Stevie Nicks performs at Charlotte’s PNC Music Pavilion

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — After practically a half-century of releasing music with the likes of Fleetwood Mac, and Tom Petty, and on her personal throughout her illustrious solo profession, Stevie Nicks has nearly accomplished all of it.

At 74 years previous, Stevie might name it a profession and be remembered as an exquisite performer who made some great songs. However Stevie Nicks shouldn’t be accomplished wowing audiences and releasing musing simply but.

Nicks made a cease in Charlotte on the PNC Music Pavilion on Saturday as a part of her 2022 United States tour that was canceled in 2021 attributable to COVID-19 instances.

The 2022 reveals are Nicks’s first performances since earlier than the COVID-19 pandemic started. She advised the viewers that the hole made her respect her music much more.

That appreciation was on full show as Nicks gave it her all on a few of her most beloved songs.

Nicks and her band opened with “Exterior the Rain” from her solo debut album Bella Donna (1981). The track pale into “Goals,” one of the vital common songs Nicks made with Fleetwood Mac.

Songs had been pulled from each her time in Fleetwood Mac and as a solo artist. “Gypsy,” “Stand Again,” and “Fringe of Seventeen” had been among the most distinguished songs of the night time that bought the raucous crowd even additional amped up.

Each twist and twirl Nicks made on stage introduced exuberant cheers from the gang, which crammed up nearly each seat and garden spot the PNC Music Pavilion needed to supply.

In between songs, Nicks would inform tales concerning the observe’s origin and the way she felt in the mean time writing the lyrics.

Earlier than “Landslide,” Nicks advised a narrative about her early days as a struggling musician when she was in a relationship with Lindsey Buckingham, who would be a part of her in Fleetwood Mac only a 12 months later. 

Earlier than “Soldier’s Angel,” Nicks pleaded with the viewers to donate to the Ukraine conflict effort. She additionally requested for individuals within the crowd to vote within the upcoming midterm election, noting that she voted for the primary time in her mid-60s.

All through the night time, Nicks paid tribute to Tom Petty, who died in 2017. She performed the acclaimed duet she recorded with Petty, “Cease Dragging My Coronary heart Round” and coated Petty’s “Free Fallin'” as images of the pair flashed on the live performance displays.

These in attendance had been past thrilled watching the “excessive priestess,” as opening act Vannesa Carlton dubbed her, in motion. The present proved why Nicks is a premier entertainer even to today. 

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Nicks advised the Charlotte crowd she plans to come back again to the world for a future tour.

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