Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham have fuelled fresh speculation about reunion rumours after sharing yet another cryptic post on social media.
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Just weeks after confirming the rerelease of their 1973 album ‘Buckingham Nicks‘, which was teased in a similar fashion, the former Fleetwood Mac bandmates shared a joint Instagram post on Friday (September 5) featuring an old clip of the two onstage.
In the video, Nicks sings the opening lyrics of their 1973 track ‘Frozen Love’: “You may not be as strong as me, and I may not care to teach you.” She then trails off before laughing: “That’s all I remember.”
Their latest post was captioned: “We remember the rest now.” If an official reunion were announced, it would also be the first time Nicks and Buckingham joined forces 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 wishes 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, saying it was made up of “real stories, memories of mine, of fantastic men”.
