Say Goodbye
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MatureComplete Sat, May 20, 20231h 58m
It's September 2003, and as the "Say You Will Tour" goes on, Lindsey Buckingham is called upon by producers to film his own episode of Soundstage in Chicago. For Lindsey, a man who has always called Fleetwood Mac his "big movie" and his solo career his "small movie", this is the chance of a lifetime, the chance to truly share his art and his alone with fans, and from the moment he first heard the new of this opportunity there has been only one thing - and one person - on his mind...
He knows he cannot be on Soundstage without Stevie Nicks, the woman with whom he began his career, the woman whose voice, as she predicted in song, still continues to haunt him.
Six years after letting him go, six years after the heartache of watching Lindsey leave her side to build his family, Stevie agrees to share the stage with him in Chicago...
What follows is not only an incredible performance but a reunion of souls that has bee six years - or, rather, TWENTY-six years - in the making.
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