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'Rock yourself into the stars': Stevie Nicks doing it for Tom Petty
Didn't see this posted yet:
'Rock yourself into the stars': Stevie Nicks doing it for Tom Petty November 1 2017 When Stevie Nicks closes the shows on her Australian tour with her 1981 hit Edge of Seventeen, it will hold a particularly special meaning for the Queen of Rock 'n' Roll. "There was a whole verse written about Tom Petty that I never really referred to," Nicks said. Petty, who died in October, was a long-time friend and collaborator of Nicks and she credits him with helping her launch her solo career. But it was a misheard conversation Nicks had with Petty's wife Jane that inspired the song's famous title. "The verse 'he was no more than a baby then, well he seemed broken hearted, something within him, but the moment that I first laid, eyes on him all alone, on the edge of seventeen' that was about Tom," Nicks says. Jane has a real Florida accent and she said something about him being around the age of 17 and I thought she said the edge of 17 and I just thought that was so poetic. "She corrected me when I asked her about it, but I didn't care. I kept it." Nicks said she would normally be spending this difficult time with Petty's family and going through her grief privately, but wanted to fulfil her Australian tour commitments, mostly because it's 'what Tom would want'. "I am going to be going over the loss of Tom while I am on this tour. Since he just died and I am actually here in my time when, under normal circumstances I would be with his family and going through my grief. But I am here in the arms of Australia and if I was going to be anywhere I want to be here," Nicks said. "Its going to be an interesting thing to perform Edge of Seventeen and all the other songs Tom was part of but he would not want me to change my show one little bit because of him. He would say 'do your show exactly as you did it 55 times in the United States, rock yourself into the stars'." Nicks current Australian tour, which kicks off in Perth on November 2, is just two years after she was last here with her band Fleetwood Mac, and comes on the back of her 2014 solo album 24 Karat Gold. "Honestly, after I delivered the album to the record label I didn't listen to it again for almost two years because I had to go straight into rehearsals for the Fleetwood Mac tour," Nicks said. "So we did 110 shows on the first tour and then Chris (Former Fleetwod Mac songwriter Christine McVie) said she wanted to come back, so we did another 110 shows with her. "When I got back I literally didn't even take a day off, I went to my managers and said 'I know it's been 18 months since we released the album, let's book a tour'." The original 28 show tour was extended to 55 dates and then an Australian leg of the tour was added. Now, she admits, she is ready for some time off. "This is the most successful tour I have ever done, so it is really worth it," she said. "I have a Fleetwood Mac show in January and then I am taking some time off to go to Hawaii." But she already has her eye on more touring as soon as she can after the holiday ends. "You just have to," she said. "Especially what has happened to me with Tom, you can't take anything for granted, if you have music to play that you love, why not? "I don't want to not play Edge of Seventeen again." http://www.watoday.com.au/entertainm...01-gzcoyz.html
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Really nice article.
Does anybody know what show FM is doing in January? |
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The MusiCares Person of the Year thing.
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She really loves the road. But with her highest grossing tour ever (cha ching), I see why she wants to stay on the road.
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Sure it’s great to be in profit and making money on this tour. But I think she just loves touring. She loves entertaining, and of course loves the fan worship. She just loves to be loved......and amen to that. |
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I was just about to say the same thing. I'm sure she has more then enough money to live comfortably the rest of her life. It's clear she loves live performances. She was so full of life during her St. Louis show. |
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I was not implying she did it only for the money. She has always loved to tour. I was just pointing out that with the tour that kept expanding over and over. With such a success, it seemed foolish to stop.
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Stevie Nicks Perth Show - 11/2
She added photos of her and Tom Petty on the screen for Edge of Seventeen
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Thanks for posting. Its really sad and touching to see such images of Tom in the tribute. I still have not wrapped my head around that yet.
This is probably Stevie's most successful tour ever ($$$). Its been rolling on forever to packed arenas. It just never stops.
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"Stevie Nicks gives 24 carat performance" Perth review
http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2...at-performance
The Queen of Rock and Roll Stevie Nicks paid tribute to Tom Petty as she kicked off her Australian solo tour with a nostalgia-filled performance in Perth. Stevie Nicks told a packed crowd at Perth Arena she was "the crazy aunt they had to put up with," as she kicked off the Australian leg of her solo tour. The 69-year-old Fleetwood Mac frontwoman toured Australia with the band just two years ago, with this solo tour coming off the back of her 2014 album 24 Karat Gold. Subtitled 'Songs from the Vault', the album contains songs re-worked from old demos written by the US star 45 years ago. "I put them in what I call my gothic trunk of lost songs," she said. One track, New Orleans, is a celtic sounding dirge Nicks said was written in 2005 following Hurricane Katrina. "I haven't been able to play it until now," she said. The crowd fell silent when Nicks sang her 1981 single 'Stop Draggin' My Heart' around, written by her long-time friend and collaborator Tom Petty. It was the first time Nicks had performed on stage since Petty's death on October 2. "I didn't know how I would do this tonight," she said. She was later joined on stage by fellow rock queen Chrissie Hynde, whose band The Pretenders is supporting the tour. "That's the first time we ever got it right," Hynde said when the song finished. "First time in 56 shows," said Nicks. Hynde recently made headlines when she stormed off stage following an expletive ridden rant in Dubai after concertgoers refused to put away their mobile phones. But the feisty 66-year-old was calm, only telling one concert goer in the front row to stop filming at the start of the set. Nicks also paid homage to Prince, whose song 'Little Red Corvette' was the inspiration for her hit 'Stand Back'. The crowd began cheering wildly after Nicks rolled out Fleetwood Mac favourite 'Landslide'. And despite singing for almost two hours, she belted out 'Rhiannon' like it was 1975. Nicks thanked fans for their support. "You got me through this so I feel I can go on and finish (the tour)." "So I thank you, Tom Petty thanks you," she said. Stevie Nicks and the Pretenders will next play Botanic Park Adelaide on November 4. |
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