Mick Fleetwood Fired! Rush Drummer Neil Peart Joins Fleetwood Mac (Madhouse magazine)

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Originally Posted by sodascouts

What's strange is that he was in the rehearsal footage shown on CBS, so it looks like he was indeed willing to work with them after Lindsey was fired. I suppose he could have spoken up after the fact, perhaps said something that made Stevie feel touring with Brett would be stressful.

One rumor I heard is that Lindsey was given a chance to go to the rehearsal in Maui, making it sound to me like they retained Mike and Neil, just to give Lindsey one more chance to tow the company line, but when he didn’t show, Mike and Neil were made members. I wonder if Neale and Brett were only there just in case Lindsey showed. I can’t see them really needing Neale now that they have two guitarists.