Asked by Gypsy
'Ewwwwwww! Stevie? Liposuction! I repeat: Ewwwwwwwwwwww!'

Hey, BombaySapphire3, where did you learn about this?

It was pretty well publicized at the time .Some other long time fans may be able to confirm it.Joan Rivers in her inimitably tacky way even quipped "Stevie Nicks had the fat sucked out of her thighs. they should have sucked the snot out of her nose"

Re: Re: Wish I never knew....
 

Maybe that's what he was doing. I can see it happening, easily. You're on tour, you're exhausted, the backlash from the band is beginning to occur because album sales figures are disappointing throughout the tour, you're wishing you were in the Clash (figuratively speaking), you're drinking a lot, you're tired of the set list, tired of performing, tired of the whole Fleetwood Mac machine....

During yet another performance of "Rhiannon," your ex goes through her moves, which you have always thought were silly....

Yep, it could easily have happened. However, I do think fans really have latched onto this particular incident & blown it out of all proportion. There were probably numerous such occurrences among all members of the band on that tour. That performance was supposed to have been broadcast to Australian or New Zealand radio, yet no one I know of has ever heard it or heard about it. Why don't we ask Ken Caillat to put *that* on the DVD-Audio?!

As for Christine's drinking, she used to half-jokingly call herself a wino. Wine was her big vice (possibly sole vice), she said. But I never saw a performance she gave or heard one taped in which her keyboard playing was sloppy or not locked in to the rhythm section. You can't be bombed out of your skull & still lock in to the rhythm section (although you can be a little buzzed or "relaxed").

Timothy White also referred to it in his cover story of the band for Musician magazine. But I haven't read that article recently so I don't remember how much putative violence he records. I'm off to the Blue Letter Archives (which I wish more of you consulted) to check it out!

Another, unrelated thing about Mick's book: So many fans question the accuracy & validity of it, & some even dismiss it entirely as a fabrication, but that's just lunacy on their part. That book has a lot of accuracy in it & a lot of useful data. Sure, much of it is filtered through Mick's zonked perspective & so doesn't provide a complete picture of the various incidents. Nonetheless, a lot of it is very entertaining & very reliable & useful. Stephen Davis is a plagiarist, & that's one thing about plagiarists. If they're stealing from Rolling Stone & Record & Musician & other magazines, at least you know they're on the mark with their facts!