Stevie Nicks stated that there is “no probability of placing Fleetwood Mac collectively” following the 2022 demise of Christine McVie.
“With out Christine, no can do,” Nicks not too long ago instructed Mojo. “There isn’t a probability of placing Fleetwood Mac again collectively in any means. With out her, it simply couldn’t work.”
McVie’s final efficiency with Fleetwood Mac occurred in 2019 when the band concluded a tour with out longtime member Lindsey Buckingham, who was ousted from the group in 2018. The band went on the street with Crowded Home guitarist Neil Finn former Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers member Mike Campbell.
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Nicks instructed Mojo that information of McVie’s demise got here as a shock. “It was all stunningly unusual as a result of there wasn’t any lead-up to it,” she stated. “We acquired a name, and I used to be going to lease a aircraft and go see her, however her household stated, ‘Don’t come, as a result of she is probably not right here tomorrow.’ And the subsequent day, she handed away.
“I wished to go there and sit on her mattress and sing to her – which positively would have made her move away sooner,” she joked. “However I wanted to be together with her. And I didn’t get to try this. In order that was very laborious for me. I didn’t get to say goodbye.”
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McVie, who joined Fleetwood Mac in 1971 after enjoying with the band on earlier information, retired from performing with the group between 1998-2014. She and Buckingham reunited in 2017 for an album, however he was out of Fleetwood Mac the next yr, reportedly as a result of longtime variations with Nicks lastly got here to a head.
Nicks addressed a attainable farewell tour with Fleetwood Mac, together with Buckingham, with Mojo, however famous that even when everybody agreed to it, Buckingham’s well being points over the previous few years might forestall such a run. (Buckingham had open-heart surgical procedure in 2019 following a coronary heart assault. He is since launched one other solo album and has toured .)
“Even when I believed I may work with Lindsey once more, he’s had some well being issues,” she stated. “It’s not for me to say, however I’m undecided if Lindsey may do the form of touring that Fleetwood Mac does, the place you exit for a yr and a half. It’s so demanding.”
Nicks, in the meantime, is wrapping up her spring tour in Chicago this week earlier than heading abroad for some dates in Glasgow, London and Amsterdam. Followers can count on loads of songs from her outdated band, she stated.
“Fleetwood Mac is throughout my set,” she famous. “Now that there isn’t a extra Fleetwood Mac, that opens the door for me to do different songs, like ‘The Chain,’ that I’ve by no means executed [solo]. I’ll maintain the music of Fleetwood Mac alive, for so long as I can.”
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