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Wed 15 October 2025 0:00, UK <\/p>\n
By 1983, the idea of an Eagles<\/a> reunion was never going to happen.\u00a0<\/p>\n The band had a penchant for making great music every time they went into the studio, but all those raw wounds were far too real for anyone to care about the number on the end of that paycheck. But after the right stars aligned and Hell went through a fairly nippy night, Hell Freezes Over was the first time that those California icons actually felt reinvigorated. <\/p>\n Then again, those kinds of wounds don\u2019t heal overnight. The band had the chance to make reunions multiple times before, but Glenn Frey was usually the first one to shut them down. He had a fine time working on his solo career, and since he was the one who brought everything to an end with Don Felder after their fight onstage, the idea of them playing venues like the US Festival wasn\u2019t really interesting to him. But it\u2019s not like Don Henley didn\u2019t warm up to the idea.<\/p>\n Despite being the clear solo superstar of the group, Henley never liked the idea of being a solo artist. He would have much rather been brought up with that same band mentality, and even if he was using his celebrity status for good causes like the Walden Woods Project, he did get one step closer to the band healing when they came together for the idea for Travis Tritt\u2019s version of \u2018Take it Easy\u2019.<\/p>\n The album Common Thread may have been an opportunity for a bunch of country stars to remake old Eagles songs, but when Frey strapped on his guitar again and started playing again, he started to get a little bit nostalgic about the good times they all had, saying<\/a>, \u201cI tried to remember the good stuff. Just how we genuinely liked each other.\u201d They could play it up for the cameras, but after a few conversations, the band eventually got the wheels turning for a potential reunion.<\/p>\n Everyone was up for it, but there were a few orders of business to attend. First of all, Joe Walsh needed to get sober. The guitar genius hadn\u2019t been taking care of himself, but since Felder and Frey managed to bury the hatchet, it felt like anything was possible. And while a few of the rehearsals were rusty they were determined to give the fans the proper comeback they deserved.<\/p>\n Boasting new songs like \u2018Get Over It\u2019 and \u2018Learn To Be Still\u2019, the band clearly hadn\u2019t lost their step, but everything was riding on those few minutes onstage. And even if they had a few hiccups along the way when Henley forgot the words to one of the tunes, everyone in the crowd seemed genuinely excited to see the band members together again.<\/p>\n