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Originally Posted by Macfan4life
She had left the band. This was post Siver Springs fight where Stevie officially quit the band As others mentioned it was pre-game and the network cut away. Lindsey was not there either. I wonder how Rick and Billy felt. They were probably honored to play at the Super Bowl but just months earlier did not perform with the band for the inauguration in January. "Oh you need us again Mick?"
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Yes. Rick explained in the interview I posted in the other thread.
“That was Billy’s deal,” he says. “He knew someone connected to the Super Bowl, and they asked him if he could get the band to do the opening show.
“It wasn’t the big lollapalooza center (halftime) show we have now. It was a pregame show held out in front of the stadium (the Rose Bowl in Pasadena). Albert Lee was a part of it. Gary Busey showed up. But Stevie (Nicks) wasn’t.”
I guess Rick accepted enthusiastically because he was asked by his friend Billy. But I don't think he would have refused if Mick had asked him either.