Both Buckingham and Nicks have also released reams of solo music. Some fans had theorized that Nicks and Buckingham were teasing a Fleetwood Mac reunion, which would have been the first since the death of vocalist, songwriter and keyboard player Christine McVie in 2022.

“It’s one of those records that everybody has heard of but not that many people have actually heard,” said Brian Mansfield, a music historian, journalist and record collector in Nashville, Tennessee.