Fleetwood Mac's Christine McVie is casting doubt on whether the band will ever hit the road again. McVie's upcoming solo set, Songbird (A Solo Collection), drops on June 24th and features guest appearances by Eric Clapton, Lindsey Buckingham, and Steve Winwood.
While chatting with Rolling Stone, McVie spoke about the Mac's most recent members — Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell and Crowded House leader Neil Finn: “Those guys were great. We have a great time with them, but we’ve kind of broke up now, so I hardly ever see them. I don’t communicate with Stevie (Nicks) very much either. When we were on the last tour, we did a lot. We always sat next to each other on the plane and we got on really well. But since the band broke up, I’ve not been speaking to her at all.”
When pressed if Fleetwood Mac still exists as a working band, McVie admitted, “Well, not as we know it. I don’t know. It’s impossible to say. We might get back together, but I just couldn’t say for sure. . . I don’t feel physically up for it. I’m in quite bad health. I’ve got a chronic back problem which debilitates me. I stand up to play the piano, so I don’t know if I could actually physically do it. What’s that saying? The mind is willing, but the flesh is weak.”