Lindsey Buckingham Says He and Stevie Nicks Are ‘Talking All the Time’ as Fleetwood Mac Documentary Nears

Buckingham says the documentary-making process has been ‘a very circular healing process for all of us.’

Lindsey Buckingham, speaking on the red carpet at Variety’s Power of Young Hollywood event on August 6th, confirmed that a Fleetwood Mac documentary is in the works and due in early 2027, and revealed that he and Stevie Nicks are now in regular contact. The comments, made to E! News, are the most optimistic public signal yet of a repaired relationship between the two rock legends since Buckingham’s acrimonious 2018 departure from the band.

A Documentary and a Healed Friendship

Buckingham confirmed that Fleetwood Mac has been working on a documentary set for release in early 2027, timed around the 50th anniversary of Rumours. He described the project as ‘a very circular healing process for all of us,’ crediting it with helping to mend relationships that had frayed badly in the years following his firing.

On the state of his friendship with Nicks specifically, Buckingham was direct: ‘We had left things, maybe as far as I was concerned, not in a very good place for all the wrong reasons. No one was happy about it, and all of that has been healed and worked out. Stevie and I are talking all the time now.’

The documentary is being made with director Frank Marshall, who Buckingham previously described as someone ‘who has done many wonderful documentaries.’ The project was first announced in 2024.

How Far the Relationship Has Come

The thaw between Buckingham and Nicks has been gradual and, at times, hard to believe. As recently as 2024, Nicks told Rolling Stone that her only post-Fleetwood Mac encounter with Buckingham was at Christine McVie’s funeral and lasted roughly three minutes. ‘The only time I’ve spoken to Lindsey was there, for about three minutes,’ she said. ‘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.’

The shift accelerated last year when the pair re-released their seminal Buckingham Nicks album. Then, last October, Nicks appeared on the Song Exploder podcast and confirmed that their feuding days were behind them. Buckingham’s August 6th comments represent the most concrete public confirmation yet that the reconciliation is ongoing and active.

What Buckingham Is Teasing for 2027

Beyond the documentary, Buckingham was careful not to over-promise. He said he ‘wouldn’t want to speculate’ about specific Fleetwood Mac plans, but his language was notably open-ended. ‘Next year should be a pretty interesting year, because I think quite a few things will reveal themselves,’ he said.

He also hinted at solo music and a possible tour of his own in 2027. Earlier this year, he spoke about the energy generated by the Buckingham Nicks re-release, saying it created ‘a resurgence of connection between Stevie and myself’ and that ‘on a larger scale, that seems to be something that’s in the air.’

The band has not performed since 2019, and Buckingham’s last show with Fleetwood Mac was January 26, 2018. The group has consistently maintained that McVie’s death in 2022 closed the door on any reunion, but Buckingham’s recent comments have done little to quiet fan speculation.

What we know

• Buckingham confirmed a Fleetwood Mac documentary is in production and expected to arrive in early 2027.
• The documentary is being made with director Frank Marshall.
• Buckingham said he and Nicks are ‘talking all the time now.’
• Fleetwood Mac has not performed since 2019; Buckingham’s last show with the band was January 26, 2018.
• Christine McVie died in 2022, and the band has cited her death as ending any chance of a reunion.
• Buckingham and Nicks re-released the Buckingham Nicks album last year.
• Nicks confirmed on the Song Exploder podcast last October that she and Buckingham had ended their feud.
• Buckingham teased solo music and a possible tour in 2027.

The take

The Buckingham-Nicks dynamic has always been the emotional engine of Fleetwood Mac, and the history of the band is essentially inseparable from the history of their relationship. Their split in 2018 was particularly damaging because it was so public and so bitter, with both sides airing grievances through the press over several years. The fact that a documentary project appears to have served as the mechanism for reconciliation fits a well-established pattern in rock history: the making of an authorized retrospective often forces estranged collaborators into the same room, and shared nostalgia has a way of softening old grievances. The Rumours 50th anniversary is a genuine cultural milestone, and the commercial logic of marking it with something more than a reissue is obvious. Still, the elephant in the room remains McVie’s absence. Fleetwood Mac without Christine McVie is a fundamentally different proposition, and the band has been consistent on that point. Whether Buckingham’s careful, optimistic language signals a full reunion or simply a more modest joint appearance tied to the documentary is genuinely unclear. His phrase ‘quite a few things will reveal themselves’ is doing a lot of work. For now, the most significant development is the simplest one: two people who weren’t speaking are speaking again.

Why it matters

For Fleetwood Mac fans, the Buckingham-Nicks reconciliation matters because it removes what had seemed like the most permanent obstacle to any future collaboration. The band’s catalog, anchored by Rumours, remains one of the best-selling in rock history, and there is a massive audience that has never seen the classic lineup perform. Whether or not a reunion materializes, the documentary alone represents the first major Fleetwood Mac project in years, and Buckingham’s 2027 tease suggests the anniversary cycle will generate significant activity around one of classic rock’s most enduring stories.

What’s next

The Fleetwood Mac documentary, directed by Frank Marshall, is expected in early 2027, timed to the 50th anniversary of Rumours. Buckingham has also teased solo music and a possible tour of his own for 2027. He indicated that ‘quite a few things will reveal themselves’ in the coming year, though he declined to specify further.

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