Fleetwood Mac’s Lindsey Buckingham was reportedly attacked by a stalker
Fleetwood Mac’s Lindsey Buckingham was reportedly attacked by a suspected stalker during a recent visit to Santa Monica, California.
Fleetwood Mac musician Lindsey Buckingham was allegedly attacked by a woman while out in Santa Monica, California recently, according to reports.
Buckingham, 76, was allegedly attacked by a woman when he showed up for an appointment in a Southern California beach town on March 25, police confirmed to KTLA and multiple law enforcement sources confirmed to NBC4. The woman, identified by police as his stalker, approached Buckingham as he entered the building, forced the Grammy-winning rocker to drink an unknown substance and fled, media outlets reported. The guitarist was not injured.
The LAPD Threat Management Unit is leading the case, the Los Angeles Police Department said in a statement to USA TODAY on Wednesday, April 1. “To protect the integrity of this open and ongoing investigation, we will not be commenting further at this time,” police told USA TODAY.
USA TODAY has reached out to the Santa Monica Police Department and Buckingham’s representatives for comment.
According to the report, police have identified a suspect, but have not released the woman’s name and no arrests have been made. She has been labeled a “suspected stalker” by authorities based on past incidents with Buckingham.
The incident comes nearly a year after Buckingham first announced he would be re-releasing his 1973 album Buckingham Nicks with former Fleetwood Mac bandmate Stevie Nicks.
The album is sourced from the record’s original analog master tapes and was re-released in September in both vinyl and CD form. Legend has it that drummer Mick Fleetwood heard the album’s song “Frozen Love” during a trip to Sound City Studios in Los Angeles and was so impressed that he later offered Buckingham a role in Fleetwood Mac when guitarist Bob Welch left the group.
Buckingham reportedly insisted that he and Nicks were a package deal, and in 1974 the duo reached a deal that would ultimately become the most successful musical endeavor of their careers.
Buckingham’s latest solo album, the self-titled Lindsey Buckingham, was released in 2021.
