[blemelin]

We all spend a lot more time examining these things than they or their (so-called) management will do in 2013. The new stuff has really grown on me the more I've listened to it. But at this point in the 21st Century--and going back ten years or so--the amount of money they generate from touring (whether Unleashed or nameless) will dwarf the money they make off new work by such a great factor that it probably barely factors in their daily concerns as they work through this year on the road. As they've mentioned over and over again, Fleetwood Mac is a big machine employing dozens of people whenever they reunite to tour, and as we all know, the ticket prices never go down. And they are all onstage on performance nights for a long time, especially Lindsey. It's a good thing he's the youngest of them. I still care deeply about them and their work, but it's 2013--not 1975 or 1977 or 1979 or even 1982 or 1987--and the likelihood of them getting together after this tour to make an album seems less and less likely. I wish that wasn't true, and I hope I'm wrong, but that's my gut feeling. I hope they prove me wrong.