Annie Lennox Sing

Stevie Nicks entertains at Pavilion Saturday

Pavilion Concert Schedule

Stevie Nicks will perform Saturday night at The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion in The Woodlands. For tickets, visit www.woodlandscenter.org .

Friday, 7 p.m., 311 & Sublime with Rome

Sunday, 7 p.m., The Goo Goo Dolls with Michelle Branch and Parachute

Aug. 27, 1 p.m., IDentity with Pretty Lights, Rusko, Steve Aoki, Disco Biscuits, DJ Shadow, Booka Shade, Crystal Method, Hercules & Love Affair, Nero, Datsik, Aeroplane, Holy Ghost, The Eye, Chad Hugo, White Shadow, LA Riots and Jessie and the Toy Boys

Sept. 1, 8 p.m., Houston Symphony, Poperazzi, Michael Krajewski, conductor

Sept. 3, 7:30 p.m., Kid Rock with Sheryl Crow

Sept. 10, 7:30 p.m., Santana

Sept. 15, 8 p.m., Houston Symphony, Brahms’ Violin Concerto, Hans Graf, conductor

Sept. 17, Music in Motion

Sept. 24, 7 p.m., Maroon 5 & Train

Sept. 25, 7 p.m., Journey, Foreigner & Night Ranger

Oct. 28, 7:30 p.m., Houston Symphony, Hocus Pocus Pops, Conductor TBD

Nov. 12-13, 16th Annual Children’s Festival

For more information, call 281-363-3300 or visit our website at www.woodlandscenter.org .

When Stevie Nicks decided to record her first solo album in 10 years, she called her old pal, Eurythmics veteran Dave Stewart. Not only did he prove to be a particularly well-suited writing partner and producer, he shared a unique historical circumstance that bonded them in a special sort of kinship; like Nicks, Stewart had been part of a duo that was both musical and romantic.

And like Nicks, who will perform Saturday night at The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, his romance ended before the musical connection did.

Stewart, of course, was with Annie Lennox when the pair gained fame. Nicks had joined forces with Lindsey Buckingham when they were still high school students; and when Buckingham was invited to join Fleetwood Mac, he said the Buckingham-Nicks duo, which had released one dead-in-the-water album, was a package deal.

By the time they split, they had put their indelible stamp on what would become one of the best-selling albums of all time, 1977’s “Rumours,” a chronicle of two band couples coming apart (John and Christine McVie were the other) and Nicks’ affair with the band’s co-founder, drummer Mick Fleetwood.

The members of Fleetwood Mac have since splintered and come together again more than once, but in the meantime, each made solo forays. Nicks has notched the most successful solo career of any Fleetwood Mac veteran. Her string of hits, with and without Fleetwood Mac, represents one of pop music’s most beloved canons: the list includes “Rhiannon,” “Landslide,” “Dreams” (a favorite topic), “Edge of Seventeen,” “Leather and Lace” (a duet with one-time lover Don Henley), “Stand Back” and, with Tom Petty, “Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around.” Her gypsy/witchy-woman look – Victorian-inspired gowns, high-heeled boots, leather and lace, silk and satin, romantic hats over long, blonde hair, all shown off with frequent stage twirls – set a tone in the ’70s from which she hasn’t wavered. Nicks hasn’t changed her songwriting style much, either – or at least, she hadn’t, until she began working with Stewart on “In Your Dreams,” released in May.

M Music & Musicians Magazine » ANNIE LENNOX

ANNIE LENNOX Revisiting the music of her childhood while looking ahead

If Annie Lennox had done nothing in her life except sing “Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This),” the 1983 No. 1 smash that helped define that decade, her place in pop history would be secure. But there’s been no stopping her for nearly three decades. With the Eurythmics—the duo she formed in 1980 with Dave Stewart—Lennox scored hit after hit, from “Here Comes the Rain Again” to “Missionary Man” to “Would I Lie To You?” before striking out on her own in the ’90s. Lennox displayed her considerable pipes and distinctive style in a variety of settings on carefully crafted multiplatinum albums like Diva ) is an appropriate addition to the Lennox canon, as the singer was born on Dec. 25, 1954.