Classic Rock
Stevie Nicks explains feud with Lindsey Buckingham
Fleetwood Mac was probably one of the bands that had one of the most troubled careers of all time in terms of the relationships between the band members. Many things happened over the decades, and the most recent event was in 2018 when the band’s longtime guitarist and singer, Lindsey Buckingham, left the group.
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The main reason was a feud with his bandmate and ex-partner Stevie Nicks, who explained in an interview with Rolling Stone what happened and how it was when they met again at Christine McVie’s memorial.
Stevie Nicks explains feud with Lindsey Buckingham
Christine threw down a hurricane on top of Nobu, which is where we had it. Almost blew the whole place away, honest to God. Tore down the entire deck that was all decorated and everything. So it was kind of crazy. We all felt like she was there, because it was really intense. The only time I’ve spoken to Lindsey was there, for about three minutes. I dealt with Lindsey for as long as I could. You could not say that I did not give him more than 300 million chances.
She was then asked if she regretted that this didn’t happen before
“No, I think that all just happened the way it should have. It happened one night, not planned, at a MusiCares. I didn’t even tell anybody it had happened in my head until the whole ceremony was over. I took with me that night a song that I had done with LeAnn Rimes called ‘Borrowed.’ I took it with me to play for him because I thought we could do this song beautifully.”
“That’s when he wasn’t very nice to anybody; he wasn’t very nice to Harry Styles. I could hear my mom saying, ‘Are you really going to spend the next 15 years of your life with this man?’ I could hear my very pragmatic father. And by the way, my mom and dad liked Lindsey a lot — saying, ‘It’s time for you guys to get a divorce.’ Between those two, I said, ‘I’m done.'” Stevie Nicks said.
The final Fleetwood Mac shows happened in 2019 and the band had two new touring members: Mike Campbell and Neil Finn.
Buckingham’s most recent release is the album “Lindsey Buckingham” (2021)
