9/27 Estero Florida Concert

[mottabam]

Anyone else going to this show? Lot of good seats(some singles) popping up for sale by resellers cheap on fortmyers.craigslist.org and ebay. Yesterday saw a 135.00 seat going for about 50% retail(may have sold). Anyways, we'll be in Floor 6 Row 4 seats 1 & 2 if anyone wants to say Hi. Most of my co-workers opted for the 29.50 seats
Funny thing about the Germain Arena seating chart is in sections 1-3 it varies how many rows will be in that section depending on the show I guess. Some diagrams show 8 rows, some 20. At the Tom Petty concert we went to sections 1-3 only had 3 rows. Anyways to those going ENJOY!

[SummerlongBoots]

You guys are rockin' it out right now! Jealous?

[mottabam]

It was a great show tonight. Stevie came on shortly after 7:35pm. This crowd made up of all ages was up and dancing from the beginning and full of applause. Stevie said this was her final show of a two year tour, although she had some 40 minute set shows coming up. She said tonight her and the band were headed to the Islands for 2 days R + R.
At the beginning of FWIW she talked about the video and started watching it herself before realizing it was time to sing. She raced for the microphone and pulled it off in time.
Great drum solo led into Edge. When it was time for the edge walk Stevie walked over and security guard told her "No" (touching the fans). She put her hands on her waist and kinda said "Come On". She then bent down told the security guard something and started shaking hands. Some guy in the crowd pushed or did something to a female near the stage. Stevie called him out and said she is known to jump off the stage and take care of business or something to that affect.
Basically same set list as past IYD's shows minus Leather + Lace and no Ghost. She said some other funny things about being a vampire during Moonlight and something about meeting Edgar Alan Poe few hundred years ago.
Even though she played around 2 hours crowd still wanted more. Very lively event, much more fun than the 2 dates I saw with Rod, and the other 2 solo shows I've seen in the past year.
It was my daughter Stephanie's(15 birthday today) first Stevie show. She loved it and said I can tell Stevie is getting older but her voice is still awesome, and she is so good. I laughed and understood. Rock on Stevie!!
**Looks like the shirt prices were reduced, most were 20-25 bucks(limited sizes), hat was 15 or 20, key chain 5, and the big ticket hoody 50.
Oh another thing she said: "Thanks for listening to and appreciating my new songs, I want to show I am not just an artist relying on the past, I am a relevant artist progressing forward." I loved it!

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by mottabam

Stevie called him out and said she is known to jump off the stage and take care of business or something to that affect.

Hilarious. As far as her being a relevant artist progressing forward, I wish that could be said of Fleetwood Mac as well.

Michele

[Macfanforever]

I hope you guys had a blast.

[StevieNicksfann]

I wonder why no Leather and Lace or Ghosts Are Gone? Or New Orleans for that matter. Ugh

2 of those songs are from In Your Dreams. Grrr

[WildHearted]

She didn't mention anything about it being her last solo tour, did she?

I'm hoping this guy just got confused by her wording.
http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2012/...eartfelt-show/

[louielouie2000]

Originally Posted by WildHearted

She didn't mention anything about it being her last solo tour, did she?

I'm hoping this guy just got confused by her wording.
http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2012/...eartfelt-show/

The writer was saying this is the last stop on this particular tour for Stevie.

We all know Stevie will still be twirling around the stage well into her 80s.... albeit, with a walker.

[CADreaming]

She said it would be her final big-show solo tour. She sounded sad as she introduced her band and backup singers, many of whom had been with her for the 40-year journey, for one last time.

The writer made it sound final, as in final. But, I would guess he is mistaken.

[WildHearted]

Originally Posted by CADreaming

The writer made it sound final, as in final. But, I would guess he is mistaken.

That was the impression I got from the review, as well. Just wanted to make sure nothing like that was actually implied (I doubted it would have been) and that he just read into her statement incorrectly.

[michelej1]

http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2012/...eartfelt-show/ Naples News

Classic Stevie Nicks ends solo tour with heartfelt show at Germain Arena
By TOM HANSON

Posted September 28, 2012


ESTERO — Stevie Nicks called the final stop of her “In Your Dreams” tour bittersweet.

For her fans, the two-hour performance Thursday night at Germain Arena was just sweet.

Nicks didn’t sell out the 5,000-seat venue, but her vintage voice filled the void for the baby boomer-centric crowd. She might be 64, but her classic hits and signature sound never get old.

With her sing-along lyrics, trademark melodies, a handful of new tracks off her latest album and stories behind the songs, Nicks proved why she’s a legend. She also proved sequins, shawls, flowing black outfits and long blonde hair never go out of style.

She ended the two-summer tour with “Love Is,” as she explained, a customary piano ballad encore. And then she professed her love for creating new music, touring and her faithful fans.

“I’m going to leave my heart here,” Nicks said right before her final bow. “I look forward to some rest, but I am going to miss singing some of these new songs.”

Nicks started out the show by slaying Led Zeppelin’s “Rock and Roll.” With a montage of rock legends from the Rolling Stones to Paul McCartney flashing on the video screen behind her, the Fleetwood Mac frontwoman fit right in.

She was stuck in the ‘70s and that’s not bad. It was a pretty good decade for the singer-songwriter. And when the band went silent for the final lonely lonely lonely lonely time, Nicks’ unmistakable voice popped, showing she can still rock after 40 years in the business.

Her vocals matched the long, gold chain around her neck and the shimmering silver bangles on her wrists as she rattled off her repertoire of chart-topping hits and peppered in a few new songs along the way.

And for every hit she had a story.

She said she was proud of writing Fleetwood Mac’s only No. 1 song just before belting out “Dreams.”

She showed off a gold-dotted shawl after singing “Stand Back,” stating that it was the original garment worn in the 1985 MTV video.

She stripped-down the beginning of “Rhiannon” and then told the crowd she wrote it back in 1973, two years before joining Fleetwood Mac.

She said 1973 was a great year for her as she wrote many hits that year.

She recalled sitting on the floor of a cabin in Aspen, Colo., in that same year. Back when, as she said, she wore platform shoes, had big curly hair and the perfect life. She asked to be left alone to write and immediately knew she had a future hit after finishing.

“I remember saying, ‘I think there is something to this song,’” Nicks said. “This little song turned into a ‘Landslide.’”

She said she remembered writing “Landslide” like it was yesterday. She sang it Thursday night like it was yesterday.

And for every new song she had a story.

Nicks said a visit to wounded soldiers at Walter Reed hospital in Washington, D.C., inspired a poem that eventually turned into the song “Soldier’s Angel,” a haunting tribute to the troops.

She explained she was a Twi-hard, a fan of the "Twilight" movie series, which explains her black-on-black vampire-esque wardrobe. She said she was in Australia at a theater watching the second installment of the 'Twilight' saga when she had an idea for a song. “Moonlight (A Vampire’s Dream)” would give new light on her career. It motivated her to go back to the studio after an eight-year hiatus.

“In 2001, after recording ‘Trouble in Shangri-La,’ I gave up on the record business,” Nicks said. “I had enough, but this song brought me back.”

The song turned into an album and the album turned into the tour. She said it would be her final big-show solo tour. She sounded sad as she introduced her band and backup singers, many of whom had been with her for the 40-year journey, for one last time.

Fortunately for the fans, Nicks announced this summer that she would join Lindsey Buckingham and Mick Fleetwood on a Fleetwood Mac Tour in 2013.

There’s no doubt she’ll soar, as she did Thursday night, at times twirling on stage with arms extended and the array of shawls acting like a cape. She ended her final set soaring like a dove with a perfect rendition of “Edge of Seventeen.”

And then Nicks made a final victory lap on the edge of the stage, literally reaching out and touching her fans.

She thanked them for embracing her new music and “an artist who is progressing and not vanishing into the past.”

[cliffdweller]

Originally Posted by louielouie2000

We all know Stevie will still be twirling around the stage well into her 80s.... albeit, with a walker.

This just reminded me, Stevie didn't do her signature Stand Back twirls when I saw her in St. Pete. Has she given them up? She did the Stand Back kick.

[vivfox]

Originally Posted by cliffdweller

This just reminded me, Stevie didn't do her signature Stand Back twirls when I saw her in St. Pete. Has she given them up? She did the Stand Back kick.

She still did the twirls when I saw her this summer. My guess is that because she was wearing the old style platforms for your show(because she was being filmed), she kept the movements to a minimum.

[wheart]

Originally Posted by vivfox

She still did the twirls when I saw her this summer. My guess is that because she was wearing the old style platforms for your show(because she was being filmed), she kept the movements to a minimum.

that was my guess too. She should have a rotating platform installed on her stage so she can just hop on it and it can do the work for her!

[DashingDan]

Originally Posted by wheart

that was my guess too. She should have a rotating platform installed on her stage so she can just hop on it and it can do the work for her!

That would be amazing/ridiculous. What a great idea. Well done!