Cindy & I ventured down to the new venue last night to see the opening night of the Eagles U.S. tour. How would I describe the band overall? Pure class. They were amazing once again last night. While each of the guys are masters in their own right, it's simply magic when you put them together on stage. There is not a better harmonizing band on the planet. Period. They were tight and the sound was excellent.
Glenn & Timothy were rock solid. Don sounded better than he *ever* has. And Joe...well Joe is Joe....and Joe is God. Never forget that. Everyone else can have Petrucci, Romeo, Vai, Malmsteen, etc. I'll take Joe. His charisma and talent continue to make him the fan favorite and highlight of the show. When Joe takes the microphone, all of us guys that have sitting on our ass all night immediatley get up and start shaking our groove thang.
The setlist:
Set One
How Long
Busy Being Fabulous
I Don't Want to Hear Any More
Guilty of the Crime
Hotel California
Peaceful Easy Feeling
I Can't Tell You Why
One of These Nights
Lyin' Eyes
Boys of Summer
In the City
The Long Run
Intermission
Set Two
No More Walks in the Wood
Waiting in the Weeds
No More Cloudy Days
Love Will Keep Us Alive
Take It to the Limit
Long Road Out of Eden
Somebody
Walk Away
Witchy Woman
Life's Been Good
Dirty Laundry
Funk #49
Heartache Tonight
Life in the Fast Lane
First Encore
Rocky Mountain Way
All She Wants to Do Is Dance
Second Encore
Take It Easy
Desperado (That's how you end a show!)
A few notes about the new Encore Park:
*It's beautiful. I could not get over how awesome it was.
*$8 beers.
* ALWAYS SPEND THE EXTRA DIME ON PREMIUM PARKING. I had no clue about it when tickets when on sale months ago. It wasn't even open so I didn't think it a big deal. Well, it's a total clusterfuck if you don't. If you don't spend the extra money, you have to park in Lot N...that is about 3 miles away from the venue and catch a bus over. The problem is that:
1. It's not a true big parking lot. Security and police essentially take over the private parking lots of all the office buildings on the block. The herd you through them once one fills up.
2. There are 7 different roads that I counted leading into the same parking line for Lot N. That means you get held up forever as police let all the lines go to keep cars off the main roads. It took us 45 minutes to go 1/2 mile and get parked.
3. The shuttle ride over is not a big deal. The lines move fast as people have been arriving over many hours. However, imagine about 8,000 people being sent to a single line to get on a bus after the show all at once. It was a nightmare. It would have taken at least an hour to get back to your car if you waited in that line. We walked down the hill and flagged a taxi. It cost me $20 to get back to my car and it was worth every cent.
Glenn & Timothy were rock solid. Don sounded better than he *ever* has. And Joe...well Joe is Joe....and Joe is God. Never forget that. Everyone else can have Petrucci, Romeo, Vai, Malmsteen, etc. I'll take Joe. His charisma and talent continue to make him the fan favorite and highlight of the show. When Joe takes the microphone, all of us guys that have sitting on our ass all night immediatley get up and start shaking our groove thang.
The setlist:
Set One
How Long
Busy Being Fabulous
I Don't Want to Hear Any More
Guilty of the Crime
Hotel California
Peaceful Easy Feeling
I Can't Tell You Why
One of These Nights
Lyin' Eyes
Boys of Summer
In the City
The Long Run
Intermission
Set Two
No More Walks in the Wood
Waiting in the Weeds
No More Cloudy Days
Love Will Keep Us Alive
Take It to the Limit
Long Road Out of Eden
Somebody
Walk Away
Witchy Woman
Life's Been Good
Dirty Laundry
Funk #49
Heartache Tonight
Life in the Fast Lane
First Encore
Rocky Mountain Way
All She Wants to Do Is Dance
Second Encore
Take It Easy
Desperado (That's how you end a show!)
A few notes about the new Encore Park:
*It's beautiful. I could not get over how awesome it was.
*$8 beers.
* ALWAYS SPEND THE EXTRA DIME ON PREMIUM PARKING. I had no clue about it when tickets when on sale months ago. It wasn't even open so I didn't think it a big deal. Well, it's a total clusterfuck if you don't. If you don't spend the extra money, you have to park in Lot N...that is about 3 miles away from the venue and catch a bus over. The problem is that:
1. It's not a true big parking lot. Security and police essentially take over the private parking lots of all the office buildings on the block. The herd you through them once one fills up.
2. There are 7 different roads that I counted leading into the same parking line for Lot N. That means you get held up forever as police let all the lines go to keep cars off the main roads. It took us 45 minutes to go 1/2 mile and get parked.
3. The shuttle ride over is not a big deal. The lines move fast as people have been arriving over many hours. However, imagine about 8,000 people being sent to a single line to get on a bus after the show all at once. It was a nightmare. It would have taken at least an hour to get back to your car if you waited in that line. We walked down the hill and flagged a taxi. It cost me $20 to get back to my car and it was worth every cent.
