For For Friday - We're On A Mission From God

This iconic rock band, known for rumors and personal entanglements has topped themselves! The two Americans in this band, who joined as a couple with big dreams, have a tumultuous relationship.  Ironically, the male vocalist and guitarist was the only one the band wanted but he insisted he and his GF were a package deal when they joined the band 43 years ago.  His ethereal former girlfriend, who pursued a solo career in addition to her commitment to the band, was always obsessed with the male leader of another iconic band, recording with him and often taking the stage during his concerts. Though very friendly, the married Southern band leader never gave into her aggressive pressures to become a couple.

Heartbreakingly, the leader of this Southern Rock band died last fall.  This death seemed to bring about much angry entitlement in the singer.  She has been consumed with booting her ex from their band and replacing him with the lead guitarist from her dead friend’s band with whom she has written songs in the past.  She has a history of insisting on odd and eventually disastrous partnerships after someone close to her dies.  She was already angry with her ex  because, after years of refusing to create new music with the band,  the male singer and other female singer made an album together in 2017 naming it similar to the album she had made with her ex some 45 years ago.  The other two group members performed on the album too.  They did a brief tour which infuriated the singer.

Our singer  and her personal assistant who is known to have adversarial relationship with her ex, set about to gaslight him.  This resulted in a big fight in January during a very large award type show.  A week her ex was ousted in a landslide move and replaced with her dead friend’s mate.  Because the new band member is not known for his vocals, they crowded in another male singer.  The band set about to announce their new tour and tell the public her ex didn’t want to tour on their time table, thinking it would work because he declined to tour once during the late 80’s. The other female singer ( who has been with the band since 1970) was informed after the fact which she started on a TV interview related to the band’s lineup change.  This same band member threatened to quit soon afterwards if the band “didn’t make things right.”  She was begged to stay by the band’s founder and did so but is not happy with the situation.

The band didn’t count on were the leaks from their inner circle and their now ex-band member’s feisty young wife being very vocal about the real reason behind her husband’s departure.  They did not expect the fan backlash.   Especially from HER fans. 

The now six member band is panicking because many aren’t buying the “he did not want to tour” line.  They do not want any backlash against their rock and roll ballerina because she is the most popular and known for her good witch persona.  They don’t want the public to know the real truth about this twirling singer because she is a main draw. 

Making matters worse, the “new band” with the same name, just appeared on a daytime talk show with a lackluster performance and lots of criticism of no energy or chemistry in performing two of the songs from their classic 5 member line up.  Ticket sales to their tour are low and they are scrambling. I think they are in trouble!