The Eagles give Melbourne a freebie (Undercover)
Sunday, November 21, 2004 at 6:59AM Link: The Eagles give Melbourne a freebie.
Fans of The Eagles in Melbourne, Australia were given a rare treat to be part of their forthcoming DVD yesterday. The Eagles performed a free show at Melbourne's Rod Laver Arena to record additional camera angles for the DVD and invited the city along to watch.
More than 6,000 fans turned out for the performance and we given a close-up view of the band performing their acoustic set.
The songs included 'Tequila Sunrise', 'Love Will Keep Us Alive', 'No More Cloudy Days', 'Hole In The World' and 'Take It To The Limit' as well as an encore performance of 'Hotel California'.
Filming concluded last night after the third Melbourne show.
The television rights to the broadcast have been sold to the NBC Network in the USA and it is expected the Nine Network in Australia is also bidding for the show.
NBC will broadcast the special in April. The DVD will be released in August or September 2005.
The audience at last night's performance showed equal enthusiasm to those on the first night. The band had a lot of fun with the crowd. Glenn Frey once again dedicated his song 'Lyin' Eyes' to "my first wife Plantiff". He also took a well placed stab at the Bush administration saying "contrary to what they believe, the Republicans do not own God. They just rented him for another four years".
Joe Walsh was in good humour explaining how his new song 'One Day At A Time' is about his struggles with alcoholism. He said the reason that he stopped drinking was that if he drank all the vodka in the world no-one else would be able to have any.
Joe is the star of the show with his solo performances of 'Life's Been Good', 'Funk 49', 'Rocky Mountain Way' and 'Walk Away' as well as the adopted Eagles tune 'In The City' and of course, his splendid guitar work on 'Life In The Fast Lane'.
Timothy B. Schmit once again was given a standing ovation for his performance of 'I Can't Tell You Why'. Don Henley's solo hits 'Dirty Laundry' and 'Boys of Summer' were audience favourites.
The Eagles Australian tour resumes tomorrow night in Sydney.
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