Mick Fleetwood recently told Mojo magazine that he’d love to see his “Fleetwood Mac” band members Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham find “healing.” Fleetwood appeared to be interested in getting the band back together, but several hurdles exist, such as the death of original member Christine McVie in November 2022.
“It’s no secret, it’s no tittle-tattle that there is a brick wall there emotionally,” Fleetwood said of Buckingham and Nicks. “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.”
The most recent iteration of Fleetwood Mac (which included Fleetwood, Nicks, McVie and John McVie, plus support from Neil Finn and Mike Campbell) wrapped a world tour in November 2019. Fleetwood told Mojo that he had no idea that would be the final show for the iconic rock band.
“There was a full intention, without waiting too long, that we’d go and pick things back up,” Fleetwood said. “That we’d play stadiums, big shows and festivals… and then at that point it was heading towards us saying goodbye.”
The plan was upended by both the COVID pandemic in 2020 and Christine McVie’s death in 2022. Nicks has been clear since the loss of McVie that there is no reason to bring Fleetwood Mac back together without her.
“It’s been a strange time for me,” Fleetwood said. “Losing sweet Christine was catastrophic. And then, in my world, sort of losing the band too. And I [split] with my partner as well. I just found myself sort of licking my wounds.”
Fleetwood is currently writing solo music for a solo record that would be his first in 20 years. He added: “And believe it or not, I’m actually starting to sing — so God help you.”
Fleetwood told the Los Angeles Times in February 2022 that “the line in the sand has been drawn with the loss of Chris. I’d say we’re done, but then we’ve all said that before. It’s sort of unthinkable right now.”
A few months later, Nicks spoke to Vulture and said: “When Christine died, I felt like you can’t replace her. You just can’t. Without her, what is it? You know what I mean? She was like my soul mate, my musical soul mate, and my best friend that I spent more time with than any of my other best friends outside of Fleetwood Mac… When she died, I figured we really can’t go any further with this. There’s no reason to.”
Nicks doubled down on her thoughts in her own interview with Mojo just last month, saying: “Without Christine, no can do. There is no chance of putting Fleetwood Mac back together in any way. Without her, it just couldn’t work.”
“Even if I thought I could work with Lindsey again, he’s had some health problems,” Nicks added, alluding to Buckingham’s open heart surgery in 2019. “It’s not for me to say, but I’m not sure if Lindsey could do the kind of touring that Fleetwood Mac does, where you go out for a year and half. It’s so demanding.”
Head over to Mojo’s website to read Fleetwood’s latest interview in its entirety.
From Variety US