Eagles founding member Don Henley has said that he thinks the band will “probably” come to an end this year.
The legendary group are in the middle of a huge run of shows at the Sphere in Las Vegas, as part of their titanic ‘The Long Goodbye’ tour, but with that residency set to end in March, singer and drummer Henley, 78, has opened up about where he sees the band going next.
In an interview on CBS Sunday Morning, he was asked about their future, and he replied: “You know, I think this year will probably be it.”
“And I’ve said things like that before, but I feel like we’re getting toward the end,” he added. “And that will be fine too.”
He went on to say that he is eager to spend more time with his family and he would like the opportunity to “grow vegetables” and travel. “I’ve been all over the world, but I haven’t seen much of it, because we see the airports and the hotel room and the venue and we don’t get out much, you know?”
The Vegas run was originally only intended to last for eight shows, but it has been extended multiple times due to “overwhelming demand”, with the final 12 shows taking place in the early months of this year. The last date is on March 28.
The Eagles Play Their First Ever Concert Without Joe Walsh at Spher in Vegas
The Eagles’ concert at the Sphere venue in Las Vegas on Saturday, January 24, was a unique event, as it marked the first time the band had ever played a show without guitarist Joe Walsh since he joined the group in 1975.
According to Ultimate Classic Rock, Walsh sat out the performance because he came down with the flu.
The website reported that founding Eagles member told the crowd, “We had a choice to make. We could either cancel the whole thing, or we could man up and do the show. So we came down here this afternoon and had an emergency rehearsal for two hours. And fortunately, in this band, we have a deep bench.”
