Lindsey Buckingham Downplays Iconic Stevie Nicks Moment

Lindsey Buckingham Claims He’s Not Haunted by That ‘Silver Springs’ Performance

by Devon Ivie
Vulture.com

Time has cast a spell over Fleetwood Mac’s infamous 1997 performance of “Silver Springs,” a live recording that forced Lindsey Buckingham into the unenviable position of playing lead guitar on a dis track written about himself by his ex Stevie Nicks, who sang about how he’ll “never get away from the sound of the woman that loves you.” It’s an icy face-off, steeped in decades of complex romantic entanglements, that often feels too intimate to watch — so much so that Nicks once admitted she chose her steely demeanor to “leave behind for posterity, just in case Fleetwood Mac never did another thing.” Now, Buckingham is doing his best to insist this particular “Silver Springs” hasn’t lingered in his memory at all. In a recent social-media video, Buckingham was asked by his daughter about how the performance is, essentially, the female version of thinking about the Roman Empire. “This night? What was the buzz?” he responded. “The one where Stevie was staring at me? Well, you know, people are going to look for things to read into, right?” Yes, we sure do, and it doesn’t help that the duo are teasing some sort of reunion in the near future. (watch the video until the end)

Stevie Nicks on Taylor Swift

The 30 Greatest Living American Songwriters

New York Times

More than 250 music insiders and six New York Times critics weighed in on who defines the new American songbook. Here, in an unranked list, are the artists they chose.

She has never stopped chasing that initial Nashville impulse — a four-ish-minute distillation of the biggest feelings imaginable, threaded through a melody that won’t leave you alone. Sometimes she brings country phrasings to electro-pop, or pop rigor to indie rock; she might let her rhymes and verses go shaggy or bring a bridge back like a chorus. Such are the perks of having mastered the form early, while amassing the cultural capital to remake pop in her image.

Pop stars are not supposed to last this long or create this much. The Beatles’ entire creative output happened, essentially, in eight years. But Swift’s durability — 12 studio albums and hundreds of songs over two decades — has given us an unprecedented combination of musical auteurism and commercial success.

Her later work often explores the tension between the two. She has a campy kiss-off register for tart bon mots — “Lights, camera, bitch, smile / Even when you wanna die,” she chirps on the fake-bubbly “I Can Do It With a Broken Heart.” But on the dream-pop opus “Mirrorball,” it’s all earnest reflection from the top of the mountain: “I can change everything about me to fit in.”

Swift’s latest run of dominance, the stretch that has given her two more Grammys for album of the year (and four in total, a record), began with that surprise pandemic one-two flutter of “Folklore” and its sister album “Evermore.” Simultaneously, Swift was painstakingly recreating four of her earlier albums to own them outright. Collective fervor around the “Taylor’s Version” albums sent a 10-minute director’s cut rendition of a nearly decade-old breakup ballad, “All Too Well,” to No. 1 on the Billboard chart in 2021, simply because so many listeners wanted to hear even more of a track that made them feel bruised, abandoned and devastated.

Swift has done as much as anyone in modern popular music history to advance the idea of the song — its construction and impact, its tensions and limitations — as an important art form. But she has also done it while foregrounding the agency and emotional lives of young women, and as a result has become probably the most pored-over writer — or at least up there with J.K. Rowling and the pope — of the 21st century in any medium.

— Joe Coscarelli

Stevie Nicks on Taylor Swift

You ask about her brilliance
I can only say ~
If only I had — written it …
For me, this song will always live ~
In my heart
“You’re on your own kid —
You always have been … ”

I feel that her song is generational. I think it’s all of her relationships written into one song — a little bit of this, a little bit of that — and dropped into my lap. Over time, I have dropped in my own great loves to stand in her story, and it makes me cry for both of us — what we lost, what we learned and how we survived. That is how a great songwriter reaches into people’s hearts and connects with them. All that beauty and tragedy and life’s lessons have led her down this path of unstoppable creativity; she just doesn’t stop, and that is what has turned her into this beautiful young woman who makes magic with everything she touches.

P.S. Yes, this is the song that reconnected Taylor and I. The title of the song is something Christine would have said to me after she passed away — and I felt it came through Taylor. It helped me a lot to let her go ~

And brought me a new friend. …

— Stevie Nicks is a singer and songwriter. Interview by Jenn Pelly. Text has been edited and condensed.

Stevie Nicks and her polished, sturdy band Rock the Orleans Jazz Fest 2026

A few notable changes for this, Stevie's last scheduled show so far in 2026.

• She changed the top portion of her outfit something she hasn't done for the last number of years.  likely because it was an outdoor show and warm.
• She changed up the setlist, adding Fleetwood Mac's "Don't Stop" along with "New Orleans".
• She brought out the tambourine, something she hasn't played in a long while, not since she fell and hurt her shoulder.

Stevie Nicks conjured a big crowd and a rainbow at Jazz Fest 2026 with Tyler Childers, Nas

BY KEITH SPERA
Nola.com
Photos David Grunfeld

In the mathematics of Jazz Fest, Stevie Nicks + Tyler Childers + Saturday = a huge crowd.

That equation was evident to anyone stuck in the blocks-long line that snaked down Fortin Street outside of the Fair Grounds on Saturday.

And it was evident to anyone who hoped to show up at the last minute to see Nicks close out the main Festival Stage.

She drew one of the largest crowds in 2022, and she played Saturday to the biggest crowd so far at the 2026 Jazz Fest. It was one of those Jazz Fest crowds that takes on a presence and personality of its own. It created gridlock on the walking path coming from the food area and overflowed onto the dirt track. A sightline to glimpse a distant video screen was the best late arrivals could hope for.

Nicks demonstrated that she is not ready to go gently. She and her polished, sturdy band didn’t just play the hits. They played with the hits, adding extra flourishes and roughing them up a bit across the last hour of her set.

At Jazz Fest in 2022, she dedicated “Landslide” to the Foo Fighters’ recently deceased drummer, her pal Taylor Hawkins. This time, she dedicated it to her vast audience. Waddy Wachtel, a collaborator with Nicks and many other rock stars going back to the 1970s, accompanied her on acoustic guitar. She stretched out and held the final “snow” in the “snow-covered hills” line, her voice as perfectly burnished as ever.

She ducked out of view for a moment to “go get another cape.” The musicians welcomed her back for “Gold Dust Woman.” The sprinkle that was dusting the rear of the Festival Stage crowd — the crowd was so big, it’s entirely possible it wasn’t raining up front — started falling in bigger drops. The band extended passages of “Gold Dust Woman,” rocking it up with big thumps on the drums, cymbal splashes and jagged electric guitars.

Nicks has evolved into an onstage storyteller in recent years, prefacing many songs with charming anecdotes. On Saturday, she recalled how poor she and then-paramour Lindsey Buckingham were when they first moved to Los Angeles. She waitressed and cleaned houses to help make ends meet.

After they joined Fleetwood Mac, their fortunes changed — and her mom informed her that she needed to start paying taxes. Which was a roundabout way of getting to “Gypsy.”

She disappeared for another cape change, giving Wachtel and company an opportunity to lock into a long, grungy intro to “Edge of Seventeen.”

“We might see you again today,” she said as the band exited, which was her Stevie way of indicating an encore was forthcoming. That encore opened with “New Orleans,” a lesser-known composition of hers that she dusts off for local shows.

The next song, she said, “has lots of hope.” It was one she hadn’t sung in a while.

It was “Don’t Stop,” from Fleetwood Mac’s 1977 opus “Rumours.” Written by the late Christine McVie and originally sung by McVie and Buckingham, “Don’t Stop” lofted out over the Fair Grounds as a rainbow appeared overhead. She played a tambourine for the first time since she broke her shoulder a year ago.

Earlier, Nicks shared that “I often think, at times like these, what a great job I have.”

She’s still very good at it.

Fleetwood Mac's Don't Stop

Stop Draggin My Heart Around

Landslide

New Orleans

More videos here

STEVIE'S COMING!!

Upcoming Stevie Nicks album is 'glorious,' says pal Vanessa Carlton

Stevie Nicks and "A Thousand Miles" singer Vanessa Carlton are pals; in fact, Stevie officiated her wedding. So maybe it's not surprising to hear that Vanessa has heard the new album that Stevie said she was working on a year ago.

Speaking with People, Vanessa confirmed that she's heard the album, which Stevie first mentioned during the Pollstar Awards in April 2025. She told the audience during the event, "I'm actually making a record right now." She added that she'd written seven songs that were "autobiographical, real stories where I’m not pulling any punches for probably the first time in my life.”

While Vanessa said that she'd heard it, she added, "I cannot say a word more. The world should get ready. That's all I'll say. Stevie's coming. Let's put it that way."

She added, "It's Stevie, so it's glorious."

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Fleetwood Mac’s “Everywhere” is one of the top 200 songs in the world

Fleetwood Mac Charts Its First Hit From the ’80s on the Billboard Global 200

The iconic band previously sent three '70s classics onto the list.

By Gary Trust

Billboard

Photo Mark Selinger 

Nearly 40 years after its release, Fleetwood Mac’s “Everywhere” is one of the top 200 songs in the world.

The melodic nugget enters the Billboard Global 200 dated April 18 at No. 188 led by 9.6 million streams worldwide April 3-9, according to Luminate.

More at Billboard

Album by Album 4 Page Stevie Nicks Magazine Spread

4 Page Album by Album spread in the latest issue of Classic Pop (Duran Duran on the cover)

STEVIE NICKS

Renowned for her shimmering vibrato, soap opera personal life and sorceress image, the singer-songwriter helped propel Fleetwood Mac into the pantheon of all-time greats before launching a sporadic solo career which consistently mined pop gold.

May 2026 Classic Pop issue... Look for it wherever you buy magazines.

 

 

Lindsey Buckingham's Accused Stalker Arrested

Police Arrest Woman Accused of Stalking Fleetwood Mac Guitarist

The guitarist, Lindsey Buckingham, had obtained a restraining order against the woman two years ago, but the police said she continued to follow him in March.

By Vjosa Isai
April 13, 2026
New York Times

A woman accused of stalking the former Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsey Buckingham and dousing him with an unknown substance was arrested over the weekend in Indiana, the authorities said.

The woman, Michelle Dick, 55, followed Mr. Buckingham to an appointment in Santa Monica, Calif., on March 25, where she threw the substance on him and also damaged his car, the police in Fort Wayne, Ind., said in a statement on Saturday.

After the encounter, Ms. Dick had fled California and traveled about 2,000 miles to Fort Wayne, the police said. It was not clear where Ms. Dick lives, as officers who went to an address associated with her in San Leandro, Calif., were told by another resident that she had left in November 2025.

A lawyer for her was not yet listed, and she has requested a public defender. Ms. Dick will face stalking charges in Los Angeles.

Sgt. Jonathan Cutler of the Fort Wayne Police Department said another law enforcement agency contacted local officers with information about Ms. Dick’s possible whereabouts in a hotel on the city’s northwest side, where she was arrested on Saturday.

On Monday, she made an initial appearance in Allen County Superior Court. She will be in custody as part of hearings for her pending extradition to California.

Mr. Buckingham, 76, who lives in Los Angeles, was not injured in the encounter. He obtained a restraining order against Ms. Dick in 2024, accusing her of stalking him and his family since at least 2021, according to documents contained in the order. She is barred from being closer than 100 yards to Mr. Buckingham. His representative did not respond to a request for comment.

In his restraining order application to a judge, Mr. Buckingham accused Ms. Dick of trying to trespass at venues where he was set to perform, leaving threatening voice mail messages to himself and family members, claiming to be his daughter and demanding money from him.

Ms. Dick also called the police to Mr. Buckingham’s home in November 2025, reporting that she had heard gunshots. The call was false, according to evidence provided by an officer in the application, but nonetheless resulted in Mr. Buckingham being handcuffed while police searched his home.

Mr. Buckingham is best known as a prolific songwriter and guitarist for the British American rock band Fleetwood Mac, whose relationship with his bandmate Stevie Nicks is said to have inspired a number of the group’s hits, including “Go Your Own Way.”

The Los Angeles Police Department declined to provide more information about the nature of the stalking claims.

Stalker Attacks Lindsey Buckingham in Santa Monica

Some disturbing news this week.... This apparently happened a week ago but is just now being reported by pretty much every publication with NBC Los Angeles first reporting.

Lindsey Buckingham, former guitarist for Fleetwood Mac, was attacked by a woman in Santa Monica

By Emily St. Martin and Richard Winton
LA Times

• Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsey Buckingham was attacked Wednesday in Santa Monica when a woman tossed an unknown substance toward him as he entered a building.
• The suspect has a stalking history with Buckingham, and was subject to a December 2024 restraining order.
• Buckingham was not harmed in the incident; police say an arrest is expected soon.

Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Lindsey Buckingham was attacked by a woman in Santa Monica on Wednesday morning.

The Los Angeles Police Department confirmed that a woman with a history of stalking Buckingham, 76, tossed an unknown substance toward the former Fleetwood Mac guitarist and vocalist from a container as he entered a building for an appointment. According to law enforcement, Buckingham was not harmed; the woman is known to the musician and has been the subject of prior action with the LAPD threat management unit.

Police believe the woman found out when and where Buckingham had scheduled his appointment. She was not apprehended Wednesday morning, but an arrest was expected soon.

“The Los Angeles Police Department, Threat Management Unit, is working with the Santa Monica Police Department to investigate the incident,” LAPD Capt. Mike Bland told The Times in a statement. “To protect the integrity of the open and ongoing investigation, no further comment will be provided, at this time.”

Representatives for Buckingham have not responded to a request for comment.

In December 2024, Buckingham filed a request for a restraining order against Michelle Dick, who was 53 at the time of that filing. Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Elizabeth Scully granted the order, which mandates that Dick stay at least 100 yards away from Buckingham, his wife and his son. She was also ordered not to harass or attempt to make contact with him in any way.

In November 2024, Buckingham petitioned the court for the order, writing that Dick had been stalking him for several years and that her harassment included threats of violence. According to the musician’s declaration, Dick had loitered around his and his family members’ homes, called repeatedly and left threatening voicemails, and taped a photo collage of herself and Buckingham to his mailbox. The final straw, he said, was when she placed a false emergency call against Buckingham, claiming that she’d heard gunshots inside his home. Police arrived and handcuffed him while they cleared his home.

A detective in the threat management unit also gave a declaration in favor of a protection order, writing that she had been assigned to investigate the harassment of Buckingham and that Dick insisted she was the child of the musician. She wrote that she believed Dick to be dangerous and mentally unstable.

Buckingham has had a rough go in the last several years, but last week he shared on Instagram that Fleetwood Mac had a documentary in the works and that he had a positive outlook for 2026. “I am still very, very grounded in my creative life,” he said. “I’ve been working on a new solo album for the last couple of years, which is one song away from being finished.”

In 2018, Buckingham split with Fleetwood Mac and a legal battle over lost wages with his former band ensued. Then, in February 2019, Buckingham suffered a heart attack and had to undergo triple bypass surgery. During the process, the insertion of a breathing tube damaged his vocal cords, leaving him questioning whether he would ever be able to sing again, he told The Times in 2021.

He spent much of the pandemic focusing on his recovery.

“I’ll tell you what: Between the Fleetwood Mac stuff and the heart attack, it’s all been humbling,” Buckingham said. “I’ve never suffered from a lack of confidence, and sometimes could get carried away with that in the process of leading the band. But everything has pulled me in a little bit. I’m not as aggressive a person as I was before, which is probably not a bad thing. It made me look around more — and become less self-involved, hopefully.”

Mick Fleetwood Takes a Bride

Congratulations are in order... Mick and Elizabeth tied the knot! and they appear to be honeymooning somewhere in the South Pacific!  This is awesome... Congratulations to both Mick and his new wife!

This is Mick's 5th marriage and his 4th wife, having married Jenny Boyd twice in the 1970's.

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👀 Could a Buckingham Nicks Reunion be in the cards?

LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM ON REUNITING WITH STEVIE NICKS: ‘THAT’S SOMETHING THAT’S IN THE AIR’

The guitarist detailed his plans for 2026, including a new solo album and the upcoming Fleetwood Mac doc

By ANGIE MARTOCCIO

Rollingstone

Lindsey Buckingham detailed his plans for 2026 — and that may include some type of reunion for him and Stevie Nicks.

In a new video posted to his Instagram account (where he recently, quite hilariously, tried to break down Gen Z slang with his children), the singer-guitarist said that despite the state of our country, he has a lot of projects in the works. “I am still very, very grounded in my creative life,” he said. “I’ve been working on a new solo album for the last couple of years, which is one song away from being finished.”

Buckingham also added that in addition to his solo album, the upcoming Fleetwood Mac documentary may arrive this year. There’s no official release date, but Frank Marshall is helming the project for Apple, and it features interviews with the four core surviving members of the band: Buckingham, Nicks, Mick Fleetwood, and John McVie. “Those are two very specific things that are waiting in the wings for this year,” he said.

Most notable was Buckingham’s acknowledgement of his relationship with Nicks. Last year, the duo reissued their pre-Mac album Buckingham Nicks for the first time in decades, and have apparently reconciled. “I think on a more general level, just the energy in terms of what Buckingham Nicks did to sort of create a resurgence of connection between Stevie and myself, I think on a larger scale, that seems to be something that’s in the air,” he said. “And what that translates to specifically, I wouldn’t want to speculate yet. But I believe with all my heart, it will translate to something good, and something wonderful, and something needed and something extremely appropriate.”

Though it was apparent last fall that Buckingham and Nicks were back on speaking terms — when they went deep on the Buckingham Nicks track “Frozen Love” for Song Exploder — this is the first time Buckingham has addressed any type of 2026 reunion in any capacity. It’s unclear what “larger scale” means, and whether it would be a Buckingham Nicks project of some sort or a Fleetwood Mac reunion tour. Nicks told Rolling Stone in 2024 that she’d never consider a Fleetwood Mac tour after the death of bandmate Christine McVie, but that was before her reconciliation with Buckingham. And next year will be a milestone for the band, as Rumours will celebrate its 50th anniversary. Only time will tell. For now, all we can do is listen to “Crystal” and remain hopeful.

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