Watch Christine McVie's Final Public Performance at 2020 Peter Green Tribute Show



By Andy Greene

The devastating accusation of Christine McVie’s demise deed Wednesday afternoon, and we’re nevertheless processing it on broadside Fleetwood Mac lovers everyplace successful the globe. “We had been truthful fortunate to person a lifestyles on with her,” Fleetwood Mac stated successful a postulation assertion. “Individually and together, we cherished Christine profoundly and are thankful for the exceptional memories we've got. She tin beryllium truthful precise ored.”

When Rolling Stone spoke with McVie successful June, she go excited astir her caller LP Songbird (A Solo Collection), nevertheless precise skeptical that she’d ever spell backmost to the roadworthy with Fleetwood Mac. “I don’t consciousness physically up for it,” she said. “I’m successful rather atrocious health. I’ve got a persistent little backmost hassle, which debilitates me. I emergence up to play the piano, truthful I don’t recognize if I should genuinely bodily bash it. What’s that announcing? The thoughts is willing, but the soma is susceptible.”

McVie’s remaining circuit with Fleetwood Mac occurred among 2018 and 2019, though Lindsey Buckingham turned into retired of the set by mode of that origin and Neil Finn and Mike Campbell performed successful his area. Just a 12 months anterior to that, McVie recorded an medium with Buckingham and took it connected circuit with him. “I had a awesome clip with him connected the roadworthy and making that file,” she told Rolling Stone successful 2018. “I was amazed to wage attraction the quality [Buckingham was leaving the band] arsenic it befell erstwhile I went backmost to London that the determination changed into made. But lifestyles actions connected and I desired to transportation connected with these guys.”