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applebucked 09-18-2013 10:54 AM
All I could figure is that there's something fishy going around.

louielouie2000 09-18-2013 11:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Hawkeye (Post 1103628)
Wow Christine looks awesome for 70. And stevie looks 10 years younger in all the pictures without the sunglasses. She looks incredible but only when we see her eyes.

And what's this one song bull****! I mean if she can make the effort to come on stage. at minimum TWO of her own songs are already in the set. If they're getting together to freaking rehearse then why not let chris sing on BOTH her songs? Don't get me wrong I'm great full for anything but it makes ZERO sense to have Chris come up and sing on just don't stop and let Stevie sing her part on world turning. Again details are coming from Stevie so she may be mistaken and she even admits to not knowing for sure so hopefully I'm right and Chris will be on more then one song.

Ideally say goodbye should be dropped for songbird or maybe they just do 24 songs that night but this scenario may be pushing it.
My guess is this is all done in a manner that makes it easiest on Chris. She's been out of the spotlight and off the stage for so very long. They probably ARE rehearsing multiple songs, but telling the press that Chris will only perform one, just so Chris can back out of doing more if she wants. I wouldn't be surprised if Chris ended up doing more than Don't Stop. If she sat in on keyboards during the entire set, that'd be pretty amazing.

Alas, I have a feeling Chris is keeping her stage presence so limited in order to make it clear she's not returning to the band.

GavinBrown 09-18-2013 11:28 AM
My bet is she comes out for the encores...
Dont Stop
Go Your Own Way
and maybe Songbird?

They did say they rehearsed Hold Me, maybe they could convince her to do that as well? :shrug:

applebucked 09-18-2013 11:28 AM
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Originally Posted by louielouie2000 (Post 1103639)
My guess is this is all done in a manner that makes it easiest on Chris. She's been out of the spotlight and off the stage for so very long. They probably ARE rehearsing multiple songs, but telling the press that Chris will only perform one, just so Chris can back out of doing more if she wants. I wouldn't be surprised if Chris ended up doing more than Don't Stop. If she sat in on keyboards during the entire set, that'd be pretty amazing.

Alas, I have a feeling Chris is keeping her stage presence so limited in order to make it clear she's not returning to the band.
I would think so too. Maybe a surprise is on the horizon, IDK. :shrug: If she played throughout the set it would be fantastic. One of my bets is that she plays the encores on her first show, then full set behind the keys on the second show. Step-by-step, as to not overwhelm her too much and get her running back to Kent and hide there forever. And I know that this is very delusional of me, but another possibility is that Chris is returning to the band full-time. They're simply keeping it under wraps and she's going to announce it probably on her second show.

But I wouldn't be surprised at all if this wasn't the case and it's really just a one-off thing.

jbrownsjr 09-18-2013 12:19 PM
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Originally Posted by GavinBrown (Post 1103640)
My bet is she comes out for the encores...
Dont Stop
Go Your Own Way
and maybe Songbird?

They did say they rehearsed Hold Me, maybe they could convince her to do that as well? :shrug:
When did they rehearse, Hold Me?

SteveMacD 09-18-2013 02:35 PM
It seems weird that she'd only do "Don't Stop" and not also "World Turning".

Ulpian 09-18-2013 03:17 PM
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Originally Posted by SteveMacD (Post 1103674)
It seems weird that she'd only do "Don't Stop" and not also "World Turning".
Agreed. She should do WT too, though I just have a feeling she's happier behind the keyboard for Don't Stop than she is up-front with the maracas. :)

applebucked 09-18-2013 07:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Ulpian (Post 1103680)
Agreed. She should do WT too, though I just have a feeling she's happier behind the keyboard for Don't Stop than she is up-front with the maracas. :)
I've got a feeling they'll do WT. I just feel it.

bethelblues 09-18-2013 10:58 PM
I love the photo in your signature. These two look great!! Did FM really rehearse "Hold Me"? Was that announced? That would really be a shocker to hear. I mean, I don't think I included that one in the poll I made for which Christine song we would most likely want to hear (well, besides "World Turning" and "Don't Stop"). I was convinced "Everywhere" was likely due to its popularity. This is so exciting...I wish I was in London for the concerts.

michelej1 09-19-2013 12:30 AM
I don't know for sure, but I don't think Gavin Brown means they rehearsed Hold Me with Christine. Just that they'd considered doing it in the past.

Michele

applebucked 09-19-2013 01:54 AM
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Originally Posted by bethelblues (Post 1103744)
I love the photo in your signature. These two look great!! Did FM really rehearse "Hold Me"? Was that announced? That would really be a shocker to hear. I mean, I don't think I included that one in the poll I made for which Christine song we would most likely want to hear (well, besides "World Turning" and "Don't Stop"). I was convinced "Everywhere" was likely due to its popularity. This is so exciting...I wish I was in London for the concerts.
Thanks. Was supposed to add a photo from The Dance, but Christine does not look happy in the majority of the photos. :distress:

I took that to mean they rehearsed it for the tour. Not necessarily with Christine. Wish they capitalized on Everywhere as well, maybe with a video of the moonwalking pony. :laugh:

Mr Scarrott 09-19-2013 11:30 AM
Hmm... the Daily Telegraph thinks Chris will join for GYOW...probably just conjecture, though...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/m...s-of-rock.html

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Admittedly, as reunions go it’s fairly perfunctory. McVie won’t accompany the tour beyond London, apparently down to her fear of flying, and she will only join her former band mates on stage for one song. That the number will be Go Your Own Way, however, does sound like the band at least have a sense of humour.
And yet, it could sort of make sense.... bring her on to sit in and have do not much more than dab her hands over the keys to ease her, in whilst Stevie and Lindsey do the heavy lifting.. and then bring her back for WT and DS as the encores (the "couple of duets" Christine was talking about). We'll have to wait and see...

GavinBrown 09-19-2013 03:00 PM
Yah, i didn't mean they rehearsed Hold Me with Christine...I am fairly certain I remember there being an article where Mick mentioned they rehearsed it for this tour (obviously, it didn't make the cut).

jbrownsjr 09-19-2013 03:27 PM
I remember that too somewhat..

goldustsongbird 09-19-2013 03:35 PM
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Originally Posted by GavinBrown (Post 1103801)
Yah, i didn't mean they rehearsed Hold Me with Christine...I am fairly certain I remember there being an article where Mick mentioned they rehearsed it for this tour (obviously, it didn't make the cut).
Was it for this tour or Unleashed? I thought they tried out You Make Loving Fun but it didn't work.

Ulpian 09-19-2013 04:15 PM
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Originally Posted by goldustsongbird (Post 1103804)
Was it for this tour or Unleashed? I thought they tried out You Make Loving Fun but it didn't work.
They tried YMLF for the 2003 tour. You can see it on the DR documentary, if you freeze-frame the scene where it shows their rehearsal song list.

I thought they tried Hold Me for the 2009 tour but it didn't work.

Given what Lindsey recently said about not trying to replicate Chris' presence on stage, I don't think they wold have tried any of her stuff other than WT and Don't Stop this time. I seem to recall he even admitted that SYLM on the 09 tour didn't really work...

elle 09-19-2013 04:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Ulpian (Post 1103809)
They tried YMLF for the 2003 tour. You can see it on the DR documentary, if you freeze-frame the scene where it shows their rehearsal song list.

I thought they tried Hold Me for the 2009 tour but it didn't work.

Given what Lindsey recently said about not trying to replicate Chris' presence on stage, I don't think they wold have tried any of her stuff other than WT and Don't Stop this time. I seem to recall he even admitted that SYLM on the 09 tour didn't really work...
except that she was with them in LA rehearsals, and they knew she was going to join them in the UK, so they would have the real thing. no need to replicate.

Ulpian 09-19-2013 05:23 PM
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Originally Posted by elle (Post 1103811)
except that she was with them in LA rehearsals, and they knew she was going to join them in the UK, so they would have the real thing. no need to replicate.
For two appearances I doubt they'd have bothered, given their mindset, rehearsing a song they couldn't get right live 30 years ago. However, I reckon they might've tried Everywhere again, just for Chris' appearances, given its sudden re-entry into the UK/iTunes charts recently. I liked the way they did it on The Dance tour...

bethelblues 09-19-2013 11:28 PM
I liked the way they did Everywhere too. It had a great sound and groove---so much better than recorded versions from the Tango in the Night tour when Stevie had an unnecessary vocal. It was a shame they didn't have enough time to master an updated version of Little Lies, too...I would've loved to hear that, with Lindsey performing.

AnthonyMI 09-20-2013 11:47 AM
When was the last time we saw Stevie sleeveless, without shoulder pads? 1996? Those arms are not looking all that flabby at all. She looks taller and has more of a neck without the stupid shoulder pads

michelej1 09-20-2013 07:08 PM
I remember on the SYW tour, during NGBA she used to be over to the side putting on her bat sleeves for Rhiannon and I would look at her arms and I was so unaccustomed to seeing them it was if I was watching something illicit. Oooh, beyond the elbow.

Michele

michelej1 09-21-2013 01:09 PM
I was contrasting Chris to Sheryl Crow. Sheryl announces she'll be joining the band and Christine -- although Mick has actually begged her and told everyone that she will be there in London -- only says, 'if they ask me, I'll play.'

I actually didn't like her saying that, but when I think of it as being less presumptuous rather than coy, I appreciate the comment. Sheryl has so much less of a right to make pronouncements ahead of the current band members.

Michele

SteveMacD 09-21-2013 02:18 PM
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Originally Posted by michelej1 (Post 1103964)
I was contrasting Chris to Sheryl Crow. Sheryl announces she'll be joining the band and Christine -- although Mick has actually begged her and told everyone that she will be there in London -- only says, 'if they ask me, I'll play.'

I actually didn't like her saying that, but when I think of it as being less presumptuous rather than coy, I appreciate the comment. Sheryl has so much less of a right to make pronouncements ahead of the current band members.
For Sheryl, it would have been a dream come true, whereas Christine could take it or leave it, because she's already done it. Christine's the real deal. Sheryl is a wannabe who's career took off about 20 years too late to be considered peers amongst her heroes, although that doesn't stop her from trying.

michelej1 09-21-2013 09:03 PM
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Originally Posted by SteveMacD (Post 1103974)
For Sheryl, it would have been a dream come true, whereas Christine could take it or leave it, because she's already done it. Christine's the real deal.
Christine would have earned the right to say it if she felt like saying it. She didn't. Sheryl, on the other hand, was happy to usurp a position she didn't even have yet.

Michele

applebucked 09-21-2013 09:24 PM
Totally didn't like the comments Sheryl made during that time either.

RavenOfRhiannon 04-01-2014 10:41 AM
Just thought I'd point out that I predicted Christine's return exactly one year ago. ;)

jbrownsjr 04-01-2014 11:11 AM
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Originally Posted by RavenOfRhiannon (Post 1124404)
Just thought I'd point out that I predicted Christine's return exactly one year ago. ;)
I'm no longer angry with you! :xoxo:

RavenOfRhiannon 04-01-2014 12:51 PM
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Originally Posted by jbrownsjr (Post 1124410)
I'm no longer angry with you! :xoxo:
Yippee!!!

:D

jbrownsjr 04-01-2014 01:10 PM
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Originally Posted by RavenOfRhiannon (Post 1124436)
Yippee!!!

:D
You're on probation, though! :p

RavenOfRhiannon 04-01-2014 01:37 PM
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Originally Posted by jbrownsjr (Post 1124440)
You're on probation, though! :p
Story of my life.

jbrownsjr 04-01-2014 01:53 PM
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Originally Posted by RavenOfRhiannon (Post 1124450)
Story of my life.
You could have done, "Earthquakes have Christine leave band again!"

if only for comic value...

RavenOfRhiannon 04-01-2014 02:06 PM
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Originally Posted by jbrownsjr (Post 1124453)
You could have done, "Earthquakes have Christine leave band again!"

if only for comic value...
I had this thing about Stevie and Game of Thrones, but I figured I'd lay off this year. The reactions last year were a little 'intense' to say the least.

Macfanforever 04-01-2014 02:48 PM
WOW..It came true.

RavenOfRhiannon 04-01-2014 03:00 PM
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Originally Posted by Macfanforever (Post 1124469)
WOW..It came true.
Just like Stevie, I write premonitions. ;)

Macfanforever 04-01-2014 03:01 PM
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Originally Posted by RavenOfRhiannon (Post 1124474)
Just like Stevie, I write premonitions. ;)
Hahahaha.LOL.....

jbrownsjr 04-01-2014 03:21 PM
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Originally Posted by RavenOfRhiannon (Post 1124474)
Just like Stevie, I write premonitions. ;)
I believe that Stevie and Lindsey will get back together! I say this while standing on my head. :p

Villavic 04-01-2014 05:28 PM
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Originally Posted by jbrownsjr (Post 1124481)
I believe that Stevie and Lindsey will get back together! I say this while standing on my head. :p
Say it tomorrow. Today is April fools day


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