Christine McVie, Fleetwood Mac singer-songwriter, dies at 79
2 years, 1 month ago

Christine McVie, Fleetwood Mac singer-songwriter, dies at 79

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Christine McVie, the British-born Fleetwood Mac vocalist, songwriter and keyboard player whose cool, soulful contralto helped define such classics as “You Make Loving Fun,” “Everywhere” and “Don’t Stop,” died Wednesday at age 79. No cause of death or other details were immediately provided, but a family statement said she “passed away peacefully at hospital this morning” with family around her after a “short illness.” “She was truly one-of-a-kind, special and talented beyond measure,” the band’s statement reads in part. McVie was a steady presence and personality in a band known for its frequent lineup changes and volatile personalities — notably fellow singer-songwriters Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham.

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In unearthed interviews, Fleetwood Mac's Christine McVie reveals the truth of her chaotic cocaine-fueled orgies and reckless partying that nearly killed her
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In unearthed interviews, Fleetwood Mac's Christine McVie reveals the truth of her chaotic cocaine-fueled orgies and reckless partying that nearly killed her

Daily Mail  

Hunched over a glass of cider, staring into a candle flame night after night, nothing much about her later days said multi-millionaire rock star. Who would have thought that the rangy blonde in a shabby tweed jacket was Christine McVie, the singer and song-writing legend who once toured the globe with Fleetwood Mac and contributed the lion's share of hits …

The 'Definitive' Fleetwood Mac Documentary Is Coming. Here's What We Know So Far.
1 month, 2 weeks ago

The 'Definitive' Fleetwood Mac Documentary Is Coming. Here's What We Know So Far.

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The spell Fleetwood Mac cast on us all those years ago won’t soon be forgotten, as the British-American rock band will soon be the subject of an authorized documentary on Apple TV+. The documentary, which Apple describes as “definitive,” will be directed by Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award winner Frank Marshall, who said it “will be a …

Lindsey Buckingham offers rare insight into Fleetwood Mac’s making of ‘Rumours’
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Lindsey Buckingham offers rare insight into Fleetwood Mac’s making of ‘Rumours’

The Independent  

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Why Fleetwood Mac is everywhere, from Taylor Swift’s new album to Broadway to Daisy Jones.
8 months, 1 week ago

Why Fleetwood Mac is everywhere, from Taylor Swift’s new album to Broadway to Daisy Jones.

Slate  

When I was a teenager, I made a cassette tape of songs I wanted to listen to but didn’t want to admit I owned. When Styles embarked on his first solo tour two years later, he worked Rumours’ “The Chain” into his set list, and even brought Nicks onstage during his Los Angeles stop, calling her his “queen of everything.” …

Christine McVie estate sells her stake in Fleetwood Mac’s music to a private-equity firm
1 year, 2 months ago

Christine McVie estate sells her stake in Fleetwood Mac’s music to a private-equity firm

LA Times  

Nearly one year after her death, the estate of Christine McVie has sold the rights to songs she made with Fleetwood Mac. The Newark, N.J.-based investment firm HarbourView Equity Partners is behind the acquisition of her catalog, which includes hits that McVie either wrote, played or sang vocals on, including “Over My Head,” “Everywhere” and songs from the band’s seminal …

Stevie Nicks calls Christine McVie her ‘soul mate,’ suggests Fleetwood Mac is done since her death
1 year, 3 months ago

Stevie Nicks calls Christine McVie her ‘soul mate,’ suggests Fleetwood Mac is done since her death

LA Times  

Fleetwood Mac’s Christine McVie, left, and Stevie Nicks perform at Radio City Music Hall in 2018. Nearly a year after McVie died in November 2022, Nicks told Vulture that the British musician “was like my soul mate, my musical soul mate, and my best friend.” While promoting a new Barbie doll modeled after herself, Nicks, 75, told the website that …

Stevie Nicks says ‘there’s no reason’ for Fleetwood Mac to continue after Christine McVie’s death
1 year, 3 months ago

Stevie Nicks says ‘there’s no reason’ for Fleetwood Mac to continue after Christine McVie’s death

The Independent  

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Stevie Nicks thanks Taylor Swift for a specific song after Christine McVie’s death
1 year, 7 months ago

Stevie Nicks thanks Taylor Swift for a specific song after Christine McVie’s death

The Independent  

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Fleetwood Mac star Christine McVie’s cause of death disclosed
1 year, 9 months ago

Fleetwood Mac star Christine McVie’s cause of death disclosed

The Independent  

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Mick Fleetwood says performing as Fleetwood Mac would be ‘unthinkable right now’
1 year, 11 months ago

Mick Fleetwood says performing as Fleetwood Mac would be ‘unthinkable right now’

The Independent  

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Mick Fleetwood says Fleetwood Mac likely won’t perform as a band after McVie’s death
1 year, 11 months ago

Mick Fleetwood says Fleetwood Mac likely won’t perform as a band after McVie’s death

LA Times  

Recent addition Mike Campbell, left, and longtime Fleetwood Mac members John McVie, Stevie Nicks, Christine McVie and Mick Fleetwood appear at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in New York 2019. Fleetwood Mac no longer plans to perform together as a band after one of its longtime members, Christine McVie, died late last year. Fleetwood said he …

Mick Fleetwood shares the eulogy he wrote for Christine McVie’s memorial
1 year, 11 months ago

Mick Fleetwood shares the eulogy he wrote for Christine McVie’s memorial

The Independent  

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Lindsey Buckingham joins estranged bandmates in praising late Christine McVie
2 years, 1 month ago

Lindsey Buckingham joins estranged bandmates in praising late Christine McVie

The Independent  

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Christine McVie: Fleetwood Mac’s Stevie Nicks and former president Bill Clinton pay tribute
2 years, 1 month ago

Christine McVie: Fleetwood Mac’s Stevie Nicks and former president Bill Clinton pay tribute

The Independent  

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Christine McVie death: 6 Fleetwood Mac tracks written by late singer-songwriter
2 years, 1 month ago

Christine McVie death: 6 Fleetwood Mac tracks written by late singer-songwriter

The Independent  

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Christine McVie, Fleetwood Mac singer-songwriter, dies at 79
2 years, 1 month ago

Christine McVie, Fleetwood Mac singer-songwriter, dies at 79

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Christine McVie, the British-born Fleetwood Mac vocalist, songwriter and keyboard player whose cool, soulful contralto helped define such classics as “You Make Loving Fun,” “Everywhere” and “Don’t Stop,” died Wednesday at age 79. “But they were great people; they were great friends.” Fleetwood Mac was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998, when …

Christine McVie death: Fleetwood Mac singer and musician dies aged 79
2 years, 1 month ago

Christine McVie death: Fleetwood Mac singer and musician dies aged 79

The Independent  

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Stevie Nicks pays tribute to ‘best friend in the whole world’ Christine McVie
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Stevie Nicks pays tribute to ‘best friend in the whole world’ Christine McVie

The Independent  

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Christine McVie death: Latest celebrity tributes after Fleetwood Mac artist’s death
2 years, 1 month ago

Christine McVie death: Latest celebrity tributes after Fleetwood Mac artist’s death

The Independent  

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Fleetwood Mac honors ‘one-of-a-kind’ Christine McVie: ‘Talented beyond measure’
2 years, 1 month ago

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LA Times  

Mike Campbell, left, John McVie, Stevie Nicks, Christine McVie and Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac attend the 2019 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in New York. “There are no words to describe our sadness at the passing of Christine McVie,” the Fleetwood Mac statement said. I always knew I would need these words one day.” Nicks concluded …

Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac, a distinctive voice whose hits spanned decades, is dead at 79
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Christine McVie of Fleetwood Mac, a distinctive voice whose hits spanned decades, is dead at 79

Salon  

Christine McVie, the distinctive, bluesy-voiced singer-songwriter, died today following a "short illness," according to a family announcement posted on Instagram. Along with Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, former husband John McVie and Mick Fleetwood, she was a core member of Fleetwood Mac during their multiplatinum heyday, writing and co-writing such songs as "Over My Head," "Say You Love Me," "Don't Stop," …

In a band of tempestuous geniuses, Christine McVie was every bit their equal, minus the drama
2 years, 1 month ago

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LA Times  

Christine McVie, the singer, songwriter and keyboardist whose dreamily optimistic tunes for Fleetwood Mac — including such FM-radio staples as “Don’t Stop,” “Little Lies,” “Songbird,” “Everywhere” and “You Make Loving Fun” — helped make the band one of the most successful acts in music history, died Wednesday. In a famously fractious outfit filled with competing songwriters — Fleetwood Mac’s classic …

Fleetwood Mac vet Lindsey Buckingham, 71, claims Stevie Nicks, 73, is STILL in love with him
3 years, 3 months ago

Fleetwood Mac vet Lindsey Buckingham, 71, claims Stevie Nicks, 73, is STILL in love with him

Daily Mail  

Lindsey Buckingham has claimed Stevie Nicks is still in love with him. The way they were: Fleetwood Mac band mates Stevie and Lindsey when they were boyfriend and girlfriend posing for an album cover in 1970 The pals: Mike Campbell, John McVie, Nicks, Christine McVie and Mick Fleetwood of Fleetwood Mac pose in the press room during the 2019 Rock …

Fleetwood Mac fired Lindsey Buckingham. So why won’t he let them go?
3 years, 4 months ago

Fleetwood Mac fired Lindsey Buckingham. So why won’t he let them go?

LA Times  

This is the album that started all the trouble. “Ironically,” Buckingham says, “nothing went down that night that was as the stuff we’d been through for 43 years.” But within a week, he was fired from Fleetwood Mac. “I’ll tell you what: Between the Fleetwood Mac stuff and the heart attack, it’s all been humbling,” Buckingham says now. “That was …

Fleetwood Mac legend Christine McVie doesn't believe key members of the band will EVER tour again
3 years, 10 months ago

Fleetwood Mac legend Christine McVie doesn't believe key members of the band will EVER tour again

Daily Mail  

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Why Fleetwood Mac's music resonated so deeply in 2020
4 years, 1 month ago

Why Fleetwood Mac's music resonated so deeply in 2020

Salon  

No viral video embodies 2020 more than the TikTok clip of Nathan Apodaca swigging Ocean Spray Cran-Raspberry juice while longboarding as Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams" plays in the background. Not only did the clip very much exude tranquility — it also boosted "Dreams," which was already the only Fleetwood Mac song to reach No. Mick Fleetwood and Stevie Nicks even joined …

Peter Green, Fleetwood Mac founder, dies at 73
4 years, 5 months ago

Peter Green, Fleetwood Mac founder, dies at 73

Salon  

Peter Green, founder of Fleetwood Mac and the band's widely admired guitarist and vocalist in its early years before drug abuse and mental illness foreshortened his career, has died. One Green "original" of this era, the minor-key "Black Magic Woman" – essentially a straight lift of Chicago guitarist Otis Rush's classic 1958 recording "All Your Love " – became a …

Stevie Nicks says Harry Styles' album Fine Line is inspiring her to write new songs while isolated
4 years, 9 months ago

Stevie Nicks says Harry Styles' album Fine Line is inspiring her to write new songs while isolated

Daily Mail  

Stevie Nicks has become close with Harry Styles over the years and he even provided her induction into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame last year. Friend and inspiration: Stevie Nicks shared that not only is Harry Styles a friend but he is also providing her inspiration while she is in isolation during the novel coronavirus pandemic A note …

Fleetwood Mac’s 20 greatest songs, from 'Landslide' to 'The Chain'
5 years, 6 months ago

Fleetwood Mac’s 20 greatest songs, from 'Landslide' to 'The Chain'

The Independent  

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Mick Fleetwood reveals it was 'too challenging' to have both Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham
5 years, 9 months ago

Mick Fleetwood reveals it was 'too challenging' to have both Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham

Daily Mail  

Mick Fleetwood has admitted it became 'too challenging' to have both Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham continue in Fleetwood Mac, he said in an interview with Mojo. Band: Mick Fleetwood has admitted it became 'too challenging' to have both Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham continue in Fleetwood Mac, he said in an interview with Mojo; pictured Mick Fleetwood, Christine McVie, …

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