Updated with Timothy B. Schmidt interview

The Eagles on Tour

From Eagles OnLine Timothy gave an interview today during which he said the following (transcribed by Sharon aka trackaghost from The Ledge):

Simon Mayo: “There was talk of The Eagles doing a stadium tour with Fleetwood Mac this year. Is there any chance of that happening?”

Timothy: “Well, erm, I just emailed our manager this morning and asked him that question – what we were doing during this summer and I didn’t specifically ask him that but he did, he told me about that and it appears that that is not happening. So all these big rumours are just simply rumours. I think that it was being pursued for a while, that was the reality, but I don’t think it’s gonna happen. But I think we are still going to go out this summer but I’m not exactly sure with who or with anybody.”

BBC2 Interview with Timothy B. Schmidt and Simon Mayo

Simon Mayo: “So there’s a chance The Eagles might be touring with another band?”

Timothy: “I think so, I think it’s all up in the air at the moment. We are playing by ourselves, just us, during the Spring. We’re starting at the Hollywood Bowl in April and we’re gonna do a handful of shows and then we’re going to take a break to probably mid-summer. I don’t know what that schedule is yet.”

The chances of it happening were remote considering The Eagles are generating $1.14 million per show and Fleetwood Mac $1.06 million per show. That means tickets would have been stratospheric. The Moncton NB concert in 2008 that I attended generated close to $3 million for an afternoon and evening show with John Fogarty, KT Tunstall and the Sam Roberts Band. Note the biggest band was Fogarty who would not be taking home the big piece of the pie. Splitting a show with two headliners creates more problems than it solves.

This is of course not the end of the topic but it is bad news. Here’s some Fleetwood Mac singing the blues.