For years, the idea of Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks working together again felt more like wishful thinking than a realistic possibility. The 2018 firing, the silence that followed, the years of fractured communication — it all pointed toward a permanent end to one of rock’s most creatively electric partnerships. But 2026 is telling a different story. In a recent social media video, Buckingham gave fans one of his most candid and wide-ranging updates in recent memory, touching on his nearly finished solo album, the incoming Fleetwood Mac documentary, and what he described as a genuine, growing reconnection with Nicks. None of it was accidental. All of it matters.
In the video, Buckingham said directly: “Just the energy in terms of what Buckingham Nicks did, to sort of create a resurgence of connection between Stevie and myself, on a larger scale — that seems to be something that’s in the air.” For a man known for choosing his words carefully, “in the air” is about as close to a public declaration as he tends to get.
The catalyst for much of this renewed energy is the Buckingham Nicks reissue. The 1973 album had famously never been released on CD, and the 2025 reissue marked its debut in that format — as well as the album’s first official release in decades. What was expected to be a nostalgic release turned into something far more significant. It brought both artists back into public conversation together, and more importantly, it brought them back into private conversation with each other.
Buckingham also shared updates on his creative output, revealing that his new solo album — which he has been working on for the past couple of years — is now one song away from being finished, and that it is “certainly in the future for this year.” For fans who have been waiting patiently, that is a concrete and encouraging timeline.
He also addressed the upcoming Fleetwood Mac documentary, directed by Frank Marshall and set to air on Apple TV, describing the film as “waiting in the wings for this year.” Marshall is one of the most respected documentary filmmakers working today, and a full authorized film about Fleetwood Mac — one of the most dramatically rich stories in rock history — has the potential to be something genuinely landmark.
The question everyone wanted answered, though, was about Stevie Nicks. And on that front, Buckingham was cautious but unmistakably hopeful. He said he would not want to speculate yet on what the renewed connection might produce, but added: “I believe with all my heart that it will translate to something good and something wonderful and something needed and something extremely appropriate.”
Those words carry real weight when you understand the full arc of this relationship. Buckingham was fired from Fleetwood Mac in 2018, reportedly at Nicks’ insistence. The years that followed were defined by public silence and private tension. The idea of them collaborating again — or even speaking again — seemed remote for a long time.
But Nicks herself signaled a change in October 2025. She confirmed they were on talking terms again and reflected openly on what their relationship has always been: “Our relationship was up and down and up and down and up and down and difficult, but at the same time, fantastic. And what we were doing was so fantastic that it was worth putting up with the trials and tribulations of a relationship that’s difficult.” That is not the language of someone who has closed a door. That is the language of someone looking back with clarity — and possibly looking forward with intention.
The pair reunited in 2025 to jointly promote the Buckingham Nicks reissue , appearing separately but in coordination on the Song Exploder podcast to discuss the album’s most expansive track, “Frozen Love.” The fact that both participated — even without being in the same room — was seen by observers as the clearest sign yet that something real had shifted between them.
Buckingham himself opened his video update with a broader sense of optimism about the year ahead. “I think 2026 is going to be a very interesting year,” he said, “and despite what’s going on in Washington, I think it’s going to be a very good year. I’m still very grounded in my creative life.” It is the kind of statement that lands differently when the person saying it has a new album nearly done, a major documentary on the way, and a decades-long creative partnership quietly reassembling itself in the background.
Whatever comes next between Buckingham and Nicks — a tour, a recording, a joint appearance tied to the documentary, or something nobody has predicted yet — the foundation for it is clearly being laid. Carefully, deliberately, and on their own terms.
