Legit Vegas Review!
 

May 16, 2005

A Legit Review From Critic Who Was There!
By Spencer Patterson

LAS VEGAS SUN

For me, however, Friday's concert felt a bit lacking, failing to live up to the potential of matching a first-rate performer with an exceptional venue.

In pre-show interviews, Nicks promised to deliver a visually spectacular set, taking advantage of the massive Colosseum stage and giant LED screen.

Instead, she and her band grouped near the middle of the stage in a relatively bare arrangement and used a scaled-back video screen -- in the shape of a half-circle -- with mixed results.

....whateva......

you are on fire tonight, aren't you...

What's your point?

And then?...

THE POINT IS OBVIOUS ....Stevie did not fair well in Vegas..despite much PROPAGANDA
that she did!!! I agree with The Las Vegas Sun Critic..AS I WAS THERE! Stevie promised a show that she simply could not deliver! It was a total REHASH! NOTHING NEW..NO RISKS!!! I also paid hundreds of dollars and traveled far to see it! BEAUTY & THE BEAST..BIG DEAL..SHE THREW US A CRUMB..WE DESERVED A FEAST!!!
CASE CLOSED!
P.S. Opening Night was 70% Full..LOTS OF EMPTY SEATS!

I Am Always On Fire!!! And Always Tell The Truth!!

This is starting to get really interesting! :laugh:

you're not gonna make alot of friends on here with your approach on certain things... maybe the Vegas shows were not what YOU were expecting or what YOU wanted, but they were still great shows... and everyone there had a good time... well, at least i did and everyone else that was with me :nod:

Perhaps High Priestess did not post on here to 'make friend's' This is a forum for fans of Stevie Nicks.She or he is merely pointing out the obvious and expressing their disappointment over a fairly blatant misrepresentation of what the LV shows were going to be .Nothing wrong with that at all.The Empress's new clothes mentality is getting a bit thick around here with some folks.

This is a tired subject. Yea..we get it. Some of you were miserably disappointed. Others who were THERE, like me, loved it. I don't need boas and a ****load of video clips I have seen a million times to enjoy the show.

BaTB..big deal? Pffftt.

You're writing as if you were the only one posting that was there. I was there also, and it was one of the best shows I've seen her do within the last 5 years. Also, if you are going to post a review, why would you chose to only quote the portion of it that seemed to be negative and leave off the rest?

"Vocally, Nicks was impressive. Her unmistakable rasp has always had an aged quality to it, so it's no real surprise she can still deliver it so powerfully.
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Would this not fall under the umbrella of propaganda? I mean, it would seem like in doing that you are trying to paint a picture that supports your arguement, but really I don't give a rats heiny what you thought of the concert! I had a blast.

Here's the full review, it's actually not that negative:


Stevie Nicks' performance a gift for rapt fans
By Spencer Patterson

LAS VEGAS SUN


When: Friday.

Where: The Colosseum at Caesars Palace

Rating (out of 5 stars): *** 1/2


I heard more tambourine during Friday night's Stevie Nicks concert that I have at all the other shows I've reviewed for the Las Vegas Sun combined.

Not that Nicks or her band featured the jingling instrument much. Far from it, the headlining vocalist only brought hers out for a couple of numbers, and then used it mainly as a prop, hardly striking it at all.

The tambourine work actually came courtesy of a fan seated just to my left, dead center and about 15 rows back from the stage at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace.

I say seated, because technically the woman was in possession of a seat for the night. From the moment the lights dimmed, however, she stayed on her feet, dancing for the duration of the hour and 45 minute event and shaking her noisemaker almost continuously.

Though Ms. Tambourine was the most conspicuous fanatic in my area, she was hardly the only passionate Nicks devotee among the crowd of around 3,500 present for the third of a four-night Caesars Palace run that began Tuesday and wrapped up Saturday.

Since her early days in Fleetwood Mac in the mid-1970s, Nicks has been quite beloved, a fact attributable as much to her mystical persona as to her distinctive voice.

Until Friday, though, I'd never quite realized the full extent of the idolization.

The audience cheered every time Nicks twirled in place or returned from a costume change. Men shouted "I love you, Stevie!" during quiet moments. Pockets of fans stood for the duration, cheering vigorously and waving at Nicks whenever she looked their way.

A woman in front of me announced that Nicks looked great for 56 years old, then rattled off her exact date of birth -- May 26, 1948, in case you were wondering.

Near the end of the show, dozens of ardent supporters poured down the aisles toward the stage, gathering for an apparent Nicks tradition.

As her seven-piece band and three back-up vocalists extended the end of "Edge of Seventeen (Just Like the White Winged Dove)," Nicks slowly worked her way across the front of the stage, interacting with fans as she went.

Some shook her hand. Several tossed flowers. Others simply touched her. One man approached so vigorously, he had to be restrained by a bodyguard.

No doubt, those hardcore types went home feeling as though they had witnessed something miraculous, some probably for the second or third night that week.

For me, however, Friday's concert felt a bit lacking, failing to live up to the potential of matching a first-rate performer with an exceptional venue.

In pre-show interviews, Nicks promised to deliver a visually spectacular set, taking advantage of the massive Colosseum stage and giant LED screen.

Instead, she and her band grouped near the middle of the stage in a relatively bare arrangement and used a scaled-back video screen -- in the shape of a half-circle -- with mixed results.

During "Outside the Rain," giant digitized raindrops provided a suitable visual focal point behind Nicks and her mates.

Black-and-white images of ballet dancers superimposed over a color shot of running water made less sense during "If Anyone Falls," and that backdrop was made even weirder when six giant Roman columns descended from the ceiling for the same song.

Vocally, Nicks was impressive. Her unmistakable rasp has always had an aged quality to it, so it's no real surprise she can still deliver it so powerfully.

She no longer reaches for the high notes on "Dreams" or "Rhiannon," but both Mac classics sounded magical nonetheless, a tribute to Nicks' captivating, slightly ominous voice.

Other highlights included a fun, synthed-out version of the 1983 solo hit "Stand Back" and the gentle, acoustic "Landslide" -- dedicated to Nicks' mother, who the singer announced was in the crowd.

Several song choices seemed odd. After getting the crowd moving with well-known tunes "Gold Dust Woman" and "If Anyone Falls" back-to-back, Nicks reached for deep album cuts "Fall From Grace" and "How Still My Heart."

Then, instead of closing with the revved-up "Edge of Seventeen," Nicks returned with a most peculiar encore pairing: a cover of Tom Petty's "I Need to Know" and the rather bleak ballad "Beauty and the Beast."

Casual fans probably would have preferred to hear more of Nicks' best-known work, be it Fleetwood Mac favorites "Sara" or "Gypsy" or solo singles "I Can't Wait" or "Rooms on Fire."

Then again, a set list dominated by hits likely wouldn't have satisfied the diehards, who make it a point to remind Nicks of their presence every time she takes the stage.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/st...stevie%20nicks

You're full of crap, did you pull the 70% number out of your butt? That show was nearly sold out.

How awful that would be if 70% of the audience had to be pulled out of her butt.