Stevie Nicks has made her triumphant return to Saturday Night time Reside!
The singer, 76, appeared because the musical visitor throughout the Oct. 12 episode of the late-night comedy sketch collection, which was hosted by Ariana Grande.
Her look came visiting 40 years after her first time on SNL. Nicks initially made her musical visitor debut in December 1983, throughout the eighth episode of season 9. Hosted by Flip Wilson, the musician carried out “Stand Again” and “Nightbird” from her second solo studio album, The Wild Coronary heart.
For her newest look, Nicks first carried out her newest single, “The Lighthouse.” Through the music, the Fleetwood Mac musician wore an all-black look that includes a black velvet jacket and black skirt, and had sheer black material blowing behind her band as a part of her set.
Later within the present, Nicks marked her second efficiency by singing her 1981 observe, “Fringe of Seventeen.” That efficiency was barely delayed resulting from a technical difficulty that was swiftly resolved, although it led to a portrait of the singer showing onscreen, adopted by a number of advertisements, earlier than she started the observe to cheers from the SNL crowd.
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Nicks not too long ago recalled the second she first appeared on SNL in an e mail interview with PEOPLE. “That was about two and a half years into my solo profession, so it was nerve-wracking as a result of it was not Fleetwood Mac; it was my solo profession, so it was very scary to go on the present whenever you’ve been in an enormous band and now you are happening Saturday Night time Reside as a solo artist,” she mentioned.
The “Fringe of Seventeen” crooner added that on prime of being nervous, she additionally bumped into a difficulty when her pal “freaked out and had horrible stage fright” proper earlier than she was supposed to affix the star to carry out her second music dwell.
Nicks ended up discovering a last-minute alternative — her sister-in-law and longtime backup singer, Lori Perry.
“It was a kind of exhibits, that even with that horrible wrench that was thrown in the midst of it, it got here off superbly,” Nicks defined. “I’ve by no means been so pleased with something as I used to be of that evening. It was a magical present, and I used to be thrilled, and it undoubtedly kicked my solo profession up.”
Saturday Night time Reside airs at 11:30 p.m. EST on weekends on NBC.