Australian/New Zealand Tour Cancelled

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Originally Posted by michelej1

I don't think they all knew since Hawaii. But John probably has not been feeling well since for a while now. Maybe he didn't know what it was or just thought it was age. When you start a tour like this the performers usually go through a medical examination and get insured for the tour, so maybe nothing was diagnosed at that point.

Michele

This has to be a recent diagnosis. There is no way that anyone would schedule a 100-city international tour with cancer. They wouldn't have gotten insurance for one thing. Secondly, the stress of travel would have been unbearable. And it goes without saying that FM would have had their pants sued off by LiveNation if they had forged ahead knowingly without disclosing John's illness.

Sadly, I suspect Christine's presence in Amsterdam is telling. Given her reluctance to fly, she probably made an impromptu hop (via ferry, perhaps?) to see John off; nobody knows if/when John will be back in that part of the world again. Cancer is definitely not for the faint of heart, and it is something that one does not bounce back from quickly, if ever. Unfortunately, I don't see John back on stage for a long, long time. And if/when he does come back, he will be different. I'm utterly gutted by the news and I hope John makes a miraculous recovery. Yes, it's a bummer that lots of people made travel plans, etc. But this is all about John. Fleetwood Mac can lose a Buckingham or a Nicks, or even a Christine. But without John, there is no Fleetwood Mac.

F*** CANCER.