Is there any larger flex than kicking off a live performance along with your signature hit? Some followers might need anticipated the Hot 100-topping title observe of their 1976 album to return later within the present, or perhaps at the same time as the ultimate encore track, however as soon as the countdown clock crept to zero simply after 8:30 p.m. PT, it was the acquainted strains of the 6-minute-plus radio staple that rang throughout the Sphere. The visuals set the tone for the night, starting merely with headlights touring down that infamous “dark desert highway” earlier than opening up into the haunted halls of the resort, stuffed with faceless figures at an extended dinner desk and white masks peeking down ominously from the ceiling.

Glenn Frey’s 31-year-old son Deacon first performed with the band at 2017’s Classic West live performance, stepping in after his dad’s 2016 dying at age 67. Now, greater than seven years later, Deacon is a full-fledged member of the group, seamlessly harmonizing with peerless vocalists like Henley, Gill and Schmit and confidently taking on lead on Glenn’s beloved signature songs, together with “Peaceful Easy Feeling,” “Already Gone” and “Take It Easy.” Most telling is Deacon’s willingness to flip up his dad’s well-worn melodies to place his personal spin on the classics, exhibiting his consolation stage onstage with a band stuffed with legends.

The Eagles took a second on opening night time to carry out a twofold tribute for fallen pals, beginning out with Henley’s solo hit “Boys of Summer” for the late king of summer season Jimmy Buffett, who died in September 2023 at age 76, after which transferring on to “Heartache Tonight” to recollect the track’s co-writer JD Souther, who died Tuesday at age 78. “I’d be remiss if I didn’t acknowledge a couple of people, one of whom we lost a year ago this month, Mr. Jimmy Buffett,” Henley started the tribute. “We’re dedicating this next song to him. And then the song we’re going to do after this next song, I want to acknowledge the co-writer of that song, who we lost three days ago, Mr. JD Souther. JD, as some of you may know, played a pivotal role in the Eagles. He wasn’t in the band, but he certainly co-wrote some of our biggest hits, including ‘Best of My Love,’ ‘New Kid in Town’ and the one we’re going to play after this next song called ‘Heartache Tonight.’ So these songs go out to those boys, Mr. Buffett and Mr. Souther. Sing it so they can hear you.”

The manner the Sphere display screen actually envelops the stage permits the gang to be transported each musically and visually, and the Eagles’ present took a journey from beneath the ocean to above the clouds (with some terrestrial stops in between). Some of probably the most beautiful visible shows included a pair’s beautiful underwater choreography for “Boys of Summer”; a towering cityscape rising over the gang earlier than collapsing down into the bottom for “In the City”; and a bus driving all the best way into the cosmos and right into a meteor bathe for “Take It to the Limit.”

For “Lyin’ Eyes,” one of many Eagles’ purest nation tracks, the large display screen put the deal with the track’s storytelling, isolating every lyric line by line and raining the phrases down onto the gang. The focus was additionally on the lyrics later within the night time, when two traces surfaced that felt like good suits for the once-in-a-lifetime residency: “We will never be here again” from “Take It Easy” and “This night is gonna last forever” from the ultimate track of the night, “Heartache Tonight.”

Like U2 and Dead & Company did earlier than them, there’s additionally a fan expertise for Eagles concertgoers within the adjoining Venetian Resort – with this one re-creating the vaunted Troubadour membership in West Hollywood the place Henley and Frey obtained their begin within the early ’70s. There are lots of particular treats on the Vibee-created Third Encore fan expertise, together with Henley’s first-ever drum equipment from when he was a child (emblazoned with the identify of his teenage band Felicity) in addition to jerseys, posters and different memorabilia from the band’s private assortment and unique merch solely out there on the pop-up.

Hotel California
One of These Nights
Lyin’ Eyes
Take It to the Limit
Witchy Woman
Peaceful Easy Feeling
Tequila Sunrise
In the City
I Can’t Tell You Why
New Kid in Town
Seven Bridges Road
These Shoes
Life’s Been Good
Already Gone
Boys of Summer
Life within the Fast Lane

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Take It Easy
Rocky Mountain Way
Desperado
Heartache Tonight

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