glenn frey said the eagles will get back together when hell freezes over.
who said the eagles will get back together when hell freezes over?
glenn frey
the album name is in reference to a quote by don henley after the band's breakup in 1980; he commented that the band would play together again "when hell freezes over". henley said in 1982 on the break-up: "i just rule out the possibility of putting the eagles back together for a lost youth and greed tour". in 1993, an eagles tribute album, "", was recorded by several country artists. travis tritt, who covered "take it easy" in the album, asked the band to appear in his video for the song. the former eagles band members agreed, and it would be the first time the group had appeared together in 13 years. two months later, glenn frey and henley had lunch with their management and decided to reunite.
hell freezes over
the eagles broke up around 1980 and reunited in 1994, when they released a new album titled "hell freezes over". the album had live tracks and four new songs. the hell freezes over tour followed. in 2012 on "the tavis smiley show", frey told smiley, "when the eagles broke up, people used to ask me and don, 'when are the eagles getting back together?' we used to answer, 'when hell freezes over.' we thought it was a pretty good joke. people have the misconception that we were fighting a lot. it is not true. we had a lot of fun. we had a lot more fun than i think people realize." at their first live concert of 1994, frey told the crowd, "for the record, we never broke up. we just took a 14-year vacation."
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