If you’re a gray-headed old coot like me, you’ll probably remember the young Fleetwood Mac, in their classic line-up: John and Christine McVie, Mick Fleetwood, Stevie Nicks, and of course, guitarist Lindsey Buckingham. They made some great music, and their 1977 album Rumours is still one of the best-selling rock albums of all time.
The members of Fleetwood Mac have, like many of us, gotten on in years now, but they are still drawing attention from the public – and not all of that attention is positive. On Wednesday, Lindsey Buckingham was attacked in Los Angeles by a woman who threw an unknown substance at him.
Legendary rock guitarist Lindsey Buckingham, best known for his longtime tenure in Fleetwood Mac, was attacked in Los Angeles on Wednesday.
Multiple law enforcement sources said the 76-year-old was set upon by a woman while arriving for an appointment in Santa Monica.
She hurled an unidentified substance at Buckingham when he entered the building and then fled the scene, according to NBC 4 Los Angeles.
The woman has been described as a stalking suspect, and law enforcement insiders say Buckingham was aware of her from prior incidents.
Buckingham is said not to have been injured in this week’s attack, and an arrest is expected to be made before long, with a suspect identified and both the Los Angeles Police Department and the Santa Monica Police Department on the case.
Good news: Mr. Buckingham would seem to have escaped unharmed.
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The woman was apparently a known stalker who had troubled the musician before this.
This week’s attack comes over a year after Buckingham was granted a permanent restraining order against a stalker who was identified as a 53-year-old called Michelle.
There has been no public indication from the authorities that Michelle was the woman who assaulted Buckingham this Wednesday.
At a hearing in December 2024, Buckingham showed the judge a picture Michelle had taken outside his house and played an ‘unmarked audio clip,’ per court documents.
As a result, the judge extended a previous temporary restraining order and afforded Buckingham five years of protection from Michelle, In Touch reported.
Creepy stalkers and even attacks sure seem to be one of the prices of fame, don’t they?
Lindsey Buckingham’s career was long and complex. Besides his on-again, off-again membership in Fleetwood Mac and his well-known and often contentious relationship with Stevie Nicks (to be fair, Stevie is known for contentious relationships), he also did some interesting solo work, including the theme song for the 1983 movie National Lampoon’s Vacation. He’s not as flashy or as complex a guitar player as someone like Eddie Van Halen, George Thorogood, or Jimmy Page, but he made up for that by being a better-than-usual songwriter.
This seems appropriate; Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks played Stevie’s lovely song Landslide At Fleetwood Mac’s induction ceremony for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. Lindsey’s almost certainly just as good on the guitar as he was then.
I’m sure I speak for more than a few graying old Boomers when I say, “Lindsey, we’re glad you’re OK.”
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