Stevie Nicks has made her triumphant return to Saturday Night time Reside.
The enduring Fleetwood Mac frontwoman carried out on the long-running NBC sketch comedy present for the primary time in 41 years in the course of the Ariana Grande-hosted episode on Oct. 12.
Wearing her ordinary all-black ensemble, the 76-year-old singer-songwriter opened with a robust efficiency of her new track “The Lighthouse,” which was impressed by the overturning of Roe v. Wade. With the backing of a full band, Nicks delivered the extreme monitor amid a darkly draped background with crackling lightning results.
“I’ve my scars, you could have yours/ Don’t allow them to take your energy,” she sang with expert restraint, with verses main as much as a dynamic refrain that urges listeners to “see the long run and get mad.”
Nicks adopted with an equally spectacular supply of her basic hit “Fringe of Seventeen,” the third single from her 1981 debut solo album, Bella Donna. Once more with the assistance of her band and backup singers, the legendary artist gave a rousing efficiency of the track, which peaked at No. 11 on the Billboard Scorching 100 chart. Bella Donna, in the meantime, topped the Billboard 200, spending an astounding 143 weeks on the chart.
Nicks returned because the SNL musical visitor for the primary time since her one-and-only efficiency on the present in 1983. Her band Fleetwood Mac has by no means carried out on the comedy present.
The following SNL episode on Oct. 19 will likely be hosted by Michael Keaton with returning musical visitor Billie Eilish.
Watch Nicks’ SNL performances beneath. For these with out cable, the published streams on Peacock, which you’ll be able to join on the hyperlink right here. Having a Peacock account additionally provides followers entry to earlier SNL episodes.