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For the Eagles' Glenn Frey, popular singing televised contests like 'American Idol' and 'X Factor' are nothing more than an opportunity for singing hopefuls to take the stage and oversing. He has a message for its contestants: Tone it down a bit...

Eagles singer-songwriter and drummer Don Henley is releasing a new solo album in May, and in an interview to promote that upcoming work, he let slip that a former member of the Eagles will return to the band for an upcoming tour -- though he declined to say which one.

When Don Henley and Glenn Frey set about authorizing the new documentary 'History of the Eagles,' they took the unusual step of securing an Oscar-winning filmmaker to produce -- because, as Frey put it in a recent interview with the New York Times, "Our management sent me what they thought were some of the best music documentaries that had been done. And I wasn’t crazy about any of it."

With the possible exception of Joe Walsh, the guys in the Eagles aren't exactly known for being talkative, and Don Henley tends to be the most taciturn of all -- so the fact that he recently decided to open up to Rolling Stone about the pair of new documentaries delving into the band's history must mean he really likes the movies.

17 days and counting until Election Days 2012. Have you decided which candidate you plan on voting for? If not take a minute and vote on the music and that'll help some.

It’s Friday August 13th of 1982. Your miserable at home because the summer heat is killing you. You’re miserable watching the news and seeing all the horrible “Dirty Laundry”. You decide to take a drive out to Oneida Lake and you turn on your favorite radio station. You hear this incredible song and the jock informs you it’s off Don Henley’s new album “I Can't Stand Still.”

When rapper Frank Ocean released his ‘Nostalgia’ mixtape, it featured a song called ‘American Wedding’ that had an uncleared sample of The Eagles classic tune ‘Hotel California’ — something that didn’t make Don Henley, the song’s co-author, or his label very happy.

Don Henley will be honored in Washington next month. He’s getting the first-ever Recording Artists’ Coalition Award. The Recording Academy says

Don Henley is going back to his country roots.

Today's Classic Video Clip features the Eagles song about what happens what you're not the only one she's got eyes for.  Glenn Frey's on vocals.  And I love Joe Walsh's guitar on this one.  Originally from Hotel California, here's " New Kid in Town"