Comments about ‘Eagles soar at Rio Tinto Stadium's first concert’

At first I was down on myself for not being there, but if they didn't play One of These Nights, Take It To the Limit, and Take It Easy, I'm glad I saved my money.

An extraordinary treat. The only problem, it had to end. The Eagles were witty and gracious, with a great sense they were playing to an appreciative crowd, evidenced by their responses to us. An experience of a lifetime.

Here's my take on the concert. The Eagles, as always, were great. Played a few fewer songs than normal. The sound was fantastic for an outdoor venue. In fact, one of the loudest concerts I've ever heard. Overall, the stadium is too big for concerts. Other than the first 25 rows on the floor, the rest of the seats are bad. The side sections of seats are a long way from the stadium. The best seats in the stands are worse than the worst seats at the ECenter, ESA or USANA. Yes, they can get more people into the shows at Rio, but the quality of the experience is way low. For you Kenny Chesney fans, take binoculars, you'll need them. Honestly, I think I'm already don with Rio Tinto concerts. Just not intimate enough for me. Like watching a concert from long distance.

I was shocked that Rio Tinto folks "bleeped out" Don Henley's swear words, you know, the GD word, in the song "Life in the Fast Lane." That kind of censorship doesn't surprise me at BYU, but at Rio Tinto? I guess some one there doesn't think adults should hear words at a concert that they hear every day just shopping, dining out, golfing or at work.

What a RIGHTEOUS show! My first Eagles' show and man, I couldn't have asked for more (other than Last Resort - best Eagles song ever).
Joe Walsh stole the show at various points - but the band overall was tight and seemed into it.
It's amazing how many incredible songs these guys have cranked out during their careers....it was a night to remember!

The Eagles indeed soared. The sound system was perfect the selection of music was perfect and the stadium rocked with the legends of rock. It was a perfect night with the only exception being some out of shape fans not wanting concert attendees dancing in the aisles. They should have gone to a Lawrence Welk revival. Glen Fry, Don Henley, Timothy B. Schmidt, and Joe Walsh showed why they are Hall of Famers. Joe has to be one of the greatest guitar players ever and continues to get better. Wow! We danced the night away.

Don Henley called "Take It Easy" the credit card song since he wrote it. Whoever said they didn't sing it last night arrived late.
It should be noted that before the traditional encore song, "Desperado", they let Joe Walsh really rock out in tribute to the new stadium with "Rocky Mountain Way." Timothy and Glenn were jumping around like it was the first of the concert. These guys gave me new energy, even at my age.
Plus, how surreal to go to my old high school in Sandy to see the Eagles. Double Weird.

They played "One of These Nights", "Take it to the Limit" and "Take it Easy"

The Egos are overrated.

The Eagles were indeed true professionals. The music was outstanding and, while the facility was less than spectacular, it is what it is, a stadium. I felt bad for the people sitting in the RSL seats. I'm sure they couldn't see anything live. They probably watched the whole thing on the screens.

Great concert, great experience. You could find minor problems to highlight, but the harmony was there, they appeared to be having almost as much fun on stage as we were. Played for 2 hours and we were left wanting more.

I watched the whole thing with binoculars and had to stretch my neck around the sound pole. But, the sound system was perfect, a lot better than the Delta Center. I just saw REO outside at the Aruba music festival and the sound was awful. After ironing out a few kinks, like obstructed views and parking crowd control, this will be a world-class facility.

An over-amped nightmare with sound at insane levels.
We walked out after 30 minutes of boredom with Michelle Branch (who we didn't know was going to open before we got there) and 40 minutes of torture with the Eagles.
Uncomfortable folding chairs on the ground, garbled music through ear plugs.

Wife & I can't stand in one spot for long, with everybody around us 20 rows back (normally good seating) standing continuously from the time the band came out, we couldn't even see the stage & did not pay to watch the performance on the large TV screen at stage right that my wife couldn't even see.

Could have (and actually have) enjoyed watching Eagles concert footage on our own TV screen at home in comfortable chairs with tolerable volume for far less money.

If those sound levels will be typical for future concerts at that arena, we'll never go back.
I've been to indoor concerts in the 60s back in the heyday of the old R&R bands, and I still crank up a good song, but I've never encountered anything like the absurdly loud noise last night.
Bass literally thumped my chest.

Denis just called himself old.

Censorship grow up. So what if the offending word didn't make it to the airwaves. Maybe Henley wanted it that way.

All in all it was a great concert. I wished they would have played for another half an hour to get in Tequila Sunrise, Already Gone, and others. Toward the end the sound did get a bit over balanced toward the instruments and away from the vocals. You have to sometimes expect that in big outdoor concerts. Walsh brought down the house with Rocky Mountain Way. I also thought it was hilarious that he got that bug in his mouth.

Too bad the Eagles (Henley and Frey) don't swallow their pride and let Don Felder back in. He plays with a lot more soul than Steuart Smith.

To the dude that left, you missed out. I find ear plugs work fine. I wore them to Alabama's last concert and heard every note and enjoyed that concert. Alabama isn't known for being exactly soft.

The Eagles were great. I just wished they would of picked a different place then Rio Tinto. I have been to concerts and who pays top dollar to watch a big screen.

Just a word to naysayers... You make your own fun at most big venue concerts. It really doesn't get better than the Eagles at Rio Tinto. Really. The more you can high five friends as your anticipated song starts up, the more you dance, to more you clap, the less likely you'll end up like Denis or was that spelled with a P? You can play Rock Band Guitar Hero in the comfort of the Lazy Boy - You can watch 100,000+ fans on Paladium at venues in Europe - or you can come to party. I'll take Rio Tinto over the Delta/Energy Solutions venue day in and day out (out, out, out, out, the endless echo cavern that it is). HERE I AM ENTERTAIN ME is so Jon and Kate makes 8. Organize a group on Facebook, meet early in a parking lot, trek to Rio Tinto as a rowdy group ready to party and be thankful quality musicians are willing to play Sandy!

This was my first Eagles concert, and my husband's 2nd. We are both huge Eagles fans, and were very excited to see them. The concert started on a frustrated note. After having paid RIDICULOUS prices for concessions ($25 for a beer, soda, hot dog and pretzel), we were crammed like sardines into tiny folding chairs that were tied together. We paid $175 a piece for our chairs, and I was literally nestled between my husband and the stranger next to me. I was thinking how completely unbearable it would have been for anyone that was significantly overweight. Michelle Branch came out and bored the hell out of us for 30 minutes with her obnoxious fake twang. I couldn't move my elbows, and I couldn't see her. I even had to move my neck around to see the screen.
When the Eagles finally came out, the mood lightened, we all stood up and we had a great time. Joe Walsh was awesome, and although they've all noticeably aged, they are still worth seeing. Bottom line... we would do it again, but we would buy stadium seats, never field seats.

I'm 56, and I saw a bunch of people older'n me in the audience. It ain't age.

I was going to rock concerts back when these older rock bands were in their prime, and I was a "rock jock" in radio in a previous life back in the early 70s. I understand loud concerts, it goes with the territory. I still crank music up in my "old age". I still go to concerts.
What they were doing last night was just plain way over the top.

We saw an Eagles "farewell" tour concert on TV a couple years ago, I checked the Internet for tour locations & found they were charging several hundred dollars per seat. Gave up on ever seeing them live. We were happy to get in early enough for good seats when we heard they were coming here.

We went to enjoy, we wanted to enjoy, we couldn't enjoy.

Agree with Veronica. We buy the best seats up front that we can when we go to an event so we can see the stage & do not spend the money to watch the screen.

I understand that you may be upset that you paid money to watch a screen...but its like paying top dollar to a jazz game or a ute football game. Its the enviorment and to say "i was there" people pay for.