Fleetwood Mac launched the careers of all of their band members when they skyrocketed in popularity in the mid-1970s
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The group rotated through musicians after they created the band in 1967
After Christine McVie died in 2022, the group disbanded and has not performed music together since
It's been nearly 60 years sinceFleetwood Macchanged the landscape of rock music.
The band was formed in 1967 by singer and guitaristPeter Greenwith drummerMick Fleetwoodand later bassistJohn McVie, who all originally specialized in blues. By 1970, John's wife,Christine McVie, joined the group, followed byLindsey BuckinghamandStevie Nicks— who were dating and working together — in 1974. Green left the band in 1970.
Although the grouphad their ups and downsover the years — including the McVies' divorce, Fleetwood's divorce andBuckingham and Nicks' breakup— they released several record-breaking singles and albums and won twoGrammy awards.
Starting in 1987, the group began to shift with people coming and going. AfterChristine's death in 2022, the band said theycould not move forward.
"I would say the band is done. The thought of doing things without [Christine] right now seem to be very far-fetched," Fleetwood toldAccess Hollywoodin February 2023. "After a while of healing, who knows what may or may not happen, but I would suspect that Fleetwood Mac is put to bed."
Here's a look into the lives of the members of Fleetwood Mac now.
Stevie Nicks
A singer, songwriter and producer, Nicksmet Buckingham during her senior yearat Menlo-Atherton High School in Atherton, Calif. Buckingham asked her to join his psychedelic rock band, Fritz, and they both attended San Jose State University before dropping out to further pursue their music careers.
Fritz called it quits in 1972 and the pair released the albumBuckingham Nicksthe following year to little commercial attention. She joined Fleetwood Mac in 1975 after Buckingham was invited and insisted that the two were a package deal. Her songs like "Landslide," "Dreams" and "Gypsy" would go on to become some of the band's most famous tunes.
Nicks and Buckingham's relationship went through tumultuous ups and downs over the years but sheended things in 1976, shortly before the recording of the band's most successful album to date,Rumours.
"When we joined Fleetwood Mac, I said, 'OK, this is what we've been working for since 1968. And so Lindsey, you and I have to sew this relationship back up. We have too much to lose here,' " Nicksrecalled toBillboardin 2014 of working with her ex at the height of the band's fame.
She embarked on a solo career in 1981 with the albumBella Donna. Nicks recorded seven more solo studio albums and two live ones, with her biggest solo hits including "Edge of Seventeen," "Leather and Lace" and "After the Glitter Fades."
"I loved being in a band. Until 1981, I was not the least bit interested in having a solo career," she said in 2021 onTim McGraw's Apple Music Country showBeyond the Influence Radio. "Even when I decided I did want to do a solo record, I was not at all interested in leaving my band and not being in a band anymore. I just wrote way too many songs for Fleetwood Mac."
Nicks wasinducted into the rock and Roll Hall of Fameas a solo artist in 2019, marking the first time a woman received the honor twice. In recent years, she's collaborated with some of today's biggest artists, includingMiley Cyruson 2020's"Edge of Seventeen" and "Midnight Sky" mashup, "Edge of Midnight (Midnight Sky Remix)." She went on a limited tour in 2022, her first since the COVID-19 pandemic, andreturned to the Hollywood Bowlin Los Angeles. In March 2023, Nicks embarked on a nine-dateco-headlining tourwithBilly Joelcalled "Two Icons, One Night."
Thelegendary singeralso told McGraw that she hasn't solidified plans to tell her life story, but if she ever does, she'd omit her past drug use as she feels it doesn't define her. "I managed to save myself. I got through some pretty scary moments, but I saved me, nobody else saved me," she said. "I survived me. I survived my cocaine. I survived by myself. I checked myself into rehab. Nobody did that for me. I did it and that's like with my whole life. So I would dance over those parts just to give the wisdom out to people."
In May 2023, Nicks spokeabout Christine's deathduring a concert in Atlanta, mentioning that aTaylor Swiftsong, "You're on Your Own, Kid," helped her process her grief. "That is the sadness of how I feel," Nicks said.
The "Landslide" singer also took a moment to look back on her relationship with Christine. She recalled a sisterly relationship that could withstand long periods of time apart. "It was like never a minute had passed. Never an argument in our entire 47 years — never," she recalled.
Nicks' latest album, titledThe Ghost Record, is scheduled to be released on May 26, 2026.
Lindsey Buckingham
The lead guitarist and singer of Fleetwood Mac as well as a music producer, Buckingham attended Menlo-Atherton High School, where he met his muse and future bandmate, Nicks, and briefly attended San Jose State University with her before they left to pursue music full-time.
He was a part of the psychedelic rock group Fritz, which he invited Nicks to join as a backing singer, and the two began dating after the band split in 1972.
Buckingham was invited to join Fleetwood Mac by Fleetwood in December 1974, insisting that Nicks be added as well. His song, "Go Your Own Way," was the lead single off the band's most popular album, 1977'sRumours; he also wrote "Second Hand News" and "Never Going Back Again" for it and sang co-lead on "The Chain" and "Don't Stop." He helped lead the band in a more experimental direction for their follow-up album, 1979'sTusk.
He left the band for the first time following the group's 1987 album,Tango in the Night. Initially reuniting with the band for a one-night-only performance in 1993 at the request of then-presidentBill Clinton, he officially rejoined the group in 1997.
In addition to his work with Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham has dropped seven solo studio and three live albums. His most popular was his debut, 1981'sLaw and Order, which spawned the charting single, "Trouble." He also released an eponymous 2017 collaborative album with bandmate Christine.
In 2018, Buckingham waskicked out of Fleetwood Macfollowing an in-group disagreement after a MusiCares performance.
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Heplaced the blame on Nicks, telling PEOPLE, "Stevie basically gave the band an ultimatum that either I had to go or she would go. It would be like [Mick] Jagger saying, 'Well, either Keith [Richards] has to go or I'm going to go.' "
Buckingham filed a lawsuit in October 2018 that was settled two months later and he has sincereconciled with Fleetwood.
Though Buckingham told PEOPLE he wasn't happy with how he was released from the band, he was opento rejoining them, saying, "Mick knows I would come back like a shot. But I'm not hanging my hat on all that." In order to do so, he would have to reconcile with Nicks, whomhe said at the time he hadn't spoken to since she texted him followinghis 2019 open-heart surgery. In March 2026, though, he hinted at a reconciliation on his Instagram, perRolling Stone.
Buckingham went on to marryKristen Messnerin 2000. The pair share three adult children, daughters Leelee and Stella and son William.
In 2021, Buckingham and Messner announcedthey were divorcing, but three months after the filing, the musician told PEOPLE the two were "working on our relationship."
His most recent musical collaborations included a guest appearance onHalsey's 2021 album,If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power, and joining The Killers onstage in Los Angeles in August 2022.
Mick Fleetwood
The only member to be with the band since its iteration was co-founder Fleetwood.
Rumoursmay not have happened if it weren't for Fleetwood finding a new recording location in Sausalito, Calif., and keeping the group together there when members wanted to record elsewhere. Fleetwood was cited as working his calming magic again when the band made 1979'sTusk, shortly after he was diagnosed with diabetes.
In addition to his work with Fleetwood Mac, the musician worked on a number of side projects, including forming Mick Fleetwood's Zoo in 1983, performing on his bandmates' solo albums, co-writing 1990'sFleetwood—My Life and Adventures and acting in small roles, including 1987'sThe Running Man. He is also the reason that the BRIT Awards were pre-recorded for 18 years after aco-hosting gigwent wrong in 1989.
In his personal life, Fleetwood married modelJenny Boydin 1970, and the pair had two daughters together, Lucy and Amy. They divorced in 1976 but got remarried, and he and Nicks began an affair in 1977. Fleetwood and Boyd divorced for a second time in 1978. He was then married to Sara Record from 1988 to 1995 andLynn Frankel, with whom he shares twin daughters, Ruby and Tessa, from 1995 to 2015.
After taking his twins to aHarry Stylesconcert in 2014, Fleetwood struck up a friendship with the "Watermelon Sugar" singer and became the face of the younger musician's brand,Pleasing, in 2022.
Fleetwood's seventh solo record, Mick Fleetwood and Friend'sCelebrate the Music of Peter Green, dropped in 2021. In addition to his artistic pursuits, Fleetwood is a vino and restauranteur with a namesake wine line, Mick Fleetwood Private Cellar.
Christine McVie
Christine, the keyboardist and vocalist for Fleetwood Mac, attended the Moseley School of Art in Birmingham, but by the late 1960s was part of the British Blues scene, most notably as the lead singer and pianist of Chicken Shack.
After a whirlwind romance, she married Fleetwood Mac bassist John in 1968 and performed with the band as a session player before officially joining the group in 1970. The McVies divorced in 1975 but remained friendly bandmates. She went on to marry Eddy Quintela in 1986, splitting from him in 2003.
While continuing to record with Fleetwood Mac, she released three solo albums, including a self-titled record in 1984 that peaked at No. 26 on the Billboard 200 and one in 2004 during semi-retirement. Christine earned the Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music in 1998. She took a 15-year break from the band, performing with them in London in 2013 before officially rejoining them in 2014 ahead of their On With the Show Tour. In 2017, she released aduets album with Buckingham.
Christinedied on Nov. 30, 2022, after a brief illness and a stroke, with a secondary cause of death listed as cancer. She was 79.
"She was truly one-of-a-kind, special and talented beyond measure," the band wrote in a statement at the time. "She was the best musician anyone could have in their band and the best friend anyone could have in their life. We were so lucky to have a life with her. Individually and together, we cherished Christine deeply and are thankful for the amazing memories we have. She will be so very missed."
At the 2023Grammy Awards, Fleetwood,Sheryl CrowandBonnie Raittpaid a touching tribute to her, performing the 1997 Fleetwood Mac tune, "Songbird," which was entirely composed by Christine.
John McVie
Bassist John began his musical pursuits on the trumpet but later switched to bass. At age 17, around the same time he started pursuing music seriously, he trained to be a tax inspector.
A formative gig learning to play the blues with John Mayall and the Bluesbreaker cut his tax career short. After Fleetwood Mac started in 1966, John was persuaded to leave the Bluesbreakers to join the new group. They recorded their first self-titled album in 1968.
Fleetwood Mac often performed at the same venue as fellow British blues band Chicken Shack, which is how John met his future wife, Christine. The two married after a short romance and Christine joined the group after Green left in 1970. They divorced in 1976, the same year the band recordedRumours. John married Julie Ann Reubens in 1978 and the pair share one daughter, Molly.
John has been a constant member of Fleetwood Mac, though not as high profile as the other members. Most of his music after 1967 was recorded with the band, though he did release a solo album in 1992 and performed on Buckingham and Christine's 2017 album.
John has been sober since 1987, when he suffered an alcohol-induced seizure. He was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2013 and Fleetwood Mac canceled the Australia and New Zealand leg of their tour at the time so he could undergo treatment. Christine told theToronto Sunin 2017 that he was in remission but "has slowed down a little bit." She also noted that "he loves sailing now," though he was noted for being asailing bufffor quite a while before that.
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