In 2018, after decades of tumult, Mick Fleetwood, Stevie Nicks , Christine McVie, and John McVie decided to continue Fleetwood Mac without Lindsey Buckingham. Nicks and Buckingham’s relationship had been fraught since they joined the band. Their rift grew seemingly impassable when Nicks decided she could no longer work with him, though.
Six years after Buckingham’s firing, Fleetwood expressed hope that his former bandmates can heal their relationship. Mick Fleetwood hopes Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham can have a friendlier relationship Several years after Fleetwood Mac moved forward without Buckingham , he spoke out about their decision, pinning it primarily on Nicks. He told the LA Times she wanted to remake the band “more in the Stevie Nicks vein,” something she fiercely denied.
“His version of events is factually inaccurate and while I’ve never spoken publicly on the matter, certainly it feels the time has come to shine a light on the truth,” Nicks said. “To be exceedingly clear, I did not have him fired, I did not ask for him to be fired, I did not demand he be fired.” Nicks said she spoke to Buckingham after he had a heart attack in 2019 and at Christine McVie’s funeral , but they have otherwise tried to avoid each other.
Fleetwood hopes this will change. “It’s no secret, it’s no title-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,” Fleetwood .