After 50 years, Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham create new rumors
Two parts of a tempestuous love affair that helped buoy Fleetwood Mac's success, Nicks and Buckingham whipped fans of the '70s rock band into a tizzy this week when they hinted at a possible reunion.
In separate posts on social media, they shared what appeared to be a handwritten exchange.
Together, the notes form a line from "Frozen Love," a song off the pair's 1973 album "Buckingham Nicks," their first and only joint venture before joining Fleetwood Mac the following year.
Elsewhere on the internet, Mick Fleetwood, a drummer and founding member of the band, fanned the flames, sharing a video on Instagram of him listening to the track, captioned "Magic then, magic now."
USA TODAY has reached out to representatives for Nicks and Buckingham for comment.
While Fleetwood Mac, as a collective, rose to the top of the charts in the 1970s and enjoys widespread popularity now, it is the fraught personal and musical tie between Nicks and Buckingham that continues to inspire a cult-like interest.
An on-again, off-again couple at the height of the band's success, their love affair became the stuff of legend, particularly after "Rumors," a 1977 album littered with lyrics about betrayal and infidelity, offered a raw if not cryptic glimpse into their troubles.
Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac perform on NBC's "Today" at the NBC's TODAY Show on Oct. 9, 2014, in New York.
Tracks like "Silver Springs" and "Go Your Own Way" are memorialized as testaments to a brilliant but troubled musical pairing, whose personal animus bled into their art. In the years since, Nicks and Buckingham have buried the hatchet, but rarely performed together.
Now, fans are hoping their social media posts are teasing a reunion. Whether its an album, radio single, memoir or just a joint performance, though, remains, like the best Fleetwood Mac projects, a rumor.
