Stevie Nicks is set to make her return to ‘Saturday Night Live’ on October 12, performing as a guest for the first time since 1983. Despite being a veteran performer Nicks admitted that she is just as nervous now as she was during her debut on the show.
The singer recently shared with People, “Well, performing on ‘Saturday Night Live’ is now as it was then. It’s just about the biggest thing you can do, bigger than a stadium show because it’s going to go out all over the world. So, if you wanna 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 say that ‘Saturday Night Live’ does not help you to gain lots of new followers, younger people, older people, etc.,” she went on. “And so, to be asked to do it again … I never thought I would do it again — so to be asked to do it again has thrown me into an absolute nervous frenzy, but I’m really excited. I’m really excited to play the new song.”
Nicks will appear alongside host Ariana Grande and likely perform her latest release, ‘The Lighthouse,’ which arrived as a pro-choice anthem and marked her first solo song in four years.
“Your life’s changed forever / And all the rights that you had yesterday / Are taken away / And now you’re afraid / You should be afraid,” read the lyrics in response to the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in 2022—The ruling eliminated the constitutional right to abortion.
“I find it very sad, at 76, I had to see Roe v. Wade taken away,” Nicks commented in a previous chat. “Two years ago, when I realized the consequences of women’s rights that are vanishing, I watched a lot of news, and I was like a sponge — it just went into me.”
The singer also revealed getting an abortion herself in 1979, six years after Roe v. Wade became law. She noted that Fleetwood Mac would probably not exist if she didn’t do so.