On July 7, 1974 the Eagles played a show (On The Border Tour) at the Memorial Coliseum in Ft. Wayne Indiana. And not just the Eagles.
The lineup:
The Souther-Hillman-Furay Band (J.D. Souther, Chris Hillman, Richie Furay in a great but short-lived country-rock 'supergroup')
Joe Walsh and Barnstorm
The Eagles
Average ticket price: $4.00
I don't know if this lineup played together at any other shows that year (none documented in known concert archives). Joe did play several other dates with the Eagles in '74, but none that indicate SHF Band also played.
Can you imagine seeing this lineup in concert and paying only $4?
But all throughout the '70's, ticket prices for rock concerts were rarely over $10.
Bands (and record companies and promoters) generally didn't make any money with concert tours (usually barely broke even or lost money), they were viewed as promotional expenses and tools for promoting album sales, which was where they made their money.
Totally the opposite of how things are today.
Just wanted to share this in these days of $1000 concert tickets and practically negligible physical album sales.
Feel free to share any other reminisces from these by-gone days of Eagles concerts and pre-exorbitant ticket prices.