IN THE NEWS:
Classic-rock icons Eagles, who celebrate their 40th anniversary this year, have lined up their first two headlining dates of the 2012.
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Foo Fighters, Eagles and Al Green are among the dozens of acts confirmed for the 2012 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival.
Residents of Monaco will be treated to a free Eagles concert tonight (6/30) as festivities kick off ahead of the royal wedding of Prince Albert II of Monaco and Charlene Wittstock.
The Eagles -- who are focusing their touring efforts overseas this year -- have announced their first U.S. gigs of 2011.
The Eagles will perform at the 2011 Spirit of Life event in Los Angeles, which will honor Irving Azoff and his wife Shelli for their philanthropic efforts. Irving Azoff, the Eagles longtime manager, is the executive chairman of Live Nation Entertainment and chairman and CEO of Front Line Management Group.
Day 3 of 2010's Austin City Limits Festival offered up a fine batch of artists: Norah Jones, The Flaming Lips, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, The National, Band of Horses, Devendra Banhart, Portugal. The Man, Yeasayer, The Morning Benders, and the Robert Earl Keen Band to name a few.
In the weeks leading up to the Austin City Limits Festival, many in and outside of Austin questioned the choice of the Eagles as the major headliner this go round. The band, however, took the slot with ease and panache, delivering stadium rock for the ages that made short work of the mere club, arena and amphitheater artists that held court before them.
If ACL were to take on the parallels of a solid workout (and to many, including this writer, it did), Sunday evening's offerings at the eastern end of Zilker Park could aptly be described as a cool-down. But despite the allure inherent in a mellow night of music, Norah Jones' set was perhaps a little too low key. 
Don Henley has fallen ill, forcing the Eagles to postpone three concert dates -- tonight (10/5) in Lubbock, TX; Thursday (10/7) in Orlando, FL; and Friday (10/8) in Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
