Following a three-night test run in Las Vegas last fall, the Eagles will start their Hotel California tour tonight with the first of three shows at the State Farm Arena in Atlanta. Don Henley says the show is divided into two sets with all of Hotel California played first. Then, after a 20-minute break, they’ll do a two-hour set of hits. Henley says they took note of other artists doing complete albums on tour, most notably Steely Dan and Bruce Springsteen. But, he adds that there was another reason for doing it.

Don Henley on another reason why the Eagles are doing Hotel California in its entirety.