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“Fleetwood Mac strongly disputes the allegations presented in Mr. Buckingham’s complaint and looks forward to their day in court,” the band’s publicist Kristen Foster said in a statement to PEOPLE. “The band has retained Dan Petrocelli to handle the case.”
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Just two days before the ousting, Fleetwood Mac had been honored at a MusiCares benefit show at New York’s Radio City Music Hall, where they performed.
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Also included in the complaint is a copy of an email sent on Feb. 28, in which Buckingham attempts to reestablish lines of communication with his estranged musical colleagues.
“In the month since MusiCares I’ve tried to speak to both you and Stevie, to no avail,” he writes in part. “I’ve only gotten radio silence this whole time. I haven’t tried Chris [McVie] I thought she might be feeling a bit fragile. I even e-mailed John, who responded that he couldn’t have contact with me … All of this breaks my heart.”
He ends the emotional message with a sentimental note. “At the moment, the band’s heart and soul has been diminished. But our center, which had seen us through so much, is only laying dormant. At the end of the day, legality will be reduced to being virtually meaningless, and humanity will count for almost everything If there is a way to work this through, I believe we must try. I love you all no matter what.”
source: people.com
