Mick Fleetwood has said he loved ‘making a fuss’ of the late Christine McVie at the Grammys last night, three months after the singer’s death.
The late musician performed with Fleetwood Mac between 1971 and 1995 and contributed to 13 of their albums, including the legendary Rumours.
She died in hospital at the age of 79 in November 2022 following a brief illness, and tributes poured in from the world of music.
Those tributes continued last night at the prestigious Grammy awards, where Harry Styles and Beyonce were among the big winners.
To mark the occasion, Fleetwood, 75, performed Rumours album track Songbird, written and sung by McVie in 1976, alongside Sheryl Crow and Bonnie Raitt.
Of the performance, Fleetwood said: ‘I think it’s a moment to accolade the wonder of a hugely talented, lovely, unsuspecting lady known as Christine McVie.’
‘There is a lot of fuss, but we are really happy to be making a fuss of her. It’s a celebration and a quiet prayer,’ he continued on to say.
Songbird was not released as a single in the 1970s but did enter the UK download chart at number 27 last year upon the event of McVie’s death.
Crow, 60, described how honoured she was to be able to pay tribute to a songwriter who had influenced her career so much.
‘For me to get to tribute Christine, [who has been] so influential on me, but also to get to do it with Mick, it’s so deep and meaningful to me.’
Grammys 2023 full winners list
Record of the year
About Damn Time — Lizzo
Album of the year
Harry’s House — Harry Styles
Song of the year
Just Like That — Bonnie Raitt
Best new artist
Samara Joy
Best music video
All Too Well: The Short Film — Taylor Swift
Best pop solo performance
Easy on Me — Adele
Best pop duo/group performance
Unholy — Sam Smith & Kim Petras
Best traditional pop vocal album
Higher — Michael Bublé
Best pop vocal album
Harry’s House — Harry Styles
Best dance/electronic recording
Break My Soul — Beyoncé
Best dance/electronic music album
Renaissance — Beyoncé
Best contemporary instrumental album
Empire Central — Snarky Puppy
Best rock performance
Broken Horses — Brandi Carlile
Best metal performance
Degradation Rules — Ozzy Osbourne feat. Tony Iommi
Best instrumental composition
Refuge — Geoffrey Keezer
Best arrangement, instrumental or a Capella
Scrapple from the Apple — John Beasley
Best arrangement, instruments and vocals
Songbird (Orchestral Version) — Vince Mendoza
Best rap performance
The Heart Part 5 — Kendrick Lamar
Best melodic rap performance
Wait For U — Future feat. Drake & Tems
Best rap song
The Heart Part 5 — Kendrick Lamar
Best rap album
Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers — Kendrick Lamar
Best Latin pop album
Pasieros — Rubén Blades & Boca Livre
Best música urbana album
Un Verano Sin Ti — Bad Bunny
Best Latin rock or alternative album
Motomami — Rosalía
Best regional Mexican music album (including Tejano)
Un Canto Por México – El Musical — Natalia Lafourcade
Best tropical Latin album
Pa’lla Voy — Marc Anthony
Best American roots performance
Stompin’ Ground — Aaron Neville with the Dirty Dozen Brass Band
Best Americana performance
Made Up Mind — Bonnie Raitt
Best compilation soundtrack for visual media
Encanto
Best score soundtrack for visual media (includes film and television)
Encanto — Germaine Franco
Best score soundtrack for video games and other interactive media
Assassin’s Creed Valhalla: Dawn of Ragnarök — Stephanie Economou
Best song written for visual media
We Don’t Talk About Bruno (From Encanto) — Lin-Manuel Miranda
Best comedy album
The Closer — Dave Chappelle
Best musical theatre album
Into the Woods (2022 Broadway Cast Recording) — Sara Bareilles, Brian d’Arcy James, Patina Miller & Phillipa Soo, principal vocalists; Rob Berman & Sean Patrick Flahaven, producers (Stephen Sondheim, composer & lyricist) (2022 Broadway Cast)
Best R&B performance
Hrs & Hrs — Muni Long
Best traditional R&B performance
Plastic Off the Sofa — Beyoncé
Best R&B song
Cuff It — Beyoncé
Best progressive R&B album
Gemini Rights — Steve Lacy
Best R&B album
Black Radio III — Robert Glasper
Best music film
Jazz Fest: a New Orleans Story — Various Artists
Best alternative music performance
Chaise Longue — Wet Leg
Best alternative music album
Wet Leg — Wet Leg
Best rock song
Broken Horses — Brandi Carlile
Best country solo performance
Live Forever — Willie Nelson
Best country duo/group performance
Never Wanted to Be That Girl — Carly Pearce & Ashley McBryde
Best country song
‘Til You Can’t — Matt Rogers & Ben Stennis, songwriters (Cody Johnson)
Best country album
A Beautiful Time — Willie Nelson
Best new age, ambient, or chant Album
Mystic Mirror — White Sun
Best improvised jazz solo
Endangered Species — Wayne Shorter & Leo Genovese, soloist
Best jazz vocal album
Linger Awhile — Samara Joy
Best jazz instrumental album
New Standards Vol. 1 — Terri Lyne Carrington, Kris Davis, Linda May Han Oh, Nicholas Payton, & Matthew Stevens
Best large jazz ensemble album
Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra — Steven Feifke, Bijon Watson, Generation Gap Jazz Orchestra
Best Latin jazz album
Fandango at the Wall in New York — Arturo O’Farrill & the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra feat. the Congra Patria Son Jarocho Collective
Best gospel performance/song
Kingdom — Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin; Kirk Franklin, Jonathan Jay, Chandler Moore, & Jacob Poole, songwriters
Best contemporary Christian music performance/song
Fear Is Not My Future — Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin; Kirk Franklin, Nicole Hannel, Jonathan Jay, Brandon Lake, & Hannah Shackelford, songwriters
Best gospel album
One Deluxe — Maverick City Music & Kirk Franklin
Best contemporary Christian music album
Breathe — Maverick City Music
Best roots gospel album
The Urban Hymnal — Tennessee State University Marching Band
Best American roots song
Just Like That — Bonnie Raitt
Best Americana album
In These Silent Days — Brandi Carlile
Best bluegrass album
Crooked Tree — Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway
Best traditional blues album
Get on Board — Taj Mahal & Ry Cooder
Best contemporary blues album
Brother Johnny — Edgar Winter
Best folk album
Revealer — Madison Cunningham
Best regional roots music album
Live at the 2022 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival — Ranky Tanky
Best reggae album
The Kalling — Kabaka Pyramid
Best global music performance
Bayethe — Wouter Kellerman, Zakes Bantwini, & Nomcebo Zikode
Best global music album
Sakura — Masa Takumi
Best children’s music album
The Movement — Alphabet Rockers
Best spoken word poetry album
The Poet Who Sat by the Door — J. Ivy
Best audio book, narration, and storytelling recording
Finding Me — Viola Davis
Best recording package
Beginningless Beginning — Chun-Tien Hsia & Qing-Yang Xiao, art directors (Tamsui-Kavalan Chinese Orchestra)
Best boxed or special limited edition package
In and Out of the Garden: Madison Square Garden ’81 ’82 ’83 — Lisa Glines, Doran Tyson. & Dave Van Patten, art directors (The Grateful Dead)
Best album notes
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition) — Bob Mehr, album notes writer (Wilco)
Best historical album
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition) — Cheryl Pawelski & Jeff Tweedy, compilation producers; Bob Ludwig, mastering engineer (Wilco)
Songwriter of the year, non-classical
Tobias Jesso Jr.
Best engineered album, non-classical
Harry’s House — Jeremy Hatcher, Oli Jacobs, Nick Lobel, Mark “Spike” Stent & Sammy Witte, engineers; Randy Merrill, mastering engineer (Harry Styles)
Producer of the Year, non-classical
Jack Antonoff
Best remixed recording
About Damn Time (Purple Disco Machine Remix) — Purple Disco Machine, remixer (Lizzo)
Best immersive audio album
Divine Tides — Eric Schilling, immersive mix engineer; Stewart Copeland, Ricky Kej, & Herbert Waltl, immersive producers (Stewart Copeland & Ricky Kej)
Best engineered album, classical
Bates: Philharmonia Fantastique – The Making of the Orchestra — Shawn Murphy, Charlie Post, & Gary Rydstrom, engineers; Michael Romanowski, mastering engineer (Edwin Outwater & Chicago Symphony Orchestra)
Producer of the year, classical
Judith Sherman
Best orchestral performance
Works by Florence Price, Jessie Montgomery, Valerie Coleman — Michael Repper, conductor (New York Youth Symphony)
Best opera recording
Blanchard: “Fire Shut Up in My Bones” — Yannick Nézet-Séguin, conductor; Angel Blue, Will Liverman, Latonia Moore, & Walter Russell III; David Frost, producer (The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; The Metropolitan Opera Chorus)
Best choral performance
Born — Donald Nally, conductor (Dominic German, Maren Montalbano, Rebecca Myers, & James Reese; The Crossing)
Best chamber music/small ensemble performance
Shaw: Evergreen — Attacca Quartet
Best classical instrumental solo
Letters for the Future — Time for Three; Xian Zhang, conductor (The Philadelphia Orchestra)
Best classical solo vocal album
Voice of Nature – The Anthropocene — Renée Fleming, soloist; Yannick Nézet-Séguin, pianist
Best classical compendium
An Adoption Story — Starr Parodi & Kitt Wakeley; Jeff Fair, Starr Parodi & Kitt Wakeley, producers
Best contemporary classical composition
Puts: Contact — Kevin Puts, composer (Xian Zhang, Time for Three & the Philadelphia Orchestra)
Best rock album
Patient Number 9 by Ozzy Osbourne
McVie, who wrote and sang hits such as Don’t Stop, Everywhere, and Little Lies was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.
Elsewhere at the Grammys, it was a night of history as Kim Petras, 30, became the first transgender woman to scoop the best pop duo award alongside Sam Smith.
In the process, Smith, also 30, became the first non-binary person to collect the prestigious gong. The duo won the prize for their song Unholy.
Elsewhere, Beyonce became the most decorated artist in the history of the Grammys, taking her total number of wins to 32 over her 25-year career.
Harry Styles won the coveted album of the year award for Harry’s House, and Kendrick Lamar won best rap album for Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers.
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