“I have historically declined comment on artists, but in the case of Lindsey Buckingham, I will make an exception. “Irving doesn’t need the money, but he’s still driven by the money,” Buckingham said.Īzoff responded with a lengthy statement to the newspaper: “And after many lengthy group discussions, Fleetwood Mac, a band whose legacy is rooted in evolution and change, found a new path forward with two hugely talented new members.”īy spring 2018, Fleetwood Mac had enlisted Crowded House frontman Neil Finn and longtime Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell to join the band for a tour.īuckingham, 71, asserts in the Times interview that the motivation for replacing him in the band and pushing through a Fleetwood Mac tour with replacement players (he refers to the live act as “on the edge of being a cover band”) was purely financial. If the band went on without me, so be it. I proactively removed myself from the band and a situation I considered to be toxic to my wellbeing. To be exceedingly clear, I did not have him fired, I did not ask for him to be fired, I did not demand he be fired. Through her publicist, she told the Times that Buckingham’s version of events "is factually inaccurate and while I’ve never spoken publicly on the matter, certainly it feels the time has come to shine a light on the truth. Nicks, however, denied she instigated a coup. MusiCares 2022: Joni Mitchell named Person of the Year Nicks, who detoured into a lengthy speech at the podium, believed Buckingham was mocking her behind her back as she spoke. While Buckingham’s dismissal from Fleetwood Mac followed his request that the band delay their 2018 tour by three months so he could support a solo record – the one finally being released next week – it also fell in the timeline of the band’s acceptance of their MusiCares Person of the Year award in January that year. "Dreams": Mick Fleetwood recreates viral TikTok video
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