By Lorilee Craker and John Sinkevics | Local Spins

Musicians are storytellers, and The Eagles have spun plenty of yarns in their 42-year history. Could their sold-out Monday “History of The Eagles” show at Grand Rapids’ Van Andel Arena be their final chapter here as far as performing live? It sure felt that way.

This story also felt old-fashioned, in the best way, and not only because many of the hits dated back to the '70s. The band mandated a ban on cell phones and tablets during the concert. No texting. No Instagram. No YouTube. In fact, security was strictly enforcing this rule, tossing out abusers throughout the three-plus hour music marathon.

This may have been a bit jarring for some concert-goers, like cutting apron strings to the mother ship. But the result was an in-the-moment experience that let concert-goers sink into the songs with no distractions. (Although having security bust folks throughout was pretty distracting at times.)

Source: Local Spins

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