What will FM do during their one month off?

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Originally Posted by Jondalar

A month off what? It's not like they have hard jobs. Their whole lives are a vacation.

last fall when I went to Mick's book signing someone was chatting with him about the band's plans, and he was telling her how they were already booked with no real break until April or May of next year (meaning now, in 2015) and that that window of time was already getting shrunken more and more because new dates were being added to the schedule. He said something to her about being in Hawaii and at his restaurant during the break (she was hoping to see him there).

There is a tendency sometimes to forget how much else all of them have going on in their lives. Mick runs the restaurant and who knows what other businesses (yes with partners); he's got property and pets and friends and family in LA and Hawaii...you can't just make up for months and months gone with one week at home. You barely catch up on sleep in a week.

Lindsey's got his kids and all their activities and school stuff and sports and whatever else they do that he's not been around for since fall, not to mention his wife and her business and such, all of which she's been likely handling herself (albeit with some hired help, sure) but without him for months. John also has his family and the like. Chris has family and home and dogs and friends and maybe some songwriting and the rest. Plus all the other stuff it's hard for them all to do on the road-- doctor appointments, dentists, cosmetic procedures, meetings with managers, accountants, property managers, bills to be paid etc etc. All the stuff of everyday life. Sure they have help, but with the possible exception of Stevie who it has been noted by journalists who interviewed her in her home doesn't even know how to turn on her dvd player or her disco ball, the rest of them aren't total pampered divas and have a lot of the same life sh*t to deal with and then some as the rest of us. I always find it funny when folks think the band's sole purpose in life is to just give us what we want.