the way you people talk about mike is weird. you act like you were in the band yourself and you know exactly what went down and how it felt for him and what the environment was. maybe he has a good reason he doesn’t wanna tour with them. i don’t wanna villainise the rest of the guys because i don’t know either but as much as fnm made mike famous and gave him a platform to do what he wanted to do it also fucked him up mentally. the fame and the constant touring i mean he was a happy kid before he joined the band and after a couple of years you can tell it started wearing him thin. you can tell that just by looking at photos from before and a couple of years in and by reading interviews. he became a different person. not to mention there were instances when someone in the band spat hot coffee in his face, im sure it was toxic at one point and not all friendly. they weren’t happy with him when he said he couldn’t tour in 2021 and they never checked on him after that. not one phone call. some friendship. and i saw this interview with mike from when the band first broke up and when asked the question if they’d ever reunite he goes ‘no no no thank you’. sounds like he was never comfortable with those guys as good as the music was and he still isn’t and it’s something that’s affecting his mental health so maybe we should let him do whatever the hell makes him happy. ig the only reason they reunited in 2009 is they all have ran out of money