Stevie Nicks is still doing her thing. The 77-year-old singer and songwriter has survived a rollercoaster life, more than 50 years of it in the spotlight, becoming one of the most iconic musical figures of the 1970s and beyond in the process. She’s done so despite multifarious issues in her personal life, dramas no doubt exacerbated by her copious use of drugs and alcohol, of which she’s supposedly been free of since the late 1980s. The romanticized era of Fleetwood Mac’s creative and commercial zenith is the stuff of legend (tipping into mythos) — the kind of fame, fortune and indulgence that too often yields ruinous results.
But Nicks and her voice endured, altered by time but still affecting. Then there is her visual aesthetic, which is as much a part of her creative aura as her vulnerable vocal emissions. How many artists have their own Barbie doll? Surreal and oddly appropriate, check this recent press release from Mattel: “From Fleetwood Mac frontwoman to massive solo star, Stevie Nicks is an icon of free-spirited talent and style. The second Barbie doll tribute to the queen of rock is an homage to her Bella Donna era, the album that launched her multiplatinum solo career.” The doll comes replete with a flowing white dress, top hat and high-heeled boots, which Mattel describes as a “hallmark of Stevie’s iconic bewitching boho style.”
Nicks’ current tour, which might be her last, covers her entire career — of course, heavy on Fleetwood Mac hits (“Rhiannon,” “Gold Dust Woman,” “Landslide” and “Dreams”) and her best-known solo work (“Edge of Seventeen,” “Stand Back” and “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around”), as well as a couple of covers (most often Tom Petty’s “Free Fallin’ ” and The Crickets’ “Not Fade Away”). The recent and upcoming shows were makeup dates after Nicks suffered a fractured shoulder in August 2025, which she describes as “a bad break in every way.” Bad breaks are nothing new for this flawed but resilient woman.
Stevie Nicks plays the Heritage Bank Center on Nov. 30 at 7 p.m. More info: heritagebankcenter.com.
This story is featured in CityBeat’s Nov. 26 print edition.
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