Music
Don Henley of the Eagles testifies about a 1980 arrest as he takes the stand at trial over what the musician says are stolen draft lyrics to ‘Hotel California.’
Feb. 26, 2024
World & Nation
A lawyer for Don Henley says the Eagles star ‘will pursue all his rights in the civil courts’ after New York prosecutors abruptly dropped their case.
March 6, 2024
The Don Henley-Geffen Records legal battle--which could drastically redefine the nature of recording contracts in the music business--intensified this week as EMI Music confirmed its mega-dollar bid for music publishing rights to Henley’s song catalogue.
April 29, 1993
Pop & Hiss
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Feb. 29, 2012
Three men charged Tuesday knew that 100 pages of Don Henley’s handwritten notes and lyrics were stolen, the New York County D.A. alleges, but tried to sell them anyway.
July 13, 2022
The urge to kill Don Henley first hit Mojo Nixon as he watched the pony-tailed former Eagle accept a Grammy for “Record of the Year.”
Nov. 2, 1990
In July, three men were indicted in an attempt to sell the manuscripts, stolen property belonging to the Eagles’ leader. But the story begins in the ’70s with a shelved biography.
Aug. 25, 2022
Don Henley is most proud right now of “The Heart of the Matter,” the tender, regretful ballad that closes his latest album.
Sept. 24, 1989
Two performers emblematic of ‘70s rock, the Eagles’ Don Henley and Fleetwood Mac’s Stevie Nicks, will tour together this summer for the first time -- but it will be a brief affair.
April 26, 2005
“Stop . . . stop ,” Glenn Frey shouts during an Eagles rehearsal with enough urgency to raise the blood pressure of anyone familiar with the band’s history.
May 22, 1994