My hope is...
1) Billy was sitting on relatively old news.
2) There were discussions about further delaying a tour and Mick tentatively entered negotiations with Mike Campbell in order to force Lindsey's hand (Mick tends to play these sort of mind games with band members).
3) Lindsey's hand had indeed been forced and he caved in (sadly for him completely shelving the release of his new album).
4) The Heartbreakers' photographer chap started blabbing via social media still believing Mike to be joining Fleetwood Mac.
5) Billy saw this and thought it fair game to also comment himself, not realising things had subsequently changed.
6) Everything is all good again and we'll start hearing concrete news about their tour plans soon-
with all 5 involved.
