Lindsey Buckingham Releases New Single "On The Wrong Side"

Hear Lindsey Buckingham’s Sad But ‘Ebullient’ New Song ‘On the Wrong Side’

Fleetwood Mac-inspired track features on singer's upcoming self-titled solo album, out September 17th

BY DANIEL KREPS

Rollingstone

Lindsey Buckingham has shared his new song “On the Wrong Side,” the latest single from the former Fleetwood Mac singer’s upcoming self-titled album and first solo LP since 2011.

“On the Wrong Side” is both musically and lyrically inspired by Buckingham’s former band, with the lyrics dealing with his long journey with Fleetwood Mac as well as the road of life.

Buckingham, who likened his new single to Mac’s hit “Go Your Own Way,” added in a statement that “On the Wrong Side” is “not a happy song, subject-matter wise, but it was an ebullient song musically. This was sort of the same idea.”

Oddly, this isn’t Buckingham’s first song titled “On the Wrong Side.” A completely different song with dissimilar lyrics written and performed by Buckingham featured on the soundtrack for the 1994 film With Honors; it’s unclear why Buckingham opted to reuse the song title for the new track (maybe he forgot?). Hear that version of “On the Wrong Side” below:

Lindsey Buckingham, the singer’s first solo album since 2011’s Seeds We Sow, arrives September 17th; he previously shared “I Don’t Know” from the LP, which he wrote and recorded in his Los Angeles home studio.

“I wanted to make a pop album, but I also wanted to make stops along the way with songs that resemble art more than pop,” Buckingham previously said of the album. “As you age, hopefully, you keep getting a little more grounded in the craft of what you’re doing. For me, getting older has probably helped to reinforce the innocence and the idealism that hopefully was always there.”

Buckingham will also embark on a nationwide solo trek that kicks off September 1st in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

US TOUR DATES:

SEPTEMBER 2021

9/1/2021 The Pabst Theater – Milwaukee, WI 

9/3/2021 Mystic Lake – Mystic Showroom – Prior Lake, MN

9/4/2021 Four Winds Casino Resort / Silver Creek Event Center – New Buffalo, MI 

9/7/2021 Carnegie of Homestead Music Hall – Munhall, PA 

9/8/2021 Riviera Theatre – North Tonawanda, NY

9/9/2021 The Academy of Music – Northampton, MA 

9/11/2021 The Chevalier Theater – Medford, MA 

9/12/2021 The Music Hall – Portsmouth, NH 

9/14/2021 Warner Theatre – Washington, DC 

9/16/2021 The Town Hall – New York, NY 

9/18/2021 Tropicana Casino & Resort – Atlantic City, NJ 

9/19/2021 Santander Performing Arts Center – Reading, PA 

9/21/2021 Knight Theatre – Charlotte, NC 

9/22/2021 Woodruff Arts Center – Symphony Hall – Atlanta, GA 

9/24/2021 Bijou Theatre – Knoxville, TN 

9/26/2021 Ponte Vedra Concert Hall – Ponte Vedra Beach, FL 

9/27/2021 Ruth Eckerd Hall – Clearwater, FL 

9/29/2021 King Center for the Performing Arts – Melbourne, FL 

9/30/2021 Parker Playhouse – Fort Lauderdale, FL 

DECEMBER 2021

12/2/2021 The Theatre at Ace Hotel – Los Angeles, CA 

12/3/2021 Magnolia Performing Arts Center – El Cajon, CA 

12/5/2021 Fox Tucson Theatre – Tucson, AZ 

12/8/2021 The Paramount Theatre For the Performing arts – Austin, TX 

12/9/2021 Majestic Theatre – Dallas, TX 

12/11/2021 Smart Financial Centre – Sugar Land, TX 

12/13/2021 Von Braun Center – Mars Music Hall – Huntsville, AL 

12/15/2021 Uptown Theater – Kansas City, MO 

12/17/2021 The Criterion – Oklahoma City, OK 

12/18/2021 Orpheum Theatre – Wichita, KS 

12/20/2021 Boulder Theater – Boulder, CO