timfan
12-07-2008, 09:21 PM
I just found this... looks like the Eagles might be coming to Saskatoon Saskachewan, Canada. I guess we'll find out on Monday :)
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/Entertainment/Major+concert+announcement+Monday+Eagles+expected+ land/1044883/story.html
Major concert announcement on Monday; the Eagles expected to land
By Cam Fuller December 7, 2008 6:01 PM
The secret will be out Monday morning but it looks like it’s the Eagles who are landing in Saskatoon for a concert in 2009.
Credit Union Centre has invited media to a press conference at 10 a.m. “for the unveiling of Saskatoon’s biggest concert announcement!”
Three hints are given in the invitation. It’s “one of the best selling bands of all time.’’ It’s “an artist that has never performed in Saskatchewan.” And it’s “an artist that has charted on Rock, Pop, & Country Charts.”
The process of elimination takes out The Rolling Stones, who’ve already been in the province, and U2 are not known to be touring.
Scott Ford, marketing and events manager at Credit Union Centre, wasn’t hiding his lying eyes — he wasn’t saying anything at all.
“I can’t. You’ll have to show up on Monday and we’ll give you the whole package,’’ he said.
Ford said several acts fit the hint-list such as Bruce Springsteen and Fleetwood Mac. But the “country charts’’ connection in both cases isn’t compelling.
The Eagles, on the other hand, are number 34 on CMT’s 40 Greatest Men of Country Music, in a class with Alabama (No. 11), Flatt & Scruggs (No. 24) and Brooks & Dunn (No. 25). They picked up their fifth and most recent Grammy this year for best country performance by a duo or group with vocal for the song How Long from their latest album Long Road to Eden.
No tour dates are listed on the Eagles’ website from the end of January to the end of May — perfect for an early spring tour before the band heads to Europe in the summer.
If it is the Eagles, Saskatoon will be getting a band that broke up “permanently’’ in 1980. That ended in April of 1994, followed by the album Hell Freezes Over.
The Eagles is certainly a big seller. Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 was named the best selling album of that century. Hotel California was also one of the top-10 best selling albums of the century.
The band’s current lineup features Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Joe Welsh and Timothy B. Schmit. They’re famous for the songs Hotel California, Peaceful Easy Feeling, New Kid in Town, Heartache Tonight and The Long Run.
Asked if the announcement was indeed for the Eagles, Ford said “I can’t confirm or deny that.’’
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/Entertainment/Major+concert+announcement+Monday+Eagles+expected+ land/1044883/story.html
Major concert announcement on Monday; the Eagles expected to land
By Cam Fuller December 7, 2008 6:01 PM
The secret will be out Monday morning but it looks like it’s the Eagles who are landing in Saskatoon for a concert in 2009.
Credit Union Centre has invited media to a press conference at 10 a.m. “for the unveiling of Saskatoon’s biggest concert announcement!”
Three hints are given in the invitation. It’s “one of the best selling bands of all time.’’ It’s “an artist that has never performed in Saskatchewan.” And it’s “an artist that has charted on Rock, Pop, & Country Charts.”
The process of elimination takes out The Rolling Stones, who’ve already been in the province, and U2 are not known to be touring.
Scott Ford, marketing and events manager at Credit Union Centre, wasn’t hiding his lying eyes — he wasn’t saying anything at all.
“I can’t. You’ll have to show up on Monday and we’ll give you the whole package,’’ he said.
Ford said several acts fit the hint-list such as Bruce Springsteen and Fleetwood Mac. But the “country charts’’ connection in both cases isn’t compelling.
The Eagles, on the other hand, are number 34 on CMT’s 40 Greatest Men of Country Music, in a class with Alabama (No. 11), Flatt & Scruggs (No. 24) and Brooks & Dunn (No. 25). They picked up their fifth and most recent Grammy this year for best country performance by a duo or group with vocal for the song How Long from their latest album Long Road to Eden.
No tour dates are listed on the Eagles’ website from the end of January to the end of May — perfect for an early spring tour before the band heads to Europe in the summer.
If it is the Eagles, Saskatoon will be getting a band that broke up “permanently’’ in 1980. That ended in April of 1994, followed by the album Hell Freezes Over.
The Eagles is certainly a big seller. Their Greatest Hits 1971-1975 was named the best selling album of that century. Hotel California was also one of the top-10 best selling albums of the century.
The band’s current lineup features Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Joe Welsh and Timothy B. Schmit. They’re famous for the songs Hotel California, Peaceful Easy Feeling, New Kid in Town, Heartache Tonight and The Long Run.
Asked if the announcement was indeed for the Eagles, Ford said “I can’t confirm or deny that.’’