The Eagles will play at the MEN Arena in Manchester on June 20th.
Tickets go on sale November 11th. See the Ticketmaster.uk site for information and prices (note: if you are reading this prior to November 11th and don't see the Eagles listed, be patient. Shows get added right before they go on sale).
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Link: The Eagles @ M.E.N. Arena.
THEY have never really been punk rockers but, believe it or not, The Eagles are mellower than ever.
Like a fine whisky, the kings of laid-back country rock have grown smoother with age and are now so chilled out they don’t exactly take the Arena by storm but gently soothe it like a lapping wave with their warm guitar classics.
The group is calling this series of concerts the Farewell Tour One, with a nod at the band’s 50-something average age. However, before long they are cracking jokes that they will be the only band to tour when we are dead, giving the impression the show’s not quite over yet.
And neither should it be. A couple of hours in their company for some classic tunes – including Take It To The Limit, Lyin’ Eyes, and a steamy version of Hotel California – makes you realise why their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 album became the biggest selling of all time.
Don Henley
Masters of the guitar, these guys are pure professionals and a packed set just flies by. Perhaps it’s because, while the hits keep rolling, Don Henley and Co. have a knack of making you feel at home.
We may have been in the cavernous surrounds of the M.E.N. Arena but, as they strummed their guitars in unison, with a backdrop of sun setting over mountains, and the lights down low, it felt like a cosy night on a porch in California.
When they tell you to Take It Easy, who can resist them with their husky voices and perfectly-pitched harmonies? Not me.
After a gig like this, I would even consider checking in to the Hotel California (not the nicest sounding place) if they were playing in the lobby. The perfect music for soothing stressed-out souls.
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The band play the M.E.N. Arena again tonight (Wednesday, June 21). Tickets are sold out. Call 0870 060 1768 or click here to check for returns. You can also read an interview with the band below.
Link: Liverpool - The Eagles, MEN Arena, Manchester.
The Eagles, MEN Arena, Manchester
Jun 28 2006 | |
By Mike Torpey, Daily Post | |
THERE was always a suspicion that Joe Walsh could be a Liverpudlian. He has a sharp sense of humour, is politically savvy, a gifted musician and looks every second of his 58 years. It was no surprise then that the guitar maestro from Wichita, Kansas, of The Eagles came clean midway through one of the American band's two North West dates in Manchester in what was billed as their "Farewell 1 tour". "I was doing some research into my ancestors," Walsh explained. "And I discovered my family lived in Preston during the 1800s before moving to Liverpool. They sailed out to the States. So it's good to be home." If Walsh looked like your granddad and talked as though there was a gobstopper lodged in his cheek, you wouldn't know it from his singing voice. It was during the numbers he recorded as a solo artist as a member of hard rock trio The James Gang, and with the Eagles, that the group at the Manchester Arena concert really excelled. Life's Been Good - and judging from his stage antics snapping images of the crowd via a camera concealed in a yellow builders' helmet, it still was - Walk Away, Funk No 49 and In The City were highlights. There was even a banner pleading Joe Walsh for President, recalling his 1980 US election campaign promising "free gas for all". The bulk of the audience were there to re-live those distant days when the band epitomised that LA cowboy hippie feel of the West Coast country rock era. The Eagles did not disappoint, starting with classics like Take It Easy, Witchy Woman and Peaceful Easy Feeling before sustaining the mood via One Of These Nights, Lyin' Eyes and Tequila Sunrise. Co-founder Glen Frey delivered the rocky Already Gone and his "wife's credit card song" Take It To The Limit with humour and passion. Tim Schmidt's voice is still capable of reaching into the hysteria zone and new guitar player Steuart Smith replicated Hotel California almost note for note. With their Greatest Hits 1971-75 still America's biggest selling album, and no sign of a fresh one in 27 years, it would be easy to write off the Eagles as little more than a corporate juggernaut. They're a good deal more than that - gifted purveyors of a genre few groups have been slick enough to match. Co-founder Don Henley may be a few pounds heavier and a lot older, but he still possesses the most haunting voice in rock music. Desperado - they could round off a masterful night with no other. |
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