Don Henley is an extraordinary person and not a bad musician. On the heals of piecing the Eagles band back together for The Classic West and East concerts last summer after Glenn Frey’s untimely passing, Henley has once again found a way to cash in, this time by adding Frey’s son to the mix in an effort to mitigate whatever guilt he might have in continuing under the Eagles brand name to keep the money rolling in and as an apparent attempt to appear to legitimize the project. The music is iconic but the greed of this band is legendary. The Eagles were the first $100 concert ticket while also adding a surcharge to parking fees to be donated to their favorite charity. I have not seen the ticket prices for this upcoming tour, but considering the outlandish numbers being charged today ($169 for Smashing Pumpkins at Madison Square Garden?) and the special VIP admissions and “Dynamic Pricing”, it will not be an inexpensive date night with the bride. I love the older acts but even I am getting nauseated by these retirement fund tours. Elton John’s three year farewell tour is supposed to net him $400 million plus and the shows are selling out a year in advance. I’ve seen Elton John several times through the years, and it least one time with Billy Joel, and I will see him again, but a 73 year old John is surely not the same performer he was the 1970’s, 80’s, 90’s or 2000’s. But we will go hoping to hang on to the past glory’s and foggy memories. There will be Grateful Dead stickers on Cadillacs in the fifty dollar parking garages. 

Radiohead sold out four nights at Madison Square Garden yesterday.

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