The legal battle between Lindsey Buckingham and his former Fleetwood Mac bandmates appears to be over, with the guitarist explaining he’s settled his lawsuit with the band.
2018 has undoubtedly been a year of problems for Fleetwood Mac. Back in April, it was revealed that after a total of 35 years in the group, Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsey Buckingham had been fired from the band, with Mike Campbell of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers and Crowded House’s Neil Finn joining the lineup in his absence.
While Buckingham remained silent at the time, he eventually addressed his firing, noting that it “was not something that was really my doing or my choice.”
Then, back in October, Buckingham noted that it was Stevie Nicks who is responsible for his firing from the group, receiving the news via a phone call from band manager Irving Azoff.
While the whole ordeal was rather reminiscent of the in-fighting that accompanied the band’s glory days, the feud soon turned official, with Lindsey Buckingham bringing legal action against his former bandmates.
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Now, it seems that the legal battle is all over, with Lindsey Buckingham explaining that the matter has been settled.
“We’ve all signed off on something,” Buckingham explained to CBS This Morning (via NME) “I’m happy enough with it. I’m not out there trying to twist the knife at all. I’m trying to look at this with some level of compassion, some level of wisdom.”
The former Fleetwood Mac guitarist also noted that he felt as though he had been “kicked out of the family” thanks to the events of this past year.
“I do, but I don’t feel like it was something that was my doing,” he noted. “It hurt for a while. I did walk around for a few months with a very visceral reaction to that.”
Buckingham also revealed that Christine McVie had been in contact with him, explaining that he is missed in the band, while laying blame entirely on Stevie Nicks.
“She wrote me an email and basically said, ‘Dearest Lindsey, just know that I had nothing to do with any of this. Know that I miss you so much,’” he revealed. “She said, ‘I believe deep in Stevie’s heart that she would like you to come home.’”
According to the original lawsuit, Lindsey Buckingham claimed that he lost an estimated $12 million in upcoming tour proceeds, and alleged that his bandmates broke an oral contract by firing him.
Apparently, Buckingham had asked his former bandmates to postpone their world tour so that he could perform a series of solo shows with his band. After reluctantly agreeing to postpone his own plans in order to perform with Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham claimed that he was fired from the group anyway.
While the particulars of the lawsuit and its resolution were not made clear, it seems like everything is harmonious as it possibly could be in the Fleetwood Mac camp at the current time.
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