This Is The Latest Twist In Mick Fleetwood’s Feud With Lindsey Buckingham – And Why It Stunned Fans

Fleetwood Mac has become a byword for quality soft rock – and scandalous in-fighting. The stormy partnership between Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks has particularly grabbed headlines over the past 40 years. And while fans might’ve thought this fight had ended in the 2018 firing of Buckingham, they’d be completely wrong. That’s because the band’s endless feuding took a remarkable new turn in 2021.

This is all-the-more stunning because it seemed that Buckingham was done with Fleetwood Mac back in 2018. At the time, Nicks claimed that Buckingham was fired because he’d asked for too long of a break to work on his own project. And once Buckingham was gone, the group drafted in Neil Finn, of Crowded House fame, plus Mike Campbell from The Heartbreakers. But this wasn’t the end of the story.

When asked about Buckingham’s departure, Mick Fleetwood said he didn’t care much for the word “fired.” He told music website NME, “Not to hedge around, but we arrived at the impasse of hitting a brick wall. This was not a happy situation for us in terms of the logistics of a functioning band.” Yet the drummer made it clear that ditching Buckingham had been a group decision.

Buckingham, of course, had his own take on these events – and he shared it with Rolling Stone. Buckingham said that Irving Azoff, manager of the group, had contacted him with a shocking comment from Nicks. Azoff reportedly told the guitarist, “Stevie never wants to be on a stage with you again.”

According to Buckingham, that had come as quite a shock. “We rehearsed for two days, and everything was great,” he told the magazine. “We were getting along great.” But, he said, appearances were deceptive. Nicks apparently had a series of grievances that included Buckingham “smirking” while she spoke at a benefit concert.