Fleetwood Mac’s Stevie Nicks opens up about her late-stage eye disease

Fleetwood Mac frontwoman Stevie Nicks has revealed she suffered psychedelic-like hallucinations before realising she had late-stage eye disease.

The legendary singer, 76, opened up about her years-long battle with her vision - and the “trippy” associated symptoms - during a four-hour interview with Rolling Stone.

“I was seeing all these colours, big things of purple,” she told the magazine.

“I was having, like, acid trips. And I’m going, ‘I’m not taking any acid’.”

Stevie said she believes her eyesight issues stemmed from her past use of glass contacts, which likely scratched her corneas.

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The singer wowed fans in July by bringing former One Direction member Harry Styles on stage as a surprise guest during her headline set at BST Hyde Park.

The British singer, 30, joined the icon in London as she paid an emotional tribute to her late bandmate Christine McVie on what would have been her 81st birthday.

Christine passed in December 2022 after suffering a stroke amid her battle with cancer.

Harry joined Stevie for performances of her 1981 classic Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around and Fleetwood Mac’s 1975 hit Landslide.

As Harry watched, a visibly moved Stevie told the crowd: “I want you to know that Christine was my girl and she loved all of us and today was her birthday.

“All of you have helped me get over [her death] and I want you to know how much I appreciate it.”

She added: “Harry, I thank you, we thank you.”

Stevie also paid tribute to her Stop Draggin’ My Heart Around collaborator Tom Petty, whom she shared the Hyde Park stage with months before his death in 2017, aged 66.

Images of Tom and Stevie were projected on the stage as Stevie and her band performed a rendition of his iconic song, Free Fallin’.

“This is a special day for a lot of reasons, to be back here because I feel his presence,” Nicks told the crowd. “I know he’s at this event and he’s happy with me here.”

- Written by Bang! Showbiz with additional reporting by NZ Herald and republished here with permission