{"id":29322,"date":"2024-04-20T00:02:39","date_gmt":"2024-04-20T00:02:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/crowded-houses-neil-finn-reflects-on-his-time-with-fleetwood-mac\/"},"modified":"2024-04-20T00:02:39","modified_gmt":"2024-04-20T00:02:39","slug":"crowded-houses-neil-finn-reflects-on-his-time-with-fleetwood-mac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/101gold\/crowded-houses-neil-finn-reflects-on-his-time-with-fleetwood-mac\/","title":{"rendered":"Crowded House\u2019s Neil Finn reflects on his time with Fleetwood Mac"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2024-04-19\/Getty_NeilFinn_041924.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Steve Jennings\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><strong>Crowded House<\/strong>\u2019s <strong>Neil Finn<\/strong> joined <strong>Fleetwood Mac<\/strong> in 2018, along with <strong>Heartbreakers<\/strong> guitarist\u00a0<strong>Mike Campbell<\/strong>,<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>after the band\u00a0fired <strong>Lindsey Buckingham<\/strong>. But<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Finn admits it wasn\u2019t necessarily easy taking his place.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">It seems that while Buckingham was gone, <strong>Stevie Nicks<\/strong> didn\u2019t want much else to change.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">In a new interview with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mojo4music.com\/articles\/stories\/neil-finn-on-joining-fleetwood-mac\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><span class=\"s1\"><strong>MOJO<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/a><span class=\"s1\">, Finn\u00a0describes <strong>Mick Fleetwood<\/strong>\u00a0as \u201cthe heart and soul of the band,\u201d but notes that Stevie is very much the leader of the group, \u201cbecause Stevie wants it the way Stevie wants it and that\u2019s the way it\u2019ll be.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">And it seems she wanted it to sound just like Lindsey.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cShe couldn\u2019t bear to be in a band with Lindsey anymore, but she still wanted to do it exactly the way he would have,\u201d\u00a0Finn says. \u201cShe was really happy with the way it sounded between me and her, but she put a lot of pressure on Mike to be more like Lindsey.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">He adds, \u201cSometimes Mike\u2019s solos would go on and Stevie would get exhausted playing tambourine. She\u2019d be, &#8216;F****** hell, Lindsey only did 12 bars!'&#8221;<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">As for Lindsey, Finn says he&#8217;s never met him, but would like\u00a0to have dinner with him one day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of ill-will, but I don\u2019t think he bears any towards me and I do think he had prior appreciation of the music I\u2019d made,\u201d he says. \u201cHopefully, once he got over the massive disappointment, he\u2019d have thought, \u2018At least someone with something going for them is singing my songs.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Finn is getting ready to release a new album with Crowded House. <\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Gravity Stairs<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">, the band&#8217;s eighth studio album and the first since 2021\u2019s\u00a0<\/span><em><span class=\"s1\">Dreamers Are Waiting<\/span><\/em><span class=\"s1\">,\u00a0comes out May 31. 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