Shortened Setlists Here to Stay?

[Koala]

Hope you don't hate me for my decision.

Of course not!

[EasyFeeling]

Phew, thank you We are so off topic here LOL Sorry guys.

[Annabel]

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 !!!

[TimothyBFan]

ETA: Maybe all this talk should have it's own thread. Most of these posts should go in it. Oh fearless leader............

Along with the discussion in the Cologne thread also I suppose. I have more to say on the subject in the Cologne thread but I shall wait till it's all sorted into it's own neat little thread. Sorry Nancy. We've disorganized your board once again!

[Freypower]

Are the German venues indoors or outdoors? If they are indoors there is no excuse for shorter setlists.

[Freypower]

I thought I posted here this morning, but hmmmmm......

I agree, too. If they are going to drop songs, make it solo songs. I would love to go to their solo shows to see solo songs, but at Eagles concerts, lets have Eagles songs. Or like WF said, one solo song each.

We are all used to hearing about 30 songs at a concert. Or we were. I understand they are getting older. Maybe they just physically can't do that many any more. But if not, drop the solo stuff. Not the Eagles hits. And it would be nice to see a couple off of LROOE. Don seems to be the only one willing to get out and tour solo. He is putting out the new albums and singing with others on theirs. Evidently he's not ready to call it quits. Tim did a small tour, but Joe and Glenn....................should I say it? Fading in to obscurity?

If they are going to tour in the states again, I think I would go see them one more time. I hope they don't decide to do the Vegas deal and just perform out there at casinos like Elton John and Celine Dion, cause I probably won't be able to go that far.

ETA: Maybe all this talk should have it's own thread. Most of these posts should go in it. Oh fearless leader............

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.

[sodascouts]

Along with the discussion in the Cologne thread also I suppose. I have more to say on the subject in the Cologne thread but I shall wait till it's all sorted into it's own neat little thread. Sorry Nancy. We've disorganized your board once again!

Done!

[WalshFan88]

I have a wonderful thought that they will give us a nice FULL set list and it will be glorious!!! I think back to Chicago 2008... I was at the show the following night that most of the Borderers where there... that was an amazing show! So many new songs, so many songs period, so much energy, I think it was a four song encore... I'm mean, that's what I'm looking for again. Can history repeat itself?

Agreed. I was at the Chicago 2008 show (I went on the Sep 25th show) and it was amazing. I wish they'd go back to that type of show/setlist. I'd be there in a heartbeat if so.

[Koala]

Are the German venues indoors or outdoors? If they are indoors there is no excuse for shorter setlists.

The concerts in Wiesbaden, Munich and Berlin are outdoor concerts, in Hamburg and Cologne they are indoor.

[EaglesKiwi]

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!).