Christine Anne McVie (née Perfect; born 12 July 1943) is an English singer, songwriter and keyboardist, best known as one of the three lead vocalists and the keyboardist of Fleetwood Mac, whom she joined in 1970.
McVie found she did not have enough money to launch herself into the art world, so she moved to London and worked briefly as a department store window dresser. ===Chicken Shack=== In 1967 McVie learned that her ex-bandmates, Andy Silvester and Stan Webb, were forming a blues band, Chicken Shack, and were looking for a pianist.
On 9 April 2018, Fleetwood Mac announced that Mike Campbell would be joining the band along with Neil Finn to replace lead guitarist Lindsey Buckingham who was fired. ==Personal life== When McVie married John McVie in 1968, Peter Green was best man.
McVie received a Melody Maker award for female vocalist in both 1969 and 1970.
McVie left Chicken Shack in 1969 after marrying Fleetwood Mac bassist John McVie a year earlier. ==Fleetwood Mac== McVie was a fan of Fleetwood Mac, and while touring with Chicken Shack, the two bands would often meet.
Christine Anne McVie (née Perfect; born 12 July 1943) is an English singer, songwriter and keyboardist, best known as one of the three lead vocalists and the keyboardist of Fleetwood Mac, whom she joined in 1970.
McVie received a Melody Maker award for female vocalist in both 1969 and 1970.
After marrying Fleetwood Mac bassist, John McVie, she joined Fleetwood Mac in 1970.
Danny Kirwan was still in the band at this point, but he was fired in 1972 after an incident on tour where he refused to perform at a gig after a row with Welch. The early 1970s was a rocky time for the band, with a revolving door of musicians; and only the albums Bare Trees and Mystery to Me were successful.
During the height of Fleetwood Mac's success in the 1970s, McVie resided in Los Angeles in a house that had previously been owned by Joan Collins and Elton John.
Danny Kirwan was still in the band at this point, but he was fired in 1972 after an incident on tour where he refused to perform at a gig after a row with Welch. The early 1970s was a rocky time for the band, with a revolving door of musicians; and only the albums Bare Trees and Mystery to Me were successful.
The tour collapsed, but it led to a protracted lawsuit between Davis and Fleetwood Mac. In 1974, McVie reluctantly agreed to move with the rest of Fleetwood Mac to the United States.
Their first album together, 1975's Fleetwood Mac, had several hit songs, with McVie's "Over My Head" and "Say You Love Me", both reaching Billboard's top-20 singles chart.
It was "Over My Head" which first put Fleetwood Mac on American radio and into the national Top 20. In 1976, McVie began an on-the-road affair with the band's lighting director, which inspired her to write "You Make Loving Fun", a top-10 hit on the landmark smash Rumours, one of the best-selling albums of all-time.
The couple divorced in 1976.
The 1979 double album Tusk produced three more US top-20 hits ("Tusk", "Sara", and Christine's "Think About Me"), but it came nowhere near to matching the success of the Rumours album.
From 1979 to 1982 she was engaged to Dennis Wilson of The Beach Boys.
After rejoining the band, she announced her intention to sell the property. ==Collaborations== McVie sang with Dennis Wilson on his song "Love Surrounds Me" for The Beach Boys' 1979 album L.A.
The Tusk tour continued into 1980 after which the band took time apart.
They reunited in 1981 to record the album Mirage at the Château d'Hérouville's studio in France.
The album, released in 1982, returned the band to the top of the US charts and contained the top-5 hit "Hold Me", co-written by McVie.
From 1979 to 1982 she was engaged to Dennis Wilson of The Beach Boys.
Her song, "Love in Store", became the third single from the album peaking at #22 in early 1983. In 1984, McVie recorded another solo album which included the hits "Got a Hold on Me" (#10 US pop, #1 adult contemporary and #1 Mainstream Rock Tracks) and "Love Will Show Us How" (#30 US pop).
Her song, "Love in Store", became the third single from the album peaking at #22 in early 1983. In 1984, McVie recorded another solo album which included the hits "Got a Hold on Me" (#10 US pop, #1 adult contemporary and #1 Mainstream Rock Tracks) and "Love Will Show Us How" (#30 US pop).
McVie is quoted in The Billboard Book of Number One Adult Contemporary Hits as saying of her solo album, "Maybe it isn't the most adventurous album in the world, but I wanted to be honest and please my own ears with it." McVie also met keyboardist Eddy Quintela, whom she married on 18 October 1986.
She married keyboardist Eddy Quintela on 18 October 1986.
AllMusic describes her as an "Unabashedly easy-on-the-ears singer/songwriter, and the prime mover behind some of Fleetwood Mac's biggest hits." Eight of her songs appeared on Fleetwood Mac's 1988 Greatest Hits album. In 1998 McVie was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Fleetwood Mac, and received the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music.
She also sang with Christopher Cross on the song "Never Stop Believing" on his 1988 album Back of My Mind, as well as with Bob Welch on his solo version of "Sentimental Lady".
In 1990, the band (now without Lindsey Buckingham) recorded Behind the Mask, but the album only reached Gold status in the U.S., and only McVie's song "Save Me" made the U.S.
Despite the departure of Stevie Nicks, McVie remained with the band, writing and recording a new track ("Love Shines") for the 1992 boxed set 25 Years - The Chain, and five songs for the band's 1995 album Time.
Despite the departure of Stevie Nicks, McVie remained with the band, writing and recording a new track ("Love Shines") for the 1992 boxed set 25 Years - The Chain, and five songs for the band's 1995 album Time.
AllMusic describes her as an "Unabashedly easy-on-the-ears singer/songwriter, and the prime mover behind some of Fleetwood Mac's biggest hits." Eight of her songs appeared on Fleetwood Mac's 1988 Greatest Hits album. In 1998 McVie was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Fleetwood Mac, and received the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music.
The live album, The Dance, reached #1 on the US album charts. Despite her reservations, McVie complied with the band's touring schedule, and then performed for the group's 1998 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as well as the Grammy Awards show, and the BRIT Awards in the UK.
This phobia was the reason she decided not to continue with Fleetwood Mac after 1998.
During the announcement of Fleetwood Mac's 2012 world tour, Stevie Nicks downplayed the likelihood of McVie ever rejoining the group: "She went to England and she has never been back since 1998 [...] as much as we would all like to think that she'll just change her mind one day, I don't think it'll happen [...] We love her, so we had to let her go." It was announced in October 2013 that McVie was recording a solo album for the first time in nine years.
The band's most popular lineup (Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood, Christine McVie, John McVie and Stevie Nicks) performed together for the first time since 1998 in its On with the Show tour beginning in Minneapolis at the Target Center on 30 September 2014. In August 2016, Mick Fleetwood said that while the band has "a huge amount of recorded music", virtually none of it features Stevie Nicks.
In 2006 Paste magazine named McVie, together with bandmates Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, as the 83rd greatest living songwriter or songwriting team. ===Hiatus from Fleetwood Mac and semi-retirement (1998–2014)=== After The Dance, McVie returned to England to be near her family and stayed out of public view until 2000 when she appeared to accept an Honorary Doctorate in music from the University of Greenwich.
In December 2003, McVie went to see Fleetwood Mac's last UK performance on the Say You Will tour in London, but did not join her former bandmates on stage.
They divorced in 2003.
She released a solo album in 2004.
Five years after leaving Fleetwood Mac, she and Quintela divorced. In a 2004 interview, McVie admitted to not listening much to pop music anymore and stated instead a preference for Classic FM.
She rejoined the band in October 2014 prior to their On with the Show tour. In 2006 McVie received a Gold Badge of Merit Award from Basca, now The Ivors Academy.
In 2006 Paste magazine named McVie, together with bandmates Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks, as the 83rd greatest living songwriter or songwriting team. ===Hiatus from Fleetwood Mac and semi-retirement (1998–2014)=== After The Dance, McVie returned to England to be near her family and stayed out of public view until 2000 when she appeared to accept an Honorary Doctorate in music from the University of Greenwich.
No tour was organized to promote this album; instead McVie conducted several press interviews in both Britain and the United States. In 2006, McVie was awarded the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors' Gold Badge of Merit at a ceremony held at London's Savoy Hotel.
In November 2009, McVie did not join her former bandmates on the band's last performance in the UK of the tour Unleashed.
During the announcement of Fleetwood Mac's 2012 world tour, Stevie Nicks downplayed the likelihood of McVie ever rejoining the group: "She went to England and she has never been back since 1998 [...] as much as we would all like to think that she'll just change her mind one day, I don't think it'll happen [...] We love her, so we had to let her go." It was announced in October 2013 that McVie was recording a solo album for the first time in nine years.
In September 2013, she appeared on stage with Fleetwood Mac at London's O2 Arena.
During the announcement of Fleetwood Mac's 2012 world tour, Stevie Nicks downplayed the likelihood of McVie ever rejoining the group: "She went to England and she has never been back since 1998 [...] as much as we would all like to think that she'll just change her mind one day, I don't think it'll happen [...] We love her, so we had to let her go." It was announced in October 2013 that McVie was recording a solo album for the first time in nine years.
The album is yet to be released. ===Return to Fleetwood Mac and album with Lindsey Buckingham (2014–present)=== In 2013, McVie appeared on stage in Maui, Hawaii, performing with the Mick Fleetwood Blues Band which included Mick Fleetwood and ex-Fleetwood Mac guitarist Rick Vito.
She rejoined the band in October 2014 prior to their On with the Show tour. In 2006 McVie received a Gold Badge of Merit Award from Basca, now The Ivors Academy.
In 2014 she received the Ivor Novello Award for Lifetime Achievement from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors, and was honored with the Trailblazer Award at the UK Americana Awards in 2021.
McVie later revealed in a 2014 Rolling Stone interview that she had developed a phobia about flying, which was later treated with psychotherapy.
She played on two dates and her appearance on stage was received with rapturous applause. On 11 January 2014, Mick Fleetwood announced during a concert in Maui that McVie would be rejoining the band, and it was officially announced two days later that she had rejoined.
The band's most popular lineup (Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood, Christine McVie, John McVie and Stevie Nicks) performed together for the first time since 1998 in its On with the Show tour beginning in Minneapolis at the Target Center on 30 September 2014. In August 2016, Mick Fleetwood said that while the band has "a huge amount of recorded music", virtually none of it features Stevie Nicks.
The band's most popular lineup (Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood, Christine McVie, John McVie and Stevie Nicks) performed together for the first time since 1998 in its On with the Show tour beginning in Minneapolis at the Target Center on 30 September 2014. In August 2016, Mick Fleetwood said that while the band has "a huge amount of recorded music", virtually none of it features Stevie Nicks.
Lindsey Buckingham/Christine McVie was released on 9 June 2017, and was preceded by the single, "In My World".
A 38-date tour began on 21 June 2017 and ended on 16 November. On 11 April 2017, the duo announced a 14-date North American tour was announced.
Another North American leg began in October, which saw the addition of 22 more shows. Fleetwood Mac headlined the second night of the Classic West concert (on 16 July 2017 at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles) and the second night of the Classic East concert (at New York's Citi Field on 30 July 2017).
On 9 April 2018, Fleetwood Mac announced that Mike Campbell would be joining the band along with Neil Finn to replace lead guitarist Lindsey Buckingham who was fired. ==Personal life== When McVie married John McVie in 1968, Peter Green was best man.
In 2014 she received the Ivor Novello Award for Lifetime Achievement from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors, and was honored with the Trailblazer Award at the UK Americana Awards in 2021.
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