Giants Stadium is not the greatest venue to see a concert, particularly coming from Long Island, but we ventured out to see the Eagles with opener Sheryl Crow on a Wednesday in August, 1994. I believe it was this particular show where I remember that the Eagles tacked a one dollar surcharge onto the parking fee to go toward their favorite charity, which still ticks me off to this day. For me, it was the height of pomposity coercing your fans to donate to a charity while entering the parking lot; as I recall, not donating was not an option- it was incorporated into the parking fee. If the band felt so charitable, they should have donated a portion of their proceeds, not taken the money out of the pockets of ticket holders. Granted, it was”only” a dollar, but I believe my dislike for Don Henley may have begun in earnest that day in August, 1994. The Eagles have so many hits, recognizable songs and the “Hotel California” album is arguably one of the great musical works of all time, but the greed of Henley and Frey is annoying and somewhat legendary. The band is coming around, yet again, to the New York area, this time to the UBS Arena at Belmont Park, on the never ending Hotel California tour. Even the untimely passing of Glenn Frey could not slow down the Eagles money grab as they have enlisted Frey’s son to seemingly assuage whatever guilt they may have had with continuing without Glenn. Don Henley solo is not the draw of an “Eagles” tour and at the end of the day money talks. With still no Don Felder in the mix, the slice of the financial pie is that much more enticing for the remaining members.
For this Giants Stadium tour, Sheryl Crow was a really popular, relatively new, artist and touring in support of her debut album “ Tuesday Night Music Club”; we sat about half way up to the left of the stage. Unbelievably Ms. Crow turned 60 last month.

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Rock on!

GQ