Stevie Nicks carries out throughout 2022 Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival on June 19, 2022 in Manchester, Tenn. Erika Goldring/WireImage
One point’s for sure: There is no Fleetwood Mac without Christine McVie. In a current meeting, Stevie Nicks verified that she likely won’t proceed carrying out under the tag of her famous rock band adhering to the passing away of her longtime buddy and also bandmate in 2014.
“We did go out on the road and do a year-and-a-half tour with [Lindsey Buckingham replacements] Neil Finn and Mike Campbell,” Nicks informed Vulture in a Monday (Oct. 2) Q&A. “We had a really great time and it was a huge tour. That was there in the realm of possibility. But when Christine died, I felt like you can’t replace her. You just can’t. Without her, what is it? You know what I mean?”
“She was like my soul mate, my musical soul mate, and my best friend that I spent more time with than any of my other best friends outside of Fleetwood Mac,” she included. “Christine was my best friend… Who am I going to look over to on the right and have them not be there behind that Hammond organ? When she died, I figured we really can’t go any further with this. There’s no reason to.”
The “Edge of Seventeen” vocalist took place to contrast her sorrow over McVie to Taylor Swift’s Midnights track “You’re On Your Own, Kid,” which she’s previously said has actually assisted her grieve her late buddy. The Fleetwood Mac keyboardist died of a stroke in November in 2014 at 79 years of ages, with an additional root cause of death provided as cancer cells.
“The line ‘you always have been,’ it was like, that was Christine and I,” Nicks described. “We were on our own in that band. We always were. We protected each other.”
Nicks, that’s presently started a solo excursion along with a joint excursion with Billy Joel, just recently introduced her very own Barbie number with Mattel. Decked out in a Rumours-esque black attire and also feathery ’70s hair, the doll will certainly be launched following month.
“I take a few photos of her in every city, which ends up being a two-hour photo session,” Nicks informed the magazine of her plastic mini-me, that she additionally exposed has an Elvis-influenced Ken doll partner. “I named him Kenelvis, and I introduced Kenelvis to Stevie Barbie. I have photographs of these two that will absolutely knock the world’s socks off. They look at each other in a way that’s like they’ve been in love for centuries.”
