Thirty minutes after the show's end, Buckingham and Nicks are seated on a sofa in a backstage room lit by candles. She cross-legged, relaxed and smiling-describes the performance as "wonderful". He, with a clipped laugh, calls it "therapy." Christine McVie's absence has, Nicks claims, "made the whole dynamic of the show different", and brought her and Buckingham closer together. He agrees: "There's more psychic space. We can face off and really connect."

They might as well be sitting on a psychiatrist's couch. "We're able to be warm and loving and friendly and fun," she says. "There's a sweetness to it. Lindsey and I are really enjoying it." She casts a sideways glance. "Aren't we?" "Yes," he reassures her. "We are."



From the Say You Will Tour