And Another Article (With possible FM tour mention)
 

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=70104

Nicks says she is in top shape vocally
Wednesday Nov 2 18:12 AEST

Bewitching singer Stevie Nicks says her voice is better than it has ever been despite years of living the hard rock lifestyle.

And she has teased fans with the promise that Fleetwood Mac will tour Australia again in 2007 - which will be three years after the 2004 tour which ended a 20-year on-stage hiatus for the band.

Nicks, who is a reformed cocaine addict, was in Melbourne this week to promote a solo Australian tour for February.

She has spoken openly about her years of excess, drinking too much and taking too many drugs, as lead singer of Fleetwood Mac.

But with those days behind her, she says her stage performances are much better now.

"I think I am a way better singer than I was 15 or 20 years ago because I work with my voice every day and I take care of it," Nicks told AAP from Melbourne.

"I study voice so that I don't have any more bad vocal nights.

"When you study and you exercise your voice and you do 45 minutes before you go on stage, it is a pretty committed thing where you don't have any bad nights. You sing pretty darn good every single night.

"And that is such a worry lifted off your mind."

Nicks was flown out to Australia this week by tour promoter Andrew McManus to announce the 2006 "Gold Dust" shows.

Her focus this week has been to attend various Melbourne Cup functions and she even has a race named after her at Flemington this coming weekend.

"The race on Saturday is named after me and I get to present the cup which is like a big gold record thing," she said.

"When you come to the races, wherever they are, it is like an amazing sub-culture of people. That love of the horses really spurs it all on."

Nicks' upcoming solo tour will include performances with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra and some dates will feature Australian singer John Farnham as a special guest.

The tour will begin at Melbourne's Rod Laver Arena on February 18 before the singer performs dates in Brisbane, Newcastle, Sydney, Perth and Christchurch in New Zealand.

Fleetwood Mac is best known for its multiple-platinum album Rumours, while the song Don't Stop became a Bill Clinton campaign anthem.

The band also had hits with songs like Dreams, Rhiannon and Gypsy - all written by Nicks - as well as Go Your Own Way, Little Lies and Seven Wonders.

Nicks will sing all those songs plus others on the tour.

"I am very proud of this," Nicks said.

"It is a really magnificent show and I am really just so delighted to bring it back to Australia because I love it here."

On Wednesday, Nicks revealed Fleetwood Mac would likely return to Australia for another tour, following from the reunion tour - which was minus Christine McVie - in 2004.

"Probably the Mac will go back on tour in 2007," she said.

"We have set it up so that when we are touring, we are coming here (to Australia). Every time we are here, it is easier to come back."

Yay!!!!!! I am glad to see Stevie but I missed out on Mac last year, and I would really like to see them.

COMING BAK IN 2007!!!! :shocked:

WOO FRIKEN HOO!

Yippee... :blob1: :blob2:

And whats this crap with "was in melbourne" ??? Was was was??? she's still here doofus!! stupid journo's..... why do THEY get to do the interviews....

I guess the important thing is that she believes that.

Unless they pull out a bunch of really great rarities, if they don't have a new album and new songs to promote for this 2007 tour, I think I will be completely uninterested.

As much as I have bitched and will continue to bitch about Stevie's setlists and ticket prices, I do think it's nice that she's bringing this tour to Australia. It's always good when American performers remember that they have supportive fans elsewhere around the world who would love to see a concert.

It's called "How Still My Love". :rolleyes:

this made me happy inside for just a few minutes
 

The band also had hits with songs like Dreams, Rhiannon and Gypsy - all written by Nicks - as well as Go Your Own Way, Little Lies and Seven Wonders.

Nicks will sing all those songs plus others on the tour.

It gets harder and harder to take her seriously.

Yep, I'm really interested in hearing her own versions of "Go Your Own Way", "Little Lies" & "Don't Stop".

Seven Wonders, eh?

Little Lies, eh?

She really does come across as dillusional when she implies her voice SOUNDS better than it ever has, but she probably means it's better now because she is able to maintain it's strength night after night.

But yeah, it's like the Emperor's New Clothes when it comes to her making that statement.

I was thinking the same thing...:)

Well, she said:

"I think I am a way better singer than I was 15 or 20 years ago because I work with my voice every day and I take care of it," Nicks told AAP from Melbourne.

15 years ago was Behind The mask/Timespace era.. and yes, she does sing better now than she did then.. 20 years ago was RAL, and the same thing applies, imo..

if she had said 25 years ago, then yes, she would be dillusional ;)

Yeah, you're right. I tend to think she sounded better back then when she recorded but not on stage. She's better consistently on stage today but even twenty years ago she had more range as a singer.

Right, she is saying that her voice is better than a certain time in her career, which is totally true. It's the writer who says "better than ever"; Stevie's actual quote clarifies.

Stevie is certainly doing a ton of interviews this week! It's fun to read these articles even if many of them seem to have quite a number of errors. This one says that the 2004 FM tour ended a 20 year hiatus. You'd think these folks would do a bit of basic research before putting together a piece. :rolleyes:

That alright, because she's not a better singer now than she was 20 years ago, imo. Her voice had spunk and personality and a balls-to-the-wall quality to it twenty years ago that it hasn't had since. She's still flat and monotonal most of the time these days, sounds strained on a regular basis, and generally very tired. Part of that has to do with screwing her voice up so badly and part of it has to do with her finally learning to sing properly. Once she picked up a vocal coach for The Dance who taught her how to use her voice, her live performances became too reserved, now more than ever.