It has taken more than fifty years, a handful of cryptic Instagram posts, and a sudden billboard appearance on Sunset Boulevard to suggest what fans have quietly hoped for since 1973.
The long-buried cult album Buckingham Nicks may finally be getting a proper reissue.
Earlier this week, Stevie Nicks posted a photo of handwritten lyrics reading “And if you go forward…” with Lindsey Buckingham completing the line on his own account with “I’ll meet you there.” The lyrics are lifted from Frozen Love, the final track on Buckingham Nicks and the very song that reportedly led Mick Fleetwood to invite the duo to join Fleetwood Mac. The timing of this exchange was quickly followed by the appearance of the album’s original cover on a billboard in Los Angeles, along with a single date: September 19.
That small but deliberate sequence of events has ignited long-standing rumors around the album’s return. If confirmed, this would be the first time Buckingham Nicks is made available in digital form or reissued on any official platform since its original release in 1973.
This potential release also marks a rare public alignment between Nicks and Buckingham, whose relationship has remained fractured since Buckingham’s firing from Fleetwood Mac in 2018. The circumstances surrounding that split remain contested, with conflicting accounts offered by the band and the artists themselves. Since then, Mick Fleetwood has expressed a desire to see the two repair their connection, even if a full band reunion remains off the table.
With the passing of Christine McVie in 2022, Nicks has made it clear that any version of Fleetwood Mac without her is not one worth reviving. A reissue of Buckingham Nicks may not be a reunion in name, but it is the closest thing left. This is not just the revival of an overlooked record. It is the quiet return of a fault line that once rewrote rock history.
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