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...]
Runnin’ With The David in Edmonton (Reviews)
December 9, 2007 - Edmonton From Edmonton Journal: Christmas came early for local rock fans as one of the most anticipated reunions pulled into Rexall Place on a snowy, chilly December night. Playing the part of a sexy, smiley Santa was David Lee Roth, back in the Van Halen saddle after more than 20 years. As he waved a giant red flag at the start of the group's … [Read more...]
Review: Calgary, December 7, 2007
From JAM: CALGARY -- With a heelball change, step to the left, and an upward scissor kick high into the air (not as high as it used to be, but still pretty bouncy) Diamond 'twinkle toes' Dave was back in all his syncopated glory. When Van Halen hit the stage at the Saddledome last night with original front man David Lee Roth at the helm and a sober Eddie Van Halen wielding … [Read more...]
Van Halen makes it 1984 in Vancouver (Reviews)
From Vancouver Sun: No matter how fast and furious the guitar playing, how crazy the drumming, or how impassioned the singing, there was no escaping the fact that Wednesday's Van Halen show at GM Place was an attempt to re-live a long-gone era. Maybe that's precisely what made the show so great for so many. The 13,000 or so fans seemed to love the rocking reunion of … [Read more...]
Van Halen is A Knockout in Seattle (Reviews)
From Seattle PI: "Dance the Night Away" could have been the theme song for Van Halen's raucous reunion show Monday night at KeyArena. Even the rare power ballad in a mostly pedal-to-the-metal rock concert kept fans on their feet and swaying to the music. The 25-song set hit most of the high points from the band's heyday, before original singer David Lee Roth left in a huff … [Read more...]
Van Halen Rocks The House In San Diego
From UT: When David Lee Roth sang the chorus of Van Halen's “Unchained” Sunday night at SDSU's Cox Arena, it was the moment that summed up the rocky 22-year hiatus since Roth departed the iconic rock band and the recent reunion. Change means questions: Could Van Halen maintain the technical superiority that set it apart from the high tide of heavy metal bands in the early … [Read more...]
Reviews & Pics From Los Angeles’ Staples Center, November 20th
From Los Angeles Times: Instead of sweating to Van Halen, the ravers who packed Staples Center on Tuesday often looked as if they were gaping at a movie. They were; they all had to stand at seats, and the dynamic angles on the behind-stage mega-screen pumped the scene with a cinematic dimension. They had another reason to lurk like peepers behind their cellphone cameras, … [Read more...]
Madison Square Garden Reviews
November 13, 2007 - Madison Square Garden From Rolling Stone: There were plenty of reasons to be skeptical walking into last night's Van Halen concert at New York's Madison Square Garden. In no particular order: founding bassist Michael Anthony has been kicked to the curb in favor of Eddie Van Halen's sixteen-year-old son Wolfgang, David Lee Roth's vocals have sounded … [Read more...]
Video footage & Review of Van Halen in Kansas City
From Pitch: A crowd roughly the size (and appearance) of Independence, Missouri, poured into the Sprint Center last Friday night to worship at the altar of once-lusty '80s guitar rock kings Van Halen, fronted this time around by original bitch-on-the-mic David Lee Roth. Side note: I would not go see Van Halen unless Diamond Dave was there. I'm pretty sure that man was the … [Read more...]
Worcester Review: Rocking Like It’s 1984
From Telegram: WORCESTER — Van Halen’s return to the concert stage with singer David Lee Roth back in the lineup after a 22-year separation proved to be not so much a reunion show, but rather a redemption show. In a crisp two-hour performance last night at the DCU Center, Van Halen reclaimed and restored a catalog of arena-rocking gems perilously close to being lost to … [Read more...]
Washington Reviews: Van Halen Alive and Riffing
From The Washington Post: By Dave McKenna Special to The Washington Post Saturday, November 3, 2007 As sure as the rivers will flow and the sun will rise, David Lee Roth will get canned from Van Halen. Again, that is -- just as he was canned in 1985.But for more than two hours at Verizon Center on Thursday, Roth was in the fold, and the giggles were back. By the time … [Read more...]
Boston Review: Van Halen Returns to the Party
Review of the October 30, 2007 show at the TD Garden From Boston.com: "We're baaaaack!" was the battle cry. "Hot for Teacher" was the song. David Lee Roth was the singer - a man no one expected to see high-fiving Eddie Van Halen on a concert stage in this lifetime. But Van Halen, in near-original formation, has returned from the land of acrimonious break-ups and … [Read more...]