LBT Rumour of Christine in NOLA

[michelej1]

[Rumours that Christine will be there. I don't believe them, but if it happens I will be out of my mind. I will hate everyone in New Orleans, but at least you guys can give us useful information about what to look forward to in England]

Little Big Town Crosses Paths With Fleetwood Mac

LBT hopes to catch rare Christine McVie return to Fleetwood Mac.

Brad Schmitt | Published: May 02, 2013 Country Weekly
http://www.countryweekly.com/news/little-big-town-crosses-paths-fleetwood-mac

Little Big Town and Fleetwood Mac are both on the bill this weekend (May 4) at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.

And LBT is pumped. You might remember that Little Big Town did a CMT Crossroads show with Fleetwood Mac's Lindsey Buckingham a few years back, and the country foursome often sings Fleetwood Mac song “The Chain” in concert.

But there's another reason to be pumped about the weekend performance—rumors are that former Fleetwood Mac member Christine McVie might perform with her old band.

And Karen Fairchild of Little Big Town is hopin’, prayin’, wishin’ it’s true.

“Now I’ve heard they’re all going to be there, but I don’t know if it’s true if Christine’s coming or not,” Karen tells ABC News Radio. “She better be.”

[gypsy333]

I am a native New Orleanian and I will be there for Fleetwood Mac on Saturday...I have been a fan since the mid-seventies and have seen them and Stevie/Lyndsey Solo countless times over the years... I also have been attending the Jazzfest for decades...it has always been my dream to see them on the Acura Stage as one of the headlining acts...like you said, not sure if it is true, but if THE miracle happens, all I can say is WOW:blob2:

[vivfox]

Speaking of Christine, when are we gonna see that movie about Dennis Wilson with Vera Firmiga starring as Christine?

[Macfanforever]

I love Little Big Town.I cant wait what will unfold Saturday.

[TerraRhiannon]

OMG, I cannot stand Little Big Town. Or at least I tell myself that..

I do catch myself humming along to "Pontoon," when it comes on at work. (Against my will!) They're just so annoying to me, like the band Fun. :(

[michelej1]

OMG, I cannot stand Little Big Town. Or at least I tell myself that..

I do catch myself humming along to "Pontoon," when it comes on at work. (Against my will!) They're just so annoying to me, like the band Fun. :(

I love Pontoon. It didn't make me buy the album though. I thought their Crossroads with Lindsey was fun.

Michele

[streetangel27]

I will not be okay if Christine joins the band ANYWHERE on the tour, tbh.
If it was formally announced, and there was the opportunity to buy tickets, that would be different...

[michelej1]

I will not be okay if Christine joins the band ANYWHERE on the tour, tbh.
If it was formally announced, and there was the opportunity to buy tickets, that would be different...

And with Mick saying it, London is pretty formal, but he only said it AFTER tickets were gone and we still don't know the day. Hopefully, she will just do all 3 days (even though Mick said she wouldn't) but if she does one, it's really shameful that people who show up those other two nights miss out. I mean, most people won't care, but the people who do care a LOT and the band should be more considerate.

Michele

[MikeVielhaber]

And with Mick saying it, London is pretty formal, but he only said it AFTER tickets were gone and we still don't know the day. Hopefully, she will just do all 3 days (even though Mick said she wouldn't) but if she does one, it's really shameful that people who show up those other two nights miss out. I mean, most people won't care, but the people who do care a LOT and the band should be more considerate.

Michele

It happened when Gilmour joined Waters in London a couple years ago. If the show is sold out how is it being inconsiderate to not give advanced warning? 20,000 people will get to see it either way and the shows would all be sold out whether she's there or not. And they'll get a great performance from the band which is what they paid for. Like you said, nothing was mentioned until after the tickets were sold so those people didn't buy tickets expecting Christine anyway. It's not shameful.

[jbrownsjr]

Speaking of Christine, when are we gonna see that movie about Dennis Wilson with Vera Firmiga starring as Christine?

I read somewhere that the lead actor quit or was fired. Can't remember... but it was on hold.

[michelej1]

It happened when Gilmour joined Waters in London a couple years ago. If the show is sold out how is it being inconsiderate to not give advanced warning? 20,000 people will get to see it either way and the shows would all be sold out whether she's there or not. And they'll get a great performance from the band which is what they paid for. Like you said, nothing was mentioned until after the tickets were sold so those people didn't buy tickets expecting Christine anyway. It's not shameful.

Fans who have been waiting for 15 years to see her again should get the chance to do it if they want. They should at least get the chance to try, rather than to live the rest of their lives regretting it, assuming this will be her last performance with the band -- and probably at all.

You can still get tickets for the show(s). You just need to work for it. Why put people through all that trouble. At a Meet and Greet show Mick said they should just buy tickets to all 3 events. He was just being glib, but I don't appreciate the remark.

If she appears at one show and not the others and we are never told which show it will be, it's inconsiderate, shameful and, frankly, a lot more than that.

Michele

[aleuzzi]

At a Meet and Greet show Mick said they should just buy tickets to all 3 events. He was just being glib, but I don't appreciate the remark.
Michele

I am not even sure he was entirely glib. It would not surprise me if keeping the fans in the dark about the date is yet another way to fleece them for what amounts to another golden oldies tour.

Until the Mac comes out with a full-length studio album of new music I can't get enthusiastic about their touring.

I don't buy the EP logic that the band is "assessing" if there's enough interest in a full album. That's bull. I also don't buy the logic that Christine's full participation on a studio album is continent on her willingness to tour. And finally, I don't buy the excuse that the band performs mostly old songs because audiences would otherwise walk. It's all bull.

[MikeVielhaber]

I don't buy the EP logic that the band is "assessing" if there's enough interest in a full album. That's bull. I also don't buy the logic that Christine's full participation on a studio album is continent on her willingness to tour. And finally, I don't buy the excuse that the band performs mostly old songs because audiences would otherwise walk. It's all bull.

I agree on the first two points. I don't believe they're going to record a full album based on the success of the EP. They'll record when Stevie wants to record. She didn't give the band any songs for the EP. She doesn't want to do it. Until she does, it won't happen. If Christine said she was willing to do an album, but not tour I just don't see Mick saying "Nope, no can do". That's ridiculous. On the third point, I think they absolutely believe that the audience would lose interest if they did not play all the hits.

[MikeVielhaber]

Fans who have been waiting for 15 years to see her again should get the chance to do it if they want. They should at least get the chance to try, rather than to live the rest of their lives regretting it, assuming this will be her last performance with the band -- and probably at all.

You can still get tickets for the show(s). You just need to work for it. Why put people through all that trouble. At a Meet and Greet show Mick said they should just buy tickets to all 3 events. He was just being glib, but I don't appreciate the remark.

If she appears at one show and not the others and we are never told which show it will be, it's inconsiderate, shameful and, frankly, a lot more than that.

Michele

I think you're overreacting. At least to this point. They probably don't know right now which show she'll be at and I'm sure she doesn't either. I doubt they've got that set in stone. It's possible they'll let that information slip as it gets closer to the gig and they have concrete plans. I think right now it's just an idea. A verbal agreement. The shows are 5 months away.

[michelej1]

I am not even sure he was entirely glib. It would not surprise me if keeping the fans in the dark about the date is yet another way to fleece them for what amounts to another golden oldies tour.



For SYW the band didn't participate in the rumors and in his Q & A John seemed almost apologetic that they circulated at all, saying that there was never a plan for Christine to appear when they were in England. This time around, Mick does seem to be trying to fan the talk himself. Of course, It's more than talk, since Christine has indicated her willingness too.

Michele

[Chris_Lover]

It seems she won't rejoin the band for a full concert, but just for singing "Don't stop", as she already did in Maui with Mick: http://stevienicksnews.net/2013/04/29/christine-mcvie-to-perform-dont-stop-with-fleetwood-mac-in-london/

[jbrownsjr]

Wow Michele, your post count is exactly 16,000 at this moment. :D

[michelej1]

It seems she won't rejoin the band for a full concert, but just for singing "Don't stop", as she already did in Maui with Mick: http://stevienicksnews.net/2013/04/29/christine-mcvie-to-perform-dont-stop-with-fleetwood-mac-in-london/

So has Lindsey now said this too? I'd like to hear the words he used.

Michele

[jbrownsjr]

So has Lindsey now said this too? I'd like to hear the words he used.

Michele

The bridge may have burned, but maybe Lindsey is throwing her a rope.

[shackin'up]

The bridge may have burned, but maybe Lindsey is throwing her a rope.

I just don't understand why people still are all over that expression. She did cut off every link she had with the musicindustry in the US, quit the band, sold her house, moved to England, and lived a more reclusive life. That's all he's ever said and meant with "she burned all her bridges". She did.

[Ulpian]

I just don't understand why people still are all over that expression. She did cut off every link she had with the musicindustry in the US, quit the band, sold her house, moved to England, and lived a more reclusive life. That's all he's ever said and meant with "she burned all her bridges". She did.

I don't think we'll ever know exactly what he meant. Let's none of us bring up the infamous post-Grammys story ;)

[MikeVielhaber]

I just don't understand why people still are all over that expression. She did cut off every link she had with the musicindustry in the US, quit the band, sold her house, moved to England, and lived a more reclusive life. That's all he's ever said and meant with "she burned all her bridges". She did.

This is how I took it.

[elle]

I just don't understand why people still are all over that expression. She did cut off every link she had with the musicindustry in the US, quit the band, sold her house, moved to England, and lived a more reclusive life. That's all he's ever said and meant with "she burned all her bridges". She did.

I don't think we'll ever know exactly what he meant. Let's none of us bring up the infamous post-Grammys story ;)

This is how I took it.

there were several radio interviews with LB this week (as well as even more with Mick), since the EP came out. go to Nickslive's blog to listen to some of them. this is what LB said in those interviews:

at the time CM decided to cut all the ties with LA (where she lived for several decades) and music industry, sold her house, was ending the relationship she was in, and wanted to change her life. that was his explanation of "burning her bridges".

so basically exactly what shackinup said above - so now we know what LB meant by "burning the bridges" (which he repeated again before giving the explanation above that burning the bridges = cutting the ties with her life in LA.

he believes she will join them for a gig in England, and probably do Don't Stop with them.

[MikeVielhaber]

there were several radio interviews with LB this week (as well as even more with Mick), since the EP came out. go to Nickslive's blog to listen to some of them. this is what LB said in those interviews:

at the time CM decided to cut all the ties with LA (where she lived for several decades) and music industry, sold her house, was ending the relationship she was in, and wanted to change her life. that was his explanation of "burning her bridges".

so basically exactly what shackinup said above - so now we know what LB meant by "burning the bridges" (which he repeated again before giving the explanation above that burning the bridges = cutting the ties with her life in LA.

he believes she will join them for a gig in England, and probably do Don't Stop with them.

I really wish she would do something else besides "Don't Stop". I mean it's fine and it's an obvious choice, but she's only featured on one verse. The rest of the song is sung either by Lindsey or as a group. If she's only going to do one song, I'd rather she be featured a bit more than that.

[TerraRhiannon]

I really wish she would do something else besides "Don't Stop". I mean it's fine and it's an obvious choice, but she's only featured on one verse. The rest of the song is sung either by Lindsey or as a group. If she's only going to do one song, I'd rather she be featured a bit more than that.

she probably wont want to showcase herself or perform any more than that, since she hasn't in a long while. Or maybe it will be exactly opposite.. but I think my first statement is most viable.

[elle]

I really wish she would do something else besides "Don't Stop". I mean it's fine and it's an obvious choice, but she's only featured on one verse. The rest of the song is sung either by Lindsey or as a group. If she's only going to do one song, I'd rather she be featured a bit more than that.

agree.

Lindsey has a pattern of pretending not to know everything he knows:


"BL was written in uhm... 1987? i think?"
while introducing Sad Angel this week at the shows, after it came out, he said "i guess our EP is out now?"... when the date when it will be released came from him in the first place. he knew well that it was out, probably following what's happening on his iphone :laugh:


my point being, i wouldn't exactly take what he says as the truth and the whole truth... i think she'll do at least WT besides Don't Stop, and perhaps one other song, like she did with Mick and Steven Tyler. his response left some room for that.

[MikeVielhaber]

agree.

Lindsey has a pattern of pretending not to know everything he knows:


"BL was written in uhm... 1987? i think?"
while introducing Sad Angel this week at the shows, after it came out, he said "i guess our EP is out now?"... when the date when it will be released came from him in the first place. he knew well that it was out, probably following what's happening on his iphone :laugh:


my point being, i wouldn't exactly take what he says as the truth and the whole truth... i think she'll do at least WT besides Don't Stop, and perhaps one other song, like she did with Mick and Steven Tyler. his response left some room for that.

You're right, it doesn't make sense for them to come out for an encore and her only show up for one of the songs when the other song is also her song(and Lindsey's).

[Ulpian]

You're right, it doesn't make sense for them to come out for an encore and her only show up for one of the songs when the other song is also her song(and Lindsey's).

She said in an interview she'd do 'duets' so yeah, WT and Don't Stop. Having said that, she did 'Get Like You Used To Be' by herself this year, but in front of a much smaller audience.

[jbrownsjr]

I just don't understand why people still are all over that expression. She did cut off every link she had with the musicindustry in the US, quit the band, sold her house, moved to England, and lived a more reclusive life. That's all he's ever said and meant with "she burned all her bridges". She did.

I'm not all over anything Shack , t'was written tongue and cheek.

[michelej1]

so basically exactly what shackinup said above - so now we know what LB meant by "burning the bridges" (which he repeated again before giving the explanation above that burning the bridges = cutting the ties with her life in LA.


But it's always been clear what he's said he meant by burning the bridges. He's been explaining it the same way since he started talking about her departure in 2003.

I take issue with it, because he know that that's not how the phrase "burning your bridges" is interpreted, not because he's been unclear about what he says he means when he uses it.

Michele

[shackin'up]

I'm not all over anything Shack , t'was written tongue and cheek.
I guessed so, But you know what I mean, that remark pops up everytime in a very unpleasant interpretation, by a lot of Christinefans. I've never understood that.

[michelej1]

I just don't understand why people still are all over that expression. She did cut off every link she had with the musicindustry in the US, quit the band, sold her house, moved to England, and lived a more reclusive life. That's all he's ever said and meant with "she burned all her bridges". She did.

I know that's all he's ever said he meant by it. But I take it as him being sly.

It's like saying, "she cut off her nose to spite her face" and then explaining, "well, I just meant she powdered her nose." When you know the popular connotations that words have, then don't use them, if you don't mean to imply those connotations.

Burning your bridges implies that you took irreversible actions and severed your relationships to the point where you can't repair them. If anyone burned their bridges, in that sense, it was Eddy. Not Christine just because she moved to England. If I leave my job and "burn my bridges," I probably told the boss off and yelled that I never liked him anyway and I'm glad never to have to step foot in that rancid office again.

I am unconcerned with what Lindsey says about Christine because I know he loves her and I know he would be outvoted even if he didn't love her. She can do what she wants in that band. But I have always thought he was being devilish about that -- and when she was promoting Meantime, I think she was doing things to him as well.

Michele

[shackin'up]

Thanks for explaining. That's the downside of a nonnative listener. In my language that expression does not have that negative connotation. At least not in the way you explained...

[Ulpian]

I know that's all he's ever said he meant by it. But I take it as him being sly.

It's like saying, "she cut off her nose to spite her face" and then explaining, "well, I just meant she powdered her nose." When you know the popular connotations that words have, then don't use them, if you don't mean to imply those connotations.

Burning your bridges implies that you took irreversible actions and severed your relationships to the point where you can't repair them. If anyone burned their bridges, in that sense, it was Eddy. Not Christine just because she moved to England. If I leave my job and "burn my bridges," I probably told the boss off and yelled that I never liked him anyway and I'm glad never to have to step foot in that rancid office again.

I am unconcerned with what Lindsey says about Christine because I know he loves her and I know he would be outvoted even if he didn't love her. She can do what she wants in that band. But I have always thought he was being devilish about that -- and when she was promoting Meantime, I think she was doing things to him as well.

Michele

^ THIS.

Thanks, Michele. You always put it clearest.

[elle]

I know that's all he's ever said he meant by it. But I take it as him being sly.

maybe he's just ignorant ;) :p

[michelej1]

maybe he's just ignorant ;) :p

Stevie is the one who went to college.

Michele

[jbrownsjr]

Thanks for explaining. That's the downside of a nonnative listener. In my language that expression does not have that negative connotation. At least not in the way you explained...

I honestly think he took it the hardest. Musically, they really had some great moments. I don't fault him for his feelings. But I believe he wants her to come back and he knows she won't.

As far as her selling her house and moving and not touring.. well that's what some people do when they retire. She is 70 now. God I'm old.. :distress:

"The sea that divides us is a, temporary one, and the bridge will bring us back together!!!" :laugh:

[jbrownsjr]

maybe he's just ignorant ;) :p

Haha.. Lindsey Buckingham is far from ignorant. FM has 5 divas and he is not immune to the diva qualities that everyone has accumulated over the years.

[michelej1]

I honestly think he took it the hardest. Musically, they really had some great moments. I don't fault him for his feelings. But I believe he wants her to come back and he knows she won't.


I'm in line with your viewpoint. John doesn't talk anymore, so it's hard to know, but I think he was very hurt. I mean, all he basically said was that he didn't think she should be there if she was going to be unhappy like she was for the Dance and I think it HURT him that she was unhappy and they couldn't do anything to make it right. But I took that as meaning it hurt him that being with them didn't make it all worth it anymore for her, like it once was. Also, while she wants to be with her brother and his kids. I think they thought they were family too and felt a bit abandoned.

If I was casting votes, I think Lindsey took it the second hardest. I mean, Mick and Stevie were sorry to see her go and miss her terribly, but I don't think they took it quite as personally as I suspect John and Lindsey did.

Michele