober 2024 Releases

Rocktober 2024 Exclusive Brick and Mortar Releases
Available from your favorite record store

Release Date: October 4, 2024

Fleetwood Mac - Heroes Are Hard To Find
Limited 140g clear with black & bone white splatter LP


50th Anniversary Edition of Fleetwood Mac's Classic 1974 Studio Album. Heroes Are Hard To Find was the band's last album recorded with singer/guitarist Bob Welch, and it reached #34 on the US Billboard 200. Featuring the Tracks "Prove Your Love," "Heroes Are Hard To Find," & "Angel. Pressed on Limited-Edition Clear with Black & Bone Splatter Vinyl.

Track List:
Side A 
01 Heroes Are Hard to Find
02 Coming Home
03 Angel
04 Bermuda Triangle
05 Come a Little Bit Closer

Side B
01 She's Changing Me
02 Bad Loser
03 Silver Heels
04 Prove Your Love
05 Born Enchanter
06 Safe Harbour


Stevie Nicks - In Your Dreams
Limited 140g Translucent Forest Green 2LP


Stevie Nicks' seventh studio album featuring the classic singles "Secret Love," "For What It's Worth" & "Moonlight (A Vampire's Dream)." Originally released in 2011, the album peaked at #6 on the Billboard 200. Limited-edition 2LP pressed on Forest Green vinyl.

Track List: 
Side A 
01    Secret Love
02    For What It's Worth
03    In Your Dreams
04    Wide Sargasso Sea

Side B
01    New Orleans
02    Moonlight (A Vampire's Dream)
03    Annabel Lee
 
Side A 
01    Soldier's Angel
02    Everybody Loves You
03    Ghosts Are Gone

Side B
01    You May Be the One
02    Italian Summer
03    Cheaper Than Free (feat. Dave Stewart)