Watch Stevie Nicks perform ‘The Lighthouse’ on Jimmy Kimmel
Ahead of the US election, Fleetwood Mac vocalist Stevie Nicks took to the stage on Jimmy Kimmel Live! to perform her new single ‘The Lighthouse’, a self-described anthem for women in the United States.
Nicks performed the song live on November 4th, just one day before voting commenced in the 2024 presidential election. In a pertinent display, the former Fleetwood Mac singer allowed her powerful vocals to shine, backlit by lightning strikes and crashing waves. “They’ll take your soul, they’ll take your power,” she sang, “Unless you stand up and take it back, try to see the future and get mad.”
When the single was first released just over a month ago, Nicks spoke about the inspiration behind ‘The Lighthouse’, which she penned after seeing a news report about the loss of Roe v. Wade in 2022. “I have often said to myself, ‘This may be the most important thing I ever do,’” Nicks shared.
“To stand up for the women of the United States,” she continued, “and their daughters and granddaughters — and the men that love them. This is an anthem.” The issues Nicks discusses in the tracks surroung abortion have emerged as key issues in this presidential election.
Last month, Nicks threw her support behind the Democratic candidate Kamala Harris during an interview with Rolling Stone. “We are that light that goes out, and we bring the ships in so they don’t crash,” she shared, “We save lives every day. The way I feel about this upcoming election is that Kamala Harris is the lighthouse, too.”
Although Nicks stated that she isn’t necessarily keen on using the word “endorsing,” she described Harris as “our great hope to save the world.”
Stevie Nicks’ thoughts on the US election
Nicks has shown her support for Harris, encouraged others to get out to the polling booths and pushed for women’s rights through song during this presidential election, but she recently admitted that she didn’t actually vote until she was 70 years old.
During a conversation with MSNBC Morning Joe, the singer acknowledged that this is one of her biggest regrets. “I never voted until I was 70,” she explained, “but now I regret that. And I told everybody that on the stage for the last two years, I regret that, and I don’t have very many regrets.”
“There’s so many reasons. You can say, ‘Well, I didn’t have time.’ I was, you know, this and that,” she continued, “And in the long run, oh yeah, you didn’t have an hour? You didn’t have an hour of your time that you could have gone and voted?”
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