February 14 – Orlando, Florida From Sentinel: David Lee Roth, Sammy Hagar, Gary Cherone. Whatever. The guys in Van Halen had just better hope that the band’s guitarist doesn’t decide to quit. On Thursday at a sold-out Amway Arena, it was Eddie Van Halen’s thunderous, inventive squall of feedback and machine-gun arpeggios that lifted Van Halen’s reunion show from mere … [Read more...]

From NewTimes: Van Halen with Ky-Mani Marley Bank Atlantic Center, Ft. Lauderdale Feb. 12, 2008 It’s hard to believe that it’s been 24 years since I last saw Van Halen featuring “Diamond” David Lee Roth and Eddie Van Halen together on the same stage. Yes, it was back in 1984 at Madison Square Garden that I was fortunate enough to have my head blown off at the most … [Read more...]

February 8 - New Orleans, Louisiana From The Times-Picayune: By Molly Reid Friday (Feb. 8) night's Van Halen concert at the New Orleans Arena, part of the band's first reunion tour to include original frontman David Lee Roth, was a night of joyful noise and nostalgia accented with a few reminders -- both on stage and in the audience -- that it isn't 1978 … [Read more...]

From RockyMountainNews: It's the reunion they blew in 1996. Then again in 2000 and '02. Then it was announced last year, but with Eddie Van Halen's son on bass. Then Eddie went into rehab. The Van Halen reunion has been messed up so many times in so many different ways that it's amazing that the band is rolling across the country in 2008 as a tight unit, ripping through … [Read more...]

From AO: White men - even the older ones - can "Jump." And make guitars wail. And high-kick. And twirl microphone stands. And swagger. And hit the high notes (many if maybe not all). And carry off the bare-chest-and-skin-tight pants look. And get over themselves. So Van Halen showed a crowd of 9,368 at North Little Rock's Alltel Arena Wednesday night. Calling the … [Read more...]

From Chronicle: Van Halen has only its namesake rock-hero shredding through tunes on the band’s current reunion tour. But Monday night inside the Toyota Center, Eddie Van Halen was joined by an arena full of air guitarists. It was a nonstop exchange of adulation, energy and fist-pumping earnestness. A trim, vibrant Eddie shared the love with brother Alex (drums); shy … [Read more...]

January 24, 2008 in San Antonio, Texas. From Austin Music Source: The mullets were minimal and the spandex was scarce when Van Halen returned to “1984” Thursday night at the AT&T Center in San Antonio. Reunited with singer David Lee Roth and shirtless when they should be saggy, the middle-age men of Van Halen rocked the cradle off the hinges with a greatest hits … [Read more...]

Van Halen launched their 2008 tour in Oklahoma City last night, January 22, and reviewer George Lang of The Oklahoman newspaper had this to say: Review: Reunited Van Halen jolt classics back to life From the moment David Lee Roth appeared at the top of a giant runway that snaked through the Ford Center audience Tuesday night, he wore the one thing that told every Van Halen … [Read more...]