Rumours 5 Event 2023?

[Macfan4life]

Originally Posted by bwboy

I gotta disagree here… as I remember things back in 1996, the last incarnation of FM was Mick, John, Billy, Dave, and Bekka. They released Time which didn’t even chart, and they toured with REO Speedwagon and Pat Benatar. They were on the ballot for the RRHOF twice and didn't make it. Even Stevie’s last album had bombed. Because of the success of the Eagles, MTV tried it again with FM, this time with the Rumours 5. I remember when the news was released that it got mixed results. Some people said it was beating a dead horse, it was too late in the game for a revival, stuff like that. But after the 2 night recording, the word of mouth spread like wildfire about how incredible it was, and MTV knew they had a hit. And it was, indeed, a ratings smash and had a ton of critical acclaim. And so the tour was started and they made it into the RRHOF the next year. I really don’t believe it was the done deal you think it was, that it was inherently going to a phenomenon. FM worked hard to make that happen, but it could have just been a one time thing. That was my perception.

I also remember reading a fantastic review of the first night of the taped concert by a FM fan, full of observations that only FM fans like us would appreciate. For example, when Silver Springs began, they thought it was going to be Wish You Were Here at first, which blew me away because I’d never realized how much the intros sound alike. He said it was funny because he was expecting Christine to sing and couldn’t understand why Stevie was in front of the mic right from the get go. Also, he said that the crowd went wild for Lindsey and Christine, but was much more restrained for Stevie. He said it felt like she had to earn the applause more after her songs than Lindsey and Christine, right up until Landslide- he said it was the proverbial “it was so quiet you could hear a pin drop” until the crowd roared with applause. That’s probably why Stevie seemed so taken aback, because it was the first time she had gotten such a rousing response that night. There were more great observations, but those were the ones I remembered.

There is one calculation you have misread IMHO. You are correct, the Time and Street Angel flop, FM was dead. Street Angel was not just a flop. Stevie had poor concert numbers and cancelled the second leg of her tour. She was also playing county fairs. I was living in West Palm Beach then and we were all disappointed her show was not going to happen. She walked off stage and swore she would never perform again. FM was also playing nightclubs at one point. They came to a nightclub in 1994 in my area and the band stayed at a dirty Holiday Inn.
You realize the same managers who manage the Eagles also worked with Nicks, etc. A huge tour like that takes lots of talk and contracts. The MTV special was to promote the Dance tour. You speak of it as a small event that had no intent to promote an upcomign tour. That would make no sense for the band to reunite for no reason for a small crowd. That concert was recorded and broadcast as promotion for the tour. By the time the mid to late 90s rolled around the cash grab concert by oldie bands were in full swing. If you watch the Dance rehearsal interviews they can never explain why they got back together. Its so obvious they reunited for the money and not creativity. The concert brokers were thrilled they had another monster 70s band reuniting to tour.
What annoyed me the most was how many times you heard "reunited for the first time in 15 years." It was like the band never carried on after Lindsey left. Even during the Clinton inaugural in 1992, they made a fuss......on the stage together for the first time in a decade....... Well not really....just with Lindsey.
You are out of your mind if you think the Dance reunion was an organic response to them casually getting back together. I really cant believe you think a huge produced recorded concert that was broadcast on MTV, PBS, and VH1 was organic and the reviews of the show made the band say hmmmmmm, lets tour now. The Eagles tour was the blueprint. Show me the money!