In his first television interview since he was dropped by the band, Buckingham did not disclose the terms of any settlement agreement, but he expressed little hope of rejoining Fleetwood Mac. "I'm happy enough with it," Buckingham said. In his appearance on CBS last week, he said did not want to "twist the knife" after the settlement was reached and that he had tried to approach the situation with "compassion". Fleetwood Mac guitarist Lindsey Buckingham settles with band after being axed from tour 
 
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 Lindsey Buckingham's civil lawsuit against his former Fleetwood Mac bandmates has been settled after he was axed from a series of concerts in North America. In January, the band was honored at the MusiCares Benefit Grammy weekend, but it would be Buckingham's last performance with Fleetwood Mac. "Not a single member of the band called Buckingham to break the news to him," the court documents said. In an interview with CBS News earlier this year, bandmates Mick Fleetwood and Stevie Nicks blamed it on Buckingham's reluctance to sign off on a new tour. "This team wanted to get out on the road," she said. And one of the members did not want to get out on the road for a year," Nicks said. Buckingham insists he had agreed to postpone his own solo tour to join the band, but said Azoff told him Nicks didn't like his behavior at the MusiCares event. Buckingham and Nicks were a duo, professionally and romantically, when they joined Fleetwood Mac together in 1975. Buckingham also revealed that he hasn't spoken to any member of the band since his firing almost a year ago. "She wrote me an email and basically said, 'Dearest Lindsey, just know that I had nothing to do with any of this. "I'm pretty much figuring that I won't because a lot of people who know how convoluted Fleetwood Mac's politics have been will say two years from now they're gonna … and I'm like, 'I'm not so sure.'
– Lindsey Buckingham's exit from Fleetwood Mac is official—legally speaking—and he sounds like a man who's getting close to acceptance: "I'm happy enough with it," the guitarist tells CBS News, saying the band has settled their lawsuit. "I'm not out there trying to twist the knife at all. I'm trying to look at this with some level of compassion, some level of wisdom." But he admits "it hurt for a while. I did walk around for a few months with a visceral reaction to that." The 69-year-old, who helped forge Fleetwood Mac's unique sound, says he was kicked out of the band earlier this year for smirking when frontwoman Stevie Nicks spoke on stage. Band manager Irving Azoff "called me up and he was basically screaming at me," says Buckingham. "He was screaming at me on the phone saying, 'You've really done it this time.' And I had no idea what he was talking about. He said, 'Stevie never wants to be on stage with you again,' and I'm going, 'Why?'" The band blamed the breakup on Buckingham's disinterest in touring again: "This team wanted to get out on the road," says Nicks. Buckingham kept mum about their settlement terms and dismissed the prospect of rejoining the group, per ABC News Australia. "I'm pretty much figuring that I won't," he says. (A metal band broke up in an "epic way.")