Stevie's fans vs. Deadheads

[Richard B]

I don't think it's the same at all.
Grateful Dead fans are more about a culture, almost a way of life. Nicks fans not so much.

There's so much more going on at a Dead show than a just a band performing and adulating fans ogling at the slightest nuances of their beloved performer. At a Dead show, you have the party going on in the parking lot (and lot's of them), areas in the arena where people are not in the arena, but in areas to dance and trip in their own world. The Dead is a true jam band.

Nicks is no different than say, Neil Diamond. Another performer who has been around for more years than Nicks and still packs a stadium with fans wanting to see Diamond. There's not much else going on.