stevie nicks helped Fleetwood Mac rose to fame and fortune in the 1970s and 1980s, but the singer revealed that she would “never want to go back” to that time. Here’s why Nicks said she wouldn’t want to revisit one of the most exciting and successful periods of her life.
Stevie Nicks Said She Would Never Want To Go Back To The 1980s
guest Fleetwood Mac Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham to join the band on New Year’s Eve in 1974. The then-couple helped launch the group to new heights of fame with Fleetwood Mac’s 1975 self-titled album and 1977 rumors. Many of the songs from that era dealt with the romance and bitter breakup of Nicks and Buckingham.
The band found worldwide success and spent much of the 1970s and 1980s touring and making new music. Although it was a fantastic era in Nicks’ career, the singer said that she would not return to that era.
During a 2016 interview with The New York TimesNicks was asked if he ever felt nostalgic for the 1980s.
“I would never want to go back there again,” she replied. “Yes, it was very funny between 1975 and 1990, until it stopped being funny.”
The singer clarified that she could still do the things that excited her then, like performing on stage with Fleetwood Mac. She just wasn’t dependent on drugs anymore for her energy and stamina to get through each performance.
“I go on stage every night now and do a three-hour show with Fleetwood Mac, and I have a great time there,” Nicks said. “I wish I had known that I actually had the energy to do this whole set totally sober and be just as excited. On one hand, that makes me feel great, and on the other, it makes me sad that I took my first line of coke.”
Stevie Nicks has said that he regrets his years of drug addiction.
The Fleetwood Mac singer has been to rehab twice. Stevie Nicks checked into the Betty Ford Clinic in 1986 to his addiction to cocaineand then went to another hospital in 1993 for his dependency on Klonopin.
In a 2019 interview with VultureNicks said she couldn’t believe how much she liked to act sober. “I am 65 years old. And I don’t drink. I stopped smoking cigarettes. I don’t use recreational drugs. And I am very happy, ”she shared. “Sometimes I’m on stage and I’m like, ‘I really can’t believe you’re actually here, sober as a judge, having a great time.'”
the only regret the singer mentioned were the eight years she spent on Klonopin. “I talk about how I’m happy that I’m not married, I’m happy that I don’t have children, and all of that is true,” Nicks said. “But the fact is that I don’t know what would have happened in those eight years. Maybe she would have met someone. Maybe she had had a baby. Who knows? So that’s something that was really stolen from me.”
Lindsey Buckingham’s ex-girlfriend said Fleetwood Mac was dependent on drugs on tour
Carol Ann Harris was in a relationship with Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsey Buckingham for several years in the late 1970s and early 1980s. In 2007, she opened up to the Chicago Sun Times on how the gang abused drugs to keep up with his “exhausting” touring schedule.
“From my experience, it is so exhausting and so much pressure [to be a touring musician]Harris said. “These people hitting the road singing the same song night after night, driving through three cities in three days and doing it all for a year, it’s exhausting. The cocaine kept them going.”
and in his book Storms: My Life with Lindsey Buckingham and Fleetwood MacHarris recounted the first night of the rumors route. Road manager John “JC” Courage ordered Lindsey Buckingham, Stevie Nicks and the rest of the band to line up backstage just before the show was due to start.
“She seemed to know what was coming next,” Harris wrote. “Like dutiful schoolchildren, the gang formed their line, extending their fists. JC poured a small pile of cocaine on each wrist. ‘Two minutes! Let’s play and put those roses on your cheeks, Stevie!’”
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