North Texas is getting a send-off show from one of the biggest bands ever — and a Dallas music scene veteran will be on stage with them.
ARLINGTON, Texas — For the first time since they first embarked on their “The Long Goodbye” series of tours in 2023, The Eagles will finally be bringing their brand of Laurel Canyon-infused classic rock to Dallas-Fort Worth.
On Wednesday, the band announced that it will perform on Saturday, May 16, at the Texas Rangers’ home of Globe Life Field in Arlington. The show is one of just three newly announced stadium dates in the band’s latest tour extension, dubbed “The Long Goodbye, Act III”, the other two dates being Atlanta on May 5 and Nashville on May 9.
The band’s lineup for the tour includes founding Eagles member Don Henley, his longtime bandmates Joe Walsh and Timothy B. Schmit, and Vince Gill and Deacon Frey, who will jointly stand in for Deacon’s father, the late Glenn Frey, who co-founded the band alongside Henley, Bernie Leadon and Randy Meisner.
The Grammy Award-winning blues band Tedeschi Trucks Band will open the show.
Fans can sign up through 10 a.m. Monday, March 2, at the band’s website for access to the artist presale, which begins 10 a.m. Tuesday, March 3.
Though a California-sprung outfit, the Eagles have longstanding ties to North Texas. Henley, who was raised in Northeast Texas, has lived in Dallas’ Bluffview neighborhood for years. And Dallas music scene veteran Chris Holt — who has toured with Henley’s solo band for a decade now — has served as the co-lead guitarist and backing vocalist on the Eagles’ touring band since 2025.
Holt has been a fixture in the Dallas-Fort Worth music community for decades now through his solo work, as well as his efforts in his bands The Slack, Sorta and, most recently, Bastards of Soul.
“The Long Goodbye, Act III” is the latest chapter in the Eagles’ ongoing farewell tour, concluding its run as one of the most successful bands in music history — although, famously, the band isn’t everyone’s cup of tea. Formed in 1971, the band became a commercial powerhouse within a decade, selling more than 150 million albums worldwide. Their albums “Their Greatest Hits 1971–1975” and “Hotel California” have each sold well over 30 million copies.
The band broke up for 14 years starting in 1980 before reuniting in 1994 with its 1994 “Hell Freezes Over” tour and accompanying album. The band has continued to exist in some form ever since.
According to Setlist.fm, the Eagles’ last North Texas concert was on Feb. 19, 2014, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas.