The country rock vets played to a sold-out & sunshiny festival crowd as they returned to the fest for the first time since 2012. 5/3/2026 Timothy B. Schmit, Don Henley and Deacon Frey of Eagles perform during the 55th Annual New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival at Fair Grounds Race Course on May 02, 2026 in New Orleans, Louisiana. Tim Mosenfelder/WireImage It didn’t take Eagles legend Don Henley too long during the band’s day 2 set headlining the 2026 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival to acknowledge just how different the environment was to their current home of Las Vegas. “This is very different from the Sphere,” Henley quipped to laughs and cheers from the daytime New Orleans crowd, who were very grateful to be under blue skies and sunshine on Saturday (May 2) versus the two previous days of rain and muddy fields at Jazz Fest.…