Stevie Nicks says appearing on 'Saturday Night Live' is still 'bigger than a stadium show'

In the interview, Nicks recalled how her performance at Studio 8H on December 10, 1983 almost fell apart because the second singer, who was supposed to play the duet on the aforementioned song “Nightbird”, had terrible stage fright'I can't stand the bright lights SNL. Luckily, Nicks' Backing singer and sister-in-law Lori Perry Nicks knew the role perfectly and stepped in to save the performance, which Nicks still considers one of the most important of her career.

“It was one of those shows where, despite the terrible wrench that was thrown in the middle of it, it went beautifully,” Nicks explained. “I'I've never been more proud of anything than I was that night. It was a magical show, I was thrilled and it definitely boosted my solo career.”

Even though Nicks has been known as a solo act for longer than anyone else Saturday Night Live Actor as well Kenan Thompson Although she is still alive, she still has the same nerves as she did over 40 years ago when her band cheered loudly. “Well, I’ll keep performing Saturday Night Live is today as it was then. It's pretty much the biggest thing you can do, bigger than a stadium show because it's shown all over the world,” Nicks posited. “So if you want to talk about being nervous about something! It doesn’t matter how many shows you’ve done or how much you practice, you’re going to be nervous!”

“You can never tell Saturday Night Live doesn’t help you get lots of new followers, younger people, older people, etc,” Nicks continued. “And to be asked to do it again… I never thought I would do it again – being asked to do it again gave me an absolute thrill, but I'm really excited . I’m really looking forward to playing the new song.”

Hopefully Nick's band will hold their nerve this time and not leave them crying at night.