Stevie article from Toronto

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Entertainment Music
Stevie Nicks, Rod Stewart team up
By DARRYL STERDAN, QMI AGENCY
APRIL 1, 2011

LEGENDARY ROCKERS STEVIE NICKS AND ROD STEWART HAVE TEAMED UP ON THE HEART AND SOUL TOUR WHICH STOPS AT THE AIR CANADA CENTRE THIS SATURDAY (WWW.TICKETMASTER.COM FOR TICKET INFORMATION)


SPEAKING WITH THE FLEETWOOD MAC SONGSTRESS BY PHONE NICKS SAID SHE’S NOT HAPPY WITH HOW THE SHOWS HAVE BEEN GOING. “I’VE NEVER BEEN AN OPENER BEFORE, THIS IS ALL NEW FOR ME. THE CROWDS ARE GREAT, BUT THEY ARE THERE FOR ROD.”

NICKS SAYS ALTHOUGH SHE’S HAVING FUN SHE KNOWS THAT THE CROWDS REALLY WANT ROD, AS A RESULT SHE WILL BE CUTTING HER ALREADY REDUCED SET FROM 85MINS DOWN TO ABOUT 45MINS. “I FIGURE IT’S BEST TO LET THE PEOPLE GET TO WANT THEY PAID TO SEE, WHICH IS ROD STEWART. MY SET WAS ALREADY SHORTER THAN NORMAL,SO THIS ISN’T THAT BIG OF A CHANGE.” SO WHICH SONGS ARE BEING CUT? “WELL WE ARE NOW OPENING WITH “STAND BACK” WHICH HAD BEEN ABOUT MID-WAY THRU THE SET, SO THAT WILL STAY. BUT I HAVE NEW SONG WE’VE BEEN DOING CALLED “SECRET LOVE” THAT EVEN SOME OF MY FANS DON’T KNOW YET BECAUSE THE ALBUM (NICKS IS RELEASING HER FIRST ALBUM OF NEW MATERIAL “IN YOUR DREAMS” ON MAY 3RD ON REPRISE RECORDS) ISN’T OUT YET. SO ALTHOUGH THE SONG IS FUN TO DO, I’M GOING TO TAKE THAT ONE OUT FOR NOW. “SORCERER” IS ALSO OUT AS IS A BALLAD CALLED “LOVE IS”. THESE WILL BE BACK WHEN I GO OUT ON MY OWN LATER THIS SUMMER.”

NICKS SAYS SHE HAS THE UTMOST REPSECT FOR STEWART, AND HE HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT A GENTLEMEN TO HER. “ROD HAS BEEN GREAT ON THIS TOUR. WE DON’T REALLY KNOW EACH OTHER SO THIS IS LIKE DATING SOMEONE, WE’RE FINDING OUT MORE ABOUT EACH OTHER AS THE TOUR PROGRESSES.” NICKS AND STEWART HAVE BEEN SINGING TWO SONGS DURING HIS SET EACH NIGHT, “WE’VE BEEN DOING “PASSION” AND “YOUNG TURKS” WHICH WERE BOTH HITS FOR ROD IN THE ‘80’S. HE DIDN’T WANT TO DO THEM, HE WANTS TO DO MY SONG “LEATHER & LACE” BUT THAT’S A DON HENLEY SONG, SO IT JUST WOULDN’T WORK WITH ROD. I DON’T KNOW, WE MIGHT ATTEMPT MY SONG, BUT AT THIS TIME I’M HAPPY DOING THE TWO WE HAVE BEEN DOING.”


FOR THE FULL ARTICLE:

http://www.torontosun.com/entertainm.../17515081.html