Farewell 1 Tour: Live from Melbourne

2005 video by Eagles

Farewell 1 Tour: Live from Melbourne

Video by

Eagles

Released| June 14, 2005
Recorded| November 14, 15 and 17, 2004
Venue| Rod Laver Arena
(Melbourne, Australia)
Genre| Rock
Length| 175 minutes
Label| Warner Vision
Director| Carol Dodds
Producer|

* Glenn Frey (also exec.)
* Ken Ehrlich
* Harry Sandler

Eagles chronology
| Hell Freezes Over
(1994)  | Farewell 1 Tour: Live from Melbourne
(2005)  | Live from The Forum MMXVIII
(2020)

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Farewell 1 Tour: Live from Melbourne is a double DVD by Eagles, released in 2005. It was filmed in Melbourne, Australia at the Rod Laver Arena on November 14, 15 and 17, 2004, featuring two new songs.

It is the first Eagles live video as a quartet without Don Felder, who was terminated from the band in 2001 (but it did feature four other backing musicians, along with a four-piece horn section). This would also mark the last Eagles live video with founding member Glenn Frey before his death in 2016.

The name 'Farewell Tour' has nothing to do with the band's plan to quit touring and this is confirmed by Glenn Frey's quote in the interview contained in the DVD: "The longer this goes on, the better these songs sound. There is a 'sort of' honesty in calling the tour Farewell 1, with its implication that Farewell 2 will follow soon."

The concert marks the band's first use of pre-recorded rhythm tracks, namely a track consisting of muted guitar strums on "Hotel California" (which were overdubbed on the original studio version, but were absent from previous live performances of the song) and a backing rhythm track for Don Henley's rendition of his fast-paced solo hit "The Boys of Summer". The two new songs included in the DVD are "One Day At A Time" (Walsh) and "No More Cloudy Days" (Frey).

In November 2006, the DVD was re-issued at Wal-Mart stores with a bonus 3-track CD which are teasers of the band's upcoming studio album. The tracks are a studio version of Frey's "No More Cloudy Days", the Henley/Frey penned rocker "Fast Company" and the Henley/Schmit/Smith penned ballad "Do Something".

The performance was first released in a high-definition 1080p/DTS 5.1 format as an HD DVD in 2005.[1] In 2013, it was released as a single Blu-ray disc.

## Track listing

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### Disc One

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1. "Opening Sequence" (Glenn Frey, Richard Davis)
2. "The Long Run" (Don Henley, Frey)
3. "New Kid in Town" (Henley, Frey, JD Souther)
4. "Wasted Time (Henley, Frey) / Wasted Time (Reprise)" (Henley, Frey, Jim Ed Norman)
5. "Peaceful Easy Feeling" (Jack Tempchin)
6. "I Can't Tell You Why" (Henley, Frey, Timothy B. Schmit)
7. "One of These Nights" (Frey, Henley)
8. "One Day at a Time" (new; Joe Walsh)
9. "Lyin' Eyes" (Frey, Henley)
10. "The Boys of Summer" (Mike Campbell, Henley)
11. "In the City" (Walsh, Barry De Vorzon)
12. "Already Gone" (Tempchin, Rob Stradlund) / Silent Spring (Intro) (Frey, Jay Oliver)
13. "Tequila Sunrise" (Frey, Henley)
14. "Love Will Keep Us Alive" (Jim Capaldi, Paul Carrack, Peter Vale)
15. "No More Cloudy Days" (new; Frey)
16. "Hole in the World" (Frey, Henley)
17. "Take It to the Limit" (Frey, Henley, Randy Meisner)
18. "You Belong to the City" (Frey, Tempchin)
19. "Walk Away" (Walsh)
20. "Sunset Grill" (Henley, Danny Kortchmar, Benmont Tench)

### Disc Two

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1. "Life's Been Good" (Walsh)
2. "Dirty Laundry" (Henley, Kortchmar)
3. "Funk #49" (Jim Fox, Dale Peters, Walsh)
4. "Heartache Tonight" (Frey, Henley, Bob Seger, Souther)
5. "Life in the Fast Lane" (Frey, Henley, Walsh)
6. "Hotel California" (Don Felder, Henley, Frey)
7. "Rocky Mountain Way" (Rocky Grace, Kenny Passarelli, Joe Vitale, Walsh)
8. "All She Wants to Do Is Dance" (Kortchmar)
9. "Take It Easy" (Jackson Browne, Frey)
10. "Desperado" (Frey, Henley)

## Personnel

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### Eagles

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* Glenn Frey \- guitars, piano, keyboards, vocals
* Don Henley \- drums, percussion, guitars, vocals
* Timothy B. Schmit \- bass guitar, vocals
* Joe Walsh \- guitars, slide guitar, keyboards, organ, vocals

### Background musicians

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* Steuart Smith \- guitars, backing vocals (primarily replaces Don Felder who was fired from the Eagles in 2001)
* Michael Thompson: Keyboards, accordion, backing vocals
* Will Hollis: Keyboards, backing vocals
* Scott Crago: Drums, percussion, backing vocals, sound effects (e.g. car horns and brakes on "Life's Been Good", and clapping sounds in "Heartache Tonight")
* Bill Armstrong: Trumpet
* Al Garth: Saxophone, violin and percussion
* Chris Mostert: Tenor and alto saxophone
* Greg Smith: Baritone saxophone

## Bonus DVD

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* Behind the Scenes footage
* New Interviews
* A Glimpse Backstage
* Soundcheck

## Bonus CD included at Wal-Mart stores

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1. "No More Cloudy Days" (Frey)
2. "Fast Company" (Henley/Frey)
3. "Do Something" (Henley/Schmit/Smith)

## Charts and certifications

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| Chart (2005)  | Peak
position

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Australian Top 40 Music DVDs[2] | 1
Austrian Top 10 Music DVDs[3] | 4
Belgium (Flanders) Top 10 Music DVDs[4] | 5
Belgium (Wallonia) Top 10 Music DVDs[5] | 1
Danish Top 10 Music DVDs[6] | 5
Hungarian Top 20 DVDs[7] | 12
Italian Top 20 Music DVDs[8] | 1
Netherlands Top 30 Music DVDs[9] | 1
New Zealand Top 10 Music DVDs[10] | 1
Norwegian Top 10 DVDs[11] | 5
Portuguese Top 30 Music DVDs[12] | 6
Swedish Top 20 DVDs[13] | 1
| Region  | Certification | Certified units/sales

|
|

Australia (ARIA)[14] | 13× Platinum  | 195,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[15] | Diamond  | 100,000^
France (SNEP)[16] | Platinum  | 20,000*
Germany (BVMI)[17] | Platinum  | 50,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[18] | 6× Platinum  | 30,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[19] | 2× Platinum  | 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[21] | 30× Platinum  | 1,556,000[20]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

## References

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1. ^ "Eagles - Farewell 1 Tour - Live From Melbourne". Discogs. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
2. ^ "The ARIA Report (Issue 803)" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Australian Web Archive. p. 22\. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 19, 2005. Retrieved August 4, 2011.
3. ^ "Austria Top 40 – Musik-DVD Top 10". Austrian Charts (in German). Hung Medien. Archived from the original (ASP) on November 5, 2012. Retrieved August 4, 2011.
4. ^ "Ultratop 10 Muziek-DVD" (ASP). Ultratop (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved August 4, 2011.
5. ^ "Ultratop 10 Musicaux" (ASP). Ultratop (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved August 4, 2011.
6. ^ "Musik DVD Top-10: Uge 27 – 2005" (ASP). Hitlisten (in Danish). IFPI Denmark. Retrieved August 4, 2011.
7. ^ "Archivum: DVD Top 20". MAHASZ (in Hungarian). Retrieved August 4, 2011.
8. ^ "Archivio: DVD Musicali: Settimana 27, 2005" [Archive: Music DVDs: Week 27, 2005]. Federation of the Italian Music Industry (in Italian). Archived from the original (PHP) on May 12, 2012. Retrieved August 4, 2011.
9. ^ "GfK Dutch DVD Music Top 30". Dutch Charts (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Archived from the original (ASP) on October 21, 2012. Retrieved August 4, 2011.
10. ^ "Top 10 Music DVDs". Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. Archived from the original (ASP) on June 11, 2012. Retrieved August 4, 2011.
11. ^ "Topp 10 DVD Audio: 2005 – Uke 29". VG-lista (in Norwegian). Retrieved August 4, 2011.
12. ^ "Top 30 DVD's Musicais – Semana 31 De 2005". Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa (in Portuguese). Archived from the original (PHP) on October 6, 2011. Retrieved August 4, 2011.
13. ^ "Sverigetopplistan" (in Swedish). Archived from the original on December 26, 2015. Search for Eagles and click Sök.
14. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2011 DVDs" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association.
15. ^ "Canadian video certifications – Eagles – Farewell I Tour: Live". Music Canada.
16. ^ "French video certifications – Eagles – Fairwell Tour Part 1" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique.
17. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Eagles; 'Farewell 1 Tour')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
18. ^ "Latest Gold / Platinum DVDs". Radioscope. July 3, 2011. Archived from the original on July 28, 2011.
19. ^ "British video certifications – Eagles – Farewell Tour". British Phonographic Industry.
20. ^ Grein, Paul (March 6, 2013). "Week Ending March 3, 2013. Albums: Bargain Gives Bruno A Boost". Chart Watch. Yahoo Music. Retrieved March 14, 2013.
21. ^ "American video certifications – Eagles – Farewell I Tour: Live from Melbourne". Recording Industry Association of America. February 8, 2008. Retrieved July 4, 2011.

## External links

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* Eagles: Farewell 1 Tour-Live from Melbourne at IMDb

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