So anyway, (a reunion is) a - perhaps slim - possibility." "Anything that anyone had an issue with, with me, was so small in comparison with other things we managed to rise above.
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It wasn't so much that I felt slighted that I didn't get to do yet another Fleetwood Mac tour, but I thought it really did not respect the legacy that we built, which was all about overcoming adversity. Reflecting upon his Fleetwood Mac exit three years ago, Lindsey continued: "I wasn't happy about how that went down. It's certainly something that more than one person who is close to the situation has brought to me." It's really going to take Stevie (Nicks) coming to that point of view, and I haven't spoken to Stevie in a long, long time, so I don't know where that's at. Lindsey continued: "Mick - he didn't want to see me go in the first place - but he's talking about that. So, I wasn't sure how that was going to pan out, and I wasn't sure how Mick ultimately felt about it either, but that was the politics of the situation that led to that." I'm sure it was fine, but I think it was probably very mellow by comparison.They were covering so much other Fleetwood Mac material, and they were doing Crowded House songs and Tom Petty songs. "There have been intimations from Mick, who I've talked to several times, that he wants to try to get the five of us back together," Lindsey said. Lastly, it's disclosed that during his heart surgery following his departure from Fleetwood Mac, vocalist Stevie Nicks got in touch with the guitarist to "wish me well", which a seemingly forlorn Buckingham describes as "nice", adding that he just wants "Stevie to be happy".Now, in a fresh interview with Entertainment Weekly, Lindsey Buckingham has confirmed that Mick Fleetwood wants him to return. However he admits that he's unsure on whether re-joining the group is actually "doable". And by allowing this to happen through some levels of weakness, my own weakness included, I think we did some harm to that legacy and that's a shame."īuckingham then reveals that he is still in contact with "soul mate" Mick Fleetwood, the drummer and co-founder of the band, and notes "we love each other and we reinforced each others sensibilities in the band", before adding "it's my sense that pretty much everyone would love to see me come back". The guitarist then states that he believes the firing to have "harmed the band's legacy" and says, "we spent 43 years building this legacy which was about rising above things. The guitarist then goes on to note that he's aware he may not always be easy to get along with, but that the members of the band should "put it in a larger context of all the things that Fleetwood Mac have gone through". And then it just got to the point where someone just didn't want to work with me anymore, and other people were perhaps not feeling empowered enough to stand up for me when possibly they should have or could have." He continues, "Anyway, that sort of led to other things that kind of built up around that. You know, I had been in the band for 43 years for god's sake. But you know, we’ve all made time for each others things.
The host, Marc Maron, asks Buckingham to clarify whether it was singer Stevie Nicks, behind the decision: "Yes, I mean to be fair everyone was anxious to get on the road. And there was certainly one person who did not want to bestow that on me." "And when Christine and I were done touring as a duet – which we did after we made that album a few years ago – what I asked of the band, because they were planning a FM tour pretty much right after that, was, 'I wanna, you know, we did this great project with Christine, I have this other album that I’m really proud of, it's a pop album, and I’d love if you could give me an extra three months to just put it out and do some American dates before FM goes out'. Offering an inside look behind his firing from Fleetwood Mac, Buckingham explains "the tone actually began with the solo album that is about to be released, the brand new one, which has been waiting to come out for 3 years now – more actually. "He’s not blaming me, he’s just saying you know, 'that was your art album, we wanna do something a little broader now.' And I said okay, but I realised at that point that I wasn’t gonna be able to continue to sort of aspire to be the artist unless I started making solo albums." So, Mick came to me one day and he said 'well we’re not going to do that again', meaning 'you can’t go to your house and work on tracks by yourself and bring them in and have us play over them' – which is what I did. But when it did not sell close to 16 million copies, I think it probably sold 4, 5, and it was a double album.
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