While performers with hits high on the billboard charts blew through Oklahoma City on their busy 2002 summer tours, music icons of generations past also rocked the Sooner state.

Although pop star Britney Spears and rock band Korn entertained large audiences during the summer at the Ford Center, reunited bands such as the Eagles and Poison also had high ticket sales.

Visiting the Ford Center on June 29, the Eagles performed for a sold-out audience, playing songs from throughout the band's career to fans young and old.

One of the biggest rock acts in the world during the '70s, the Eagles disbanded in 1982 for solo careers. While members Don Henley and Glenn Frey were most successful on their own, the band reunited in 1994 for their Hell Freezes Over tour.

The Eagles' album, "Eagles Greatest Hits 1971-1975," ranks just behind Michael Jackson's, Thriller, as the best-selling ever, with more than 24 million copies.

The recently concluded Eagles tour was a profitable venture for the band. Over the course of 32 shows in smaller markets, the Eagles performed for more than 400,000 fans and brought in about $38 million, according to a 2002 band press release.

The band plans to finish a new album by spring of next year, along with starting a new tour. Their new album will be the group's first since 1979's album "The Long Run."

Poison, one of the of the biggest "hair" rock bands of the late 1980's, also recently reunited, releasing a new album, "Hollywierd," in 2002. The group played July 4 at the Oklahoma City Zoo Ampitheatre to an audience in the thousands, mostly loyal fans from their head-rocking days.

Poison played songs ranging from throughout the years, including one of their biggest hits "Every Rose Has Its Thorn." Cinderella and Faster Pussycat, also known for their late 1980's heavy metal hits, joined the group on tour.

While the group may not have another top ten hit soon, enthused members proved that they still have the drive and the heart to rock'n'roll.
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