Sooooo glad I didn't get tickets for this tour now. Have always wanted to see them and figured this would be my last chance, but they were way too expensive.

Lindsey is 70% of Fleetwood Mac to me ... if I'd have purchased tickets and got this news I'd have been majorly pissed ...!!!!

PennyPurple said:

what really sucks about this,is....Christine McVie finally came back to the band after all those years.It was perfect.But now,they begin a new cycle without Lindsey

none of these bands want to retire...they r over thier drug habits...how much money do they need?

luvsexy4all said:

none of these bands want to retire...they r over thier drug habits...how much money do they need?

Most artists don't retire. Even Joni Mitchell still paints.

OH MY GOD IT'S MIKE CAMPBELL OF TOM PETTY & THE HEARTBREAKERS AND NEIL FINN OF CROWDED HOUSE

jjhunsecker said:

lastdecember said:

Its funny on the conflicting reports out there, one saying FIRED and another he left. At this point the band is not going to record anymore so its not a big deal. Lindsey and Stevie were the strongest of the band, Christine is great but back in whatever year that was when this band recorded without Lindsey that awful shit album "Behind the Mask" it showed who was the force of the band and who was just the NAME.

That Lindsay/Christine album from last year (with John and Mick as the rhythm section on most tracks, but without Stevie) , is probably the closest we'll get to a final FM album

They have said this is the new band line-up. I bet they will write and record together. Stevie Nicks said Lindsey was dragging his feet on signing up to tour with them this year, so that's why there is a conflict of stories.

"This band is a team. I love my solo career and I am the boss, but I am not the boss in this band," Stevie said.

They explain why LB is not there.

Nick715 said:

SoulAlive said:

what really sucks about this,is....Christine McVie finally came back to the band after all those years.It was perfect.But now,they begin a new cycle without Lindsey

SoulAlive said:

Stevie Nicks made a good point.In a solo career,you are your own boss.You can tour or not tour.But when you’re in a band,you are part of a team.You’re not the boss.You can’t just tell the boss “I don’t wanna tour this year” You’re expected to show up for work.Kinda reminds me of what Glenn Frey said in the Eagles documentary: it’s not a democracy.Every band must have a boss...a leader.

Which makes Nicks a hypocrite as she has refused to both tour and record with the band in recent years. One rule for her, another for Buckingham.

Cloudbuster said:

SoulAlive said:

Stevie Nicks made a good point.In a solo career,you are your own boss.You can tour or not tour.But when you’re in a band,you are part of a team.You’re not the boss.You can’t just tell the boss “I don’t wanna tour this year” You’re expected to show up for work.Kinda reminds me of what Glenn Frey said in the Eagles documentary: it’s not a democracy.Every band must have a boss...a leader.

Which makes Nicks a hypocrite as she has refused to both tour and record with the band in recent years. One rule for her, another for Buckingham.

Cloudbuster said:

SoulAlive said:

Stevie Nicks made a good point.In a solo career,you are your own boss.You can tour or not tour.But when you’re in a band,you are part of a team.You’re not the boss.You can’t just tell the boss “I don’t wanna tour this year” You’re expected to show up for work.Kinda reminds me of what Glenn Frey said in the Eagles documentary: it’s not a democracy.Every band must have a boss...a leader.

Which makes Nicks a hypocrite as she has refused to both tour and record with the band in recent years. One rule for her, another for Buckingham.

not really. she did that knowing she might get fired... she took that risk and she was not called out or given an ultimatum. If the would have given her one she might have changed her mind.

thetimefan said:

MickyDolenz said:

Peter Green & Jeremy Spencer are still alive, why don't they get one of them?

Exactly what I was going to say. Bring Peter Green back in especially. He still gigs and puts out albums too if I'm correct.

I think there was a documentary about Peter awhile back, or maybe it was just an interview. I wonder who has had the most members - Fleetwood Mac or The Temptations.

Nick715 said:

I wouldn't pay $5.00 to see this configuration of the band.

Identity said:

I love Neil Finn, but this is not what I want from him. And to the extent that I appreciate Fleetwood Mac, Lindsey Buckingham is the one responsible for most of what I like.

So when I saw them on the floor, I paid around $250 and that was before I had a partner. Now it is $250 for FIRST LEVEL for one ticket, and I sure can't afford two.

Identity said:

Nick715 said:

I wouldn't pay $5.00 to see this configuration of the band.

I was looking forward to seeing them again,but I think I'll pass.

What a joke. But I get it.

luvsexy4all said:

none of these bands want to retire...they r over their drug habits...how much money do they need?

luvesexy4all, you'd be surprised how many of these bands live from tour check to tour check. Home here and there, the private jets, ex-spouse and child support payments, spending go gobbles of money whenever they want to. The have a lifestyle to maintain.

More importantly, if you worked all of your life, retirement is a bore. I know this from personal experience. I was in White Castles a couple of months ago, I kept looking at the woman saying, "I've seen her before." It dawn on me this woman use to work with my late aunt at Ford. She told me she couldn't take it doing nothing day after to day.... how many trips and cruises can one take.

TD3 said: