The Eagles showed that, forty-eight years after they were formed, they can still provide first class entertainment.
They played for well over two hours, covering nearly all of their best loved songs. The current line-up is Don Henley (the only original member), Joe Walsh, Timothy B Schmidt, Vince Gill, Deacon Frey (The late Glenn Grey’s son) and Steuart Smith. One of their strengths is that the lead vocals and the song-writing are spread across the band,but it probably contributed to the tension that led to their split in 1980 which lasted for fourteen years.
The show opened with ‘Seven Bridges Road’ and then ‘Take it Easy’ and ended two hours later with ‘Life In The Fast Lane’. On the way, they featured most of their hits and Vince Gill’s ‘ Don’t Let Our Love Keep Slippin’ Away’, Joe Walsh’s ‘ Life’s Been Good’ and Don Henley’s ‘ Boys Of Summer ‘. Three encores followed featuring ‘ Hotel California ‘, ‘Ricky Mountain Way’ and Desperado, then finally ‘Best Of My Love ‘
My wife and I were seated in the upper tier, a long way from the stage and to the band and the venues’ credit we felt fully engaged unlike recent visits to the O2 when we have been closer but have not felt as engaged.
This night was a resounding success and demonstrated that there are still lots to come from this band.
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