the
band came onstage at 7:50pm and went straight into seven bridges road
,after the song Joe stuck out his hand to say that it wasn't raining as
it had been forecast (I think they had a few rain showers in Belfast)
Glenn just said "it was nice to be back again" he did his
usual Bush joke before "already gone" and he wished his wife
Cindy a happy 11th wedding anniversary he said he would be home by 11pm!
then he sang "Lyin eyes"
I am sure Don got a little mixed up singing "wasted time"
he sang the line "so you can get on with your search baby..."
twice and there was a few seconds of a pause before he did that line
Joe apologized to all residents living within a half mile of the
stadium! he then sang "in the city"
he played great the crowd loved him, the facial expressions were just
crazy, we were sitting in the stand so we could only see them from the
giant screens, he did the line about eating his big mac in the limo for
"lifes been good" It was funny when it came to "Walk
away" he forgot what song he had to do he sad "i know its one
of mine but I can't remember which one"
They were all in great form Don was having a great laugh and smiling
a lot
Tim sang great too, I surprised myself that I didn't cry when I heard
him sing ,It just didn't seem real, I think it was because we were so
far away and I would have felt a bit silly!!
the sound was good and the lighting too but we only got to see that
for the last 1/2 hour as it was getting dark then, The crowd were a
little on the quiet side but woke up for the last hour, Don let us all
sing "Desperado which gave me goosebumps just to hear the crowd
singalong we did ourselves proud!! He didn't hold the note at the end
for too long but we all cheered him on anyway! they had their families
sitting on the stage on the right hand side,
It was a great show, but I did annoy my sister and two friends by
telling them the setlist, and I met Mark and Sue we chatted for a while
before the show started, it was good to meet them both, I did end up
with a slight headache thanks to Joe and that instrument he played on
"rocky mountain way" what was that? it nearly burst my
eardrum!!
well that's it from me ,all I have now is the T-shirt and the program
with the nice pic's!
great band ,great music and most of all great weather!!
Evening Herald Review
As the camera slowly panned past the craggy faces of the four
surviving Eagles, I was reminded of the equally impassive expressions on
Mount Rushmore. Like the South Dakota landmark, their two-hour-40-minute
performance was initially just as immobile.
The gods of soft rock are of an era where bands used to get upon
stage and just play and sing. The absence of innumerable costume changes
and various incendiary devices meant that the show, although of note
perfect quality, was pretty dull for the first hour.
The long, bright summer evening and the consequent bleaching of any
effective lighting resulted in the net effect of a ghetto-blaster on a
windy beach.
The set-list, which seemed democratically cobbled together by their
various legal departments, mainly alternated between performances from
Glenn Frey and Don Henley.
Frey delivered a string of aces with New kid In Town and Peaceful
Easy Feeling and Take It To The Limit.
A stony faced Don Henley came a dispirited second with the Long Run,
Best Of My Love and One Of These Nights.
After a 20 minute interval, where I suspected the fiftysomethings
were getting hooked up to their ECG's ,the show was rescued by a
delightfully manic version of Life's Been Good from Joe Walsh, who
actually broke ranks and moved around the stage. Even Don Henley smiled.
This was followed by riveting versions of Heartache Tonight and Life
In The Fastlane with the four multi-instumentalists trading liquid
lava-like guitar solos.
A thawed-out Don Henley encored with Hotel California, effortlessly
levelling the songwriting playing pitch.
Glenn Frey returned fo Take It Easy and Henley closed with a timeless
Desperado, the capacity crowd singing its heart out to the night sky.