Editing Lindsey Buckingham (section)

===2018–present: Firing from Fleetwood Mac, ''Solo Anthology,'' and ''Lindsey Buckingham''===
Following Fleetwood Mac's performance at the [[MusiCares Person of the Year]] in January 2018,<ref name="billboard.com">{{cite magazine | url= https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/lindsey-buckingham-fired-from-fleetwood-mac-rolling-stone-8479412/ | title=Lindsey Buckingham on Getting Fired From Fleetwood Mac | magazine=Billboard | date=October 10, 2018 | access-date=January 9, 2022 | author=Rania Aniftos}}</ref> Buckingham was fired from the band.<ref name=fired>{{cite news|last1=Halperin|first1=Shirley|title=Lindsey Buckingham Leaves Fleetwood Mac|url=https://variety.com/2018/music/news/lindsey-buckingham-leaves-fleetwood-mac-1202744388/|access-date=April 9, 2018|work=Variety|date=April 9, 2018}}</ref> The reason was said to have been a disagreement about the nature of the tour,<ref name=campbellfinn /> and in particular the question of whether newer or less well-known material would be included, as Buckingham wanted.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/why-leaving-fleetwood-mac-may-be-a-smart-move-for-lindsey-buckingham/ar-AAvKBue|title=Why leaving Fleetwood Mac may be a smart move for Lindsey Buckingham|publisher=[[MSN]]|access-date=June 10, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612140022/https://www.msn.com/en-us/music/news/why-leaving-fleetwood-mac-may-be-a-smart-move-for-lindsey-buckingham/ar-AAvKBue|archive-date=June 12, 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
[[File:LindsBuckPort071018-69 (30353981097).jpg|thumb|left|Buckingham and his solo band in 2018]]
Mick Fleetwood and the band appeared on ''[[CBS This Morning]]'' on April 25, 2018, and said that Buckingham would not sign off on a tour that the group had been planning for a year and that they had reached a "huge impasse" and "hit a brick wall". When asked if Buckingham had been fired, he said, "Well, we don't use that word because I think it's ugly." He also said that "Lindsey has huge amounts of respect and kudos to what he's done within the ranks of Fleetwood Mac and always will."<ref name="CBSThisMorning">{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fleetwood-mac-tour-2018-without-lindsey-buckingham/|title=Fleetwood Mac Reveals Why Lindsey Buckingham was ousted|date=April 25, 2018|website=CBS This Morning}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=Uncle LarryB|title=Fleetwood Mac on GMA (OOPS) CBS This Morning – April 2018|date=April 25, 2018|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P4li9i4Tjs |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/4P4li9i4Tjs| archive-date=December 11, 2021 |url-status=live|access-date=August 3, 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref> In October 2018, Buckingham filed a lawsuit against Fleetwood Mac for breach of fiduciary duty, breach of oral contract, and intentional interference with prospective economic advantage, among other charges; the lawsuit was settled in December of the same year.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/lindsey-buckingham-sues-fleetwood-mac-over-dismissal-from-band-736063/|title=Lindsey Buckingham Sues Fleetwood Mac Over Dismissal From Band|first=Andy|last=Greene|date=October 11, 2018|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=October 12, 2018}}</ref>

Buckingham stated he learned about the firing after receiving a call from Fleetwood Mac manager [[Irving Azoff]] with a message for Buckingham from Stevie Nicks. Buckingham stated that Azoff told him: "Stevie never wants to be on a stage with you again." According to Azoff, on the evening of MusicCares, just before the band's set, Nicks had taken issue with Buckingham’s outburst over the intro music—the studio recording of Nicks' song "[[Rhiannon (song)|Rhiannon]]"—and the way he had "smirked" during Nicks' thank-you speech. Buckingham conceded that "It wasn't about it being 'Rhiannon'. It just undermined the impact of our entrance. That's me being very specific about the right and wrong way to do something." Days later, Buckingham called Azoff and asked, "Is Stevie leaving the band, or am I getting kicked out?" Azoff told him that he was "getting ousted" from the band after Nicks gave the other band members "an ultimatum: Either [Buckingham] go[es] or she's going to go," to which they decided to fire him.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/lindsey-buckingham-fleetwood-mac-firing-733460/|title=Lindsey Buckingham: Life After Fleetwood Mac|first1=David|last1=Fricke |date=October 10, 2018|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=April 26, 2019}}</ref> Former [[Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers]] guitarist [[Mike Campbell (musician)|Mike Campbell]] and [[Neil Finn]] of [[Crowded House]] were named to replace Buckingham.<ref name="campbellfinn">{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/fleetwood-mac-fires-lindsey-buckingham-w518925 |title=Fleetwood Mac Fires Lindsey Buckingham |last=Greene |first=Andy |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=April 9, 2018}}</ref><ref name=fired /> Buckingham has stated since that he would be open to rejoining Fleetwood Mac but does not foresee it in the future.

In August 2018, Reprise issued a press release for a new solo anthology ''[[Solo Anthology: The Best of Lindsey Buckingham]]'' that focused on Buckingham's solo career since 1981. The anthology was released on October 5, 2018, followed two days later by a solo tour throughout North America.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://media.rhino.com/press-release/lindsey-buckingham-solo-anthology-and-fall-tour-announced|title=Solo Anthology Press Release|website=Reprise Records|date=October 5, 2018 }}</ref> In 2020, Buckingham collaborated with [[the Killers]] on their studio album ''[[Imploding the Mirage]]'', playing guitar on the first single "[[Caution (The Killers song)|Caution]]".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/killers-lindsey-buckiningham-song-caution/|title=Hear the Killers' New Song With Lindsey Buckingham, 'Caution'|website=Ultimate Classic Rock|date=March 12, 2020 }}</ref> In 2021, Buckingham played on a new version of "The Past Is the Past" by [[Brandy Clark]], issued as a bonus track on the deluxe edition of her album ''[[Your Life Is a Record]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/brandy-clark-lindsey-buckingham-the-past-is-the-past-1134021/|title=Brandy Clark Recruits Lindsey Buckingham for Updated 'The Past Is the Past'|website=Rolling Stone. Retrieved March 16, 2021|date=February 26, 2021}}</ref>

On June 8, 2021, Buckingham announced his seventh solo studio album, ''[[Lindsey Buckingham (album)|Lindsey Buckingham]]'', with the single "[[I Don't Mind (Lindsey Buckingham song)|I Don't Mind]]". The second single from the album, "[[On the Wrong Side]]", was released on July 23, 2021. The record was released on September 17, 2021, and his tour to support it started the same month.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Strauss|first=Matthew|title=Lindsey Buckingham Announces U.S. Tour and First Solo Album in 10 Years|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/lindsey-buckingham-announces-us-tour-and-first-solo-album-in-10-years/|access-date=June 9, 2021|website=Pitchfork|date=June 8, 2021|language=en-US}}</ref>

Buckingham also guested on [[Halsey (singer)|Halsey]]'s 2021 studio album ''[[If I Can't Have Love, I Want Power]]''. In 2022, Buckingham would again join with the Killers on August 27, 2022, to perform his guitar solo from "Caution" live on stage in Los Angeles with the band, along with a cover of Fleetwood Mac's "Go Your Own Way". Buckingham along with the Killers were joined with [[Johnny Marr]] of [[the Smiths]] to perform "[[Mr. Brightside]]" together to close out the concert.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.spin.com/2022/08/lindsey-buckingham-the-killers-johnny-marr-los-angeles/ |title=Lindsey Buckingham, Johnny Marr Join The Killers In Los Angeles |last=Kohn |first=Daniel |date=August 28, 2022 |website= |publisher=SPIN |access-date=August 28, 2022 }}</ref>