-- i think it was that Alcorn State dancing meme to Dreams last week that did it:

(https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/arts-and-entertainment/wp/2018/04/04/how-a-black-college-dance-troupe-landed-a-decades-old-fleetwood-mac-song-on-the-billboard-charts/)

-------------------------------------

Guitarist Lindsey Buckingham has left Fleetwood Mac, according to a report in Variety.

First news of the split came last week from ex-Fleetwood Mac guitarist Billy Burnett, who had replaced Buckingham in the group from 1987 to 1995. Burnett tweeted, “Breaking news: Lindsey Buckingham is out but I’m not in.” The tweet was deleted a few hours after it was posted, but it appeared as though the band was auditioning replacements for Buckingham.

Buckingham joined Fleetwood Mac in 1975, piloted the group to unknown heights of fame and fortune, left in 1987, and returned to the group after a decade in 1997. The band initially formed in the late 1960s as pioneers of the British blues-rock explosion, and though the American Buckingham was not a founding member, he was central to its golden age, leading the charge on albums like 1977’s classic Rumours. The band went on to sell millions of records worldwide and were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1998.

Rumors of a new Fleetwood Mac album petered out in recent years, though Buckingham did release an eponymous album with Christine McVie in 2017. The album featured contributions from Mac bandmates Mick Fleetwood and John McVie. Fleetwood Mac had also discussed embarking on farewell tour in 2018.