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Fleetwood Mac opens up about firing Lindsay Buckingham

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Fleetwood Mac opens up about firing Lindsay Buckingham

A few weeks ago, Fleetwood Mac revealed that Lindsay Buckingham was no longer a member of the band. He was with them between 1974 and 1987 and again between 1996 and 2018. Mike Campbell (former Tom Petty guitarist) and Neil Finn were hired to take his place.

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Now, the band opened up about this situation.

Read what Stevie Nicks said to Rolling Stone:

“We were supposed to go into rehearsal in June and he wanted to put it off until November [2019]. That’s a long time. I just did 70 shows [on a solo tour]. As soon as I finish one thing, I dive back into another. Why would we stop? We don’t want to stop playing music. We don’t have anything else to do. This is what we do.”

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Mick Fleetwood said:

“Words like ‘fired’ are ugly references as far as I’m concerned. 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. To that purpose, we made a decision that we could not go on with him. Majority rules in term of what we need to do as a band and go forward.”

According to another interview, conducted by CBS, Fleetwood Mac is planning to record and release new music with this new lineup.

Tour dates

10/03 – Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center

10/06 – Chicago, IL @ United Center

10/10 – Louisville, KY @ KFC Yum! Center

10/12 – Lincoln, NE @ Pinnacle Bank Arena

10/14 – Des Moines, IA @ Wells Fargo Arena

10/16 – Indianapolis, IN @ Bankers Life Fieldhouse

10/18 – Kansas City, MO @ Sprint Center

10/20 – St. Louis, MO @ Scottrade Center

10/22 – St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center

10/26 – Cleveland, OH @ Quicken Loans Arena

10/28 – Milwaukee, WI @ Wisconsin Entertainment and Sports Center

10/30 – Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena

11/01 – Pittsburgh, PA @ PPG Paints Arena

11/03 – Ottawa, ON @ Canadian Tire Centre

11/05 – Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre

11/07 – Columbus, OH @ Nationwide Arena

11/10 – Edmonton, AB @ Rogers Place

11/12 – Calgary, AB @ Scotiabank Saddledome

11/14 – Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena

11/17 – Tacoma, WA @ Tacoma Dome

11/19 – Portland, OR @ Moda Center

11/21 – San Jose, CA @ SAP Center at San Jose

11/23 – Sacramento, CA @ Golden 1 Center

11/25 – Oakland, CA @ Oracle Arena

11/28 – Phoenix, AZ @ Talking Stick Resort Arena

11/30 – Las Vegas, NV @ T-Mobile Arena

12/03 – Denver, CO @ Pepsi Center

12/06 – Fresno, CA @ Save Mart Center

12/08 – San Diego, CA @ Viejas Arena

12/11 – Inglewood, CA @ The Forum

12/13 – Inglewood, CA @ The Forum

02/05 – Houston, TX @ Toyota Center

02/07 – Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center

02/09 – Austin, TX @ Frank Erwin Center

02/13 – Birmingham, AL @ Legacy Arena at The BJCC

02/16 – New Orleans, LA @ Smoothie King Center

02/18 – Tampa, FL @ Amalie Arena

02/20 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ BB&T Center

02/22 – Columbia, SC @ Colonial Life Arena

02/24 – Charlotte, NC @ Spectrum Center

02/27 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena

03/03 – Atlanta, GA @ Philips Arena

03/05 – Washington, DC @ Capital One Arena

03/09 – Atlantic City, NJ @ Boardwalk Hall

03/11 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden

03/13 – Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center

03/15 – Hartford, CT @ XL CENTER

03/20 – Albany, NY @ Times Union Center

03/24 – Baltimore, MD @ Royal Farms Arena

03/26 – Buffalo, NY @ KeyBank Center

03/31 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden

04/05 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center

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