Christine wants to rejoin the band according to The Guardian

[Bryan]

Originally Posted by michelej1

We all knew that she was in Dublin to begin with. That's where Stevie said that Christine was going to meet with them, to commence rehearsing for Christine's London appearance, as their second leg began.

Michele

Yes ''WE ALL'' knew about rehearsals ...I was told ,by Mick that she was not there. I DO believe that Lindsey did NOT want 1st show reviews to take spotlight away from them (a.k.a him) I do believe she had every intention of performing in Dublin. and seeing as she was LITERALLY standing right at the steps it's pretty pathetic that she didn't get to go up.

[Bryan]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

Yes, I don't think it had anything to do with LB. She was planning on rehearsing for the London appearances. If my skills are correct. My guess is... the only thing LB had to do with Christine not performing is..

1. The first London show..
2. More than one song..

Otherwise all the rest is dribble..

They DID discuss her doing more than one song which Lindsey was ''funny about'' and he said that she can't just ''come and go''. And I 100% believe she'd have been able to do ''Don't Stop'' on the entire European tour ..but band (Lindsey) politics put a halt to it

[jbrownsjr]

Originally Posted by Bryan

They DID discuss her doing more than one song which Lindsey was ''funny about'' and he said that she can't just ''come and go''. And I 100% believe she'd have been able to do the entire European tour ..but band (Lindsey) politics put a halt to it

I haven't read anything that suggests he stopped her from touring. Have you? I ask this sincerely. I'd love to see a clue or two that supports that.

[Bryan]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

I haven't read anything that suggests he stopped her from touring. Have you? I ask this sincerely. I'd love to see a clue or two that supports that.

He didn't stop her from touring,she was with them every single show.She TOURED. She just didn't get to perform Dont Stop at each one.Which makes it all the more pathetic.

There's more than enough interview material to piece it together..sorry i'm not running off to copy and paste direct quotes i'm not into posting that eagerly. +Mick's body language when I asked him about it was pretty much a dead giveaway

There's also the obvious fact of Lindsey being an immature, petulant diva.

[ironman_01701]

Originally Posted by Bryan

He didn't stop her from touring,she was with them every single show.She TOURED. She just didn't get to perform Dont Stop at each one.Which makes it all the more pathetic.

There's more than enough interview material to piece it together..sorry i'm not running off to copy and paste direct quotes i'm not into posting that eagerly. +Mick's body language when I asked him about it was pretty much a dead giveaway

There's also the obvious fact of Lindsey being an immature, petulant diva.

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This is the dynamic of the band (EMOTIONS), I believe this is a complete fabrication to create the 2014 album. Making Chris sitting on the first row is a plan to continue the emotions and dynamics of Fleetwood Mac. No band in history has put the string of years together with this love and hate between each other. Unlike their early years, it's all for the love of their act on stage played out in their music. Now that they are older its planed and it's choreographed.....just look at their fan base pissing and moaning about how Chris is being treated by Lindsey.

You got to love it!!

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by Bryan

He didn't stop her from touring,she was with them every single show.She TOURED. She just didn't get to perform Dont Stop at each one.Which makes it all the more pathetic.

But she wasn't under contract. Even she understands it was business and nothing personal. I doubt that she would have even agreed to a contract, not knowing how she'd feel about being on the road.

There's also the obvious fact of Lindsey being an immature, petulant diva.

Yeah, he's a diva, but it was a legitimate decision, one even Christine understood and did not take personally.

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by Bryan

There's more than enough interview material to piece it together..sorry i'm not running off to copy and paste direct quotes i'm not into posting that eagerly. +Mick's body language when I asked him about it was pretty much a dead giveaway

If Mick told you that she wasn't there, how did his body language let you know that Lindsey was keeping her off the stage. If anything his body language should've been telling you that he was lying about her not being there.

Since Dublin was the first stop on the second leg, it's not even clear that she was ready to perform in Dublin, since that was the first opportunity that they got to rehearse. At any rate, since Steve he already said they were rehearsing in Dublin your picture does not add or subtract any information from what we already have. We knew she was in Dublin for 2 months now.

Of course you can cobble together fragments of information that's been in the press to jump to any conclusions that you like. Michele

[michelej1]

Originally Posted by jbrownsjr

I haven't read anything that suggests he stopped her from touring. Have you? I ask this sincerely. I'd love to see a clue or two that supports that.

Yes of course there hasn't been anything in the press about him stopping her from touring or suggesting that she wanted to tour other than London. Traveling with the band is different than performing, especially given John's illness, maybe she just wanted to be near.

Michele

[Bryan]

I don't do forum back & forth. I know what I know.
+
Nearing 20,000 posts is incomprehensible to me
People can do what they want who am I to judge? But it 'aint healthy of that I am sure.Just sayin'

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by Bryan

I don't do forum back & forth. I know what I know.

Which is clearly NOT the business end of music.

[elle]

Originally Posted by Bryan

There's also the obvious fact of Lindsey being an immature, petulant diva.

obvious fact.

i'm enjoying reading these threads related to Christine. interesting dynamic that seems to be emerging - for whatever reason some SN fans seem to be the ones that are the most pi**ed about LB's supposed *intervention* - whereas people who are primarily CM fans defend him.

and yes, we knew since before the shows that Christine was with the band in Dublin, and Madness heard her rehearsing Don't Stop with them. we were all hoping she'll join the band in Dublin but for whatever reason she didn't. the reason being either that she didn't feel ready to do it - or of course there's that obviously factual one

Originally Posted by Bryan

of Lindsey being an immature, petulant diva.

[louielouie2000]

Originally Posted by Bryan

I don't do forum back & forth. I know what I know.

Isn't discussion, knowledge sharing, and bouncing ideas back & forth the point of internet forums?

Originally Posted by Bryan

Nearing 20,000 posts is incomprehensible to me

She owns the board... she can post as much as she wants.

Originally Posted by Bryan

People can do what they want who am I to judge? But it 'aint healthy of that I am sure.Just sayin'

Sounds like you're judging Lindsey for what you feel he is doing, you're judging us for making conversation with you, and you're judging our owner for her post count. I see lots of judging coming from you.

Anyway-

Regarding your summation of Christine's involvement (or lack thereof) during this tour, I'm interpreting the situation much differently. Christine has been completely out of the public eye for a decade and a half. Her jamming with Mick in Maui, watching Fleetwood Mac from the audience in Dublin, following the band around Europe, going to Stevie's documentary screening with Mick & Stevie, and performing Don't Stop twice in London... all of this is Christine dipping her toes back gradually into public life. She has been a hermit for 15 years now. I wouldn't expect her to just pick up where she left off after her long self-imposed exile. She's starting small, in her own backyard, and going from there.

Even if that's not the case, all of these tour dates and tour contracts were finalized more than a year ago. I sense Christine's wanting to rejoin the band is much newer than that. Christine rejoining as a full member at the end of Fleetwood Mac's world tour would have thrown a major wrench into all of this from a contractual and managerial standpoint. Does Chris even have a manager anymore? Could these contracts for performances be rewritten at this late of a date? I kinda doubt both. When it comes to the egos & immaturity of Stevie and Lindsey, I don't put much past either of them... but this time, I genuinely believe their egos have nothing to do with this gradual return of Chris. I think this is her own way of easing back into public life- at her own pace.

[elle]

Originally Posted by ironman_01701

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This is the dynamic of the band (EMOTIONS), I believe this is a complete fabrication to create the 2014 album. Making Chris sitting on the first row is a plan to continue the emotions and dynamics of Fleetwood Mac. No band in history has put the string of years together with this love and hate between each other. Unlike their early years, it's all for the love of their act on stage played out in their music. Now that they are older its planed and it's choreographed.....just look at their fan base pissing and moaning about how Chris is being treated by Lindsey.

You got to love it!!

seems reasonable.

(although i'm not sure how much about these people is really reasonable )

[SteveMacD]

Originally Posted by louielouie2000

Does Chris even have a manager anymore? Could these contracts for performances be rewritten at this late of a date? I kinda doubt both.

I think her manager these days is Martin Wyatt.

[elle]

btw, classic rock station in my area was playing IDWK yesterday, and the guy introduced it with saying how Christine wants to re-join the band and then added "well, decide Christine - either you are in or you are out!". made me laugh.