"The affairs dented my self respect"

[Macfan4life]

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

My point is it wasn’t a farewell tour, regardless of how your local media was promoting it. It’s understandable why the media would say that, since Fleetwood Mac going on without Christine, Stevie, and Lindsey was out there.

However, this interview was conducted towards the end of the tour. Mick even says the last show with Christine and Stevie was going to be on December 7, Pearl Harbor Day. After that, the plan was for the guys to start working on a new album in six months. Does that sound like he thought it was a farewell tour?

Steve
It was not the local media. It was stamped on the tour by the band. They were honest with fans. Chris and Stevie are not performing with the band anymore. In the newspaper in the entertainment section announcing bands coming to town there was a block announcing Fleetwood Mac with "Farewell tour" right at the top. I had to go buy tickets again because it was at a different venue. It was supposed to be in an Ampitheater in the summer. Now it was in an arena in late fall. Not sure why this is a big deal to you. Both Cher and Ozzy had "farewell tours" in the 1990s and still toured for 15 years. After the tour resumed, Chris even dropped Save Me (BTM's only minor hit) from the set and replaced it with Say You Love Me. IMHO that shows some nostalgia on her part before hanging up her live gigs. Both things are not mutually exclusive. You keep saying Mick wanted to keep the band going. No doubt that was true. Call it a marketing gimmick to get more fans to the shows then. Stevie's Timespace record was delayed because of this 1990 tour that never ended. She had already had her fight with Mick and was leaving the band. I was there. It was very sad to me because I thought it was the end. Both things can be the truth at the same time. You think it was just a fluke to have Lindsey there the final night? Do you really think he would have been there if Chris's dad had not died and the BTM tour ended in August?
On another note, you mentioned Chris promoting Time during the Superbowl or some appearance claiming she was excited about doing a new album. Of course she was going to say that. You think she was going to say anything otherwise. Are you disputing that Warner Brothers demanded her or no deal? She went on the record later on how much she despised a certain guitarist and recorded tracks with different musicians and sent them to the band. If you think these are examples of being joyful and wanting to record with the band, that is your opinion. She was fulfilling her obligation to Mick. In her 1995 live chat interview she stated her touring was behind her and was not going to perform again. The fact that these 6 people NEVER again performed on stage together after this tour indicates it was a goodbye or farewell tour, no?

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by Macfan4life

On another note, you mentioned Chris promoting Time during the Superbowl or some appearance claiming she was excited about doing a new album.

I’m talking about the press conference Mick, John, Christine, and Lindsey did before the Inauguration in January, 1993.

Fleetwood Mac was currently Mick, John, Christine, and Billy at that time. Chris said that they were going back into the studio in a few weeks. Bekka and Dave hadn’t yet joined.

Are you disputing that Warner Brothers demanded her or no deal? She went on the record later on how much she despised a certain guitarist and recorded tracks with different musicians and sent them to the band.

Billy left in the early Spring, 1993, Bekka joined in late Spring, Dave joined by October, and Billy rejoined in Spring, 1994. Christine pulled out when things got bad between her and Dave (as did Richard). The band submitted an album without any of her songs in early 1995 and the label rejected it.

My speculation is that Mick, John, and Christine recorded demos in early 1993 with Michael Thompson. Billy also contributed guitar to “I Do” and maybe vocals. Christine “didn’t want to do the album” after it became something else and Mick “coaxing her to do the album” was him demanding to put the work they’d done with Michael Thompson in 1993 on the album to be done with it. By that point, the Rumours reunion was imminent.