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Stevie Nicks struck a chord during her London concert on Friday night.
The rocker, who was joined onstage by Harry Styles during a tribute to her late Fleetwood Mac bandmate Christine McVie, honoured another collaborator, Tom Petty.
Styles joined the rock icon for a performance of the 1981 Nicks-Petty hit Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around, according to The Independent.
Images of Petty were beamed onto a screen on stage as the duo thrilled the audience, who sang along.
Nicks, 76, had performed the song at BST Hyde Park in 2017 with the rocker, just months before his death aged 66.
Stevie Nicks, 76, struck a chord on Friday night at her concert at BST Hyde Park in London.
“This is a special day for many reasons,” the singer told the audience. “Coming back here is because I feel your presence. I know you are at this event and you are happy that I am here.”
The apparition included other special meanings.
Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around was a song they both performed during Nicks’ tour. 2019 Hall of Fame Induction.
And it was Styles’ first onstage performance since wrapping up his Love On Tour last July.
The Grammy winner has called Styles her “adopted” son in the past.
“He’s the love child of Mick and I,” the Edge of Seventeen singer said. Rolling Stone.
“When Harry came into our lives I said, ‘Oh my God, this is the son I never had.’ So I adopted him.”
Nicks told the audience that acting is one of the ways she deals with grief.
The rock icon joined Harry Styles on stage to pay tribute to the late Tom Petty (pictured, July 13)
Petty died in October 2017 (he was seen in 2016 performing at the fifth annual Sean Penn & Friends Help Haiti Home Gala)
The pair sang Nicks and Petty’s 1981 hit “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around.” Nicks and Petty had performed the song at the venue a few months before her death in 2017.
“This is a special day for many reasons,” the singer told the audience. “Coming back here is because I feel your presence. I know you are at this event and you are happy that I am here.”
“One thing my mom used to tell me when I was little was… When I would get hurt, she would say, ‘Stevie, when you’re hurt, you always run to the stage.’ And that’s what I’ve been doing ever since Chris passed away,” she said. Variety.
Brandi Carlile, Anna Calvi and Paris Paloma were among the performers who took the stage for Nicks’ prelude.
Nicks will continue touring the UK and Europe until July 24.
He will resume his tour in the United States in September.
