Stevie Nicks as soon as once more reiterated that she has no regrets about slicing ties with Lindsey Buckingham, telling Rolling Stone that she gave her former bandmate and lover “more than 300 million chances.”

The Fleetwood Mac star stated she final touched base with Buckingham in 2023 at late bandmate Christine McVie’s celebration of life, and their transient change was sufficient to bolster her emotions.

“Christine threw down a hurricane on top of Nobu, which is where we had it,” Nicks stated of the celebration. “Almost blew the whole place away, honest to God. Tore down the entire deck that was all decorated and everything. So it was kind of crazy. We all felt like she was there, because it was really intense. The only time I’ve spoken to Lindsey was there, for about three minutes. 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.”

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Buckingham’s second tenure with Fleetwood Mac led to 2018 after his relationship with Nicks deteriorated past restore, resulting in a lawsuit that was later settled. The band changed him with Mike Campbell of the Heartbreakers and Neil Finn of Crowded House. Despite their years of seemingly infinite feuding, Nicks informed Rolling Stone that she’s proud of how and when she and Buckingham ended their working relationship.

“I think that all just happened the way it should have,” she stated. “It happened one night, not planned, at a MusiCares [benefit concert]. I didn’t even tell anybody it had happened in my head until the whole ceremony was over. I took with me that night a song that I had done with LeAnn Rimes called ‘Borrowed.’ I took it with me to play for him because I thought we could do this song beautifully.

“That’s when he wasn’t very good to anyone; he wasn’t very good to Harry Styles,” she continued. “I may hear my mother saying, ‘Are you actually going to spend the subsequent 15 years of your life with this man?’ I may hear my very pragmatic father — and by the best way, my mother and pa favored Lindsey quite a bit — saying, ‘It’s time for you guys to break up.’ Between these two, I stated, ‘I’m accomplished.'”

Stevie Nicks Rules Out Fleetwood Mac Reunion (Again), Wishes Lindsey Buckingham Well

Nicks once again ruled out a Fleetwood Mac reunion or farewell tour, answering the question with a simple “no.” (She said earlier this year that “with out Christine, no can do.”) She also drew a distinction between the end of Fleetwood Mac and the famously contentious Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, whose Graham Nash said he wished the band had done more together prior to Crosby’s death in 2023.

“Well, and that is true, however they by no means performed close to as a lot as we did,” Nicks said. “We had tons and plenty of time, and much and plenty of excursions that would have been the reconciliation tour and ‘now we’ll give up’ tour. So, I simply felt that Christine and I had accomplished every little thing we may do to make it a cheerful place. And it wasn’t a cheerful place anymore.”

Despite their well-documented friction, Nicks said she wishes Buckingham the best in his solo ventures. “I hope he lives a protracted life and continues to enter a studio and work with different individuals,” she said. “He’s additionally an icon, and he can educate individuals. He’s not stopped in his tracks. He can nonetheless make music and have enjoyable.”