"We'll never forget you and we hope you never forget us"- Stevie Nicks

[Nixxxed]

Originally Posted by dissention

Thank the lord you're getting off the road, you're beginning to suffer from overkill. Make some new music already!

Why does it matter if they make new music? It's not like they're going to play any of it on the road, and the album won't sell anyway.

Speaking of album sales, has anyone crunched numbers on how many people saw the tour? If so, how close are the total ticket and album sales? Does it stand to reason that most (or at least a good portion) of people who saw a show had the new album?

[teedee]

Originally Posted by GardenStateGirlie

BUT she also has to fulfill the obligations of her solo contract. At the very least, it's weighing on her own mind. Look at it in terms of this...she's 56 now and in good shape for the most part aside from a bad hip that gives her pain now and then. I believe she has 2 more albums to go. As much as she'd love to do this forever, she knows that there will come a time when she can't...and you can't predict the future.

The only reason they've toured as much as they have...added on random shows like Chumash...is because IMO, they had to recoup a loss they took on album sales. I don't think the numbers they calculated ended up being the numbers they made and who knows what they got in terms of an advance. As far as I know, LIB wasn't the 2nd album. That would be really stupid if it were. To me, that was another way for them to recoup the loss...put out a DVD and add a live album (with only a few songs) and make it a package.

I dont think its weighing on her mind in a negative way. this is stevies love. she has been with the mac on this tour for a long time, i think its safe to say that she is anxious to get back to work on her solo work, for the love of it , not because she is feeling pressure. the fact that she is 56 doesnt mean she cant get 2 new albums done. the record comp, isnt saying that she has to tour her but off like the tour she just finished with fm. altho we all know stevie does tour with every new album. but i think she loves to do it. i know as you get older, its may be harder to tour, her hip injury, sure, that could be a problem. but i dont see stevie stopping making records just because at some point she may not be able to tour. i think she will always write and release her music til the day she dies and if she cant do a tour, we will still get new music. but im sure she will tour as long as she feels that she can do it. to say she is feeling pressure by the record co cause of her age is like saying well once she fullfills this obligation, she will never have another record contract and we all know stevie is in this for the long haul, at any age. rock on stevie.

[dissention]

Originally Posted by Nixxxed

Why does it matter if they make new music? It's not like they're going to play any of it on the road, and the album won't sell anyway.

Good point.

If they ever go out on the road again, I'll just look at the setlist and decide if I want to spend over a hundred bucks to see Rhiannon or Big Love for the millionth time. Which I probably won't.

[ShangriLaTroubl]

Originally Posted by dissention

If they ever go out on the road again, I'll just look at the setlist and decide if I want to spend over a hundred bucks to see Rhiannon or Big Love for the millionth time. Which I probably won't.

Oh boy I sure will...I could see the same set list every night for 20 yrs
that's just me

Chris

[diamondsnake]

Would everyone please tell me where I can find an article that mentions Stevie had a hip injury? As far as I know this was just a rumour that was started about a year back when she wasn't moving around that much at the shows. Well obviously if something was wrong she is fine now. She is dancing, twirling, running around on stage, et cetera at the speed of lightning. At least on this summer tour she has been very energetic. So I think it is safe to say that she is fine now. I do have the bootleg of the very first SYW show and it was obvious she had some sort of problem because she was literally dragging her feet but doesn't she seem back to normal? Or should I expect more dancing or whatever at the shows?

[David]

Originally Posted by Nixxxed

Does it stand to reason that most (or at least a good portion) of people who saw a show had the new album?

I doubt it. I don't think those numbers are correlative.

[David]

Originally Posted by diamondsnake

She is dancing, twirling, running around on stage, et cetera at the speed of lightning.

OH, come now.

"running around on stage"?

[David]

Originally Posted by dissention

If they ever go out on the road again, I'll just look at the setlist and decide if I want to spend over a hundred bucks to see Rhiannon or Big Love for the millionth time.

I saw just the one show in 2003 -- only because I got lucky on Ticketmaster the morning of the concert -- but I just didn't even bother with the swing through town here in 2004. I think it's the first Fleetwood Mac tour I've skipped since I was about eight years old. And it actually feels good!

I've had it with the current band. I wouldn't even bother seeing any of them on their solo tours. I'm sick of all the bland musicians they use, & all their other little sillies.

[David]

Originally Posted by teedee

altho we all know stevie does tour with every new album. but i think she loves to do it.

She'll record forever. She would fall into a mental miasma if she weren't recording & playing shows.

we all know stevie is in this for the long haul, at any age. rock on stevie.

Hobble on!

[diamondsnake]

Originally Posted by David

OH, come now.

"running around on stage"?

Yes, running!

[HomerMcvie]

Would everyone please tell me where I can find an article that mentions Stevie had a hip injury? As far as I know this was just a rumour that was started about a year back when she wasn't moving around that much at the shows. Well obviously if something was wrong she is fine now. She is dancing, twirling, running around on stage, et cetera at the speed of lightning.

Oh please! There's one place in the DR doc where she's talking to Lindsey, and the way she walks reminds me of Ozzy! Kind of a flat footed waddle....
I'd like to see her get her leg up on that ballet rail now.

[Gypsy-Rhiannon]

Originally Posted by diamondsnake

Would everyone please tell me where I can find an article that mentions Stevie had a hip injury? As far as I know this was just a rumour that was started about a year back when she wasn't moving around that much at the shows. Well obviously if something was wrong she is fine now. She is dancing, twirling, running around on stage, et cetera at the speed of lightning. At least on this summer tour she has been very energetic. So I think it is safe to say that she is fine now. I do have the bootleg of the very first SYW show and it was obvious she had some sort of problem because she was literally dragging her feet but doesn't she seem back to normal? Or should I expect more dancing or whatever at the shows?

There was mention in the Uncut article:

http://www.fleetwoodmac-uk.com/articles/FMart114.html


Today, however, she's damaged her hip, and mounts the studio steps gingerly. "You become more brittle as you get old. But it's all a state of mind-I'm trying to have a young attitude. There's still nobody can dance like me," she says defiantly.

I can't remember where I read that she was waiting until the tour ended to have surgery. I know I read it somewhere.

[Kelly]

Hey PIP, remember that panty revealing shot of Stevie doing the high kick that someone posted over on the BN board several months ago? Do you still have that picture? If so, maybe you could post it...it appears from that photo that in the very, recent past Stevie was able to kick her leg above her head. It was probably taken BEFORE she hurt her hip, but it was in the last few years.

It's mindblowing really that a 56 year old, menopausal, injured woman has less energy then she had decades ago. ...shrugs...

[Gypsy-Rhiannon]

Originally Posted by Kelly

Hey PIP, remember that panty revealing shot of Stevie doing the high kick that someone posted over on the BN board several months ago? Do you still have that picture? If so, maybe you could post it...it appears from that photo that in the very, recent past Stevie was able to kick her leg above her head. It was probably taken BEFORE she hurt her hip, but it was in the last few years.

It's mindblowing really that a 56 year old, menopausal, injured woman has less energy then she had decades ago. ...shrugs...

I do remember that picture! I think it was from the TISL tour. Not sure if I have it on my computer... I'll have a look see. She certainly still looked extremely flexible!

Pip

[teedee]

Originally Posted by HomerMcvie

Oh please! There's one place in the DR doc where she's talking to Lindsey, and the way she walks reminds me of Ozzy! Kind of a flat footed waddle....
I'd like to see her get her leg up on that ballet rail now.

And I'd like to see if you can do the exact same things you do today, 30 years from now. thats life!