Van Halen Live

This “lost” Van Halen video of Van Halen lip-syncing “Mean Street” was aired this summer on Italian television channel Rai Storia. Luckily someone recorded it, giving us some of the clearest footage from the Roth-era. The recording was from 11/14/81. Enjoy!

Fan-filmed multi-camera video footage of Van Halen’s March 30th show at Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is now online. Fans filmed this from rows 1 and 2 and 17, and audio was recorded separately with a Sony PCM M10 unit with external binaural microphones. This was an excellent show that showcased how tight the [...]

Here’s a rare treat. A little-known clip of Van Halen lip-syncing “Unchained” for Spanish TV which aired in 1982. Keep in mind that seeing Van Halen on TV was something that almost never happened back then. And when you did actually get to see a great rock band on TV, it was often a lip-sync performance, which [...]

Last week we featured a video of a Van Halen Soundcheck in Greensboro where the band performed “As Is” and “Light Up the Sky.” The video below is “part 1″ of that soundcheck, where the band first performed “Unchained”, “Runnin’ With The Devil”, “She’s The Woman” and “Tattoo.” The fan-filmed footage is now synched with a [...]

Here’s a video that we’re rarely given the chance to see. This is part of Van Halen’s soundcheck in Greensboro, NC on April 21st. Filmed soundchecks are very few, and this one is extra special, as the fan-filmed footage is now synched with a separate IEM (inner ear monitor) audio recording, which is a high quality SOUNDBOARD audio! [...]

Van Halen’s “A Different Kind Of Truth” 2012 tour will hit Japan in November. This will be the first time they’ve played there in 14 years! Here are the dates: November 20: Osaka November 22: Osaka November 27: Tokyo VHND is hearing that these are OFFICIAL dates, even though they won’t be officially announced until [...]

Van Halen’s second show in Los Angeles (this past Saturday night) was unquestionably one of the very best of the tour. Some fans are saying it was even better than Vegas and the first L.A .show, on June 1st.  Dave was funnier than ever. Ed, Al, and Wolf were amazing as usual. The crowd was wild and [...]

From the Oakland Tribune Van Halen took the stage on Sunday at the Oracle Arena, where David Lee Roth and crew delivered a thoroughly energetic, cohesive and (gulp!) professional two-hour set. Hopefully, that will again be the case when Van Halen performs Tuesday at the HP Pavilion in San Jose. The single most striking aspect [...]

By Scott Essman The PA system is about half the size of the early 1980s shows.  The lighting rig is probably 25% of what it was.  The stage setup has fewer platforms and ramps. But Van Halen has lost little of the spunk, energy, and enthusiasm for live performing in the 35 years since the [...]

Van Halen’s 2012 tour invades Canada with a fury! The band played Montreal March 13th, Toronto on the 17th, and will play Ottawa this Wednesday the 21st. Some amazing fan-filmed footage of the entire Montreal concert has surfaced. While this footage is great for an amateur recording, keep in mind that watching amateur concert footage on youtube [...]