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San Francisco Chronicle
23-04-2025
- Entertainment
- San Francisco Chronicle
Stevie Nicks united with this Grateful Dead legend at the Pollstar Awards
Two of the Bay Area's biggest music stars converged last week, making for a rare appearance together. Former Fleetwood Mac singer Stevie Nicks and Grateful Dead co-founder Bob Weir posed for a photo with Weir's Dead & Company bandmate John Mayer while backstage during the 36th annual Pollstar Awards in Los Angeles on Wednesday, April 16. 'The 2025 Pollstar Awards brought legends together,' the post, shared by the concert and live music data company on Saturday, April 19, read. 'Moments like these are pure magic.' In the photo, Nicks, wearing a long simple black dress and a stack of necklaces, is standing between the two bandmates while leaning on Mayer's shoulder. The image, posted to Pollstar's official Instagram account over the weekend, has since garnered more than 1,500 likes and dozens of fan comments. During the ceremony at the Beverly Hilton, Nicks announced that she is working on her first new album in 14 years, which she's currently referring to as a 'ghost record.' 'I have seven songs, and they are autobiographical real stories,' she said during the ceremony. 'I'm not pulling any punches for probably the first time in my life. They are not airy-fairy songs. … They're real stories of memories of mine of fantastic men.' Nicks, who is scheduled to return to the Bay Area in October for a co-headlining concert with Billy Joel at Santa Clara's Levi's Stadium (not far from San Jose State University, which she briefly attended in the late 1960s), isn't the only musician that Weir has hung out with recently. In February, the San Francisco native posed for photos with pop star Taylor Swift at the Grammy Awards, putting their opposing football loyalties aside. Swift is a loyal fan of her boyfriend Travis Kelce's team, the Kansas City Chiefs, while Weir is a longtime fan of the San Francisco 49ers. Since 1989, a specially selected group of industry professionals consider nominations for the Pollstar Awards, which recognize trailblazers in the live music industry. This year, honorees included stars such as Swift, Bad Bunny and Bruce Springsteen. Weir and Mayer received the award for residency of the year for their recent shows with Dead & Company on Wednesday, while Nicks was inducted into Pollstar's Live Hall of Fame for her solo work and her Fleetwood Mac legacy.
Yahoo
18-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Stevie Nicks Reveals She Is Working on New Album After 14 Years
Not long after announced that she was going on tour, the singer casually revealed at an award show that she was working on her first album of new music in 14 years. The Fleetwood Mac singer was on stage at the 2025 Pollstar Awards in Los Angeles, Calif. on April 16, when she shared the exciting news with fans, saying, "I'm actually making a record right now." 🎬 🎬 "I call it the ghost record because it doesn't really... It's just kinda happened in the last couple of weeks," she went on. Nicks explained that she was recently staying in a hotel long-term because of the fires in California, and at one point during the stay, she thought, "You know what? I feel like I'm on the road, but there's no show... You need to go back to work." She said that she already wrote seven songs that are "autobiographical, real stories where I'm not pulling any punches for probably the first time in my life." "im not pulling any punches for the first time in my life" oh she's releasing borrowed 2.0 it's so over HELP AHHHHHH IM SCARED — stevie nicks manager (@kajolswife) April 17, 2025 One excited fan shared a clip of Nicks' speech announcing the big news, writing, "'im not pulling any punches for the first time in my life' oh she's releasing borrowed 2.0 it's so over HELP AHHHHHH IM SCARED." This will be the first album featuring new music from Nicks in 14 years since In Your Dreams came out in 2011. In 2014, she released the studio album 24 Karat Gold: Songs from the Vault, composed of new versions of old demos reportedly written between 1969 and 1995.
