Stevie Nicks

Stevie Nicks provided a mystical, elusive counterweight to the sweet, frenetic pop and baseline blues of Fleetwood Mac, adding spirituality and spookiness to the group's most tender moments. When she stepped away from the group after Tusk, tensions heightened further within a group already raw from Rumours. Nicks emphasized her tougher side on Bella Donna, singing duets with Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers ("Stop Draggin' My Heart Around") and Don Henley ("Leather and Lace"), while providing a steely adolescent anthem with "Edge of Seventeen." These smashes ensured that her star shined outside the confines of Fleetwood Mac and she maintained a robust solo career throughout the '80s with such hits as "Stand Back" and "Talk to Me." Nicks left Fleetwood Mac early in the '90s and, like the group, spent much of the next decade in the wilderness before the Rumours-era lineup reconvened in 1997, a reunion that proved to be a reliable touring attraction despite the drama behind the scenes. Over the next decades, Nicks released the occasional solo album -- the entirety of her solo career was compiled in a 2023 box -- and eventually emerged as a leader of sorts within the band, becoming the chief attraction during the group's 50th anniversary tour in 2018.

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