Don Henley Interview

At the Los Angeles Times, "Don Henley 'thrilled' with Forum, talks about Eagles concerts there":

A major concern in the concert business has been "What happens when the Eagles stop touring?" — a question that's also been posed of other veteran acts that generate top-grossing concert tours whenever they hit the road. But last year, for the first time, seven of the top 10 grossing tours were by relative newcomers — Beyonce, Pink, Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, etc. What does that say to you about what's happening in music today?

These box office charts are relatively meaningless because they're computed based on the calendar year and some tours don't fit into that timetable. For example, our tour didn't begin until July of last year and we toured until Thanksgiving, then we took a break for the holidays. The tour commences again tonight, here in Los Angeles, and runs through mid-June. So our tour spans exactly half of two different years. In any case, the concert business seems to be healthy and there is room for acts from multiple generations, playing diverse styles of music. But it's reasonable to expect that someday, in the not-too-distant future, the "classic rock" generation of performers will cease touring. But not just yet — not while so many people still want to come to our shows and we're still making them happy...

RTWT.

Henley should say that the "classic rock" bands will keep touring as long as they're able to. They're not getting any younger. Looking at you Mick Jagger!

PREVIOUSLY: "Music Review: The Eagles at the Inglewood Forum."