The Eagles have just added a dozen stops to their 2022 itinerary. The new cities now on the books are are Cleveland, Ohio; Chicago, Illinois; Indianapolis, Indiana; Detroit, Michigan; Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Columbus, Ohio; Buffalo and Belmont Park, New York; Nashville, Tennessee; Tulsa, Oklahoma; and Salt Lake City, Utah.
The band's ongoing Hotel California shows feature an accompanying orchestra and choir and kick off with the classic album. The band goes on to play a further 23 tunes — including a few dips into both Don Henley and Joe Walsh's solo catalogues.
In addition to Henley and Walsh, the Eagles also feature 43-year-veteran Timothy B. Schmit — along with the late-Glenn Frey's 28-year-old son Deacon Frey, as well as country legend Vince Gill.
Bassist Timothy B. Schmit was the last official Eagle to join the band after the release of the 1976 blockbuster Hotel California and before the sessions for 1979's The Long Run. Schmit told us he knew he was just the player the group needed following Randy Meisner's defection in late-1977: ["A really great thing that happened when Glenn first called me and then it all unfolded when I said, 'Yes, I want to do this' was that they asked me to join before we played one note of Eagles music together. I was the one they wanted and it seemed like a really perfect fit to me. It just did — I'm not blowin' my own horn. But it was obviously a great thing for me, but I really knew that I was the perfect guy to go there. I knew how to do what they wanted me to do."] SOUNDCUE (:31 OC: . . . wanted me to do)
In the current shows, Vince Gill is handling a large percentage of the classic Glenn Frey ballads. Joe Walsh explained how the group came to choose Gill for the gig: ["Vince Gill has a been a really good friend of the band for a long time. And so, we thought about him having that kind of voice. And he grew up listening to the Eagles, so, all of that put together — we figured we would, at least try it."] SOUNDCUE (:17 OC: . . . least try it)
UPDATED: The Eagles tour dates (subject to change):
February 19 – Savanna, GA – Enmarket Arena
February 21 – Charlotte, NC – Spectrum Center
February 24 – Orlando, FL – Amway Center
February 25 – Fort Lauderdale, FL – FLA Live Arena
February 28 – Tampa, FL – Amalie Arena
March 2 – Raleigh, NC – PNC Arena
March 4 – Atlanta, GA – State Farm Arena
March 17 – Cleveland, OH – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
March 19 – Chicago, IL – United Center
March 22 – Indianapolis, IN – Gainbridge Fieldhouse
March 24 – Detroit, MI – Little Caesars Arena
March 26 – Pittsburgh, PA – PPG Paints Arena
March 28 – Philadelphia, PA – Wells Fargo Center
April 19 – Columbus, OH – Nationwide Arena
April 21 – Buffalo, NY – KeyBank Center
April 23 – Belmont Park, NY – UBS Arena
April 28 – Nashville, TN – Bridgestone Arena
May 16 – Tulsa, OK – BOK Center
May 19 – Austin, TX – Moody Center ATX
May 25 – Salt Lake City, UT – Vivint Arena
June 17 – Arnhem, The Netherlands – Gelredome
June 20 – Liverpool, England – Anfield Stadium
June 22 – Edinburgh, BT Murrayfield Stadium
June 24 – Dublin, Aviva Stadium
June 26 – London, England – Hyde Park (with Robert Plant & Alison Krauss)
Joe Walsh On Vince Gill And The Eagles :
Timothy B. Schmit On Being Picked For The Eagles :
