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Stevie Nicks Summer 2005 FAN REVIEWS

6/11/05 Post-Gazette Pavilion Pittsburgh, PA

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Shelly
2Voices was 2 words, ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC!!! Stevie looked & sang wonderfully. Don Henley can rock the house alone, but those 2 together blew my socks off!! Stevie is in the elite catagory where she can't sing all the great songs at a show, They're ALL great songs. I missed Waddy on 'Stop Draggin' My Heart Around'. Loving T.P & the H.B's I was thrilled with the last song of the show, 'So you wanna be a Rock n Roll Star?' Good thinkin' Stevie! EVERY Steview fan MUST see this show. Keep Rockin'

LEE SNYDER
I have attended alot of stevie shows with my "stevie" counterpart..GRACE RHIANNON.. We attended the pittsburgh show last night..and I have to say that I was REALLY REALLY REALLY impressed. Don Henley started the show off by playing a couple of tunes and the 4th song into his set..just before he was ready to sing..STEVIE appeared and bothe of them (STEVIE and don)..sounded great.Stevie stayed on the stage with don for 2 more songs.. After dons set was done..a 15 minute break followed..and the lights went down. Stevie appeared in front of a better than average crowd at the venue..to OUTSIDE THE RAIN.. Stevie has some really really talented band memebers on this tour..leading the way is waddy watchel, carlos rios..and MOST talented and gifted.. TAKU..the master percussionist from the MACS..say you will tour.. TALENTED man.. The show last night was WORTH every penny that me and grace rhiannon payed.. Those of you who are seeing don and STEVIE til the 18th of june..are in for a GREAT show...so enjoy!!!

Edward Maritz, Jr.
We've just come back from the Stevie Nicks/Don Henley show at Star Lake Amphitheater in Pittsburgh, PA. What a great show. My wife is the eternal Don Henley fan, myself the eternal Stevie Nicks fan, hence, this being the perfect double-bill show for us this summer. We've seen both artists in a variety of contexts, most recently Don Henley in Pittsburgh for his 2002 "Inside Job" solo tour, Stevie Nicks in Cleveland (Blossom Music Center) for the TISL tour, the Eagles last stint in Pittsburgh at Mellon Arena for the "Farwell I" tour, and of course the Fleetwood Mac "Say you Will" tour also in Pittsburgh. Needless to say we are both fans of both of these outstanding artists and groups. Having said that, tonight, we both concur, the "outstanding" artist in Pittsburgh was Stevie Nicks, hands down. Don Henley had a studied formality to his set, which is contrary to his normal conversing and ad-libbing and interjection of opinion into his solo and Eagles concert sets. I've read about this same type of behavior on his dates with Stevie in 2005 in previous fan reviews on nicksfix.com and was surprised to witness the same the very same thing in Pittsburgh. To the contrary, my wife LOVED Don Henley in Pittsburgh a few years back for his "Inside Job" solo tour, he did the Benedum Center in Pittsburgh, an intimate orchestra style venue. We were blown away at his vocal prowess at that time and how much he interacted with the intimate audience. However, we were dismayed that Don Henley’s vocal prowess seemed diminished or slightly absent at the Star Lake Amphitheater in Pittsburgh last night. Don seemed reserved and cautious, not attributes you usually describe of his previous live performances. We are not swayed, we look forward to seeing Don back in his true form when we rejoins his mates with the Eagles again. Nevertheless, we enjoyed his hits despite his reserved performance. Stevies entrance onto Don's set to join in on "Hotel California" and other songs drew rave applause from the Pittsburgh crowd, which clearly affirmed their admiration of the duo joining forces. After about a 15-minute intermission, Stevie's set was well received by the Pittsburgh crowd, a prior damp, humid rain did not spoil the concertgoer’s spirits. Stevie, on the "edge of 57" had a noticeable power and belting quality in her voice, much more so than even in recent shows with F-Mac that we attended. She came to rock last night in Pittsburgh and properly did so!!!!!!!! Highlights of her set included of course included the hits "stand back" and "edge of 17." While the Pittsburgh date on this Henley/Nicks excursion is one of the last few dates on their joint tour, those fortunate enough to have tickets for the last few shows are lucky. However, having said that, and having just witnessed Stevie Nicks again for the umpteenth time, those obtaining tickets for Stevies solo tour dates on her "Gold Dust 2005" solo tour are luckier yet. While Don Henley won't be there, trust me, from an old Stevie concert going veteran, she's more alive and performing harder now than any prior tour we’ve seen, SYW, TISL, Enchanted, et.al. Watching her last night, you'd have to go back to "Rock a Little" or "Bella Donna" to see this type of hardcore performing she put on in Pittsburgh June 11, 2005. So enjoy any “Stevie Nicks Time” you get this year, with or without old lovers of hers, because we sure did!

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