Is Stevie going to have a regular tour scedule this summer?

[louielouie2000]

Originally Posted by daniellaaarisen

I honestly think that we're going to get 4-5 new songs off the record on a summer tour. You have to keep in mind that a lot of this isn't necessarily Stevie's choice... she has a lot of people who rely on her paycheck who know that she sells better when playing the hits. I think Stevie takes other people's advice and just goes with it.

Frankly, Louie, I think you're going to be very surprised. Dave WILL tour with her if she isn't with Rod and Dave WILL try to convince her to play more of the new record. We wouldn't have gotten 8 new songs at the Wiltern without him, and the performances went so well that I couldn't see him letting her drop the ball.

I fully realize this is just my opinion, and mine alone, but I have lost all interest in seeing Stevie live ever again. I just don't care about that aspect anymore. I guess I devoured IYD so quickly that I'm already longing for new material from Stevie. I've been a Stevie fan for 18 years, and this past decade has just been maddening. So many dropped balls. So much forward momentum lost. Tours year after year without new material to support; horrid cover songs thrown into the setlist. It has just totally soured me to ever paying to see Stevie live again. Yes, I know I'm probably the only Stevie fan who feels this way and I'm fine with that. I respect all the other fans longing for yet another summer tour. I'm just not one of those people.

My thought train is this: I just don't want Stevie to get back into the touring rut, and push recording back into a dark corner. Her management seems intent on doing just that. I want more new material from Stevie because IYD was really good. And I think it's just the tip of the iceberg of what she's still capable of. I just want her to hurry back into recording, hopefully with Fleetwood Mac. I don't want to see her management pimp her out on yet another hit$ tour. And then another after that. Yes, I know that most fans don't feel that way, and I am speaking for no one but myself.