Rumours of Lindsey leaving the band?

[Dr.Brown]

Originally Posted by FuzzyPlum

They don't care about dignity.
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$tevie Nicks$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Bingo! Fleetwood Mac has devolved to nothing more than Mick on the M$. Moneybag$ gravy train. Musical creativity has been given nothing but lip-service. I'll be really disappointed if Christine somehow doesn't bow out of this whole mess. Sorry Mick, no more $$$ from me. I don't have to dream - it's over.

[ViscountViktor]

They really should just call it a day now. I'd rather they didn't tour than tour with two new members. It's insulting to Lindsey. And comes across as greedy.

This band. So bloody annoying.

[NotonRodeo]

Originally Posted by tango87

So many bad decisions, missed opportunities, so little new product over all those years...

What a farce. And the worst thing is that it's not even that surprising really. This band was never going to hold hands and stroll off into a golden sunset, with all the drama left behind. It wouldn't even surprise me that much if Stevie rediscovers her creative muse, and we suddenly get a new 'official' Fleetwood Mac album (as opposed to the real one we got last year).

But, to coin a phrase, that's all for me. I like Crowded House a bit, but Neil Finn singing Lindsey's songs? I feel sorry for him.

What a waste of all that energy we invested in the band, checking The Ledge for news, hoping for new music or a tour from the 5. I wonder if they will know how we feel about this? Will they even care?

It's abundantly clear they know and don't care, otherwise they would have found a way to keep Lindsey in the fold. They are expecting the casual fan to lap it up and buy their tickets, and I bet for better or worse they will.

[FuzzyPlum]

Originally Posted by SisterNightroad

By this line of reasoning we should have never liked this band to begin with, they've all had very dark sot in their lives especially Lindsey.
Or I should't like any movie by Woody Allen, Clint Eastwood, William Friedkin and others but I do.
I shouldn't love authors like Gabriele D'Annunzio, Jean Paul Sartre or Georges Simenon but they're among my favourite authors.
You don't have to love or even agree with the author to like the opera.

Nah, this is different. Of course, none of them have ever been the nicest of characters but we never witnessed that first hand. It was always inferred through what other people said. To watch this all unfold is different- it really has hit home for me. I now truly resent them. If they did make any new music that would probably be even more hurtful than anything knowing what Lindsey has endured over the past five years.

[NotonRodeo]

Originally Posted by SisterNightroad

I'm not saying that, my point is that I don't think this formation should be ruled out a priori without even giving it a try first. How can you already say you won't like it?

We have been through all of this before in 1987. After Behind the Mask it became abundantly clear that it was Lindsey and no one else who was responsible for the sound that brought the Mac commercial success. Burnette and Vito were good musicians, but they did not have Lindsey's vision. Crowded House does not sound like Rumours era Fleetwood Mac, and neither do the Heartbreakers.

[ryan4136]

While the common assumption of the end game makes sense and is quite believable the part that just doesn’t sit well is that Chris is still on board. I just don’t see a scenario where she is ok with this.

This leads me to believe that LB ppd his album tour as a way to double down on a new album. Offered everything he had in any combination. His enjoyment from BuckVie convinced him a full band album was needed for the band to be of value to him. He doubled down and said he wouldn’t tour again without an album, he stood his ground and left Mick with no choice. He said we are moving on with the tour with no album, if you can’t do that we’ll replace you. I can’t think of any other situation that Chris would’ve stayed for. Nothing else makes sense when considering the Chris factor.

[jools]

This discussion is getting beyond a joke now.

AT the end of the day, LB has been fired/walked away.

We do not know the real reasons.

LB is not the only member of Fleetwood Mac

Fleetwood Mac were around before and as long as MF & JM decide to carry on.
FM has been through numerous line up changes and im sure they will survive

Just as they did when peter green, danny kirwin, bob welsh, christine et all left.

Whilst i may not agree with this, bands do change

[SisterNightroad]

Originally Posted by FuzzyPlum

Nah, this is different. Of course, none of them have ever been the nicest of characters but we never witnessed that first hand. It was always inferred through what other people said. To watch this all unfold is different- it really has hit home for me. I now truly resent them. If they did make any new music that would probably be even more hurtful than anything knowing what Lindsey has endured over the past five years.

Well, this is a bit dramatic.
We haven't actually witness anything firsthand, it's all due to the perceived closeness given by the social media while in truth everything it's much more secondarily inferred than it's ever been, and we'll never know what truly happened until maybe someone in the band's circle decides to write a tell-all many years from now.
I highly doubt "what Lindsey has endured over the past five years" is really worse than anything that happened in the band's past.

[NotonRodeo]

As for the posters above who have been mocking my decision to ditch my Fleetwood Mac CD's, it's precisely because I am an adult and I can make my own decisions on what music I want to listen to and can ditch a band that doesn't care about its fans. It's the chiffon contingent who need to cling to their twirling, shawl-draped icon whatever happens.

[jkmaletic]

Ok....I'm officially shocked. What a disappointment. It's a shame, really.

Exactly why it happened, and all the details of what occured, we will probably never know. But I'm pretty sure that before this decision was made Mick had ALL of the other members agreement. To solely blame Stevie for this unfortunate event is ludicrous.

I plan to still see them, for what it's worth.

Jamie

[ryan4136]

I’m so hoping for the next LB solo tour to include zero MAC songs!

[mitzo]

Maybe he wanted a bigger cut of the take for this tour and they said no. Maybe he wanted them, as someone here suggested, to have the band create an album around his latest solo efforts and they said no. Whatever. I am actually curious to see where things go now with FM. Maybe we WILL get a new album after all. This breathes new life into the band, IMO.

[FuzzyPlum]

Originally Posted by NotonRodeo

As for the posters above who have been mocking my decision to ditch my Fleetwood Mac CD's, it's precisely because I am an adult and I can make my own decisions on what music I want to listen to and can ditch a band that doesn't care about its fans. It's the chiffon contingent who need to cling to their twirling, shawl-draped icon whatever happens.

To be fair, reading through all the comments on this thread as well as social media and news comment boards there seem to be a lot of Stevie Nicks fans that are really, really p!ssed off at the moment. Probably unfair to lump all 'chiffon contingent' in together.

[ryan4136]

These are the types of things that happen when your ex sees you having fun with another girl, doing the number one thing you had in common.

[xhector]

Originally Posted by ryan4136

I’m so hoping for the next LB solo tour to include zero MAC songs!

I vote only post-2000 songs. It can be a super strong setlist... sadly the band tour will have nothing from the last two decades.