When the late, great rock star sent a heart-shaped flower bed delivered to her home and had it planted in her back garden, Christine was completely taken aback. Stevie Nicks is a true rock and pop hero, thanks to her solo music and with Fleetwood Mac, her iconic style and work as a feminist leader. Fleetwood Mac's 10th lineup would hurtle the group to unprecedented success, first with a self-titled five-million-selling hit -- and then with the era-defining, 20-times platinum Rumours. Buckingham missed two of Fleetwood Mac's subsequent albums; Nicks was absent for one of them, too. The drama didn’t end there for John and Christine. Eventually, though, she turned things around for herself and came out of rehab completely sober. It’s very possible that I would have gone back to school and Lindsey would have gone back to San Francisco.”, Listen to Buckingham Nicks Perform 'Frozen Love'. Amazingly, Stevie continued her self-destructive ways. However, they ultimately decided against it. Christine certainly learned a lot from that relationship. Having said that we are and we were before that little firefly connection that we certainly both own is that we were great friends before and we are great friends after.". At one point, Henley is thought to have wanted to marry Nicks, but they broke up by the 1980s. She spent $1 million, purely to feed her addictions. That history would, of course, repeat itself. Despite this, the McVie’s separated while Fleetwood Mac was touring in 1975. Arguably more of a soap opera than a band, Fleetwood Mac took the Rock n’ Roll lifestyle to a new level back in the 70s. When did Stevie Nicks join Fleetwood Mac? When I choose for all that to come to an end, then that door will fly open for me. “I understood that in her heart of hearts, she could not do it anymore,” Stevie said. “But the Lindsey genius came into play and he fashioned three sections out of identical chords, making each section sound completely different.”, If you look carefully on the cover of Rumours, you can see a pair of wooden balls dangling from Mick’s crotch. While its influence on rock music is unquestionable, the sheer numbers revolving around the record are absolutely phenomenal. A year later, guitarist Jeremy Spencer left the band to join the cult Children of God. But not before they helped 1979's Tusk , 1982's Mirage and 1987's Tango in … Stevie Nicks’s desire to distance herself from Fleetwood Mac can be traced as far back to early 80s when she released her first solo album, Bella Donna. In her solo career, her most famous song is 'Edge of Seventeen'. They started seeing each other after performing in a memorial band together. The Fleetwood Mac singer, who is … For example, Lindsey Buckingham wrote the following line for “Second Hand News:” “One thing I think you should know, I ain’t gonna miss you when you go.” The line was obviously aimed at Stevie Nicks. 1am - 4am, Bad Day It's much more fun to be the crazy auntie than it is to be the mom, anyway.". You might be surprised by her reasoning…. Rolling Stone praised the album considerably, referring to Nicks as “the Reigning Queen of Rock and Roll.” Nicks has balanced her Fleetwood Mac career and solo career masterfully over the years. Buckingham explained at a solo concert, “This was not something that was really my doing or my choice… There were factions within the band that had lost their perspective…What that did was to harm — and this is the only thing I’m really sad about, the rest of it becomes an opportunity — it harmed the 43-year legacy that we had worked so hard to build, and that legacy was really about rising above difficulties in order to fulfill one’s higher truth and one’s higher destiny.”. In 1973, Christine McVie ended up cheating on husband John with the band’s sound engineer Martin Birch. The group’s tumult is the stuff of music legend: After ending her on-off again relationship with Buckingham, in 1977 Nicks had a brief affair with then-married drummer Mick Fleetwood. Along with John and Christine McVie, they recorded the band's self-titled 1975 album, and its massive follow-up 'Rumours', which is still one of the world's best-selling albums. Things got so personal between the band members of Fleetwood Mac that Rumours was a way for each of them to take their frustrations out through the power of music. I love Chris, and she was my best friend for 30 years.”. Even diehard fan Bill Clinton was in attendance. The duo had met in 1966 when Nicks, newly transplanted from Arizona to the teeming musical environs of San Francisco, heard Buckingham singing "California Dreamin'" at a party and boldly joined him in song. In 1970, Peter Green left the band after having some bad experiences with illicit substances. However, Stevie seems to have much more negative feelings, looking back on their romance. They’re going to pay us $200 each a week, so we can save some money and leave in six months with a little nest egg if it doesn’t work. You can imagine that Fleetwood Mac worked with a lot of interesting people over the years. Her work both as a member of Fleetwood Mac and as a solo artist has sold over 140 million records, making her one of the best selling music acts of all time.