Stevie Nicks to Christine McVie’s: ‘Pack Your Bags and Go Home'

By editorial board on January 2, 2022

Stevie Nicks Supported Christine McVie’s Exit From Fleetwood Mac: ‘Pack Your Bags and Go Home'

After decades of performing with the band, one of Fleetwood Mac’s two female members, Christine McVie, decided to retire. Though she eventually returned after a 16-year hiatus, her exit initially seemed permanent. Her bandmate and close friend Stevie Nicks explained that she was completely supportive of McVie’s decision, even though she was relieved when the lengthy hiatus ended.(Cheatsheet)

 

After McVie helped welcome Nicks into Fleetwood Mac, the two became fast friends. They stuck together, particularly when the band dynamic soured after both woman’s breakups. They helped each other navigate the primarily male-dominated world of rock and roll.

“Christine [McVie] and I were a force of nature,” Nicks told NME. “In the first two months I was in the band, Chris and I made a pact that we would never be in a room full of famous English or American guitar players and be treated like second class citizens.”

According to Harper’s Bazaar, Nicks is grateful for McVie, referring to her as a “mentor, sister, and best friend.”

Born in Phoenix in 1948, it didn’t take Stevie Nicks long to show her musical side. Her grandfather made her a guitar, and by the time she was five she was playing with him at local gigs, according to Biography.

in 1998.McVie had been dealing with anxiety related to flying, something that made international tours nearly impossible. Because of this, she chose to retire and move home to England. Nicks was supportive of this decision.


“I understood why,” she told Vulture. “I understood that in her heart of hearts, she could not do it anymore. There were reasons … she was having panic attacks. She was getting to be afraid to fly. There’s nothing worse than being afraid to fly. I understood that she needed to go home.”

Nicks said that she personally gave McVie her blessing to leave the band.

“I love Chris, and she was my best friend for 30 years,” she said. “So when your best friend looks at you, in your eyes, and says, ‘I can’t do this anymore,’ you just have to let her go. And I did. I said, ‘Christine, pack your bags and go home. We’ll be fine. It’s not your responsibility to stay in this band for the rest of your life. It’s your responsibility to be true to yourself. You’ve done a great job. You’ve been in a band with Mick [Fleetwood] and John [McVie] for five years before Lindsey [Buckingham] and I even came along. So you’ve paid your dues. Go home.’”

Stevie Nicks was thrilled when Christine McVie rejoined Fleetwood Mac
Though Nicks gave her wholehearted blessing for McVie to leave, she said she was relieved when McVie returned after 16 years.

 Stevie Nicks already has a spot in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Fleetwood Mac, but her induction as a solo artist is groundbreaking. The Hall of Fame has 23 musicians who performed with two different acts, but Stevie Nicks is the first woman to achieve the feat, 

What is Stevie Nicks’ net worth?
 
The albums and the touring are two things that make Stevie Nicks rich.  

First, there’s her longevity. She hardly stopped recording, performing, or touring since 1966.

Also, joining one of the most popular bands of all time (Fleetwood Mac) and contributing to its crowning achievement (the album Rumours), doesn’t hurt. The group remains popular. When it reunited for a 1997 tour, it earned $36 million.

Finally, Nicks’ solo work is nothing to shake a stick at. Her first four solo albums from the 1980s and a greatest hits collection all went platinum, and she earned more than $1 million from each one, according to The Richest.

When you put it all together, Stevie Nicks has a fortune estimated at $75 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth.

Fleetwood Mac has just one No. 1 song to its name, and Stevie Nicks wrote it. “Dreams” from the album Rumours topped Billboard in June 1977 and spent 19 weeks on the charts.

However, Stevie Nicks has plenty of solid solo songs, too. Whether or not she’s fronting Fleetwood Mac or flying solo, Nicks is one of the best frontmen or women in rock and roll history.

“Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around,” which she recorded with Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers for 1981’s Bella Donna, hit No. 1 in September 1981. “Leather and Lace” from the same album went to No. 2 early in 1982, according to Billboard.

“Stand Back,” from 1983’s The Wild Heart, and “Talk to Me,” from 1985’s Rock a Little, were top five on the charts.

Nicks’ signature song, however, is another one from Bella Donna. Rocker “Edge of Seventeen” peaked at No. 11 on the charts, but it’s a song fans love.

There was nothing more important than Joe Walsh, not my music, not my songs.The  singer said  she snorted so much cocaine it tore a hole through her nose,stevie

Even though she’s had several high-profile relationships, Stevie Nicks walked down the aisle just one time. She married Kim Anderson, her best friend Robin Anderson’s husband, shortly after Robin died in 1983. The union lasted three months.

Aside from that, Nicks dated Buckingham and Fleetwood Mac drummer Mick Fleetwood. She also had relationships with two members of The Eagles, Don Henley and Joe Walsh over the years, but music seems to be her main priority.

 

 

 

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