I wasn't at the San Diego show, but at Sacramento, Lindsey didn't appear drunk.
As for Landover, based on the progression of the last shows in the tour, I thought Lindsey's behavior made perfect sense.
I mean, it's just like with Silver Spring. When they performed that song, there's a part where she's yelling at him "you'll never get away" and he's kicking his boots and moving in close to her. She grabs her mic stand and moves away from him. He came over farther and farther during the tour. Every night she backed away farther and he moved farther over to get to her. She moved away farther and farther, until she was practically bumping into John. Every night in the tour things got a little more pronounced during that song. So, by the end of the tour, they were both standing next to John when Silver Spring ended.
That was how it was with the hugs too. He hugged or kissed them all every night. He would butt heads with Christine or kiss her every night. He pulled on and tugged John every night. He grabbed Stevie every night and she was always in the same place, next to John and Christine. In Landover, STEVIE moved. She moved to the complete opposite end of the stage. So, he chased her and grabbed her. He ran around like that in response to something she'd done. I don't know if she was mad at him or emotional because it was the last show or what, but he ran and chased her because she was out of place for his customary kiss.
He may have been crazy, but I don't think he was drunk. When I saw it I just thought, "Why is she way over there?" Because she was never standing there during that part of the show. I never thought, "Why is Lindsey chasing her down and kissing her," because I knew he would.
Throughout the tour, I don't know if she wanted to be kissed or not. John had his hands full and Lindsey mauled rather than hugged him. Stevie just had a tambo. So, she could have freed an arm, but she never embraced him back during GYOW (she did hug him at other times). She just kind of cocked her neck when he approached to nuzzle her. But they did the same thing every night, so it didn't look like a drunk aberration to me. The only thing that looked odd was her being all the way to the right, away from everyone else. Usually he didn't have to run to find her. He would just walk a few steps to get her. But that night, he had to go across stage.
Michele
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