They are who they are in their own right.”Ĭampbell is the former lead guitarist for Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, and Finn, the frontman for Crowded House. 'Both these gentlemen have a legacy of their own,' drummer Fleetwood told CBS. New Fleetwood Mac members include lead guitarist Mike Campbell and vocalist Neil Finn. I mean I have a solo career, and I love my solo career, and I'm the boss. And you know, when you're in a band, it's a team. And one of the members did not want to get out on the road for a year,' Nicks said. 'This team wanted to get out on the road. Vocalist Stevie Nicks supported the decision. 'It became just a huge impasse and hit a brick wall, where we decided that we had to part company,' Fleetwood said. Tensions stemmed from Buckingham’s refusal to sign off on a tour that had been a year-and-a-half in the making. Turmoil has always existed among its members, but things came to head in January, Mick Fleetwood told CBS News. The group, which made the announcement Wednesday morning about the tour that launches in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in the fall, has sold more than 100 million records in its 50-year-plus existence. Fleetwood Mac has announced a new tour kicking off in October, but the group’s former lead guitarist, Lindsey Buckingham, won’t be part of it.
