"Because we can."
That seems to be the Eagles' motto these days.
"We're going to play 2½ hours' worth of music for you," leader Don Henley said Saturday night at Target Field. "Because we can."
They charged as much as $495 a ticket, because they can.
They used five electric guitarists on some selections, because they can.
They brought Jimmy Buffett — whose sunny worldview is the opposite of the Eagles' often jaded vision — as an opening act, because they can. (He used to open for them in the late '70s.)
They've gone on tour for 52 concerts a little more than two years after co-leader Glenn Frey died. Because they can.
And the Eagles gave arguably their best performance in the Twin Cities. Because they did.