The Live Show (2013) and Alcohol use...

[MikeInNV]

It's funny what people see at shows. I've read accounts of shows I was at and thought "What are they thinking? Were they at the same show I was?" Doesn't matter if we're talking about someone being high, angry, out of tune, you name it. I guess we all interpret things differently, but sometimes I think people just want to stir up some drama.

[CADreaming]

I never thought either one acted drunk or high this tour or 2009 or anything from SYW. I guess anything is possible but I've heard Lindsey doesn't drink anymore. Stevie says she doesn't. And her acting silly or giddy doesn't prove she was drunk or high, she often just giggles and laughs at herself if she's in a good mood.

[elle]

Originally Posted by CADreaming

I never thought either one acted drunk or high this tour or 2009 or anything from SYW. I guess anything is possible but I've heard Lindsey doesn't drink anymore. Stevie says she doesn't. And her acting silly or giddy doesn't prove she was drunk or high, she often just giggles and laughs at herself if she's in a good mood.

i think Brandon bought him a drink few years ago and he said that? maybe there are some other accounts?

i don't know whether any of them were diagnosed alcoholic and are completely off now, but i had a feeling at Lindsey's SWS 2011 show in Jacksonville, that he possibly displayed some signs of being slightly hungover... some people speculated that maybe guys took him out the night before for his birthday. he still played an amazing show, but he was sweating by the second song already... it felt like he started really strong but that by the end he was phoning it in. which is the feeling you normally never get from him, either solo, or with the Mac. he normally always looks like he's giving it 200%, in the moment and happy to be there. of course, this all together is pure speculation on my part.

[elle]

Originally Posted by MikeInNV

It's funny what people see at shows. I've read accounts of shows I was at and thought "What are they thinking? Were they at the same show I was?" Doesn't matter if we're talking about someone being high, angry, out of tune, you name it. I guess we all interpret things differently, but sometimes I think people just want to stir up some drama.

completely agree!

especially Jones Beach show seems to be the one everybody talks about, mostly people who were not actually at the show, and none of these things (such as behaving high / drunk, shipper stuff, whatever else) were seen by any of the people i was with...

although it is true you can hear better if someone's out of tune if you are a bit further away from the stage, because the sound is definitely not ideal right at the stage. however whether someone is happy, sober, drunk, high, angry, love-dovey, who are they interacting with and in what way, is something you can see when you are close to the stage, better than in videos. so i guess you can be at the same show and miss, see, or hear certain parts that you wouldn't if you are watching the same show from different parts of the venue. or you can get different impression if you are watching Stevie, Mick, Lindsey, John, or anyone else on the stage, because they all will have their own perception of the show.

[Desiree]

I looked thru a lot of video and I never saw anyone looking drunk either! Very weird how different people interpret differently even when they see the same thing!

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by MikeInNV

I guess we all interpret things differently, but sometimes I think people just want to stir up some drama.

I think they do too.

I also think that sometimes things look more remarkable or extraordinary when you think they're just happening the night you happen to be there, but if you read reviews for all the shows or saw several of them, you know that it happens frequently and then I think the impact of a certain event is not that significant, when put into context as part of a repeated pattern or a progression of something that has happened many times before.

Michele

[becca]

Oh, I'm sure they are only heavily intoxicated with each other.