Christine McVie confirms Fleetwood Mac are planning a ‘farewell tour’ in 2018
Fleetwood Mac keyboardist Christine McVie says the band are hitting the road in 2018 for a ‘farewell tour’.
Celebrating their 50th anniversary this year, the legendary British-American collective are tipped to co-headline the inaugural Classic East and Classic West Festivals in New York and Los Angeles alongside The Eagles this July, and now it seems there are more dates on the horizon.
Christine says the shows in 2018 are being billed as a ‘farewell tour’, however, in the very same sentence cast doubt on whether it really will be their swansong.
Describing Fleetwood Mac as "an umbilical cord that can't be broken. It just pulls you back", Christine told Uncut: "The 2018 tour is supposed to be a farewell tour, but you take farewell tours one at a time. Somehow we always come together, this unit. We can feel it ourselves."
Fleetwood Mac last toured the UK in the summer of 2015 playing 15 arena shows and headlining Isle of Wight Festival as part of the sprawling 120-date On with the Show worldwide tour.
Christine McVie and Lindsey Buckingham will be releasing a duets album under the Buckingham McVie moniker – also featuring guest spots from Mick Fleetwood and John McVie – later this summer.
Lindsey said of the experience: “I’ve grown up a lot since the last time I really worked with (Christine).
“I realised: ‘Oh, here I am, a completely different person. I’m a father of three children. I’ve been married almost 20 years. I’ve had my journey, and Christine has had her own journey.’”
In conversation at South by Southwest Festival last week, Mick Fleetwood said of the Buckingham McVie album: “The crafting of the album became so specifically about Chris and Lindsey, really, some time ago. It came under the heading of music that had to come out.
“We had a lot of fun and Chris is full of vim and vigour, which in itself is mind-blowing. And I’m really happy for Lindsey, because this is what he most likes to do, putting something together.
“This relationship is a real expression of a musical powerhouse that’s come to the fore, and we’re all happy about that. And (the music) is really cool; I think they’ll be walking down some red carpets with this one.”