“He’s a nice bloke and all that, but this is just totally sick...”

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Lindsey's reps did not reply to the New York Post's request for comment at the time.

In a responding statement, Stevie said, "It's unfortunate that Lindsey has chosen to tell a revisionist history of what transpired in 2018 with Fleetwood Mac. His version of events is factually inaccurate, and while I've never spoken publicly on the matter, preferring to not air dirty laundry, certainly it feels the time has come to shine a light on the truth. 

Following an exceedingly difficult time with Lindsey at MusiCares in New York in 2018, I decided for myself that I was no longer willing to work with him. I could publicly reflect on the many reasons why, and perhaps I will do that someday in a memoir, but suffice it to say we could start in 1968 and work up to 2018 with a litany of very precise reasons why I will not work with him. 

To be exceedingly clear, I did not have him fired, I did not ask for him to be fired, I did not demand he be fired. Frankly, I fired myself. I proactively removed myself from the band and a situation I considered to be toxic to my well-being. I was done. If the band went on without me, so be it. I have championed independence my whole life, and I believe every human being should have the absolute freedom to set their boundaries of what they can and cannot work with.

And after many lengthy group discussions, Fleetwood Mac, a band whose legacy is rooted in evolution and change, found a new path forward with two hugely talented new members."

In 2024, Rolling Stone told her that she was "a much larger icon" in music than Lindsey, to which she replied, "Well, that was one of the problems, wasn't it?"

"I could hear my mom saying, 'Are you really going to spend the next 15 years of your life with this man?' I could hear my very pragmatic father — and by the way, my mom and dad liked Lindsey a lot — saying, 'It's time for you guys to get a divorce.' Between those two, I said, 'I'm done,'" she said.

Lindsey told E! News, "Fleetwood Mac has been working on a documentary. I think the process of making that has been a very circular healing process for all of us. ... Because we had left things in 2019, maybe as far as I was concerned, not in a very good place for all the wrong reasons. No one was happy about it, and all of that has been healed and worked out. ... Stevie and I are talking all the time now."

For many years, he held a grudge against Metallica, but they were eventually able to make peace in some way. In 2011, he famously rejoined the band onstage during a Metallica anniversary show.

In 2014, Bobby dropped out of a New Edition tour because of medical reasons.

He's been back with the band since 2005. Most recently, they embarked on their New Edition Way Tour at the start of 2026.

"He's a nice bloke and all that, but this is just totally sick. He had to go for the good name of the band," he said.

Through her lawyer, Rosemary said she ended her alleged relationship with Glover because she wanted "to give this young man his life back."

Glen first reunited with the Sex Pistols in 1996. He's reunited with them several times over the years, and he became part of the current lineup in 2024.

In a statement, their manager said, "The management is bored with managing the successful rock'n'roll band. The group is bored with being a successful rock'n'roll band. Burning venues and destroying record companies is more creative than making it."

Johnny's exit wasn't the last — or even the worst — of the original lineup's trouble. Later that year, Nancy Spungen, Sid's girlfriend, died. Sid was arrested on suspicion of murdering her. However, he died of a heroin overdose before the case could go to trial, and Nancy's case remains unsolved.

He continued, "Yes, there was no respect. And to try to put together what I call a mockumentary about the Pistols, and for three years, deliberately not tell me a word, not share any of this with me, and not consider that I might have an opinion on this, and then to force that into the law courts, that was really, really untasteful. So no, I don't hang out with low-renters."

Al bounced between a few other singing groups before dying of cirrhosis of the liver in 1975.

They later sued him to block the publication of his tell-all memoir, Heaven and Hell: My Life in the Eagles, which depicted them as controlling, power-hungry, and money-obsessed.

In a statement after Glenn's death in 2016, Don said, "Glenn was the James Dean of the band. He was the leader that we all looked to for direction and by far the coolest guy in the band. It saddens me a great deal that we were never able to address the issues that came between us and talk them through. Sadly, now we will never get the chance."

In a statement, he said, "There are different philosophies and personalities that make up Pearl Jam, for reasons that I don't completely understand, the other members decided it was necessary to fire me in order to pursue a philosophy which they perceive as incompatible with mine. I was not involved in their decision, nor do I agree with their decision, but I accept it and am proud to have been a part of what Pearl Jam was."

In 1994, Dave told Rolling Stone, "When I heard everyone saying I left the band to 'study music' or whatever, it hit me wrong. It made me feel like I was the one who had felt no responsibility to what the music meant to people. And I just felt I'd rather have the truth out."

He also alluded to tensions between the band members, adding, "There was obviously underlying issues within our friendships, too. We'd got sick of each other, if I'm being completely honest."

Neither Zayn, Louis, nor Netflix responded to BuzzFeed's request for comment at the time.

He blamed his firing on the rest of the band wanting to take their sound in a direction he didn't agree with. 

He said, "I wanted the band to continue a straight hard-rock direction, but they wanted to go in a blues direction...Getting fired took me totally by surprise. It’s the last thing I thought would happen. I haven’t talked to those guys since it happened, and I don't really care if I talk to them again.”

Nikki told Vince, "We are having new-lead-singer talks again. We are down here working, and we want to be here. This isn't going to happen if you don't want to be here, and we have to force you out of bed every afternoon because you've been out all night drinking."

Vince replied, "Maybe I would have come in more if I liked the material. The album is stupid. The keyboards you're putting on the album make us sound like pussies."

An argument ensued. After drummer Tommy Lee accused him of checking his watch constantly because his mind was on racing school or a "fucking golf tournament," Vince stormed out.

He was replaced by John Corabi, but a few years later, as sales were falling, they booted John and brought back Vince.

Jimi, of course, went on to become a legendary guitarist while fronting The Jimi Hendrix Experience before his death at age 27 in 1970.

Robbie also confirmed that he and Gary have made up. He said, "I will always be the younger brother, and he will always be the older brother. And I did things that I'm not proud of and said things I'm not proud of as a reaction to things that I hope he's not that proud of either. That being said, taking the mickey out of Gary, he didn't deserve that."

He had a successful solo career, and he later reunited with Take That from 2010 to 2014.

Eddie died after dealing with cancer in 2020.

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