Cryptic posts and song lyrics: Is a Fleetwood Mac reunion happening?
In the article, we mentioned that some reunions are 'wishful thinking – bordering on pipe dreams' and listed a series of bands whose return to the stage would never happen: 'We're looking at you, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Smiths and Fleetwood Mac.'
Well, it may be time to eat some humble pie with that last one, as a series of cryptic Instagram posts by Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham have led fans to believe that a reunion of the legendary British-American band could very well be imminent...
Yesterday, Nicks posted hand-written lyrics to the 1973 tune 'Frozen Love': 'And if you go forward…'
Buckingham then completed the lyric in his own hand-written post: 'I'll meet you there'.
Une publication partagée par Stevie Nicks (@stevienicks)
Une publication partagée par Lindsey Buckingham (@lindseybuckingham)
As if that wasn't enough to get fans excited, Mick Fleetwood also joined in, sharing a video of himself listening to the duo's 'Frozen Love', which was re-shared on the official Fleetwood Mac Instagram page.
'Magic then, magic now,' Fleetwood wrote.
Une publication partagée par Mick Fleetwood (@mickfleetwoodofficial)
Understandably, this sent the internet into frenzy:
So, how realistic is a Fleetwood Mac reunion?
Well, as much as we'd love to see it happen, we do stand by our comments in the Oasis Effect: Which bands should reunite next? piece. It seems very unlikely.
Nicks has said that without the late singer Christine McVie, who died on 30 November 2022 aged 79, 'there's no chance of putting Fleetwood Mac back together.'
It's more likely that these recent posts are just bandmates having a laugh and patching things up.
Fleetwood Mac have seen their fair share of drama (to say the very least), with Nicks and Buckingham having dated between 1972 and 1976. Their fractured relationship caused turmoil, but they remained bandmates in Fleetwood Mac until Buckingham was fired from the band in 2018 over a tour disagreement.
Fleetwood stated on CBS This Morning that Buckingham would not sign off on a tour that the group had been planning for a year and a half and they had reached a disagreement. When asked if Buckingham had been fired, he said: "We don't use that word because I think it's ugly."
In October 2018, Buckingham filed a lawsuit against Fleetwood Mac for breach of fiduciary duty and breach of oral contract - among other claims. He later reached a settlement with the band but did not reveal the specific terms that were agreed upon.
Since then, Nicks and Buckingham appeared to be at loggerheads. Though that no longer seems to be the case... So, who knows? Maybe that chain can be mended after all.
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