Mick Fleetwood, the drummer for the band Fleetwood Mac, delivered some sobering news on the Grammys red carpet on Sunday. speaking to los angeles timesFleetwood said that following his bandmate Christine McVie’s death last yearthe band may be “finished”.
“I think at this point, I really think the line in the sand has been drawn with the loss of Chris,” he said. “I would say we’re done, but we’ve all said that before. It’s a bit unthinkable right now.”
Fleetwood and the band’s bassist, John McVie, started the group in the late ’60s. Over the years, new members were brought in who helped bring their music to the iconic status it has today. Christine McVie, who died in November at the age of 79 after suffering a “brief illness”, joined the group in 1970 after marrying John McVie, and was the singer and keyboardist for Fleetwood Mac for nearly 30 years.
Following her death, Fleetwood said that “part of my heart has flown away”.
“I will miss everything about you, Christine McVie,” he said after the news of his death. “Memories abound… they fly to me.”
Fleetwood, along with remaining band members Stevie Nicks, Mike Campbell and Neil Finn, are generally committed to their own performances and careers, he told The Times. lindsey buckinghamwho joined the band in the ’70s with Nicks and has had an on-off relationship with the group ever since, has also embarked on solo ventures.
Fleetwood said that while he won’t stop acting, he doesn’t think he will continue doing it “as Fleetwood Mac.”
“Everyone goes out and plays, so I’m going to do the same thing, find people to play with,” he said.
Fleetwood spoke of McVie to CBS Mornings on the red carpet on Sunday, saying that she was a “very English woman, no issues” but that he is “happy to be here to make a little fuss about all the beautiful songs” in name of her and the band. During the awards show, he, Sheryl Crow and Bonnie Raitt performed the band’s 1977 hit “Songbird,” which McVie wrote.
This year’s Grammy Awards, Fleetwood told CBS Mornings, were the most “memorable” yet.
“All of us at Fleetwood Mac have been reminded of what we did,” he said of life after McVie’s death. “Sometimes you forget… the enormity of 50 years of making music and being lucky enough to do that and blessed to do that, and when something like this happens, you’re really grateful for what you’ve been a part of.”
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