Former Fleetwood Mac singer/guitarist Lindsey Buckingham’s big love is over as the rocker’s wife goes her own way.
Buckingham’s spouse of more than 20 years, Kristen Messner, filed for divorce in Los Angeles, TMZ reported Tuesday.
The couple reportedly married in 2000 and have three children above the age of 17 together.
The 71-year-old met Messner, 50, in the 1990s when she photographed him for one of his solo albums, according to reports.
Ten years ago, Buckingham told the Las Vegas Review-Journal he was lucky to find love later in life.
“I had a lot of crazy girlfriends, and a lot of that was just an outgrowth of the lifestyle we were all leading,” the fingerpicker said.
“I did see a lot of friends who were parents and spouses — back in previous decades — who weren’t really there and kind of screwed up their kids and were not there for their family situations. So I waited and I was lucky enough to meet someone relatively late… it’s worked out really well. I got all that other garbage out of the way.”
Word of Buckingham’s broken family chain comes as the musician took to Twitter to promote a new album, “I Don’t Mind,” and a 2021 tour.
“My new self-titled album is one I’ve been intending to get out for a couple of years now, but on more than one occasion, unforeseen circumstances necessitated a postponement of plans,” Buckingham tweeted Tuesday.
“Now that we’re back in gear, I’m thrilled to finally be sharing new music with my listeners!”
It’s not the first public breakup for Buckingham, who was famously kicked out of the legendary band in 2018.
His whirlwind romance with singing partner Stevie Nicks was brought down by a landslide of success, drugs and infighting during Fleetwood Mac‘s rise to the top of the charts in the mid-70s.
