Stevie Nicks has claimed that she gave her ex partner and bandmate Lindsey Buckingham “300 million chances” in Fleetwood Mac.
Lindsey Buckingam first joined the band in 1974, and remained until 1987. He had also dated Nicks from 1972 to 1976.
Having returned to the band, Buckingham was fired by Fleetwood Mac in 2018, after his working relationship with Nicks broke down.
He was replaced in the band by Mike Campbell of the Heartbreakers and Neil Finn of Crowded House.
Earlier this month, fans of Fleetwood Mac were excited to see a recent flurry of activity from the band on social media, including the launch of a new “official” Instagram account.
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“kind of crazy” – Nicks On Christine McVie Celebration
In a rare interview, Stevie Nicks revealed that the last time she had contact with Buckingham was at their late bandmate Christine McVie’s funeral last year.
“Christine threw down a hurricane on top of Nobu, which is where we had it,” Nicks said of the celebration. “Almost blew the whole place away, honest to God. Tore down the entire deck that was all decorated and everything. So it was kind of crazy. We all felt like she was there, because it was really intense”.
Stevie Nicks then claimed that she gave Lindsey more than enough chances in the band.
“The only time I’ve spoken to Lindsey was there, for about three minutes. I dealt with Lindsey for as long as I could. You could not say that I did not give him more than 300 million chances”, she stated.
“I’m done”
Nicks also added that she feels content with the way she cut all professional ties with Buckingham.
“I think that all just happened the way it should have,” she continued.
“It happened one night, not planned, at a MusiCares [benefit concert]. I didn’t even tell anybody it had happened in my head until the whole ceremony was over. I took with me that night a song that I had done with LeAnn Rimes called ‘Borrowed.’ I took it with me to play for him because I thought we could do this song beautifully”.
“That’s when he wasn’t very nice to anybody; he wasn’t very nice to Harry Styles,” the singer added. “I could hear my mom saying, ‘Are you really going to spend the next 15 years of your life with this man?’ I could hear my very pragmatic father — and by the way, my mom and dad liked Lindsey a lot — saying, ‘It’s time for you guys to get a divorce.’ Between those two, I said, ‘I’m done”.
Despite this, Stevie Nicks insists that she still wishes Lindsey Buckingham well for the future.
“I hope he lives a long life and continues to go into a studio and work with other people,” she explained. “He’s also an icon, and he can teach people. He’s not stopped in his tracks. He can still make music and have fun”.
Back in February, Lindsey Buckingham has said that he would return to Fleetwood Mac “in a heartbeat”. More on this here.
Earlier this month, Stevie Nicks performed on Saturday Night Live for the first time in over four decades. Check that out here.
