The Wild Heart Tour: 1983

[vivfox]

the 1st show on The Wild Heart Tour
May 27,1983
Las Vegas, Nevada
Venue: The Aladdin

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/Stevie_Rhiannon/Stevie/sn587.jpg

from BILLBOARD Magazine
Boxscores
Headliner: Stevie Nicks
Opening Act: Joe Walsh
The Aladdin, Las Vegas, Nv.
Produced by: Bill Graham Presents
Ticket Price: $15.50
Available Tickets: 7,500
Tickets Sold: 5,374
Concert Gross: $83,297

[David]

So does anyone have any more information on this show, such as:

1) Did it really happen (considering I had never heard about it until it showed up on one of the tourdates Internet sites)?

2) Was it some sort of pre-tour tryout (considering her tour itinerary starts on Monday, June 20, in Knoxville -- almost 4 weeks later)? It could not have been the actual start of the WH tour because of the 4-week lag.

3) Who was in the band (considering her US Festival band was different from her tour band)?

[michelej1]

2) Was it some sort of pre-tour tryout (considering her tour itinerary starts on Monday, June 20, in Knoxville -- almost 4 weeks later)? It could not have been the actual start of the WH tour because of the 4-week lag.


I don't know, I tried to find old pieces about her from May 1983, but this is all I saw. Nothing from any Las Vegas papers. This one is about the Us Festival:

The Associated Press, May 30, 1983, Monday, PM cycle

SECTION: Domestic News

BYLINE: By YARDENA ARAR, Associated Press Writer

DATELINE: DEVORE, Calif.

BODY:
A sellout crowd of 300,000 partying to the roar of heavy metal rock turned the US Festival into a "zoo" that left one man bludgeoned to death over a drug deal and a security guard seriously injured.

James Dean Estell, of Pomona, Calif., died Sunday at San Bernardino Community Hospital, about 12 hours after he was bludgeoned in a parking lot at Glen Helen Regional Park, San Bernardino County Sheriff Floyd Tidwell said.

"He was struck in the back of the head with a pipe or tire iron, we believe over a narcotics deal that burned out," Tidwell said.

Sheriff's Capt. Philip Schuyler said a young security guard, whose name was not released, was hospitalized "in quite serious condition" apparently after being beaten by some of his fellow guards early today.

San Bernardino police, who were investigating the incident, said they could not immediately release any details.

Steve Wozniak, the Apple computer designer who reportedly put $16 million into the festival, hoped to attract 200,000 people daily, but said Sunday he feared long lines at concessions, toilets and other facilities.

"I'm worried, I don't like it," he said.

Thousands of the revelers, who paid up to $25 for each day of the festival, stayed overnight at the park. David Bowie, Stevie Nicks and The Pretenders were to perform today.

Estell, 23, apparently was beaten in a dispute as he was selling the hallucinogen PCP, or "Angel Dust," Tidwell said.

David Michael Planton, 22, also known as David Morgan, was booked for investigation of murder and held without bail at the county jail, Tidwell said. Authorities said Planton lives in Orange County.

A 17-year-old girl who was with Planton also was held at Juvenile Hall for investigation of murder. Her name wasn't released because of her age.

The arrests came shortly after the 3:30 a.m. beating, based on information from witnesses, Tidwell said. The violence wasn't surprising, he said, given the size of the crowd and numerous drug transactions.

"You could have a thousand cops in there and you couldn't control the narcotics," he said.

Tidwell said his deputies were concentrating their patrols outside the 54-acre amphitheater about 60 miles east of Los Angeles, which was covered by a sea of humanity.

He said the crowd was "an absolute zoo to us and it drives us up a wall," but added, "There could be riots and there haven't been. The mood is very good."

The concert bill, including Van Halen, Judas Priest and Ozzy Osbourne, drew a crowd that was overwhelmingly teen-age and male. Many came bare-chested.

Packed like sardines in front of the stage, several passed out after hours in the hot sun and were carried off by friends and medics.

Band after flamboyant band mounted the stage and filled the open-air bowl with sounds driven by 400,000 watts of booming guitars.

The Scorpions drew a huge roar for launching their twilight show by hiring five jets that flew overhead with a vapor trail and what sounded like a sonic boom. The crowd cheered even louder for an elaborate laser light display to the sound of Wagnerian-style orchestra music.

Vince Neil, of Motley Crue, a popular Los Angeles group, said the record turnout proved "heavy metal is not a cult following."

Authorities reported 89 arrests since Thursday. Most came Saturday when the three-day rockfest began with a New Wave program that drew 165,000, according to festival organizers, and 140,000 according to Tidwell.

Deputies made 22 arrests Sunday and 55 percent of the weekend total were for such offenses as assaults, drug sales and conspiracy to counterfeit tickets.

By today, 1,599 people had sought medical attention at eight first-aid centers and a field hospital, compared with 2,642 people last year. But medical coordinator Dean Grose said only 12 people required hospitalization out of 54 major injury cases, including fractures, drug overdoses and heat exposure, with "less than half a dozen" resulting from acts of violence.

Getting there was the biggest problem for most festival-goers. Until midafternoon Sunday, traffic was bumper-to-bumper on local roads and jammed on nearby freeways.

Wozniak, 31, predicted he'll lose $3 million to $5 million on the festival, which continues Saturday with a country music program.

The first US Festival last Labor Day weekend drew about 200,000 on its most crowded day. Wozniak lost a reported $5 million or more.

He said Sunday he doesn't plan a third festival without "outside input." He didn't elaborate, but most observers believe he meant other investors.

[Gypsy0033]

According to the Legacy there was a show. And I find their dates very reliable.
But I will have to check with the elders. ;)

http://www.fmlegacy.com/main.html



Ticket Price: $15.50- ah the good ol days.

[David]

I don't know, I tried to find old pieces about her from May 1983, but this is all I saw. Nothing from any Las Vegas papers. Very fish, methinks. I'm questioning this "show" at the Aladdin on this date. Stevie & her troupe made no mention of any "kickoff" show in Las Vegas that entire year, & nothing in the newspapers ever surfaced.

So who has an original copy of the Billboard Boxscore tidbit? Did someone play a joke? This "gig" was never on anyone's trade lists in the 1980s.

The Penguin needs an ASK JIMMY (Iovine) feature! :thumbsup:

He's probably the only one with enough brain cells left to answer such questions.

[Gypsy0033]

Very fish, methinks. I'm questioning this "show" at the Aladdin on this date. Stevie & her troupe made no mention of any "kickoff" show in Las Vegas that entire year, & nothing in the newspapers ever surfaced.

So who has an original copy of the Billboard Boxscore tidbit? Did someone play a joke? This "gig" was never on anyone's trade lists in the 1980s.

The Penguin needs an ASK JIMMY (Iovine) feature! :thumbsup:

He's probably the only one with enough brain cells left to answer such questions.

True ^^^^^^^^^^^

[David]

True ^^^^^^^^^^^Although someone apparently dug up some Pollstar data on it.

Very mysterious & very confusing, just like Stevie Nicks in those yrs.

At least we can justifiably say that it was not the kickoff date of the tour. Kickoff dates don't take place 4 weeks before the rest of the tour. Maybe it was a dress rehearsal with tickets sold to the public. But you'd expect to see something in the Vegas papers at that time.

[michelej1]

Although someone apparently dug up some Pollstar data on it.

Very mysterious & very confusing, just like Stevie Nicks in those yrs.

At least we can justifiably say that it was not the kickoff date of the tour. Kickoff dates don't take place 4 weeks before the rest of the tour. Maybe it was a dress rehearsal with tickets sold to the public. But you'd expect to see something in the Vegas papers at that time.

But could it have been a "rehearsal" for the Us Concert, similar to the way she did a warm up show for Soundstage just a little while ago?

Michele

[David]

But could it have been a "rehearsal" for the Us Concert, similar to the way she did a warm up show for Soundstage just a little while ago?Well, perhaps. I'm willing to entertain the thought. But I was at the US festivals (on both final days only), & there was precious little I saw or heard that needed rehearsing -- by any band on the roster. It wasn't the sort of thing that bands would have worried about practicing for, to be blunt (whereas Soundstage was an important filming for posterity). It was nothing but a big, hot, sweaty, crowded party -- & that was just the people on the stage. I have often wondered who pulled that particular group of players together for Stevie for May, & whether the tour band formation had already taken place or took place simultaneously (or afterward). Why, for example, did Benmont not play with Stevie at the US Fest? Did he play with Little Steven earlier that day? How come Glaub got the US Fest gig & not the tour gig? Same with Kunkel: Why didn't he do the tour?

If we had info on the band at this supposed Vegas show, we might have a unified field theory of Stevie's tour world in 1983.

[jr2280]

15 bucks for Joe Walsh and Stevie?

[vivfox]

Very fish, methinks. I'm questioning this "show" at the Aladdin on this date. Stevie & her troupe made no mention of any "kickoff" show in Las Vegas

So who has an original copy of the Billboard Boxscore tidbit? Did someone play a joke? This "gig" was never on anyone's trade lists in the 1980s.

The reason I chose to cover this Tour like I'm doing with the Tusk Tour
is because I do have a bunch of original copies from Billboard Boxscore. In those days I was an avid reader of Billboard Magazine. I learned a lot from that magazine.
I was always under the impression that the Us Festival was her first night of the Tour until I saw the May 27th entry when I recently pulled out the photo album of this memorabilia. So no, this is no joke. It's real.

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[michelej1]

I was an avid reader of Billboard Magazine. I learned a lot from that magazine.
I was always under the impression that the Us Festival was her first night of the Tour until I saw the May 27th entry when I recently pulled out the photo album of this memorabilia. So no, this is no joke. It's real.

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Very interesting then. So much of history is lost to memory. Your Billboards are a treasure trove. Now, I saved Tv Guides from the seventies to the nineties. I've got to find a way to put those to good use!

Michele

[vivfox]

Very interesting then. So much of history is lost to memory. Your Billboards are a treasure trove. Now, I saved Tv Guides from the seventies to the nineties. I've got to find a way to put those to good use!

Michele

I used to collect old TV Guides too. I had a bunch from the 1960's at one point but during the 1980's I cut them all up and added those pictures and TV listings to my 1970's photo album collections of TV shows and movies. In the last two weeks I have been looking at them. Those and my Fleetwood memorbalia as well, hence the Billboard Boxscores.

[MacMan]

I used to collect old TV Guides too. I had a bunch from the 1960's at one point but during the 1980's I cut them all up and added those pictures and TV listings to my 1970's photo album collections of TV shows and movies. In the last two weeks I have been looking at them. Those and my Fleetwood memorbalia as well, hence the Billboard Boxscores.

Okay, you have to post these Boxscores you have for Stevie/FM. This information is vital to the survival of our planet.

[vivfox]

Okay, you have to post these Boxscores you have for Stevie/FM. This information is vital to the survival of our planet.

I don't own a scanner but as each concert date is posted I will type out what each shows statistics were.

[vivfox]

the 2nd show on The Wild Heart Tour
May 30,1983
either San Bernadino or Glen Helen, California
Venue: Us Festival 1983

Rare Professional footage of the Us Festival 1983 (Gold Dust Woman)
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Rare Professional footage of the Us Festival 1983 (Gold and Braid)
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[vivfox]

Jim Ladd interviews Stevie in 1983. This is a very good interview with Stevie, Lori Nicks and Sandy Stewart.
http://www.mediafire.com/?n5zwvnwxwjb

[iamnotafraid]

vivfox, did you see her on this tour?

I'm still new to the board, so if you've already posted about seeing her I missed it.

[michelej1]

PR Newswire

DATELINE: SAN BERNARDINO, Calif., April 25, 1983

BODY:
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif., April 25 /PRN/ -- Stevie Nicks,
one of the headliners May 30 at the "US '83" Festival, is now in a
Hollywood recording studio working on her new album and promises to
release a single from it before her guest-starring performance,
according to Unuson, sponsor of the festival.

The "US '83" festival will be held at the Glen Helen Regional
Park in Devore, May 28-30 and June 4.

Ms. Nicks, a longtime member of the superstar group Fleetwood
Mac, will be the only headlining performer to return from last
year's first "US" festival, where Fleetwood Mac gave one of
the standout performances, say the organizers.

Her solo appearance at the "US '83" Festival marks a new phase
in her career. It was only with the release of her first
solo album, "Bella Donna," in 1981, that she began performing
as a solo superstar as well as with the group.

Both the name of the new Nicks single and that of her album
are being kept top secret. Although releasing schedules in
the record industry are notoriously imprecise, Unuson says that
present plans call for the release of the single around
May 7, and for release of the album on the last Friday in May --
just before her May 30 appearance.

Her first solo album was a long time in the making, but as
Nicks says: "It took me a great deal of time and soul searching
to go out on my own; and even though I usually write three or
four songs for each Fleetwood Mac album, I'm not the most prolific
writer in the world.

"I don't write like anybody else. I can't just sit downn
and write a song on the spur of the moment. Mine are more like
running commentaries on my life./NOTE -- Tickets for the "US '83" Festival are available nationwide. For information, call 800-222-0533. In Southern
California, tickets are on sale at all Ticketmaster outlets;
phone 213-480-3232. In Northern California, tickets are on
sale at all Bass Ticket locations; phone 415-835-4342, 916-443-2118
or 408-297-7552.

"US '83" tickets also are available by mail from "US '83"
Festival, P.O. Box 300, Phoenix, Ariz. 85001.

Tickets are priced at $20 per day, plus ticket service charge
where applicable.

[michelej1]

United Press International, June 1983

BODY:
The top 20 singles in the pop music field, based on Billboard's survey of sales and broadcast play:


1. Flashdance -- Irene Cara

2. Electric Avenue -- Eddy Grant

3. Every Breath You Take -- The Police

4. Time -- Culture Club

5. Never Gonna Let You Go -- Sergio Mendes

6. Don't Let It End -- Styx

7. Too Shy -- Kajagoogoo

8. Family Man -- Daryl Hall-John Oates

9. Wanna Be Startin' Something -- Michael Jackson

10. She's A Beauty -- The Tubes

11. Come Dancing -- The Kinks

12. Affair Of The Heart -- Rick Springfield

13. Our House -- Madness

14. I'm Still Standing -- Elton John

15. Let's Dance -- David Bowie

16. Beat It -- Michael Jackson

17. Is There Something I Should Know -- Duran Duran

18. All This Love -- Debarge

19. Stand Back -- Stevie Nicks

20. Always Something There To Remind Me -- Naked Eyes

The top 20 albums in the pop music field, based on Billboard's survey of sales and broadcast play:

1. Flashdance -- Soundtrack

2. Thriller -- Michael Jackson

3. Pyromania -- Def Leppard

4. Cargo -- Men At Work

5. Let's Dance -- David Bowie

6. Frontiers -- Journey

7. H2O -- Daryl Hall-John Oates

8. Cuts Like A Knife -- Bryan Adams

9. Kilroy Was Here -- Styx

10. 1999 -- Prince

11. Killer On The Rampage -- Eddy Grant

12. Living In Oz -- Rick Springfield

13. Lionel Richie -- Lionel Richie

14. Kissing To Be Clever -- Culture Club

15. Eliminator -- Z.Z. Top

16. The Golden Age Of Wireless -- Thomas Dolby

17. Synchronicity -- The Police

18. Outside-Inside -- The Tubes

19. Jarreau -- Al Jarreau

20. Between The Sheets -- The Isley Brothers

The top 20 country and Western singles in the pop music field, based on Billboard's survey of sales and broadcast play:

1. Love Is On A Roll -- Don Williams

2. Highway 40 Blues -- Ricky Skaggs

3. Oh Baby Mine -- Statler Brothers

4. In Times Like These -- Barbara Mandrell

5. The Closer You Get -- Alabama

6. I.O.U. -- Lee Greenwood

7. The Love She Found In Me -- Gary Morris

8. Pancho & Lefty -- Willie Nelson

9. Fool For Your Love -- Mickey Gilley

10. Snapshot -- Sylvia

11. I Always Get Lucky With You -- George Jones

12. Your Love's On The Line -- Earl Thomas Conley

13. All My Life -- Kenny Rogers

14. I Wonder Who's Holding My Baby Tonight -- The Whites

15. He's A Heartache -- Janie Fricke

16. I Love Her Mind -- The Bellamy Brothers

17. You Can't Run From Love -- Eddie Rabbitt

18. Lost In The Feeling -- Conway Twitty

19. After The Great Depression -- Razzy Bailey

20.

[David]

PR Newswire

DATELINE: SAN BERNARDINO, Calif., April 25, 1983

BODY:
SAN BERNARDINO, Calif., April 25 /PRN/ -- Stevie Nicks,
one of the headliners May 30 at the "US '83" Festival, is now in a
Hollywood recording studio working on her new album and promises to
release a single from it before her guest-starring performance,
according to Unuson, sponsor of the festival.My post disappeared! What the hell happened to it? Anyway, what I said was that US was capital U & capital S & pronounced like the accusative pronoun. It's an acronym for Unite us in Song or something.

[michelej1]

[Wish I had been there to hear Stevie sing Over My Head]

Globe and Mail (Canada) June 1, 1983

HEADLINE: Bowie's act worthy of $1.5 million tab U2 and Stevie Nicks make breakthroughs at the US Festival

BYLINE: LIAM LACEY; GAM

DATELINE: SAN BERNARDINO, CA

BODY:


SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. - Until Monday, the US Festival was missing a
vital element - great performances. Except for the huge crowds and The
Clash's performance on Saturday, there was nothing to give the audience
the sense of being witness to something extraordinary. But on Monday, the
Festival's third day, there were three outstanding performances - from the
Irish group U2, from former Fleetwood Mac singer Stevie Nicks, and above
all, from David Bowie.

Traditionally, festivals have the ability to break new bands to a mass
audience, and for the US Festival, U2 was the new band that broke through.
The power of the Irish band's performance was largely a matter of lead
singer Bono's unusually beautiful voice, perhaps as clear and pitch-
perfect a male voice as exists in rock music. The stark clarity of the
music, from the mournful, liquid sounds by a guitarist known as The Edge,
to the propulsive bass and drums combination, was beautifully conveyed
through the Festival's sound system.

Bono made a point on stage of saying that songs such as Sunday Bloody
Sunday (about Belfast's infamous Bloody Sunday) were "not political,"
deliberately dissociating himself from The Clash's confrontation approach.

After the performance, Adam Clayton, the 23-year-old bassist for the
group, said the band was "pleased" by the enthusiastic response of the
crowd. "We've been making some inroads here now. This tour, we feel we're
coming to America as victors, and it feels a lot better."
The Clash, he said, "made fools of themselves. If you sign up for
$500,000 to play a date, you can't suddenly pretend you meant something
else."
The band has made a point of continuing to live in Dublin, outside the
rock music mainstream. "I imagine we're the last band Ireland will see in
a long time," Clayton said. "The kids in inner Dublin are living in a
ghetto. We've tried to do benefits and things to help them out, but they
don't really know who we are. If a kid is worrying about where to get a
slice of bread, he isn't thinking about electric guitars."

Nothing could have been more remote from U2's earnest concerns than the
second-last act of the day, Stevie Nicks. David Bowie, making his first
tour of North America since the mid-seventies, was the main draw, and it
looked as if Miss Nicks might have a hard time winning over the audience.
But she had a couple of things on her side: the California setting and
audience were ideally suited to the moody, melodic standards - Rhiannon,
Say That You Love Me, and Over My Head. Miss Nicks' band, which included E
Street Band pianist Roy Bittan, was superb.

Perhaps most important was Miss Nicks' striking good looks, and she was
the first performer of the Festival who benefited incalculably from the
huge video screens on each side of the stage. Miss Nicks, dressed in a
low-cut, black lace evening dress, had most of her audience in an erotic
reverie, but to her credit, she managed to maintain an intense aura of
vulnerability under the scrutiny of 100,000 pairs of eyes. The warmth was
obviously genuine, and Miss Nicks was the first performer of the Festival
to actually touch hands with the audience over the barrier.

By the end of her act she was almost emotionally overcome. "If you ever
think you don't matter," she told the audience, "I want you all to know
that you're the only thing that matters to me." And the audience watched
the video screen in respectful awe as tears began rolling down her cheeks.

By the end of her set, it was obvious the onus had shifted to David
Bowie to try to win the audience back. But the moment rock's Thin White
Duke sauntered out on stage, with a wan smile to the audience, the game
was up. As he has done so often in his career, Bowie gave a performance
that rewrote all the rules for rock music, and The Woz, The Clash, and
even Stevie Nicks - tears, black lace and all - receded into irrelevance.

[David]

[Wish I had been there to hear Stevie sing Over My Head]It blew the place away. People even stopped making out.

By the end of her set, it was obvious the onus had shifted to David
Bowie to try to win the audience back. But the moment rock's Thin White
Duke sauntered out on stage, with a wan smile to the audience, the game
was up. As he has done so often in his career, Bowie gave a performance
that rewrote all the rules for rock music, and The Woz, The Clash, and
even Stevie Nicks - tears, black lace and all - receded into irrelevance."David Bowie? I met David Bowie [at the US Festival], & he had nothing to say to me. So, no, this isn't about David Bowie."

-- Stevie Nicks, introducing SARA at the July 30, 1983, solo concert at Alpine Valley, Wisc.

[michelej1]

-- Stevie Nicks, introducing SARA at the July 30, 1983, solo concert at Alpine Valley, Wisc.

How dare David Bowie!

Michele

[vivfox]

The article also mentions she sang her classic hit Say(that)You Love Me. The guy couln't even get that song title right.

[David]

How dare David Bowie!And when the song started, Stevie sang "Wait a minute ... David"
(she was joking, of course)

Someone should post that audio clip. We could loop it & embed it in the Ledge page!

[michelej1]

The article also mentions she sang her classic hit Say(that)You Love Me. The guy couln't even get that song title right.

Since Stevie's background vocals on OMH are out of the ball park, she actually should put this song into her solo act. Have Sharon somewhere in the shadows singing lead and then Stevie would just come in on the ethereal chorus.

One of the things I love about SYLM is the way that it's phrased "say that you love me" in the song. It somehow emphasizes the fact that the guy is just lying to her and using her. And the title itself could be a plea: say you love me. It's really got the same message as Little Lies. I love that.

I love Think About Me and the way she and Lindsey approach the vocals from two different angles, Christine asking, Lindsey demanding.

How can it be syrup, when there's such doubt and trouble underneath the top layer?

Michele

[vivfox]

the 3rd show on The Wild Heart Tour
June 21,1983
Knoxville, Tennessee
Venue: Civic Coliseum

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/Stevie_Rhiannon/Stevie/stevie4.jpg

from BILLBOARD Magazine
Boxscores
Headliner: Stevie Nicks
Opening Act: Joe Walsh
Venue: Civic Coliseum
Knoxville, Tennessee
Produced by: Sound Seventy Productions
Ticket Price: $12.00
Available Tickets: 10,000
Tickets Sold: 7,208
Concert Gross: $83,964

[vivfox]

the 4th show on The Wild Heart Tour
June 23,1983
Norfolk, Virginia
Venue: The Scope

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/Stevie_Rhiannon/Stevie/stevienicks1983sd1044ld.jpg
This hand reaching her upper arm gives me the creeps.

[Sanne2]

the 3rd show on The Wild Heart Tour
June 21,1983
Knoxville, Tennessee
Venue: Civic Coliseum

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/Stevie_Rhiannon/Stevie/stevie4.jpg

from BILLBOARD Magazine
Boxscores
Headliner: Stevie Nicks
Opening Act: Joe Walsh
Venue: Civic Coliseum
Knoxville, Tennessee
Produced by: Sound Seventy Productions
Ticket Price: $12.00
Available Tickets: 10,000
Tickets Sold: 7,208
Concert Gross: $83,964

These pics are from the Knoxville show:

http://ambientlife.com/htm/pix/snicks.gif

[vivfox]

the 5th show on The Wild Heart Tour
June 24,1983
East Rutherford, New Jersey
Venue: Brendan Byrne Arena aka Medowlands

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/Stevie_Rhiannon/Stevie/snlimo.jpg

from BILLBOARD Magazine
Boxscores
Headliner: Stevie Nicks
Opening Act: Joe Walsh
Venue: Byrne Medowlands Arena
E. Rutherford, N.J.
Produced by: Monarch Entertainment Bureau
Ticket Prices: $11.50 & $13.50
Available Tickets: 20,037
Tickets Sold: Sellout
Concert Gross: $274,348

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[David]

You should provide additional information for each of these gigs. For example, the Meadowlands show had an orchestra for "Beauty & the Beast," did it not? Who was in the orchestra? Where are they now? How was the plan for string support accomplished? Also, you should list the people in Stevie's band each show. You need to track this sort of stuff down, dude. :wavey: :]

[skcin]

You should provide additional information for each of these gigs. For example, the Meadowlands show had an orchestra for "Beauty & the Beast," did it not? Who was in the orchestra? Where are they now? How was the plan for string support accomplished? Also, you should list the people in Stevie's band each show. You need to track this sort of stuff down, dude. :wavey: :]

Weren't you touring with her at that point? Why don't you tell us more?

[michelej1]

These pics are from the Knoxville show:


Oh, that effect is really cool Sanne.

Michele

[Sanne2]

Oh, that effect is really cool Sanne.

Michele

I agree, but I didn't make it, I dunno who did.
Some more WH pics:

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[baboles]

Ok...how hot is Stevie in these WH pics?! Really HOT! These pics are just so...ummm....what's the word?...WILD!

[SortaSavageLike]

Wild Heart?

Surely you must mean Wild Hot!

http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i204/SortaSavageLike/The%20Wild%20Heart/Live/wildheart142.jpg

Before she went all perm-crazy on us...
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[David]

http://img178.imagevenue.com/loc250/th_35076_01_122_250lo.jpg


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The first shot is probably July 22 at Blossom Music Center (HOW STILL MY LOVE) & the second one is Irvine Meadows Sept. 24.

[petep9000]

I'd say this tour was the apex of Stevie's sexiness.

[SmileAtYou]

I'd say this tour was the apex of Stevie's sexiness.

I agree. Wild Heart Stevie - AND Mirage Stevie are insanely hot

[David]

Fans don't talk much -- hardly at all, really -- about the last two months of this tour, especially Stevie's vocals. I think those two months were by far the most interesting. I'm kind of bummed, but such is such.

[vivfox]

the 6th show on The Wild Heart Tour
June 27,1983
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Venue: The Spectrum

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/Stevie_Rhiannon/Stevie/ifanyone.jpg

from BILLBOARD Magazine
Boxscores
Headliner: Stevie Nicks
Opening Act: Joe Walsh
Spectrum, Philadelphia,Pa.
Produced by: East Coast Concerts
Ticket Price: $12.00 & $13.50
Available Tickets: 14,949
Tickets Sold: Sellout
Concert Gross: $189,340

[vivfox]

the 7th show on The Wild Heart Tour
June 28,1983
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Venue: Civic Arena

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/Stevie_Rhiannon/Stevie/f7_1.jpg

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[SmileAtYou]

Ok...how hot is Stevie in these WH pics?! Really HOT! These pics are just so...ummm....what's the word?...WILD!

I just thought this interview would be appropriate in this thread... it is just too funny. The interview is labeled June 1983 in its description. Embedding is disabled or else I would.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=U1O5unvAI_g

PS. Vivfox thanks for this thread! I have never seen the above pic of Stevie, she looks hot.

[David]

the 7th show on The Wild Heart Tour
June 28,1983
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Venue: Civic ArenaIt was one of these shows -- Pittsburgh or Philly the night before -- that has one of my favorite live DREAMS moments: The chorus repeat at the end when Stevie sings "Some women they will come & they will always go."

Can you post just that snip so I can hear it again?

[vivfox]

the 8th show on The Wild Heart Tour
July 2,1983
Buffalo, New York
Venue: Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/Stevie_Rhiannon/Stevie/dc_1.jpg

[iamnotafraid]

the 8th show on The Wild Heart Tour
July 2,1983
Buffalo, New York
Anyone know the name of the Venue?

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/Stevie_Rhiannon/Stevie/dc_1.jpg

vivfox, that picture is great. Thanks for posting it. If her face was clear it would be one of the best I've seen.

[michelej1]

vivfox, that picture is great. Thanks for posting it. If her face was clear it would be one of the best I've seen.

Makes me a little worried about her cleavage. But I guess everything stayed under control:laugh:.

Michele

[gldstwmn]

Seeing these photos makes me wonder if Stevie ever wore a "wedding" ring? I can't remember if she was married, separated or divorced at this time.

[michelej1]

The Washington Post, July 7, 1983, Thursday, Final Edition

SECTION: Style; Records; B8
HEADLINE: Pop: Open & Closed Cases

BYLINE: By Boo Browning

BODY:
Both Stevie Nicks (who performs at the Capital Centre tonight) and Rickie Lee Jones approach their music with a fervency uncommon in mainstream pop. Nicks' songs evoke a mystical, deeply romantic world that is inviting but ultimately inaccessible to the listener, while Jones opens up her interpretations in such an intensely intimate manner that the audience feels immediately privy to the experiences she describes.

Nicks, like Jones, shares a frankness and vulnerability made popular by Barbra Streisand, Laura Nyro and Joni Mitchell, but she lacks the vocal skills and songwriting ability to elevate her expressiveness above sheer pop drama. Her second solo album, "The Wild Heart" (Modern 90084-1), is animated but far from eloquent.

Part of the problem is her persistence in playing the quasi-mythological Welsh witch that defined and limited her participation with Fleetwood Mac. In a typical Nicks song, images from the occult are slung together willy-nilly with romantic fantasies to create billowy but incomprehensible themes. Hers is a style that lends itself better to a visual context than to vinyl, and her studio albums seem only to draw attention to her narrow vocals and formulaic compositions.

The most embarrassing example of Nicks' actressy pretensions occurs in "Nightbird," in which she laments the state of her eye makeup and summer footwear while lamely attempting to cast herself as a metaphor for mysterious love. "Beauty and the Beast" is a better attempt, anchored on a real story; a softly swaying waltz, it's also the album's best cut musically.

Elsewhere she rambles, especially on the title track, which contains some four-plus minutes of chorus repetition. Dedicated to a friend who died, it's a pretty, rocking song with some catchy phrases and good melodic hooks, but Nicks gets carried away in her expansiveness of emotion and overstates the tune.

On "Wild Heart," Nicks' voice is in its best form since early Fleetwood Mac--less thin and raspy, more rocking and self-assured. Determined to remain a solo artist, she is nonetheless at her most beguiling in the company of other vocalists, as past collaborations with Kenny Loggins, Tom Petty and others have shown. Her duet with Petty on her debut album, "Bella Donna," proved a durable, engaging rock hit.

Perhaps in an effort to repeat that success, the two perform another Petty-penned piece here, "I Will Run to You." Unfortunately, Petty sounds cranky and unmotivated on this one, as if it represented more an obligation than an opportunity. The guitar phrases are stale leftovers from his "Damn the Torpedoes" album, and the lyrics rival Nicks' own for inane sentimentality.

Nicks continues to be one of the most passionate female vocalists in rock music. What she has yet to acquire is the ability to strike a more universal balance between fantasy and reality, to invite her audience to some common ground where they might share the source of that passion.

Rickie Lee Jones' most recent release, a seven-song EP titled "Girl at Her Volcano" (Warner Bros. 1-23805), demonstrates her considerable skill at exacting emotional involvement from her audience. In addition, this album, which contains only one self-penned composition, shows Jones getting as much emotional mileage from other artists' material as she has previously gotten from her own. Her range and technical ability are as awe-inspiring as ever, but here they become formidable tools that she uses to manipulate texture and tone from one moment to the next.

On the two live tracks, "Lush Life" and "My Funny Valentine," the audience responds by hanging onto every nuance, cheering or even shouting replies at a phrase here, breathlessly silent within a pause there. Particularly on "Lush Life," Jones uses their enthusiasm to draw them even deeper into her interpretation, thus weaving her audience into the context of the song.

Jones has a knack for making the most familiar standard emphatically her own. Leaping from a tristful whisper to a chill-raising shout, she breathes a jazzy new anguish into the 1966 Left Banke hit, "Walk Away Renee." And on "Under the Boardwalk," she weaves through the male voices of the chorus with such spontaneity and verve that the old Drifters favorite is transformed into a tapestry of youthful joy.

Of course, Jones' highly stylized approach has its perils, chief among them the risk of overindulgence. On "Rainbow Sleeves," a Tom Waits tune released earlier this year on the "King of Comedy" soundtrack, she slips from heartfelt nostalgia into a weepy childlike pose that does justice neither to her womanly soprano nor to the intent of the lyrics, which concern renewed strength through companionship. Yet even "Rainbow Sleeves" has its thrilling moments, as does her own "Hey, Bub," a ballad sketch that captures the whimsy and tenderness of a remembered friendship.

Jones has taken great pains to assert that "Girl at Her Volcano" is not the "next" Rickie Lee Jones album, but merely a sampling of favorites she has enjoyed performing in her scattering of club dates over the past few years. Still, it will do just fine to hold over those who've come to regard her as the most impressive pop vocalist since the young Streisand.

[AmbrFireflie]

Love that pic! The venue had to be the Buffalo Memorial Aud

[vivfox]

the 9th show on The Wild Heart Tour
July 3,1983
Hartford, Connecticut
Venue: Hartford Civic Center

I was 21 years old and I was at this show. After viewing the Stevie HBO Concert a thousand and one times I was excited for a whole new show with this Tour. You know how dissapointed we get with her current set list? Well this was my initiation to the basic same ole same ole with the setlist. It was the same basic HBO show with three new songs added in. But being there that night felt magical. It was my 4th time seeing Stevie. The 1st time was for Tusk and the other two were Mirage shows.

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/Stevie_Rhiannon/Stevie/be_1.jpg

from BILLBOARD Magazine
Boxscores
Headliner: Stevie Nicks
Opening Act: Joe Walsh
Hartford Civic Center, Htfd.,Ct.
Produced by: Cross Country Concerts/ Compton Terrace Concerts
Ticket Prices: $11.50 & $12.50
Available Tickets: 16,069
Tickets Sold: 13,720
Concert Gross: $168,772

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[vivfox]

the 10th show on The Wild Heart Tour
July 6, 1983
Worcestor, Massachusetts
Venue: Worcestor Centrum

I was at this show. It was my 5th time seeing Stevie. I don't remember anything from this night other than knowing I WAS there.

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/Stevie_Rhiannon/Stevie/bc_1.jpg

from BILLBOARD Magazine
Boxscores
Headliner: Stevie Nicks
Opening Act: Joe Walsh
Worcestor Centrum, Wor., Ma.
Produced by: Frank J. Russo/Compton Terrace Concerts
Ticket Price: $11.50 & $12.50
Available Tickets: 12,383
Tickets Sold: Sellout
Concert Gross: $151,758

[softsilverchain]

Viv~

Im really loving this thread!!! Thanks for all the posting for this Wild Heart and Tusk thread. Since I didn't really get into Stevie since 1999 its so much fun for me to relive these experiences through your threads. A big thank you to you!!!!!

[starshine]

Thanks for everyone's post and thoughts in this thread also. I didn't start collecting Stevie/Fmac til '88/'89 so I missed everything before this.....I wish someone knew about her show at Joe Louis Arena for the Wild Heart tour.....no soundboards or audience tapes for it either....same for her RAL show which I think that was at Pine Knob/now DTE in '86 too. If anyone has info or went to those shows....heck we might as well add the Mirror show in '89 since I couldn't go to that one either.....I'd love to hear about it.....Thanks much:thumbsup::shrug:

[amoscascott]

Just a quick add to the 5th show on this tour. The Meadowlands show. This was my first Stevie show, and as I graduated from the 8th grade that June, my parents bought me front row tickets for this show. Diana Ross and Prince were also at this show. I also saw Nina Blackwood, old school VJ on MTV back in the day.

[vermicious knid]

Michele, are these articles from your own collection that you are transcribing yourself? Sometimes you post things that I have never read before. That Washington Post review is similar to the Rolling Stone review. They both thought she was in good voice, but thought her lyrics had no meaning.

[michelej1]

Michele, are these articles from your own collection that you are transcribing yourself? Sometimes you post things that I have never read before. That Washington Post review is similar to the Rolling Stone review. They both thought she was in good voice, but thought her lyrics had no meaning.

No, I am usually not transcribing them. I'm cutting them from an electronic news service and pasting them here.

Also, although I didn't do it this time, because the article fit into Mark's theme, I usually do a Yahoo search and see if the article is already online on one of the FM websites before I paste it here. I want the stuff we haven't seen before online, but not a repeat of all the stuff we already have. Since so many periodicals are gradually digitalizing their archives, we get more old news articles available all the time.

Michele

[Steviefan49]

No, I am usually not transcribing them. I'm cutting them from an electronic news service and pasting them here.

Also, although I didn't do it this time, because the article fit into Mark's theme, I usually do a Yahoo search and see if the article is already online on one of the FM websites before I paste it here. I want the stuff we haven't seen before online, but not a repeat of all the stuff we already have. Since so many periodicals are gradually digitalizing their archives, we get more old news articles available all the time.

Michele

Hey Michele..

I wanted to thank you and Viv for posting not only all of the articles, but as Viv is doing, taking this tour, gig by gig, datewise! That's a LOT of work... and thanks SOOOO much to the both of you!!:xoxo:

[michelej1]

Hey Michele..

I wanted to thank you and Viv for posting not only all of the articles, but as Viv is doing, taking this tour, gig by gig, datewise! That's a LOT of work... and thanks SOOOO much to the both of you!!:xoxo:


I think what Vivfox thought of doing for the Tusk tour was a lot of fun and I'm so glad he started it for the Wild Heart Tour so that we would have something to follow while the Tusk Tour is on hiatus. I guess it will be coming to a complete end very soon. With Mark's Billboard entries and Sanne's pictures, I'm seeing things I've never seen before, even though I've been a fan since 1979.

Michele

[Steviefan49]

I think what Vivfox thought of doing for the Tusk tour was a lot of fun and I'm so glad he started it for the Wild Heart Tour so that we would have something to follow while the Tusk Tour is on hiatus. I guess it will be coming to a complete end very soon. With Mark's Billboard entries and Sanne's pictures, I'm seeing things I've never seen before, even though I've been a fan since 1979.

Michele

It IS a lot of fun!!! And yes.. there are a lot of great pictures and Billboard entries, that I've never seen either, and am LOVING it too! Thanks again SOOO much!!

Hugs,

Arlene

[vivfox]

the 11th show on The Wild Heart Tour
July 7,1983
Largo, Maryland
Venue: Capitol Centre

This is an actual video from this July 7th concert.
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[skcin]

Love that pic! The venue had to be the Buffalo Memorial Aud

Yes, The Buffalo Memorial Auditorium. Capacity was around 18,000 max.

[vivfox]

the 12th show on The Wild Heart Tour
July 10,1983
Greensboro, North Carolina
Venue: Greensboro Coliseum

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/Stevie_Rhiannon/Stevie/57_10.jpg

[michelej1]

^Aw, that's a great picture, dress in motion and she's looking right into the camera.

Michele

[vivfox]

the 13th show on The Wild Heart Tour
July 11,1983
Atlanta, Georgia
Venue: The Omni

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/Stevie_Rhiannon/Stevie/0sn27.jpg

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[galestreet]

1983 :) that would have been cool to have seen in Atlanta at the Omni, thanks for the remembrance!

[michelej1]

Washington Post, July 8, 1983

SECTION: Style; Performing Arts; C2

HEADLINE: Stevie Nicks

BYLINE: Boo Browning

BODY:
Stevie Nicks, the homecoming queen of old-school rock, made last night's Capital Centre concert worth every penny of the hefty ticket price.

Nicks missed cues, suffered feedback problems and miscalled a few tunes, none of which seemed to matter in a performance as richly textured and multilayered as her trademark witch-princess threads and ringleted hair. The exuberance reached such a peak that in the middle of one song she reached for a pigtailed child in the audience and danced around with her.

With backing instrumentalists from the E Street Band, the Heartbreakers, Billy Joel's group and perennial studio ace Waddy Wachtel, all she had to do was open her mouth and spread her wings, and the audience took flight along with her. From Fleetwood Mac favorites such as "Crystal Visions" and "Sarah" through "If Anyone Falls," from her new album, "Wild Heart," she showed control of voice that equals her balletic motions pirouette for pirouette. Surely an act to be appreciated visually as much as musically, Nicks gave her audience gratifying amounts from both categories.

Walsh opened the show with some especially deft Ravel licks. Shouting, "Eat your heart out, Mozart," he took it breathlessly from there, pausing only long enough to announce his renewed presidential candidacy. Corporate rock it may have been, but after such a spectacular double bill, capitalism never looked or sounded so appealing.

[vivfox]

the 14th show on The Wild Heart Tour
July 14,1983
Kansas City, Missouri
Venue: Kemper Arena

At this show Stevie sang, "Kansas City, Kansas City here we come."

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/Stevie_Rhiannon/Stevie/0sn25.jpg

[vivfox]

the 15th show on The wild Heart Tour
July 15,1983
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Venue: The MET Center

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/Stevie_Rhiannon/Stevie/0sn15.jpg

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[iamnotafraid]

the 15th show on The wild Heart Tour
July 15,1983
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Venue: The MET Center

A whopping 50 people have viewed this thread in the last 24 hours!Perhaps no one gives a damn.

I give a dang. I care about the Wild Heart time period.

[DeeGeMe]

The Wild Heart was my favorite Stevie "era". I love this thread!

[vivfox]

The Wild Heart was my favorite Stevie "era". I love this thread!
Thank you! I don't quite know how to explain this but in the last 24 hours this thread was viewed by 1,096 people. Unfrickin' believable. Maybe you all just felt sorry for me.

[vivfox]

the 16th show on The Wild Heart Tour
July 18,1983
Chicago, Illionis
Venue: Rosemont Horizon

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/Stevie_Rhiannon/Stevie/hhghd.jpg

[vivfox]

the 17th show on The Wild Heart Tour
July 19,1983
Toronto, Canada
Venue: Canadian National Exhibition
THIS SHOW WAS CANCELLED---------------THIS SHOW WAS CANCELLED-------------THIS SHOW WAS CANCELLED

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/Stevie_Rhiannon/Stevie/9_83inPhoenix.jpg

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[David]

the 16th show on The Wild Heart Tour
July 18,1983
Chicago, Illionis
Venue: Rosemont HorizonThis entire show was recorded. Fans always considered it one of the best recordings (soundwise) of the tour. At the very end, Stevie sings a line from the Jackson 5 song "Never Can Say Goodbye."

[michelej1]

Globe and Mail (Canada) July 19, 1983

Those who bought tickets for the Stevie Nicks and Joe Walsh concert that
was to be held tonight should find this week whether they will have the
option of exchanging their seats for a concert later this season. The
show's promoters, Concert Productions International, are to make an
announcement soon.

July 18, 1983

The concert scheduled for Tuesday night at the Canadian National
Exhibition Bandshell, with California rock performers Stevie Nicks and Joe
Walsh, has been cancelled.

A spokesman for the promoters, Concert Productions International, said
that information about refunds for tickets or exchanges for a different
concert will be announced today or tomorrow.

[Sanne2]

What was the reason for the cancellation?

[michelej1]

Boston Globe (MA), July 8, 1983
Section: ARTS/ FILMS


REVIEW MUSIC THE YIN AND YANG OF STEVIE NICKS STEVIE NICKS - IN CONCERT WITH JOE WALSH AT THE WORCESTER CENTRUM, WEDNESDAY.


Susan Wilson Special to The Globe

WORCESTER Understanding the ancient Chinese principle of yin and yang, the universal opposites, provides a clue to a question that has haunted Fleetwood Mac fans for years: Just what is it that makes that mystical and mysterious Stevie Nicks tick?

The talented singer and songwriter - who packed the Centrum Wednesday night in a wonderfully successful solo concert - has admitted her see-saw sensibilities and dual personalities in recent interviews. There is the yin half - passive, light, idle, "feminine." Then the yang - active, dark, dominant, "masculine." Nicks is aware, and in tune, with both these sides of her muse. And with that in mind, the cryptic Nicks image begins to coalesce.

Visually, the yin-yang pull is manifested in outfits like the breezy, white gown she wears on the cover of her 1981 debut solo album, "Bella Donna." The contrast? A dark, velvety cloak - augmented by some double exposure photography - on her newly released "Wild Heart" LP (both on Modern Records). Conceptually, she flaunts it in lyrics that skip from solidly stated love songs to elusively worded, ethereal jaunts into her private Never-Never Land. Spiritually, she admits an affinity for fairy tales like "Beauty and the Beast."

You get the idea.

Balance, of course, is the essence of effective dualism. And balance was the key to Nicks' emotionally moving and exceptionally hard-rocking performance on Wednesday night.

Wafting on to a stage bathed in eerie blue light, the strikingly beautiful vocalist took firm hold front and center, a spot she rarely relinquished in the course of her 90-minute show. The fact that Nicks' active, take-charge side was visible, and that she made regular eye and gesture contact with audience members was compelling and rivetting. It was a far cry from days when her preoccupied personna lay rampant, as in the 1979 Garden appearance which found Nicks fluttering around the stage, wandering and wilting like a lost Isadora Duncan.

Shaking out her golden, lioness locks, then shifting a white shawl over her lacy, black, Gothic-gaudy gown, Nicks and band dived headlong into a rocking opener of her snakey "Gold Dust Woman." Once in control, the sensual and self-assured vocalist never let up. Her voice was strong and soaring, continually expanding and experimenting around the songs' original melody lines. She periodically dipped out to switch outfits - sometimes black, sometimes white, and always wispy and witch-like.

Highlights of her harder-rocking originals included Mac classics "Dreams," "Gypsy" and a poignant, raw-edged re-interpretation of "Rhiannon" that provided a chilling encore. Ace guitarist Waddy Wachtell - accompanied by other top-notch session players including keyboardist Roy Bittan, percussionist Bobbye Hall and drummer Liberty DeVitto - bouyed Nicks' wood- grained vocals from the start. But beginning with two "Bella Donna" hit singles, "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" and "Edge of Seventeen," Wachtell in particular broke loose into the evening's finest, funkiest and most majestic pyrotechnics.

Faster paced numbers from the "Wild Heart" LP fared better in live performance than in their largely lackluster album versions. In fact, only one cut off the new LP - a melodic and melancholy mood piece called "Beauty and the Beast"(!) - had the strength and breathless charm of earlier Nicks ballads like "Sara" and "Leather and Lace."

The unlikely opening act for Nicks' magical evening was former James Gang lead guitarist, Joe Walsh. Backed by a soulful horn line and hard-driving percussion section, Walsh mixed lush harmonies with his trademark heavy driving boogie. Walsh's reputation as an innovative musical artist were proven via his searing guitar work in "Everybody Must Get Stoned" and a bluesy, guitar-vocal duet in "Shadows." Though Walsh's appeal was clearly to a tougher, heavier metal crowd than Nicks' softer rock following, the combination seemed to work, at least in the energies and excitement generated.

[michelej1]

[Sorry, I missed this for June]

Philadelphia Inquirer (PA), June 28, 1983


Section: FEATURES PEOPLE HOME ENTERTAINMENT


ECCENTRIC NICKS GIVES DELICATE CONCERT


Ken Tucker, Inquirer Popular Music Critic

Stevie Nicks , who performed at the Spectrum last night, is a very unusual pop artist: an intensely mannered and eccentric performer whose mannerisms and eccentricity yield good music.

Nicks usually performs as part of the band Fleetwood Mac, but she has just released her second solo album, "The Wild Heart" (Modern), and her show last night concentrated on material from that new disc.

For this tour as a headliner, she has assembled a first-rate band consisting of players from other groups, including keyboardist Roy Bittan, from Bruce Springsteen's E-Street Band; Benmont Tench, keyboardist from Tom Petty's Heartbreakers, and drummer Liberty DeVitto, the best thing that ever happened to Billy Joel. Together with lead guitarist Waddy Wachtel, this band played a lot of harsh, loud rock 'n' roll that was a nice contrast to Nicks' reedy, delicate voice.

Nicks' entire style of performance can, in fact, be described as delicate. In her wispy gowns and in the fluttery, flyaway dance steps she executes onstage, Nicks plays up the dreamy aspects of her music. The songs she writes are full of wise, young witches, bold princes and glowering monsters - this is fairy-tale rock 'n' roll, delivered with roiling melodrama.

What keeps it all from becoming too coy, however, is Nicks' penchant for creating firm, commanding melodies that bolster her woozy lyrics. At the Spectrum, she gave bright, unsentimental readings of hits such as "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around," "Leather and Lace" and the current "Stand Back." In the end, Nicks skittered along the lip of the stage, accepting bouquets and squeezing the hands of gawking admirers, and as always, her apparent sincerity and guilelessness was impressive.

Preceding Nicks this evening was singer-guitarist Joe Walsh, whose billing on this tour is bigger than an opening act but smaller than co-headliner.

Walsh is a man in the midst of change: His old group, the Eagles, has disbanded, and so he's testing his solo wings by touring to promote his new album "You Bought It, You Name It" (Full Moon/Warner Bros.). This record is a desultory affair that doesn't begin to hint at the tough-guy good humor and sharp guitar-playing of which Walsh is capable.

Walsh's performance last night was charming but slight, with one exception - a terrific, extended version of his finest composition, "Life's Been Good," probably the most honest, and certainly the funniest, life-of-a-rock -star saga any musician has recorded.

[michelej1]

What was the reason for the cancellation?

I don't know, I can't find anything saying why the shows did not go forward.

Michele

[David]

I don't know, I can't find anything saying why the shows did not go forward.That's very weird. In my tour itinerary, the Toronto gig was originally scheduled for July 19, & the bookend shows (July 18 at Rosemont & July 22 at Blossom) took place as planned.

There were several switcheroos & other scheduling mysteries throughout the tour. The Greensboro NC show at the Greensboro Coliseum was originally scheduled for July 10, but was postponed to the tail end of the tour, in late November. The Tempe AZ Heart Association benefit was originally scheduled for August 28, but that was pushed back to September 25, & she allegedly played Baton Rouge on the 28th. Some gigs in the third week in October were apparently postponed a month.

Originally, the tour was supposed to end November 20 in Ames, but that gig (which took place as scheduled & is on tape) wound up preceding some postponements tacked on afterward.

[AliP]

Originally, the tour was supposed to end November 20 in Ames, but that gig (which took place as scheduled & is on tape) wound up preceding some postponements tacked on afterward.

Ah, the Ames concert...one of my favorites! She is completely and utterly wacked out of her mind during that show...and I love it!

[Musicman408]

Ah, the Ames concert...one of my favorites! She is completely and utterly wacked out of her mind during that show...and I love it!

Is there audio of video of this show?

[DeeGeMe]

That's very weird. In my tour itinerary, the Toronto gig was originally scheduled for July 19, & the bookend shows (July 18 at Rosemont & July 22 at Blossom) took place as planned.

There were several switcheroos & other scheduling mysteries throughout the tour. The Greensboro NC show at the Greensboro Coliseum was originally scheduled for July 10, but was postponed to the tail end of the tour, in late November. The Tempe AZ Heart Association benefit was originally scheduled for August 28, but that was pushed back to September 25, & she allegedly played Baton Rouge on the 28th. Some gigs in the third week in October were apparently postponed a month.

Originally, the tour was supposed to end November 20 in Ames, but that gig (which took place as scheduled & is on tape) wound up preceding some postponements tacked on afterward.

That's not correct. I was at the Greensboro NC show--and it was held in the summer. The COLUMBIA, SC show was cancelled (the afternoon of the show as a matter of fact) and then rescheduled for late November, I had tickets for the show and got to Columbia only to find out that it had been cancelled. It was then rescheduled for late November, at the tail end of her tour (and I was there for the rescheduled show.) The story given at the time was that Stevie was suffering from bronchitis or some similar ailment. Urban Legend has it that she actually stayed in Columbia for a couple of weeks, recuperating at the city's nicest hotel at the time, a Marriot if I remember correctly.

[AliP]

Is there audio of video of this show?

There is an audio but no video. Stevie is in full form and is high as a kite, but she is soo funny.

[David]

That's not correct. I was at the Greensboro NC show--and it was held in the summer. The COLUMBIA, SC show was cancelled (the afternoon of the show as a matter of fact) and then rescheduled for late November, I had tickets for the show and got to Columbia only to find out that it had been cancelled. It was then rescheduled for late November, at the tail end of her tour (and I was there for the rescheduled show.) The story given at the time was that Stevie was suffering from bronchitis or some similar ailment. Urban Legend has it that she actually stayed in Columbia for a couple of weeks, recuperating at the city's nicest hotel at the time, a Marriot if I remember correctly.Thanks for correction. So what we have is that Greensboro NC took place as scheduled on July 10. But Columbia SC (University of South Carolina) was postponed from October 21 to November 24.

Did you go to the Charlotte NC performance on November 23? I think that's on tape (either that one or Columbia the following night).

[DeeGeMe]

No for some reason I missed out on the Charlotte NC show--but I have great memories from both shows-good times, good times.

[vivfox]

the 17th show on The Wild Heart Tour
July 22,1983
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
Venue: Blossom Music Center

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/Stevie_Rhiannon/Stevie/WildHeartShake.jpg

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[vivfox]

the 18th show on The Wild Heart Tour
July 23,1983
Detroit, Michigan
Venue: Joe Louis Arena

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/Stevie_Rhiannon/Stevie/SLN.jpg

from BILLBOARD Magazine
Boxscores
Headliner: Stevie Nicks
Opening Act: Joe Walsh
Joe Louis Arena, Detroit
Produced by: Brass Ring Productions
Ticket Prices: $11.50 & $12.50
Available Tickets: 13,124
Tickets Sold: 10,378
Concert Gross: $129,712

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[michelej1]

^That's a very interesting photo, the angle, the feathers, the glazed gaze.

Interesting.

Michele

[Gypsy0033]

Adding a few more pics to the thread.

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb20/TNissen318/00sn13.jpg

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb20/TNissen318/sn25.jpg

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb20/TNissen318/sn26.jpg

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb20/TNissen318/0sn164.jpg

[Gypsy0033]

^That's a very interesting photo, the angle, the feathers, the glazed gaze.

Interesting.

Michele

Here's another one.

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f21/Gypsy0033/sn514.jpg

[skcin]

^ Wow, that looks like RAL era. She must have been pretty friggin' tired by the end of the WH tour. :p

Thank you! I don't quite know how to explain this but in the last 24 hours this thread was viewed by 1,096 people. Unfrickin' believable. Maybe you all just felt sorry for me.


Or maybe someone is f*cking with you. :shrug:

[vivfox]

the 19th show on The Wild Heart Tour
July 26,1983
St. Louis, Missouri
Venue: Checkerdome

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/Stevie_Rhiannon/Stevie/ER1002_Stevie_NICKS_6.jpg

[David]

^ Remember what that photo ran in Creem magazine with the waggish caption: "Stevie -- a bit of Cross-Your-Heart motion in action"?

[vivfox]

the 20th show on The Wild Heart Tour
July 27,1983
Indianapolis, Indiana
Venue: Market Square Arena

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/Stevie_Rhiannon/Stevie/yujyij21.jpg

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I always loved the name Market Square Arena. Did the name of this venue ever change like all the rest of em?

[vivfox]

the 21st show on The Wild Heart Tour
July 30,1983
East Troy, Wisconsin
Venue: Alpine Valley Music Theatre

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/Stevie_Rhiannon/Stevie/usfest2.jpg

[vivfox]

the 22nd show on The Wild Heart Tour
July 31,1983
Cincinnatti, Ohio
Venue: Riverfront Coliseum

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/Stevie_Rhiannon/Stevie/USFestival.jpg

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After this show Stevie takes a month vacation. The tour resumes August 27th.

[jwd]

the 22nd show on The Wild Heart Tour
July 31,1983
Cincinnatti, Ohio
Venue: Riverfront Coliseum

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/Stevie_Rhiannon/Stevie/USFestival.jpg

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After this show Stevie takes a month vacation. The tour resumes August 27th.

Hard to beleive it's been 25 yrs since then. That's a long time ago. I was getting totally psyched up for Stevie Nicks on her Wild Heart Tour! Don't blame it on me, blame it on my young, wild heart! :woohoo: I bought the gray t with that slogan on it and the heart with wings on the front. I still have it, but I think it's a little small on me now. I'm much more "muscular" these days! :laugh:


http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h79/Inthebackofmymind/wildheartticketstub.jpg

I can't believe I paid a whopping $12.75 for this ticket!

[galestreet]

Was Joe Walsh the main act or the opening act?

[michelej1]

Was Joe Walsh the main act or the opening act?

Joe was the opening act.

With the tour on hiatus, I'll just post this from the Toronto Globe and Mail, August 12, 1983:

THE FIRST EXHIBIT in Canada from the Famous Museum of Rock Art in Los
Angeles will be held in Toronto at the Canadian National Exhibition's
Geodesic Dome.

John Lennon's Bag One Collection will be shown, along with art by such
rock stars as Commander Cody, Linda McCartney, Joni Mitchell, Stevie Nicks
and Klaus Voorman.

Poster art will include the Woodstock Collection and art from the
Kaleidoscope and Winterland Ballrooms and the Filmore West. Poster artists
present will include Ric Griffin, Alton Kelly, Victor Moscosso and Stanley
Mouse.

An enormous photograph display will include works by Dezo Hoffman, who
photographed the Beatles, Woodstock photographer Henry Diltz and Herbert
W. Worthington 3rd.

Junos won by Canadian artists will also be displayed.

This exhibit, featuring more than 400 pieces of original art, is being
presented by Sony of Canada Ltd., CHUM-FM and the Toronto Area Toyota
Dealers Association.

[galestreet]

Thanks for the info, and for the Toronto article, its amazing to look at Stevie's career and how long she has been at it and how amazing she looks today!! I am glad she tours and I hope that she begins a new cd soon!!! Thanks again for the post.:angel:

[michelej1]

Lexington Herald-Leader (KY), August 11, 1983

STEVIE NICKS SEES WORLD IN A BLUR


Walter Berry Associated Press

PHOENIX, Ariz. -- For singer Stevie Nicks, her success as a songwriter could be attributed to her failing eyesight.

I definitely perceive the world differently than most people do," said the most visible member of the rock group Fleetwood Mac, who was in Phoenix to promote a coming benefit concert and her second solo album, The Wild Heart.

I have really bad eyes, and I never wore glasses, you see," Nicks explained. Then all of a sudden, I got contact lenses -- soft ones which don't make you see great but make you see better. Now I'm completely confused. I used to see nothing. Now I see sort of.

Everything is either a blur or it's psychedelic or more acidlike. Street
lights sparkle, colors run together. But because I can't see the world clearly, I look at it differently. I see it like in a dream."

Most of her songs reflect a reverielike quality, as in Gypsy," Sara," Rhiannon" or Dreams." And whether they're for a Fleetwood Mac album or her own, all her efforts sell well -- in the millions.

Her first solo LP, Bella Donna, was released in October 1981 and rose to the top of the pop charts. A 35-city tour through August coincides with The Wild Heart. The Modern Records album was No. 5 and climbing on the best-selling chart of July 30. Her single, Stand Back," was No. 13 and climbing on that date.

The Wild Heart is wild," Nicks said. It's Bella Donna, only less fragile.

It's me being stronger with who I am and what I have to say. I just sang what I wanted to and did it the way I wanted to, as crazy as it was. It's my masterpiece as far as I'm concerned. It's very much a story."

An avid reader, Nicks based another of her new songs on author Jean Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast.

It ends the album. It's an orchestrated piece -- a string arrangement -and it's a beautiful, beautiful thing," she said. It was at A&R Studios in New York City, where they do all the Dionne Warwick and Frank Sinatra things.

Neither Fleetwood Mac nor Stevie had ever used a string arrangement in their lives. So it was very strange to walk in to sing for these 30 little old men with their violin cases who had no idea what in the world I was doing there in a long black dress, with champagne.

These guys hadn't done a session like that in 10 years. But for two hours they played this song, and it's just beautiful. It's very fairy tale."

Tom Petty and Prince also contribute to The Wild Heart, but Nicks says she'll shy away from such collaborations in the future.

It causes me a lot of grief to work with men who love to come in and sing on my albums because it's cool," she said, referring to Petty and ex-Eagles drummer Don Henley, who sang backup on the Bella Donna hits Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" and Leather and Lace," respectively.

I'll be out on the road, and everybody will be saying, O'Where's Tom Petty?' and O'Where's Don Henley?' It causes me a lot of arguments, and it gets to the point where I just want to do my own record and not hassle anyone."

[vivfox]

the 23rd show on The Wild Heart Tour
August 27,1983
Biloxi, Mississippi
Venue: Gulf Coast Coliseum

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/Stevie_Rhiannon/Stevie/crbab.jpg

from BILLBOARD Magazine
Boxscores
Headliner: Stevie Nicks
Opening Act: Joe Walsh
Gulf Coast Coliseum,Biloxi,Ms.
Produced by: Barry Mendelson
Ticket Price: $12.50
Available Tickets: 14.000
Tickets Sold: SELLOUT
Concert Gross: $169,737
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[vivfox]

the 24th show on The Wild Heart Tour
August 31,1983
Austin, Texas
Venue: Frank Erwin Center

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/Stevie_Rhiannon/Stevie/meacul.jpg

from BILLBOARD Magazine
Boxscores
Headliner: Stevie Nicks
Opening Act: Joe Walsh
Frank Erwin Center(Univ. of Texas)Austin
Produced by: In House
Ticket Prices: $13.50 & $11.50
Available Tickets: 12,708
Tickets Sold: 11,202
Concert Gross: $145,798

[vivfox]

the 25th show on The Wild Heart Tour
September 1,1983
Houston, Texas
Venue: The Summit

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/Stevie_Rhiannon/Stevie/jwg.jpg

from BILLBOARD Magazine
Boxscores
Headliner: Stevie Nicks
Opening Act: Joe Walsh
Summit, Houston, Tx.
Produced by: Pace Concerts
Ticket Prices: $13.75
Available Tickets: 16,177
Tickets Sold: SELLOUT
Concert Gross: $217,827

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[vivfox]

the 26th show on The Wild Heart Tour
September 4,1983
Memphis, Tennesse
Venue: Mid South Coliseum

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/Stevie_Rhiannon/Stevie/daisy.jpg

from BILLBOARD Magazine
Boxscores
Headliner: Stevie Nicks
Opening Act: Joe Walsh
Mid South Coliseum
Produced by: Mid South Concerts
Ticket Price: $11.50
Available Tickets: 11,999
Tickets Sold: SELLOUT
Concert Gross: $137,988

[iamnotafraid]

vivfox, thanks for the post and pictures.

[Angel69]

Just wanted to say thanks to Vivfox for all the great info and pictures!:nod: A round of applause !

[michelej1]

Philadelphia Inquirer (PA), September 4, 1983

Section: FEATURES ENTERTAINMENT ART

A WEIRD YEAR FOR ROCK STARS ON THE ROAD


Ken Tucker, Inquirer Popular Music Critic

Although the overall quality and diversity of pop music these days are a cause for rejoicing, the reports of a resurgence in the music business have been rather premature in one area: So far, 1983 has proved to be an uneven year for the rock-concert business.

David Bowie, the Police and Willie Nelson sell out concert halls all over the country. But equally big names, such as Linda Ronstadt, Rick Springfield and the Australian sensation Men at Work, have had difficulty in filling concert arenas in some major cities, including Philadelphia.

"Apparently what is disturbing concert-promoters across the country is that everything is so unpredictable," says Paul Grein, the music research editor at Billboard magazine, the music-industry trade publication.

"One platinum-selling act will sell out 50,000 tickets in a matter of hours; the next act with a major hit single will have trouble selling a third as many tickets. There doesn't seem to be any way to predict which acts will succeed in drawing a big audience anymore."

Here in Philadelphia, Greg Benedetti of East Coast Concerts agrees with Billboard's assessment.

"It is much more difficult to gauge the public's current interest in bands that were in the past automatically considered sellout attractions," notes Benedetti. "Despite the news from Washington that the economy is on the upswing, we're finding that the poor economy - specifically kids without much spending money for shows - is still affecting our business."

No pattern emerges when you look at examples of big winners and losers in concert halls in Philadelphia and elsewhere in the country. East Coast Concerts reported a very poor showing for its July 3 Atlantic City Pier show with British rocker Dave Edmunds. Rick Springfield was riding high on the record charts with his hit single "Human Touch" when he filled less than half the seats at the Spectrum in July. And the Ripley Music Hall had a dismal turnout in May for Mutabaruka, the most widely praised reggae artist in recent years.

Similarly, the current "Budweiser Superfest" concert series - featuring a revolving lineup of such big-name acts as the O'Jays, George Clinton, Kool and the Gang and the Whispers - has had very uneven audience attendance as it travels around the country, making its Philadelphia arrival next Saturday a commercial enterprise to watch.

A rock legend like Eric Clapton failed to fill the Spectrum to capacity in February, but ZZ Top, considered a "regional" band with its strongest appeal in the Southwest, sold out the facility in July. (Depending on where the stage is placed in the Spectrum, seating capacity ranges from 16,000 to 18,500.)

Throughout the country, the drawing power of pop acts continues to seesaw. Marvin Gaye sells out seven nights at Radio City Music Hall, but watches his audiences dwindle as his tour moves into the Southwest, and the combination of two stars, Stevie Nicks and Joe Walsh, on one nationwide tour produces only sporadic sellouts. Yet supposedly offbeat acts like Talking Heads and Neil Young find themselves playing to capacity crowds.

One thing suggested by this situation is that the music business is in a process of radical change. The most popular trend of the 1970s, for example, was the pop audience's fondness for introspective singer-songwriters - performers such as Linda Ronstadt, James Taylor, Jackson Browne and Joni Mitchell. Nowadays, in the midst of up-and-coming trends such as "new music" (rock music influenced by black dance music), such acts find their power as a draw to be inconsistent to the point of sometimes being seriously strained.

For instance Browne, whose "Lawyers in Love" album is currently in Billboard's Top 20, sold out New York's Madison Square Garden a month ago but only managed to fill about half of Pittsburgh's 12,000-seat Civic Arena. Then he rebounded on Aug. 3 to do standing-room-only business at the Spectrum.

On the other hand, a band like the Police, which only a few years ago was labeled a "punk-new wave" act of limited commercial appeal, is now the hottest rock group in the world. The British trio's recent appearance at New York's Shea Stadium sold out - 60,000 seats - in an astonishing five hours. And their SRO performance with Joan Jett, R.E.M. and Madness at Philadelphia's JFK Stadium on Aug. 18 grossed $1.15 million, according to Variety statistics.

In general, there is an increasing acceptance among music fans for the sort of rock 'n' roll that until very recently seemed too eccentric to attract huge numbers of people.

A prime example of this occurred locally last Wednesday when the British band Culture Club filled Upper Darby's Tower Theater to capacity. Culture Club, fronted by the odd, androgynous-looking singer Boy George, is exactly the sort of rock act that industry experts used to dismiss as a cult act.

Meanwhile, Billboard reports that a veteran band like the hard-rock Aerosmith - once a supergroup that could easily sell out a large arena - has been having trouble filling seats throughout the country. The band recently sold only a third of the capacity of the San Diego Sports Arena, for example.

And current supergroup Asia, despite a Top 10 album titled "Alpha," earned only slightly more than half of the Spectrum's potential gross when it played that facility Aug. 27, according to Variety figures.

"The acts themselves are becoming more conservative about all of this," observes East Coast's Benedetti. He points to the example of Eddy Grant, the pop-reggae star whose recent hit was "Electric Avenue." Grant was scheduled to appear at the 1,000-seat Tower Theater last month but, Benedetti says, "ticket sales were slow."

"We at East Coast Concerts were willing to take a chance on the fact that he'd get a lot of last-minute ticket sales, but his people (Grant's booking agency, record company and management) decided they didn't want to do that. So, complying with their wishes, we moved the show to the Ripley Music Hall," the South Street nightclub that holds 440 people for a seated concert and 550 for a dance concert.

It would be a mistake to depict the summer concert situation as another indication of pop music's imminent collapse, of course. For one thing, record sales are up for the last year. For another, the popularity of "video" - the short promotional films showing pop stars in action - continues on both cable and commercial television. But Billboard's Grein thinks that the popularity of videos may be cutting into live-concert business.

"Increasing numbers of kids are undoubtedly thinking, 'Why pay to see a band perform when you can watch them in the comfort of your home for free or for the comparatively small price of a cable-TV subscription?' " he theorizes.

On a local level, Benedetti observes that "there is no major outlet for new-wave acts, a place for new acts from all over the country to come in and show Philadelphia what they've got.

"The radio stations here in town don't do enough to expose the new music that could in turn help the concert business in town, for us and for a place like the East Side Club. WIFI (a local FM station that recently switched from a "new-music" to an urban contemporary format) helped satisfy a need for us in that respect. Our key to success is breaking new acts, and they were playing a lot of adventurous music. But since their format change, there's been no one to take up that slack.

"No one has taken the time or the patience to educate that young audience out there, to let them know that there is exciting music being made that they're not hearing. And if they don't hear it, they won't pay money to go and see it."

[vivfox]

the 27th show on The Wild Heart Tour
September 5,1983
Dallas, Texas
Venue: Reunion Arena

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/Stevie_Rhiannon/Stevie/crouchingtiger.jpg

from BILLBOARD Magazine
Boxscores
Headliner: Stevie Nicks
Opening Act: Joe Walsh
Reunion Arena, Dallas, Tx.
Produced by: Pace Concerts
Ticket Price: $13.50
Available Tickets: 16,300
Tickets Sold: 14,772
Concert Gross: $193,171

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[vivfox]

the 28th show on The Wild Heart Tour
September 8,1983
Portland, Maine
Venue: Cumberland County Civic Center

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/Stevie_Rhiannon/Stevie/gold0mt.jpg

from BILLBOARD Magazine
Boxscores
Headliner: Stevie Nicks
Opening Act: Joe Walsh
Cumberland county Civic Center, Portland, Me.
Produced by: Frank J. Russo
Ticket Price: $12.50
Available Tickets: 9,415
Tickets Sold: SELLOUT
Concert Gross: $117,687

[vivfox]

the 29th show on The Wild Heart Tour
September 9,1983
Bristol, Rhode Island
Venue: Colt Park Amphitheater

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/Stevie_Rhiannon/Stevie/casfkmt.jpg

from BILLBOARD Magazine
Boxscores
Headliner: Stevie Nicks
Opening Act: Andy Pratt & The Pull
Colt Park Amphitheater, Bristol, R. I.
Produced by: Frank J. Russo
Ticket Price: $14.50 & $13.50
Available Tickets: 9,015
Tickets Sold: SELLOUT
Concert Gross: $123,781

I believe this was the only show on this tour that Joe Walsh was NOT the opening act.
A friend of mine went to this show. She told me Stevie threw a pineapple, which was a stage prop, at a drunk guy in the front row who was yelling sexual sh** at her while she was performing. My friend was drunk too, so who really knows. No one else seems to have heard about this. I can't imagine it being true.

[galestreet]

Thanks for all the awesome pictures from the Wild Heart tour! I love the Memphis one especially since I am from Nashville, out of sight!!!!thanks:)

[DashingDan]

I remember not knowing about this show 'til the day of and I couldn't go...couldn't get my McD's shift covered. The next day co-workers who went told me that the crowd was rowdy, and that she threw something at the audience.

the 29th show on The Wild Heart Tour
September 9,1983
Bristol, Rhode Island
Venue: Colt Park Amphitheater

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/Stevie_Rhiannon/Stevie/casfkmt.jpg

from BILLBOARD Magazine
Boxscores
Headliner: Stevie Nicks
Opening Act: Andy Pratt & The Pull
Colt Park Amphitheater, Bristol, R. I.
Produced by: Frank J. Russo
Ticket Price: $14.50 & $13.50
Available Tickets: 9,015
Tickets Sold: SELLOUT
Concert Gross: $123,781

I believe this was the only show on this tour that Joe Walsh was NOT the opening act.
A friend of mine went to this show. She told me Stevie threw a pineapple, which was a stage prop, at a drunk guy in the front row who was yelling sexual sh** at her while she was performing. My friend was drunk too, so who really knows. No one else seems to have heard about this. I can't imagine it being true.

[vivfox]

I remember not knowing about this show 'til the day of and I couldn't go...couldn't get my McD's shift covered. The next day co-workers who went told me that the crowd was rowdy, and that she threw something at the audience.
Thank you for acknowledging that.:thumbsup:

[joe]

It wwas around this date when Stevie was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live. She performed Stand Back and Nightbird.

This is an actual photo from this performance of Stand Back.
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/Stevie_Rhiannon/Stevie/SLNonSNL.jpg

Actually, the SNL show was in December. Sorry, but I actually remember watching it back then and you can also see some holiday related stuff (props, clothes etc) in that episode.

Ok, yes, I just googled it and it was broadcast live December 10th.

[vivfox]

Actually, the SNL show was in December. Sorry, but I actually remember watching it back then and you can also see some holiday related stuff (props, clothes etc) in that episode. Ok, yes, I just googled it and it was broadcast live December 10th.

Oops. I figured because since she's about to play in NYC she would have done the show then. My bad.

[baboles]

That is a really great (and clear) pic from the SNL show!

[vivfox]

the 30th show on The Wild Heart Tour
September 12, 1983
& the first of two nights in
New York, N.Y. at
Venue: Radio City Music Hall

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/Stevie_Rhiannon/Stevie/wildheart1205tc.jpg

[dnightshade]

Great pics, Viv!!! I'll add a few if you don't mind. I believe they're from the same era.

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t56/deadlynightshade7/Stevie/wh.jpg

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t56/deadlynightshade7/Stevie/wh2.jpg

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t56/deadlynightshade7/Stevie/wh3.jpg

http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t56/deadlynightshade7/Stevie/wh4.jpg

[vivfox]

the 31st show on The Wild Heart Tour
September 13,1983
& the 2nd of two nights in
New York, N.Y. at
Venue: Radio City Music Hall

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/Stevie_Rhiannon/Stevie/wildheart1107ge.jpg

from BILLBOARD Magazine
Boxscores
Headliner: Stevie Nicks
Opening Act: Joe Walsh
Radio City Music Hall-NYC
Produced by: in-house
Ticket Price: $22.50, $20.00 & $17.50
Available Tickets: 11,748
Sept. 12 & 13,1983
Two Shows
Tickets Sold: TWO SELLOUTS
Concert Gross: $242,955

I was at this show. This was my third Wild Heart concert that I attended and the best of the three I saw. I originally found out about these two shows in a Connecticut newspaper I picked up in August. Without that paper I never would have known about these shows. Three tickets were purchased for me, my brother and my friend Adam. My brother was the one who got me into Stevie's music in the first place. He really didn't want to drive that far because it was a work night for him. He agreed to drive us if I agreed to drive us home so he would be able to sleep. He had a little Toyota and one of the rear windows was broken. I was very skinny then and the wind coming into the car from the highway made me freeze to death. It was a three hour drive from our home to NYC.
(Years later another friend of mine drove us to NYC from here to there in 90 minutes, but that's another story altogether)
Anyway I remember when we got there we lucked out in finding a parking spot just one block from the theatre. We got out and strolled around outside the David Letterman Studios and took pictures of ourselves with the Radio City sign behind us.
We had smoked a ton of weed on the trip there.
Earlier in this story when I was talking about my bro wanting me to drive us home, I forgot to mention that his only condition on me was that I stay awake so he could get to work ontime the next morning. I agreed it would be no problem even tho I knew deep inside of me I was only saying what he wanted to hear. I know me and I knew I was gonna be exhausted from all the partying we were gonna be doing.
Once inside the theatre we were very impressed with its beauty. The walls were red, the ceilings were high and a long staircase with red carpet brought guests up to the balcony seating. I saw Stevie's friend Injun leaning up against the wall in the lobby but was too intimidated to approach him.
We went to our seats which were like row 26 or something and when the lights went down and Stevie emerged we went nuts. The whole audience went nuts. We barely sat down at all. I remember us screaming at the top of our lungs in our admiration for this woman and her music. In those days smoking was allowed indoors so we had no problem lighting our cigarettes and our joints. We nearly fainted when her suprise guest came out. Mr. Tom Petty, who joined her onstage to sing I Will Run To You and Stop Draggin'.
When the show was over we walked back to the car and I bought a large B/W pic of Stevie from a street vendor. We were all exhausted and my bro reminded me of my promise to stay awake and drive us home. Somewhere along that drive I couldn't take it anymore. The two of them were fast asleep and I was ready to crash as I was soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo tired, so I pulled over at some rest stop and slept for three hours. My brother didn't figure it out until we got back to town. That's when I woke him up and he was pissed cause he was gonna be late for work. But when it comes to seeing Stevie guys, you gotta do what you gotta do. You know what I mean?
Years later when I got a bootleg tape of this show and listened to it, I wasn't all that impressed with her singing. But while we were there it was so exciting and we were so in love, we didn't even notice it was just a so/so show.

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[nailatixela]

Very cool - thanks for that story! Do you still have a copy of that show? I'd love to here I Will Run To You live.

[StandbackStevie]

here is a link all about the us festivals 1982 and 1983 and list all the acts for each day and the times as well cool website if anyone has seen it. here is a link below


http://www.usfestivals.com/


Peace,
Steve:]

[vivfox]

the 32nd show on The Wild Heart Tour
September 16,1983
Wichita, Kansas
Venue: Kansas Coliseum

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/Stevie_Rhiannon/Stevie/wildheart147radiocity9cv.jpg

[vivfox]

the 33rd show on The Wild Heart Tour
September 17,1983
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Venue: The Myriad

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/Stevie_Rhiannon/Stevie/wildheart1436cv.jpg

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[michelej1]

Years later when I got a bootleg tape of this show and listened to it, I wasn't all that impressed with her singing. But while we were there it was so exciting and we were so in love, we didn't even notice it was just a so/so show.[/I]


But sometimes the audio of the bootleg doesn't do the show or the vocals justice, so maybe it was great. Michele

[baboles]

the 33rd show on The Wild Heart Tour
September 17,1983
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Venue: The Myriad

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/Stevie_Rhiannon/Stevie/wildheart1436cv.jpg

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Stevie is so beautiful in that pic!!!

[vivfox]

Stevie is so beautiful in that pic!!!
I don't know about that. Her eyes are red and she might need to trim some of those nosehairs.

[dnightshade]

I don't know about that. Her eyes are red and she might need to trim some of those nosehairs.

I know, right, huh?

[michelej1]

I don't know about that. Her eyes are red and she might need to trim some of those nosehairs.

Oh, you are too funny. Hey, with the cocaine, she's lucky to have nose hairs.

Michele

[tlssln]

[Wish I had been there to hear Stevie sing Over My Head]

Globe and Mail (Canada) June 1, 1983

HEADLINE: Bowie's act worthy of $1.5 million tab U2 and Stevie Nicks make breakthroughs at the US Festival

BYLINE: LIAM LACEY; GAM

DATELINE: SAN BERNARDINO, CA

BODY:


SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. - Until Monday, the US Festival was missing a
vital element - great performances. Except for the huge crowds and The
Clash's performance on Saturday, there was nothing to give the audience
the sense of being witness to something extraordinary. But on Monday, the
Festival's third day, there were three outstanding performances - from the
Irish group U2, from former Fleetwood Mac singer Stevie Nicks, and above
all, from David Bowie.


Nothing could have been more remote from U2's earnest concerns than the
second-last act of the day, Stevie Nicks. David Bowie, making his first
tour of North America since the mid-seventies, was the main draw, and it
looked as if Miss Nicks might have a hard time winning over the audience.





By the end of her act she was almost emotionally overcome. "If you ever
think you don't matter," she told the audience, "I want you all to know
that you're the only thing that matters to me." And the audience watched
the video screen in respectful awe as tears began rolling down her cheeks.

By the end of her set, it was obvious the onus had shifted to David
Bowie to try to win the audience back. But the moment rock's Thin White
Duke sauntered out on stage, with a wan smile to the audience, the game
was up. As he has done so often in his career, Bowie gave a performance
that rewrote all the rules for rock music, and The Woz, The Clash, and
even Stevie Nicks - tears, black lace and all - receded into irrelevance.

But she had a couple of things on her side: the California setting and
audience were ideally suited to the moody, melodic standards - Rhiannon,
Say That You Love Me, and Over My Head. Miss Nicks' band, which included E
Street Band pianist Roy Bittan, was superb.

Maybe I don't have the whole show, I don't know but the DVD I have of her US Festival performance does not have Say You Love Me or Over My Head. I doubt she would do Chris's material in her solo show.

Perhaps most important was Miss Nicks' striking good looks, and she was
the first performer of the Festival who benefited incalculably from the
huge video screens on each side of the stage.

That's a sexist comment. I guess her actual songs/voice have nothing to do with her appeal. That's not to say that Stevie isn't "strikingly good looking, she is but that's not all.


Miss Nicks, dressed in a
low-cut, black lace evening dress, had most of her audience in an erotic
reverie, but to her credit, she managed to maintain an intense aura of
vulnerability under the scrutiny of 100,000 pairs of eyes. The warmth was
obviously genuine, and Miss Nicks was the first performer of the Festival
to actually touch hands with the audience over the barrier.

An erotic reverie? lol. She has always had a genuine love and appreciation of her fans.



She was so cute and having so much fun. Great show.

[tlssln]

[Sorry, I missed this for June]

Philadelphia Inquirer (PA), June 28, 1983


Section: FEATURES PEOPLE HOME ENTERTAINMENT


ECCENTRIC NICKS GIVES DELICATE CONCERT


Ken Tucker, Inquirer Popular Music Critic

Stevie Nicks , who performed at the Spectrum last night, is a very unusual pop artist: an intensely mannered and eccentric performer whose mannerisms and eccentricity yield good music.

Nicks usually performs as part of the band Fleetwood Mac, but she has just released her second solo album, "The Wild Heart" (Modern), and her show last night concentrated on material from that new disc.

For this tour as a headliner, she has assembled a first-rate band consisting of players from other groups, including keyboardist Roy Bittan, from Bruce Springsteen's E-Street Band; Benmont Tench, keyboardist from Tom Petty's Heartbreakers, and drummer Liberty DeVitto, the best thing that ever happened to Billy Joel. Together with lead guitarist Waddy Wachtel, this band played a lot of harsh, loud rock 'n' roll that was a nice contrast to Nicks' reedy, delicate voice.

Nicks' entire style of performance can, in fact, be described as delicate. In her wispy gowns and in the fluttery, flyaway dance steps she executes onstage, Nicks plays up the dreamy aspects of her music. The songs she writes are full of wise, young witches, bold princes and glowering monsters - this is fairy-tale rock 'n' roll, delivered with roiling melodrama.

What keeps it all from becoming too coy, however, is Nicks' penchant for creating firm, commanding melodies that bolster her woozy lyrics. At the Spectrum, she gave bright, unsentimental readings of hits such as "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around," "Leather and Lace" and the current "Stand Back." In the end, Nicks skittered along the lip of the stage, accepting bouquets and squeezing the hands of gawking admirers, and as always, her apparent sincerity and guilelessness was impressive.

Preceding Nicks this evening was singer-guitarist Joe Walsh, whose billing on this tour is bigger than an opening act but smaller than co-headliner.

Walsh is a man in the midst of change: His old group, the Eagles, has disbanded, and so he's testing his solo wings by touring to promote his new album "You Bought It, You Name It" (Full Moon/Warner Bros.). This record is a desultory affair that doesn't begin to hint at the tough-guy good humor and sharp guitar-playing of which Walsh is capable.

Walsh's performance last night was charming but slight, with one exception - a terrific, extended version of his finest composition, "Life's Been Good," probably the most honest, and certainly the funniest, life-of-a-rock -star saga any musician has recorded.

I was at this show, my second concert ever, the first was FM the year before. I still have all my ticket stubs. My girlfriend's dad drove us to Philly and went to a bar while we were at the show. The show was awesome but I had already been seduced by Stevie the year before when she did "Sisters of the Moon" so anything she did after that was ok by me. I can say that her hold on me hasn't waned much since then either. lol.

[vivfox]

the 34th show on The Wild Heart Tour
September 20,1983
Casper, Wyoming
Venue: Events Center

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/Stevie_Rhiannon/Stevie/sn165.jpg

from BILLBOARD Magazine
Boxscores
Headliner: Stevie Nicks
Opening Act: Joe Walsh
Events Center, Casper, Wy.
Produced by: Feyline Presents
Ticket Prices: $12.50, $10.50
Available Tickets: 9,989
Tickets Sold: 8,487
Concert Gross: $101,167

[vivfox]

the 35th show on The Wild Heart Tour
September 21, 1983
Denver, Colorado
Venue: McNichol's Sports Arena

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/Stevie_Rhiannon/Stevie/9ba91ffd14f48f0f8bb585a845df9a.jpg

from BILLBOARD Magazine
Boxscores
Headliner: Stevie Nicks
Opening Act: Joe Walsh
McNichols Arena,Denver,Co.
Produced by: Feyline Presents
Ticket Prices: $13.75, $12.65 & $11.55
Available Tickets: 18,622
Tickets Sold: 15,977
Concert Gross: $209,989

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[vivfox]

the 36th show on The Wild Heart Tour
September 24,1983
Irvine, California
Venue: Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/Stevie_Rhiannon/Stevie/StevieLace3.jpg
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/Stevie_Rhiannon/Stevie/stevie3.jpg http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/Stevie_Rhiannon/Stevie/e5_1_b.jpg
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/Stevie_Rhiannon/Stevie/Stevie66.jpg http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/Stevie_Rhiannon/Stevie/n02007a.jpg
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/Stevie_Rhiannon/Stevie/StevieLace.jpg http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/Stevie_Rhiannon/Stevie/PN017437.jpg

[Zombie]

Those are gorgeous, Vivfox, and the second to last one in particular! Thank you for posting!

[nailatixela]

Really nice pics - I always though they were Bella Donna era though.

[SortaSavageLike]

Really nice pics - I always though they were Bella Donna era though.

Because they are.

[vivfox]

Really nice pics - I always though they were Bella Donna era though.
They actually are but they were released to the public as Wild Heart shots. I did this on purpose to make a point. And that point is, even then(1983) Stevie would use older photos of herself as if they had been taken recently. These hit the magazines in 1983 & 1984 and most people seeing them and reading the articles they accompanied would've thought the photos were current.

[vivfox]

the 37th show on The Wild Heart Tour
September 25,1983
Phoenix, Arizona
Venue: Compton Terrace (Owned by Jess and Barbara Nicks)

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/Stevie_Rhiannon/Stevie/sn007.jpg

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[vivfox]

the 38th show on The Wild Heart Tour
September 28,1983
Seattle, Washington
Venue: Seattle Center Coliseum

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/Stevie_Rhiannon/Stevie/SNicksEyes.jpg

from BILLBOARD Magazine
Boxscores
Headliner: Stevie Nicks
Opening Act: Joe Walsh
Coliseum, Seattle,Wash.
Produced by: Albatross Productions
Ticket Prices: $13.50 & $12.50
Available Tickets: 14,687
Tickets Sold: 8,818
Concert Gross: $118,840

[vivfox]

from BILLBOARD Magazine
Boxscores
Headliner: Stevie Nicks
Opening Act: Joe Walsh
Coliseum, Seattle,Wash.
Produced by: Albatross Productions
Ticket Prices: $13.50 & $12.50
Available Tickets: 14,687
Tickets Sold: 8,818
Concert Gross: $118,840
I wonder if Albatross Productions was an updated version of Penguin Promotions or is the name just a coincidence?

[SmileAtYou]

the 38th show on The Wild Heart Tour
September 28,1983
Seattle, Washington
Venue: Seattle Center Coliseum

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/Stevie_Rhiannon/Stevie/SNicksEyes.jpg



Stevie looks absolutely stunning in that picture. I love this thread, the whole thing has been full of gorgeous pics of Stevie! Thank you VivFox!

Speaking of Wild Heart pictures, I love this one with the girls:

http://www4.mediafire.com/imgbnc.php/df8dde26982b73403018aacd7d9b75045g.jpg (http://www.mediafire.com/imageview.php?quickkey=auloznwdx3z&thumb=4)


Does anyone please have a bigger/clearer version, or more shots from this photoshoot?

:angel:

[Sanne2]

Stevie looks absolutely stunning in that picture. I love this thread, the whole thing has been full of gorgeous pics of Stevie! Thank you VivFox!

Speaking of Wild Heart pictures, I love this one with the girls:

http://www4.mediafire.com/imgbnc.php/df8dde26982b73403018aacd7d9b75045g.jpg (http://www.mediafire.com/imageview.php?quickkey=auloznwdx3z&thumb=4)


Does anyone please have a bigger/clearer version, or more shots from this photoshoot?

:angel:


That's actually a Street Angel photo....
Here's a larger version and 2 more:
http://img6.pictiger.com/518/16914304_th.jpg (http://img69191.pictiger.com/images/16914304/) http://img6.pictiger.com/91e/16914305_th.jpg (http://img69191.pictiger.com/images/16914305/) http://img6.pictiger.com/61c/16914308_th.jpg (http://img69191.pictiger.com/images/16914308/)

[SmileAtYou]

That's actually a Street Angel photo....
Here's a larger version and 2 more:
http://img6.pictiger.com/518/16914304_th.jpg (http://img69191.pictiger.com/images/16914304/) http://img6.pictiger.com/91e/16914305_th.jpg (http://img69191.pictiger.com/images/16914305/) http://img6.pictiger.com/61c/16914308_th.jpg (http://img69191.pictiger.com/images/16914308/)


Silly me, I can never ID which era Stevie photos are!

Thank you so much Sanne! You are the greatest when it comes to pictures of Stevie!

[vivfox]

Silly me, I can never ID which era Stevie photos are! Thank you so much Sanne! You are the greatest when it comes to pictures of Stevie!
Better than the best, I consider Sanne the world's master of identifiying what year a picture of Stevie Nicks was taken.
Here's a bunch of pic of Stevie and friends from this century.Sanne will tell me if I'm wrong.

[shanna364]

the 29th show on The Wild Heart Tour
September 9,1983
Bristol, Rhode Island
Venue: Colt Park Amphitheater

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/Stevie_Rhiannon/Stevie/casfkmt.jpg

from BILLBOARD Magazine
Boxscores
Headliner: Stevie Nicks
Opening Act: Andy Pratt & The Pull
Colt Park Amphitheater, Bristol, R. I.
Produced by: Frank J. Russo
Ticket Price: $14.50 & $13.50
Available Tickets: 9,015
Tickets Sold: SELLOUT
Concert Gross: $123,781

I believe this was the only show on this tour that Joe Walsh was NOT the opening act.
A friend of mine went to this show. She told me Stevie threw a pineapple, which was a stage prop, at a drunk guy in the front row who was yelling sexual sh** at her while she was performing. My friend was drunk too, so who really knows. No one else seems to have heard about this. I can't imagine it being true.

This was the 1st time I saw Stevie. What a great place to see a show - right on the ocean. The wind was blowing and Stevie came in on a helicopter. It was magical. I don't know about the pineapple as I too was quite drunk and sitting on a blanket pretty far back. There was some commotion at some point coming from the stage and some crowd activity, but a pineapple? Why ever would there be a pineapple on stage? lol. Maybe, who knows? I'll ask a friend who was there with me if she remembers.

Sue

[vivfox]

the 39th show on The Wild Heart Tour
September 29,1983
Portland, Oregon
Venue: Memorial Coliseum

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/Stevie_Rhiannon/Stevie/rr0317561rd.jpg

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[BombaySapphire3]

the 36th show on The Wild Heart Tour
September 24,1983
Irvine, California
Venue: Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/Stevie_Rhiannon/Stevie/StevieLace3.jpg
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/Stevie_Rhiannon/Stevie/stevie3.jpg http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/Stevie_Rhiannon/Stevie/e5_1_b.jpg
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/Stevie_Rhiannon/Stevie/Stevie66.jpg http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/Stevie_Rhiannon/Stevie/n02007a.jpg
http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/Stevie_Rhiannon/Stevie/StevieLace.jpg http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/Stevie_Rhiannon/Stevie/PN017437.jpg

Actually this was the first time I saw Stevie live as a solo act as her San Diego show in 1981 was cancelled ..Great show ..she was so wild and energetic it really was the end of an era to me for Stevie ..that last tour before the coke and partying really started to take away much more than they gave.The pics on this one are Bella Donna era BTW.

[Zombie]

This was the 1st time I saw Stevie. What a great place to see a show - right on the ocean. The wind was blowing and Stevie came in on a helicopter. It was magical. I don't know about the pineapple as I too was quite drunk and sitting on a blanket pretty far back. There was some commotion at some point coming from the stage and some crowd activity, but a pineapple? Why ever would there be a pineapple on stage? lol. Maybe, who knows? I'll ask a friend who was there with me if she remembers.

Sue

Maybe a fan brought it to give to her in hopes it was weird enough that she'd remember him or her.

I can see her going across the edge of the stage, mentally tabulating the stuff people hand to her, "Snoopy. Snoopy. Unicorn. Snoopy. Flower. Flower. Snoopy. Pineapple. Snoop - wait, what?"

Or maybe Stevie just enjoys a refreshing tropical fruit break between songs - when she's back there forever changing clothes, she's also snarfing a pineapple. :blob1:

[vivfox]

Actually this was the first time I saw Stevie live as a solo act as her San Diego show in 1981 was cancelled ..Great show ..she was so wild and energetic it really was the end of an era to me for Stevie ..that last tour before the coke and partying really started to take away much more than they gave.The pics on this one are Bella Donna era BTW.
That's when they were taken, but they weren't used in any magazine articles from 1981. So at the time in 1983 or 1984 when one was reading the latest, greatest Stevie article, THESE were the photos used to accompany the articles as MODERN DAY pics of our Goddess. I will show more examples of this later. Isn't it neat to have someone like me who can remember back that far?
There is the possibility that some of these photos appeared in 1981 or 1982 publications. But none that I was aware of. I was very on top of the situation back then, in my collecting everything available on Stevie/Mac.

[vivfox]

Maybe a fan brought it to give to her in hopes it was weird enough that she'd remember him or her.
I can see her going across the edge of the stage, mentally tabulating the stuff people hand to her, "Snoopy. Snoopy. Unicorn. Snoopy. Flower. Flower. Snoopy. Pineapple. Snoop - wait, what?"
Or maybe Stevie just enjoys a refreshing tropical fruit break between songs - when she's back there forever changing clothes, she's also snarfing a pineapple. :blob1:
At some of the outdoor concerts Stevie has performed at over the years, either she or the promoter makes sure there are decorations on the stage to create ambiance. In the photos from Stevie's 1981 Compton Terrace Concert I can see several Palm tree plants on the stage. Perhaps that day at Colt Park Amph. in Rhode Island the stage had props to make it look like a tropical island.Afterall it was an outdoor show right next to the ocean. It probably had fake Palm trees with fake Coconuts. I'm sure the guy didn't get hurt. Stevie was prolly trying to make a point.

[Zombie]

At some of the outdoor concerts Stevie has performed at over the years, either she or the promoter makes sure there are decorations on the stage to create ambiance. In the photos from Stevie's 1981 Compton Terrace Concert I can see several Palm tree plants on the stage. Perhaps that day at Colt Park Amph. in Rhode Island the stage had props to make it look like a tropical island.Afterall it was an outdoor show right next to the ocean. It probably had fake Palm trees with fake Coconuts. I'm sure the guy didn't get hurt. Stevie was prolly trying to make a point.

Probably, but my fake explanations are more fun. :laugh:

I would like to see Stevie huck a pineapple at someone even if it was a fake pineapple. She'd be like Axl Rose, only with fruit. And then Waddy could take a page from his friend Keith Richards' book and whack a fan with his guitar. Good times, good times.

[BombaySapphire3]

That's when they were taken, but they weren't used in any magazine articles from 1981. So at the time in 1983 or 1984 when one was reading the latest, greatest Stevie article, THESE were the photos used to accompany the articles as MODERN DAY pics of our Goddess. I will show more examples of this later. Isn't it neat to have someone like me who can remember back that far?
There is the possibility that some of these photos appeared in 1981 or 1982 publications. But none that I was aware of. I was very on top of the situation back then, in my collecting everything available on Stevie/Mac.

Yeah I kind of was as well .Plus in spite of all the booze comsumed by myself in the 1980s I still have a great memory.the photos first appeared in a Creem magazine article in late 1981 I cut one out and carried it in my wallet then.

[Mywyldhrt]

the 9th show on The Wild Heart Tour
July 3,1983
Hartford, Connecticut
Venue: Hartford Civic Center

I was 21 years old and I was at this show. After viewing the Stevie HBO Concert a thousand and one times I was excited for a whole new show with this Tour. You know how dissapointed we get with her current set list? Well this was my initiation to the basic same ole same ole with the setlist. It was the same basic HBO show with three new songs added in. But being there that night felt magical. It was my 4th time seeing Stevie. The 1st time was for Tusk and the other two were Mirage shows.

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/Stevie_Rhiannon/Stevie/be_1.jpg

from BILLBOARD Magazine
Boxscores
Headliner: Stevie Nicks
Opening Act: Joe Walsh
Hartford Civic Center, Htfd.,Ct.
Produced by: Cross Country Concerts/ Compton Terrace Concerts
Ticket Prices: $11.50 & $12.50
Available Tickets: 16,069
Tickets Sold: 13,720
Concert Gross: $168,772

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Well Mark, another show that we were both at, but did not meet yet. with CRS and all, I do remember being insanely excited about being there-I slept out on the streets of New Haven in front of Cutler's record store in the heart of Yale University-I ended up with nose bleed tix-My nosebleed luck lasted until 1998. Glad to have really met you Mark! It only took like 28 years!

[vivfox]

The 40th show on The Wild Heart Tour
Roctober 2,1983
Inglewood, California
Venue: The Forum

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from BILLBOARD Magazine
Boxscores
Headliner: Stevie Nicks
Opening Act: Joe Walsh
The Forum, Inglewood, Ca.
Produced by: Avalon Attractions
Ticket Prices: $13.85 & $11.95
Available Tickets: 14,000
Tickets Sold: 12,321
Concert Gross: $169,441

[UCYOURGYPC]

The 40th show on The Wild Heart Tour
Roctober 2,1983
Inglewood, California
Venue: The Forum

<a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/cielosharon/?action=view&current=0asncrystalmd2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/cielosharon/0asncrystalmd2.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

from BILLBOARD Magazine
Boxscores
Headliner: Stevie Nicks
Opening Act: Joe Walsh
The Forum, Inglewood, Ca.
Produced by: Avalon Attractions
Ticket Prices: $13.85 & $11.95
Available Tickets: 14,000
Tickets Sold: 12,321
Concert Gross: $169,441

I attended this show, and it was awesome! After the show, while walking back to the car, Stevie's limo passed us in the parking lot, and she was standing up in the limo w/ her head outside of the sunroof, like in the movie, "Big". The limo stopped right in front of me & my Mom, and I blew her a kiss, saying I Love U Stevie, she winked, blew me one back, and said I Love U too! We then ran to the car, and got behind the limo and followed them on the freeway (until they figured out we were following, and they losy us)....Took a while to get out of the parking lot as well, all the cars stopped, and was honking their horns at her while she waved....she cause quite a ruckus in the parking lot......great memory, something she'd never do later in yrs.

[LikeAWillow]

I attended this show, and it was awesome! After the show, while walking back to the car, Stevie's limo passed us in the parking lot, and she was standing up in the limo w/ her head outside of the sunroof, like in the movie, "Big". The limo stopped right in front of me & my Mom, and I blew her a kiss, saying I Love U Stevie, she winked, blew me one back, and said I Love U too! We then ran to the car, and got behind the limo and followed them on the freeway (until they figured out we were following, and they losy us)....Took a while to get out of the parking lot as well, all the cars stopped, and was honking their horns at her while she waved....she cause quite a ruckus in the parking lot......great memory, something she'd never do later in yrs.

Wow, what an amazing story. I'm so jealous because, you're right, this would never, ever happen now. Thanks for sharing :)

[goldustsongbird]

We then ran to the car, and got behind the limo and followed them on the freeway (until they figured out we were following, and they losy us)....

I'm picturing Stevie tapping on the window going to the driver, "You know those weirdos from the parking lot? They're right behind us, you'd better do something!" :laugh:

[vivfox]

the 41st show on The Wild Heart Tour
Roctober 4,1983
Oakland, California
Venue: Oakland Coliseum

<a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/cielosharon/?action=view&current=0aaaa2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/cielosharon/0aaaa2.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/cielosharon/?action=view&current=thgifs_halloween_0001.gif" target="_blank"><img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/cielosharon/thgifs_halloween_0001.gif" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

from BILLBOARD Magazine
Boxscores
Headliner: Stevie Nicks
Opening Act: Joe Walsh
Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, Ca.
Produced by: Bill Graham Presents
Ticket Prices: $13.50 & $11.50
Available Tickets: 13,506
Tickets Sold: Sellout
Concert Gross: $175,025

[Nikolaj]

I saw a very early-in-the-tour'Wild Heart' show, when Stevie played solo at The US Festival in '83. It was magical. I've written about it many times, I'm sure at least once here, but it was life-changing for me. The first ever live performance of 'Stand Back', she said. Amazing energy, in really fine voice, and she for sure had a good buzz going, not to any detriment at all. Awesome version of 'Angel'- which I'd never heard live before, and everything she did that night seemed spontaneous, fresh, and from the heart. I loved when she had a wine glass in her hand and got back to the mic late during 'Stop Draggin' and how she yanked on Waddy's hair, and sang that song with the most fire I've ever heard her put into it. A killer 'How Still My Love'--- I have tons and tons of great memories of the show, and have had it for years on vhs then dvd and still watch it, remembering how sweltering hot it had been all day long, with planes flying over the grounds spraying water on the crowds to avoid anyone dying of the heat, and then how bitterly cold it became when night fell and we were all jumping up and down and hugging strangers to stay warm. Stevie was the next to final act- Mr. Bowie closed the show. He was great. Stevie was greater.
It was my first time seeing U2 who performed in the afternoon and I knew I was witnessing a band about to become huge- Bono was amazingly, amazingly, good. Lots of great music, The Pretenders were excellent that same day, and it still makes me proud of her that Stevie was the greatest performer of all at that extraordinary event that was The US Festival 1983.

[Glittermoondust]

Here is the newspaper advertisement for the Detroit show.... also a not so good review of the Wild Heart album....

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a382/glittermoondust/wildheartad.jpg

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a382/glittermoondust/WildHeartreview.jpg

[gldstwmn]

the 35th show on The Wild Heart Tour
September 21, 1983
Denver, Colorado
Venue: McNichol's Sports Arena

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/Stevie_Rhiannon/Stevie/9ba91ffd14f48f0f8bb585a845df9a.jpg

from BILLBOARD Magazine
Boxscores
Headliner: Stevie Nicks
Opening Act: Joe Walsh
McNichols Arena,Denver,Co.
Produced by: Feyline Presents
Ticket Prices: $13.75, $12.65 & $11.55
Available Tickets: 18,622
Tickets Sold: 15,977
Concert Gross: $209,989



I was there. ;)

[gldstwmn]

But she had a couple of things on her side: the California setting and
audience were ideally suited to the moody, melodic standards - Rhiannon,
Say That You Love Me, and Over My Head. Miss Nicks' band, which included E
Street Band pianist Roy Bittan, was superb.



Roy Bittan? For some reason I remember it being Billy Payne. :shrug:

[gypsy4life]

Ok...I know I'm several pages late for this post, but, I live in Indiana, and Market Square Arena, unfortunatley, was demolished in 2001. Many great performances took place there (even Elvis Presley's last concert, I hear), but, as in most situations, a newer model took over...Th Conseco Field House...I know, not near as cool as Market Square Arena!!!

[vivfox]

the 42nd show on The Wild Heart Tour
Roctober 25,1983
Charleston, West Virginia
Venue: Civic Center

<a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/cielosharon/?action=view&current=9f5f27f7526374728a22400ej2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/cielosharon/9f5f27f7526374728a22400ej2.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

[vivfox]

the 43rd show on The Wild Heart Tour
Roctober 26,1983
Roanoke, Virginia
Venue: Civic Center

<a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/cielosharon/?action=view&current=bella-2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/cielosharon/bella-2.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

[CelticGypsy]

the 39th show on The Wild Heart Tour
September 29,1983
Portland, Oregon
Venue: Memorial Coliseum

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/Stevie_Rhiannon/Stevie/rr0317561rd.jpg

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AMAZING photos!!! I especially love this one:) Thanks for posting them:xoxo:

[vivfox]

the 44th show on The Wild Heart Tour
Roctober 29,1983
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Venue: University Of Alabama

<a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/cielosharon/?action=view&current=SNicksFamily.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/cielosharon/SNicksFamily.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

[daniellaaarisen]

the 39th show on The Wild Heart Tour
September 29,1983
Portland, Oregon
Venue: Memorial Coliseum

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/Stevie_Rhiannon/Stevie/rr0317561rd.jpg

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I absolutely LOVE my computer desktop that was also taken at this show. Anyone have more shots from this night?

[vivfox]

I absolutely LOVE my computer desktop that was also taken at this show. Anyone have more shots from this night?

The photo was taken somewhere along the tour. Not this night. Maybe the US Festival? IMO Sanne is the expert on when a photo was actually taken. This looks like the cape she wore while singing Outside The Rain.

[Sanne2]

I absolutely LOVE my computer desktop that was also taken at this show. Anyone have more shots from this night?

65, but I'm lazy so I will only post the ones that I like the best ; )
US Festival '83:
http://img269.imagevenue.com/loc582/th_09086_Cor-109_122_582lo.jpg (http://img269.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=09086_Cor-109_122_582lo.jpg)http://img261.imagevenue.com/loc17/th_09088_Cor-111_122_17lo.jpg (http://img261.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=09088_Cor-111_122_17lo.jpg)http://img234.imagevenue.com/loc448/th_09089_Cor-113_122_448lo.jpg (http://img234.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=09089_Cor-113_122_448lo.jpg)http://img206.imagevenue.com/loc157/th_09090_Cor-114_122_157lo.jpg (http://img206.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=09090_Cor-114_122_157lo.jpg)
http://img254.imagevenue.com/loc18/th_09092_Cor-116_122_18lo.jpg (http://img254.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=09092_Cor-116_122_18lo.jpg)http://img5.imagevenue.com/loc406/th_09093_Cor-119_122_406lo.jpg (http://img5.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=09093_Cor-119_122_406lo.jpg)http://img252.imagevenue.com/loc79/th_09093_Cor-121_122_79lo.jpg (http://img252.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=09093_Cor-121_122_79lo.jpg)
http://img132.imagevenue.com/loc424/th_09094_Cor-123_122_424lo.jpg (http://img132.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=09094_Cor-123_122_424lo.jpg)http://img203.imagevenue.com/loc56/th_09095_501_122_56lo.jpg (http://img203.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=09095_501_122_56lo.jpg)http://img205.imagevenue.com/loc105/th_09096_504_122_105lo.jpg (http://img205.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=09096_504_122_105lo.jpg)

[Sanne2]

Some more:
http://img240.imagevenue.com/loc71/th_09564_016_122_71lo.jpg (http://img240.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=09564_016_122_71lo.jpg)http://img253.imagevenue.com/loc489/th_09565_22_122_489lo.jpg (http://img253.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=09565_22_122_489lo.jpg)http://img46.imagevenue.com/loc52/th_09566_059_122_52lo.jpg (http://img46.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=09566_059_122_52lo.jpg)http://img226.imagevenue.com/loc519/th_09567_019_122_519lo.jpg (http://img226.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=09567_019_122_519lo.jpg)
http://img259.imagevenue.com/loc567/th_09568_55_122_567lo.jpg (http://img259.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=09568_55_122_567lo.jpg)http://img207.imagevenue.com/loc497/th_09569_053_122_497lo.jpg (http://img207.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=09569_053_122_497lo.jpg)http://img253.imagevenue.com/loc571/th_09571_018_122_571lo.jpg (http://img253.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=09571_018_122_571lo.jpg)
http://img158.imagevenue.com/loc714/th_09575_034_122_714lo.JPG (http://img158.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=09575_034_122_714lo.JPG)

[daniellaaarisen]

You are magical. As in the best. Ever.

[vivfox]

You are magical. As in the best. Ever.
She is! I wouldn't have 3/4 of the pics I have if she hadn't of posted them. She always comes up with the coolest pictures and has the exact dates they were taken.

[vivfox]

the 45th show on The Wild Heart Tour
Roctober 30,1983
Jackson, Mississippi
Venue: Memorial Coliseum

<a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/cielosharon/?action=view&current=wiljhgfty.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/cielosharon/wiljhgfty.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

from BILLBOARD Magazine
Boxscores
Headliner: Stevie Nicks
Opening Act: Joe Walsh
Memorial Coliseum, Jackson, Miss.
Produced by: Mid-South Concerts
Ticket Price: $12.50
Available Tickets: 10,000
Tickets Sold: 7,768
Concert Gross: $97,100

[vivfox]

the 46th show on The Wild heart Tour
November 2,1983
Jacksonville, Florida
Venue: Coliseum

<a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/cielosharon/?action=view&current=4g614ld.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/cielosharon/4g614ld.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

from BILLBOARD Magazine
Boxscores
Headliner: Stevie Nicks
Opening Act: Joe Walsh
Coliseum, Jacksonville, Fla.
Produced by: Fantasma Productions
Ticket Price: $13.50
Available Tickets: 9,500
Tickets Sold: 9,172
Concert Gross: $121,851

[vivfox]

the 47th show on The Wild Heart Tour
November 4,1983
Lakeland, Florida
Venue: Civic Center

<a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/cielosharon/?action=view&current=4h7qnw8.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/cielosharon/4h7qnw8.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

[SortaSavageLike]

<a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/cielosharon/?action=view&current=4h7qnw8.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/cielosharon/4h7qnw8.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

"No, not the icecubes, Sharon!"

[vivfox]

the 48th show on The Wild Heart Tour
November 5,1983
Miami, Florida
Venue: Sportatorium

<a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/cielosharon/?action=view&current=2ia62wi.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/cielosharon/2ia62wi.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

[priestofnothing]

the 48th show on The Wild Heart Tour
November 5,1983
Miami, Florida
Venue: Sportatorium

<a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/cielosharon/?action=view&current=2ia62wi.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/cielosharon/2ia62wi.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

I was at this show, at the Hollywood Sportatorium actually - it used to be so far out west and undeveloped out there - it was practically in the Everglades. Stevie arrived and left in a helicopter! It was a little two lane road out there and I'm assuming she didn't want to have to wait in the traffic jam like the rest of us! Blame it on her wild heart.

[belladonnadream]

The photo was taken somewhere along the tour. Not this night. Maybe the US Festival? IMO Sanne is the expert on when a photo was actually taken. This looks like the cape she wore while singing Outside The Rain. This definetly looks like Us Festival...if you ask me.....even her hair was very flat that night from the wind.

[belladonnadream]

the 45th show on The Wild Heart Tour
Roctober 30,1983
Jackson, Mississippi
Venue: Memorial Coliseum

<a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/cielosharon/?action=view&current=wiljhgfty.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/cielosharon/wiljhgfty.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

from BILLBOARD Magazine
Boxscores
Headliner: Stevie Nicks
Opening Act: Joe Walsh
Memorial Coliseum, Jackson, Miss.
Produced by: Mid-South Concerts
Ticket Price: $12.50
Available Tickets: 10,000
Tickets Sold: 7,768
Concert Gross: $97,100
I wish we could see more of the WH album cover outtake photos

[belladonnadream]

the 47th show on The Wild Heart Tour
November 4,1983
Lakeland, Florida
Venue: Civic Center

<a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/cielosharon/?action=view&current=4h7qnw8.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/cielosharon/4h7qnw8.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>
Isn't this from the WWDove tour? Leather n Lace?

[belladonnadream]

That's when they were taken, but they weren't used in any magazine articles from 1981. So at the time in 1983 or 1984 when one was reading the latest, greatest Stevie article, THESE were the photos used to accompany the articles as MODERN DAY pics of our Goddess. I will show more examples of this later. Isn't it neat to have someone like me who can remember back that far?
There is the possibility that some of these photos appeared in 1981 or 1982 publications. But none that I was aware of. I was very on top of the situation back then, in my collecting everything available on Stevie/Mac.
Yeah this was one of the first posters I bought back when I became a fan in 1983...this along with the close up of Stand Back video pic and the Magenta Maroon Mirage one...but yeah this was taken in 81 and the magenta one was an 82 pic...but 83 and 84 was when they were all out in the stores and popular.

[belladonnadream]

Better than the best, I consider Sanne the world's master of identifiying what year a picture of Stevie Nicks was taken.
Here's a bunch of pic of Stevie and friends from this century.Sanne will tell me if I'm wrong.

Those pics all look like this century cept maybe the 2nd one...I usually go by the looks of Stevie's hair... Lol! Those bangs look a little puffy kind of like "Dance era" bangs...not 100%...but that's what they look like to me.

[priestofnothing]

I wish we could see more of the WH album cover outtake photos

here is one lonely one
http://ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/showthread.php?t=37195

[vivfox]

Isn't this from the WWDove tour? Leather n Lace?

Yes it is.

[vivfox]

Yeah this was one of the first posters I bought back when I became a fan in 1983...this along with the close up of Stand Back video pic and the Magenta Maroon Mirage one...but yeah this was taken in 81 and the magenta one was an 82 pic...but 83 and 84 was when they were all out in the stores and popular.
It's really nice to have someone else confirm this.:xoxo:

[belladonnadream]

Here's some more seeing as WH was my first album and I loved this era~ so sad I was too young to see her live for this tour though..I remember I was 9 and my mother showed me the ad in the News paper that she was coming to Buffalo Ny but then said I was too young! How mean! Lol! Oh well My first show was RAL when I was 12 so I really dig all the Wh pics! So wish I could have seen her in concert though at this time!
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x54/belladonnadreamsis/Wild%20Heart/Stevie_502.jpg
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x54/belladonnadreamsis/Wild%20Heart/stevie744kk6.jpg
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x54/belladonnadreamsis/Wild%20Heart/nick5_landing.jpg
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x54/belladonnadreamsis/Wild%20Heart/newsn8.jpghttp://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x54/belladonnadreamsis/Wild%20Heart/stev0020-1.jpg
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x54/belladonnadreamsis/Wild%20Heart/stev0041-1.jpg

[belladonnadream]

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x54/belladonnadreamsis/Wild%20Heart/thbaa146de.jpg
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x54/belladonnadreamsis/Wild%20Heart/thb035b89d.jpg
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x54/belladonnadreamsis/Wild%20Heart/th137623f5.jpg
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x54/belladonnadreamsis/Wild%20Heart/th65502ecb.jpg
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x54/belladonnadreamsis/Wild%20Heart/2c24_1.jpg
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x54/belladonnadreamsis/Wild%20Heart/461f_1.jpg
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x54/belladonnadreamsis/Wild%20Heart/83pic.jpg

[belladonnadream]

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x54/belladonnadreamsis/Wild%20Heart/stev1370.jpg

And one of my faves....

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x54/belladonnadreamsis/Wild%20Heart/stev0179.jpg
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x54/belladonnadreamsis/Wild%20Heart/stev0135.jpg

[vivfox]

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x54/belladonnadreamsis/Wild%20Heart/Stevie_502.jpg


Most of the photos you just posted in the 3 different threads were beautiful and completely new to me. Thank you! But isn't this one from Mirage?
Also, yes that was rude of your mom to show you the ad and then say you couldn't go.

[belladonnadream]

Most of the photos you just posted in the 3 different threads were beautiful and completely new to me. Thank you! But isn't this one from Mirage?
Also, yes that was rude of your mom to show you the ad and then say you couldn't go. Could be Mirage...you're right...looks like the black thing round her neck which was a Stevie staple during Mirage and I can see another mic right next to her which probably was Lindsey's...the hair? Looks like the hair could be either tour...the black top? Maybe Mirage? I don't remember this this little black coat!:(
anyhoo...glad to have posted some you hadn't seen...love the big one of her in the red though...her face looks so pretty in this one!

[vivfox]

the 49th show on The Wild Heart Tour
November 8,1983
Columbia, Missouri
Venue: University of Missouri

<a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/cielosharon/?action=view&current=wedding5.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/cielosharon/wedding5.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

[vivfox]

the 50th show on The Wild Heart Tour
November 9,1983
Starkville, Mississippi
Venue: Mississippi State University

<a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/cielosharon/?action=view&current=WHITEBEAR.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/cielosharon/WHITEBEAR.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

[vivfox]

the 51st show on The Wild Tour
November 12,1983
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Venue: Convention Center

<a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/cielosharon/?action=view&current=wedding1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/cielosharon/wedding1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

from BILLBOARD Magazine
Boxscores
Headliner: Stevie Nicks
Opening Act: Joe Walsh
Convention Center, Tulsa,Ok.
Produced by: Pace Concerts/ Contemporary Presentations
Ticket Price: $13.50
Available Tickets: 8,992
Tickets Sold: 8,695
Concert Gross: $117,382

[vivfox]

the 52nd show on The Wild Heart Tour
November 13,1983
Little Rock, Arkansas
Venue: Barton Coliseum

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/cielosharon/wedding4.jpg

from BILLBOARD Magazine
Boxscores
Headliner: Stevie Nicks
Opening Act: Joe Walsh
Barton Coliseum,Little Rock, Ark.
Produced by: Mid-South Concerts
Ticket Prices: $12.50 & $10.50
Available Tickets: 9,210
Tickets Sold: SELLOUT
Concert Gross: $108,705

[vivfox]

the 53rd show on The Wild Heart Tour
November 16,1983
Madison, Wisconsin
Venue: Dane County Coliseum

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/cielosharon/newsn8.jpg

from BILLBOARD Magazine
Boxscores
Headliner: Stevie Nicks
Opening Act: Joe Walsh
Dane County Coliseum, Madison, Wis.
Produced by: Contemporary Presentations
Ticket Price: $13.50 & $12.50
Available Tickets: 9,934
Tickets Sold: 6,936
Concert Gross: $91,408

[bellaillume]

the 41st show on The Wild Heart Tour
Roctober 4,1983
Oakland, California
Venue: Oakland Coliseum

<a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/cielosharon/?action=view&current=0aaaa2.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/cielosharon/0aaaa2.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a><a href="http://s220.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/cielosharon/?action=view&current=thgifs_halloween_0001.gif" target="_blank"><img src="http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/cielosharon/thgifs_halloween_0001.gif" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

from BILLBOARD Magazine
Boxscores
Headliner: Stevie Nicks
Opening Act: Joe Walsh
Oakland Coliseum, Oakland, Ca.
Produced by: Bill Graham Presents
Ticket Prices: $13.50 & $11.50
Available Tickets: 13,506
Tickets Sold: Sellout
Concert Gross: $175,025

Invaluable information, many thanks for compiling the stats here...

This was my very first Stevie concert, I was also 21...drove 3 hrs each way, didn't care that I had nosebleed seats. I had been a fan since I first heard Rhiannon on the radio back in '76 and I always wanted to see the Mac (never seemed to have a chance for one reason or another). So, I was clearly 'on board' for this magical night. I do remember her singing 'Happy Birthday' that evening and the person who sat next to me was kind enough to allow me to use their binoculars throughout the evening. I picked up the grey sleeveless tee and program which I gazed at for months afterward. I was completely entranced and began wearing my hair up and dressed as Stevie-ish as possible everywhere I went! Unfortunately, I hit a deer on the way home - coming around the bay...it was so dark and it literally jumped out in front of me...scared me to death! Luckily I made home alright with one headlight...Since I was driving my father-in-laws' Ford pickup he was not too happy with me the next day...Seems like a hundred years ago...

[thatgirlwasme]

the 53rd show on The Wild Heart Tour
November 16,1983
Madison, Wisconsin
Venue: Dane County Coliseum

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/cielosharon/newsn8.jpg

from BILLBOARD Magazine
Boxscores
Headliner: Stevie Nicks
Opening Act: Joe Walsh
Dane County Coliseum, Madison, Wis.
Produced by: Contemporary Presentations
Ticket Price: $13.50 & $12.50
Available Tickets: 9,934
Tickets Sold: 6,936
Concert Gross: $91,408

Hooray for Madison! If only I'd lived here in 1983! I feel like I should go and light a candle and the Coliseum (now the Alliant Energy Center) in honor of Stevie's presence here 26 years ago. Unfortunately, it doesn't look like it was a great turnout that night.

A

[vivfox]

the 54th show on The Wild Heart Tour
November 19, 1983
Iowa City, Iowa
Venue: Carver Hawkeye Arena

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/cielosharon/46fn1.jpg

from BILLBOARD Magazine
Boxscores
Headliner: Stevie Nicks
Opening Act: Joe Walsh
Carver Hawkeye Arena, Iowa City, Iowa
Produced by: Contemporary Presentations/ Scope
Ticket Price: $13.50 & $12.50
Available Tickets: 15,000
Tickets Sold: 11,855
Concert Gross: $155,620

[vivfox]

the 55th show on The Wild Heart Tour
November 20, 1983
Ames, Iowa
Venue: Hilton Arena

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/cielosharon/068.jpg

from BILLBOARD Magazine
Boxscores
Headliner: Stevie Nicks
Opening Act: Joe Walsh
Hilton Arena, Ames, Iowa
Produced by: Contemporary Presentations
Ticket Price: $13.50
Available Tickets: 10,000
Tickets Sold: 9,298
Concert Gross: $122,985

[vivfox]

the 56th show on The Wild Heart Tour
November 23, 1983
Charlotte, North Carolina
Venue: Coliseum

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/cielosharon/35103_515_122_486lo.jpg

from BILLBOARD Magazine
Boxscores
Headliner: Stevie Nicks
Opening Act: Joe Walsh
Coliseum, Charlotte, N.C.
Produced by: Beach Club Concerts
Ticket Price: $12.50
Available Tickets: 10,281
Tickets Sold: SELLOUT
Concert Gross: $128,512

[vivfox]

the 57th show on The Wild Heart Tour
November 24, 1983
Columbia, South Carolina
Venue: Carolina Coliseum

http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd169/cielosharon/85dd184a214d9eba032317373d19e49e.jpg

from BILLBOARD Magazine
Boxscores
Headliner: Stevie Nicks
Opening Act: Joe Walsh
Carolina Coliseum, Columbia, S.C.
Produced by: Beach Club Concerts
Ticket Price: $12.50
Available Tickets: 10,860
Tickets Sold: 9,018
Concert Gross: $106,287

THE LAST SHOW ON THE WILD HEART TOUR
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Special thanks to Sanne for all the beautiful pictures and all the other contributors as well. It took me two years to complete this thread. Just to please all of you it was worth it. Love, Viv

[Aussie W/Heart]

Thank you Viv so much!!! it was an awesome job that you also the other ledger's that contributed, interesting reading, I loved all of the photo's too!!! now you need to take a short break before you start on the next concert era:wavey::nod:

[GypsyBlueEyes]

Thank you so much for all the work you put into this! :angel:

Does this make anyone else a bit uncomfortable???

the 47th show on The Wild Heart Tour
November 4,1983
Lakeland, Florida
Venue: Civic Center

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Anytime I see them do this, all I can think is "breath mints?? scope??? listerine????" They are just all up in each others personal space :lol:

[Aussie W/Heart]

Yeah I was thinking the same thing, :o maybe Brandy on the rocks works for them:shrug:

[bellagypsy79]

The tambourine can also be used as a hat.:lol:
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x54/belladonnadreamsis/Wild%20Heart/stev1370.jpg
And one of my faves....

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x54/belladonnadreamsis/Wild%20Heart/stev0179.jpg
http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x54/belladonnadreamsis/Wild%20Heart/stev0135.jpg

[vivfox]

Hey all you new Ledgies! Check out this thread. Go on the Wild Heart Tour.

[llb]

Well Mark, another show that we were both at, but did not meet yet. with CRS and all, I do remember being insanely excited about being there-I slept out on the streets of New Haven in front of Cutler's record store in the heart of Yale University-I ended up with nose bleed tix-My nosebleed luck lasted until 1998. Glad to have really met you Mark! It only took like 28 years!

I was there too, and 14 years old. I used to live in Wallingford too. It was a fantastic show, and she was so energetic, and I loved the painted screen backdrop. I also remember how I thought all the older girls that went to the show looked so beautiful and bohemian in their skirts and dresses and flowy hair. And many of the fans brought roses and stuffed animals then. It was so dreamy and I didn't want it to ever end. Funny how the next tour had a harder edge to it.

[soul_drifter333]

Here is the newspaper advertisement for the Detroit show.... also a not so good review of the Wild Heart album....

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a382/glittermoondust/wildheartad.jpg

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a382/glittermoondust/WildHeartreview.jpg

I have a few things to share. How do you paste images directly on the page like this??

[Sanne2]

I have a few things to share. How do you paste images directly on the page like this??

Upload it with Tinypic and paste the [IMG]-code here.

[soul_drifter333]

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[soul_drifter333]

Thanks Sanne2!! I probably have more somewhere but I will try to post them later on. This last one is sort of a mess. :sorry:

http://i37.tinypic.com/14ay6xd.jpghttp://i33.tinypic.com/xgmhya.jpg

[michelej1]

These scans are fantastic Soul Drifter. Thanks for taking the time to upload and share them.

Michele

[michelej1]

Lexington Herald

August 11, 1983

STEVIE NICKS SEES WORLD IN A BLUR

Walter Berry Associated Press

PHOENIX, Ariz. -- For singer Stevie Nicks, her success as a songwriter could be attributed to her failing eyesight.

I definitely perceive the world differently than most people do," said the most visible member of the rock group Fleetwood Mac, who was in Phoenix to promote a coming benefit concert and her second solo album, The Wild Heart.

I have really bad eyes, and I never wore glasses, you see," Nicks explained. Then all of a sudden, I got contact lenses -- soft ones which don't make you see great but make you see better. Now I'm completely confused. I used to see nothing. Now I see sort of.

Everything is either a blur or it's psychedelic or more acidlike. Street
lights sparkle, colors run together. But because I can't see the world clearly, I look at it differently. I see it like in a dream."

Most of her songs reflect a reverielike quality, as in Gypsy," Sara," Rhiannon" or Dreams." And whether they're for a Fleetwood Mac album or her own, all her efforts sell well -- in the millions.

Her first solo LP, Bella Donna, was released in October 1981 and rose to the top of the pop charts. A 35-city tour through August coincides with The Wild Heart. The Modern Records album was No. 5 and climbing on the best-selling chart of July 30. Her single, Stand Back," was No. 13 and climbing on that date.

The Wild Heart is wild," Nicks said. It's Bella Donna, only less fragile.

It's me being stronger with who I am and what I have to say. I just sang what I wanted to and did it the way I wanted to, as crazy as it was. It's my masterpiece as far as I'm concerned. It's very much a story."

An avid reader, Nicks based another of her new songs on author Jean Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast.

It ends the album. It's an orchestrated piece -- a string arrangement -and it's a beautiful, beautiful thing," she said. It was at A&R Studios in New York City, where they do all the Dionne Warwick and Frank Sinatra things.

Neither Fleetwood Mac nor Stevie had ever used a string arrangement in their lives. So it was very strange to walk in to sing for these 30 little old men with their violin cases who had no idea what in the world I was doing there in a long black dress, with champagne.

These guys hadn't done a session like that in 10 years. But for two hours they played this song, and it's just beautiful. It's very fairy tale."

Tom Petty and Prince also contribute to The Wild Heart, but Nicks says she'll shy away from such collaborations in the future.

It causes me a lot of grief to work with men who love to come in and sing on my albums because it's cool," she said, referring to Petty and ex-Eagles drummer Don Henley, who sang backup on the Bella Donna hits Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" and Leather and Lace," respectively.

I'll be out on the road, and everybody will be saying, O'Where's Tom Petty?' and O'Where's Don Henley?' It causes me a lot of arguments, and it gets to the point where I just want to do my own record and not hassle anyone."

[michelej1]

Lexington Herald-Leader (KY)

July 5, 1983


STEVIE NICKS' NEWEST ALBUM IS FILLED WITH ROMANTIC SPIRIT
Ken Tucker Knight-Ridder News Service

Knight-Ridder News Service

Stevie Nicks inhabits a world of sprites, gnomes, fairies and handsome princes. The songs she writes and sings all seem to be set in an evergreen glade where unicorns peep around trees and rainbows shade the sky.

To say that Nicks is a romantic is putting it mildly. She's the Swinburne of rock, and her music is laden with the thick, melodramatic beauty that effective romanticism can convey.

Her detractors think she's a flake, while many of her admirers seem to worship the platform boots she teeters upon. Nicks inspires strong feelings, which is one sure indication that she's not a fake or a sham.

As one-fifth of the superstar group Fleetwood Mac, Nicks has often had her engaging spaciness held in check by the verve and pop-song discipline of the rest of the band. Anyone who has attended a Fleetwood Mac performance knows that Nicks is both essential to this group and totally disconnected from it.

Her cool, reedy voice complements the hot, dense guitar-and-drum sound of the band perfectly, but it often seems as if the band's tales of difficult love affairs fly over Nicks' head. In the midst of Fleetwood Mac's realism, she twirls around the stage in wispy dresses and pulls at a stray lock of hair, listening to the voices in her head.

Two years ago Nicks released a solo album, Bella Donna, that surprised many people both for its resolute levelheadedness and its spectacular commercial success. Bella Donna sold millions of records and contained one of the strongest, angriest pop songs in years, Stop Draggin' My Heart Around," a
duet with rocker Tom Petty.

Now comes Nicks' long-awaited second album, The Wild Heart (Modern), and it's a very pleasurable, if more problematic, piece of work. Working again with producer Jimmy Iovine, Nicks has fashioned a dense, lustrous sound that is an apt metaphor for her lyrics. Sandy Stewart on synthesizer and Roy Bittan, pianist for Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, provide Nicks with icy sheets of keyboards that drench the music in the kind of splashy emotion the singer revels in.

By contrast, however, old-pro Los Angeles guitarists Waddy Wachtel and Toto's Steve Lukather play terse, ringing melody lines that prevent the songs
from becoming unduly sentimental. This tension between keyboards and guitars gives The Wild Heart the sort of stormy, crackling background that suits Nicks' tales of dark romance -the musical equivalent of the misty, moody atmospherics of Wuthering Heights.

A recent review of The Wild Heart in Rolling Stone magazine condemned the album for the incoherence of its lyrics, but that's silly. The whole point of Nicks' act is that she has become completely addled by love, left gibbering about how her wild heart has been broken beyond repair.

To look for clear-eyed lucidity in her lyrics is as foolish as hoping to find feminist polemic in the words of Ozzy Ozbourne's songs. It's much more rewarding to listen to Nicks' songs without pondering the lyric sheet that accompanies the album. That way, odd fragments of phrases float up out of the musical ether, and you are left free to appreciate her voice, which can sound hoarse and plaintive one moment, ethereal and commanding the next.

If the best songs on The Wild Heart are the tough-sounding ones -- the snappish hit single Stand Back" and her duet with Tom Petty, I Will Run to You" -- the album also builds to a logically grandiose climax, Beauty and the Beast," a seven-minute epic dedicated to the surreal Jean Cocteau film classic of the same name.

Backed by a 22-piece string section and featuring her most delirious vocals, Beauty and the Beast" is a triumph of campy pop in its woozy, excessive, decadent fun.

Anyone who can plan an album as cagily as Nicks has overseen The Wild Heart isn't the flibbertigibbet she likes to seem; she's crazy like a fox.

[michelej1]

Philadelphia Daily News (PA),
June 24, 1983

Section: FEATURES

NONA HENDRYX/ROBERT PALMER/STEVIE NICKS/JOE WALSH/ AMY GRANT/CHICAGO/KOOL AND THE GANG

JONATHAN TAKIFF, Daily News Music Writer


Stevie Nicked

Stevie Nicks, the wispy sprite of Fleetwood Mac, will make her solo concert debut at the Spectrum Monday, backed up by a stellar cast of L.A. studio musicians and sharing the bill with Joe Walsh.

With her haunting, crystal visions of gypsies and white witches, and her ''seduced and abandoned'' sagas of disllusioned love, Nicks surely has pumped lots of life into the Big Mac, lo these past eight years. And her growly voice and hypnotic, jazz-flavored incantations surely have sparked adult rock to grow in sophistication.

I've been entranced by Nicks' sound and look (the best nose in rock) ever since stumbling upon her largely ignored debut album with (future ex-husband) Lindsey Buckingham, ''Buckingham Nicks.'' One of my proudest picks-to-click as a weekend disc jockey was a song called ''Rhiannon,'' which became Nicks' first hit for Fleetwood Mac six months after I introduced it on the Philly airwaves.

And yet, in the same breath, I must confess a growing disillusionment with Nicks' numbing sameness. Her perpetual fascination with her own reflection is her biggest shortcoming. Introspection does fit her self-image as a white witch and translates into some useful stage theatrics: Check out the shadowy lighting effects and the tracks of her tears that involuntarily pour forth during Stevie's readings of ''Sara,'' ''Dreams'' and ''Edge of Seventeen.''

But a little confessional melodrama goes a long way. Isn't there a world outside her own to explore? Moreover, Nicks' self-absorption inadvertently causes a very serious problem in communication. She has absolutely horrendous, mushmouthed pronunciation that makes her lyrics impossible to grasp in totality. And from what I've seen, the woman is such an emotional prima donna, that no one close to her dares point out the flaws.

[WatchChain]

The May 27, 1983 Wild Heart Tour Show at the Aladdin Theater in Las Vegas did happen. I attended this show on my 12th birthday as a gift from my cousin. I was visiting my family who lived in Las Vegas at the time. I'm assuming that it must have been some kind of "warm up" show for The US Festival which would take place a few days later.
It was a fantastic show, basically the same set as the US FEST. At one point in the set, someone tried to jump onstage to hug Stevie. A security guard pulled the crazed fan back, which resulted in a mini scuffle. After the song, Stevie scolded the security guard and told the audience that if anyone tried to mess with them to tell them to "F**K off". She stated sometime to the effect that she was on stage for the fans.....etc.....
I couldn't believe my eyes, as I had never heard Stevie use curse words before. Then again, I was only 12.

[Macfanforever]

The May 27, 1983 Wild Heart Tour Show at the Aladdin Theater in Las Vegas did happen. I attended this show on my 12th birthday as a gift from my cousin. I was visiting my family who lived in Las Vegas at the time. I'm assuming that it must have been some kind of "warm up" show for The US Festival which would take place a few days later.
It was a fantastic show, basically the same set as the US FEST. At one point in the set, someone tried to jump onstage to hug Stevie. A security guard pulled the crazed fan back, which resulted in a mini scuffle. After the song, Stevie scolded the security guard and told the audience that if anyone tried to mess with them to tell them to "F**K off". She stated sometime to the effect that she was on stage for the fans.....etc.....
I couldn't believe my eyes, as I had never heard Stevie use curse words before. Then again, I was only 12.

She also scolded the security at the Bristol CT show in 1989 for harassing the fans.

[rockalilcutie25]

I do not usually post much! But i thought this was one of the greatest threads ever. What would b even cooler, in my stevie obsession.....like all the paper clippings, pollstar data, but also post the audio to each concert...if available. Im so excited for Rock A Little Tour! The person that started this did a wonderful job, i love you.....thank you! :xoxo:

[olive]

I think people are confused on the September 9, 1983: Bristol, RI - Colt State Park , not Connecticut I remember it was so cool to see her on the Water , and the Tickets and Backstage passes were a gift from my employer....there was an altercation She was higher than Jesus and someone started to fling Pineapple at her ( it was cool back then to bring coolers and stuff /alcohol in to the Park ) and she started to climb off the stage and security got involved and a few guys kicked the $4!+
out of the Pineapple flinging A hole

http://www.amazon.com/wiki/The_Wild_Heart_Tour


1983: September 9 Colt State Park Bristol, Rhode Island (Stevie solo)--outdoors, hey, I was there too, Stevie stopped Rhiannon mid-song to throw a pineapple at an unruly security guard!

http://ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/showthread.php?t=18313

[vivfox]

I do not usually post much! But i thought this was one of the greatest threads ever. What would b even cooler, in my stevie obsession.....like all the paper clippings, pollstar data, but also post the audio to each concert...if available. Im so excited for Rock A Little Tour! The person that started this did a wonderful job, i love you.....thank you! :xoxo:


You are mos def welcome!!! I love you too!:xoxo:

[vivfox]

1983: September 9 Colt State Park Bristol, Rhode Island (Stevie solo)--outdoors, hey, I was there too, Stevie stopped Rhiannon mid-song to throw a pineapple at an unruly security guard!


Even after all this time it feels good to have someone else confirm what other fans were disputing of my friend's recall of the events from that show.

[olive]

Even after all this time it feels good to have someone else confirm what other fans were disputing of my friend's recall of the events from that show.


some stoner made a bootleg and put ct on it .. and everyone t takes it as the truth

[Nathan]

I think people are confused on the September 9, 1983: Bristol, RI - Colt State Park , not Connecticut I remember it was so cool to see her on the Water , and the Tickets and Backstage passes were a gift from my employer....there was an altercation She was higher than Jesus and someone started to fling Pineapple at her ( it was cool back then to bring coolers and stuff /alcohol in to the Park ) and she started to climb off the stage and security got involved and a few guys kicked the $4!+
out of the Pineapple flinging A hole

http://www.amazon.com/wiki/The_Wild_Heart_Tour


1983: September 9 Colt State Park Bristol, Rhode Island (Stevie solo)--outdoors, hey, I was there too, Stevie stopped Rhiannon mid-song to throw a pineapple at an unruly security guard!

http://ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/showthread.php?t=18313

I didn't know she played Portland in '83. Cool, thanks.

[vivfox]

some stoner made a bootleg and put ct on it .. and everyone t takes it as the truth


What was the date the stoner lists the show as?

[olive]

same date ,wrong state.

[vivfox]

same date ,wrong state.

Could you possible describe how the pineapple incident is heard on the tape?

[Richard B]

the 5th show on The Wild Heart Tour
June 24,1983
East Rutherford, New Jersey
Venue: Brendan Byrne Arena aka Medowlands

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h89/Stevie_Rhiannon/Stevie/snlimo.jpg

from BILLBOARD Magazine
Boxscores
Headliner: Stevie Nicks
Opening Act: Joe Walsh
Venue: Byrne Medowlands Arena
E. Rutherford, N.J.
Produced by: Monarch Entertainment Bureau
Ticket Prices: $11.50 & $13.50
Available Tickets: 20,037
Tickets Sold: Sellout
Concert Gross: $274,348


Anyone here go to this show? I heard something about Stevie getting knocked down by a fan and literally stopped singing. is this true? Any details. I have a great audio concert of this show....it is such a great show.

[David]

Anyone here go to this show? I heard something about Stevie getting knocked down by a fan and literally stopped singing. is this true? Any details. I have a great audio concert of this show....it is such a great show.Did you download that audio from ConcertVault, Richard?

http://www.concertvault.com/stevie-nicks/brendan-byrne-arena-june-24-1983.html

Spectacular audio quality. Such a shame it always seems to be the weaker nights for Stevie that surface with spectacular audio. Imagine if that year's Dallas or Los Angeles concert showed up on ConcertVault.

[PenguinHead]

She also scolded the security at the Bristol CT show in 1989 for harassing the fans.

I can't recall what show it is , but is this show where she say plainly says "Don't fu*k with my people!"?

[Macfanforever]

I can't recall what show it is , but is this show where she say plainly says "Don't fu*k with my people!"?

Yes .I was in the forth row at that show.I got the tape floating around here somewhere and I took some great photos there too with my cheap 110 film camera .LOL.

I has one photo blown up to poster size too.

[Macfanforever]

BTW .I'm still kicking my fat a$$ for not seeing this tour.I'm sorry Stevie.

At that time I was in knee deep in country music with my cowboy hat and boots.

[Richard B]

Did you download that audio from ConcertVault, Richard?

http://www.concertvault.com/stevie-nicks/brendan-byrne-arena-june-24-1983.html

Spectacular audio quality. Such a shame it always seems to be the weaker nights for Stevie that surface with spectacular audio. Imagine if that year's Dallas or Los Angeles concert showed up on ConcertVault.

Yes, it's the Wolfgang Vault show. When I first got it, i wrote them asking what happened to Edge of Seventeen and Rhiannon tracks from that show and they said something about poor tape quality...blah, blah, blah.

However, I read somewhere that someone jumped on stage and knocked her down either during Edge or Rhiannon and she simply stopped the show that they ruined the moment. Just hoping for more details here.

[olive]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Macfanforever View Post
She also scolded the security at the Bristol CT show in 1989 for harassing the fans.
I can't recall what show it is , but is this show where she say plainly says "Don't fu*k with my people!"?


I think people are confused on the September 9, 1983: Bristol, RI - Colt State Park , not Connecticut I remember it was so cool to see her on the Water , and the Tickets and Backstage passes were a gift from my employer....there was an altercation She was higher than Jesus and someone started to fling Pineapple at her ( it was cool back then to bring coolers and stuff /alcohol in to the Park ) and she started to climb off the stage and security got involved and a few guys kicked the $4!+
out of the Pineapple flinging A hole

http://www.amazon.com/wiki/The_Wild_Heart_Tour


1983: September 9 Colt State Park Bristol, Rhode Island (Stevie solo)--outdoors, hey, I was there too, Stevie stopped Rhiannon mid-song to throw a pineapple at an unruly security guard!

http://ledge.fleetwoodmac.net/showthread.php?t=18313

there is no Bristol CT show


Tour Dates
First Leg

May 27, 1983: Las Vegas, NV – Aladdin Theatre for the Performing Arts
May 30, 1983: San Bernardino, CA – US Festival

Second Leg

June 21, 1983: Knoxville, TN – Knoxville Civic Coliseum
June 23, 1983: Norfolk, VA – Norfolk Scope
June 24, 1983: East Rutherford, NJ – Brendan Byrne Arena
June 27, 1983: Philadelphia, PA – The Spectrum
June 28, 1983: Pittsburgh, PA – Civic Arena
July 2, 1983: Buffalo, NY – War Memorial Auditorium
July 3, 1983: Hartford, CT – Hartford Civic Center
July 6, 1983: Worcester, MA – The Centrum
July 7, 1983: Largo, MD – Capital Centre
July 10, 1983: Greensboro, NC – Greensboro Coliseum
July 11, 1983: Atlanta, GA – Omni Coliseum
July 14, 1983: Kansas City, MO – Kemper Arena
July 15, 1983: Minneapolis, MN – Met Center
July 17, 1983: Chicago, IL – Rosemont Horizon
July 18, 1983: Chicago, IL – Rosemont Horizon
July 19, 1983: Toronto, ON – Canadian National Exhibition
July 21, 1983: Cleveland, OH – Blossom Music Center
July 22, 1983: Cleveland, OH – Blossom Music Center
July 23, 1983: Detroit, MI – Joe Louis Arena
July 26, 1983: St. Louis, MO – Checkerdome
July 27, 1983: Indianapolis, IN – Market Square Arena
July 30, 1983: East Troy, WI – Alpine Valley Music Theatre
July 31, 1983: Cincinnati, OH – Riverfront Coliseum

Third Leg

August 27, 1983: Biloxi, MS – Mississippi Coast Coliseum
August 28, 1983: Baton Rouge, LA – LSU Assembly Center
August 31, 1983: Austin, TX – Frank Erwin Center
September 1, 1983: Houston, TX – The Summit
September 4, 1983: Memphis, TN – Mid-South Coliseum
September 5, 1983: Dallas, TX – Reunion Arena
September 8, 1983: Portland, ME – Cumberland County Civic Center
September 9, 1983: Bristol, RI – Colt State Park
September 12, 1983: New York City, NY – Radio City Music Hall
September 13, 1983: New York City, NY – Radio City Music Hall
September 17, 1983: Oklahoma City, OK – The Myriad
September 20, 1983: Casper, WY – Casper Events Center
September 21, 1983: Denver, CO – McNichols Arena
September 24, 1983: Irvine, CA – Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre
September 25, 1983: Phoenix, AZ – Compton Terrace Amphitheater
September 28, 1983: Seattle, WA – Seattle Center Coliseum
September 29, 1983: Portland, OR – Portland Memorial Coliseum
October 2, 1983: Los Angeles, CA – The Forum
October 4, 1983: Oakland, CA – Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Fourth Leg

October 25, 1983: Charleston, WV – Charleston Civic Center
October 26, 1983: Roanoke, VA – Roanoke Civic Center
October 29, 1983: Tuscaloosa, AL – Memorial Coliseum
October 30, 1983: Jackson, MS – Mississippi Coliseum
November 2, 1983: Jacksonville, FL – Jacksonville Coliseum
November 4, 1983: Lakeland, FL – Lakeland Civic Center
November 5, 1983: Miami, FL – Hollywood Sportatorium
November 8, 1983: Columbia, MO – Hearnes Center
November 9, 1983: Starkville, MS – Humphrey Coliseum
November 12, 1983: Tulsa, OK – Tulsa Convention Center
November 13, 1983: Little Rock, AR – Barton Coliseum
November 16, 1983: Madison, WI – Dane County Coliseum
November 19, 1983: Iowa City, IA – Carver-Hawkeye Arena
November 20, 1983: Ames, IA – Hilton Coliseum
November 23, 1983: Charlotte, NC – Charlotte Coliseum
November 24, 1983: Columbia, SC – Carolina Coliseum

[Macfanforever]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Macfanforever View Post
She also scolded the security at the Bristol CT show in 1989 for harassing the fans.
I can't recall what show it is , but is this show where she say plainly says "Don't fu*k with my people!"?




there is no Bristol CT show


Tour Dates
First Leg

May 27, 1983: Las Vegas, NV – Aladdin Theatre for the Performing Arts
May 30, 1983: San Bernardino, CA – US Festival

Second Leg

June 21, 1983: Knoxville, TN – Knoxville Civic Coliseum
June 23, 1983: Norfolk, VA – Norfolk Scope
June 24, 1983: East Rutherford, NJ – Brendan Byrne Arena
June 27, 1983: Philadelphia, PA – The Spectrum
June 28, 1983: Pittsburgh, PA – Civic Arena
July 2, 1983: Buffalo, NY – War Memorial Auditorium
July 3, 1983: Hartford, CT – Hartford Civic Center
July 6, 1983: Worcester, MA – The Centrum
July 7, 1983: Largo, MD – Capital Centre
July 10, 1983: Greensboro, NC – Greensboro Coliseum
July 11, 1983: Atlanta, GA – Omni Coliseum
July 14, 1983: Kansas City, MO – Kemper Arena
July 15, 1983: Minneapolis, MN – Met Center
July 17, 1983: Chicago, IL – Rosemont Horizon
July 18, 1983: Chicago, IL – Rosemont Horizon
July 19, 1983: Toronto, ON – Canadian National Exhibition
July 21, 1983: Cleveland, OH – Blossom Music Center
July 22, 1983: Cleveland, OH – Blossom Music Center
July 23, 1983: Detroit, MI – Joe Louis Arena
July 26, 1983: St. Louis, MO – Checkerdome
July 27, 1983: Indianapolis, IN – Market Square Arena
July 30, 1983: East Troy, WI – Alpine Valley Music Theatre
July 31, 1983: Cincinnati, OH – Riverfront Coliseum

Third Leg

August 27, 1983: Biloxi, MS – Mississippi Coast Coliseum
August 28, 1983: Baton Rouge, LA – LSU Assembly Center
August 31, 1983: Austin, TX – Frank Erwin Center
September 1, 1983: Houston, TX – The Summit
September 4, 1983: Memphis, TN – Mid-South Coliseum
September 5, 1983: Dallas, TX – Reunion Arena
September 8, 1983: Portland, ME – Cumberland County Civic Center
September 9, 1983: Bristol, RI – Colt State Park
September 12, 1983: New York City, NY – Radio City Music Hall
September 13, 1983: New York City, NY – Radio City Music Hall
September 17, 1983: Oklahoma City, OK – The Myriad
September 20, 1983: Casper, WY – Casper Events Center
September 21, 1983: Denver, CO – McNichols Arena
September 24, 1983: Irvine, CA – Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre
September 25, 1983: Phoenix, AZ – Compton Terrace Amphitheater
September 28, 1983: Seattle, WA – Seattle Center Coliseum
September 29, 1983: Portland, OR – Portland Memorial Coliseum
October 2, 1983: Los Angeles, CA – The Forum
October 4, 1983: Oakland, CA – Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum

Fourth Leg

October 25, 1983: Charleston, WV – Charleston Civic Center
October 26, 1983: Roanoke, VA – Roanoke Civic Center
October 29, 1983: Tuscaloosa, AL – Memorial Coliseum
October 30, 1983: Jackson, MS – Mississippi Coliseum
November 2, 1983: Jacksonville, FL – Jacksonville Coliseum
November 4, 1983: Lakeland, FL – Lakeland Civic Center
November 5, 1983: Miami, FL – Hollywood Sportatorium
November 8, 1983: Columbia, MO – Hearnes Center
November 9, 1983: Starkville, MS – Humphrey Coliseum
November 12, 1983: Tulsa, OK – Tulsa Convention Center
November 13, 1983: Little Rock, AR – Barton Coliseum
November 16, 1983: Madison, WI – Dane County Coliseum
November 19, 1983: Iowa City, IA – Carver-Hawkeye Arena
November 20, 1983: Ames, IA – Hilton Coliseum
November 23, 1983: Charlotte, NC – Charlotte Coliseum
November 24, 1983: Columbia, SC – Carolina Coliseum

My bad.I'm sorry guys .The Bristol CT show from the 1989 OSOTM tour which I should of noted earlier.The Lake Compounce Amphitheater didn't open until 1988.

[On Ice]

July 19, 1983: Toronto, ON – Canadian National Exhibition

Cancelled date unfortunately :(

[jarlic]

July 26, 1983: St. Louis, MO – Checkerdome

Attended this show, manic to say the least! I can't remember what song, Still of the Night maybe, she was at the edge of the stage bowing and such, teetering. After the song she said we almost saw a perfect swan dive into the front row, laughing her rear off. Loved this show!

[goldustsongbird]

I thought "don't **** with my people" was from OSOTM? Now I'm questioning whether her voice was thick with coke and brandy or klono.

Picture request. I've searched up and down tumblr, and it eludes me. She's wearing the shiny pink shawl and doing this with her eyes, but not touching her face.

http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/bh__g-ZZ6WA/hqdefault.jpg

It looks like it's from the same time as
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i204/SortaSavageLike/The%20Wild%20Heart/Live/WildHeartShake.jpg

[olive]

I thought "don't **** with my people" was from OSOTM? Now I'm questioning whether her voice was thick with coke and brandy or klono.

Picture request. I've searched up and down tumblr, and it eludes me. She's wearing the shiny pink shawl and doing this with her eyes, but not touching her face.

http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/bh__g-ZZ6WA/hqdefault.jpg

It looks like it's from the same time as
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i204/SortaSavageLike/The%20Wild%20Heart/Live/WildHeartShake.jpg

no Bristol RI September 9, 1983,I was there