Here's a tale from Van Halen's 1979 "World Vacation" tour, from David Lee Roth's autobiography "Crazy from The Heat": Pretty soon, we were opening for bigger and bigger bands. In early '79, we were playing at the Los Angeles Coliseum, some ninety thousand people, Aerosmith was top bill. And I had an idea of a way to make an entrance, having gone down to the stadium to see … [Read more...]