2026 could be the final year of the Eagles, according to Don Henley, the group's last remaining founding member. In an interview on CBS Sunday Morning, he said, "I think this will probably be it. And I've said things like that before, but I feel like we're getting toward the end, and that will be fine, too."
Henley said he would like to "spend more time with my family, and I would like to spend more time growing vegetables." He added, "I've traveled all over the world but I haven't seen much of it because we see the airports and the hotel room and the venue and we don't get out much."
The band — which along with Henley includes Joe Walsh and Vince Gill on guitar and Timothy B. Schmit and Henley's late co-founder Glenn Frey’s son Deacon on bass — are currently extending their record-breaking run at Vegas' Sphere, with 56 shows in total since 2024.
The rock group's 1976 compilation Their Greatest Hits (1971–1975) was the first album to be certified platinum when that distinction was introduced the same year. Last month it became the first album to certified quadruple platinum. It remains America's best selling LP of all time.
The Eagles had a famously contentious breakup in 1980, but reunited in 1994 for a MTV special, later released as the hit live album Hell Freezes Over, and tour.
Last month, the Eagles played their first show without Joe Walsh since he joined the band over 50 years ago. He came down with the flu and his parts were mostly handled by Frey and Gill at Sphere on Jan. 24.
Watch a clip of the CBS Sunday Morning interview below.
@cbssundaymorning Singer-songwriter Don Henley says he thinks 2026 will be the end of The Eagles performances, “and I’m OK with that.” “I don’t ever want to have a one-dimensional life,” he tells Tracy Smith. More from their conversation airs this Sunday.
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