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It’s not unusual for rock bands to have creative tensions, but few bands take it to the limit quite like the Eagles<\/a>.<\/p>\n The ’70s superstars broke up in 1980 after two of the band members actually threatened each other with physical violence onstage in front of a concert audience.<\/p>\n The Eagles were already struggling with a great deal of internal turmoil due to the pressure to follow up their career-changing 1976 album Hotel California<\/em>.<\/p>\n The sessions for the subsequent album, The Long Run<\/em><\/a>, dragged on interminably and resulted in an uneven album, and by the time they wound up the tour in support of that album, things came to a head between singer-guitarist Glenn Frey<\/a> and guitarist Don Felder<\/a>.<\/p>\n READ MORE:<\/em> Are The Eagles Retiring in 2026?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n The show in Long Beach, Calif., on July 31, 1980, was a fundraiser for Senator Alan Cranston, who thanked each of the band members at a meet-and-greet before the performance.<\/p>\n According to Frey, Felder responded by saying,\u00a0“You’re welcome, Senator … I guess.”<\/p>\n “I felt Don Felder insulted Senator Cranston under his breath, and I confronted him with it. So now we’re onstage, and Felder looks back at me and says, ‘Only three more songs till I kick your ass, pal.’ And I’m saying, ‘Great. I can’t wait,'” Frey later\u00a0recalled<\/a>.<\/p>\n “We’re out there singing ‘Best of My Love,’ but inside both of us are thinking, ‘As soon as this is over, I’m gonna kill him.’ That was when I knew I had to get out.”<\/p>\n The gig ended with Felder smashing a guitar against the wall backstage and speeding away in a limo, and the group went their separate ways after that.<\/p>\n The members of the band all launched solo careers in the years that followed, with varying degrees of success and failure.<\/p>\n They all maintained over the years that the band was done, but the Eagles surprised everyone when they reunited<\/a> in December of 1993 to appear in the video for Travis Tritt<\/a>‘s cover of “Take It Easy.”<\/p>\n Just months later, they announced a full-scale reunion for the Hell Freezes Over<\/em> Tour, but tensions remained between Frey and Felder.<\/p>\n The band fired Felder<\/a> in 2001, and they’ve continued to tour over the ensuing years, most recently with Vince Gill<\/a> and Glenn Frey’s son, Deacon Frey, in a new lineup following Frey’s death<\/a> in 2016.<\/p>\n A luxurious one-of-a-kind-estate that was previously owned by legendary Eagles songwriter J.D. Souther is currently up for sale, and pictures show a stunning property that offers privacy and spectacular views of nature.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Gallery Credit: Sterling Whitaker<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nWhy Did the Eagles Break Up?<\/h3>\n
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