Sporting a succession of trailing capes, and long, curling tresses that few other 76-year-olds could pull off, she blew a warm blast of vintage rock 'n' roll across the London park. Fans of all ages hung on her intimate between-song chats during an evening that was by turns emotional and uplifting. The gig was by turns emotional and uplifting (Image: PA) Uplifting to hear that the former Fleetwood Mac vocalist can still command those famously husky pipes - although transposing some songs into an easier lower register.
Emotional because the night seemed genuinely special to her and included tributes to late, great friends Tom Petty, and Fleetwood Mac bandmate Christine McVie. The latter, the truly beautiful Landslide, duetted with a mullet-toting and humbly adoring Harry Styles, rounded off the evening, sending fans home dazed with happiness. But before that there was a well-chosen 14 song set that blasted off with her 1981 hit Outside The Rain, segueing into legendary Fleetwood Mac track Dreams, soon followed by Gypsy which she also wrote.
Both had the audience clutching each other and singing along to every word. There was a gypsy theme to the night, from the ribbons trailing from Stevie's mic and tambourine, to the waft of 70s freedom the velvet-clad star still trails around behind her. At one point she urged the audience to vote, admitting she didn't do so herself until she was 70 because she was always too busy.
"Don't be me!" At another just before a thumping, arms-aloft.