Stevie - MOJO - 'The Story Behind Christine McVie's Live Return'

[TheWILDheart]

Originally Posted by applebucked

The thing is that she rehearsed with the band in Dublin. If that's the case, why would it hurt to have her perform in one of the Dublin dates (most likely the second) as a sort of warm-up for the London shows?

Ireland isn't part of the UK and the UK has always had the biggest music scene along with the US. Making it big in either the UK, US or both is always seen as THE achievement to make. Therefore, "Christine McVie rejoins Fleetwood Mac on stage in London" has FAR greater impact and will generate more press and hype than "Christine McVie rejoins Fleetwood Mac on stage in Dublin". When a big act like Fleetwood Mac sells out 3 nights at the o2 arena, the whole UK music industry is watching. Christine joining the band in Dublin would have really only created hype amongst the Irish music industry and the die hard fans like us. Christine in joining the band in the UK makes HUGE splashes in the press and within the music industry - it's currently all over every music website over here, which certainly didn't happen for Maui.

If Chris was going to rejoin the Mac, it had to be in a major city which would generate hype and no offense to the Irish, but London is a far more important city musically than Dublin.