new member asks: has CM appeared in public lately?
 

I just joined. My first post. Does anyone know when CM last appeared in public? I'd hate to think she's become a total recluse. The last appearance I know of is when she picked up the award for FM a few years ago. In interviews she said she tries to get up to London once a week for shopping, and also frequents antique shops for glass objects. Does she still do that?

Welcome to the Ledge! :wavey: I really am unsure about her appearances. Her only promotions for In the Meantime were essentially radio interviews. She attended one of the FM London shows but declined to appear on stage. I wish she would tour with them again, but I doubt that will ever happen. She seems to be enjoying retirement, though, so I am glad she is happy.

She was also on the VH1 Show "Hanging With" (I think)...to promote ITM in 2004...she talked about the album and they showed FM videos...I loved it!!! She looked so cute.

:shocked: Okay, Brandon. Bring forth the clips! (If you have any)
I didn't even know about that. Not that I would've been able to see it, since I don't have VH1...

So did she travel to the United States to do that press for ITM? I heard her do some radio shows that year. I thought she was just phoning in from England.

Yea...but remember she did say in one of the interviews that she was going to fly into NYC to do some more press...

That VH1 Classic show is the last time we've seen her. She looked and sounded fantastic! It ran in segments, about 20 -25 minutes total. I hope that's not the last time we'll ever see her again.

She phoned in a few of the early interviews from her home. She did spend about a week or so in New York City. That VH1 Classic show & the World Cafe radio interview were obviously done at that time.

Welcome to the Ledge.:) I don't get the impression that she's exactly a recluse. I think she's just living a very normal, but quiet life. Someone posted a while back on the message board on her website that a friend had seen her doing her grocery shopping in a local store in Kent. It sounds like she's happily retired.

Yeah, people use that word "recluse" too much when talking about Christine. She probably isn't any more a recluse than I am, or Mary Anne is, or profjohn is.
Very normal is the key here. She's just no longer a rock star. That doesn't mean recluse; it just means normal. It's all about context. A long time ago, Lindsey talked about the context of rock star behavior being normal for rock stars but abnormal for bank employees. So with Christine: out of the context of being a rock star touring the world & being in all the rock rags, Chris is just living a normal (i.e., normal for non-rock-star) life. She's just out of the dog & pony show. She's not a clown in a Fellini movie any more. She's a member of the audience.

Yes, I picture her kicking around in the yard in her garden boots, maybe having a swing, and then in the evening, she might go out for a drive with some friends.
Ahhh, a simple, sweet life: La Dolce Vita!
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...gs_Fellini.jpg
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d1...eVitaDrive.jpg

I have the VH1 on VHS, courtesy of the greatest Ledgie of them all.
I have NO idea how people convert that stuff to DVD, or MPEG, though.:sorry:

I get the impression that she lives a very normal life away from the circus of Fleetwood Mac.

I think she enjoys the simple pleasures in life: cooking, gardening, reading and spending time with her family.

Hopefully she's still writing music and you never know we might get to hear a few more Christine songs in the future.

As long as she's happy and healthy that's the main thing

Gail

Now, that is funny!:laugh: :laugh: It's nice to see you posting more in the Chris forum, Eliza.:)

That picture of Chris in the car is so funny. :laugh: she fits right in w/ her cigarrette and 'yes i'm extraordinarily cool' expression LOL.

-Lis

Welcome! Hope you like it here!:)

Only her hairdresser knows for sure. (and her antique dealer, and her grocer):lol:

and piano tuner (well ok maybe not)

Christine wouldn't have to appear in public for that. The piano tuner makes housecalls. :thumbsup:

we'll have him/her eavesdrop to her phone calls

She shops at the local Safeway.

Uh huh. And she buys generic too.:lol:

Everything I say isn't a joke, David(okay, I can see why you might assume it is).
Seriously, a British fan on Christine's website has seen her at her local Safeway.

Oh I'm just having fun with ya. No harm intended. youre a good guy.:nod:

she was there to sing "Friend" over the loudspeaker to promote ITMT

Really? I did not know that.

yes, instead of touring she sang Friend over the loudspeaker at Safeways across England to promote her new album...

:lol:

I think that's correct. She is not recluse as Agnetha from ABBA was for several years. Agnetha even didin't listen radio for long time. Weird, isn't it?

Thanks. I *am* mostly a lurker here. You all know so much more about Christine's early career, and I don't usually have much to add, other than, "thanks for the file"; It is nice to be welcomed though, and I had to share the litle known C. McVie Fellini cameos.;)

Thanks, everybody, for replying to my very first post
 

Thanks for replying to a newbie. If anyone sees CM, tell her she's got to get out more!

Blimey! and I thought they were just playing the CD! :] :]

Gail

she was at Best Buy doing the same thing the very next day... Isn't that weird!!

I bet she popped in to buy an organic cycle :laugh:

Gail

she was giving out free samples of Mick's wine too

:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

The funny/sad thing is, that's not even the stupidest thing that's ever happened in the careers of the Fleetwood Maccers.

Hows that selling I wonder?:rolleyes:

if it was in her contract, believe me Mick would have had her doing it:rolleyes:

he would make her wear a Say You Will Tshirt

There's no way she would have done that.:laugh: