The Eagles have landed...in Dubai

Myself, some friends, and about 20,000 other people watched the Eagles concert last night at the Sevens Rugby Pitch in Dubai.  Fantastic is too mild of a word for the performance.  They put on a hell of a show.   Glen Frey started the show with "Same band, different dessert".  He told a few jokes about the band being old (same age as the UAE at 40) and also made light of their past fights with each other...he was funny without trying too hard.

The music was brilliant.  All the greatest hits with a handful of the solo hits too.  I was really impressed with the harmonies of Lying Eyes, Take It To The Limit and Peaceful Easy Feeling. 

Don on Drums, Tim, Glen and Joe on guitar

Joe Walsh's Rocky Mountain Way was brilliant, and even if he does look a bit grandfatherly stomping around with his guitar, he still belts it out like a madman.  His line "My Maserati does 185" couldn't have been sung in a more appropriate country.

Don did Boys of Summer and Dirty Laundry as well as Long Run...he looks fantastic and sounds exactly the same as on his albums. 







It was a great night in the open air venue after a severe sand storm that brought the first rain of the year and there was a cool dessert wind in our hair, with the smell of Jasmine rising up through the air :)