Not everything was perfect as Fleetwood Mac began work on their next studio album, Tango in the Night: Nicks was in and out of the picture, promoting her most recent solo album and continuing to deal with substance-abuse issues, while Buckingham's tendency to take control of production caused some tension.Ĭhristine McVie, divorced from John McVie for a decade, was in a new relationship with Portuguese keyboardist and songwriter Eddy Quintela. Watch Fleetwood Mac's Video for 'Little Lies' “We had such a good time in the studio and realized that we still had something to give each other in musical terms, after all." "It was the first time for nearly five years that we’d all been in a working environment together,” Christine later remembered. She was backed by Fleetwood, Buckingham and John McVie and they found there was still a spark. Christine McVie was asked to record an Elvis Presley cover, "Can’t Help Falling in Love, " for the 1986 film A Fine Mess. There was more music to be made, but Fleetwood Mac did not reconvene right away. As Buckingham told Creem, "it left a lot of things dangling." Many wondered if Fleetwood Mac had reached the end of the road – at least as a cohesive unit.Īt the same time, however, no one seemed content to allow Mirage to be Fleetwood Mac's final album. Mick Fleetwood filed for bankruptcy in 1984, Nicks was admitted to the Betty Ford Clinic in 1986 to address her cocaine addiction and John McVie suffered an alcohol-induced seizure in 1987. This break turned out to be much needed, given that all was not well beneath the surface.
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