Fleetwood Mac could reunite with Lindsey Buckingham for on last reunion tour
 

I'm hearing sources (per voices in my head) say "Lindsay" should stay on his solo wagon and let Mick and Stevie sort out the embarassment they got themselves into.

I really don’t believe for one second that Lindsey would want to do anything with FM now that Christine is dead. Before, yes, I can believe he would have been willing to record or tour with them again; but not without Christine. And Stevie has made it clear she was never going to record with FM again anyway, so she’s not embarrassed in the least. She made it clear in actions more than words.

I can see possibly a tribute concert for Christine, but that seems less likely with every passing day.

Will she make a solo album? Or sing the oldies and cover songs for the years to come?

I don’t know what’s going through her head. When she participated in the rerelease of Bella Donna and the Wild Heart, I thought “oh, ok, she doesn’t want to record anymore but she seems invested in rereleasing her solo stuff.” And the label did a really great job with the rereleases- no vinyl, just CDs with all the extras and interesting liner notes. But then she quit that and focused on her 24 Karat Gold concert video and released Show Them the Way, which was horrible. Now she seems focused solely on touring and was content to let the record label remaster the remainder of her solo albums in one package, rather than give each CD the individual attention some of them deserved (Rock a Little, Other Side/Mirror, Trouble in Shangri-La, for example). No way am I going to pay $100 for remastered CDs that I didn’t like the first time around, but if they decide to release the remastered CDs individually, I’m more than happy to buy some of them.

So I guess I’d say she’s going to stick to the oldies with occasional cover songs.

My natural reaction to rumors of Linsey reuniting with Fleetwood Mac for a farewell tour would be that will happen “When Hell freezes over.”

But seeing the announcement and ticket sales for the Eagles “Long Goodbye” farewell tour, and the astronomical ticket prices for it, and how much the band members must be netting, makes me think twice about that famous phrase the Eagles used decades ago… and did make me wonder about the idea of Fleetwood Mac with Lindsey.

They have the same manager (Irving Azoff - “He’s Satan, but he’s our Satan”) and big money talks.

I also believe that above all, and despite the crap that happened with the band firing him, Lindsey cares about the legacy of the band, and I could imagine him setting aside differences with Stevie to do a farewell tour.

Will probably happen when Hell Freezes Over… but I’m sort of thinking tonight about the rumors in this article: “Where there’s smoke, there’s fire…”

god, please let it be over. They're 100. Lindsey was fired. Christine is DEAD.
ANYTHING beyond this is just f*cking PATHETIC.

I just looked at The Eagles tour dates..there is no way John could/would do a similar tour.
It would just about kill him off.
There are too many dates, too close together.

I always said it would happen. But Chris's passing changed my mind. Fleetwood Mac is not Fleetwood Mac without Chris. Did not John say he was done. I just dont see the point except one last cash grab. Stevie is already on the road performing the same Fleetwood Mac songs she would perform with them. Lastly how insulting to the legacy for Stevie to do an about face and tour with Lindsey after destroying the legacy of the band when Chris was alive and able to tour and perform.
God help us all.

You had me right up until your last statement. Fleetwood Mac’s legacy was not destroyed. They’re still considered to be one of the most successful bands ever. Rumours is still going to sell to new generations, like it always has. For all intents and purposes, Lindsey’s firing at the tail end of their run didn’t destroy their legacy, of which Lindsey is a huge part of. I’m not saying his firing didn’t impact their legacy, but I am saying it didn’t destroy it. I would even say most folks consider Lindsey a member, and not Neil or Mike.

We have a right to differ. If Stevie goes back its her guilty conscience about how she is blamed for a crash landing legacy.
I know we will all get the "this is what Chris would have wanted" blah blah blah.
I was watching that CBS interview with Chris during OWTS rehearsals. She was talking how they recorded songs and expected the band to release an album next year. Stevie backed out of the album and then could not stop the tour because contracts were signed. She robbed the band of a final album and goodbye tour.

Just when you thought it could not get any worse. Clearly Mick is broke again and the auction money went poof.

This just sounds like something Mick expressed as a wish - that he’d like to reunite with Lindsey and tour - because of course he would. There’s no reason to think, at least from what we’re given here, that things have progressed at all beyond that.

That said, I wouldn’t be at all surprised to see this happen. It kinda seems like Fleetwood Mac takes their cues from the Eagles, and whatever they do, Mac does, a year or two later.

I think the fact that they didn't rerecord old songs and release them as an album with a new lineup like Journey, Blondie, KISS and other bands have says that they believe the songs with Lindsey on them are good as they are.

That being said, I say just re-release Rumours and include Free Fallin', I Got You, and Don't Dream It's Over on them. As songs 13, 14, and 15.

The Eagles did heal with Bernie Leadon, but not Don Felder. It's not going to happen. Even if Stevie can get Sheryl Crow and Vanessa Carlton to protect her from Lindsey.

reunite???

As Barbra Streisand said to Jeff Bridges in The Mirror Has Two Faces...

What for?

My very first reaction was disgust. I'm not kidding. The headline had me churn a horrible feeling in my tummy. :(:shocked:

I am only for this if Stevie is replaced. I am even ok with a parody Stevie. Something to take the edge off. I am tired of people leaving, getting fired, and being replaced. It seems Stevie is never replaced. I would love to hire the singer of the Ho Ho's to run around stage as Stevie. Its the last tour so lets have fun. Stop letting Stevie have control of this band. We dont want Chris replaced with Sheryl Crow.
How about each night a fan at random is picked to be Stevie on stage. I will volunteer for Miami or Pittsburgh. Some of my old shawls may still fit.
Could you imagine how fun this could be.

I WANNA BE WITH YOU

SAY HEY HEY

I got this. I will even put I Dont Want To Know in the set. Just wait till you hear my Gypsy story. Psych. There wont be one. But I will do a backcrawl around the stage like the scene in the Exorcist.

For all we know from what this said, it could just be Mick and Lindsey doing a duo tour.

Fleetwood Mac Band, I could live with.Or Mickingham

I don’t think Lindsey would do something with Mick these days if John wasn’t there, given their inclusion on UTS, GOS, and LBCM. I mean Twisted didn’t have John but I don’t even know why John wasn’t on it. But that was 1995 or whatever, almost 30 years ago

What about John’s lack of inclusion of L&O?

If Lindsey didn't do anything with the remaining members, I don't think it would be for a lack of John. I think it would be a legacy issue. SYW was Christine-less because she chose that. But, I'm not sure he would do anything other than a tribute.

I think the legacy issue would make him more inclined to do something with Mick. It would show that they were able to find their way back together after everything they’d gone through. You know, a profound moment.

Yeah, no.
I’d rather sit in the comfort of my own home and listen to the new August 1977 Forum concert.

Yes, me too.I’m looking forward to this New concert….I think if Mick plays on Lindsey’s next album and includes any leftovers from the Buckingham/McVie sessions would be a nice finale. I would have liked a better end but as they say…..”It is what it is”. I’m done with any new “live shows” from any of them.

A McVie-less Fleetwood Mac as a three-piece? I don't really see it happening, but please, no.Thanks for the great memories, but not for the botched ending.

I agree 100%. Its horrific to think about. Why would they do this? Simply because Mick needs money?

Amen! It’s DONE. Like charred done. Like OVER.

Yep. And at this point the only thing I'd really like to see is a possibly tear-filled interview from Stevie and Lindsey, side by side, both admitting having put the past behind them and that they're finally releasing Buckingham Nicks.

Yes, what about it? Lindsey was very disrespectful to them and also to not include Mick and John on Go Insane and Out of the Cradle.

Did you see the comment I wrote about 30 years ago?...so Law and Order is over 40 years ago. Lindsey's changed since 1981 and 1995. He appreciates having Mick and John on his solo music.

I firmly believe Lindsey wouldn't do any recording or playing live with Mick without John. And I'll say in 2013, Stevie would have toured Australia and New Zealand without John, Lindsey wouldn't. They didn't make it to Australia until Two Years later in 2015.

She chose not to tour. Lindsey didn't permit her to make the album with the band is what I heard here.
Lindsey said he believed The Five is a sacred thing.

Yes, again a bad call in my opinion. Christine wanted to record with the band for the 2002/2003 album. She just didn’t want to go on the road to support the album. Could have been a much better album as would the 2017 album if Stevie stepped in.

I think it wasn't the right call Lindsey made as a member of a band.

As a Stevie fan, I am grateful for the 10, including Not Make Believe, songs I got from that album. And Say Goodbye, Steal Your Heart Away, Miranda, What's The World Coming To have Stevie so much in them they sound like co-lead vocals with Stevie to me, which I love!

Where are you touring? All the big arenas? Sign me up for front row.

AI Stevie, maybe that’s the way to go

God, that might be worse than the real one. ;)

Oh, puh-lease, enough with the fake drama that IDIOTS have been sucking up for the past 45 years. F*cking ridiculous.

Just watch, they’ll take another page out of The Eagles’ playbook and put Dan Perfect on bass.

Based on what, though? Mick and Lindsey have both talked about reconciling and expressed an interest in working together, acknowledging that it would probably be outside of Fleetwood Mac.

If John WANTED to do the project, that would be one thing. But John’s made it pretty clear that he’s done.

How effing noble of him. Too bad he wasn’t that loyal to Brett.

Of course, by the time John was diagnosed, Christine’s return was imminent, so why bother playing Oceania with a substitute bass player when they’d be going down there in a couple of years with the full Rumours lineup? Still, they needed a plan B in case they couldn’t get out of their contract.

However, if Christine’s return hadn’t been imminent and Fleetwood Mac looked to be going on hiatus for three years or worse, maybe he would have simply replaced John with a prerecord, just like Brett.

Yes, PuhLEESE. :laugh: What I mean is, I wouldn't want it to be fake. I'd like them genuinely make amends. That may be a silly idea, but so was the idea of Chris ever coming back to the band circa 2011.

Also, I wouldn't mind The Dance getting an HD treatment. Has anyone noticed the 1080p clips of The Chain and Silver Springs on YouTube under the Fleetwood Mac channel? They look awesome!