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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Ben Beaumont-Thomas

‘It ain’t over till one of us is gone’: the pop stars who refuse to bury the hatchet

Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham, who haven’t made up since the latter’s 2018 exit from Fleetwood Mac.
Going their own way … Stevie Nicks and Lindsey Buckingham, who haven’t made up since the latter’s 2018 exit from Fleetwood Mac. Composite: Getty

Whether informed by the perspective and poignancy of one’s twilight years, or by the promise of loads of touring cash, some of pop’s most bitter feuds are being put to bed. This week Madonna, who had caught wind that Elton John was appearing on SNL, headed down to the studios and – blessed with an A-lister’s supernatural freedom of movement – confronted John backstage over his various unkind remarks about her in the past. She forgave him and a potential collaboration is in the works.

Meanwhile Oasis are getting ready to go back out on tour after years of tuber-based jibes between the Gallagher brothers, and Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel had an emotional reunion last year with the latter admitting he’d “been a fool” to berate Simon in an interview. So who might be next?

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