Stevie Nicks opens up about health issue that led to postponed UK shows
Stevie Nicks has spoken about the health issue and subsequent hospitalisation that led to her postponing two UK shows recently.
The Fleetwood Mac icon was forced to cancel a solo headline gig in Glasgow earlier this month, just hours before she was due on stage at the city’s OVO Hydro. She also axed her scheduled performance at Manchester’s Co-Op Live.
At the time, it was said that Nicks had sustained a leg injury and required a “minor surgical procedure” as a result.
The singer-songwriter later rescheduled the affected dates; she played in Manchester on July 16 before ending her two-year tour with a 15-song concert in Glasgow last night (Wednesday July 24).
During yesterday’s set, Nicks explained that she was “really so excited to be in Glasgow” ahead of her scrapped performance, and opened up about the health condition that had impacted the tour.
“I don’t know what happened,” she told the audience. “I just got this weird infection, and it just went crazy.”
Nicks went on to say that she was staying at a “fabulous castle” in Scotland with some of her crew at the time, adding: “We get here days early because we want to be here for a few days.”
She continued: “I finally just looked at my assistant – it was like two in the morning – and I said, ‘I think we need to go to emergency’. She looked at me and I said, ‘I’m not kidding! I think we need to go to the hospital’.
“And so our butler – this wonderful man – throws us in his BMW Sedan, and off we sped through the night to a hospital.”
Nicks confirmed that she spent two days in hospital. “They let me go back to the castle, and we cancelled this show,” she explained. “This whole tour I’ve been fighting what started here, and I would be damned if I wasn’t coming back here.”
You can see a fan-shot video of the speech above.
Before fulfilling her planned dates in Manchester and Glasgow, Nicks headlined BST Hyde Park in London where she was joined onstage by Harry Styles.
The pair played an emotional joint rendition of Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Landslide’ in tribute to Christine McVie on what would have been the late musician’s birthday. They also performed ‘Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around’ – Nicks’ 1981 collaboration with Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers.
In other news, Mick Fleetwood has said he “would love to see a healing” between Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham in the future.
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