Overview
- Don Henley told the Jan. 24 Las Vegas audience that Walsh had a bad case of the flu and would miss the Sphere performance.
- The concert was the first Eagles show without Walsh since he joined the band in 1975.
- Vince Gill led “In the City,” “Life’s Been Good,” and “Rocky Mountain Way” as Deacon Frey and Chris Holt handled key guitar roles, with “Funk #49” replaced by “Best of My Love.”
- Henley said the band held a two-hour emergency rehearsal and praised its “deep bench” after Walsh struggled through parts of the previous night’s set.
- A spokesperson says Walsh hopes to be back soon as the residency resumes Jan. 30 with dates through March, alongside news that Their Greatest Hits 1971–1975 earned an RIAA quadruple-diamond certification.