Stevie Nicks announces Barbie doll made in her likeness
Stevie Nicks: The singer announced Sunday night that Mattel will be releasing a Barbie in her likeness. ( Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Billy Joel & Stevie Nicks)
By Bob D'Angelo, Cox Media Group National Content Desk
NEW YORK — The rumors are true: Stevie Nicks is getting a Barbie doll made in her likeness.
The longtime Fleetwood Mac and solo singer-songwriter told fans in attendance at her concert at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Sunday night that Mattel will create an official Stevie Nicks Barbie, Rolling Stone reported.
After her performance of “Bella Donna,” Nicks, 75, revealed that the toymaker was creating a version of the iconic doll in her image.
“I have something very exciting to share with you a few hours before the rest of the world,” Nicks told the audience, adding that Mattel approached her about the doll about a year ago. “I was very overwhelmed. Will she be like me? Will she have my spirit? Will she have my heart?”
Mattel confirmed the doll on its website shortly at 12:01 a.m. EDT on Monday. The cost is $55 and customers can order up to 10 dolls in the presale. Mattel added that the doll will be shipped on or before Nov. 10. It cannot stand on its own, so the doll will be shipped with its own stand, Mattel said.
The Barbie will be dressed in the outfit Nicks wore for the cover of Fleetwood Mac’s “Rumours” album in 1977.
Nicks told the audience she had been carrying the Nicks Barbie on the road for the past three months, Rolling Stone reported.
“When I look at her I see my 27-year-old self,” Nicks said. “I am her and she is me.”
Nicks handed a fan named Sara the Barbie she carried to the stage, and then launched into a few lines of the song of the same name that she sang with Fleetwood Mac, according to Rolling Stone.
Earlier, Mattel teased information about the Barbie/Stevie Nicks doll, playing off her 1985 solo hit, “I Can’t Wait,” as a digital clock on its website ticked to double zeros.
UNITED STATES - OCTOBER 01: NEW HAVEN Photo of Stevie NICKS and FLEETWOOD MAC, Stevie Nicks singing in the recording studio, wearing headphones (Photo by Fin Costello/Redferns)
LOS ANGELES, CA - FEBRUARY 10: (L-R) Singers Don Henley, Stevie Nicks and Dave Grohl attend MusiCares Person of the Year honoring Tom Petty at the Los Angeles Convention Center on February 10, 2017. (Photo by Michael Kovac/WireImage)
Fleetwood Mac's most successful lineup reunites for a concert that will be taped for airing on MTV. Photos taken May 22, 1997 at Warner Brothers Studios in Burbank. (Photo by Ken Hively/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)
Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac performs in a 1978 concert in Santa Barbara, California. (Photo by Craig Lovell/Corbis via Getty Images)
Cher & Stevie Nicks during VH-1 Divas 2002 - Backstage at MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic, Inc)
THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON -- Episode 0154 -- Pictured: Musical guest Stevie Nicks performs on November 3, 2014 -- (Photo by: Douglas Gorenstein/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images)
NEW YORK, NY - CIRCA 1977: Stevie Nicks, Rod Stewart and Bebe Buell at Regine's circa 1977 in New York City. (Photo by Robin Platzer/IMAGES/Getty Images)
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM - NOVEMBER 28: Stevie Nicks performs on stage at Wembley Arena on her solo tour 'The Other Side of the Mirror', on November 28th 1989 in London, United Kingdom. (Photo by Peter Still/Redferns)
Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac. during Stevie Nicks Performs at the Gorge in George Aug 7,1998 at The Gorge in George in George, Washington, United States. (Photo by Dana Nalbandian/WireImage)
LAS VEGAS, NV - APRIL 06: Singer Stevie Nicks (2nd R) and musicians (L-R) Dave Haywood, Hillary Scott and Charles Kelley of Lady Antebellum attend the 49th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards. (Photo by Rick Diamond/ACMA2014/Getty Images for ACM)
Stevie Nicks performs at Stormy Weather 2002, to benefit The Walden Woods Project (Photo by L. Cohen/WireImage)
Stevie Nicks, of Fleetwood Mac, posing for a portrait, in New Haven, Connecticut, USA, in October 1975. (Photo by Fin Costello/Redferns/Getty Images)
The Dixie Chicks and Stevie Nicks during VH-1 Divas 2002 - Show at MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States. (Photo by KMazur/WireImage)
UNITED KINGDOM - JANUARY 01: BRIT AWARDS, EARLS COURT Photo of Stevie NICKS and FLEETWOOD MAC, Stevie Nicks performing onstage (Photo by JMEnternational/Redferns)
Stevie Nicks and Tom Petty during Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers Perform at The Greek Theater October 27, 2006 at The Greek Theater in Berkeley, California, United States. (Photo by John Medina/WireImage)
NEW YORK, NY - OCTOBER 09: Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac perform on NBC's "Today" at the NBC's TODAY Show on October 9, 2014 in New York, New York. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images)
OAKLAND, UNITED STATES - DECEMBER 3: Stevie Nicks performing at the Oakland Coliseum in Oakland, California on her first solo tour on December 3. 1981. (Photo by Clayton Call/Redferns)
MAY 1977: Singer Stevie Nicks of the rock group "Fleetwood Mac" performs onstage in May 1977. (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
Stevie Nicks at the Molson Amphitheatre. 10/9/2001 (Photo by Randy Quan/Toronto Star via Getty Images)
President Bill Clinton & Stevie Nicks during 2001 Radio & Records Convention at Century Plaza Hotel in Beverly Hills, California, United States. (Photo by L. Cohen/WireImage)
LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 27: Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac performs live at The O2 Arena on May 27, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Samir Hussein/Getty Images)
Stevie Nicks and Don Henley perform at the Concert for Artists' Rights at the Great Western Forum in Inglewood, California, February 26. (Photo by KMazur/WireImage)
CIRCA 1974: Singer Stevie Nicks poses for a portrait in circa 1974. (Photo by Richard McCaffrey/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
Singer Stevie Nicks. (Photo by Time Life Pictures/DMI/The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images)
UNSPECIFIED - JANUARY 01: (AUSTRALIA OUT) Photo of FLEETWOOD MAC; L-R: Mick Fleetwood, Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, Christine McVie, John McVie. Posed, group shot, c.1975 (Photo by GAB Archive/Redferns)
LOS ANGELES - 1985: Singer Stevie Nicks poses for a photo backstage in 1985 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Donaldson Collection/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac on 7/19/78 in East Troy, Wi. (Photo by Paul Natkin/WireImage)
American pop and rock singer Stevie Nicks (of the group Fleetwood Mac) sings into a microphone onstage as she holds a rose against her chest, early 1990s. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 31: Musicians Taylor Swift and Stevie Nicks onstage at the 52nd Annual GRAMMY Awards held at Staples Center on January 31, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Michael Caulfield/WireImage)
LANDOVER, UNITED STATES: US President Bill Clinton (L) shakes hands with singer Michael Jackson (C) as singer Stevie Nicks sings during inauguration festivities in Landover, Maryland. (Photo credit should read AFP/AFP/Getty Images)