Stevie Nicks defends Chappell Roan, says it is good she’s “not going to drop lifeless for all you individuals”

Stevie Nicks has praised Chappell Roan for setting boundaries and placing her well being earlier than the calls for of her followers and touring schedule.

In a uncommon interview for Rolling Stone, the previous Fleetwood Mac artist mentioned that she empathised with how intensive Roan’s touring schedule has been since her meteoric rise, in addition to how she refused to burn herself out to please her followers.

Roan not too long ago shared that she’d been recognized with “extreme despair”, which she attributed to her fast rise to fame, telling the Guardian that ordinary actions like going to the park now require her to “guide safety” and contemplate “how do I do that in a protected approach the place I’m not going to be stalked or harassed?”

She additionally needed to pull out of her deliberate performances at All Issues Go Pageant in New York Metropolis and Washington, D.C, to prioritise her well being.

Now, Nicks has defended the star. The subject of Roan got here up when the interviewer remarked that Nicks will need to have been glad Fleetwood Mac got here up in a pre-social media age and that these days, fashionable pop stars can typically wrestle with it.

“Evidently she likes my music so much,” Nicks mentioned. “Me and a buddy of mine went and checked out her schedule, and it was outrageous. What she’s already executed after which what she’s going into. It’s as unhealthy as any schedule we ever did, and she or he’s new, and she or he’s younger. I mentioned, ‘They’ll burn her out if that’s what they need to do, as a result of there’s at all times anyone to interchange you.’ It should make all of them very fearful. That’s why it’s good that Chappell simply mentioned, ‘Properly, go forward, exchange me. I’m canceling as a result of I’m not going to drop lifeless for all you individuals.’”

Elsewhere within the interview, Nicks mentioned her tumultuous relationship with Lindsey Buckingham who she gave “300 million probabilities” in Fleetwood Mac.

Nicks final had contact with him in 2023 at their late bandmate Christine McVie‘s funeral.

“Christine threw down a hurricane on prime of Nobu, which is the place we had it,” Nicks mentioned of the celebration. “Nearly blew the entire place away, sincere to God. Tore down all the deck that was all adorned and all the things. So it was sort of loopy. All of us felt like she was there, as a result of it was actually intense.

“The one time I’ve spoken to Lindsey was there, for about three minutes. I handled Lindsey for so long as I might. You would not say that I didn’t give him greater than 300 million probabilities.”

Nicks has additionally mentioned that she desires Daisy Jones & The Six season 2 to rewrite Fleetwood Mac’s historical past.