![]() ![]() The Houston Astros also just scored in Philadelphia during game 4 of the World Series, doubling the excitement in the crowd (dutiful baseball fans were keeping us all updated with the score throughout the gig). “Let’s get this party started!” she says, and the Wednesday evening crowd cheers. Stevie is dressed in a black, Victorian-style dress, black platform boots, and has strands of silver and gold jewelry shimmering around her neck. (If you can have this effect on a crowd by the second song, you’ve got them in the palm of your hand for the whole night.)Īfter “Dreams” ends, she tells the crowd that she’s “So glad to be in Texas tonight” on the penultimate stop of her first tour in about three years. Speaking of dreams, without a break in the tune or moodiness, the song shifts to the ever-popular chart-topper from 1977, “Dreams.” Looking around the crowd, it is clear that this song is a spiritual experience. The crowd erupts as a cloaked figure takes the stage to the tune of “Outside the Rain” and the background singers croon that “It’s only a dream.” This first song is from her 1981 album, Bella Donna and is the perfect opener as it begins to unfold the ideas that are consistent in her writing: “dreams,” “creatures of the night,” “a link in the chain.” All of the imagery is inherently Stevie. Stevie has always prided herself on being an “Honorary Heartbreaker,” and using the song as her prologue was one of the first (of many) nods to her departed friend, Tom. Lights flicker and an excitement comes over the audience as Tom Petty’s “Runnin’ Down a Dream” comes over the speakers. ![]() I think Spirit Halloween could take a tip from Stevie Nicks concert-goers and create a “Fairy Godmother of Rock ‘n’ Roll” costume that would include: a black dress, a fringed shawl, a black top hat, and fingerless gloves (platform boots and tambourine not included). ![]() The outdoor venue was descended upon by hordes of “witches” people dressed as Stevie Nicks through the decades, from the iconic black outfit from the cover of Rumours in 1977, to the more recent In Your Dreams look of 2011 that features a hat adorned with feathers (the bigger the feather, the better). ![]() Stevie Nicks performed a show just outside of Houston that featured a string of hits laced with magic, glitter, stories and a whole lotta rock ‘n’ roll. ![]()
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