Here is a quick review of Van Halen's opening night in Greensboro, NC!
You hear "Hellllllllllllllllllllllllooooooooooooooooooooo Baby!"
1. Jump
2. Runaround
3. "My Generation" (just a short riff)
4. Humans Being
5. Up For Breakfast (New)
6. Mike Bass Solo
7. Somebody Get Me A Doctor (Mike on lead vocals)
8. Poundcake
9. It's About Time (New)
10. Alex Drum Solo
11. Top Of The World
12. Unchained
13. Why Can't This Be Love? (Sam, Mike & Eddie each sang a verse)
14. Eagles Fly (Sam solo acoustic)
15. Deeper Kind Of Love (Sam solo acoustic)
16. Learning To See (New)
17. Best Of Both Worlds
18. Eddie's Solo (Eddie cried at the end because of the chants from fans)
19. Dreams
20. Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love
21. Right Now
Encore:
22. You Really Got Me
23. Panama
24. When It's Love
Their were live video screens for people to see. The video for Right Now, was an updated MTV version with the 'right now you are hear' etc statements rolling through. But with new additions. Like 'Right Now we will never forget' with a picture of the NYFD (New York Fire Department) which was on a license plate for 911. Or a 'Right Now, someone is downloading this song'. 'Right Now a solider is coming home' (with an image of a welcome home sign), then 'Right Now, someone is not' (with an image of the National Cemetary). Lots of new items in that video.
The arena looked sold out! I saw a few empty seats but people were running to get closer. Sammy was wearing, flags, banners and shirts thrown from the crowd, and he and Eddie were signing autographs and shirts, etc throughout the show to the people they could reach. Sammy was even opening up beers and sharing them with people by giving them a cup and filling it up for them.
It was an incredible show! And like George said emotional. But he also pointed out that it looked like they were having so much fun being toegether and playing. You could feel it in the songs.
There wee HUGE merch tables! Tons of shrirts and gimmicks. No tour book yet, but there were tons of pictures being taken by professionals.
I also think the 3 new songs went down very well, as no one left to buy beer or anything. And also forgot to mention, that everybody stood up the entire show! Only people I saw sitting down were the ones passing out from drinking themselves to death...lol
During the song Dreams, Sammy came out up top on a catwalk for the whole song, and sang it up there. Lookes like to give the people in the up seats a front row feel!
Well that is all I can think of right now...but I tell ya..it WAS worth every penny and the 7 hour drive with a 2 hour detour for me! And I get to go do it again but in my backyard at the Meadowlands on the 23rd!
You hear "Hellllllllllllllllllllllllooooooooooooooooooooo Baby!"
1. Jump
2. Runaround
3. "My Generation" (just a short riff)
4. Humans Being
5. Up For Breakfast (New)
6. Mike Bass Solo
7. Somebody Get Me A Doctor (Mike on lead vocals)
8. Poundcake
9. It's About Time (New)
10. Alex Drum Solo
11. Top Of The World
12. Unchained
13. Why Can't This Be Love? (Sam, Mike & Eddie each sang a verse)
14. Eagles Fly (Sam solo acoustic)
15. Deeper Kind Of Love (Sam solo acoustic)
16. Learning To See (New)
17. Best Of Both Worlds
18. Eddie's Solo (Eddie cried at the end because of the chants from fans)
19. Dreams
20. Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love
21. Right Now
Encore:
22. You Really Got Me
23. Panama
24. When It's Love
Their were live video screens for people to see. The video for Right Now, was an updated MTV version with the 'right now you are hear' etc statements rolling through. But with new additions. Like 'Right Now we will never forget' with a picture of the NYFD (New York Fire Department) which was on a license plate for 911. Or a 'Right Now, someone is downloading this song'. 'Right Now a solider is coming home' (with an image of a welcome home sign), then 'Right Now, someone is not' (with an image of the National Cemetary). Lots of new items in that video.
The arena looked sold out! I saw a few empty seats but people were running to get closer. Sammy was wearing, flags, banners and shirts thrown from the crowd, and he and Eddie were signing autographs and shirts, etc throughout the show to the people they could reach. Sammy was even opening up beers and sharing them with people by giving them a cup and filling it up for them.
It was an incredible show! And like George said emotional. But he also pointed out that it looked like they were having so much fun being toegether and playing. You could feel it in the songs.
There wee HUGE merch tables! Tons of shrirts and gimmicks. No tour book yet, but there were tons of pictures being taken by professionals.
I also think the 3 new songs went down very well, as no one left to buy beer or anything. And also forgot to mention, that everybody stood up the entire show! Only people I saw sitting down were the ones passing out from drinking themselves to death...lol
During the song Dreams, Sammy came out up top on a catwalk for the whole song, and sang it up there. Lookes like to give the people in the up seats a front row feel!
Well that is all I can think of right now...but I tell ya..it WAS worth every penny and the 7 hour drive with a 2 hour detour for me! And I get to go do it again but in my backyard at the Meadowlands on the 23rd!
