Classic East & West Concerts To Reportedly Feature Six Bands Each

Earlier this month, Billboard broke the news the Eagles and Fleetwood Mac will team up to headline a pair of multi-day concert events at Citi Field in New York City and at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles dubbed Classic East and Classic West this July. A new report from Billboard includes news of the bands that will join headliners Fleetwood Mac and the Eagles.

The concerts are said to be a joint venture from Azoff MSG Entertainment, Live Nation, the Oak View Group and CAA who are all hoping to make the events an annual tradition. Classic West is expected to be held at Dodger Stadium on July 15 and 16 followed two weeks later by Classic East at Citi Field on July 29 and 30. Billboard’s latest report states The Doobie Brothers and Steely Dan will open for the Eagles on the Friday nights of the events, while Journey and Earth Wind & Fire will open for Fleetwood Mac on each Saturday.

One of the big questions regarding the event is who will play with the Eagles. The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame act has yet to perform since the death of co-founding member Glenn Frey. Here’s Ultimate Classic Rocks’s take on that burning question:

Last September, Don Henley suggested that “the only way I would consider any kind of reunion, I think, would be with Glenn’s son, Deacon.” But two months later, he admitted that was more a case of him thinking out loud rather than something that was in the works. And he also repeated that they would likely never perform without Glenn. “I don’t see how we could go out and play without the guy who started the band,” he said. “It would just seem like greed or something. It would seem like a desperate thing.”

While Deacon remains the only name that has even been mentioned in conjunction with their reunion, their old friend Jackson Browne, who performed “Take It Easy” at the Grammys tribute to Frey, could conceivably stand in for Frey. Vince Gill, who briefly fronted Pure Prairie League before going on to a lengthy career as a country star, has also been linked with them after playing “Life in the Fast Lane” at December’s Kennedy Center Honors.

Stay tuned for more information on Classic East and Classic West.