We'll see how it works out for him. If he managed to get his own band together, then it may have worked out for the better. I doubt he has the stamina for that anymore, though. He cancelled his own tour when the sales weren't got enough - I doubt he's gonna build up his career all over again.

Musically speaking, I really liked The Circle. I prefer Richie's solo album over WAN, but that's it - it isn't exactly great. So I'm not too keen on the promises of new solo stuf by him.

What should have happened was a 3 year break instead of this friggin' tour. That way, Richie could've done all of this and BJ might have actually released a good album following The Circle.