I was at the O2 on the 24th, the first London date where Chris didn't appear. My seat was much closer to Stevie (5 rows up the side of the stage) than I had anticipated, so I was over the moon, and blissed out for pretty much the whole concert. But at times I got this uncomfortable sense of control coming from Lindsey's side of the stage. I think the man is amazing and I do really like him, but there was something that made me feel uneasy. Anyway I was hoping I was wrong in my perceptions.
Well Chris didn't appear which was a bit of a disappointment, but I was so determined to not let that get me down. Then 2 days later I read that she was possibly willing to play this date and play more than one song, and the reason that she didn't was probably down to Lindsey.
I was so p*ssed off about it! 20 000 people could have seen the magic of all 5 of them on stage, and for longer than 5 minutes, and I was thinking this opportunity may never happen again, given their ages. A few of the rants on the FM website were from me.
I really tried hard to understand Lindsey's reasoning, and tried not to judge him over this, but it was difficult. I know you shouldn't always believe what you read, but it did spoil the FM experience a bit for me. But I guess that's how it is with them, there is always the drama, and they wouldn't be Fleetwood Mac without it.
I would just love to get a chance to see all 5 of them together on a stage. I had started to investigate ways of getting in to Glastonbury (as the tickets have sold out) but I'm not sure if it will happen now?