The Eagles Announce “The Long Goodbye” The Band’s Final Tour
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LOS ANGELES , July 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — After more than 50 years of touring, and consistently selling out arenas and stadiums worldwide, the Eagles announced today that their upcoming “The Long Goodbye” will be the band’s final tour.
Thirteen shows will be initially announced. The first set of dates will begin September 7, 2023 , in New York .
The Eagles’ long-time contemporaries and fellow Hall of Famers, Steely Dan, will be joining these historic shows and commemorating their own 50+ year career.
Presale tickets and VIP packages will be available starting Wednesday, July 12 for all announced shows. The general on-sale will start Friday, July 14 at 10:00 AM local time.
During “The Long Goodbye,” the Eagles – Don Henley , Joe Walsh , Timothy B. Schmit , with Vince Gill and Deacon Frey – will perform as many shows in each market as their audience demands. The tour is expected to continue into 2025.
Over the band’s more than 50 years of touring, the Eagles have performed more than 1,000 concerts around the world, accounting for more than 15 million tickets. Eagles’ tours have consistently ranked in the Top 10 of both concert industry publications, Billboard and Pollstar .
In the Fall of 1971, the Eagles formed, pioneered, and personified a uniquely American musical style blending country, folk, R&B, rock, and pop sensibilities, and would go onto become one of the most creatively and commercially successful bands of all time. In today’s faddish, fractured, rock landscape, the Eagles retain an appeal that transcends both generation and genre, cementing the band’s role as enduring musical icons.
The Eagles have sold more than 150 million albums worldwide, scored six #1 albums, and topped the singles charts five times. They earned six GRAMMY Awards, were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1998, in their very first year of eligibility, and received the Kennedy Center Honors in 2016.
The band’s Greatest Hits 1971-1977 is the best-selling album in history, with the RIAA certifying the collection at 38-times Platinum. Hotel California is the third best-selling U.S. album in history, certified 26-times Platinum. After its release in 1976, it topped the charts and earned two GRAMMY Awards for “New Kid In Town” and “Hotel California.”
The “Long Goodbye” tour is proudly presented by Live Nation.
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Eagles Join Parade of Acts on Final Tours With a ‘Long Goodbye’
The band, which performed a “farewell” tour in 2003, will begin what’s billed as a last run of dates in September.
By Ben Sisario
Eagles are touring for the last time. Again.
The band, whose country-tinged rock hits in the 1970s like “Hotel California” and “Life in the Fast Lane” made it one of the biggest-selling acts of all time, announced the Long Goodbye on Thursday, booked as the group’s final tour.
The tour — featuring the core Eagles members Don Henley, Joe Walsh and Timothy B. Schmit, along with Vince Gill and Deacon Frey (whose father was Glenn Frey, an original Eagle) — is set to open at Madison Square Garden on Sept. 7. That is the first of an initial batch of 13 dates mostly on the East Coast through Nov. 17, with Steely Dan as the opening act. In a statement, the Eagles floated the possibility of longer runs at each venue, saying they would “perform as many shows in each market as their audience demands.” The tour is expected to continue into 2025.
As longtime Eagles fans know, this is not the first time the band has signaled a sunset run. Back in 2003, it embarked on a tour called Farewell I . But there is good reason to believe they may be nearing the end. Glenn Frey, one of the group’s founding members, died in 2016 . Henley, the only member from its founding in 1971 who is still in the band, is 75; in an appearance before a Congressional committee in 2020 about copyright law, he said he was “in the final chapter of my career.” (Or maybe not. Bob Dylan, who is 82, is on a tour planned into 2024 , and the 86-year-old blues guitar hero Buddy Guy is on his own goodbye outing.)
Farewell tours have a way of winding on for years, and can be huge moneymakers. Kiss did its first in 2000 and has had more than a dozen tours since then; its End of the Road Tour started in 2019 and has dates booked through December. Elton John’s Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour began in 2018 and is set to finally conclude this weekend in Sweden, with at least $910 million in ticket sales, according to Billboard.
Among others now on their self-described final tours are Aerosmith, Foreigner, the punk band NOFX and Dead & Company, featuring original members of the Grateful Dead with John Mayer.
Ben Sisario covers the music industry. He has been writing for The Times since 1998. More about Ben Sisario
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The Eagles announce ‘Long Goodbye’ farewell tour: ‘This is our swan song’
The Eagles have taken it to the limit.
The legendary rock group has announced its final tour, dubbed “The Long Goodbye.”
“We know how fortunate we are, and we are truly grateful,” the band said in a statement . “Our long run has lasted far longer than any of us ever dreamed. But, everything has its time, and the time has come for us to close the circle. The official farewell tour is currently in the planning stages. We want to give all our fans a chance to see us on this final round.”
Thirteen shows have initially been announced, with more to come.
“During ‘The Long Goodbye,’ the Eagles — Don Henley, Joe Walsh, Timothy B. Schmit, with Vince Gill and Deacon Frey — will perform as many shows in each market as their audience demands. The tour is expected to continue into 2025,” a press release for the tour said.
The band says “the difficulties of booking venues for multiple nights” may result in returning to select cities for additional dates, if the interest is there.
“Most importantly, we thank you from the bottom of our hearts for embracing this band and its music,” the group said. “At the end of the day, you are the reason we have been able to carry on for over five decades. This is our swan song, but the music goes on and on.”
The Eagles are one of music's most enduring acts. Formed in 1971, they have sold more than 150 million albums worldwide and won six Grammy Awards, and were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. Their album "Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975" is the bestselling album in history, certified 38 times platinum.
Where will the Eagles perform during their farewell tour?
The first batch of shows will kick off Sept. 7 in New York City. Here is the full slate of dates that have been announced so far.
- Sept. 7 — New York City — Madison Square Garden
- Sept. 11 — Boston — TD Garden
- Sept. 16 — Newark, New Jersey — Prudential Center
- Sept. 20 — Belmont Park, New York — UBS Arena
- Oct. 5 — Denver — Ball Arena
- Oct. 9 — Indianapolis — Gainbridge Fieldhouse
- Oct. 13 — Detroit — Little Caesars Arena
- Oct. 17 — Cleveland — Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
- Nov. 2 — Atlanta — State Farm Arena
- Nov. 7 — Charlotte, North Carolina — Spectrum Center
- Nov. 9 — Raleigh, North Carolina — PNC Arena
- Nov. 14 — Lexington, Kentucky — Rupp Arena
- Nov. 17 — St. Paul, Minnesota — Xcel Energy Center
Who will join the Eagles on their farewell tour?
Steely Dan, who, like the Eagles, is in the Rock & Rock Hall of Fame, will join the band on the tour.
How do I get tickets to the Eagles' farewell tour?
Presale tickets and VIP packages will go on sale July 12 for all announced shows, while a general on-sale will begin July 14 at 10 a.m. local time.
Drew Weisholtz is a reporter for TODAY Digital, focusing on pop culture, nostalgia and trending stories. He has seen every episode of “Saved by the Bell” at least 50 times, longs to perfect the crane kick from “The Karate Kid” and performs stand-up comedy, while also cheering on the New York Yankees and New York Giants. A graduate of Rutgers University, he is the married father of two kids who believe he is ridiculous.
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Eagles Announce Summer 2022 European Stadium Dates
The Eagles announced the dates for their 2022 European stadium tour, which will include a show in London, with support from Robert Plant and Alison Krauss.
By Gil Kaufman
Gil Kaufman
After wrapping up their current U.S. tour with a pair of November shows at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, the Eagles will take a seven-month break before revving up again and flying overseas for a 2022 summer stadium tour. The five-show swing is slated to kick off on June 17 at the Gelredome in Arnhem, Netherlands, before moving on to Anfield Stadium in Liverpool, England.
The trek will continue with a gig a Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland, followed by a show at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, Ireland and a June 26 gig at Hyde Park in London as part of the BST Hyde Park series, where they will share the bill with former Led Zeppelin frontman Robert Plant and bluegrass legend Alison Krauss. Other acts slated to play this year’s massive BST event include Elton John, Adele, Pearl Jam and Duran Duran.
Classic Eagles Albums to Be Reissued as High-End Vinyl Box Sets
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The long-running rockers recently teamed with Rhino Entertainment, which licensed the band’s first six albums to Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab , an audiophile label that will release each of them as two-disc 45rpm box sets for $125. The band’s first, self-titled album came out in August, and was followed last month by versions of Desperado , with future titles including On the Border , One of These Nights , Hotel California , and The Long Run.
See the Hyde Park announcement and the full list of tour dates below.
Eagles 2022 European tour dates:
June 17 — Arnhem, Netherlands @ Gelredome
June 20 — Liverpool, UK @ Anfield Stadium
June 22 — Edinburgh, UK @ Murrayfield Stadium
June 24 — Dublin, Ireland @ Aviva Stadium
June 26 — London, UK @ Hyde Park
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