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SPECTACULAR VAN HALEN 2007-2008 PHOTO GALLERY (MUST-SEE)!

October 27, 2008 33 Comments

David Lee Roth’s official website, davidleeroth.com, has been updated with a spectacular photo gallery from the last Van Halen tour. 85 amazing photos in all – onstage, backstage, on the tour bus, what have you. A must-see!

Mad Props to the Van Halen frontman for going to all the trouble, time, and expense to do this, just for “all the people here tonight!”

View VAN HALEN 2007-2008 photo gallery

Rehash

these are awesome.
VH2008

WHOA! “Spectacular” is right!

Thanks for sharing these with us, Dave! Hopefully we’ll all see you guys again real soon!
http://www.austinaptdeals.com Rich Chilleri

Fantastic!!!! Makes you feel you like you were backstage, thanks for sharing!!!!!
http://na John Greggs

love the shots of the crew working on the set up with the house lights on……that was me some years ago working on every show that came through LAKELAND and Tampa……thanks for saving those shots Dave…….those were awesome times that not even the guys working today could ever experience….
http://na John Greggs

I did alot of Dave rehearsals at Lakeland….he sure did love his mountain bike…LOL
Eddie M………………………………

This is a very bad sign thats Dave’s website is up and running. Eddie wouldn’t let Dave do this on his own web site. Ed’s needs to be in total control ever since he won the war of who needs who more. Band is probably broken up. Glad i Saw them 5 times.
ben

Thanks Dave, Can’t wait for the Live DVD and new CD!
http://www.thevery80s.nl Klaas Ottens

Wow man, this is bring back some good memories, I came all the way down from Holland to see the 2 Van Halen shows in the MGM Grand in Las Vegas…It was better than sex hahaha…
What a great pictures, thanks a lot Dave.
When are u coming over to Europe??

Take care,

Klaas.
Matt from Austalia

Awesome shots Dave – you’re a champion! Thanks for thinking of the fans. Can’t wait for the live DVD…
The Full Bug

Outstanding!!!
ace5150

Very good quality pics.

I hope he got permission from the VH brothers to post them on his own site or there will be problems.
Joe S

My wife and I saw the pictures last week on Dave’s web site;
I have his site as one of my hope pages.

We enjoyed seeing them they brought back some good memories.

Thank you, Dave for the time and effort to do this for all of fans.
Dawn

Thank you DLR for those awesome pictures! It is bittersweet b/c I wish I was at a concert right now! Please tour again!
Ray

great shots, the tour rocked let’s hope for a DVD of the tour.
rock on guys……………………..
Ted

THIS IS IT…. These pics represent EXACTLY the seemingly effortless style that Van Halen had with Dave Roth, the stuff that helped set them apart from all the others… and that they lost completely with Sam.

It reminds me of the pics from the Diver Down sleeve mixed with some great Neil Zlozower concert shots.
Jero

That’s Van Halen!!!
http://none Chris

That’s just great!!! Just rub it in for us poor suffering VH fans in Australia!!! I can’t really enjoy these photos enough if I haven’t felt the full throttle of the mighty Van Halen in concert!!! I just cry when something new comes from VH, because I know they won’t make it down under!! Just give us the new album please…just in time for Christmas. Christmas is just not the same without a new VH album!!
Tom

Very cool!
RobbyVenice

Ted said it right…This is the energy rock stars exude when they are in their element…way to go Roth!
Lisa St. Onge

Great show! Was lucky enought to see 2 shows when VH recently toured 2007 -2008. So cool….. I think I am up to about 25 shows since back it the day…. Thanks for sharing these pictures Dave. They’re great! Come back soon!
VAN HALEN ROCKS!
Trevor Best

24 years had passed since the time I bought my first Van Halen album and slammed it on my record player…forever to be changed by what I heard.On Oct 7th 2007 I was 2nd row at your Toronto show, with tears of joy streaming down my face I watched you guys take the stage and fulfill all my teenage rock fantasies. Thank you so much for the memories Dave…and for those yet to come.
robertfludd

I think dude above might be right that Dave posting these on his own site could be bad news, especially if Eddie still has issues about ‘being in charge’ of the band. But, it looks like Dave – not VH – hired the photographer Robert Yager to follow him on the tour – see more here:

http://altpick.com/yager

They should publish a photobook. And – as everyone else is sayin’ – open up the damn vaults. There should be a box set of unreleased material. There should be a 25th anniversary edition of ’1984′ with all THIRTEEN tracks that were finished during the session.

C’mon Eddie – you’re frittering the VH legend away the longer you don’t do this.
ClubfootKolby

This is not a bad omen that Dave has his web site back up and runnning, this is just the same old Van Halen that drove Sammy and Mike out of the band because they never seem to want to work on anything new or put out any news for the people who spent 93 million bucks on this last tour. We need to look at who is always working on something new for the fans that would be Sammy and his bands.
James Kane

Glad I got to see VH with Dave. Awesome tour! Saw two shows, Greensboro N.C. and Atlanta. I expected the best and got the best.
Canadian Fan

Nice to see that “with age” we can forget about the bad times and remember to good times.

Need a new album just to get the world Van Halenized again.

ALL new music of today is just CRAAAAP
Juan from SD

These images represent the best of this band. I am not reading too much into the fact that the VH website is quite since they’ve never really kept it up anyway. But the photos, Dave’s site, and reaction can only get a razzle out of Ed and Alex to not sit there and gray up and maybe get their asses into recording touring mode, with Mikey included.

Cheers,
JD
Michael De Jong

Thanks Dave for the great pictures. Looks like a Mac was used to assemble the picts on this site. Two greatest things to come out of California – Van Halen, Apple Computers and Products…. oh wait 3 things, California Girls!
Michael De Jong – Calgary, Alberta
PS : looking forward to some new material
Simonhead

Awesome Pics! \o/ \o/ \o/
Alias

Yo your concert rocked! i seen you at the riverbank right befor my 17th birthday. KEEP ROCKING!!!
Alias

Great pics too….
Mike V.

Sure wish these photos were captioned, wish some of the personnel with the band were identified. Yes, privacy should be maintained for some of these, but would be nice to know.
Bob K.

Wow…Was lucky enough to see opening night in Charlotte & both Georgia shows, taking our 11-year old son to his first-ever concert. Saw them several times back in the day…can’t wait for new material!!! Thanks for making the dream of a reunion come true for the long-time fans!!!
Rocko

Best Tour in History, Ed looks sober, Dave looks better than he was 20 plus years ago.