How many of you actually have seen Van Halen live?

[DLR'sCock]

I have....

1984 Tour at the Brendan Byrne arena in April of 1984...

1988 Monsters of Rock at Giants stadium w/ Metallica, Dokken, and the Scorpions.....

2007 Philly and NYC MSG

2008 Meadowlands Idod Arena

Dave.....

Eat 'em and Smile 1986 MSG NYC

2001 Philly Spectrum

2002 PNC Bank Arts Center and Camdem

2003 Starland Ballroom Sayreville, NJ

2005 Wilmington, DE

[Stall Rest]

Hi, new here, old timer fan. My friend Rusty's band Eulogy opened for them loads in the 70s, which is how I got the intro. Saw them loads with Dave here in California, at Donnington and in Holland. DLR solo here, Oslo and Rotterdam. Never, ever saw them sans DLR.

[Hellraiser!!]

I saw DLR solo in 2006....

In 1983, the only time VH came here, I was too young!!

[Angel]

1979 - Calgary 1980-Calgary and Edmonton 1981-Edmonton 2007-Vancouver. DLR 2002-Edmonton

[AccidentalAngel]

I saw CVH just once, in 1984 in Karlsruhe, Germany, on the Monsters of Rock festival. I didn’t like VH much at this time, which had nothing to do with the music, I liked that but…

I had a boyfriend at the time that was totally in to EvH and he spent more time listening to the albums, practicing on his guitar and with his band then he spent on me. I resented Ed for that because he always came first, of course the poor guy couldn’t help that but I was 17 at the time and just needed someone to be pissed at. I went with the boyfriend to Monsters of Rock prepared to hold his hand because he thought he was going to faint seeing Ed live on stage. The moment Dave and VH came one to the stage my life changed. I was blown away, totally in awe, there is no way to describe it, I elbowed my way to the front of the stage and had the time of my life. Back in Holland after this I ditched the boyfriend and bought the six-pack, the rest is history…

Needless to say I’ve been to every concert Dave did in Holland since (and none of the Van Hagar shows). Sadly Dave has not been in Holland since 1999, I really hope they do Europe this time!!!!

[chi-town324]

welcome stall rest

[RUDE SADDLE]

Im 29 so I missed the whole VH ROTH years.
Never seen them with Spammer I could give a fuck about Van Hagar.

Seen roth in 02, 06x3 VH 07

Dave sounded amazing in 06 loved the way Ray Luizer played the classic songs. Amazing drummer.

[Sensible Shoes]

Ray is playing for Korn, anybody know what happened to Brian and Toshi? (I see Toshi on Facebook but it's all in Japanese.)

[RUDE SADDLE]

Ray is playing for Korn, anybody know what happened to Brian and Toshi? (I see Toshi on Facebook but it's all in Japanese.)

Saw Korn a few months ago not a big fan of them only went to see Ray and the tix were free. Ray is a monster.
Always liked his style, one of my top 3 favorite drummers.

[Senzble Shoes]

Seen Dave on the EEAS 86 tour. And 2001 Tour.
Van Halen, 1984, 2008
Van Hagar 1991,1995,2004. All the shows were in Omaha, NE.

Did see Van Hagar in L.A. (Forum) and in Costa Mesa Calif. in 92. Was on Vacation buddy got free tix. Forum show was during the L.A. riots. Fucking forum is in south central L.A. if nobody knew. Little nerve racking, drinking beer in the parking lot. I remember laughing seeing a bunch of brothers hanging out in front of a Sizzler across the street. Nobody hasseled us though.

[franksters]

I saw the mighty Van Halen on the :

Diver down tour I believe the date was october 27 in montreal
1984 tour april 19th in montreal (btw there are excellent bootleg of this gig)
2007 reunion tour montreal
2007 reunion tour toronto

I saw DLR:
eeas tour In montreal
Skyscraper in montreal
Diamond dave tour Philadelphia pa. outside concert
Sam and dave tour Burlington vermont
Dlr band at an indian casino north of toronto

I think that's it ///

[franksters]

And I forgot this one the last show of the 2007 tour...

Here's a clip

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_7J3aHGCgI&sns=em

[DRD]

At least 10 times.

[Sensible Shoes]

Dlr band at an indian casino north of toronto

I think that's it ///

that was Casinorama - Twona, Grimes, Igo, TommyV and I were at that show.

[Stall Rest]

welcome stall rest

Thanks! "Stall Rest" because I severely dislocated my knee over Thanksgiving, ripped ACL, LCL and PCL off the bone and needed 2 surgeries to fix. Ugh.

Hoping to be with a cane and the very most by the Anaheim show, but my guess is still on crutches.

Love this board <3

[chuckie lee]

E.E.A.S. PROV 2X, WORCESTER, BOSTON.. SKY SCRAPER. PROV, WORCESTER, BOSTON.. A.A.E. GREATWOODS, LAKE COMPOUNCE... Y.F.L.M. PROV, BOSTON (SMALL CLUBS). Randoms, Worcester palladium, open for Bad co Tweeter Center.,Roth hager tour, tweeter center, hartford.. VH, 07 Opening night Charlotte, Prov, Mohegan Sun, Boston Garden, MSG, NYC.....

[Luke D]

Howdy all, first timer in here. I'm a young buck, so sadly I was nothing more than an itch in my father's testicles when CVH ended, but I was fortunate enough to see the 2007 Roth reunion in Calgary.

[yankeegigolo]

I have seen the original band four times, I have seen DLR solo five times, I have seen the band band with wolfie twice, i have seen Van Hagar three times, I saw Montrose with Hagar as well

[mewisemagic]

1981 Reunion Arena-Dallas
1982 Reunion Arena-Dallas
Saw them 2 nights out of 3 sold out shows at Reunion Arena on the 84 Tour
EEAS TOUR Reunion Arena-Dallas
Skyscraper Tour Reunion Arena-Dallas
ALAE Tour was cancelled here but had tickets to go(and was PISSED)
YFLM Tour Deep Ellum Live-Downtown Dallas
5150 Tour Tarrant County Convention Center-Fort Worth
VHIII Tour Smirnoff Center-Dallas Texas
DLR W/Bad Co. Reunion Arena-Dallas
Sam and Dave Tour Smirnoff Center-Dallas
Diamond Dave Tour Nokia Center-Dallas
BOBW Tour American Airlines Center-Dallas
Reunion Tour w/Dave American Airlines Center-Dallas

[VanCanHalen]

2004 Vancouver "Well Eddie didnt fall down"
2007 Vancouver "After years of prayers....thank you Dave's BACK!!!"
2012 Vancouver Cant Wait!!!!!

[LoungeMachine]

i have seen van halen several times.

I'm imagining his guide dog describing the action...........


1984 Seattle Center

1987 [?] DLR solo with Cinderella opening



Got dragged to Monsters of Schlock but left before they played......

[VH LINKS SUCKS]

'Fair Warning Tour ' July 31, 1981 Buffalo, New York Buffalo Memorial Auditorium (RIP)

'Diver Down Tour' 1982-83 (Hide Your Sheep Tour) The guys did not perform in Buffalo, New York. Could not make the Toronto gig on October 26, 1982

'1984 Tour' March 22, 1984 Buffalo, New York Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
April 17, 1984 Toronto, Ontario Maple Leaf Gardens (Now Loblaws)

'5150 Tour' August 18, 1986 Toronto, Ontario Canada CNE Stadium (RIP)
August 29, 1986 Niagara Falls, New York Niagara Falls Convention Center

'Monsters of Rock Tour' June 19, 1988 Orchard Park, New York Rich Stadium (Ralph Wilson Stadium)

'OU812 Tour' October 15, 1988 Syracuse, New York Carrier Dome

'F.U.C.K. Tour' October 20, 1991 Buffalo, New York Buffalo Memorial Auditorium
November 4, 1991 Toronto, Ontario SkyDome (Rogers Centre)
April 4, 1992 Auburn Hills, Michigan The Palace of Auburn Hills


'Right Here Right Now Tour' June 25, 1993 Clarkston, Michigan Pine Knob Music Theatre
July 1, 1993 Barrie, Ontario Canada Molson Park
July 3, 1993 Corfu, New York United States Darien Lake

'The Balance "Ambulance" Tour' April 15, 1995 Detroit, Michigan The Palace of Auburn Hills
May 2, 1995 Buffalo, New York The Aud
August 19, 1995 Toronto, Ontario Molson Amphitheatre

'III Tour' May 19, 1998 Auburn Hills, Michigan The Palace of Auburn Hills
August 25, 1998 Corfu, New York Darien Lake
August 26, 1998 Toronto, Ontario Molson Amphitheater

'Tour 2004' June 14, 2004 Buffalo, New York HSBC Arena
July 3, 2004 Toronto, Ontario Air Canada Centre
November 10, 2004 Hamilton, Ontario Copps Coliseum

'2007-2008' Tour October 7, 2007 Toronto, Ontario Air Canada Centre
October 12, 2007 Toronto, Ontario Air Canada Centre
*(Private BlackBerry Show)* November 15, 2007 Toronto, Ontario Air Canada Centre
November 10, 2007 Montreal, Quebec Canada Bell Centre
(Last date of tour) July 3, 2008 Quebec City, Quebec Canada Plains of Abraham

[johnnybaby]

I have seen Van Halen and or David Lee Roth at least 10 times and I have my tickets for the March 17 show in Toronto. My first show was in 1982 and it was awesome, raedy for some more. I will be going with some high school friends again. Everytime Van Halen comes to town we get the crew back together and unite for another awesome show. I will be taking my 12 year old son to the show for his first concert and am sure it will create a monster.

[perrin29]

I saw them once with Hagar in 92 and the Boston reunion show in 07. No comparison. Boston with the set-list and the overall power was a dream come true. Love this band.

[Sensible Shoes]

I have seen Van Halen and or David Lee Roth at least 10 times and I have my tickets for the March 17 show in Toronto. My first show was in 1982 and it was awesome, raedy for some more. I will be going with some high school friends again. Everytime Van Halen comes to town we get the crew back together and unite for another awesome show. I will be taking my 12 year old son to the show for his first concert and am sure it will create a monster.

Make sure you check the Toronto concert thread to get details on where all the army folk are meeting up. Don't want to miss that, it's fun .

[guwapo_rocker]

Van Halen
Diver Down - Toronto, Ontario
1984 - Toronto, Ontario
2007 - Toronto X 2, Cleveland, Montreal

DLR
EEAS - Toronto, Ontario
Skyscraper - Toronto, Ontario X 2
ALAE - Toronto, Ontario
Kahunaville - Wilmington, Delaware
Bayfest - Sarnia, Ontario
Casino Rama - Orillia, Ontario
HOB - Cleveland, Ohio

[Carmine]

that was Casinorama - Twona, Grimes, Igo, TommyV and I were at that show.

So was I...

sadly, before we all "met" on these boards...

but DLR at Cleveland HOB, VH in Cleveland and VH in Toronto made up for it

[Nemo700]

I saw DLR twice in paris ("skyscraper" and "a lil' ain't enough" tours), and I went to van hagar ("right here right now") also in paris (had to see Ed live once in my life)... seems like the new isn't going to France, open I'll have a chance of seeing them together before I (they ?) die

[gbranton]

July 24, 1982 at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum, Biloxi, MS. Opening band was After the Fire.

November 28, 1982 at the Mobile Civic Center, Mobile, AL. Opening band may have been called Chuck Wagon (?)

January 22, 1984. Lakeland Civic Center, Lakeland, FL. The first date of the 1984 tour, I believe. Autograph opened.

January 28, 1984 at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum, Biloxi, MS. Again Autograph.

Since everyone else is coming out about it:

David Lee Roth:

November 8, 1986 at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum, Biloxi, MS.

July 3, 1988 at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum, Biloxi, MS.

Van Hagar:

November 11, 1998 at the UNO Lakefront Arena.

March 11, 1995 at the Pensacola Civic Center.

September 5, 2004 at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum.

And have tickets to:

April 19, 2012 at Phillips Arena, Atlanta, GA.

June 26, 2012 at New Orleans Arena, NOLA.

[Zing!]

Here we go:

Van Hagar:

5150 Des Moines, IA 1986.
OU812 Ames, IA 1988
Monsters of Rock, Minneapolis, MN 1989
Balance, Ames, IA 1995

David Lee Roth:

Minnesota State Fair, 2001
Mystic Lake Casino, Prior Lake, MN 2006

Van Halen:

Target Center, Minneapolis, MN 2007
Wells Fargo Arena, Des Moines, IA 2008

[Angel]

1979 Calgary, 1980 Calgary and Edmonton, 1981, Edmonton.

Roth solo: Edmonton, 2001

Van Hagar: NEVER... and damn proud of it.

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[jero]

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[DONNIEP]

Since I'm at the tender age of 41 I wasn't quite old enough to see CVH back in the day. BUT I did see every single Dave tour from '86 on. And for everyone who says that you are only a "true" fan if you saw them back in the day...then wouldn't that mean that the only true fans were those who followed the band from their FIRST gigs???

[private parts]

Women and Children- front row barricade MA side!
Fair Warning - front row barricade center!
Diver Down
1984

[vandeleur]

Never seen them , 44 years old so missed donnington and they had split by the time I was properly into them.... Van Hagar played my local stadium and I refused to go so I see that as mitigating circumstances your honour :-)

[NIN1211]

Never seen them , 44 years old so missed donnington and they had split by the time I was properly into them.... Van Hagar played my local stadium and I refused to go so I see that as mitigating circumstances your honour :-)

I got int VH in 1981 at ten years of age. My Mom wouldn't take me to a show, out of fear that something "bad would happen." Fast forward five years, she bought me VH tickets....one small problem...no Dave. I went nonetheless afterwards feeling ripped off because I didn't hear "Unchained" etc. I then pleaded with my Mom that we had to see Dave on the EEAS smile tour in Detroit....Dave blew them away. It felt more like VH than VH did. Even at the ripe old age of 15, I knew the whole truth!!!

[moose]

Angel wrote.....

Van Hagar: NEVER... and damn proud of it.

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A very smart Canadian girl!!
See we knew from the get go how fucking crappy that abomanation of a spammy fronted
band was
We stayed away!!

[IceCreamBlondie]

I confess....

I wasn't terribly into VH until I saw them live at the 2007 tour and they TORE THE ROOF OFF THE PLACE! Killer show....I became a CVH convert and Roth fan for life!!!! WHOO HOO! :happy64:

Such is the magic of Van Halen with Roth onstage!!

Even though I am a latecomer to the game, the good news is that I missed all the painful Sammy years.......................

[ELVIS]

Yeah, but they pretty much sucked in 2007 except for Dave...

[Angel]

Yeah, but they pretty much sucked in 2007 except for Dave...

Not the Vancouver show. Of course, Wolf was weak, but he held his own.

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