After 12 plus years. Excited to hear Christine McVie

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I think your initial premise that this was a FM album and the band was waiting for Stevie and when she didn't participate they just rebranded it as a BuckVie album is a bit flawed.

What we know is that Chris and Lindsey worked on a bunch of material together. What we know is that there was a HOPE that that material-- which was NOT an album, it was just a bunch of SONGS-- would BECOME a FM album once Stevie got involved, brought her OWN songs to the mix, and EVERYONE participated and contributed in some form or fashion to ALL the material.

The band decided instead to go on the road. The material Lindsey and Christine worked on got shelved. They toured a long time. The tour ended. Stevie had plans to pick up where she'd left off with her solo stuff and go out and promote 24k and whatever else. The other 4 thought ok, maybe we'll wait. Stevie made it very clear she has ZERO interest in recording with the band (or just with Lindsey, as some think). Off she goes on her tour.

Now, Lindsey and Christine have this pile of material they've worked on, some of which they'd recorded involving John and Mick. That material has lain around getting dusty for like 3 years or more due to the touring etc. They determine they still want to turn it all into something. Stevie says, I'm not recording. So the other two decide, well, let's keep going with what we started with and turn it INTO an album -- adding more to the songs, adding more songs to get an album's worth, etc. Now they are going to release it and, like Stevie, they want to promote the album so they are going to do some shows.

It never WAS a FM album; it was HOPED TO BE a Mac album...it was STEVIE who determined that it would not be a FM album. The others have accepted that and rather than let the music go unheard, to work on it until it's in good releasable form as a duo album. While Mick and John played on many of the tracks when it was intended to become a FM album, they have (to me) clearly decided not to create friction and create any appearance of it being FM minus Stevie, and are choosing not to tour with the other two-- because it's a DUETs album. No one cut anyone out.

Had Stevie CHOSEN to participate, it would THEN have become a FM album.