My wife just asked me "What happened? Did someone die?" because I was clicking away (to see if it was real) and didn't realize I was shaking. I'm pretty stoked for this, honestly. even if it comes completely out of the blue (for me). I'm not interested in the behind the scenes, or any of that, except out of general curiosity, I just want to see some of that organic magic, five guys having FUN on stage. I just hope that the detente between James and Mike is real, and lasting. I hope it is, and I think the men are adult enough and seen enough summers at this point to put the unnecessary behind them. Certainly, though, this doesn't happen without the full acquiescence of JP and so this can't be a lark. I truth them that it's well thought out and well-discussed.
And while I have sympathy for Mike M., this IS a business, and I don't think you replace ANY original member in ANY band and not have to have a personal reckoning that it could end at any time, no matter how slim the odds.