Christine wants to rejoin the band according to The Guardian

[Ulpian]

Originally Posted by seekerj

I guess I'm only a Buckingham Nicks fan. I got used to nine or ten Stevie songs and nine or ten Lindsey songs in a set. I can't think of a single "life is so wonderful, ... happy, happy, happy" Christine song I would rather hear in place of a song from Buckingham or Nicks. Now, Stevie's and Lindsey's songs in the live set will be even more set in stone with no additional goodies thrown in. It will be Rhiannon, Landslide, Dreams, Gold Dust Woman, Gypsy, Stand Back, and I'm So Afraid, Second Hand News, Never Going Back Again, Go Your Own Way, Tusk, and Big Love, and nothing else. Instead of anything else from them, there will be five or six of the "Polyanna", "I'm so in love and life is perfect and nothing is ever wrong and I'm basking in the afterglow" songs. Ugh. I saw Christine in 1982, 1987, 1990, and 1997, and multiple times on each of those tours, so I'm good.

I'm only talking about me here, I am not trying to open a can of worms. I happen to need angst in my music. But that's just me; we all listen for our own reasons. And we all have the band members and songwriters that we prefer.

Fair enough. I'm the opposite. I've seen FM three times - 2003, 2009 and 2013. In 2003 and 2009 I felt Christine's absence achingly, moreover so did the crowd; I could hear many of them (shouting) asking where she was, or why the band wasn't doing "insert name of Christine song here".

In 2013, I saw her with them at the O2, just for Don't Stop, and it was as though I'd been seeing a tribute act for the shows in 03 and 09. I welcome this development, and hope to goodness for John's sake and for ours that he gets well soon and wants to continue to work.