“It did occur to me that the guitar part was very much something I would do”: Fleetwood Mac's Lindsey Buckingham spots something familiar in a hit Sam Fender song

Lindsey Buckingham and Sam Fender.

Thanks to his gift for storytelling and stadium-sized choruses, Sam Fender is often referred to as ‘The Geordie Springsteen’, but now another US rock legend has suggested that he can spot his own influence on one of the British singer-songwriter’s hits.

We’re talking about Fleetwood Mac’s Lindsey Buckingham, who was played a live version of Fender’s 2024 single, People Watching, by his son, Will.