Mike Campbell on comments on joining FM
 

Just read on TomPettyOfficial Instagram a statement from Mike Campbell regarding his admiration and respect for Lindsey's contributions to FM. Just wanted to give you guys a heads up on that. I've been a member here since '97 and have rarely posted. I'm truly disappointed and sad on about Lindsey's firing! I love Stevie and I sure hope she wasn't behind it...:distress:

power to Mike.

the other 4 do not deserve him. especially Mick.

Mick is a GD piece of work. He and Stevie deserve each other.

It was a truly classy statement and I don't think these divas deserve him. I hope they appreciate him. They sure didn't appreciate Lindsey

It is a nice statement. Classier than anything we'll get from any Mac member. And it makes sense because Lindsey and the Heartbreakers have been friends for a long time. I think people forget it's not just Stevie who was close friends with Tom and his band, but Lindsey too. Tom especially loved Lindsey and his music. He said once that he tried to get Lindsey to join the Heartbreakers because he didn't want to be a frontman anymore but Lindsey turned him down.

And Lindsey turned down Tom's offer because he truly loved his FM family. That's what makes all this goddamn mess harder to deal with.

Since Monday I have been wondering what Tom's reaction would have been to his friend's firing.

I keep thinking about what started my fandom of FM in 1997. It was the incredible chemistry this band had and especially the chemistry Stevie and Lindsey shared. They seemed to have truly made up and gotten past all the heartbreak and anger. Boy was I wrong! Why did Stevie become so bitter and full of venom? I went to the AHI benefit in Phoenix soon after The Dance tour and Lindsey was her guest. While he was speaking about their musical journey together she had her arms wrapped around him and was crying. I can't believe she is so cold now! I'm still in shock!

Just reporting of Mike Campbells Instagram message;
http://www.wjbdradio.com/music-news/...-fleetwood-mac



Mike Campbell says Lindsey Buckingham is "no longer with Fleetwood Mac"

Posted on 4/12/2018 11:19 AM

Fleetwood Mac recently announced that founding Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers guitarist Mike Campbell will be joining the band for an as-yet-unannounced fall tour and that he, along with Crowded House singer Neil Finn, would be replacing Lindsey Buckingham. While Fleetwood Mac hasn't confirmed whether Buckingham has officially exited the group, a new statement from Campbell suggests that Lindsey has.

"Though I was sad to hear Lindsey Buckingham is no longer with Fleetwood Mac, I am honored and excited to join the band," Campbell writes in a message posted on Petty and the Heartbreakers' Facebook page. "Lindsey is one of my favorite musical artists. A true genius at songwriting and guitar playing. I intend to honor his songs while at the same time bring my musicality to the band."

Mike, whose gig with The Heartbreakers sadly came to an end when Petty died last October, adds, "After one rehearsal [with Fleetwood Mac] I can tell it's going to be an amazing collaboration. I am also very happy to have an opportunity to play with Neil Finn, who I greatly admire. Fleetwood Mac not only has one of the greatest rhythm sections in rock history, it also has two of the finest voices and songwriters in Stevie Nicks and Christine McVie. I am looking forward to the tour with great anticipation."

After the announcement was made about Buckingham not taking part in Fleetwood Mac's upcoming tour, Variety reported that, according to an inside source, Buckingham was fired over a disagreement regarding the trek.

The magazine says the source claimed Buckingham wanted to work on his solo material this year, while the other band members were eager to head out on tour, and when he wouldn't commit to the trek, the group decided to proceed without him.

Thanks for posting the article FuzzyPlum. I'm not too familiar with how to post links and quote articles since I'm mainly a lurker. :wavey:

Egad. Only ONE rehearsal and he thinks this is going to work out?

And honor Lindsey's songs. Karaoke GYOW and SHN, here we go...

Certainly a far more dignified statement than that of the band of course. I bet the icon would never allow the band to release a statement honoring Lindsey's genius.

Its just as well Mike is her friend and her pick for the band. Making a comment like that about Lindsey- he's lucky not to be kicked out already.

:thumbsup:

we don't know the specifics, so it's just as likely that he got blindsided by al this... the band got in a jam i.e. lindsey not touring, however that happened which is still a mystery, and they got in a bit of a panic thinking, crap who can we get? and stevie reached out to mike. we don't know if he was initially hesitant about it and they had to coax him a bit.... I imagine getting together and playing was part of the process before he was able to say yeah ok I'll do it..... he's caught in the middle of things not of his own doing

Imagine is they initially offered him a spot as an extra guitarist with him assuming LB was still in the band, then the bomb drops.

Stevie said:
You got lucky babe, you got lucky babe, when I found you

That was during the time when Lindsey wasn't with Fleetwood Mac so I doubt that was the reason behind it. He probably just didn't want to join another band.

I think it's interesting that Lindsey never mentioned that however. Tom Petty likes you enough to try and get you to be the frontman of his famous band and you never publicly mention this?

because he's classy. :nod:

despite how people want to portray him.

or he was so high that he doesn't even remember. :laugh:

I love this comment!!!!!! And yet we had to listen to Stevie, endlessly talk about how she was an honorary Heartbreaker, grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr:mad: I am beyond furious over this whole, ridiculous, stupid decision. They are idiots. And I truly am disappointed in Christine......she's the only one I thought had the balls/brains to not let something like this happen. Or at least make her own statement. Now she's just as bad as the rest of them.:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

Honestly, it's a step down for him. Fleetwood Mac with Lindsey is a great band. Fleetwood Mac without Lindsey is not. Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers is the greatest band ever, IMO. I'm surprised he didn't wait longer and do some projects honoring Tom and his legacy. Just seems too soon to jump into another band already.

I really think that Stevie talked him into it and that could have been even before Lindsey was given his walking papers. If he agreed to it then it would have encouraged Stevie to really want to get rid of him. The thought of performing with an old friend and musical collaborator who is also a world class guitarist that she had no negative baggage with as opposed to one that she had an ocean liner full. Easy choice really.

YESSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!

Christine is the one who has broken my heart. Everyone knows that Stevie and Mick are both dumb as a bag of hammers. John just goes with whatever. Chris is THE ONE who could have saved the day.....YET she just laid there and let the rape happen. She COULD HAVE stopped it. But she didn't. My lifelong fandom is f*cked. She IS as bad as the rest of them.:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

I find it drily amusing that Tom Petty would offer a spot on the Heartbreakers to Lindsey, when Stevie has for decades tried to wrangle an invitation and all but beg to be admitted to the band. It would probably have been better off for FM if Tom had taken her in. Then the icon would find another band to create dysfunction in, and she would go down in rock history as the woman who has broken up the most bands.

Where did you hear this? I've never heard this before. I find it surprising that he would offer a spot to Lindsey it was always pretty clear Tom was the leader of the band.

Oh now she's Yoko?
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a3...5cb4b875ac.jpg

Yeah, I'm wondering that too. News to me.

Easy choice. And even Heartbreakers' fans think she means trouble. :nod:

see now THIS is where a more legitimate claim of misogyny could be made.... Tom's constantly stated reason, ONLY reason for not having Stevie in the Heartbreakers was, and i quote, "There are NO GIRLS in the Heartbreakers, Stevie"

I have no idea if LB was legit asked or not. But he had the requisite equipment for consideration anyway. :eek:

Where are all those people screaming misogyny, and why aren't they pointing the finger at Tom and the rest of the Heartbreakers??

This is HORRIFYING!!! I'm burning my Tom Petty CDs!:woohoo:

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.men...-20151020/amp/

In this interview, when he talks about the song he did with Lindsey for that movie.

Thanks for posting this. I was talking with a coworker about Lindsey possibly joining Tom Petty's band but I didn't have time to look for anything online.

Now I can show her the proof on Monday Morning!:laugh:

I love this comment!!!!!! And yet we had to listen to Stevie, endlessly talk about how she was an honorary Heartbreaker, grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr:mad: I am beyond furious over this whole, ridiculous, stupid decision. They are idiots. And I truly am disappointed in Christine......she's the only one I thought had the balls/brains to not let something like this happen. Or at least make her own statement. Now she's just as bad as the rest of them.:mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:

I wonder if Stevie knows that Lindsey was once asked to join the Heartbreakers.

I kinda take this a "tongue in cheek." He says so Lindsey could take the heat off of him for awhile, he never wanted to be in the front? Yeah, right Tom was always leader of the band. Imagine Tom moving in the background and Lindsey taking center stage.

I agree. I've seen Tom a bunch of times and he is totally in his element on the stage. I am glad that Stevie got to spend time with him this last outing- I think she would have regretted that for the rest of her life.