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Christine McVie and Lindsey Buckingham discuss the future of Fleetwood Mac and their new collaborative album in the new issue of Uncut , on sale in UK shops and available to buy digitally .

The pair’s debut as Buckingham McVie – also featuring Mick Fleetwood and John McVie – is set for release this summer.

“I’ve grown up a lot since the last time I really worked with [Christine],” explains Buckingham. “I realised: ‘Oh, here I am, a completely different person. I’m a father of three children. I’ve been married almost 20 years. I’ve had my journey, and Christine has had her own journey.’”

However, the singer, keyboardist and songwriter also reveals that the future of Fleetwood Mac is far from certain.

“The 2018 tour is supposed to be a farewell tour,” says McVie. “But you take farewell tours one at a time. Somehow we always come together, this unit. We can feel it ourselves.”

Buckingham and McVie are on the cover of the new Uncut , dated May 2017 and on sale March 16.

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Revisiting Christine McVie’s Final Show

The rock world suffered a devastating loss with the death of Fleetwood Mac songbird Christine McVie on Nov. 30, 2022. The 79-year-old singer and pianist left behind a towering legacy of heartrending songs and era-defining hits — and when she died, so did the prospect of Fleetwood Mac's most popular lineup taking the stage together again.

McVie hadn't performed live in nearly three years before her death. Her last public performance took place on Feb. 25, 2020, at the London Palladium, at a star-studded tribute to founding Fleetwood Mac singer and guitarist Peter Green , who died the following June. The event, hosted by Mick Fleetwood , featured several other A-list rockers, including Billy Gibbons , Steven Tyler , Noel Gallagher , David Gilmour , Pete Townshend and Kirk Hammett . McVie performed the Green-penned Fleetwood Mac classic "Stop Messin' Round" with Tyler, as well as another Green composition, "Looking for Somebody," both off Fleetwood Mac's 1968 eponymous debut album .

The Green tribute show took place roughly three months after McVie wrapped up her final tour with Fleetwood Mac. The 2018-19 trek notably featured guitarists  Neil Finn  of  Crowded House  and  Mike Campbell  of  Tom Petty  and the Heartbreakers in place of longtime Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsey Buckingham , whom the band dismissed in 2018. Shortly before Buckingham's ouster, he and McVie recorded the 2017 collaborative album  Lindsey Buckingham / Christine McVie and toured in support of it.

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Fleetwood Mac's last tour was a windfall, but in the years that followed, McVie expressed uncertainty about the band's future. "Those guys [Finn and Campbell] were great," she told Rolling Stone  in June 2022. "We have a great time with them, but we've kind of broke up now, so I hardly ever see them." She added that she didn't communicate much with Stevie Nicks  either: "When we were on the last tour, we did a lot. We always sat next to each other on the plane and we got on really well. But since the band broke up, I've not been speaking to her at all."

McVie stated explicitly that she "[did not] feel physically up for" a farewell tour featuring Fleetwood Mac's classic  Rumours lineup of Nicks, Buckingham, Fleetwood, former husband John McVie and herself. "I'm in quite bad health," she lamented. "I've got a chronic back problem which debilitates me. I stand up to play the piano, so I don't know if I could actually physically do it. What's that saying? The mind is willing, but the flesh is weak."

Although McVie expressed her desire for Buckingham to rejoin the band, she also admitted she was "getting a bit long in the teeth here" and was "quite happy being at home. I don't know if I ever want to tour again. It's bloody hard work." Still, she didn't rule out one last hurrah entirely. "I really can’t say for sure," she said, "because I could be wrong. So I'll just leave it open and say that we might."

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Mick Fleetwood once called her “the steadying presence” of Fleetwood Mac . And in the days following her death a year ago, tributes to Christine McVie often reached for similar phrases – the hidden strength, the cornerstone, the heart and soul – to describe the role she played for more than 50 years in rock’s most tempestuous soap opera. 

“I don’t like being centre stage, I never have,” she told Uncut in 2022. “I like to be part of a group.” 

Watching her in concert, whether during the band’s heady late-70s era or what would be their final tour, in 2019, she was all business, more serious musician than rock star. Blue-grey eyes peering out from behind blonde fringe, swaying and singing confidently at her keyboards, aligning herself with the rhythm section of Fleetwood and ex-husband John McVie, while Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham basked in the spotlight. 

But that cool reserve couldn’t alter the fact that Christine was the group’s most dependable and successful songwriter. When you look at their worldconquering statistics – eight multi-platinum albums, more than 130 million copies sold (the perennial Rumours alone responsible for 40 million) – at the centre are her evergreen hits like Over My Head, You Make Loving Fun, Don’t Stop, Little Lies and Everywhere . 

“I suppose I must be good with hooks,” she once reasoned modestly.

For all her success, it was always art and music that drove McVie. Born Christine Perfect in Bouth, a Lake District village, in 1943, she was the younger of two children. Her father was a violinist and college music professor, her mother a psychic healer. She began classical piano lessons at 11. 

A few years later she discovered her elder brother’s Fats Domino songbook inside the piano seat. “It was goodbye Chopin,” she said. She got hooked on the New Orleans-style boogie-woogie blues, and at 16 wrote her first song. That rolling-river left-hand feel would stay with her, lending a funky current to many of her best songs in the years ahead. “It always comes back to the blues,” she would often say of her writing style. 

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On a scholarship, she studied sculpture, needlecraft and dress design in art college. “Perfect for a future career in Fleetwood Mac,” she joked. But her heart wasn’t in it. Meanwhile, she was playing first gigs around Birmingham, becoming part of what she called the city’s “punchy, kick-ass” blues scene, alongside people such as Spencer Davis, Steve Winwood and Savoy Brown. She moved to London in 1966, and after working briefly as a department store window dresser, was asked to join Chicken Shack. 

Although they didn’t rise to the heights of their British blues-boom contemporaries, the group gave McVie a professional entry point. Twice voted best female vocalist in Melody Maker readers’ polls, she sang on the band’s only major hit, a version of Etta James’s I’d Rather Go Blind – an understated, simmering performance that foreshadowed the maturity of her work in her next band. 

In the late 60s, Chicken Shack often opened for Fleetwood Mac. And even when they didn’t, Christine was often at their shows, eyeing their “shy, but funny” bass player John McVie. She soon fell in love and left Chicken Shack, with the intention of just being a wife. But then guitarist-vocalist Peter Green suddenly quit Fleetwood Mac, after a mind-wrecking acid trip. 

“It was heartbreaking for them when Peter left,” Christine told The Guardian in 2022. “They were rehearsing at Kiln House, and I was down there with all the wives. They came out of the rehearsal room and said: ‘Hey Chris, do you want to join?’ I couldn’t believe my luck. ‘Are you serious? I’m just a girl who plays piano.’” 

Ten days later, the new line-up was on the road in America. “In those days, there were very few women, especially playing the blues, but I never felt singled out,” she said. “It just all came very naturally to me. Not too many women have said, ‘Thanks for ground-breaking,’ to be honest. I’m sure I was appreciated, but it wasn’t hero worship or anything like that."

With the five albums released between ’71 and ’74, Fleetwood Mac began to evolve away from their strict blues pedigree. 

“The style had to change because I was a keyboard player,” McVie told the Sunday Express in 2004. “And it developed a more commercial bent. It was thrilling, and I have to say to this day, it still kind of is, knowing I did that.” 

Mick Fleetwood recognised McVie’s gifts, and encouraged her to “launch out and do something a bit commercial” with her songwriting. On her early compositions like Morning Rain, Remember Me and the shoulda-been-a-hit Just Crazy Love , she kept one foot – or hand – in her formative boogie blues and let her inherent feel for pop melody bloom.

McVie also credited guitarist Bob Welch’s time in the band for inspiring the vocal harmonies that became a signature part of their classic sound. 

In 1975, after Welch quit, that harmony found its full expression when Mick Fleetwood invited musical couple Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks into the fold. The chemistry was there from the start. When they layered their voices with McVie’s, it created a profound fourth thing all its own – a thrilling blend that rivals The Beatles and Crosby, Stills & Nash. In the 2019 BBC documentary Fleetwood Mac’s Songbird , McVie recalled the moment of discovery: “We all got into this little rehearsal room and it just shot off like firecrackers. I started playing a song I’d just written, Say You Love Me , and when the chorus came they came in immediately with this incredible three-part harmony. We all got goose bumps.” 

Along with that harmonic convergence came a new songwriting gauntlet for McVie. She said: “I remember hearing their Buckingham Nicks album and thinking: ‘Right, I better pull something out of the bag here and write some songs. I wanted to impress them!’” 

That three-way creative competition was at its most fertile on 1975’s self-titled ‘White’ album and the landmark Rumours (1977), with McVie conjuring up Say You Love Me, Over My Head, Don’t Stop and You Make Loving Fun . While you got the sense that Nicks and Buckingham depended on melodrama and painstaking process to unearth their best songs, McVie always seemed to pluck hers out of the ether, fully formed. “I don’t struggle over my songs, I write them quickly,” she told Rolling Stone in 1977. It’s a testament to her melodic prowess and the power of her dusky, piercing voice that she could make a potentially trite couplet like ‘ Sweet wonderful you, you make me happy with the things that you do ’ sound like it was a freshly minted sentiment. 

And then of course there was Songbird . McVie’s graceful, for-the-ages ballad fell like a well-placed balm in Rumour s’ couples therapy sequence. She dashed it off in 30 minutes, then recorded it live the same night in the small hours in an empty auditorium. An ethereal flash of lightning in a bottle, it had the power to reduce grown men to tears, not the least John McVie and Mick Fleetwood. “I think it was about nobody and everybody,” she said in the Classic Albums documentary series. “In retrospect, it seemed to me more like a little anthem than anything else. It was for everybody. It was like a little prayer almost.”

Through the late 70s into the 80s, that prayer would close the band’s shows each night, with McVie again providing a guiding hand during their worst days of drugs and drink excess. “I always took fairly good care of myself, but I was no angel,” she told The Guardian , adding: “But I think it made me perform better.” 

It’s worth noting that on stage, Fleetwood Mac was a different animal – a lot more aggressive and primal than on their pristine recordings. “The albums are a lot cleaner in general, they’re well thought out,” McVie told Sounds in ’82. “I figure there’s definitely two sides to Fleetwood Mac; the live side is a lot more rock’n’roll than people think we are. We’re not so clean-cut.” 

In 1979, Lindsey Buckingham steered the band away from a Rumours redux with the fractured, cubist pop of Tusk . But their biggest-selling album still loomed large, continuing to cast a long shadow through the 80s. That could be what drove Nicks, Buckingham and McVie to make their first solo albums. 

The two Fleetwood Mac records from that decade – Mirage (1982) and Tango In The Night (1987) – received mixed reviews at the time but have improved with age. It was the harrowing sessions for the latter, with Nicks, Fleetwood and John McVie all spiralling in their addictions, that finally splintered the band. Amid the chaos, Christine delivered two of her brightest singles – Little Lies and Everywhere – but it would be the last studio album with the line-up she called “the Rumours five”. 

Buckingham quit shortly after. Both Nicks and McVie departed after 1990’s Behind The Mask . McVie would later dismiss that album and its follow-up, 1995’s Time , as “terrible”.

Meanwhile, Presidential candidate Bill Clinton’s use of her Don’t Stop in the early 90s prompted a one-off reunion of the classic line-up at his inaugural ball. And that paved the way for their 1997 world tour, which produced the multi-platinum live album The Dance . But Christine decided that after 28 years of “living out of a suitcase” she’d had enough. She told the Sunday Express : “Towards the end of that tour I found it very overwhelming being on stage. The lights were hot and it was deafening. I was getting disoriented."

Talking to Classic Rock about her post-Mac retirement in Canterbury , she sounded like she was enjoying an idyllic existence – taking long walks with her Lhasa Apsos, restoring her 17th-century red-brick house, watching cooking shows and ER, and always in bed by nine. “When I still drank, I’d wind down at the end of the day with a glass of good champagne, but now I find that a cup of tea and a chocolate Hobnob does the trick,” she said. 

In 2004, McVie released In The Meantime , an overlooked solo album, made at home with her musician nephew Dan. It was mostly therapeutic, to get over the end of her second marriage, to Portuguese musician Eddy Quintela. Each time Fleetwood Mac would come through for a London date, she’d attend, watching from the wings, thinking: “Thank god, I made the right decision.” 

But then in 2013, she changed her mind, and hopped on stage for a version of Don’t Stop at London’s O2. She told The Guardian : “After, I called Mick and asked: ‘How would you feel about me coming back to the band?’ He got in touch with everybody and we had a band meeting over the phone and they all went: ‘Come baaaack!’ I felt regenerated, and I felt like writing again.” 

In 2014-15, the On With The Show tour took the reunited Mac around the world for 78 sold-out shows. With that momentum, the plan was to make a new studio album. In a Classic Rock interview in 2021 , Lindsey Buckingham told me: “Christine had a bunch of song ideas and I helped her with those. We eventually went in the studio with John and Mick. And we were still hoping to make that a Fleetwood Mac album, but Stevie wouldn’t do it. That became the duets album that Christine and I did in 2017.”

And then 2018 delivered one of the most shocking twists in the Fleetwood Mac saga, when Buckingham was fired, without a clear explanation. Nicks gave her bandmates a “him or me” ultimatum. Later that year, on what would be their final world tour, Buckingham was replaced by Mike Campbell and Neil Finn. 

In 2021, as Mick Fleetwood was pushing for the classic line-up to reunite for a farewell tour, McVie revealed that her ongoing back problems, caused by scoliosis, had worsened. It had become difficult for her to stand, much less sit, over a piano for any length of time. “Some days are better than others, but it’s not much fun,” she told Rolling Stone some time later. “I’ll be eighty next year. So I’m just hoping for a few more years.” 

On November 30 2022, McVie died “peacefully” in hospital, surrounded by family. Her death certificate, obtained by US media months later, stated that she'd suffered a stroke, with a cancer of unknown origin a secondary cause. 

On social media, Buckingham called her death “profoundly heartbreaking,” describing her as “a musical comrade, a soul mate, a sister”. Nicks said: “A few hours ago I was told that my best friend in the whole world since 1975 had passed away. See you on the other side, my love. Don’t forget me.” 

The band’s official statement, which described Christine McVie as “truly one of a kind, special and talented beyond measure,” went on to say: “We were so lucky to have a life with her.” 

Grief for our rock stars is difficult to measure. Popularity doesn’t always mean that a passing will feel personal. It comes down to connection. And the outpouring of love and memories on social media for Christine McVie shows how deeply her voice, her songs and “that steadying presence” connected with so many. 

" I wanna be with you everywhere ," she sang on one of her best-loved hits. She will be for a long time to come.

Bill DeMain is a correspondent for BBC Glasgow, a regular contributor to  MOJO, Classic Rock  and  Mental Floss , and the author of six books, including the best-selling  Sgt. Pepper At 50 . He is also an acclaimed musician and songwriter who's written for artists including Marshall Crenshaw, Teddy Thompson and Kim Richey. His songs have appeared in TV shows such as  Private Practice  and  Sons of Anarchy . In 2013, he started Walkin' Nashville, a music history tour that's been the #1 rated activity on Trip Advisor. An avid bird-watcher, he also makes bird cards and prints.

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Fleetwood Mac 2018 Tour Press Release

April 25, 2018 | News

LOS ANGELES, CA (April 25, 2018) – Legendary, GRAMMY-award winning band Fleetwood Mac  announced today a North American tour, set to kick off in October and travel through 50+ cities ending in Spring of 2019. Produced by Live Nation, the tour will feature the newly announced line-up of Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Stevie Nicks, and Christine McVie along with newcomers Mike Campbell and Neil Finn.

Tickets for the tour will go on-sale to the general public starting on Friday, May 4 at 10am local time.  A complete Fleetwood Mac itinerary listing all tour dates follows this release. For further information, please visit www.fleetwoodmac.com.

American Express® Card Members can purchase tickets in select markets before the general public beginning Monday, April 30 at 10am through Thursday, May 3 at 10pm.   A limited number of LaneOne VIP Packages will also be available, including amazing seats with premium benefits such as transportation, preferred entrance and more.

SiriusXM’s The Fleetwood Mac Channel begins on Tuesday, May 1st at 5:00 pm ET and runs through May, via satellite on channel 30, and through the SiriusXM app on smartphones and other connected devices, as well as online at www.siriusxm.com and will feature music, interviews and hosted shows from current and former band members.

“Fleetwood Mac has always been about an amazing collection of songs that are performed with a unique blend of talents. We jammed with Mike and Neil and the chemistry really worked and let the band realize that this is the right combination to go forward with in Fleetwood Mac style. We know we have something new, yet it’s got the unmistakable Mac sound,” said Mick Fleetwood.

“We are thrilled to welcome the musical talents of the caliber of Mike Campbell and Neil Finn into the Mac family. With Mike and Neil, we’ll be performing all the hits that the fans love, plus we’ll be surprising our audiences with some tracks from our historic catalogue of songs,” said the group collectively. “Fleetwood Mac has always been a creative evolution. We look forward to honoring that spirit on this upcoming tour.”

Fleetwood Mac was founded by Peter Green in 1967 and was named after Mick Fleetwood and John McVie.  After Peter Green left in 1969, Fleetwood and McVie remained as original members, and the band has since featured a cast of brilliant talents. Most notably, Christine McVie joined the band in 1970, with Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham joining in 1974. The enduring spirit of Fleetwood Mac stands for an incredible body of great music that has connected with generations of people all over the world for more than 50 years.  Fleetwood Mac has sold more than 100 million records worldwide and the GRAMMY-award winning band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.

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*All dates, venues and cities below subject to change.

October 3, 2018

October 6, 2018

Chicago, IL

United Center

October 10, 2018

Louisville, KY

KFC Yum! Center (on sale May 11)

October 12, 2018

Lincoln, NE

Pinnacle Bank Arena

October 14, 2018

Des Moines, IA

Wells Fargo Arena

October 16, 2018

Indianapolis, IN

Bankers Life Fieldhouse

October 18, 2018

Kansas City, MO

Sprint Center

October 20, 2018

St. Louis, MO

Scottrade Center

October 22, 2018

St. Paul, MN

Xcel Energy Center

October 26, 2018

Cleveland, OH

Quicken Loans Arena

October 28, 2018

Milwaukee, WI

Wisconsin Entertainment and Sports Center

October 30, 2018

Detroit, MI

Little Caesars Arena

November 1, 2018

Pittsburgh, PA

PPG Paints Arena

November 3, 2018

Canadian Tire Centre

November 5, 2018

Toronto, ON

Air Canada Centre

November 7, 2018

Columbus, OH

Nationwide Arena

November 10, 2018

Edmonton, AB

Rogers Place

November 12, 2018

Calgary, AB

Scotiabank Saddledome

November 14, 2018

Vancouver, BC

Rogers Arena

November 17, 2018

Tacoma Dome

November 19, 2018

Portland, OR

Moda Center

November 21, 2018

San Jose, CA

SAP Center at San Jose

November 23, 2018

Sacramento, CA

Golden 1 Center

November 25, 2018

Oakland, CA

Oracle Arena

November 28, 2018

Phoenix, AZ

Talking Stick Resort Arena

November 30, 2018

Las Vegas, NV

T-Mobile Arena

December 3, 2018

Pepsi Center

December 6, 2018

Save Mart Center

December 8, 2018

San Diego, CA

Viejas Arena

December 11, 2018

Inglewood, CA

December 13, 2018

February 5, 2019

Houston, TX

Toyota Center

February 7, 2019

American Airlines Center

February 9, 2019

Frank Erwin Center

February 13, 2019

Birmingham, AL

Legacy Arena at The BJCC

February 16, 2019

New Orleans, LA

Smoothie King Center

February 18, 2019

Amalie Arena

February 20, 2019

Ft. Lauderdale, FL

BB&T Center

February 22, 2019

Columbia, SC

Colonial Life Arena

February 24, 2019

Charlotte, NC

Spectrum Center

February 27, 2019

Nashville, TN

Bridgestone Arena

March 3, 2019

Atlanta, GA

Philips Arena

March 5, 2019

Washington, DC

Capital One Arena

March 9, 2019

Atlantic City, NJ

Boardwalk Hall

March 11, 2019

New York, NY

Madison Square Garden (on sale May 5)

March 13, 2019

Prudential Center (on sale May 5)

March 15, 2019

Hartford, CT

March 20, 2019

Times Union Center

March 24, 2019

Baltimore, MD

Royal Farms Arena

March 26, 2019

Buffalo, NY

KeyBank Center

March 31, 2019

April 5, 2019

Philadelphia, PA

Wells Fargo Center

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Buckingham mcvie tour dates announced - new album out june 9th. pre-order now.

64 comments:

I pre-ordered the CD...I hope it sells a million copies!

What is an OEI pre-sale?

what about the rest of the world

Thanks for posting this awesome information!!!!!!!!!!!!

will be great to hear some new music instead of the same old same stuff someone keeps going on the road with, thanks lindsey and chris for caring enough about the fan's to create new music at least its still about the music and the fans for you two!

It would be lovely to have some tour dates in the UK in smaller, more intimate venues. Hope you can squeeze in a few as well as doing the big venues!

Hope that you'll be adding some tour dates in the UK and it would be amazing if a few of the venues could be smaller, more intimate gigs! Looking forward to getting a heads up if any UK gigs are planned.

Fleetwood Mac never came to Portugal, maybe the both can visit us...

Meh, definitely NOT blown away by "In My World." Hope the album is more "heavy" like "Say you will" and not so ... 70s sounding...

Just listened to IN MY WORLD. Kind of disappointed to be honest. Typical Lindsey ditty. I thought it would be much more hooky and special. But the BIG disappointment is that YOU CAN'T HEAR CHRISTINE! Why announce a duets album and then release a lead single that's not a duet? Especially since the suspense here is all about having Christine back into the fold after such a long time. What were they thinking!!!!!

So far, totally uninspired by the new CD. The key art is boring, and the first single is pure Lindsey at his quirky best. So far, nothing says this is a collaboration. They aren't even touching on the cover photo, and where's is Christine's smokey vocals on the first single? Maybe Stevie was right about skipping this one; doesn't seem even remotely like a Mac attack.

I agree! Are Christine's vocals even on In My World because I sure don't hear them!

Its a duets album in the sense that they both infused ideas and Christine's case, words and music to Lindsey Buckingham material. I would dread the album if they each sang on EVERY SONG. "In My World" was written by both Christine and Lindsey. I'm totally happy with the song. And the LP is called Lindsey Buckingham/Christine Mcvie. Wow you haven't heard the entire album yet, it's pure FLEETWOOD Mac!

A Fleetwood Mac song would have Christine singing on the chorus, or at least on the floating harmonies in the background. Has Lindsey lost his mind? As a longtime fan, I'm both disappointed and peeved. All this waiting for a Lindsey solo single? Thanks but no thanks.

First there was the awful disappointment that Stevie wouldn't participating, now that disappointment is compounded by a lead single without Christine on vocals. I'm seriously questioning Lindsey and the band's judgement at this point.

Maybe Christine is singing backup vocals - Christine sounds just like Lindsey when they sing World Turning. Do Mick Fleetwood and John Mc Vie play on In My World???????

In my world is a good song but I'll admit that I think In my world would sound better if Christine Mc Vie sang lead vocals and Lindsey sang background vocals

I do love "In My World." I also realize Lindsey and Christine aren't going to trade off verses on every single track; that's unrealistic and would make the record seem not as genuine. However, when you have Christine back in the studio after so long, it would make sense the lead single would actually be a song where they trade off ... I'm just saying.

The last thing any of these songs need is LB singing lead.

I hope Atlantic has still not finalized the song selection. Lindsey is an awesome guitarist but the man cannot sing. Never could. They need to focus on CM. She is what the fan base has been missing. The album will be fine with 3 from him. That's all I could ever take

Thanks to the two last anonymous users for their great contribution. That being said, 'In My World' has 'no hit' written all over it...

I saw on one of the sites (news media) where there was a track listing and after every song, listed who wrote the song,and of course that makes it helpful because we don't have liner notes right now! in my world was written by Buckingham McVie. I'm guessing it's the song Lindsay was talking about that he gave her and she wrote words over it. I think In My World is that song. I feel that there is going to be Harmony singing on some of the tracks where that the writers the two musicians felt that it needed that. but I also feel it's going to have a song to where each person sings it all by themselves and does their own Harmony. Look for the track listing.it's one of them that announces the record, and it tells you who wrote what. And all I know from what I read was that in my world is a Buckingham McVie track they both added something to that track. And because it's the first single I'm sure they wanted it to be quick and fast and very very pop -driven. I think we're going to get a little bit of everything on this record.there's only 10 songs which was really for me the only surprise I thought with Lindsay on there they would be at least 14 or 15. And on this track I think Lindsay's vocals are excellent comma and yes Mick Fleetwood and John McVie are the Rhythm Section for the entire album although from what I understand they will not be touring as Rhythm Section. They are signed with Atlantic Records for this album, it's not put out by themselves so maybe the record company made them release this track comma but I wish everyone would not judge the whole album on the one track myself love it, it's wonderful!

The listing of songs and writers is listed on the Lindsey Buckingham/ Christine Mcvie wikepedia,Christine is deeply involved.

Here's what Wikipedia says: 1. "Sleeping Around the Corner" Lindsey Buckingham 2. "Feel About You" Christine McVie, Lindsey Buckingham 3. "In My World" Buckingham 4. "Red Sun" McVie, Buckingham 5. "Love Is Here to Stay" Buckingham 6. "Too Far Gone" McVie, Buckingham 7. "Lay Down for Free" Buckingham 8. "Game of Pretend" McVie 9. "On with the Show" Buckingham 10. "Carnival Begin" McVie[11]

I also looked at the track listing and 'In My World' is (as you'd expect) a Lindsey solo composition.

I think the only way to know who contributed what is to have liner notes. It's a great song, how fortunate we are. They are healthy, creative, and I love it.

It is really amazing how ill willed almost everyone on this site is. Look at youtube and see how well received the song is there. I think it is catchy and it is just one out of ten. On amazon you can see on the photographs who wrote what and it is indeed a collaboration of them both. It seems this site is firm in the hands of the Stevie fan base who want the album to be a failure without knowing it. I love Stevies work, but man has she far worse songs on her catalogue...

Delicious. I love this tune. It has all the hallmarks of both writers and their penchant for minty-fresh melodies with subtle layers of sophisticated sharp-angled chord changes. Both their work can seem deceivingly simple but this has more than enough rewarding texture and lyric here. Aurally lush and rich. This is simply one tune from a whole album that no one has heard yet. Chill out people. I doubt their eyes are on selling millions. They’ve been there and done that. The only albums that sell these days are mindless dance-related material that is mindless interchangeable with the next. Bring on the quirkiness Lindsey. I hope it gets weirder even. (thrilled we don’t have to hear same old lyrics taken from dusty old songs from the missing member here. Yawn.) Do you people really want to hear an album where they each sing 50/50 like a couple of bobbsey-twins on every effing-song? Then you have no knowledge of what they are like as artists who follow their muse. You all want to go back in time to some comfort zone that spoon-feeds you classic rock formulaic pap. Have some faith that these two have put out something they love. Not loving the album cover as much as I would like, but I’m soaking in this new tune and happy to hear it.

Another Lindsey Buckingham CD with guest appearance.

As a long time fan - I now agree with a final tour and gracefully taking that final bow. They need to stop. Keep their iconic status in check and end it. Say You Will was an awesome effort and a dignified body of work despite the loss of Chris at the time. They still have it live and a huge catalogue they can dig in for some fresh and final performances.

This will be the first release from any of them I won't be buying. I will buy seats for the final performances next year.

I'm glad that the band has its defenders but those of us who aren't thrilled with this song have a right to express our honest opinions without being condescended to. If I want to hear PR-speak I can wait for the liner notes. This is a major disappointment that can't be redeemed by creative writing.

Get real. This won't cross any oceans. There is no payday in this iteration on any front. Sales, tickets, or merchandising. They will probably be on a bus. The only way that will happen is out of their own charity. This is at most a break even outing. Even with Mick & John cast out.

Too late. This fate is sealed & ship is sailing for better or worse. At least it's new! Tour 2018 will be the grande show.

This band has always been about the alchemy, almagamation and ear candy of the 3 vocalists in the mix of an unparalleled & awesome musical rythym section, keyboard and guitars. None of them have successfully carried an entire album independently. Nicks was able to accomplish the solo body of work due to her amazing song writing, her allure and her gift of a natural and totally unique stage presence. She worked with the industries best musicians and a very supportive fan base and complete label support. All that being said for any FM CD past or future it will take all 3 vocalists to accomplish their signature sound. This has little chance of being any more than another "Extended Play" with 10 tracks.

I am devastated. This is just a Lindsey Buckingham solo song. There is no Fleetwood Mac in this.

If at least 3 of Lindsey's Buckingham Mc Vie songs are as good as the three songs Lindsey recorded with Mick Fleetwood on his solo album Gift of Screws ... I will more than Happy and I look forward to hearing those brilliant songs June 9th!!

Good effing lord. I just listened to this. I'm speechless. Shocked actually. Someone in this organization needs to put a lid on his garbage. Now I know why Ms. Nicks said No!!!!!!! This is in my opinion another solo effort with CM as a musical guest.

I love hearing John and Mick jamming on In My World... In My World will sound even better listening to it on CD or album. Brand New (Fleetwood Mac) album.... June 9th 2017

It is NOT a joint composition, but a solo one. And I am also hoping for some great other LB tracks on this album. Didn't like Seeds We Sow much and this song would unfortunately fit right in there.

wow I cant believe all the lindsey bashing! the cd has not even come out yet and already people are bashing it and him! first of all the new song is great maybe not everyone taste but its a great song, Lindsey is the main reason this band is still together, and he and chris are trying the give the fans what they want new music and if they think this cd is good enough to put out im sure it is great and already pre ordered mine, lindsey and chris are trying to create music and give the fans something new to look forward too unlike stevie who does nothing but whine about the fact that she doesn't get a million dollar check in the mail every week like she did when rumours came out!and how no one buys cds anymore and couldn't care less about the fans and what they want, lindsey and chris never mention cd sales or money they just talk about how they want to make new music and play it for the fans and im sure this cd is there way of telling the fans they care and hope we will like it and know they are trying there best, dont blame them because stevie is spoiled and selfish and only cares about the money, she will have no problem playing with them in july because it will be another big pay day for her and i am sure already it will be the same old same old set list no changes at least in her part of the set, but i am hoping lindsey and chris do something new at least either way dont bash them they are trying and making effort for the fans if you dont like the song thats fine dont like it dont buy it but dont bash it they are the only thing keeping this band together these days so if you cant say anything nice dont say anything.

Christine Mc Vie wrote two new songs by herself - three new songs Lindsey and all have Mick Fleetwood and John Mc Vie adding their talent to the songs... that is the Fleetwood Mac I love. Lindsey Buckingham is a damn good song writer and producer. Lindsey playing his new songs with Mick, John and Christine will sound great too.

I think it's a great song. Nothing ground breaking but a solid Buckingham track. Sounds a lot like the songs he recently did with Empire of the Sun. He's pushing 70 -- kind of amazing that he's still churning out innovative modern sounding music.

Love the song, love the production and the recording sounds great, but... Why would they lead off the promotion for a duet album and tour with a song that doesn't include half of the duo? The only McVie I hear is John. How long would it take to add Christine's harmonies to this? One hour? Thirty minutes? When the world is waiting to hear new Christine McVie music, this seems like an odd and counter-productive choice. Labels are an odd thing. Here is something to ponder: In My World: Lindsey+Mick+John= Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie Come: Lindsey+Mick+John = Fleetwood Mac Gift Of Screws: Lindsey+Mick+John = Lindsey Buckingham Songbird: Christine+Lindsey = Fleetwood Mac Shadow Of The West: Lindsey+Christine = Lindsey Buckingham

It's an awesome song. Lindsey is almost 69, Chris will be 74 in July. They make the decisions believe you me about whose voice sounds best where. I think all the people that are blasting Lindsey will be completely astounded at the album as a whole. They have written much more than this but put 10 songs out. Lindsey Buckingham is the finest arranger out there, I hear a few bites from Chris's keys at the end of the song. Sleeping around the corner is an awesome song as it was a bonus track on seeds we sew. But it was to mainstream sounding they pulled it as a bonus track. I don't understand the Lindsey Badging! What an awkward position stevie put her band mates in. Praise then, doubt bash them, it's Fleetwood Mac....majical!

Stevie and Chris gave Fleetwood Mac a sell out two year tour. They will again. This band is amazing considering their ages and tenure in popular culture. In some ways they are more popular today then they have ever been. Young fans are coming out to FM & SN concerts. Stevie's recent outing was shocking in terms of stage lighting, content and massive sellout arena shows. Of course The Pretenders offered up a great double bill. Anyway let's move away from bashing Chris, LB & Stevie. They will do as they please and we all know they will be great. Just wait & see. They have not been relevent this long for no reason.

It's called noise

I am surprised there is only 9 new songs... Hopefully Christine and Lindsey have more songs that could be finished quickly if another person agrees to find a way to participate. "Hopes Springs Eternal"

Feel about You sounds like a Lindsey Buckingham pop song influenced by the 1950's sung by Christine Mc Vie... So far I can why this album is not a Fleetwood Mac album

Christine influenced the song greatly, and if you are listening to layers, it's a very clever little song, lots of stuff going on! Chris's voice has not changed at all. I disagree that it doesn't sound like a Fleetwood Mac album, it has been 31 years since we heard a Fleetwood Mac album, maybe we forgot. God maybe Grace Slick is right that people over 50 should do jazz and other types of music and GET THE HELL OFF THE ROCK STAGE! the more it gets run downI need it...... my Christine is Back! keep your ears open for a couple of rockers.......

Initially I thought Stevie's refusal to join the new album was her usual attempt to create drama to drum up interest but after hearing the first 2 songs it's clear she wisely decided to stay away from this dreck...the first 2 songs are basically awful. she's right. the days of them producing great new music are past so just focus on what we all luv. that being said "in your dreams" was worth the effort in my humble opinion...24 Karat not so much.

Awesome. Love the new song too! I know the negative energy is missing for you trolls. So bye bye.

Well said ^^^ :)

I'm just wondering how some people get from Stevie saying that new Lindsey and Chris music is great that she thought it was awful?

Christine is fantastic. I'm really grateful she re-entered the band. I agree Lindsey is a talented arranger and guitarist. But he just cannot carry an album. Maybe Chris can pull this heap. But I'm just waiting for the tour finale! Doubtful I could sit through 2 hours of his caterwauling peppered by a few CM songs.

Bleh! What a disappointment. I guess I was hoping for more of a FM sound. This is just LB dreck

Grace Slick would gladly pop her fat ass on stage if anyone could bare to listen to her let alone look at her. But no one is going to pay for that torture. Sorry Grace. You had your day. But you just fell apart.

Providing he leaves the vocals to Chris. This longtime FM loyalist cannot stand listening to him scream and attempt to sing any longer. 2 exceptions 1. I'm So Afraid. 2. GYOW.

The song is a simple song for these guys,at first glance. BUT,what they do with all the textured layers, the more i listen I hear more. And what John is doing on bass just may blowout any expensive speaker system, he is wailing on that bass! To call it good is an understatement!

Love love love the second single! Well done, what a fresh sound and lovely to hear Christines voice on a new track. Can t wait for tve album. In the second teaser an youtube Red Sun and Sleeping round the corner sound great too.

OMG I call that statement really courageous, just tell everyone here on this site how you personally talked to Stevie and how she let you in on her thoughts and plans...simply ridiculous!

I noticed the snippets of Red Sun and sleeping around the corner on the YouTube promo. I think this whole thing was recorded!

Feel about You reminds me of Oh Diane and Caroline from Fleetwood Mac. Feel about You surprised me alot when I first heard it but after a few more listens I like it. Feel about You can easily be on repeat in your mind after you hear it a couple times.

She has her share of clunkers but this is an entire CD of unlistenables except Carnival Begin

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Christine McVie confirms Fleetwood Mac are planning a ‘farewell tour’ in 2018

Fleetwood Mac keyboardist Christine McVie says the band are hitting the road in 2018 for a ‘farewell tour’.

Celebrating their 50th anniversary this year, the legendary British-American collective are tipped to co-headline the inaugural Classic East and Classic West Festivals in New York and Los Angeles alongside The Eagles this July, and now it seems there are more dates on the horizon.

Christine says the shows in 2018 are being billed as a ‘farewell tour’, however, in the very same sentence cast doubt on whether it really will be their swansong.

Describing Fleetwood Mac as "an umbilical cord that can't be broken. It just pulls you back", Christine told Uncut : "The 2018 tour is supposed to be a farewell tour, but you take farewell tours one at a time. Somehow we always come together, this unit. We can feel it ourselves."

Fleetwood Mac last toured the UK in the summer of 2015 playing 15 arena shows and headlining Isle of Wight Festival as part of the sprawling 120-date On with the Show worldwide tour.

Christine McVie and Lindsey Buckingham will be releasing a duets album under the Buckingham McVie moniker – also featuring guest spots from Mick Fleetwood and John McVie – later this summer.

Lindsey said of the experience: “I’ve grown up a lot since the last time I really worked with (Christine).

“I realised: ‘Oh, here I am, a completely different person. I’m a father of three children. I’ve been married almost 20 years. I’ve had my journey, and Christine has had her own journey.’”

In conversation at South by Southwest Festival last week, Mick Fleetwood said of the Buckingham McVie album: “The crafting of the album became so specifically about Chris and Lindsey, really, some time ago. It came under the heading of music that had to come out.

“We had a lot of fun and Chris is full of vim and vigour, which in itself is mind-blowing. And I’m really happy for Lindsey, because this is what he most likes to do, putting something together.

“This relationship is a real expression of a musical powerhouse that’s come to the fore, and we’re all happy about that. And (the music) is really cool; I think they’ll be walking down some red carpets with this one.”

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Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie 2017 – 2018 Tour Dates

Not only are Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie two of the main members of the band Fleetwood Mac , they also recently (June 2017) released an album together that was approriately named ‘ Lindsey Buckingham/Christine McVie ‘. The album was released on June 9th in 2017 and took 4 years of work to complete. Some of the song titles on the new record are named ‘In My World’, ‘Sleeping Around The Corner’, ‘Feel About You’ and ‘Too Far Gone’. There is a total of 10 songs on the album, and they all sound great with their own little hint of Fleetwood Mac. On their present tour, they will be performing both classic Fleetwood Mac songs, along with their new music. This late 2017 part of their tour has them zig-zaggin their way across North America, visiting cities such as San Jose, Santa Barbara, Paso Robles, San Diego, Milwaukee, Charleston, Orlando, Minneapolis, Saint Louis, Indianapolis, Little Rock, Clearwater, Austin, San Antonio, and many more. Hopefully the duo will add more dates and play the northern east coast too. Have you heard any of their new music? You can listen to some of their new songs if you scroll down.   Look below for the latest list of Official tour dates for Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie , find links to look for tickets , plus some cool music videos .  

These shows are going to be huge! Don’t miss your chance and get your tickets now!

        2017 – 2018 Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie Concert Schedule & Show Dates

• 10/14 at City National Civic in San Jose, CA
• 10/15 at Vina Robles Amphitheater in Paso Robles, CA
• 10/17 at Arlington Theatre in Santa Barbara, CA
• 10/19 at Humphreys Concerts By The Bay in San Diego, CA
• 10/20 at Fantasy Springs Resort & Casino in Indio, CA
• 10/22 at Wagner Noel Performing Arts Center in Midland, TX
• 10/24 at The Pavilion at Irving Music Factory in Irving, TX
• 10/25 at Robinson Center Performance Hall in Little Rock, AR
• 10/27 at Murat Theatre at Old National Centre in Indianapolis, IN
• 10/28 at Fabulous Fox Theatre in St. Louis, MO
• 10/30 at Northrop Auditorium in Minneapolis, MN
• 10/31 at Riverside Theatre in Milwaukee, WI
• 11/2 at Clay Center in Charleston, WV
• 11/3 at Hard Rock Rocksino – Northfield Park in Northfield, OH
• 11/5 at Louisville Palace in Louisville, KY
• 11/7 at Dr. Phillips Center – Walt Disney Theater in Orlando, FL
• 11/9 at Ruth Eckerd Hall in Clearwater, FL
• 11/11 at Hard Rock Live At The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino – Hollywood in Fort Lauderdale, FL
• 11/12 at Times Union Ctr Perf Arts Moran Theater in Jacksonville, FL
• 11/14 at Majestic Theatre in San Antonio, TX
• 11/15 at Bass Concert Hall in Austin, TX
• 11/16 at Smart Financial Centre in Sugar Land, TX

Check back often to see if there are any added tour dates to their concert trek.      

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A little over a month ago, the majority of Fleetwood Mac – Stevie Nicks , Christine McVie, John McVie and Mick Fleetwood – quietly gathered at a little theater in Maui with their future in doubt. The band had secretly parted ways with Lindsey Buckingham , the longtime guitarist and voice behind many of their most enduring songs. According to the group, the split came down to a scheduling conflict surrounding a world tour. “We were supposed to go into rehearsal in June and he wanted to put it off until November [2019],” says Nicks. “That’s a long time. I just did 70 shows [on a solo tour]. As soon as I finish one thing, I dive back into another. Why would we stop? We don’t want to stop playing music. We don’t have anything else to do. This is what we do.”

So instead, they invited Mike Campbell, the former guitarist of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and Crowded House frontman Neil Finn and spent a few days workshopping tunes from their vast catalog to see if this new lineup had the right chemistry. “I immediately felt like I’d known them for years,” says Christine McVie, “even though we’d only just met.”

The new lineup will embark on a massive 52-date tour beginning October 3rd in Tulsa and criss-crossing the country before wrapping up in Phladelphia in April 2019. Tickets for the tour go on sale Friday, May 4th at 10 a.m. local time. (A complete itinerary is listed below.) The group also announced the launch of a SiriusXM channel devoted to the band beginning Tuesday, May 1st.

Nobody in the group is quite willing to say Buckingham was “fired,” but they don’t completely object to the term. “Words like ‘fired’ are ugly references as far as I’m concerned,” says Fleetwood. “Not to hedge around, but we arrived at the impasse of hitting a brick wall. This was not a happy situation for us in terms of the logistics of a functioning band. To that purpose, we made a decision that we could not go on with him. Majority rules in term of what we need to do as a band and go forward.” Buckingham did not respond to multiple requests for comment for this story.

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“Majority rules in term of what we need to do as a band and go forward” – Mick Fleetwood

Buckingham’s ousting marks the latest messy chapter in the ongoing 50-year Fleetwood Mac story – or, as drummer Mick Fleetwood tells it, business as usual. When key early members like Peter Green and Jeremy Spencer left the group in the early 1970s, Fleetwood got right on the phone and recruited new ones. The group never stopped working, even when Nicks left in the early 1990s and a new lineup found themselves opening up for the likes of REO Speedwagon on the state fair circuit. “There’s no doubt that my instincts, for better or worse, have always been to gravitate towards going forward,” Fleetwood tells Rolling Stone . “Having said that, I’d be lying if I didn’t literally say to myself, ‘This one needs a lot of thought.’”

One of the first people that came to mind was Campbell, who was at his home on the Hawaiian island of Kauai when the call came. It happened to be his 68th birthday. “I was sitting in my yard by my pool contemplating my future without my partner [Tom Petty], which was going to be a dark place in a lot of ways,” he says. “ I said, ‘Give me a day to think it over.’ The more I thought about it, the more I though it could be great. I’ve known Stevie for years and we’ve always been very creative together.”

Not long after getting a commitment from Campbell, Fleetwood called up Finn at his New Zealand home. The singer had enormous success in the 1970s and 1980s with his bands Split Enz and Crowded House, but he was now earning a comfortable living as a solo artist with a devoted cult following. Getting back in the arena rock game was the last thing on his mind. “I was stunned when I got the call from Mick,” he says. “I was enjoying my life and my music, but I have a restless nature and now I’m relishing this beautiful gift that’s been given to me.”

The group has yet to begin formal rehearsals – which they say will last two months working five days a week – but they’ve already decided that this tour will feature songs from the entire history of Fleetwood Mac, not just the original Buckingham/Nicks run from 1975 to 1987. “We were never able to do that since 1975 because certain people in the band weren’t interested in doing that,” says Nicks. “Now we’re able to open the set with a lot; a raucous version of [1969’s] ‘Rattlesnake Shake’ or something. I’d also like to do [1970’s] ‘Station Man,’ which has always been one of may favorites. We’re definitely doing [1970’s] ‘Oh Well.’”

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How does this all feel to bassist John McVie, the guy that put the “Mac” in Fleetwood Mac but speaks so infrequently that most fans don’t even know what his voice sounds like? “I felt very comfortable when we rehearsed,” he says. “It seemed to fit. It’s another exciting chapter in the book, in the saga.”

The expanded set, however, doesn’t mean they’ll be neglecting the big radio hits like “Gold Dust Woman” and “The Chain.” “There are 10 hits we have to do,” says Nicks. “That leaves another 13 songs if you want to do a three-hour show. Then you crochet them all together and you make a great sequence and you have something that nobody has seen before except all the things they want to see are there. At rehearsal, we’re going to put up a board of 60 songs. Then we start with number one and we go through and we play everything. Slowly you start taking songs off and you start to see your set come together.”

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“This is sad for me, but I want the next 10 years of my life to be really fun and happy” – Stevie Nicks

The band realizes that a Fleetwood Mac tour without Buckingham will be a different experience, but they soldiered on without him on the 1987 Tango In The Night tour and didn’t see a big decline in attendance. They also had 16 years of successful road work without Christine McVie when she left in 1998. She came back for the 2015 On With The Show tour , and last year recorded an album with Buckingham that they supported with a long tour that wrapped up just five months ago. “I had a great time with him on the road and making that record,” she says. “I was surprised to hear the news because it happened after I went back to London that the decision was made. But life moves on and I wanted to carry on with these guys.”

For Nicks, carrying on without Buckingham is bittersweet. “Our relationship has always been volatile,” she says. “We were never married, but we might as well have been. Some couples get divorced after 40 years. They break their kids’ hearts and destroy everyone around them because it’s just hard. This is sad for me, but I want the next 10 years of my life to be really fun and happy. I want to get up every day and dance around my apartment and smile and say, ‘Thank God for this amazing life.’”

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Christine McVie Says Fleetwood Mac 'Kind of Broke Up' — but She'd 'Want Lindsey Back' If They Reunite

Christine McVie said she doesn't feel "physically up for" a farewell tour, but will "leave it open and say that we might"

Fleetwood Mac 's Christine McVie is uncertain the beloved rockers will ever share a stage again — but if they do, she'd like to see estranged bandmate Lindsey Buckingham join them.

The singer and keyboardist, 78, told Rolling Stone that Fleetwood Mac "kind of broke up" following their most recent tour, which ended in 2019 after nearly 100 shows.

"I don't know. It's impossible to say," she said. "We might get back together, but I just couldn't say for sure."

Though McVie and Stevie Nicks, John McVie, Mick Fleetwood and Buckingham have made music together for more than 50 years, she said that when not on tour, she and Nicks don't actually speak all that often — and while that's not to say there's any bad blood between the two, McVie said that for now, Fleetwood Mac "as we know it" just doesn't exist.

"I don't communicate with Stevie very much either," she said. "When we were on the last tour, we did a lot. We always sat next to each other on the plane and we got on really well. But since the band broke up, I've not been speaking to her at all."

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Should they find it in them to reunite, however, McVie said she'd hope Buckingham would join them.

"I'd always want Lindsey back," she said. "He's the best. Neil [Finn] and Mike [Campbell] were such a cheerful couple, but Lindsey was missed."

Buckingham, 72, was kicked out of Fleetwood Mac in 2018 over what he claimed was an ultimatum given by Nicks to the rest of the group. He told PEOPLE in September that McVie later texted him saying, "I'm really sorry I didn't stand up for you when that happened."

Nicks, 74, has disputed Buckingham's account, calling it "revisionist history."

"I did not demand he be fired," she said in a statement. "Frankly, I fired myself. I proactively removed myself from the band and a situation I considered to be toxic to my well-being. I was done. If the band went on without me, so be it."

Regardless of Buckingham's involvement, McVie told RS that she doesn't feel "physically up for" one final tour, but has yet to take it off the table entirely.

"I'm in quite bad health. I've got a chronic back problem which debilitates me. I stand up to play the piano, so I don't know if I could actually physically do it. What's that saying? The mind is willing, but the flesh is weak," she said. "I'm quite happy being at home. I don't know if I ever want to tour again. It's bloody hard work… I'll just leave it open and say that we might."

If Fleetwood, 74, has any say, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers will reunite once more to say goodbye in a more official capacity.

"That has always been my vision and I'm flatly confident that we can do that," he told RS in March 2021 . "We owe it to the fans."

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