Fleetwood Mac Won’t Make ABBA-Style Virtual Show

Christine McVie mentioned Fleetwood Mac would cross on the thought of making a digital live performance within the fashion of ABBA’s Voyage present.

The idea was hailed by followers and critics after the Swedish group launched it final month, and shortly afterward Jimmy Page revealed that Led Zeppelin had thought-about the thought however couldn’t reach an agreement.

In a brand new interview with The Guardian, McVie appeared to counsel that Fleetwood Mac additionally had discussions. “I don’t suppose we’re doing it,” she mentioned. “It’s a novelty. Individuals would slightly see the true individuals, I’m positive.”

Elsewhere within the interview, she was requested if she had “blanks” in her reminiscence because of the band’s period of overindulgence. “No,” she replied. “I’ve to say I’m not guilt-free in that division, however Stevie [Nicks] and I had been very cautious. The boys used to get supplied with cocaine in Heineken bottle tops onstage, however Stevie and I solely did the tiny little spoons. I suppose generally we bought a bit on the market, however we had been fairly restrained, actually. I at all times took pretty excellent care of myself. My drug of alternative was cocaine and champagne. I didn’t use some other medication in any respect. It’s straightforward for me to say, however I believe it made me carry out higher. Possibly someone may inform me completely different!”

As to the story about demanding a grand piano in each lodge room, McVie mentioned, “I don’t suppose I ever had a piano in my room. Stevie at all times did, however she couldn’t play it! So she’d have me come down and play.”

She additionally surveyed their ‘70s fame. “Nothing made me cringe,” she mentioned. “All of us had particular photos within the band. Stevie was the Welsh witch. I used to be Mom Nature. Mick [Fleetwood] was the raving lunatic. Everybody was very completely different, however all of us bought on, for essentially the most half. In these days it was simply all good clear enjoyable. Properly, pretty clear enjoyable!”

McVie was requested what it felt like in the course of the group’s Rumours period when their acrimony spilled into the general public consciousness whereas they had been on the high of their fame. “It’s exhausting to say as a result of we had been it from the within,” she replied. “However we had been having a blast, and it felt unimaginable to us that we had been writing these songs. That’s all I can say about it, actually.”