Fleetwood Mac Member Upset About Sheryl Crow Confirmation

Los Angeles, CA (CNS) - Fleetwood Mac band member Lindsey Buckingham is speaking out about reports that rocker Sheryl Crow will be joining the band when the group tours in 2009, insisting that the reports are premature.

Buckingham confirmed that the group will be recording a new album and touring next year, but claims that the idea of adding Crow to the group's line-up is still in talks and has not yet been officially decided.

He also claims that he was shocked when Crow, a longtime friend of band mate Stevie Nicks, announced publicly that she would be joining the band as a replacement for Christine McVie. McVie retired from the band about 10 years ago.

Buckingham told Billboard.com, "I don't think anything is written in stone yet. I think we were all a little surprised she was announcing that to the world with such certainty. We have talked about the possibility of bringing another woman into the scene to kind of give Stevie a sort of foil and shake it up a little bit (and) she was certainly a name that has come up. We'll have to see."