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Classic Rock

“We didn’t really talk to them. I don't think they liked us, and we didn't really like them that much either”: The time the Eagles opened for a legendary British prog rock band – and hated it

Eagles posing for a photograph in 1973.

Even rock’s biggest bands have to start somewhere. Virtually every superstar act has a tale of disastrous early shows as they attempted to get their foot on the first rung of the ladder of fame.

Eagles are no exception. Before the country rock outfit became one of the most successful bands of the 1970s, they put in the hard yards on the US live circuit, occasionally appearing on bills that can best be described as ‘mismatched’.

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