**SPOILER** Tonight's setlist

[GypsySorcerer]

Wow. This just sounds better and better with every post.

God, I hope she tours.

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by PenguinHead

Someone mentioned that her brother Chris gave the introduction for the show. Is there a clip of it? Did he say "...my sister, Stevie Nicks!," just like her father said "...my daughter, Stevie Nicks!"?

Yes, he said basically, "Ladies and Gentlemen, it is my pleasure to introduce my sister, Stevie Nicks."

Did her father say Stephanie in his intro? Chris didn't.

Michele

[Livia]

Are we still missing video of Edge in its entirety? Here's one:

[vivfox]

Originally Posted by michelej1

Yes, he said basically, "Ladies and Gentlemen, it is my pleasure to introduce my sister, Stevie Nicks."

Did her father say Stephanie in his intro? Chris didn't.

Michele

Jess said, "ladies and gentleman, please welcome, my daughter, Stevie Nicks!"

[vivfox]

Originally Posted by Livia

Are we still missing video of Edge in its entirety? Here's one:

Incredible performance!!!

I loved the way Karen emerged from the shadows and grabbed all the flowers from the flower girl and then Lori pointed to more and sent the girl a running to 'em.

[daniellaaarisen]

Now that I'm back in Seattle, my life feels so empty and pointless without this show to look forward to.... Stephanie, get your butt back on the road!

[Aussie W/Heart]

Danni, you lucky girl you!!! you had the best spot in the house great see you rockin out in most of the videos that i have seen so far & doing us Ledgies proud

[APerfectLie]

Originally Posted by Livia

Are we still missing video of Edge in its entirety? Here's one:

Someone should have given her a Snoopy...

[jkmaletic]

Originally Posted by daniellaaarisen

Now that I'm back in Seattle, my life feels so empty and pointless without this show to look forward to.... Stephanie, get your butt back on the road!

I've had pretty good" Stevie intuition" this year so far, and I don't think this is over at all!!


Jamie

[Gypsybecca]

Yes, someone should have given her a Snoopy! I had a gift for her, but completely forgot about it and left it at home because I was in such a rush to get to the Wiltern thinking the line would already be wrapped around the building. It wasn't.

[Gypsybecca]

Originally Posted by HejiraNYC

Shush, you!

There was this one obnoxious b**** dressed up like Timespace era Stevie, including the floor-length coat and the strapless bustier dress that highlighted her bolt-on, wall-eyed implants. She was barely in line at all and shoved her way through the crowd in the pit. I hope she is reading this. What a disgusting animal.

I remember the creature you describe soooo correctly! She jumped in front of us in line, then we saw her creep up slowly and try to become everyone's best friend. She was beyond ridiculous. But she was entertaining.....until she jumped in front of us again when the camera man came to ask us some questions. At which point she went on and on about how she is a singer/artist/actress.

I lost track of her after the mad rush in.....lucky for me.

[mezzoforte]

Originally Posted by daniellaaarisen

Now that I'm back in Seattle, my life feels so empty and pointless without this show to look forward to.... Stephanie, get your butt back on the road!

Seriously! It's hard enough to accept that we'll probably never see another performance like that, but the prospect of a Stevie-less summer has me deflated. If she doesn't tour in August, I probably will have to go to Australia in November. Just in case my friends don't think I'm crazy enough.

Originally Posted by Gypsybecca

I remember the creature you describe soooo correctly! She jumped in front of us in line, then we saw her creep up slowly and try to become everyone's best friend. She was beyond ridiculous. But she was entertaining.....until she jumped in front of us again when the camera man came to ask us some questions. At which point she went on and on about how she is a singer/artist/actress.

I lost track of her after the mad rush in.....lucky for me.

That's because she was too busy elbowing me
I was coming through the same time she was (keep in mind, I was second in line going in!), and watching her shove people was actually unbelievable. A few people tried to get the security guards to do something, but she ended up front row
Hated. Her.

[MrStevie]

Originally Posted by michelej1

Excellent. Doesn't matter if none of the others came out, if you have this one.

Michele

[caroline79]

Originally Posted by michelej1

Excellent. Doesn't matter if none of the others came out, if you have this one.

Michele

Agreed Great picture!

[sparky]

Everyone has pretty much summed up the show. I do not have too much to add.

But I will say that in over 30 years of seeing Stevie, this show was in the top 2 I have ever seen. As far as the setlist goes, it was the best. And maybe the performance as well.

I mostly rate the SIR TISL show at the same level for sentimental reasons. Being with a dear friend, the craziness surrounding it, hanging with Stevie and everyone after the show, seeing It's Only Love live, etc. IDK. Maybe it was better. Hard to say.

Ultimately, I just agree with everyone about the quality of this show. She was committed from the first moment until the last note of Love Is. I do not believe I have ever seen her so focused and so wild. It is a tough call to make. In the old days, she was nuts and coked up and crazy. But every one of those show was erratic. For every historic performance of one song, she was a mess on the next. And that goes back to every tour except maybe 1975. We will never see wacked out Stevie again, but the fact is that on this night she was not only the modulated and controlled singer we have come to know the last 15 years, she was ultra present and spontaneous.

It did bother me that she did not use her breathy falsetto voice on the verses of Moonlight. She probably has her own reasons for doing this. Maybe she cannot project that voice loud enough over the music without feedback. Dunno. But the belt at the end kind of made up for it.

Overall it was a historic show. And made all the better that I was with a pack of 5 other great pals and we got to hang out, have a great time, and sing our guts out and have a nice little party at the show. We were just past the first level, so far enough away to not be squashed but close and high enough to have a great view.

I thought many times during the show how lucky I am to have met so many great friends through the music. My life is so much richer for being a fan of Stevie. At many moments I held my friends and they held me, as the music nailed us so hard that we literally broke down and lost it. We have that history together and understand exactly why a certain song may shake our friend to the core. We have all loved and lost and we get it. On that count, I guess I am one of the crazy people at a Stevie show howling and singing and drinking and having the time of my life. All I can say to all those people who hate that noise and singing along is that seeing Stevie is a not a trip to a museum to worship and be silent. It is a party. It is a thrill to me that everyone knows the words and sings along. All of us bellowed and sang through the new songs. It is a love fest. If we aren't singing, and mostly on key in my crowd, we are crying. We are obviously not yelling "We Love you Stevie!" at serious moments in Love Is, but the rest of the time we are singing loudly along or weeping in a friggin rapture.

And a rapture is the best way to describe the evening.

It was perfect.