Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham fuel Fleetwood Mac reunion rumours
Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham have fuelled speculation of a Fleetwood Mac reunion with a pair of cryptic Instagram posts.
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Stevie Nicks has been making music longer than I’ve been alive, but she has single-handedly gotten me through the most pivotal moments of my life. It’s only fitting I got to see the “Gold Dust Woman” herself after hitting my most recent pivotal moment yet…turning 26.
The 77-year-old singer and songwriter returned to Cincinnati, where she “feels very at home,” for a sold-out show on Nov. 30 (four days after my birthday). Nicks was originally supposed to play at the Heritage Bank Center on Aug. 23, but the show was rescheduled after she fractured her shoulder.
“Me and my ex-broken shoulder are here to entertain you,” she told the crowd. And she did exactly that.
Nicks had the arena spellbound from the moment she stepped onto the stage. Dressed in all-black with a flowy, lace skirt, Nicks glided and twirled across the stage as she sang hits like “Dreams,” “Stand Back,” “Rhiannon,” my all-time favorite, “Edge of Seventeen.”
Old or young, it didn’t matter. Everyone in the crowd was dressed in Nicks’ aesthetic: velvet, fringe, hats with veils and feathers, lace, long flowy skirts, crimped hair and, of course, shawls. It was like I had time-traveled back to the 1970s. Even Nicks’ voice seemed to transcend age and capture the angst of her Fleetwood Mac and Bella Donna eras.
Nicks ended her nearly two-hour-long concert by reminding fans to dance because if you dance, you won’t get old. Her words, much like her songs, struck me. Getting older is truly a mind trick. Your body ages, sure, and you might not be as quick as you once were, but you’re moving, and that’s keeping your spirit young, which is exactly what Nicks’ concert embodied.
Stevie Nicks revisits classics, pays homage to friends
The “Gypsy” singer performed 13 songs, concluding the show with two encore songs, which happen to be among my favorites, “Rhiannon” and “Landslide.”
During the show, she paid tribute to her old friends and musicians. She covered Tom Petty’s “Free Fallin'” and performed their duet “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around.” As she performed, a slideshow of Rock ‘n’ Roll’s best played behind her. Images of Prince, Tom Petty, Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan and more danced across the screen.
Although Nicks was playing for us, the concert felt like she was paying homage to her friends and collaborators, and it was evident during “Landslide.”
I wasn’t around when the song was released, but Nicks gave this performance and the entire concert her all. As she sang the final tune of the night, photos of Nicks and her longtime friend and former Fleetwood Mac bandmate Christine McVie cascaded across the screen (it was the third anniversary of McVie’s passing), and I found myself thinking of all the women in my life, especially my mother’s side of the family. I’ve always associated Nicks with them. They’re always playing her music and have loads of Fleetwood Mac and Nicks’ vinyls (which I now possess).
It doesn’t matter what I’m doing, “Landslide” could come on and I will stop in my tracks. The song hits different for me and I’m sure it’s a shared experince among most music listeners, especially women, but hearing it live was otherworldly.
It was honestly one of the most impactful moments of my life.
So, ‘Can I handle the seasons of my life?’
“Well, I’ve been afraid of changing ’cause I’ve built my life around you.” Those lyrics alone cause my throat to tighten and tears to well in my eyes. I listen to “Landslide” on my birthday every year as a reminder to embrace myself.
Every year, except this one.
So, it’s perfect that the final song was none other than “Landslide,” which Nicks famously told The New York Times she wrote in 1973 when she was just 27. Only a year older than I am today.
“I did already feel old in a lot of ways,” Nicks told the outlet. “I’d been working as a waitress and a cleaning lady for years. I was tired.”
I’m tired and getting older, too, and it seems like no matter what, whenever “Landslide” comes on, I stop. I listen (and most likely sob) and reflect on all that’s changing and will change. There are a lot of uncertainties and changes in your 20s, and even though everyone says this is what these years are for, it is exhausting.
It’s exhausting not knowing where you’ll end up or where life will take you. But you must remind yourself to slow down. There was no particular reason why I didn’t listen to “Landslide” on Nov. 26. It didn’t happen on purpose, but it might be because this is the first year I felt like my life was bountiful and viewed it as something to be cherished, not discarded.
“Can I handle the seasons of my life?” Hearing these words leave Nicks’ lips left me grappling with my own reality. I’m entering a new season of my life. Twenty-six is the age I’ll get married, obtain my master’s degree (and receive my own health insurance). It’s a big change, and to me, this feels like the age adulthood truly begins.
I had grown quite comfortable with the life I was living, but if there’s anything Nicks and her songs have taught me, it’s that we must change to evolve, and like her, I, too, will not let a landslide stop me.
