Tango in the Night met with commercial success and was followed by Fleetwood Mac's Greatest Hits album in November 1988.

Nicks promoted the album with appearances on various television shows, including The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, [122] The X Factor, [123] The Talk, [124] Good Morning America, [125] The Ellen DeGeneres Show, [126] The Oprah Winfrey Show. In August 2021 Nicks cancelled her five planned 2021 solo appearances due to concern about catching COVID-19. When Lindsey Buckingham left the band in 1987, Fleetwood Mac hired guitarist Billy Burnette to replace him, reported Rolling Stone.On December 14, 2012, it was announced that Nicks would be featured on an original track done in collaboration with Dave Grohl for his Sound City soundtrack, alongside other artists. On July 9, 2017, Nicks performed at the British Summer Time festival in Hyde Park in London, supporting Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. The witch rumors frightened Nicks so much that she gave up black for a period of time (approximately 1978 to 1982), instead opting to wear colors such as apricot and sea foam green. After Kiln House, Fleetwood Mac were progressing and developing a new sound, and she was invited to join the band to help fill in the rhythm section. Kirwan's songs on the album moved the band in a melodic rock direction, while Spencer's contributions focused on re-creating the country-tinged "Sun Sound" of the late 1950s.

By 1972 Danny Kirwan had developed an alcohol dependency and was becoming alienated from Welch and the McVies.It also was Green who insisted changing the name of the band from Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac to just Fleetwood Mac. S. Billboard charts, "Secret Love" was a modest hit on the Adult Contemporary Singles chart, peaking at number 20, and at number 25 on the Triple-A Singles chart. Nicks had also written and recorded the song " Silver Springs", but it was not included on the album because the early versions of the song ran too long, and the band didn't want too many slow songs on the album. In 1978, Judas Priest recorded a cover of "Green Manalishi" for their Hell Bent for Leather album, with a live version appearing on their Unleashed in the East album the following year.