'Rolling Stone Magazine' - 'Fleetwood Mac: Happy at the Top' (1982)

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Originally Posted by Macfan4life

Yeah I dont think they were that happy. It was a short tour and everyone but Mick wanted it over. Stevie and Chris both had solo albums scheduled. The most telling thing about this era was the Hold Me video and how the band would not appear together anywhere in the video. Everyone came in separate cars, had separate tents, and did not really speak to each other. Bella Donna was still high on the charts which really must of made Lindsey mental. I don't think the band enjoyed making the album much either. Stevie was back and forth and sent her boyfriend/producer packing. Mirage was an album they did not want to do. They were contractually obligated to get one more album in with Warner. This is why Stevie's solo tour was so short.
They really did not seem to want to be around each other on this tour. Just think. When the Mirage tour ended, Stevie was back in the studio and married just 3 months later preparing for the Wild Heart's release just months into the new year. Her life was fast and furious. 1981 she recorded and released a solo album, went on a summer tour with Tom Petty, flew to France for Mirage recordings, came back to do a solo tour, back to France to finish Mirage, then make MTV videos, go on tour with Fleetwood Mac, go back into the studio, get married, make solo videos, go on tour with her boyfriend, separate from her husband. Fast and furious and wild times.

According to her, that had a lot to do with Lindsey. She and Jimmy flew together to France after the last show of the Bella Donna tour. Jimmy was supposed to stay with her there for ten days, but he ended up leaving after like a day because of how Lindsey behaved....she never said specifically what that was, but one can imagine the nasty comments from LB and Jimmy feeling like he wasn't going to stay there and be insulted without pushing back and Stevie being all "please don't make things worse" and him leaving. Their relationship was never really the same after that... she finished recording and went out on the road with FM, and when she came back Jimmy had sort of moved on. They picked up again but lived separately and it was ultimately over.