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Rod Stewart & Stevie Nicks

Rod Stewart & Stevie Nicks at Bridgestone
When: Tue., July 24, 7:30 p.m.
Price: $52-$152

The main reason for seeing this show is to decide which of the two is more physically stunning at their age — Stewart, with his dyed-blond tips, tight pants and leopard-print blazer, or Nicks, with her many golden scarves, long, flowing blond hair and snug black witch dress. Either each has signed a deal with the devil for eternal youth, or there’s animatronics or science fiction involved in keeping them both in shape and on stage. Maybe some night in the middle of “D’Ya Think I’m Sexy?” Stewart’s stomach is going open up all Total Recall style and an alien baby will pop out, or Nicks will start shorting out like a Stepford Wife during a rousing performance of “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around.” Whatever the case, at $50-plus ticket prices, let’s hope there’s nothing robotic about this evening’s performance.
— Amanda Haggard

I hope you guys are having fun tonight.I just finished listening to the Tuesday night Grand Ole Opry on the radio.

Stevie's voice was obviously bothering her. She cried before Landslide and apologized. I thought she did awesome despite a few notes that she actually pulled off by going lower.

No duets with Rod.

She was having issues opening night and I was afraid she was going to cry then by the look on her face, but she sounded great the next night in Cincy so I hoped the rest of the shows would be okay for her. Guess not. :(

is she crying because she's upset about voice issues or....? Maybe she's not thrilled to be doing the tour??:shrug:

This upsets me. I hope everything is ok .... I could definitely tell the night her voice started to bother her- Virginia Beach. Right before Eo17 I had a perfect view of her face when she was looking at Waddy and I thought she was going to burst into tears. It was heart breaking... even though she did AMAZING I could tell that something wasn't right.

No Duets again? huh? When I saw what was supposed to be the 2nd night of Heart/Soul last year in Tampa there was no duets also, but I think they did them the remainder of the dates.
I hope Stevie is well. I'm thinking possibly there has been some friction between her and Rod? Maybe just doesn't feel well? IDK, but I guess it is disappointing to the fans expecting a duet or two. At any rate I hope everything works out for the best.

It's for sure her voice. She noticeably missed a few words when she could not hit the notes. Her performance did not suffer though. No EO17 wail, only a long "battle" on SA. No Moonlight. She also seemed very moved by the crowd support she got when she apologized about the voice.
A few other things:
She mentioned how she got real nervous about "4:30" in only a few cities and Nashville was definitely one of them. She talked about her grandfather playing country music and if he would have lived long enough to see her play there he would have said "Well, honey I think you've made it."
She looks great, lost weight or it's the new clothes. Very flattering to her figure. Not crazy about the new sleeves.
She looked a little tired, but came out on "go".
When she composed herself to sing Landslide, she said it's the song that has stayed with her all these years and dedicated it to all the songwriters who wonder if a song they write might be 'the one', she said something like keep writing because it just might be, "This is Landslide".
The opening music was "Nashville Cats" by Lovin' Spoonful. Nice touch!
Overall, Stevie's set & stage show impressed me more than it did last year with Rod. The screen stuff is much better, but I missed her in his set. I enjoyed seeing her interact with him and his backup girls. It was fun. Stevie's show is a little dark, Rod's is upbeat. It's nice to see her having fun. As it was tonight, Rod did not introduce her and neither of them made mention of the other. It was just two separate shows, really - with different fans.

At the bow, she mentioned Bob Welch: "I would also like to say one last thing. In the family and band of Fleetwood Mac, we are very sorry we lost Bob Welch who was from here and he was one of the great guitar players in my band, so I would like to say Bob, wherever you are -I know you're in a better place. So, thank you everybody. God bless you."

Dee, thank you for your descriptive review.

With all of the voice problems she's been having with singing lately, Stevie might want to take a break from touring and become one of the new American Idol judges for Season 12.

So what is the set list for this time around with Rod? Did I miss it in another thread?

Thanks!

Set list:

Rock and Roll

Secret Love

Gold Dust Woman

Stand Back

Soldier’s Angel

Rhiannon

For What It’s Worth

Edge of Seventeen


ENCORE:

Landslide

Also, I noticed Rod kept Young Turks, but dropped the last encore song Shake Your Moneymaker. (Note: I could have been content going the rest of my life without seeing the shots of him in drag which he blamed on his wife who is reading 50 Shades of Gray. Nice legs though!)

You're welcome, hon! :)

She dropped Dreams?

She DID perform "Dreams", and "Enchanted" was also performed, after "Rock And Roll".