Eagles Land in Singapore (TheStar Online)
Monday, August 16, 2004 at 3:15PM Eagles land in Singapore
THE big ones always slip away to Singapore. The
Rolling Stones and David Bowie were two massive
concerts on the island republic that proved Malaysia
is nowhere near Singapore's pulling capabilities when
it comes to the heavyweights in the regional touring
circuit. The next stunner on the Singapore list is the
box-office-breaking The Eagles pencilling a date in
Singapore on Oct 18.
Singapore-based regional event organisers Lushington
Entertainments (Linkin Park, Red Hot Chili Peppers,
etc) has confirmed that The Eagles will land at the
Singapore Indoor Stadium for a one-night only show.
The Singapore concert date has been secured before the
band heads to sold-out shows in Japan and Australia
through October and November.
For a legendary act that cuts across the generations,
The Eagles need no introduction to music fans,
particularly hardcore country-rock fans bred on those
well-worn The Eagles, Desperado, One Of These Nights
and Hotel California LPs to the countless millions
that own the band's Greatest Hits, one of the biggest
selling records in the world.
Gram Parsons might have invented country-rock, but The
Eagles exploded it in the mainstream.
The 33-year-old Los Angeles band has had a variety of
line-ups but The Eagles on tour in 2004 is four-fifths
close to the real deal. The band includes
vocalist/drummer Don Henley, vocalist/guitarist Glenn
Frey, lead guitar Joe Walsh and bassist Timothy B.
Schmit.
The only missing member is Don Felder, sacked in 2001.
As the band's official website reveals, the tour is
called The Farewell 1 Tour mainly to "take the piss
out of bands like The Who and KISS and artistes like
Cher who seem to have a farewell tour every time they
go on the road."
Reports have shown The Eagles obliging concert-goers
with marathon sets stretching three hours, enabling
several encores and classics like Take It Easy, New
Kid In Town, Wasted Time, Can't Tell You Why, Life In
The Fastlane, Heartache Tonight, One of These Nights,
Lyin' Eyes, In the City, Already Gone, Tequila Sunrise
to share the spotlight with solo works from Don Henley
(The Boys of Summer, Sunset Grill, Dirty Laundry),
Glenn "Miami Vice" Frey (You Belong To The City) and
Joe Walsh (Life's Been Good, Rocky Mountain Way and
Funk #49).
The mighty Hotel California, obviously, is left to the
encores.
Concert tickets for The Eagles in Singapore Oct 18
range from S$99 (RM217.80), S$125 (RM275), S$225
(RM495), S$350 (RM770) to S$499 (RM1097.80). Ticket
sales start Aug 19 through (www.sistic.com.sg), or
call hotline 02-6731-4810 for group bookings.
The Eagles also play Hong Kong on Oct 20. Browse
(www.lushington.com) or (www.eaglesband.com).
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