{"id":427671,"date":"2026-02-15T22:07:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T22:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/427671\/"},"modified":"2026-02-15T22:07:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T22:07:09","slug":"the-singer-stevie-nicks-scared-away-from-fleetwood-mac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/427671\/","title":{"rendered":"The singer Stevie Nicks scared away from Fleetwood Mac"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Stevie<\/p>\n

(Credits: Far Out \/ YouTube Still)<\/p>\n

Sun 15 February 2026 18:38, UK <\/p>\n

It\u2019s lucky that Fleetwood Mac<\/a> was named after the band\u2019s rhythm section (Mick Fleetwood and John McVie), because they were the only two members to consistently remain in the band from start to finish. From their genesis in 1967, all the way up to the present day, the iconic rock outfit have sported a number of different band members in their time, namely in the lead vocals department. <\/p>\n

In those early years, the band were spearheaded by the blues rock icon, Peter Green<\/a>, who, with his captivating and charming brand of performance, almost thrust them into hard rock royalty. At that time, they were akin to the burgeoning blues icons around them, Led Zeppelin, Cream and The Jeff Beck Group and a far cry from the sort of mythical dream rock outfit they would soon become.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But then came that shift, at the hands of Peter Green\u2019s breakdown. With his drug use making his position in the band untenable, they pivoted to Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, who together took the band to new heights. Their own personal rifts<\/a>\u00a0became the bedrock of their chart-topping songwriting, and suddenly, the band had a globally known line-up.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Between Buckingham, Nicks and Christine McVie, this bizarre band of warring lovers had a chemistry yet unmatched in the music industry. All three vocalists boasted a unique sense of style that made the individual performance of their own songs deeply captivating, yet their harmonic coming together<\/a> on group tracks was equally as astonishing. <\/p>\n

But in 1998, after three decades in music\u2019s most tumultuous band, Christine McVie had decided to briefly retire from Fleetwood Mac and step away from touring. It left an unfillable void in the band that was very nearly filled by Sheryl Crow, until Nicks scared her away. <\/p>\n

When asked if the Crow rumours were true, the band\u2019s dictator, Buckingham, said, \u201cIt was considered. I think what happened was Sheryl kind of took it upon herself to announce that she was joining Fleetwood Mac, and nothing had ever really been decided.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Nicks leapt to her defence, highlighting the underlying truth in the rumours. She said, \u201cI would like to say something in Sheryl\u2019s defence. Sheryl had the chance, she and I are really good friends\u2026 When I told her how difficult Fleetwood Mac was, it\u2019s like being in the army \u2013 once you sign up for Fleetwood Mac, you have no life, you have no opinion.\u201d<\/p>\n

She added, \u201cAnd I said, \u2018So understand what you\u2019re signing up for,\u2019 and she said, \u2018Are you trying to talk me out of this?\u2019, and I said, \u2018No, I\u2019m just telling you the truth about what it is to be in this band, and honey, you\u2019ve got to really think about it,\u2019 and she called me back and said, \u2018I think you\u2019re right, I think I\u2019m going to pass.\u2019<\/p>\n

Nicks was doing a lot more than just protecting the chemistry of the band. She was fulfilling her duty as both an artist and friend, warning someone who was otherwise completely unprepared to join the Fleetwood Mac circus. If anyone understood that best, it was Nicks.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Credits: Far Out \/ YouTube Still) Sun 15 February 2026 18:38, UK It\u2019s lucky that Fleetwood Mac was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":319295,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[96,15411,128,3298,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-427671","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-fleetwood-mac","10":"tag-music","11":"tag-stevie-nicks","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=427671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427671\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/319295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}