вЂњAnd so, it became a little bit like Trump and the Republicans.вЂќ

HeвЂ™s since been back in touch with Mick Fleetwood, who has hinted he might welcome him back if Nicks allows it, but Buckingham lays the blame squarely at NicksвЂ™ feet in terms that seem like a death blow to any thoughts of yet another reunion.В вЂњI think others in the band just felt that they were not empowered enough, individually, for whatever their own reasons, to stand up for what was right,вЂќ he said. Lindsey Buckingham Sells His Catalog of Fleetwood Mac, Solo Songs to Hipgnosis The band carried on withВ Crowded HouseвЂ™s Neil Finn and Tom Petty guitarist Mike Campbell filling out the lineup for a tour Buckingham said he didnвЂ™t see, but based on the set list he called вЂњsomewhat generic and perhaps bordering on being a cover band.вЂќ

вЂњI think she wanted to shape the band in her own image, a more mellow thing, and if you look at the last tour, I think thatвЂ™s true,вЂќ Buckingham said of his former life and music partner Nicks. He sued the band for what he estimated to be $12 million to $14 million in lost wages from the tour - a suit that has since been settled - and told the magazine that stories about his smirking causing the rift were вЂњbulls-,вЂќ and that it was the new album that really caused the split. It was less than a week later that Buckingham, 71, was booted from the group. BuckinghamВ - who joined the band in 1975 along with Nicks - complained when he felt the Nicks-written song вЂњRhiannonвЂќ that played them on had вЂњ underminedвЂќ the impact of their entrance, and then Nicks was reportedly angered by what she felt was BuckinghamвЂ™s smirking mockery of her long speech on behalf of the band. Months of what he said were unanswered emails and calls to the other members led up to the testy evening in January 2018 when the band accepted their MusiCares Person of the Year award. Fleetwood Mac Songbird Christine McVie Sells Catalog to HipgnosisД®ven though Fleetwood MacвЂ™s 2018 tour dates were already on the books and most of the group - drummer Mick Fleetwood, keyboardist-singer Christine McVie and bassist John McVie - were reportedly flexible, lead singer Stevie Nicks would not agree, even after Buckingham suggested he could book gigs for MacвЂ™s off nights to fill in their three-show-a-week schedule.

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