Stevie Aussie Article
 

Herald Sun (Australia)

October 20, 2005
Section: Hit1 - FIRST

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ORIGINAL rock chick Stevie Nicks will announce February tour dates when she jets in for Melbourne Cup week.

The Fleetwood Mac superstar, 56, will do a national tour, including a concert at Rod Laver Arena.

Nicks has a race named in her honour at Emirates Stakes Day.

Her tour promoter, Andrew McManus, says Nicks was the perfect candidate for the Cup carnival honour.

McManus has a marquee at the Melbourne Cup, which entitles him to naming rights for one race on Stakes Day.

He offered the race to Nicks, who accepted, and has apparently not stopped talking about it since.

``I was in Atlanta trying to get Stevie to focus on some business we needed to do, and all she wanted to discuss was this race,'' McManus told The Back Room.

``She is really pumped about it.''

Nicks last visited Australia last year with Fleetwood Mac. McManus is planning a spectacular for her solo shows, and a special guest on some sectors.

Nicks, the unequivocal leader of femme rockers, cherishes her role at the top.

``I made the choice,'' she told The Back Room last year.

``I wanted to be that famous. I wanted to be hugely famous. I wanted to be the queen of rock 'n' roll. And in signing that pact with the Devil, I gave up everything else.''

But Nicks also advises friends including Sheryl Crow, Michelle Branch and Natalie Maines of the Dixie Chicks.

``My mom says that was what I was really sent here to do: teach,'' Nicks says.

``These girls do ask me for advice and I'm honest with them. They see me on stage and they learn.

``I go up there and what I do I learned from Janis Joplin, I learned from Jimi Hendrix. What I do on stage, I absolutely took from my icons, and the art of that great performer is starting to be lost.''

Egads... is there a travel agent in the house?? :eek:

Throw a veggie kabob on the bawbie for me... I think I'm a-heading dawn undah! Waddya say, mates?

I don't understand this race business thing. What is it?

Hold up!! La Nicks was in Atlanta??? Jason, you need to find out! :shocked:
Brit

It's a horse race - it's a big deal - like the Kentucky Derby of Australia. :p

:lol: Well, a friend of mine had a dream last night - wait, I'll post his email to me:

"I had a dream that your grandmother got you a roundtrip ticket to Australia to see Stevie!!
You were holding up the confirmation letter like it was a f*cking Willy Wonka Golden Ticket!!!
We were both crying from happiness and it was like an Ed McMahone commercial...

Can you believe that???!!!"

Premonition?

I knew it. Our goddess is the devil's bride!
::runs to a find rosary::

This is the best part...funny thing is, I can totally picture it!! :laugh:

I'm sure Lux is all set for the presale so she can get front row. :laugh:

Miss Martyr strikes again.

I am pretty sure that was a response to a question and not a sua sponte exclamation of pious pity :laugh:

Knowing La Nicks, I wouldn't bet on that. :lol:

LOL.....you KNOW La Nicks?!?!?!

She BETTER announce the dates soon. I am scheduling my west coast tour of Bon Jovi concerts and they must not conflict with the Australia trip.

hands up who's going to ALL her shows :::: waves madly :::: :laugh: :lol: :nod: what a great graduation present WOOHOOTT

You know, I've never been to Australia...hmmmm....

This one I'm maxing the cards for...although what a long flight.

Dahling, that's what Xanax was invented for. :xoxo: Such a dilemma. I need to start dating a flight attendant! That would be good for an upgrade to business class, if nothing else. :lol:

Nice article, thanks for sharing.

:lol: Damn, that was funny!

An Australian fan posted on the LegBoard that she is set to play in Brisbane on February 20th, according to the Sunday paper. Hopefully we'll get a list of confirmed dates following Stevie's visit for the Melbourne Cup.

Is anyone else thinking about going? Seriously?

When is the melbourne cup, Nov right?

You should go Tiff!

Chris

Me! Seriously.

:D I am with Sparky!
Post the dates already so we can make our flights!
LOL!
And, Lord have mercy, I hope we get to hear some different songs!
:] :angel:

Hi Honey!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am doing all I can to go, but work is in the air as of now.

I might go over as well. :wavey:

Interestingly, I would not really be going to see La Nicks, though that would be a positive punctuation to the trip I have always wanted to go on.

Exactly.

I just wanna see Hot Aussies with my own eyes.

LOL - I wanna see New Zealand and the LOTR tour. Oh Well - different strokes :laugh:

I will make no comment about your legs.

I love you - pure and simple.

BTW - you still owe me that $100 and with the new budget, I really need it :xoxo:

:xoxo:

100 ? Why, you need to tip someone tonight ?:D

Yeah. for awhile, anyway. But I think I'd have to go after the 23rd or so, if I did.

I'm in the definite maybe stage.:)

The orchestra is the deciding factor for me. And my Bon Jovi conflicts, of course.

Me too. If she is not with the orchestra, then I can think of a better time for me and you to go down under.

I didn't realize you were such a big JBJ fan. Or are you working?

Like many of La Nicks' fans, Sparky puts on his hip hugging pleather pants, open shirt, and tacky faux gold jewelry, and trots out to Bon Jovi concerts with hair higher to heaven :cool:

Interesting. Thank you for sharing.:thumbsup:

FOR SHAME. You misrepresent Sparky.

I am totally into him. Granted, I don't take the music all that seriously, it is just great party music. His ballads blow chunks, but the rocking ones are hella fun. And in concert ? So Damned Fun. It is mania. Entire arena, and I mean entire arena of 15-20k people on their feet, singing along with about 70% of the songs and waving thier arms and fists all over. And he is so damned cute. His voice is kinda shot, but hey WE'RE ALL USED TO THAT :eek:

And for the record, real leather, kinda high hair, and no fake gold.:laugh:

I was just using gay deceivers - that is all :wavey: