Phew, thank you We are so off topic here LOL Sorry guys.
EF, it must have been a very hard decision for you to make. I can understand all your reasons though. Both Carole and myself, with my family, have to stay in a hotel overnight too, Carole has train fares, we have petrol (gas) costs and then a small train fare to get us to the festival.
My hubby has taken a day holiday from work as our 2 girls have no school on the Friday, as it's the year 11's leaving prom that day, so he is taking DD2 out for the day, and evening, and feeding her too. DD1 is coming with me.
However the one big difference is, for our ticket money we get 11 hours of music at the festival. Okay only 2 hours of the Eagles probably, but we haven't had to pay the full £70 for the ticket for their 2 hours. We had both said that we would have been prepared to though, of course at the time we weren't aware it was going to be a shorter show.
It's a pity that the shorter show hasn't had a smaller price attached to it!
ETA Oops helping to stay off topic. Sorry !!!
Melanie
He sings it high, he plays it low
Are the German venues indoors or outdoors? If they are indoors there is no excuse for shorter setlists.
Joe will have a new album out soon & will probably tour for it. Glenn, on the other hand....
I fail to understand why Funk #49, Walk Away and Dirty Laundry are seen as so essential given that only one member of the band played on each of them. I suppose now the setlist has become the Don Henley show with guest star Joe Walsh that is what it's about - showcasing Don & Joe, not 'the Eagles'. This also applies to a couple of my least favourite Eagles songs, The Long Run & In The City, which are retained forever & ever because they showcase Don & Joe.
And I haven't even mentioned the way TIE has been downgraded so that it apparently isn't even as important as RMW. That is WRONG. (Apart from the other issue of whether or not TIE should actually be played last of all, which I think it should).
As I have said on numerous occasions LROOE should be represented more than the solo songs which have been there since 1994.
Really if Glenn isn't interested in doing this any more, if he believes his own contributions to Eagles shows are so unnecessary, perhaps it's time he seriously considered calling a halt. I don't think I'm exaggerating here. He puts them all at the beginning & then he has his big break before throwing us two bones, Heartache Tonight & TIE, near the end. The setlist should be more balanced in terms of who is singing what at what time in the set.
Oh darn, I just posted in another thread (Cologne, I think!) and it would have fitted better here. Sorry!
I have been an Eagles fan for 10 years. I never thought I would get to see them live. I was so very thrilled to see them, and a 3 hour concert was just incredible.
If the only way I could get to see them again was a 2 hour concert (NZ or Australia), then absolutely I would be there. I might wish I could get more, but I'd still be over the moon to get anything.
I certainly have my own Dream Setlist (which is totally unrealistic ), but I'd be happy with pretty much anything they played (ok, maybe not The Greeks Don't Want No Freaks). Beggars can't be choosers! (And guys, I am down on my knees begging you to come back Down Under again!).
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Suzanne