Melbourne Fan Review (Kotch)

Went to the second Melbourne show last night and it was magnificent.  The reviews lived up to the reality.  The boys were on stage for over 3 hours and sang everything you could ask for.  The "Hole in the World" performed by Don was superbly delivered as was Joe's "One day at a Time".

The boys did not have much banter with the crowd but Glen did make a remark re his home town - Detroit (Michigan).  He said in a sarcastic tone:

"Ah Detroit - where Mother is only half a word"

Also, keep a look out for Joe's Head Cam (he wears a hard hat with a camera) - he will have some great shots for the upcoming DVD.

It was real value for money and if they are touring near you, do yourself a favour, beg or borrow the money but make sure you catch the show - probably the best concert to be held in Melbourne for over 20 years.  With three encores, the crowd was wild and left with a major high after the show.

See ya from sunny Melbourne - Australia

P.S. Can't wait for Farwell Tour II

Special DVD Taping (Joy)

Found out about the special recording on your site and we immediately decided we had to get there if possible.  Left early morning to get there and stood in line for hours where we learned that people who had bought the expensive seats on Sunday and Monday were given tickets to the Wednesday afternoon session as they left the concert.  So apparently there were 500 tickets still available for people who found out other ways and just turned up.  We were about 60th there.  After 2 or 3 hours and a mild case of sunburn we were issued tickets and then had to join the queue at the entrance to the outer arena and wait for the doors to open.  More waiting and then we were admitted to four inner doors of the arena where we waited some more till finally after 2pm we were allowed in.  Got great seats near front - perfect view.  Front two rows were reserved for what seemed to be beautiful young girls and boys in tight mini skirts and tops who had been hired (just my guess) to act as concert goers and dance etc. and liven up proceedings.  We were told it was going to be an accoustic set and was for close-ups for the DVD.  The guys came out and played the five songs they had at Monday night's concert after intermission seated on stools out the front of the stage, which were:

1.    Tequila Sunrise

2.    Love Will Keep Us Alive

3.    No More Cloudy Days

4.    Hole in the World

5.    Take it to the Limit

Then they changed around, Don went to drums etc. and they played Hotel California.  This was preceeded by a great trumpet solo as it was at Monday's concert.  Have they been playing it this way in America lately or not?  They told the same jokes as they had at the concert and gave the same intro's  the only difference was Glenn joked that they should hire a plane and take us all with them on tour because we were being so enthusiastic I guess.

They did it all in one take no stopping and starting etc. which we had been warned may happen.  Then that was it. I guess they were happy with everything, it sounded pretty good to me.  We were hoping they might come out again and do one more song but not to be.  So everybody filed out and we received a free T-Shirt for being so good.  All in all it took about 1 hour I guess.

The two new songs aren't bad, not Hotel California standard or anything like that.  Probably need to hear them a few more times to make a proper judgement but I don't think they'll go down as Eagles classics.

Eagles Delighted to be Shot in Melbourne (Herald Sun)

MELBOURNE rock fans have been given the "thumbs up" by one of the world's biggest rock bands.

US supergroup The Eagles have announced that their new live concert DVD will be recorded here, starting tonight at Rod Laver Arena.

Band members say the reason for their decision is their memorable concerts here and the fact that there was a huge demand for tickets to see them play in Melbourne.

Filmed over their next three shows at Rod Laver Arena, the new project follows up their previous DVD release Hell Freezes Over, which has sold more than 230,000 units here making it the biggest selling music DVD in Australian history.

The decision to make the live DVD follows previous efforts by Kiss and Sir Paul McCartney, who were also impressed with the wild reaction of local fans.

Eagles band member Glenn Frey told a press conference yesterday the band "clearly remember Melbourne being a memorable and enthusiastic crowd".

"We knew Melbourne, in fact the whole of Australia, was a great market for the band," he said.

He said the band had flown in US multi-media experts to help with the filming. Guitarist Joe Walsh would wear a special "helmet cam" (a camera mounted in his hat) in the shows. Drummer Don Henley said the band would feature two new songs on their tour, No More Cloudy Days and One Day At A Time.

"These will be available for the first time on our DVD, if they are not on the Internet first!" he said.

The Eagles appear at Rod Laver Arena tonight, Monday and Wednesday and then on November 26 and 27. All shows are sold out except for November 26.

Eagles Soar in Australia (ninemsn)

Don Henley once famously said his band, The Eagles, would reform only when hell froze over.

But the four members of the 1970s super group seem very comfortable in each other's company - and equally at home performing in Australia.

The Eagles begin the Melbourne leg of their world tour on Sunday night, after playing earlier this week in Perth.

The band, with monster hits including Hotel California, Take It Easy and Desperado, will play five sold-out shows in Melbourne.

These concerts will be featured on a new DVD, Farewell I, with guitarist Glenn Frey saying that Melbourne was a favourite destination for the band.

"We blew out so many shows here we thought this would be a good place to film Farewell I ..." Frey told journalists.

Eagles' life in the slow lane (The Age)

Not at the Hotel California, but the Grand Hyatt, Melbourne, yesterday: looking more manicured than mummified, the four remaining Eagles sipped spring water and talked about how life is good without the cocaine, brawls and police problems.

Not that those demons were raised by the band or the reporters themselves. Rather, they were politely hinted at.

"Things are a lot calmer now," said Glenn Frey, looking like an old-fashioned matinee idol with his slicked-back hair.

"Things are lot calmer now. It's like a morgue back stage. We're a lot more professional now, so there's not all the drama and chaos that there was in the '70s. We're still here."

"I've been sober for 10 years now," said Joe Walsh, the best-humoured of the group, although a little pale and rumpled in comparison to the healthy glows and sartorial neatness of his colleagues.

"A lot of the people I used to run with didn't make it. When you look at your life it seems like random chaos, but looking back it looks like a finely crafted novel. We're just grateful we're still alive."

Don Henley, looking almost urchin-like, declared: "We're husbands and fathers. We show up at school, we'll put on the Eagles hat (when required), it's something we do part of the time."

"We do normal things - we take out the garbage, " said Timothy B. Schmidt, the only Eagle still wearing his hair like Jesus.

When asked if the love has been flowing more easily in the band since they fired rowdy guitarist Don Felder in 2001, Frey said there was "a lot more love". Henley wasn't sure about "love" so much. "Peace is more like it," he said. (No one had the bad taste to mention the ensuing lawsuits.)

The Sunday Age asked how the Eagles feel about becoming the new stars of old-folks' radio - like the Glenn Miller Band 10 or so years ago? Frey noted that when the band broke up in 1980, Eagles tunes began a long rotation on golden-rock radio. "The Eagles never went away," he said.

The band said they were unaware that British rock trio Cream were reuniting for a series of concerts in London next year, but they felt it was could only be a good thing.

"The new century is starting to make the '60s and '70s look really good," said Henley.

Finally, from The Sunday Age: "Have you guys experimented with Viagra?"

"Have you got any?" asked Walsh.

Melbourne, Australia

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