The Eagles Are Going On Tour

I'm not the type of Radio Jock that hits a concert because the station has free tickets.  I can play a tune 4,000 times during a single career but you'll never catch me at a show more than once. 

Unless you're KISS, Paul McCartney, Trans Siberian Orchestra and The Eagles. 

This is the reason why I spend so much time interviewing the Master's of the writing instrument turned music and beyond.  I'm spoiled!  Tell me the story behind the song you just performed live!  Give me the dirt on why the group dropped it from the playlist but radio continues to play it like a new release. 

In an age of IPods and Smart Phones...staying focused on why I'm at a show proves to be more difficult than standing in $10 a cup beer line for nearly an hour.  Bands should pay fans for the time wasted trying to get out of the parking lot.  Quit selling cheap T-shirts and just give them away. 

If you hold a seashell up to your left ear while jamming to I Heart Radio in the right...it's a free concert.   

When word reached me of the Eagles hitting the road this summer...first thing out of my mouth, "Which bank is gonna give me a loan for tickets?"  Does it have to be someone associated with the FDIC?   

If you’ve got the hots for the Eagles too....we're talking fan tour.  You're gonna have to drive.  A limited number of shows for their ‘History of the Eagles’ tour will kick off July 6 in Louisville, Ky. and wrap up in Bethel, N.Y. on July 25.

The famously tight-lipped group recently rolled out a documentary titled ‘History of the Eagles,’ which is slated for release on DVD and Blu-ray on April 30. Their upcoming road trek will continue in that vein, featuring songs from across the broad spectrum of the band’s career, as well as some of the band members’ solo hits.

Singer/drummer Don Henley said in February that the tour “could very well be our last . . . we’re gonna include at least one former band member in this tour and kinda go back to the roots, and how we created some of these songs. We’re gonna break it down to the fundamentals and then take it up to where it is now.”

Though he declined to say which former member he was talking about, rumor has it that the upcoming shows may feature original guitarist Bernie Leadon. A press release announcing the tour did not mention any past members.

Tickets go on sale Thursday, March 28 at 10AM. An exclusive pre-sale for American Express card members goes on sale Saturday, March 23 at 10 AM. The tour news release described the concerts as the “currently announced” tour dates, so more dates may be revealed soon.