Mick Fleetwood continues to hold out hope that Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks can bury the hatchet.
He shared his feelings on Sunday while walking the red carpet at Steven Tyler‘s Janie’s Fund Grammy Awards viewing party.
“I always have a fantasy that [Stevie] and Lindsay would pal up a bit more and just say everything’s OK for them both. But we’ve had such an incredible career.
“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.”
Buckingham was fired from Fleetwood Mac in 2018 after Stevie said either he goes or she does.
She of course then said, “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 only time since then that the two have any contact was at the memorial service for Christine McVie in 2023.
Stevie says they spoke for about three minutes, adding that she “dealt with Lindsey for as long as I could. You could not say that I did not give him more than 300 million chances.”
Buckingham is willing to mend fences and rejoin the band, but Stevie feels “there’s no reason” to continue without Christine.
Fleetwood Mac’s last show was a benefit in San Francisco in 2019.
Fleetwood Mac released Rumours, their second album with Buckingham and Nicks, on this day (Tuesday) in 1977.
Buckingham commented on the anniversary, saying, “It marked the beginning of my journey with the band, and I still feel immense gratitude for being involved in creating such an iconic piece of music history.”
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