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To say that things between Lindsey Buckingham<\/a> and Stevie Nicks have been tumultuous is an understatement. <\/p>\n Being in a band with your ex-partner is one thing, but becoming idols side by side, where your careers will forever and always be intertwined, that\u2019s a whole other story, and one that\u2019s become a cautionary tale ever since.<\/p>\n You hear it often. When band members threaten to be growing slowly too close, the story of the Fleetwood Mac duo looms over it like a warning sign. Sure, Buckingham and Nicks managed to make it work in the way that even in the height of their emotional drama, they managed to write hits, make albums and get the work done. But really, even considering that, it was their personal issues that tore the band asunder, rumoured to even still be the reason for Buckingham\u2019s departure in 2018, decades and decades into their messy connection. <\/p>\n \u201cWell, we don\u2019t use that word because I think it\u2019s ugly,\u201d Mick Fleetwood said in 2018 when asked if Buckingham had been fired<\/a>. But really, there have been ugly moments, especially back in the 1980s when things between them were hitting a real fever pitch.<\/p>\n It was after the emotional outpouring of Rumours that things seemed to get even harder. Once the catharsis had faded, they were then left with the struggle of simply sticking it out. They still had to be around each other with little to no break or time to go off and heal. Tusk in 1979 made it worse, then the Tusk tour just compounded it all into something insurmountable.<\/p>\n It all came to a violent head one day in 1980. It was the same are normal; the band were on the road and backstage was littered with emotional landmines and heavy with tension. The challenge was trying to leave it in the wings and not bring it into the show, but this night, they failed. Adding drugs and alcohol into the mix with high emotional stakes, and it seems almost inevitable that eventually things would be aggravated, but no one in the band thought it would as it unfolded. <\/p>\n One night on stage, Buckingham mocked Nicks out loud in front of their crowd and then threw his guitar at her and then reportedly kicked her<\/a>. The audience looked on shocked but the band watched on furious.<\/p>\n \u201cI think he\u2019s the only person I ever, ever slapped,\u201d Christine McVie said of that night, adding, \u201cI actually might have chucked a glass of wine, too\u201d. <\/p>\n Firstly, she thought it was disrespectful to their fans, stating, \u201cI just didn\u2019t think it was the way to treat a paying audience\u201d. But obviously, as she watched her best friend be attacked, her love for Nicks came into it too, adding, \u201cI mean, aside from making a mockery of Stevie like that. Really unprofessional, over the top. Yes, she cried. She cried a lot\u201d.<\/p>\n