Although fans continue to hope for an official Fleetwood Mac reunion, it will definitely not happen at J.K. Rowling’s birthday celebration. Over the weekend, rumors circulated that Stevie Nicks, Lindsey Buckingham, John McVie, and Mick Fleetwood would perform at the Harry Potter author’s November party. Rolling Stone has since confirmed that no such event is planned.

“This is completely untrue,” a Fleetwood Mac representative told Rolling Stone. “There is nothing factual about it.”

The band’s most recent performance together was at a charity concert for UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals at Oracle Park in San Francisco on November 19, 2019. Following the passing of Christine McVie in 2022, Nicks made it clear that the group would not reunite again. “Fleetwood Mac ended when Christine passed away,” Nicks told Rolling Stone in 2024. “We cannot replace her.”

Anyone familiar with Fleetwood Mac’s history knows it would take far more than a birthday party to bring them back together. The band formed in 1967 and continued with different lineups until McVie’s death. After McVie left in 1998, the remaining members—Nicks, Fleetwood, John McVie, and Buckingham—performed as a foursome. She rejoined in 2014, but long-standing disagreements between Nicks and Buckingham came to a head four years later, leading to his departure. During their 2018–2019 tour, Mike Campbell and Neil Finn stepped in to cover his role.

Fleetwood and Buckingham reconciled in 2021, with Fleetwood expressing that he hoped Buckingham could one day return, but Nicks insisted that would never happen. Nicks and Buckingham did, however, recently re-release their 1973 joint record, Buckingham Nicks.

For now, the closest fans may get to a reunion is through a documentary announced last year. The project, directed by Frank Marshall, will be an official feature-length film produced for Apple.

The film, which does not yet have a title or release date, will include fresh interviews with the four surviving core members, along with never-before-seen footage. It will also feature both new and archival interviews with Christine McVie, capturing Fleetwood Mac’s journey over more than fifty years, from their peak in the Seventies to the present day.