Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham‘s album ‘Buckingham Nicks’ is hinted to be reissued this year for the first time in over five decades.
Rumours of a reunion have been swirling since the Fleetwood Mac‘s Mick Fleetwood and Buckingham were pictured working on new music together in the studio. Then, Nicks and Buckingham began teasing a project just days ago, where they shared a pair of cryptic posts on social media.
Nicks posted a photo of some hand-written lyrics: “And if you go forward…”, which Buckingham finished on his account: “I’ll meet you there”. The lyrics are taken from their 1973 song ‘Frozen Love’ from thier collaborative album ‘Buckingham Nicks’ – the song Mick Fleetwood reportedly heard that convinced him to ask the then-couple to join Fleetwood Mac.
Now, a billboard on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles has displayed the album cover with its title and the date, September 19. If this is indeed a reissue, it would be the first time it has been remastered or digitally re-released since the record landed in 1973.
It would also be the first time Nicks and Buckingham will reunite since Buckingham was fired from Fleetwood Mac in 2018. The pair originally dated between 1972 and 1976 and would remain bandmates for over 40 years, though it was ultimately their acrimonious relationship that would lead to Buckingham’s departure.
Since Buckingham’s departure, Mick Fleetwood has said he wished Buckingham and Nicks would “pal up a bit more” and “just say everything’s OK”. He also similarly admitted last year that “it’s no secret, it’s no tittle-tattle that there is a brick wall there emotionally. Stevie’s able to speak clearly about how she feels and doesn’t feel, as does Lindsey.”
“But I’ll say, personally, I would love to see a healing between them – and that doesn’t have to take the shape of a tour, necessarily,” he added.
However, shortly after Buckingham’s firing in 2018, Fleetwood told People that it was “all Stevie’s doing,” and that she “basically gave the band an ultimatum that either I had to go or she would go.”
Nicks would deny the accusations made by Fleetwood, clarifying: “I did not demand he be fired. Frankly, I fired myself. I proactively removed myself from the band and a situation I considered to be toxic to my well-being. I was done. If the band went on without me, so be it.”
The ‘Buckingham Nicks’ reissue will seemingly be the closest chance to a Fleetwood Mac reunion; a full reunion with the band currently appears to be unlikely due to Christine McVie’s passing in 2022. Nicks has said that without the late McVie, “there is no chance of putting Fleetwood Mac back together.”
Elsewhere, Stevie Nicks has said she’s working on a new album: “They are real stories, memories of mine, of fantastic men”.
