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Fleetwood Mac, Lindsey Buckingham Settle Lawsuit Over Dismissal From Band | Rolling Stone

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by Daniel Kreps
8th December 2018
Rolling Stone

“I’m happy enough with it. I’m not out there trying to twist the knife at all,” guitarist tells CBS This Morning of settlement

 

Lindsey Buckingham revealed in a new interview that he has settled his lawsuit against his former Fleetwood Mac bandmates.

Following Buckingham’s surprise firing from Fleetwood Mac in January, the guitarist filed a lawsuit against the band in October, alleging breach of fiduciary duty and breach of oral contract, among other charges

“Fleetwood Mac strongly disputes the allegations presented in Mr. Buckingham’s complaint and looks forward to their day in court,” a rep for the band told Rolling Stone in October.

However, in an interview with CBS This Morning that aired Saturday – the guitarist’s first television interview since his dismissal – Buckingham said that the lawsuit was quietly settled a couple weeks ago.

“We’ve all signed off on something,” Buckingham said of the settlement. “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.”

Buckingham did not elaborate on the terms of the settlement. Buckingham declined to comment to Rolling Stone. A rep for Fleetwood Mac did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

During the CBS This Morning interview, Buckingham talked about the “visceral” feeling of being dismissed from the band – reportedly at the behest of Stevie Nicks – and said that, since his firing, he hasn’t spoken to any of his former bandmates except for Christine McVie, who reached out to Buckingham recently. Continue reading Fleetwood Mac, Lindsey Buckingham Settle Lawsuit Over Dismissal From Band | Rolling Stone →

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Music Review: 50 Years – Don’t Stop from Fleetwood Mac

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A new career-defining set from Fleetwood Mac that spans their 50-year existence, released in multiple formats on Nov 16th, 2018.

This career spanning collection from Fleetwood Mac has been released as a single CD, three-CD set, 5-LP vinyl set, digital download and streaming edition and is a fine collection of songs that make up the career of Fleetwood Mac from the blues era of the late 60s, to the transition period of the early 70s, the later adult orientated rock era of the late 70s and 80s, to the final set of songs that make up the swansong of the band’s recording output. Each album is represented on this set, including one song from the  2013’s ‘Extended Play‘ release.

The set is chronological in sequence except for the streaming edition (of which I will cover off later in the piece) and most tracks have been remastered for this collection and sound extremely nice and bright. The highlighted of this set for me is the single mix of ‘Fireflies’ and the first-ever physical release of ‘Sad Angel’ from the 2013 ‘Extended Play‘ release, whereas most other tracks have been made available in remastered form on recent deluxe editions of Fleetwood Mac, Rumours, Tusk, Mirage and Tango In The Night, special mention should be made for the early to mid 70s songs that have also been remastered and should appeal to casual observers of the band who would not be familiar with these tracks. Continue reading Music Review: 50 Years – Don’t Stop from Fleetwood Mac →

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Don’t Stop: 50 years on, Fleetwood Mac are still rising from the ashes of their own self-destruction | The Independent

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The Independent
Alexandra Pollard
15th Nov 2018

The storied band, who are about to embark on a European tour, have found a home for themselves teetering on the brink of implosion – unwilling, or perhaps unable, to let each other go. Their new anniversary album, ’50 Years – Don’t Stop’, could hardly be more aptly titled.

Fleetwood Mac taking part in a US interview broadcast in 1975 ( Polaris )

Affairs, breakups, terrifying brawls between lovers, damage to instruments (and skulls), divorce, drug abuse, alcoholism, rows about money, musical differences, and lots and lots and lots of hit records: Fleetwood Mac might have sounded mellow at times, but off stage they were anything but.

“We’re a group of people who, you could make the argument, don’t belong in the same band together,” Lindsey Buckingham once said of his fractious group. “It’s the synergy of that that makes it work.”

Whether they’ve triumphed because of their famously volatile relationship, or in spite of it, Fleetwood Mac have risen from the ashes of their own self-destruction more times than seemed possible. In the past 50 years, they have found a home for themselves teetering on the brink of implosion – unwilling, or perhaps unable, to let each other go. Their new anniversary album, 50 Years – Don’t Stop, released a month after they announced a 2019 European tour, could hardly be more aptly titled.

Not that the current members haven’t tried to stop. Stevie Nicks left the band in 1990 over a dispute with Mick Fleetwood, but rejoined a few years later. Guitarist Lindsey Buckingham quit in 1987, just before the band’s world tour, to “get on with the next phase of my creative growth” – only to spearhead a reunion a decade later. When Christine McVie packed the whole thing in 1998, she even went as far as moving to a sleepy village in Kent. “There’s no more chance of [McVie returning],” said Stevie Nicks in 2012, “than an asteroid hitting the earth.” A little over a year later, McVie was back in the band, no asteroid in sight. Continue reading Don’t Stop: 50 years on, Fleetwood Mac are still rising from the ashes of their own self-destruction | The Independent →

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Fans’ anger as Fleetwood Mac tickets resell online for €740 | The Times (Ireland)

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Katie O’Neill

The Times (Ireland}

Fans of Fleetwood Mac who missed out when tickets for their Dublin concert sold out this week were disappointed to find touts advertising them for €740.

The band are taking their European tour to the RDS Arena in June and tickets sold out minutes after they went on sale on Ticketmaster yesterday morning.

Seats in the golden circle went on sale for €129.50, standing tickets were €89.50 and seated tickets ranged from €79.50 to €144, all excluding a service charge. Tickets quickly appeared on Viagogo, a secondhand retailer, for between €197 and €740 each.

Noel Rock, a Fine Gael TD, said that the high prices being charged by touts online underlined the need for the government to act faster on touting legislation. “Ticketless Fleetwood Mac fans have been left bitterly disappointed after touts snapped up hundreds of tickets today for next June’s much anticipated RDS concert,” he said.

“These tickets, predictably, immediately flooded secondary markets for prices up to €700 within hours. Viagogo are the main facilitators of this gouging of fans online, with tickets going for up to €697 a ticket for this concert already.” Continue reading Fans’ anger as Fleetwood Mac tickets resell online for €740 | The Times (Ireland) →

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Fleetwood Mac (without Lindsey Buckingham) announce European Tour including Wembley Stadium in the UK

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FLEETWOOD MAC ANNOUNCE EUROPEAN TOUR

TICKETS ON SALE 26 OCTOBER 2018 AT 9AM

(LONDON, U.K. Monday 22 October 2018) – Legendary, GRAMMY-award winning band Fleetwood Mac announced today a European tour, set to kick off in June with three exclusive performances currently announced in London, Dublin and Berlin. Produced by Live Nation, the tour will feature the newly announced line-up of Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Stevie Nicks, and Christine McVie along with newcomers Mike Campbell and Neil Finn.

Tickets for the tour will go on-sale to the general public starting on Friday, October 26th at 9am local time.

A limited number of LaneOne VIP Packages will also be available, including amazing seats with premium benefits such as transportation, preferred entrance and more. LaneOne premium VIP packages are available here.

“Fleetwood Mac has always been about an amazing collection of songs that are performed with a unique blend of talents. We jammed with Mike and Neil and the chemistry really worked and let the band realize that this is the right combination to go forward with in Fleetwood Mac style. We know we have something new, yet it’s got the unmistakable Mac sound,” said Mick Fleetwood.

“We are thrilled to welcome the musical talents of the caliber of Mike Campbell and Neil Finn into the Mac family. With Mike and Neil, we’ll be performing all the hits that the fans love, plus we’ll be surprising our audiences with some tracks from our historic catalogue of songs,” said the group collectively. “Fleetwood Mac has always been a creative evolution. We look forward to honoring that spirit on this upcoming tour.” Continue reading Fleetwood Mac (without Lindsey Buckingham) announce European Tour including Wembley Stadium in the UK →

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Lindsey Buckingham Gets Anthologised By Rhino | Popmatters

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CHARLES DONOVAN
25 Oct 2018

Can’t the members of Fleetwood Mac ever bury their differences and forge a lasting friendship? Even in their dotage, they fall out with each other at the most terrible junctures – on the eve of tours or just after the completion of albums. At one point, it seemed as if we might get another studio album from the classic lineup. It would have been the first since 1987’s Tango in the Night. Christine McVie had finally come back into the fold. Before quitting, she had held down the fort during the troubled era of Behind the Mask (1990) and Time (1995), when first Lindsey Buckingham fled, followed by Stevie Nicks. After live reunion album, The Dance (1997), McVie retired to England, peeping out briefly to issue a so-so solo album in the early 2000s. It was left to Nicks and Buckingham to front the good-ish double-album, 2003’s Say You Will. Then, no sooner was McVie back behind the piano and ready to record, Nicks proved reluctant to enter the studio. Consequently, a 2017 studio album came out under the band-name Lindsey Buckingham Christine McVie, even though Mick Fleetwood and John McVie played on it.

Now it’s Buckingham’s turn to be out in the cold, and there are conflicting reports as to why. Slowly, the PR-buffed narrative about scheduling issues is giving way to one of malice, toxicity, ill will, and bad blood, of insurmountable dislike and antipathy, and Nicks giving the band a him-or-me ultimatum. A lawsuit looms while Fleetwood Mac tour with a lineup plumped out by musical everyman, Neil Finn, plus Heartbreaker, Mike Campbell. Oh dear. The sorry mess does, however, mean that Buckingham is suitably placed for touring behind and promoting this three-disc (six on vinyl) anthology and by all accounts, a solo album will follow.

Continue reading Lindsey Buckingham Gets Anthologised By Rhino | Popmatters →

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Fleetwood Mac announce 2019 European tour amid bitter multi-million dollar lawsuit with former bandmate Lindsey Buckingham | Daily Mail (UK)

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Eva Buckland
Daily Mail
23rd Oct 2018

Fleetwood Mac have announced a new European tour, days after it emerged the band were being sued for millions of dollars by ex bandmate Lindsey Buckingham for sacking him.

The Go Your Own Way hitmakers, who have sold more than 100m albums in a 51 year career, will perform gigs in Berlin, Dublin and London next June.

The iconic band, comprised of Mick Fleetwood, John McVie, Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie – will be joined by newcomers, the Heartbreakers’ Mike Campbell and Crowded House’s Neil Finn.

Ushering in a new era for the band, Mick, 71, spoke of the ‘chemistry’ the band has with the new members, saying: ‘Fleetwood Mac has always been about an amazing collection of songs that are performed with a unique blend of talents.

‘We jammed with Mike and Neil and the chemistry really worked and let the band realise that this is the right combination to go forward with in Fleetwood Mac style.

‘We know we have something new, yet it’s got the unmistakable Mac sound.’

The group added: ‘We are thrilled to welcome the musical talents of the calibre of Mike Campbell and Neil Finn into the Mac family. With Mike and Neil, we’ll be performing all the hits that the fans love, plus we’ll be surprising our audiences with some tracks from our historic catalogue of songs.

‘Fleetwood Mac has always been a creative evolution. We look forward to honouring that spirit on this upcoming tour.’ Continue reading Fleetwood Mac announce 2019 European tour amid bitter multi-million dollar lawsuit with former bandmate Lindsey Buckingham | Daily Mail (UK) →

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Lindsey Buckingham sues Fleetwood Mac over his dismissal | BBC News

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By Mark Savage
BBC Music reporter
12th October 2018

Lindsey Buckingham sues Fleetwood Mac over his dismissal

Lindsey Buckingham is suing his former bandmates in Fleetwood Mac after they fired him from a US tour.

The group dismissed their former frontman in January, replacing him with Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell and Neil Finn of Crowded House.

In documents filed in Los Angeles superior court, Buckingham said he lost up to $14m (£10.5m) as a result.

The star also claims the band refused to speak to him about the decision, despite their 43-year relationship.

“Not a single member of the band called Buckingham to break the news to him,” the court documents say.

“In fact, not a single member of Fleetwood Mac has returned any of Buckingham’s phone calls to provide him with an explanation for his purported expulsion from Fleetwood Mac.”

Later in the complaint, Buckingham said he had tried to contact bassist John McVie, “who responded that he had been instructed not to speak” to him.

Continue reading Lindsey Buckingham sues Fleetwood Mac over his dismissal | BBC News →

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Lindsey Buckingham sues former Fleetwood Mac bandmates claiming he lost $14m when he was fired | Daily Mail (UK)

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Daily Mail
12th Oct 2018

He was unceremoniously fired from Fleetwood Mac in January.

Now longtime guitarist, singer and songwriter Lindsey Buckingham has filed a lawsuit against former bandmates: Stevie Nicks, Mick Fleetwood, Christie McVie and John McVie for ‘breach of fiduciary duty, breach of oral contract and intentional interference with prospective economic advantage.’

According to court documents obtained by Radar Online and Us Weekly, Buckingham claims the firing cost him between $12 to $14million.

In the suit, Lindsey claims the lost wages are part of a deal the band signed with events promoter Live Nation for 60 shows over two-years, where members were to earn up to $14million each.

In an interview with Rolling Stone, Buckingham said he received a call from band manager Irving Azoff two days after the band was honored at a MusicCares benefit show in New York.

‘Stevie never wants to be on a stage with you again,’ Azoff was quoted as saying.

Her gripes reportedly included Buckingham’s outburst over the band’s intro music, and that he smirked during Nicks’ thank you speech at the MusiCares ceremony. Continue reading Lindsey Buckingham sues former Fleetwood Mac bandmates claiming he lost $14m when he was fired | Daily Mail (UK) →

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Lindsey Buckingham Sues Fleetwood Mac Over Dismissal From Band | Rolling Stone

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Rolling Stone
By Andy Green
11th Oct 2018

Musician alleges breach of fiduciary duty and breach of oral contract, among other charges, after firing earlier this year

Fleetwood Mac’s John McVie, Christine McVie, Stevie Nicks, Mick Fleetwood, and Lindsey Buckingham in 1975.
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UPDATE (10/12): “Fleetwood Mac strongly disputes the allegations presented in Mr. Buckingham’s complaint and looks forward to their day in court,” a rep for the band said Friday. “The band has retained Dan Petrocelli to handle the case.” Petrocelli, a Los Angeles attorney, had previously represented the Eagles’ Don Henley and Glenn Frey in their lawsuit against Don Felder, who was fired from the band in 2001.

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Lindsey Buckingham has filed a lawsuit against Fleetwood Mac for breach of fiduciary duty, breach of oral contract and intentional interference with prospective economic advantage, among other charges, according to legal documents obtained by Rolling Stone. The group parted ways with Buckingham in January and replaced him with Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell and Neil Finn of Crowded House. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, states that he asked the group to postpone their tour three months so he could play shows with his solo band. He says plans were in place for the Rumours-era lineup to play 60 shows across North America when he was let go without warning.

“This action is necessary to enforce Buckingham’s right to share in the economic opportunities he is entitled to as a member of the partnership created to operate the business of Fleetwood Mac,” the complaint states.

The complaint offers a detailed look at the buildup to Buckingham’s departure from the band, going back to late 2017 when the group began plotting a 2018/19 world tour. It claims that Stevie Nicks, Mick Fleetwood, John McVie and Christine McVie wanted it to begin in August of this year, but Buckingham wanted it to start in November so he could tour behind his new solo release. When the others refused to delay the plans, the suit claims, he reluctantly agreed to postpone his album for a year to accommodate their wishes. Continue reading Lindsey Buckingham Sues Fleetwood Mac Over Dismissal From Band | Rolling Stone →