I dont think the tour will fail--money wise. There are plenty of people who want to see Stevie. That'll bring them in. Plus the more modest draw of Christine. There are also those who are genuinely interested in Mike Campbell's guitar work.
I don't know many who would go just to see Neil Finn, though he's a very good singer.
But the tour will be a disappointment for those of us who have slogged through years of hoping for new material from the Rumours five. It will also lack Buckingham's incredible nervous energy, as someone else point out earlier in this thread. That simply cannot be duplicated or substituted.
The tour is also galling for those of us who have heard Buckingham throughout the years argue for a different approach to the FM tours, his vocal criticism of the nostalgia and "greatest hits" format, his desire to carry the band a bit further into space. One of the things I noticed on the "Unleashed" tour was how powerful and interesting the interplay was between the core instrumental trio. It was stunning, actually. And the band did a very different take of Tusk, which was better than just about any version I've seen or heard since 1980. Where the show paled was when Nicks took the lead. She seemed comparatively disengaged and unhappy.
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