In 1977, Christine McVie wanted to openly fight her own bandmate: “She cried. She cried a lot”
Christine McVie said she once slapped Lindsey Buckingham and may have thrown wine at him after he mistreated Stevie Nicks during a Fleetwood Mac concert. She objected to his conduct as unprofessional and unfair to both Nicks and the paying audience.
The account links the incident to tensions surrounding the band’s *Rumours*-era touring, following Buckingham and Nicks’s break-up. McVie recalled that Nicks cried a lot; the article also describes wider strains within the group, including John McVie’s drinking and conflict during later work on *Tusk*.
In short
- Christine McVie said she confronted Lindsey Buckingham over his treatment of Stevie Nicks.
- She recalled slapping him and possibly throwing wine.
- The incident reflected wider tensions within Fleetwood Mac.
Explained simply
Fleetwood Mac are a British-American rock band whose best-known line-up included singer and keyboard player Christine McVie, guitarist and singer Lindsey Buckingham, singer Stevie Nicks, bassist John McVie and drummer Mick Fleetwood. Their 1977 album Rumours was recorded amid the end of Buckingham and Nicks’s relationship, and its songs drew on personal tensions among the band members.
The group continued touring and recording together despite those strains. Their experiences matter to the story because personal relationships and disagreements were playing out within a working band, in front of audiences and during the making of major albums.