Christine McVie

Christine McVie

Christine McVie will tour Europe for the first time in 16 years with her group Fleetwood Mac.

The keyboard player hits the road with Lindsey Buckingham, Mick Fleetwood, her ex-husband John McVie and Stevie Nicks in 2015, for a new run of shows kicking off in London on May 27.

Stops include Amsterdam, Cologne, Antwerp, Birmingham, Manchester, Glasgow and Dublin before finishing in Leeds on June 30.

Christine quit her role in the group in 1998 following the development of a phobia of flying, and didn't appear on-stage with Fleetwood Mac until September 2013 when she joined them in The O2 for a rendition of 'Don't Stop'.

Rejoining the band on a full-time basis at the beginning of this year, she played her first gig with her fellow members in September at the Target Center in Minneapolis.

"It was so comfortable being back on stage with them as if no time had passed, and then we all started talking and it feels like the time is right. I'm really happy." she said of her return, and the band added in a statement that they were "overjoyed" to have Christine back.

Rumours were rife that the group would headling the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury Festival in 2015, but Michael Eavis states that this now cannot happen.

Drummer Mick confirmed in a radio interview: "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. No bad faith for Glastonbury, because I just don't want people thinking it's us... But never say never."

However the band's tour does have a gap over the weekend of June 26 to June 28 - when Glastonbury takes place.


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