Do You Want To See The Eagles Tour With Fleetwood Mac

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Originally Posted by Spikey

@ Nancy: I don't think it's an 'affront' to the fans, I just think it's disappointing and kind of a sellout on FM's part, especially if it's Lindsey greenlighting it. unless by some chance LB wants to resolve his demons and unite with the Eagles, which I don't know, still doesn't quite ring with me.

It just feels like hypocrisy of the highest order and FM's biggest sellout. Imagine Stevie solo touring with Lindsey Lohan after her comments about her, it's kind of how I feel about Lindsey/FM touring with with the Eagles with Tusk/The Long Run in the background somewhere.

That's not to say it won't be entertaining and there won't be a new album, etc, the very idea just grates on me, that's all. A double billing of two bands such as these (as big as these) just screams cash grab with no real up side, unless you're rich of course. Combine that with the Lindsey/Eagles deal and I have a bitter taste in my mouth.

- Spike

I mostly agree... but for the sake of playing devil's advocate, how would you feel if The Eagles and Fleetwood Mac were the headliners of a traveling music festival, e.g., Lollapalooza? It's still Eagles and FM on the same bill playing abbreviated, hits-populated sets. I don't think anyone accused the participants of Lollapalooza of going on a shameless cash-grab. And speaking of rivals touring together, what about that Sammy Hagar-David Lee Roth tour several years ago? Admittedly, that's nowhere close to the same magnitude as this, but it's still about two rivals playing the pipes of peace to make bank. I don't think people thought it was crassly commercial, as much as they were puzzled and curious to see these rivals share the same bill. I think Eagles-FM would get a lot less flack if they somehow managed to get together with a sense of purpose- whether it is a musical purpose (i.e., collaborating on stage), a political purpose (donating ##% to causes), or a promotional purpose (touring with younger, more obscure acts and/or promoting new albums). Otherwise they are going to get hammered in the press.

I think the recent silence on this tour is deafening... I suspect that the logistics and negotiations (with umpteen different managers?) are proving to be prohibitively complicated. Now that everyone is off the road and no longer jetlagged or otherwise mentally impaired, they are looking at the sober reality of trying to make this all work.