{"id":559636,"date":"2026-04-02T05:24:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T05:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/559636\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T05:24:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T05:24:23","slug":"lindsey-buckingham-attacked-by-woman-in-santa-monica-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/559636\/","title":{"rendered":"Lindsey Buckingham Attacked by Woman in Santa Monica (Reports)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tFormer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/t\/fleetwood-mac\/\" id=\"auto-tag_fleetwood-mac_1\" data-tag=\"fleetwood-mac\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fleetwood Mac<\/a> guitarist and vocalist Lindsey Buckingham was attacked by a woman in Santa Monica, according to multiple reports. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tAn incident occurred involving Buckingham last Wednesday, March 25, the Los Angeles Police Department confirmed with The Hollywood Reporter. (Multiple <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/entertainment-arts\/music\/story\/2026-04-01\/fleetwood-mac-lindsey-buckingham-attacked-woman-santa-monica\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">reports<\/a> cite that the event occurred Wednesday, April 1.)  <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\t\u201cThe Los Angeles Police Department, Threat Management Unit, is working with the Santa Monica Police Department to investigate the incident. To protect the integrity of the open and ongoing investigation, no further comment will be provided, at this time,\u201d the LAPD said in a statement shared with THR.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tAccording to <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nbclosangeles.com\/investigations\/fleetwood-mac-lindsey-buckingham-attacked-santa-monica\/3869717\/\">NBC4<\/a>, the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer was arriving to an appointment in Santa Monica when a woman threw an \u201cunknown substance\u201d at him. The outlet also reported that authorities described the woman as a \u201cstalking suspect,\u201d and is known by Buckingham due to past incidents. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tNo arrests have been made in connection to the case yet, and Buckingham was not injured, per NBC4. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tBuckingham joined Fleetwood Mac in 1974, alongside Stevie Nicks. The guitarist had an extensively successful career with the beloved band, which saw them earn a Billboard Hot 100 hit (\u201cDreams\u201d hit No. 1 in 1977) and four albums reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 200 (1975\u2019s Fleedwood Mac; 1977\u2019s Rumours; 1982\u2019s Mirage; and 1997\u2019s The Dance).<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tHe released his debut solo album Law and Order in 1981, and has released a total of seven solo records. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/  a-font-body-m     \">\n\tBuckingham exited the band in 1987, and later returned in 1997. He remained in Fleetwood Mac until he was <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/general-news\/lindsey-buckingham-will-not-tour-fleetwood-mac-fall-1101130\/\">dismissed<\/a> from the band in 2018, which resulted in him <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/business\/business-news\/lindsey-buckingham-sues-bandmates-kicking-him-fleetwood-mac-1151779\/\">suing<\/a> Nicks, Mick Fleetwood,\u00a0Christine McVie and John McVie. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Fleetwood Mac guitarist and vocalist Lindsey Buckingham was attacked by a woman in Santa Monica, according to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":559637,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[236,88,2618,216],"class_list":{"0":"post-559636","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-fleetwood-mac","11":"tag-music"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=559636"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/559636\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/559637"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=559636"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=559636"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=559636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}