and 2 guys replace him for a new tour this year. The new guys are Mike Campbell and Neil Finn.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/fleetwood-mac-fires-lindsey-buckingham-w518925
Heartbreaking news.
By coincidence, I listened to Kiln House last night. That was a pretty good band.
Time for them to just pack it in. John McVie’s debts can’t be that bad.
I had no idea Fleetwood Mac was still an operating concern.
Wasn’t Buckingham pretty much the driving force of the band after about 1975? Can they really function without him?
They can. Behind the Mask was recorded and toured behind without Lindsey. Not their best album, but not the worst either.
Well, they’ve always been fractious, and Lindsey’s know for being tough, while Mike Campbell is Mr. Easygoing, and Finn’s required to be nice by New Zealand law.
They’re mostly a touring band now, touring every few years, and probably making a crapton of money when they do so. As Fleetwood Mac, they’ve only released one new studio album in the past 23 years. They had worked on material for a new album for the past several years, but Stevie Nicks wasn’t interested in being involved in the project, and it thus became a Lindsey Buckingham / Christine McVie album (with John and Mick contributing to it), and came out last year.
And, Buckingham had left previously in '87, not returning until '97 (though the band itself had been formally disbanded from '95 to '97).
Whats up with that?? Whats up with that?
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Fresh meat for Stevie.
Mike Campbell is not fresh to Stevie - she tried to be a Heartbreaker for decades.
LOL. I love her to pieces.
He was fired because he tried to get his girlfriend to co-manage the band. He’s now in Four Jacks and a Jill , playing the Ramada Inn in Kansas City.
Niiiiiiiice
Being lead guitarist for Fleetwood Mac isn’t the best career choice it seems. Lindsey had a great run. Mike will fill the guitar role no problem–maybe with a little more exposure with FM he’ll get the recognition he deserves as a terrific player.
I love Neil Finn (seeing him live was a probably-not-possible bucket list thing, but he played Summerfest… fo’ free! And was brilliant). But I first think of his strengths are as a songwriter, so it seems an odd hiring decision. But he’s been a capable band leader (Crowded House, et al), so maybe that makes more sense.
If they’d asked me, I’d’ve said "Hey, instead of firing Buckingham, why not just disband* and… well, go your own way? Either tour with separate bands, or retire and go play ukulele on a beach somewhere.
*dis-band… chortle.
Buckingham played with Fleetwood Mac for over three decades, so I think it worked out OK for him.
And, Campbell gets a lot of respect from music fans already, AFAIK, even if he, himself, isn’t a household name among casual fans.
I’ve mentioned before how I never had the chance to have her shoot me down because our dads hated each other so I won’t mention it this time.
It really is a long way down to Holiday Road.
This is the second time I recall LB leaving Mac and being replaced by TWO musicians, which tells you a lot about what he means to this band.
How did they “fire” him? Was there a vote? Is there one person who owns the rights to the name? Or is it more reasonable to assume there was a “mutual parting of ways”?
Have tickets already been sold for their tour and can fans get refunds?