Old kids in town to do Eagle rock (NEWS.com.au)

Link: NEWS.com.au | Old kids in town to do Eagle rock (November 24, 2004).

IT was a night of rock 'n' roll nostalgia in Brisbane last night as the Eagles came to town.

LONG list of hits . . . Timothy B. Schmit, left, Joe Walsh and Glenn Frey belt out a tune at The Eagles concert in Brisbane last night. Picture: Marc Robertson.

A capacity crowd of 12,500 people descended on the Entertainment Centre for the year's biggest-selling tour; a mammoth evening of Eagle rock. The music icons, with 140 million album sales to their credit, touched down in Brisbane with their Farewell 1 tour after wowing baby boomers and music lovers in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth.

Along with their 14 semi-trailer loads of equipment, the enduring rockers brought with them a set list crammed with their raft of hits from the 1970s onwards. The ageing rockers opened with The Long Run before moving into a set which was scheduled to go for up to three hours, with an interval in between.

Another 12,500 fans will get to see Don Henley, Glenn Frey, Joe Walsh and Timothy B. Schmit in action at the Entertainment Centre tonight, and they will return to Brisbane for a third encore on December 2.

Meanwhile, fans have been urged to buy up early tomorrow if they want to see Delta Goodrem in concert next year. The Internet pre-sale for her limited national tour next July starts from Ticketek at noon tomorrow, before phone and counter sales open at 9am on Monday.

Goodrem will perform at the Entertainment Centre on July 18.

Rake it to the limit! (Sunday Mail QLD)

Link: The Sunday Mail QLD: Rake it to the limit! [14nov04].

Rake it to the limit!

NUI TE KOHA

14nov04

AMERICAN supergroup The Eagles will rake in almost $5 million in ticket sales for their three Brisbane shows.

The ageing West Coast rockers, who arrived in Australia this week, have the nation's biggest-selling tour of the year.

The members of the band, once infamous for their drinking and drug intakes, say that these days the backstage scene resembles "a morgue . . . certainly not the chaos and drama of the late '70s," said Don Henley, 57.

"The big difference is I discovered sleeping," said guitarist Joe Walsh, who will be 57 on Saturday.

Despite being true rock 'n' roll royalty and multimillionaires, band members now lead "regular" lives, according to Glenn Frey, 58.

"After the tour ends I will be back in the school car park picking up my kids like all the others mums and dads," he said.

Promoter Michael Gudinski has refused to talk money in relation to The Eagles but sources say the band will receive an Australian-record fee. "Highest indoor fee, by a mile," a source said.

According to estimates, $40 million worth of tickets will be sold for 15 shows in the Australian leg of their Farewell 1 tour.

From that, industry experts say the band will pocket $1.3 million to $1.6 million a show in ticket sales alone.

The Eagles will play three shows at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre, with tickets selling from $95.60 to $557.60.

The first concert, on November 23, sold out 12,500 tickets in less than four hours; the second concert, on November 24, in less than a day.

A third show, on December 2, has since been announced and tickets are still available.

Mr Gudinski said he had been surprised by the level of interest. "There was never any intention of just adding concerts like this," he said yesterday.

"Despite knowing that The Eagles are enormously popular in Australia, we obviously underestimated how popular."

The high ticket prices resulted from the cost of organising indoor shows, rather than outdoor arena gigs with larger capacity.

But he said four types of ticketing were introduced, to be affordable for as many people as possible.

The Eagles will use the Australian tour to record a live concert DVD.

Australia was chosen for the DVD because of their memorable previous concerts here and the huge demand for tickets to see them.

Overall, Farewell 1 has the group at the top of their game, giving spirited performances of material dating back to 1971.

In Perth on Thursday, amid dark clouds and frequent showers, they kicked off the tour, working hard for their money.

They played on as rain, aided by a slight breeze, cascaded on the stage.

"Water and electricity," drummer Henley said. "My favourite combination."

He said the band would feature two new songs on their concert tour, No More Cloudy Days and One Day At A Time.

Brisbane, Australia

The Eagles will be appearing in Brisbane on November 23rd . Tickets are available from Ticketek. If you will be going to the show or have questions about the show, hit the comments button below and add a message.

Australian Press Release

Debbie was kind enough to send us a copy of the Australian press release. It's in PDF form, so you'll have to download it to look at it.

Thanks, Debbie!!!

Video Stills

Helen sent us stills from an interview broadcast on Australian TV. She has generously sent us a copy of the tape and once it arrives and we get it converted, we'll post it here. These stills will have to whet your appetite until then. Thanks so much Helen!

Soaring and Singing

Thanks to Helen who sent us scans of her paper. This is a really great article. Joe and Don discuss fatherhood and Hotel California.

We've got a scan of the cover graphic

and we've PDFd the article. When you open it up in Adobe Acrobat, you will probably have to zoom in to read it.

Brisbane, Australia

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