Lindsey Mocks Stevie, Kicks Her, and Throws a Guitar At Her
 

So, today I got my copy of the new Stevie bio and I am reading it. It says that during a show during Rumours, during Rhiannon, Lindsey twirls around, kicks Stevie and throws his guitar at her....

I was wondering if anynody knew if there was any video of this as it would be very interesting to see....:nod:

Thank You,
Ethan

This has been discussed here several times in the past. It has been mentioned in interviews with a couple band members, and the story seems to change often. There is no video.

You monster!! :mad: :p

Wow! It sounds like Lindsey had a lot of issues. What grown man would do that? Throw a guitar at her and kick her? Eeek!

yes we all no this. o and therez no much love, ethan.

There's more about it in Mick Fleetwood's book. I'm sure it was on the Tusk tour not Rumours..it was in New Zeland or Australlia I believe..from what I remember, Lindsey got really drunk before the show and during Rhiannon, flipped at stevie. He was pulling his jacket up over his shoulders and twirling like stevie..a sort of drunken impression. He was playing the song all wrong and then started kicking Stevie whilst she was singing. The whole show was also going out live on the radio. Also there was a big who-har going on after the show when Christine slapped Lindsey one and threw her drink over him for what he did...i can't really remember that well but someone posted the extract on here from Mick's book a while ago.

So, a drunk ex-lover's quarrel, almost 30 years ago. Some people don't even live that long. In the grand scheme of things I rate it about an importance of "2" on a scale of 1 - 1,000,000 of significant occurances in our universe, 1 being of very least importance. And why anyone would be interested in the video? Beyond me.

Sasja

It was also reported that he pulled his Armani suit coat over his head. Mick describes the incident in his book to some degree of hilarity.

I laughed my head off. I promissed myself a white line once in my life when I finished that book. You can almost sniff it from the pages.

Zealand...

You mean because he missed her? Luckily Stevie never broke a nail to Mr Buckingham (as far as I know) or there would be altars to remember the sad event in many signatures here.

Romy

Isn't that the truth? :laugh:

Lindsey didn't throw the guitar at Stevie to hurt her. He wanted her to catch the guitar and play the solo herself just for once. Fleetwood Mac being spontaneous just for once. Stupid Chiffonologists! :rolleyes:

Oh hey, I didn't realize that was my 400th post. ha ha:lol:

be careful ethan or people will BEGIN to believe you post so much just to see your numbers go up
. . . you are an addicted ledgie now and with that comes great responsibility and restraint / / / . . . :o

congratulations on your 400 posts -
maybe some ballons are in order??
make it a party . . .:o :blob2:

Yeah, let's throw a party. ha ha jk.

I only have like 1.6 posts a day though, so I don't OVERLY post. Or at least I don't THINK so

HE DID WHAT!!!???!!!:eek: :p

I'm suspicious of the reason to start this thread in the first place.

throws a guitar
 

well i personally have heard and read several dif versions of this reprehensible behavior of lindsays...i still can't stand the guy...i mean come on stevie's just a little thing it's no wonder everyone went to her aid...john told lindsay to just leave and he took it literally...i think the whole episode shows what drugs and love gone bad can do to a band and i for 1 am waiting with baited breath for the tell all book...regards pat

I think you're talking about the incident in 1987 at a band member's (can't recall which one right now) home - the one mentioned in Mick's book. Ethan is asking about an incident that apparently happened on stage in NZ in'79 or '80.

Christine's house I think. Not that that's all that relevant! But I think it was hers.

Yeah I think it was Chris's house.

Oh, I'd pay $$$ for THAT video. Everything is so scripted with Fleetwood Mac these days that seeing Lindsey snap would be hilarious. I'd pay even more money to see Christine slapping Lindsey afterwards.

Definitely. Wine in his face included. :D
Romy

I thought it was Lindsey's scotch she snatched out of his hand and threw over him...could you imagine his face.."DAMN IT WOMAN you SOAKED ME WITH MY OWN SCOTCH GRRRRRRRR" lol

In that case, I sure hope his suit was Scotch-guarded!

And so concludes today's Lame-Pun Theatre. *bows*

No, no that was good.:laugh:

Holy thread resurrect!

So I was thinking about this show the other day and was trying to figure out which night in New Zealand this actually occurred. I don't think anyone has yet tied it together, so I've been doing some interwebz research. It's HIGHLY doubtful that we'd ever see a video surface from the performance, but at least there HAS to be audio since it was broadcast on the radio.

So, here is what I've found:

The Mac played two shows in New Zealand on the Tusk Tour:

20 March 1980 Wellington New Zealand Athletic Park
22 March 1980 Auckland Western Springs

It looks like Wellington New Zealand is the one (according to this reviewer):
http://www.fleetwoodmacnews.com/2009...980-worst.html

So... how can we find a recording of this show? I just want to hear drunken Lindsey destroying Rhiannon and mesh it with the stories that we've heard!

it's not that they fought, it's that he chose to do it onstage, in front of a paying audience who deserved to see the best show the band could give them and get what they paid for. That was the reason Christine was so mad. She supposedly yelled at him something like "Don't ever do that to this band again" I'm sure she felt bad for Stevie, in fact, there's a recent (Guardian?) interview with her where she talks about it and says it was upsetting. You do that sh*t offstage.

If you think thats bad, you should hear about the incident at Christine's house when Lindsay broke up with the band. He literally threw Steve on to the hood of his car and slapped her, It was terrible .

Oh the things our poor Stevie's had to endure over the years. :distress: