The Eagles in Detroit, October 2017 (from YouTube)
Save for a special one-off, invitation-only gig set for Nashville’s storied Grand Ole Opry House tonight (Oct. 29), The Eagles have now completed their six-date mini-tour dubbed “An Evening With the Eagles.” The final show took place Friday night (Oct. 27) at Little Caesars Arena in Detroit, where the reconstituted band—with Deacon Frey (son of the late Glenn, a Detroit native) and country star Vince Gill now firmly embedded into the lineup—wowed the local fans.
The 23-song set list at the Detroit show was identical to the others performed during the tour, which began Sept. 30 at Safeco Field in Seattle. Starting with “Seven Bridges Road,” the band—which also features surviving co-founder Don Henley plus Joe Walsh and Timothy B. Schmit—ran through a slew of hits, including “Take it Easy,” “One of These Nights,” “Witchy Woman,” “Lyin’ Eyes,” “New Kid in Town” and “Heartache Tonight,” with “Hotel California,” Walsh’s “Rocky Mountain Way” and “Desperado” as the encores. As they’ve been doing at the other shows since the debut of the new lineup, Deacon Frey and Gill took turns singing the songs sung by Glenn Frey until his passing in 2016.
Related: Read our recap of the band’s show at July’s Classic East stadium concert
[The Eagles are among the handful of acts that remove material from YouTube faster than a newly married couple’s clothes on their wedding night. The videos posted onto this page were all available as of the day after the show. They may not be by the time you read this.]
Watch the Eagles perform “Life in the Fast Lane” in Detroit
Tonight’s Nashville performance will stream over SiriusXM’s Eagles Channel during Thanksgiving weekend, albeit for subscribers only. The Eagles Channel, which will launch mid-November and will air through the holidays, will also feature music from the band’s extensive career as well as their solo records and influences.
Here’s “The Best of My Love” from Detroit
“An Evening with the Eagles” Detroit Set List
Seven Bridges Road
Take It Easy
One of These Nights
Take It to the Limit
Tequila Sunrise
Witchy Woman
In the City
I Can’t Tell You Why
Peaceful Easy Feeling
Best of My Love
Lyin’ Eyes
Love Will Keep Us Alive
New Kid in Town
Those Shoes
Already Gone
Walk Away
Heartache Tonight
Life’s Been Good
Funk #49
Life in the Fast Lane
Encores:
Hotel California
Rocky Mountain Way
Desperado
Watch Joe Walsh lead the Eagles in his “Life’s Been Good” from Detroit
Bonus video: Vince Gill fronts the Eagles on “New Kid in Town” from the Detroit concert
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Jump into a conversationThe Eagles were Glenn Freys band. He put them together and they should have ended with his tragic passing. I don’t care if his kid is part of it, without Glenn it is a second rate tribute band. VInce Gill?!?