A few more notes of clarification:
Rolling Stone reported back in March (well before the Billboard article), that "[t]he group spent time in mid-March working on new songs, though they don't plan on releasing anything until after the world tour."
So I don't think the band ever had any plans to release something before the tour.
And at around the same time, USA Today reported:
"The timetable for new singles and an album depends in part on when Stevie Nicks rejoins her bandmates in the studio, Buckingham says.
"Stevie's been not sure how she wants to approach recording or when," he says. "Mick, John and I have cut great stuff with (producer) Mitchell Froom and now I'm producing Christine's stuff."
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As far as I'm aware, no one has ever stated that Stevie was reluctant or holding out; only that she was trying to figure out how to approach recording and when. Which seems entirely consistent with her plan to knock out her solo album first.
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