This was likely a Business Decision

[rhiannondontgo]

Originally Posted by FuzzyPlum

That would suggest after he was fired he went back to them and said 'Fine, I wont do the solo tour, I'll just do Fleetwood Mac shows'.
Surely if that's the case then they should have said 'Cool, lets go'.
Instead they refused.

Actually I think you’re onto something. I could definitely see this being the situation.
Lindsey signs on for an FM tour in the fall after releasing the planned solo record and promoting it on tour in Spring. Label pushes back the solo record which causes both of his planned tours to take place at the same time. He asks FM to either delay their tour or allow him to go out for solo shows concurrently. They say no. Some seriously fighting goes on. Maybe he says that’s the only way he can do it. Either he threatens to not do the tour unless they work with him here or they tell him he’s booted for being difficult in the first place. They then have their plans all screwed up and a contractually obligated tour fast approaching and are scrambling to figure out a solution or replacement. He realizes they’re going on tour with or without him, comes back and says “I give in, i’ll just do the FM tour only” but Stevie’s still pissed off and sick of it all so she says “nope, not letting him back”. And the rest of the band follows suit because they see her as a 5 foot tall sack of money.

[FuzzyPlum]

Originally Posted by rhiannondontgo

And the rest of the band follows suit because they see her as a 5 foot tall sack of money.

Love this line. Very true. He He He





...Intense silence as she walked in the room

[iamnotafraid]

Originally Posted by FuzzyPlum

...Intense silence as she walked in the room

I've never seen that picture of Stevie before.
Where'd you find it?

[FuzzyPlum]

Originally Posted by iamnotafraid

I've never seen that picture of Stevie before.
Where'd you find it?

I took it from Mick Fleetwood's Twitter. It might have been taken at the Classic West show, I'm not sure.

[iamnotafraid]

Cool.

I hardly recognized her without her shawls.

[sands of time]

As ridiculous as this whole thing is, and as devastated as I am, I realized today that maybe this is actually a fitting way for the band to come to an end. For over 40 years, FM has been fueled by the conflict of Lindsey striving to be an artist vs. the others striving to be wise business people. Maybe this ending is more poignant than a final tour where everyone gets along and celebrates their career.

[sodascouts]

As I said elsewhere, this doesn't make sense to me.

I don't understand why they didn't just tell him that they wouldn't accommodate him, and that if he didn't like it, he could leave.

Why fire him just for asking?

Losing Lindsey will hurt their sales. It's a BAD business decision to fire him if he's willing to stay despite not getting his way.

There has to be more to it.

[rhiannondontgo]

Originally Posted by FuzzyPlum

Love this line. Very true. He He He





...Intense silence as she walked in the room

I actually stole it lol. My friend works for a singer that was on a tv show & was a huge pain in the a** throughout the whole run. He’s always telling me stories about the insane sh*t her coworkers had to do to pacify her & when I asked why they didn’t just throw her off, he said “ratings. she’s a 5 foot tall sack of money so they do whatever she wants”. I’ve used it to describe Stevie’s role in FM ever since.