Say You Love Them

THERE WERE four Oscars for the Queen movie Bohemian Rhapsody. The new Elton John biopic Rocketman, says Time magazine reviewer Stephanie Zacharek, “sparks the duotone euphoria” between “how movies work on us and how music moves us”.

Here’s a tip for nothing for Hollywood: If you reckon Freddie Mercury and Elton John led dramatic lives, you might want to think about getting the Fleetwood Mac story onto the big screen.

“The story of this band,” Mac’s bassist John McVie once told me, “is like , mate.” It was April 1980, and for two fascinating days I’d been shadowing the band for the .