Twenty-seven years ago today (May 27, 1994), the Eagles reunited for the first time in 14 years to kick off their Hell Freezes Over Tour at Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre in Irvine, Calif. The iconic band s 94 reunion came, at least partly, thanks to a country star.
The Eagles split up in 1980, following the release of their
Eagles Live album. The band s members, including Glenn Frey, Don Felder and Don Henley, had been at odds with each other since their 1979 album
The Long Run, but they were contractually obligated to their record company, Elektra Records, to record one final live album before they could disband. Unfortunately, by that time, Frey and Henley were unable to even be in the same room together, so they recorded their vocals in different studios, located in different states even.