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Seventies music star to play first UK gig in seven years in solo comeback without her legendary band
Stevie took to social media to mourn her longtime friend
SEVENTIES music legend Stevie Nicks is set to play her first UK gig in seven years in huge solo comeback.
The Fleetwood Mac front-woman, 75, will headline at BST Hyde Park this summer without her legendary band.
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Stevie will join a number of huge headline acts including Kings Of Leon, Andrea Bocelli, Robbie Williams, Shania Twain, Kylie Minogue and Stray Kids for the concert series sponsored by American Express.
The Dreams hitmaker shared her excitement about joining the star-studded line-up.
Speaking ahead of the announcement, Stevie said: "Anything that draws me back to London and therefore to England fills my heart with joy.
"And to be able to visit and make music… is always a dream come true."
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Support acts for Stevie have yet to be announced.
Tickets go on sale on March 6 at 10am.
Fleetwood Mac crafted some of music's most recognisable hits from the 1970s and beyond.
In 1967, Stevie joined her future ex-boyfriend and bandmate Lindsey Buckingham's group Fritz.
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Following Fritz's disbanding in 1972, Stevie and Lindsey performed as a duo until they met Mick Fleetwood.
In 1974, Mick specifically asked Lindsey to join Fleetwood Mac. Lindsey requested that Mick recruit Stevie as well and by 1975, Fleetwood Mac released their debut studio album.
As part of the group, Stevie enjoyed success as Fleetwood's songs Landslide, Rhiannon, Little Lies, Go Your Own Way, Hold Me, and Everywhere achieved mainstream popularity.
In 1981, Stevie released her first solo album Bella Donna.
Independently, she is recognized as the voice behind the hits Edge of Seventeen, Stand Back, Talk to Me, and Has Anyone Ever Written Anything For You?
A few hours ago I was told that my best friend in the whole world since the first day of 1975, had passed away.
Stevie Nicks
In 2014, her eighth solo project 24 Karat Gold: Songs from the Vault was made available to listeners everywhere.
Stevie's last album with Fleetwood Mac was the 2003 project Say You Will.
Say You Will featured a minimal amount of contribution from Stevie's late bandmate Christine McVie.
Throughout Fleetwood Mac's time together, the group dynamic has seen ups and downs in their relationships.
Stevie's relationship with Christine McVie was no exception.
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Regarding their early years together in Fleetwood, Christine told The Guardian: "It was critical that I got on with her because I’d never played with another girl.
"I liked her instantly. She was funny and nice but also, there was no competition.
"We were completely different on the stage from each other and we wrote differently too."
Stevie echoed Christine's sentiments and shared with NME: "We felt like together, we were a force of nature.
"We made a pact, probably in our first rehearsal, that we would never accept being treated as second-class citizens in the music business.
"When we walked into a room, we would be so fantastic and so strong and so smart that none of the uber-rockstar group of men would look through us...and they never did."
Although the early 1980s saw the "best friends" ceasing contact with one another, they patched things up years later.
Since making amends with one another, the two showed support for each other on a variety of occasions.
In 2013, Christine performed her first Fleetwood show in 15 years and rejoined the band in September 2014.
Sadly, Christine passed away in 2022.
Stevie took to social media to mourn her longtime friend.
She posted on Instagram: "A few hours ago I was told that my best friend in the whole world since the first day of 1975, had passed away.
"I didn't even know she was ill ... until late Saturday night. I wanted to be in London, I wanted to get to London - but we were told to wait.
"So, since Saturday, one song has been swirling around my head, over and over and over.
"I thought I might possibly get to sing it to her and so I'm singing it to her now."
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In memory of the late Christine, she added: "I always knew I would need these words one day...It's all I can do now.
"See you on the other side, my love. Don't forget me. Always, Stevie."
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