The Eagles will appear at the Air Canada Center on March 29th.
Tickets go on sale 11/15 at 10 a.m from Ticketmaster.
If you will be attending the show please post in the comment section. Don't forget to come back after the show and post your review.
Link: CANOE -- JAM! Music: Live Review: The Eagles in Toronto.
Eagles take flight... but it wasn't all smooth riding
By MARY DICKIE -- Toronto Sun
TORONTO -- Somewhere along the line, probably around the midway point of their three-decade-long career, The Eagles managed to change themselves from a moderately popular countryish California soft-rock band into one of the biggest acts on the planet, with something like 120 million albums sold.
How they did it involves a perfect storm situation that combines the rise of middle-of-the-road country rock with the crest of oldies radio and yuppie nostalgia -- and the addition of wacko guitarist Joe Walsh to add that certain missing something called blues rock.
Their timing was perfect, and even an acrimonious temporary breakup couldn't stop their long summer in the fast lane.
The extremely well-oiled Eagles machine rolled into the Air Canada Centre last night as part of their cheekily titled Farewell 1 tour, and proceeded to charm the 50-something crowd with note-perfect renditions of nearly all their favourite songs -- from sweet acoustic early numbers like Peaceful Easy Feeling through middle-era hits like Take It To The Limit and One Of These Nights to more recent tunes, like the 9/11-themed Hole In The World. The four principal singer/songwriters -- Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Walsh and bassist Timothy B. Schmit -- were in fine form, backed by an eight-man band that included trumpet and saxes as well as an extra guitarist, keyboardist and drummer, who allowed Henley to step out from behind his drum kit and take centre stage from time to time.
In fact, sometimes it seemed that there were too many people on stage, beefing up the guitars and adding unnecessary synthesizer touches to songs that would have come across better without them.
And it was the softer numbers, like Lyin' Eyes and Tequila Sunrise, that best showed off the group's still-impressive harmonies and remarkable ability to hit all the high notes -- even if Sunrise did have a mariachi trumpet accent. Other songs, though, like Already Gone, lacked the breeziness and bounce of the original version.
The other problem was an overreliance on the various band members' solo work. While Walsh provided the goofy fun and guitar pyrotechnics we've come to expect on songs like Life's Been Good and Walk Away, Frey's cheesy You Belong To The City and Henley's wretched Sunset Grill took up time that could have been devoted to better songs they wrote together.
But the crowd lapped it all up, like a slickly packaged greatest-hits DVD come to life.
The Eagles rocked the ACC on Tuesday night. My only complaint is that 3 hours went by way too quickly!
Glenn looked great and sang and played beautifully all night. He was in a chatty mood, although he did make the mistake of talking about the Maple Leafs and then saying he grew up in Detroit
Don looked a lot heavier than when I saw him solo last summer – but still cute! His voice was awesome as always, but maybe a little strained. His drumming was amazing though, especially on Life In The Fast Lane. He did quite a lengthy introduction to Hole in the World but that was pretty much the only time he spoke. There was a cute moment at the start of the intro. He complained that his guitar strap was twisted, so Glenn came over and fixed it for him. Don looked at him and said “Thanks man!”
Timothy’s voice was sweet as ever when he sang his 2 songs and he looked wonderful. Finally Joe - well he stole the show. His guitar playing was awesome, his singing was great and he had everybody laughing at his antics – including Glenn, who cracked up when Joe rang a doorbell during Life’s Been Good! He also looked a lot better than when they were here 18 months ago.
The second half of the show was definitely when then let their hair down – must be changing into their jeans and T-shirts that does it! They didn’t do either of the new songs - hopefully Glenn will still do No More Cloudy Days when we see him at Rama in May. I did get excited at one point when Glenn said that the next song was from what they call their “satanic country rock” period. I thought they might throw in Witchy Woman (how great would that be?!), but it was One Of These Nights – still a great song.
On the inside of the program they say that this really could be their final tour. I hope not, but if it is I will consider myself privileged to have seen this legendary band perform live. Yes, their ticket prices are a little high, but the entertainment they provide is spectacular and they put 100% into the concert.
Thank you Don, Glenn, Joe and Timothy – you are all amazing musicians.
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