Stevie Nicks fans concerned as she's forced to postpone upcoming shows after surgery

Stevie Nicks has been forced to postpone upcoming shows following surgery after a leg injury.

The singer, 76, will need time to recover so has pulled out of shows - which will leave fans in Glasgow and Manchester devastated. A statement released on the OVO Hydro Twitter confirmed the news.

It read: "Due to a recent leg injury requiring a minor surgical procedure that will need a few days of recovery time, Stevie Nicks' scheduled performances in Glasgow on Saturday, July 6 and Manchester on Tuesday, July 9 have been postponed."

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Some fans have taken the sudden cancellation better than others. One fan Tweeted: "Not sure this is very fair, announcing this on the afternoon of the event?!?!"

Stevie Nicks forced to postpone upcoming shows following surgery
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Stevie has been vocal in the past about how the Covid 19 pademic robbed her of key time in her musical years. She said: “This pandemic is more than just a pandemic for me. This is stealing what I consider to be my last youthful years.

“I don’t have just 10 years to hang around and wait for this thing to go away. I have places to go, people to sing for, another album to make. With every day that goes by, it’s like taking this time away from me. That I think is the hardest thing. Will it be safe next year for us to walk into Madison Square Garden in New York? I don’t know that it will.”

Stevie, worth an estimated £57million, was born Stephanie Nicks in Phoenix, Arizona. Her dad Jess, who was president of the famous Greyhound bus company, taught her to sing duets with him by the time she was four and she wrote her first song with a guitar she received for her 16th birthday.

She met Lindsey Buckingham at high school and they went on to university together. Stevie had planned to be an English teacher but she dropped out to pursue a music career with Lindsey, releasing the album Buckingham Nicks in 1973.

Stevie Nicks forced to postpone upcoming shows following surgery
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However, it failed to set the world on fire and she had to take on odd jobs to keep the dream alive. “I had nothing,” she recalls. I was a waitress and a cleaning lady. I was the main breadwinner. It was a lot of fun but it was hard.”

Things perked up when Fleetwood Mac asked ­Buckingham to join as their singer-guitarist. He insisted that Steve join too, and that kick-started their incredible run. After the collapse of the original line-up led by blues guitar genius Peter Green, the Mac had made a risky move from England to the US in search of fame and fortune.

They struck gold when Stevie and boyfriend Lindsey Buckingham joined. Their very own Gold Dust Woman became an ethereal stage icon and the group carried on to score a string of hit albums.

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