Such is the charm and mystique of Stevie Nicks. She's frills and fans, leather and lace, blue denim and 5-inch heels.
But you don't pay $52.50 for a top ticket, just to see her whirling-dervish act and to admire her eccentric wardrobe. You want her to sing. And she did sing--nearly 20 songs in a two hour set Wednesday night at Riverbend Music Center.
Fresh off the aborted Fleetwood Mac tour, Nicks was relaxed and confident. "This is the one and only time, until another 15 years go by, that I can do a tour to back up a boxed set," joked Nicks. Her new retrospective, "Enchanted" features three CD's with 46 tracks.
And a very talkative, personable Nicks shared an "electric acoustic trilogy" of her early works: "After the Glitter Fades," "Garbo," and "Rose Garden." And, unlike her last solo tour, Nicks reached back into the Fleetwood Mac catalog this time, singing "Dreams" and "Rhiannon."
And the crowd of 8,577 was on its feet for her biggest hits--"Stand Back," "Edge of Seventeen," and "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around."
The only quibble fans may have had was that there was only one encore. The evening would have been even better if Nicks had been tempted back on stage and wrapped things up with "Gypsy" and "I Can't Wait."
--Wayne Perry
