The Wembley Stadium Eagles concerts in London in 1977 were four days of shows and the beginning of a tour of England, Scotland, Germany, Netherlands, and Sweden during April and May 1977. The Wembley concert dates began just a month following the Capital Centre concerts which were March 21-22, 1977.
“When the announcement about their concert at Wembley Pool, London, broke, the box office received 137,866 letters. The post office had to get three trucks to deliver all the mail, and as a result submitted a new statistic to the Guinness Book of Records for the largest mail delivery to a business in one single day.”
Record Searchlight (Redding, CA) – June 3, 1977
The Eagles were also at Wembley with Elton John and the Beach Boys for the Mid-Summer Music concert in 1975.
John Tobler interview with the Eagles for BBC Radio – April 19, 1977
Randy is the first to be interviewed, and his segment only lasts about six minutes. John starts out asking Randy about the Dynamics and Rick Nelson. At about the 1:08:40 mark Don Henley mentions that Randy always gets a standing ovation of about three minutes, which is the longest ovation in their set, for Take It To The Limit.
This is an informal interview with all the Eagles and John Tobler sitting around in a room at the InterContinental Hotel in London.
Wembley Stadium Eagles Concert
April 25, 1977
Randy Meisner, Glenn Frey, Don Felder, and Joe Walsh
Record Mirror magazine – Apr. 30, 1977
April 27, 1977
April 28, 1977
Randy Meisner, Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Don Felder, and Joe Walsh
Elton John joins the Eagles on stage on their last night
Record World magazine – May 28, 1977
Page 3 Girl – In the limo at London Airport
Record Mirror magazine – Apr. 30, 1977
Randy Meisner, Joe Walsh’s girlfriend, and Joe Walsh
Eagles accepting their awards of silver and gold albums for UK sales of “Hotel California” and “Their Greatest Hits (1971-75)”. The awards were presented backstage after the last night of the Wembley concerts – Apr. 28, 1977.
Don Felder, Joe Walsh, Randy Meisner, John Fruin (Managing Director of WEA UK), Don Henley, and Glenn Frey
Don Felder, Joe Walsh, Randy Meisner, Don Henley, and Glenn Frey (in front)
DISTINGUISHED VISITORS – Among those on hand for the Eagles’ Wembley Empire Pool concerts were Elton John and Lynn Swann of the Pittsburgh Steelers football team. Elton later joined the Eagles onstage during their fourth encore to play piano – April 28, 1977.
Amusement Business magazine – June 11, 1977
Don Felder, Joe Walsh, Elton John, Lynn Swann (Pittsburgh Steelers), Randy Meisner, Don Henley, and Glenn Frey
Cash Box magazine – May 28, 1977
Wembley Stadium Eagles Concert 1977 tickets for each of the four nights
The after-concert party on Apr. 26, 1977
Glenn Frey, Pete Townshend, and Joe Walsh
Glenn Frey and Elton John
Joe Walsh, Don Henley, and John Entwistle
Lynsey de Paul and Harvey Goldsmith, English concert promoter
Bob Pridden (sound engineer for The Who), Glenn Frey (standing), Sally Arnold, John Entwistle, Pete Townshend, and Karen Townshend
Concert announcement in Record Mirror magazine – Apr. 23, 1977
Photo in announcement above is from the 1974 Don Kirshner show.
Record Mirror magazine – Mar. 26, 1977
“The Eagles arrive in Britain on Concorde tonight for a British tour that includes four sell-out concerts at Wembley Empire Pool, giving them impeccable credentials as the latest rock phenomenon.”
Evening Standard (London, England) – Apr. 19, 1977
“If their profile were any lower they would have to perform lying down. In their battered jeans and unbuttoned shirts they look as though they have just wandered in from some Californian beach.”
Evening Standard (London, England) – Apr. 26, 1977
“A huge curtain behind the band occasionally lifted to reveal 28 violinists and seven cellists, perched incongruously and waiting somewhat ironically to battle with the hall’s acoustics on Wasted Time.”
“It was tight, it was neat, it sounded just right – and that’s not an easy feat in the great hollow barn that is Wembley.”
Concert review in Record Mirror magazine – Apr. 30, 1977
“Their roots are deep and varied but include bands such as Poco and Rick Nelson’s Stone Canyon Band.”
Record Mirror magazine – Apr. 30, 1977
“I approached half a dozen fans at random and asked them whether they could name all five members of the band. No one could.”
“This curious anonymity points to an interesting fact about the Eagles, namely that their appeal depends upon their music alone.”
“The crowd went crazy and the concert had to end before some of the hanging speakers fell off their supports and risked injuring the audience.”
Record Searchlight (Redding, CA) – June 3, 1977
Billboard – June 11, 1977