Sun Theatre in Anaheim, CA - January 8, 2000
from Amy
I just got back from the concert at Sun Theater. Stevie sounded
fabulous....even better than the Enchanted tour..and she sure
sounded great during the Enchanted tour! The set list was the
same as the previous shows except she did not sing "Rooms On
Fire." I hope she does it tomorrow. "Whole Lotta Trouble" was
totally awesome, and "Landslide" was soooo good....I think the
best version I have ever heard Stevie sing. She dedicated Landslide
to Robin (who was in the audience); then she mentioned that it was
also for her Robin. Another treat was the bongo/drum solo. Daniel
de Reyes is a great bongo player and he really got the crowd
rockin with his solo! Looking forward to it tomorrow!
I'm pretty sure Stevie was wearing her boots. She mentioned her
foot to us...said she wasn't looking for sympathy, but she felt she
had to explain...she said she'd still dance though. She rocked on
"Stand Back" ...she was dancing all over the place and A LOT..it
was so cool, and the crowd loved it!! She really seemed to be
enjoying herself during the show!!! Stevie also said she was putting
a lot of tambourine back into her show.
I can't wait for tomorrow! I have a better seat...and since it's the
last show, it'll be great!
From Melissa
Ok, so I just got back from the Jan. 8th Stevie show. In one word, AWESOME!!!
I am only 17 so this was my first concert ever, so I wanted to leave early
so my dad and I left at 5:00. We live in Hemet, CA which is about an hour and
a half away from the Sun Theatre. So we finally find it and it is even
amazing outside. There are spotlights and a huge picture of Stevie. There was
no line because they had already let people in so they checked us for cameras
and let us right in. We walked in and I immediately bought a T-shirt. Then
we find our seats and we were so close. And our seats were considered bad
seats. We were the fourth tier but we were only about 60 feet away from
Stevie. She was supposed to come on at 8:00 but didn't go on until 9:00
which had alot of people talking. So finally the band starts to go to their
places and then Chris Nicks comes out and says,"This will be a night you will
never forget, ladies and gentlemen, Stevie Nicks." The crowd goes wild and
she waves to everyone and waves to all her bandmates. Then they go right into
Outside the Rain which fades into Dreams which got a huge applause, then she
told us,"Hello everyone, thank you all for coming, and I'm not looking for
sympathy but I have to explain, I broke my foot so I have to wear these god
awful shoes but I will dance, so thank you all for coming and you know how
much this pleases me, thank you." Then the band ripped into Enchanted which
was amazing and Stevie brought out the tambourine for this one. Then she
walked off and then the band started Gold Dust Woman and Stevie walked out
with the infamous gold shawl and the lights went yellow and she didn't do the
huge scream like on the Dance but it was even better the way she did it. Then
she went off again and came back out and did Gold and Braid which I thought
was one of the best songs of the night. It was better then the Enchanted
version. She walked off again and her piano player did a beautiful beginning
to Rhiannon and the crowd was going wild because they knew what was about to
come. Then at the end of the song she brought this lacy part of her dress
over like sleeves like a cape and twirled around and the place was going
wild. She said thank you and then she joked about how she had to introduce
her band and, "They keep me going, on this long and hard two week tour,"
then she laughed and introduced everyone and I think she forgot Mindy Steins
name because she sort of paused and then apologized to Mindy and started
cracking up and then introduced Sharon "Sharona" Celani. Then they went into
Whole Lotta Trouble which kicked major @ss and then the band left the stage
except Stevie and Frank the guitar player. Then Stevie motioned to Frank and
smiled telling him to pick someone to dedicate the song to so he went to the
right side of the stage and picked a girl named Robin, then he went back to
Stevie and told her that the girls name was Robin and then Stevie said," Your
name is Robin, I think my Robin is here to, I know you are there
Robin (looking up and pointing to heaven) I'm sorry I got lost there for a
moment, okay this is for all the Robins." You could tell that hearing the
name Robin got to Stevie and she sort of took a moment for herself and that
is why she said she got lost. Landslide was absolutely beautiful and then she
bowed to Frank and thanked all of us. And she even smiled during certain
parts of the songs when she wasn't singing because all of the guys were
yelling out "I love you Stevie." Then she left the stage and the drum solo
went on which was pretty cool and the crowd got into that then they went into
Edge of Seventeen which was absolutely amazing, and she yells "I know what it
sounds like" about 6 times and then they end it. At some point in the show
Stevie said," When I play with Fleetwood Mac, I play tambourine 2/3 of the
time so now that I play all by myself I'm going to try and work it into the
act and then everyone laughed. Then everyone left and everyone was screaming
for the encores. Then they all walked out together and played I Need To Know.
This song had to be the best song of the night, at least on the dancing side
of things, she yelled and ripped into that song like nothing else. Then she
sang Has Anyone ever Written Anything for You which was absolutely beautiful
and she said the whole part about when they ask her about the men in her life
then the song was over and she bowed and everyone gave her a standing ovation
and she said,"We are moving along into the year 2000 and I know it will be
good and clinched her fist like she was sure that it would all be okay and
then thanked all of us for coming and that she felt blessed and then bowed
with the band and waved as she walked off stage. I didn't take my eyes off of
her the whole hour and half. I didn't even look at anything else except
during the drum solo. She looked so beautiful and I swear to God her voice
sounded absolutely amazing. I actually looked through some binoculars to see
if she was lip synching because it sounded perfect and she was in great
spirits and laughed and joked with us and I will never forget this night and
one day I will tell my kids about the night I saw the Queen of Rock and Roll.
Thank you Stevie.
from Letty
I just had to give my two cents about the stevie show. I arrived at 4:30 and
waited in line outside with a few other early-birds. We got to see all the
band members drive up. When Sharon drove up she got out of her car right by
us, but we were all to scared to say Hi. Then when Stevie's limo drove by we
were excited even though we couldn't see her or anything. I blew her a kiss
though, hope she got it!! It was only the third time i've seen stevie, but
definitely the best one because i got to be in the very front. It was
amazing to be able to exactly see the expressions on her face, like she'd
kind of smile and glance at her bass player if she made a little mistake. I
could see her tennis shoes close up and it was so cute, because she had
rhinestones glued to the front of them. Her voice sounded great maybe not
quite as strong as usual, but that's ok, she's human. No twirling, but she
did get down a couple times. My favorite song of the night was "Enchanted"
it's so upbeat, I love it. Then the highlight of my evening was during "Edge
of Seventeen" when she goes down the stage reaching out to audience members.
I was able to touch her hands several times. I almost passed out!!! Her
hands are very soft and lotiony (new word I invented). I'm just glad that
Stevie is still performing after all these years, I'm only 22 and have only
been able to get myself to concerts for the past few years and am so happy
that she's still rockin'. Anyways it was a magical night that I'll never
forget. Stevie, Thanks SO Much.