Christine wants to rejoin the band according to The Guardian

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Originally Posted by SteveMacD

Yes, it will help her career.

What I'm saying is it wont help her solo career...The time she spends with FM is time she could be working on a solo album which is what we want and the clock is ticking...

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

Promoting a documentary on the recording of an album that bombed (188,000 in the US; 500,000 worldwide) while on tour with Fleetwood Mac? Otherwise, touring with Rod Stewart?

I could care less about sales..."IYD" is the best thing Stevie has done in a long time and I want more Stevie solo...

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

I'm not saying it's etched in stone, but I betcha a new album with Fleetwood Mac (with our without Christine) could do better than that.

Yep a new FM record is the ONLY chance LB,CM,MF & JM have of being noticed In terms of new material...

Originally Posted by SteveMacD

Huh? You're about thirty years off. Stevie has always been well known and, for the most part, popular. Her image took a beating between 1987-1997, and it took a Fleetwood Mac reunion to restore that image.

I'm not talking about the 80's...WOW could you imagine if Stevie and the Mac were that successful again...You have to admit that she's quite popular these days...

Originally Posted by mylittledemon

In all fairness, that's not what was said. It's about staying on topic, not completely cutting out other band members in the thread. When the focus becomes about Stevie, a thread gets derailed, and for members (or non members) coming in to read about Christine, that's frustrating to find post after post that's not about the topic at hand. Feel free to mention Stevie all you want... but the focus of the thread is about Christine's return.

That's exactly what was said...I understand you wanting to keep things "on topic" but how are numerous posts referring to Lindsey's solo work considered "on topic" while posts about "Stevie Freaking Nicks are "off topic"

Originally Posted by louielouie2000

Can we PLEASE let this one thread, just this ONE thread, not be about Stevie Nicks? This is about Christine McVie returning to Fleetwood Mac...Can we keep it to that? Christine's return deserves better respect than this thread is giving her.

We should be talking about where Chris goes from here. Where would the band record a new album? LA? England Hawaii? Does this mean Chris might return to the US in some capacity? Would the band record an album or tour with her first? Was there a watershed event that could have happened in Chris life to precipitate her wanting to rejoin the band? What do we think Chris would have to say about an outside producer for a new album? There are so, so many questions I have... and none of them have anything to do with Stevie freaking Nicks.

Originally Posted by mylittledemon

I don't think Christine's return to Fleetwood Mac will affect Stevie's recent success whatsoever. I think that ball lies in Stevie's court anyway... if Stevie wants Chris back, then why is it (or does it) have to be a bad thing? You spoke of Stevie's recent success, and of her building her career back up... Chris's return cannot affect Stevie's career negatively. There are people who love Fleetwood Mac but don't like Stevie solo... Also, what success are you talking about? Album sales? Because In Your Dreams didn't exactly set the world on fire.

Again not talking about sales...IYD is one of the best things Stevie has ever done...Maybe I shouldn't use the word sucess

Originally Posted by mylittledemon

Fleetwood Mac is a separate entity, and as a whole (the five of them), they have much more power, buzz, and charisma. Look at Say You Will... if you base it purely on sales, it came nowhere near what The Dance did. I think that's for obvious reasons - take Chris out of the equation and the core of the band becomes skewed. I have always felt that since her absence they've been trying to become Fleetwood Mac again, and haven't quite reached the goal line.

The band became skewed because Chris was never replaced...In terms of album sales the industry's not what it used to be so there's a chance that no matter how good a new Mac album is that sales will not be as good as "The Dance" or "SYW" were...Or even IYD (sorry I couldn't help it)

Originally Posted by mylittledemon

Also, this doesn't feel like Chris cashing in either. She said in the article that she realized after 15 years of living alone that it wasn't what she wanted at all... she misses her bandmates. I don't think money even enters into it at this point, and when it does, I'd imagine it's the least of all her reasons.

Sorry it just seems like she want's in while the getting is good...While we're on the subject of $$$ I read somewhere that Chris sold all the rights to everything when she retired...Has anyone else heard this??? So besides missing the Mac she may also need a big paycheck...

Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

I have no reason to believe that Stevie is at all ready to cash in her chips and retire... but, even if she were to do so within the next few years, I think she would feel that one last album and tour with Christine in Fleetwood Mac would be ending her career on a high note. Stevie has mad-love for Fleetwood Mac, and I think having "her band" completely back together would give her the utmost joy. (Most especially after the personal losses she's had the past few years.)

I don't think Stevie's retiring anytime soon but at the same time she knows she doesn't have time for many more projects...Personally I think Stevie would rather do something that would get her the respect as a solo artist that she hasn't received yet like a solo Grammy or be voted into the RRHOF as a solo artist...

Originally Posted by Johnny Stew

One minor nitpick... an album by a 65-year-old pop/rock artist, that does those numbers, isn't considered a "bomb" these days. Those sales might not live up to the glory days, but they're nothing to write off. Even Paul freakin' McCartney's latest album has "only" sold something like 75,000 copies so far in the US. In the past, that album would have sold 500,000 copies right out of the gate..

(Additionally, I thought we've all agreed in the past that "success" is measured by more than just how many copies an album sells. Otherwise, all of those indie bands we all love, are "failures.")

Exactly! Like I keep saying "I don't care about sales" But rather successful from an artistic or "critically acclaimed" point of view...

Sorry for the long post and I know I'm in the minority here because I'd rather have a solo Stevie album over a FM album it just doesn't make any difference to me if there are 4 or 5 in the band...