Originally Posted by
sodascouts
There's a lot of rumors going around, but here's what people are saying.
Fleetwood Mac had planned to do a worldwide tour this year, starting this summer, with rehearsals starting in the spring. They'd been waiting for Stevie to finish her solo touring; they've been waiting for her to finish up since 2016. She was finally ready, and the plans were in place. That much we know.
We also know that Lindsey had spoken of releasing a solo album and touring for it in the spring.
Here's where the rumors start.
Word is that Lindsey wanted Fleetwood Mac to work around his solo album touring schedule. They didn't want to. He was upset about it, pointed out how they'd waited for Stevie, how they'd worked around her. They go back and forth over it, try to find a middle ground.
But something went down after MusiCares in January. I don't know what was said or what made it escalate, but Stevie got very angry with Lindsey that night, absolutely enraged, and she issued an ultimatum to Mick Fleetwood: I'm not touring with him. It's him or me. Mick picked Stevie.
Lindsey was kicked out of the band.
The Sirius station that was about to go on the air was suddenly yanked and all went quiet as Mick started searching behind the scenes for replacements to go on the tour which is still on the books for this summer.
When former Fleetwood Mac guitarist Billy Burnette found out he wasn't picked, he posted on his social media Friday that Lindsey was fired, and the news broke before Mick Fleetwood could make an official statement.
As a result, the official statement, designed to make it appear as if Lindsey left willingly, now falls completely flat... and a whole lot of Fleetwood Mac fans are very, very angry.
And yes, Lindsey was the one who Mick Fleetwood asked to join the band in 1974, and he refused to join the band unless they also took his girlfriend, Stevie Nicks.