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Tour by Stevie Nicks | |
Associated album | Rock a Little |
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Start date | April 11, 1986 |
End date | October 10, 1986 |
Legs | 4 |
No. of shows | 63 |
Stevie Nicks concert chronology |
Stevie Nicks supported the release of her third album Rock a Little with a world tour, which included shows in the United States, Canada and Australia. The tour started on April 11, 1986 in Houston, Texas and ended on October 6, 1986, in Sydney, Australia.
For the tour, Nicks performed four songs from Rock a Little: "Talk to Me", "No Spoken Word", "I Can't Wait" and "Has Anyone Ever Written Anything for You?".
The August 20 Red Rocks Amphitheatre show in Morrison, Colorado was taped and subsequently released on video in 1987. The September 16 Cayuga County Fairgrounds show in Weedsport, New York was recorded and later rebroadcast for the Westwood One Radio Networks Superstar Concert Series.
The Austrian band Opus and Peter Frampton were the support acts. [1]
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