Stevie Nicks Details Writing “Landslide” About Lindsey Buckingham

Lindsey Buckingham Reveals He and Ex Stevie Nicks Talk "All the Time" After RiftStevie Nicks is reflecting on the seasons of her life. And one of her most pivotal was writing “Landslide” in 1975 amid her tumultuous romance with fellow Fleetwood Mac member Lindsey Buckingham. “I wrote this song in Aspen, Colorado, when I was deciding whether or not Lindsey and I should continue,” Nicks said at the City of Hope 2026 Music, Film and Entertainment Industry (MFEI) Spirit of Life Gala Oct. 27, per People. “Well, it was a long time ago and 930,000 years later, we still continued.” Though the pair's romance—which began in the early 1970s before the pair joined Fleetwood Mac—eventually ended, the power of Nicks and Buckingham's creative partnership is what helped cement the group’s enduring legacy. As for how the tune came to her, Nicks explained that she wrote the song “looking out over the snow-covered hills in this beautiful house” up in the mountains. Her friends had gone out to dinner and, left to her own devices before such a mirror in the sky, inspiration struck. “I’m like, ‘Okay, because I’m so poor that just sitting in this house when you’re looking out at this view is so fantastic, I’m going to write a fantastic song,” Nicks said. “I just happened to bring my Goya [guitar], which I could hardly play, but I thought it looked good so I wrote this song.” Nicks, 78, and Buckingham, 77, first met as high school students in California before their romance began in 1972. They released their first album Buckingham Nicks as a folk-rock duo in 1973, the same year they signed a record deal with Polydor Records. Despite being dropped from their label when the album didn’t generate much commercial success, they eventually met Mick Fleetwood in 1974 and later joined Fleetwood Mac, which also consisted of Christine McVie and John McVie. The rest, as they say, is history.Photo by Lester Cohen/Getty Images for NARASAnd even after Nicks and Buckingham parted ways romantically in 1976, they channeled their pain into the band’s 1977 album Rumours, which famously included breakup tracks like "Go Your Own Way" and "Silver Springs.” As for where they stand today? Well, they might have been 'fraid of changing in the past, but they’ve since sailed through the ocean tides to calmer waters. As Buckingham recently shared, he and Nicks “are talking all the time now.” “Fleetwood Mac has been working on a documentary,” he told E! News in August, referring to Apple TV’s upcoming 2027 project “I think the process of making that has been a very circular healing process for all of us.” And while it took gettin’ older for Nicks and Buckingham to make peace, they’re now one of many former Hollywood couples who have reached friendly territory. 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