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Stevie Nicks on ‘$1million drug habit burning a hole in her nose’ and affair with Mick Fleetwood | The Mirror (UK)

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The Mirror / Rebecca Pocklington
6th Feb 2015

The Fleetwood Mac singer makes a series of shock revelations in her new biography by Zoe Howe

Fleetwood Mac singer Stevie Nicks has revealed her $1 million cocaine habit allegedly burned a hole in her nose.

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The singer is also said to have almost overdosed and suffered regular blackouts and nose bleeds after becoming addicted to drugs, alcohol and sleeping pills when 27.

The 66-year-old singer admits in her new biography, Stevie Nicks: Visions, Dreams & Rumors, by Zoe Howe: “There was no way to get off the white horse and I didn’t want to.”

Rumours circulated at the time she even had to have the drug blown up her backside, but she hasn’t confirmed this. Continue reading Stevie Nicks on ‘$1million drug habit burning a hole in her nose’ and affair with Mick Fleetwood | The Mirror (UK) →

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Stevie Nicks’ $1million cocaine habit, fueled by her wild affair with married Mick Fleetwood | Daily Mail (UK)

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By Caroline Howe For Dailymail.com
Published:12:20 EST, 6 February 2015

Stevie Nicks’ $1million cocaine habit, fueled by her wild affair with married Mick Fleetwood, burned a hole in her nose so big she took the drug through her private parts, reveals new book

  • Fleetwood Mac singer Stevie Nicks was so addicted to cocaine, alcohol and Quaaludes she blacked out and nearly overdosed repeatedly
  • She wore gold and turquoise bottle inlaid with diamonds around her neck so she was never without coke 
  • To avoid body searches by customs in Europe, they hired Hitler’s private rail car complete with the elderly attendant who served the Fuhrer
  • Things were ‘hot and heavy’ between married Mick Fleetwood and Stevie for two years
  • She also had an affair with Eagles’ Don Henley but his bandmate Joe Walsh was the love of her life

Stevie Nicks was 27 when she became the ‘Queen Bee’ of the British-American rock band, Fleetwood Mac.

Up until that time, writing songs and singing with her longtime sweetheart, Lindsay Buckingham, she hadn’t indulged in drugs. But that was all about to change.

She quickly descended into drug hell and became addicted to cocaine, alcohol, Quaaludes to sleep, and cigarettes – until her system broke down and she started having nosebleeds, falls on stage, blackouts and near overdoses.

She bought $1 million worth of cocaine and it burned a hole in her nose the size of a dime. Rumors spread that she had to have the drug blown up her derriere by an assistant.

‘There was no way to get off the white horse and I didn’t want to,’ the now 66-year-old Nicks said.

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Besotted: Stevie Nicks has a two-year, off-and-on affair with married drummer Mick Fleetwood. Their passion was fueled by drugs and alcohol. Mick was still married to model Jenny Boyd at the time

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 Hot: Stevie and Nick made beautiful music together – both on and off the stage

She only slowed down her drug consumption when her doctor warned her she was risking permanent mental and physical damage as well as heading for a brain hemorrhage or an early grave. Continue reading Stevie Nicks’ $1million cocaine habit, fueled by her wild affair with married Mick Fleetwood | Daily Mail (UK) →

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Stevie Nicks talks cocaine and dating after 60 in Rolling Stone | Daily Mail (UK)

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By Cassie Carpenter for MailOnline
Published: 20:24 EST, 15 January 2015

‘I was the worst drug addict’: Stevie Nicks recalls her cocaine habit and discusses dating after 60 in Rolling Stone

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Before Stevie Nicks checked herself into rehab in 1986, she had snorted so much cocaine it tore a hole through her nose.

‘All of us were drug addicts,’ the 66-year-old rock icon admitted in the new Rolling Stone on newsstands Friday.

‘But there was a point where I was the worst drug addict…I was a girl, I was fragile, and I was doing a lot of coke. And I had that hole in my nose. So it was dangerous.’

‘I had that hole in my nose. So it was dangerous’: Before Stevie Nicks checked herself into rehab in 1986, she had snorted so much cocaine it tore a hole through her nose (pictured in 1985)

Continue reading Stevie Nicks talks cocaine and dating after 60 in Rolling Stone | Daily Mail (UK) →

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Fleetwood Mac’s Stevie Nicks: ‘Lindsey Buckingham and I will always be antagonising to each other’ | Guardian (UK)

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The Guardian
Jan 15th 2015

The Fleetwood Mac singer-songwriter opened up to Rolling Stone magazine about working with ex-boyfriend and bandmate, Lindsey Buckingham

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Photograph: Stephen Lovekin/Getty Images

Despite their onstage pretence to be close friends and inextricably linked, walking on hand in hand and singing to each other, Fleetwood Mac’s shawl-loving singer Stevie Nicks revealed that her relationship with bandmate and ex-boyfriend Lindsey Buckingham remains tense.

“Relations with Lindsey are exactly as they have been since we broke up,” said Nicks, in an interview with Rolling Stone. “He and I will always be antagonising to each other, and we will always do things that will irritate each other, and we really know how to push each other’s buttons.”

Nicks and Buckingham joining Fleetwood Mac was the precursor to their period of greatest commercial success, following the release of their eponymous album in 1975. By the time 1977’s Rumours was released, and spawned four hit singles that catapulted the band – complete with a poppier sound – to stadium-gig fame, Nicks and Buckingham’s romantic relationship had fallen apart, and was documented on the album in songs such as Nicks’s Dreams and Buckingham’s Go Your Own Way.

During the peak of their Rumours-era stardom, the members of Fleetwood Mac earned a reputation for enduring a series of volatile and tumultuous relationships and breakups. Founding member Mick Fleetwood discovered his wife had cheated on him, with his best friend. Bassist John McVie and songwriting keyboard player Christine McVie split, and Christine wrote the song You Make Loving Fun about her new boyfriend, who was part of the band’s touring organisation. Nicks and Fleetwood briefly dated.

“We know exactly what to say when we really want to throw a dagger in,” Nicks said of she and Buckingham. “And I think that that’s not different now than it was when we were 20. And I don’t think it will be different when we’re 80.”

Even with their personal ups and downs, Fleetwood Mac reunited in 2013 to record an album, and begin a series of tours. Christine McVie returned, after leaving the band in 1998, joining John McVie, Nicks, Buckingham and Fleetwood. The five-piece are currently on a North American tour. They are due to play London’s O2 Arena in May.

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Fleetwood Mac calling it quits after reunion tour On With The Show | Sunday Express (UK)

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Sunday Express (UK)
Sun 4th Jan 2015

FLEETWOOD MAC could be calling it quits before getting restarted with guitarist Lindsey Buckingham believing their latest reunion tour will be their last.

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News of their current On With The Show tour caused a particular stir after it was announced that keyboardist Christine McVie would be rejoining following a 16-year absence.

And though the group have also revealed plans to release their first new album in 12 years Lindsey, 65, is doubtful that this reconciliation signals a fresh start.

He says: “If you think of this tour as the beginning of the last act. That’s how it feels. The album would be a beautiful way to kind of wrap up this last act.”

Formed in London in 1967 by drummer Mick Fleetwood and bassist John McVie, the band went through a number of line-up changes before settling on the combination with Lindsey, Christine and singer Stevie Nicks in 1974.

Widely considered the definitive incarnation of the band, they achieved great success with albums such as Rumours before Christine announced an early retirement in 1998.

While the band members had a turbulent working relationship throughout, Lindsey admits time apart has healed old wounds and recent recording sessions have been a success.

“We went in the studio for two months and came up with probably the best group of songs that we’ve done in years.”

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Fleetwood Mac: new album and tour will be our swan song | The Guardian (UK)

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Tim Jonze
The Guardian (UK)Friday 2 January 2015 12.41 GMT

Guitarist Lindsey Buckingham says that the band is entering its ‘last act’

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Fleetwood Mac may be heading into their final year. According to the band’s guitarist Lindsey Buckingham, the group will cease to operate in 2015 or soon afterwards. He told the American TV channel PBS that the forthcoming Fleetwood Mac album and tour would be their “last act”.

2014 was a big year for Fleetwood Mac: the original keyboardist and songwriter Christine McVie rejoined after quitting the band in 1998. They played a series of acclaimed gigs, and next year bring their On With the Show tour to the UK – including a headline slot at the Isle of Wight festival. There is also the promise of the band’s first album since 2003, which will feature a number of new songs that McVie and Buckingham have worked on together.

“She gave me a bunch of stuff to take home,” said Buckingham. “I worked on it, came back, and she loved it. We went into the studio and came out with the best songs we’ve co-written in years.” He added: “Christine really fills the gap of the polarity that might exist otherwise, and helps things breathe.”

However, Buckingham did admit to being sceptical when he first heard that McVie wanted to return. He said: “My initial reaction was, ‘OK – we have to take this with baby steps.’ The want to return doesn’t mean you can repeat history; it doesn’t mean all the tools, all the reference points are still there for it all to work.”

The current Fleetwood Mac lineup is the same one that oversaw the band’s most successful period, including the trio of classic 1970s albums Fleetwood Mac, Rumours and Tusk, as well as the poppy 1980s hit Tango in the Night.

Buckingham concluded: “We’re going to continue working on the new album, and the solo stuff will take a back seat for a year or two. A beautiful way to wrap up this last act.”

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Sixth London date among new additions to Fleetwood Mac UK tour | NME

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By David Renshaw ,
December 3, 2014 13:38
NME News

Band also add dates in Birmingham, Leeds and Glasgow

Fleetwood Mac have added an extra night in London to their 2015 UK and Irish tour.

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Tickets for the original run of shows went on sale last month (November 14). Today it has been confirmed that the band will now play a sixth London date plus additional gigs in Birmingham, Leeds and Glasgow. Tickets for the new dates are available from 9am tomorrow (December 4).

The new dates will see the band play London’s O2 Arena on June 27, Birmingham Genting Arena on July, Leeds First Direct Arena on the 5th and SSE Hydro in Glasgow on July 8.

The shows will feature Christine McVie, who recently rejoined the group and performing with her old bandmates for the first time since 1997.

Earlier this2014MickFleetwood_FleetwoodMac_Getty169545905090414 week it was confirmed that the band will also headline The Isle Of Wight Festival in June and that date will be their only UK festival appearance of 2015. Drummer Mick Fleetwood recently denied that Fleetwood Mac will be appearing at Glastonbury in 2015.

You can check out the tour dates in full, including the newly added gig, below.

London O2 Arena (May 27, 28, June 22, 24, 26, 27)
Birmingham Genting Arena (June 8, 9, July 4)
Manchester Arena (June 12, July 1)
Glasgow SSE Hydro (June 16, 17, July 8)
Dublin 3Arena (June 20)
Leeds First Direct Arena (June 30, July 5)

To check the availability of Fleetwood Mac tickets and get all the latest listings, go to NME.COM/TICKETS now, or call 0844 858 6765.

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Fleetwood Mac to headline Isle of Wight Festival 2015 | BBC Newsbeat

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By Jimmy Blake
Newsbeat reporter
1 December 2014

Fleetwood Mac have been announced as the first headline act of Isle of Wight 2015.

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The band had been heavily linked with set at Glastonbury next year

The band’s set at Seaclose Park will be their only festival show of the year.

The set on Sunday 14 June, which will close the festival, will include original member Christine McVie, who recently confirmed that she would be rejoining the band.

Festival organiser John Giddings told Newsbeat: “It’s the best news I’ve had in a long while.”

He said that he had been asking the band to perform at the Isle of Wight for the last seven years.

“Every year I have asked without fail,” he revealed. “I’d like to tell you otherwise but it’s true, I have begged them.”

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Fleetwood Mac add fifth London gig to 2015 UK and Ireland tour | NME

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By Luke Morgan Britton
November 20, 2014 14:54
NME News

The band will play at London O2 Arena on June 26

Fleetwood Mac have added an extra night in London to their 2015 UK and Irish tour.

2014FleetwoodMac_Getty172596703060314Tickets for the original run of shows went on sale last week (November 14). Today it has been confirmed that the band will also play a fifth gig at London O2 Arena on June 26. Tickets are on sale now.

The shows will feature ChristineMcVie, who recently rejoined the group and performing with her oldbandmates for the first time since 1997.The band’s Mick Fleetwood recently denied that Fleetwood Mac will be appearing at Glastonbury in 2015.

Despite Fleetwood’s statement, the band have remained one of the favourites to top the bill at the event next year, though Michael Eavis has stated in recent weeks that the chances of the band headlining were looking unlikely.

“One of the things that I’d like to clear up is that we’re not playing Glastonbury,” Fleetwood told Radio 2. “A lot of folks think that we are, so loud and clear: We love Glastonbury and all the surrounding history of such a lovely festival but we’re not playing it.”

Fleetwood added: “No bad faith for Glastonbury because I just don’t want people thinking it’s us.” He was then asked if this meant the band will never play Worthy Farm to which the drummer replied: “Never say never.”

You can check out the tour dates in full, including the newly-added gig, below.

London O2 Arena (May 27, 28, June 22, 24, 26)
Birmingham LG Arena (June 8, 9)
Manchester Arena (June 12, July 1)
Glasgow SSE Hydro (June 16, 17)
Dublin 3Arena (June 20)
Leeds First Direct Arena (June 30)

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Sunday Express Review: Return of the Mac

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By: Clair Woodward
Published:  Tue, November 18, 2014
Sunday Express (UK)

THE father of the Mac Mick Fleetwood tells our reporter how his bohemian childhood still inspires him and the band

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Mick Fleetwood and I are taking tea in a stylish hotel overlooking London’s Hyde Park. We are talking about his father Mike, who died in 1978 aged 62. Suddenly, Mick spots something out of the window.

“See the horses?” he says, looking out of the window and leaping out of his chair to point them out to me.

“It’s so cool, talking about Daddy and there he is!” Knowing the somewhat colourful background of Fleetwood and his eponymous band (past issues with cocaine and alcohol, for example), you could be forgiven for thinking the drummer had flipped.

But no. What we are looking at is the Household Cavalry crossing the park in the autumn sunshine, breastplates gleaming.

“He was a Royal Horse Guard and he used to make that same ride. Mummy (his mother Biddy, now 97) used to sit in the building that’s now the Mandarin Oriental Hotel over there when she was a young woman,” he points, “and she watched those men on the horses crossing the park and she ended up being with my dad. So cool.” Continue reading Sunday Express Review: Return of the Mac →