“Maybe now he will stop texting me wanting to know when the Eagles are coming.”
— Intrust Bank Arena spokeswoman Sarah Haertl, referring to Eagle sports columnist and Eagles fanatic Bob Lutz’s constant pestering about the band (which is coming to Wichita June 30)
WICHITA — In the final Eagles news of the day, the June 30 concert date is back on Live Nation’s website.
And, as a final bit of confirmation, there’s now a sign just inside Intrust Bank Arena (and visible from Kellogg) that says, “I gotta peaceful easy feeling.”
And now that that’s settled, so do I.
WICHITA — I’m getting anything but a peaceful, easy feeling on this Eagles situation.
Now Live Nation has removed the June 30 Intrust Bank Arena concert confirmation from its website.
My bet is the show is still happening, but someone put the information on the website before it was supposed to be there.
Stay tuned.
WICHITA — Live Nation now confirms the Eagles are coming to Intrust Bank Arena on June 30.
No one with the concert promoter returned a call for comment, but the date is now on the Live Nation website.
The site says there’s a presale for tickets starting June 2.
WICHITA — Back before Intrust Bank Arena opened, there was a lot of speculation about what act would kick off the new venue.
The most popular pick was the Eagles, except they weren’t on tour when the arena opened in January.
They are now.
There will be an announcement next week about a big show coming to the arena, and our bet is it’s the Eagles.
The band is on its Long Road Out of Eden tour now.
Its website lists a number of upcoming dates, though none for Wichita — yet.
The Eagles are playing in St. Louis on June 24 and in Dallas on June 26. Those are the closest cities announced so far. It would not be surprising to see a Wichita date around that time.
The Eagles are playing in Austin October 10, so it looks like there’s plenty of time this summer to schedule more venues.
The Dixie Chicks and Keith Urban are special guests for a number of scheduled dates so far.
An arena spokeswoman won’t confirm or deny that there’s even an announcement coming next week.
Most likely, the announcement will be coming from concert promoter Live Nation.
A Live Nation spokeswoman didn’t return calls for comment.
We’ll keep you posted.
“I’ve also heard Paul McCartney, and that’s not true, either.”
— Intrust Bank Arena manager Chris Presson’s response to talk circulating that the Eagles will be the arena’s debut act in January