Stevie Nicks says relationship with ex Lindsey Buckingham remains tense

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Stevie Nicks says relationship with ex Lindsey Buckingham remains tense

January 14, 2015

Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham of Fleetwood Mac perform on NBC's 'Today Show' on October 9, 2014 in New York.
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Stevie Nicks has revealed that her relationship with ex-boyfriend and ongoing bandmate Lindsey Buckingham continues to remain tense despite the decades that have passed since their break up. The pair broke up during the recording sessions for Fleetwood Mac's multi-platinum selling 1977 studio album Rumours.

According to a new cover story interview posted Jan. 14 at Rolling Stone, the two-time Grammy winner maintains that tensions between the former lovers remain "exactly" the same as when they broke up. Despite the break up, ongoing infighting and the pursuit of solo careers, the pair have remained in Fleetwood Mac and are part of the current reunion tour, which includes the return of long estranged Mac singer-songwriter Christine McVie, which begins its second U.S. leg Jan. 16 in St. Paul, Minneapolis, at Excel Energy Center and wraps up April 11 in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

Characterizing their relationship as antagonistic, the diminutive diva describes the conflict in an interview with Rolling Stone. "He and I will always be antagonizing to each other, and we will always do things that will irritate each other, and we really know how to push each other's buttons," says Nicks. " We know exactly what to say when we really want to throw a dagger and I think that that's not different now than it was when we were 20."

Over the holiday season, Nicks made a surprise appearance at Deer Tick's New Year's Eve gig. The two-time Grammy winner joined the alt-rockers onstage to help celebrate their final night of a 10th anniversary six-night stand in Brooklyn, New York, at the Brooklyn Bowl to perform her 1975 Fleetwood Mac hit "Rhiannon."

Nicks recently released a new solo studio album 24 Karat Gold: Songs from the Vault, which hit shelves Sept. 30 via Reprise and will spend most of 2015 touring the world with Mac's hugely successful On With The Show Tour, which will include a headline appearance June 14, 2015 at the Isle of Wight Festival and multiple night runs May 27-28, as well as June 22-30 at London's prestigious O2 Arena . For the latest information on Stevie Nicks, click here and for Fleetwood Mac, click here.

Did you know? Prior to joining with Fleetwood Mac, Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham released at studio album together titled Buckingham Nicks in 1973.