Bilboard Article - Mick Fleetwood Opens Up About Lindsey Buckingham's Departure

[Angel75]

Originally Posted by DownOnRodeo

After reviewing the various quotes by band members etc. when compiling the "Record" thread, I reached the following conclusion:

(1) LINDSEY was the one who was visibly unhappy (with all their Greatest Hits touring)

(2) When Tom died suddenly on tour, Stevie bona fide freaked out about her own imminent mortality and she drew a voodoo line of happiness around her that necessarily excluded brooding Lindsey's whinging about the band's direction

(3) Something brought things to a head around MusicCares--it might have simply been that the deadline for Lindsey to sign off on the tour plans was around that same date (it makes logistic sense that they'd schedule such a meeting around the same time as a gig)--and it was likely NOT some unconscionable or violent words or behavior by Lindsey against Stevie or her side, because in the interviews Stevie is confabulating merrily about the timing in a way that suggests she is trying to obfuscate something SHE did wrong and not in a way that suggests she is being forced to recall some traumatic moment in her life

I think your conclusions make an awful lot of good sense