Mac Court Case Over

Lindsey Buckingham says he won’t “twist the knife”.

Lindsey Buckingham’s lawsuit with Fleetwood Mac has been settled.

The guitarist/vocalist was fired last year due to a scheduling conflict revolving around a world tour. He will be replaced for the shows by Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell and Crowded House leader Neil Finn.

Buckingham was sacked just days after appearing with Mac at a Grammy MusicCares event, and subsequently filed papers that claimed a lost income of up to $14 million. The band’s response was terse and to the point: “Fleetwood Mac looks forward to their day in court.”

Speaking on the popular US news programme This Morning recently, Buckingham revealed that the matter has been resolved. Asked whether the outcome was satisfactory from his point of view, he responded: “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 and some level of wisdom.”

Buckingham said he had discovered he was out of the band during a phone call with manager, Irving Azoff, who told him that Stevie Nicks hadn’t been happy with him at the MusicCares event, and had accused Buckingham of smirking behind her back during her acceptance speech.

“It appeared to me that she was looking for something to hang on me in order to instigate some kind of a coup,” Buckingham said. “Irving Azoff told me days later that she’d given the band an ultimatum, and either I had to go or she would.” DL