Live from the Forum MMXVIII

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Live from the Forum MMXVIII
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Live album by
the Eagles
ReleasedOctober 16, 2020
RecordedSeptember 12, 14 –15, 2018
Venue The Forum, Inglewood, California
Genre Rock
Length2:17:33
Label Rhino
Producer Don Henley
Eagles chronology
Long Road Out of Eden
(2007)		Live from the Forum MMXVIII
(2020)

Live from the Forum MMXVIII is the third live album and a concert film from the Eagles. It records the concerts at the Forum in Inglewood, California that took place over three nights in September 2018. It is the first release to feature new band members Deacon Frey and Vince Gill alongside Don Henley, Joe Walsh and Timothy B. Schmit. Deacon, son of the late former band member Glenn Frey, and Gill joined the band following the death of the elder Frey in 2016. It was released on October 16, 2020, in a variety of formats, including CD, DVD and Blu-ray. [1]

Contents

Background

In 2016, after Glenn Frey died, Don Henley decided that the band would not play again. [2] However, Henley reversed his decision and announced in March 2017 that the Eagles would perform in two festivals organized by their manager Irving Azoff that featured classic rock bands, starting with The Classic West festival held at Dodger Stadium in July that year. [3] Henley brought in Frey's son Deacon to perform with the remaining members of the Eagles in these shows after he saw Deacon perform Glenn Frey's songs at his memorial service. [4] According to Henley, in order for the band to continue, "the only way it felt justified to me was to have family blood in the band". [5] They were also joined by Vince Gill who performed at the Kennedy Center Honors in December 2016 where the Eagles were one of the honorees. [4] Gill "fit like a glove", according to Henley. [6] [5] After the festival performances in Los Angeles and New York, the band announced that a North American tour featuring Deacon Frey and Vince Gill would begin in March 2018 in Chicago, [7] to be followed by a world tour in 2019. [8] Another world tour scheduled for 2020, titled the Hotel California 2020 Tour, was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [9]

The North American tour included a three-night stop (September 12, 14 and 15, 2018) at the Forum in Los Angeles, California, where the concerts were recorded. [10] The setlist included many of the best-known songs of the Eagles, but also hits recorded by individual members, such as Henley's "The Boys of Summer", Walsh's "Life's Been Good" and Gill's "Don't Let Our Love Start Slippin' Away". [11] The band performed 26 songs every night apart from the show on September 14 when they performed 27 songs, adding "The Long Run" to their second encore. [12] The recordings of the concerts were compiled into a 26-song live album and concert film. [13] The only song on their setlist omitted on this release is "Witchy Woman", with "The Long Run" from September 14 added instead.

The film of the concert was directed by Nick Wickham and filmed on 14 4K cameras. [14] It premiered on ESPN on July 5, 2020, the first time a concert was shown on the sports network. [15]

The recordings were released for sale on October 16, 2020, in several audio and video formats and in various configurations, including a super deluxe box set with Blu-ray, two CDs and four LPs. [16]

At one point during the video, bassist Timothy B. Schmit (who made the bulk of the between-song announcements) tells the live audience that his predecessor Randy Meisner is in the house. However, Meisner is not shown on camera.

Track listing

CD 1

No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."Seven Bridges Road" Steve Young group3:33
2."Joe Walsh: "How ya doin?""  0:33
3."Take It Easy" Jackson Browne, Glenn Frey Deacon Frey4:14
4."One of These Nights" Don Henley, FreyHenley4:23
5."Don Henley: "Good evening, ladies and gentlemen""  2:12
6."Take It to the Limit"Henley, Frey, Randy Meisner Vince Gill 4:21
7."Tequila Sunrise"Henley, FreyGill3:05
8."In the City" Joe Walsh, Barry De Vorzon Walsh5:45
9."Timothy B. Schmit: "Hey, everybody, that’s Joe Walsh""  0:48
10."I Can't Tell You Why"Henley, Frey, Timothy B. Schmit Schmit5:08
11."New Kid in Town"Henley, Frey, J. D. Souther Gill5:11
12."Don Henley: "Just want to thank all of you…""  1:25
13."How Long"SoutherDeacon Frey, Henley3:21
14."Deacon Frey: "Hello, everybody…""  0:36
15."Peaceful Easy Feeling" Jack Tempchin Deacon Frey4:29
16."Ol' '55" Tom Waits Gill4:18
17."Lyin' Eyes"Henley, FreyGill6:30
18."Love Will Keep Us Alive" Jim Capaldi, Paul Carrack, Peter ValeSchmit4:13
19."Vince Gill: "How's everybody doing?""  0:36
20."Don't Let Our Love Start Slippin' Away" Vince Gill, Pete WasnerGill5:18
21."Those Shoes"Henley, Frey, Don Felder Henley5:07
Total length:1:15:06

CD 2

No.TitleWriter(s)Lead vocalsLength
1."Already Gone"Robb Strandlund, TempchinDeacon Frey4:23
2."Walk Away"WalshWalsh3:59
3."Joe Walsh: "Is everybody OK?"  1:54
4."Life's Been Good"WalshWalsh8:04
5."The Boys of Summer"Henley, Mike Campbell Henley5:15
6."Heartache Tonight"Henley, Frey, Bob Seger, SoutherGill4:28
7."Funk #49"Walsh, Jimmy Fox, Dale PetersWalsh4:44
8."Life in the Fast Lane"Henley, Frey, WalshHenley5:55
9."Hotel California"Henley, Frey, FelderHenley8:27
10."Rocky Mountain Way"Walsh, Roche Grace, Kenny Passarelli, Joe Vitale Walsh6:29
11."Desperado"Henley, FreyHenley4:10
12."The Long Run"Henley, FreyHenley4:40
Total length:1:02:27

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