Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham have put their feud firmly behind them.
Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham have put their feud behind them
The previous Fleetwood Mac bandmates and ex-lovers have not at all times seen eye to eye, however at the moment are again on talking phrases after reuniting for the re-release of their joint LP, Buckingham Nicks, after a long time out of print.
Talking on the Track Explorer podcast, Stevie, 77, stated: “Lindsey and I began speaking about it final night time. This entire factor appears actually like yesterday to us.”
Discussing the which means of the observe Frozen Love on the document, which was initially launched in September 1973 and unavailable for many years, she stated: “The music is about two those who had been in love, that had numerous variations and noticed the world barely in a different way, however had this like relationship that appeared to be, like a present.
“I like to think about it as Wuthering Heights or Nice Expectations — a modern-day love affair, tragedies. As a result of no one actually loves blissful songs. Definitely I didn’t, and neither actually did Lindsey.”
The pair dated between 1972 and 1976 and had been in Fleetwood Mac collectively till Lindsey was fired in 2018.
Stevie admits that whereas their relationship was testing at instances, it was additionally “incredible”.
She defined that “our relationship was up and down and up and down and up and down and troublesome, however, on the identical time, incredible. And what we had been doing was so incredible, that it was value placing up with the trials and tribulations of a relationship that’s troublesome.”
In March, founding member Mick Fleetwood stated: “I at all times have a fantasy that (Stevie) and Lindsey would pal up a bit extra and simply say all the pieces’s OK for them each.”
The truth that the pair are even on speaking phrases is a serious turnaround, as once they briefly reunited at late bandmate Christine McVie’s funeral in 2023, they’d a particularly awkward encounter that lasted a mere three minutes.
Stevie informed Rolling Stone journal: “Christine threw down a hurricane on high of Nobu, which is the place we had it.
“Virtually blew the entire place away, sincere to God. Tore down your complete deck that was all embellished and all the pieces. So it was type of loopy. All of us felt like she was there, as a result of it was actually intense.”
She went on to say she gave Lindsey, 76, “greater than 300 million probabilities” to vary his methods.
Stevie continued: “The one time I’ve spoken to Lindsey was there, for about three minutes. I handled Lindsey for so long as I may. You would not say that I didn’t give him greater than 300 million probabilities.”
Lindsey’s firing got here after an alleged altercation between the previous couple on the MusicCares profit in 2018.
The Desires hitmaker claimed her ex “wasn’t very good” to “anyone”, together with her pop star good friend Harry Types, and it was really her dad and mom who persuaded her to ship him on his means.