Harry Styles Honors Christine McVie With Fleetwood Mac Cover: Watch – Billboard

Harry Styles had the right means of honoring the reminiscence of Christine McVie, the Fleetwood Mac singer and songwriter who died at age 79 on Wednesday (Nov. 30): by singing — and singing her most famously lovely track at that.

The day after it was introduced that McVie had died following a brief sickness, Styles, who was performing a live performance in Chile, carved room into his Love On Tour setlist to sing a stunning acoustic model of the ballad together with his band. The “As It Was” singer performed guitar and sang lead vocal, backed by a piano and singers offering harmonies.

After the track was over, he blew a kiss as much as the sky.

McVie’s dying was first introduced in a devastating assertion posted to social media by the two-time Grammy winner’s household. “She was in the company of her family,” it learn. “We kindly ask that you respect the family’s privacy at this extremely painful time, and we would like everyone to keep Christine in their hearts and remember the life of an incredible human being, and revered musician who was loved universally.”

Styles, who’s lengthy been vocal about how strongly Fleetwood Mac has influenced his musicianship, is only one of many artists honoring McVie following her passing. Sheryl Crow, Duran Duran and extra have all taken to social media to mourn the singer-songwriter, together with McVie’s former bandmates.

“A few hours ago I was told that my best friend in the whole world since the first day of 1975, had passed away,” wrote Stevie Nicks in an emotional publish on Twitter. “See you on the other side, my love. Don’t forget me.”

Lindsey Buckingham additionally shared a message about McVie on social media, writing that her sudden passing was “profoundly heartbreaking.” “Not only were she and I part of the magical family of Fleetwood Mac, to me Christine was a musical comrade, a friend, a soul mate and a sister,” he wrote. “I feel very lucky to have known her. Though she will be deeply missed, her spirit will live on through that body of work and that legacy.”

Watch Harry Styles carry out Fleetwood Mac’s “Songbird” for Christine McVie beneath: