Would you welcome an extended era of FM without SN?

[Murrow]

Abso-flippin-lutely!

They've already proved that they only need four out of the five to make a decent album (cf BTM, SYW). They've had their "Now we can all be creative with no Lindsey" era (BTM line-up). Now they can have their "Stevie wouldn't pull her weight so we've carried on" era. The five-piece is still OK for the odd tour but Styx and Journey weren't prepared to wait when their respective frontment announced they were taking a break just as a tour was about to happen. The four musicians (and within the group Stevie is not one) have got their collective mojo working and there's no reason they should let SN hold them up.

I bought my ticket for last Wednesday's London show chiefly because I hoped they would have something new to promote by then. But no... same old same old. Some of the Rumours songs badly need a break now having had a good airing from The Dance onwards.

So my advice to Mick... let Stevie rest as much as she wants to. But you've got an album going and a dynamic going and she never likes what Lindsey does with her songs so... time for the Buckingham/McVie quartet I'd say.