Did the band still do cocaine during Tango in the Night?

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I apologize if anyone doesn't like this topic, and/or if it's been discussed before. I always find the band's cocaine use interesting.

Christine, I read that she quit doing coke in 1984 during the production of her solo album from that same year. I have also read or seen in interviews that Christine was a seasoned drinker, I remember something about cases of Dom Perignon for her being in their tour budget. She loved her wine and champagne. It's never implied that Christine formed any addictions though.

Stevie, I have read a couple different things. We all know the story about the hole in Stevie's nose. Actually I think I might have watched these in interviews on YouTube, either way, I recall two different stories.

Story one: The doctor tells Stevie about the hole in her nose and she quits doing coke immediately.

Story two: Hole-nose.... Stevie carefully weens herself off by only doing a little bit just to get through the rest of her solo tour that year, before going to rehab, I think 1985-86, correct me if I'm wrong though.

Mick, I have read he kept doing coke until the mid 90s. That's crazy, he didn't have a hole in his nose? I'm assuming he probably had an addiction because he was doing it for 20 years. Mick was almost 50 years old in 1995 and still doing coke. Also, cocaine was not as trendy in the 90s as it was in the 70s and 80s, it was no longer the glamorous powder it was back then, it had a much more negative stigma by the 90s.

John, I know John had a drinking problem and he did coke with the rest of the band, Im not aware of any detailed information on John's cocaine use other than he was definitely partaking. Does anyone know when John quit doing coke? And how severe was his alcohol abuse? I remember he got arrested or almost arrested for something, wasn't it guns and/or cocaine possession?

Lindsey, I plan on reading Carol Ann Harris's book so I'm sure I will read all about it. There are few details to find, having not read Harris's book, in terms of Lindsey's coke use, other than he did it with everyone but he claims to have never purchased it. I like to think that Lindsey was doing a lot of coke in 1978-79 while working on the Tusk album. You have to admit, it's a pretty weird album. That's just my theory though.

I was just wondering if anyone knew of any information about cocaine use or lack thereof during Tango in the Night? During production of the album, wasn't Stevie in rehab for most of it? She probably wasn't doing any. Christine said in an interview that she quit in 1984, but could she, or anyone else in the band, have perhaps done a few lines here and there in the studio, or on tour or during the music video shoots? You know, just for old times sakes. Apparently Mick was still doing coke in 1987, maybe he liked to jokingly peer pressure the band members who had already or were trying to quit doing cocaine at that time, to blow a little bit with him sometimes, but he wasn't actually joking. Maybe Mick was the only one in the band still doing cocaine, so he had to hide it from everyone. Lindsey only worked on album production and the music videos, do you think maybe he started feeling distressed, because he was reluctant to rejoin the band for this album, so occasionally he would snort a line or two to take the edge off and perk him up? Or if anyone was doing coke, did they try to hide it from Stevie? She was fresh out of rehab in 1987.

^These are just hypothetical scenarios.


The band members were all about 40 years old in 1987. There was a five year gap between albums. 1987 was the start of the late 80s and cocaine was slowly going out of style. The band was a little bit older. But it was still the 80s and Fleetwood Mac has a reputation for being very indulgent.