Fleetwood Mac: Going long with Lindsey Buckingham

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Originally Posted by elle

talk to people who have been to Mick's m&gs. he gets asked that question straight up every time, apparently.

his answer, the last time 2 days ago in Austin, was that Stevie is not on board and apparently he didn't give an impression she will ever even be. they are looking at their options (i.e., as LB says in this interview "we will sit down and try to formulate some kind of a plan"). somebody who was there can correct me since i was not, this is just what i've heard from several people.

in interviews, it makes sense that they are more diplomatic and leave the door open for it to truly be "a beautiful last act" instead of just further continuation of not all band members wanting the same thing at the same and it being "a little more disparate now than it was back in the day, because everyone sort of wended through their particular journey".

this new LB interview is actually pretty clear if you read just a tiny bit between the lines.

yup.

Makes me wonder how things are going on the tour then.. I mean, if she's so clearly not going to get involved, and the others really want an album… there's got to be some sense of resentment or irritation at the very least. Maybe it just blends in with the normal level of friction between certain of them so it's no different than usual.

I wonder if there have been discussions between the other members about whether they can or should put an album out as "Fleetwood Mac" without Stevie. We don't know what their business partnership agreement is… if it requires all current members to support a decision then we're screwed. Did Lindsey and Chris have to relinquish some of that kind of control when they left and did they get full status back when they returned or….? I know people will say "of course they did!!" but they're big business with lots of managers and lawyers to handle the dirty fights and there's no guarantee of anything.

If they do put out an album w/out Stevie and call it FM you know she will talk to the press with a vengeance about how the band refused to wait for her, and after all she's sacrificed to support the band and gave up solo tours and always put the band first and on and on and on. Whether she is exaggerating or not, it sure makes for great headlines and scandal for the press to gobble up, and gobble they will. Then THAT'S the legacy you're left with. I'm sure that's not the legacy they want to leave behind.. certainly not LB. The drama will win out over the music yet again, his big annoyance.

And Stevie knows this. She knows she's got the upper hand. And the recent "no one has the balls to tell me what to do" makes that super clear. She knows she can make them wait, and she will. And they will wait.