The Official Omaha 2/4 Meetup/Review Thread

[rustoffa]

Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom! This is the thread to discuss any plans to get together, wrestle snakes, or review the show!!

[Hardrock69]

Uh, Rus...it is February FOURTH.

Not Twenty-fourth.

[rustoffa]

Originally posted by Hardrock69
Uh, Rus...it is February FOURTH.

Not Twenty-fourth.

Thanks bro....got no idea how that happened.

Me=Dumbass.

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Sticky, T minus one week....

[Jim Shetterlini]

WTF nobody going to the Omaha show....??????

[RedEye]

Looks like I am the only one in the neighborhood..... Will be my second of the tour.

[variac]

I'm there tonight.....my second show also, went to Chi-town!! Can't wait, I love hometown shows!!!

[RedEye]

A-MAZ-ING show.... the KC show was a C cause this one was an A++++

Dave was ON... Eddie was ON... Wolf can play.... Alex was a monster.

The band in KC looked like they were going through the motions... hardly any interaction with the crowd.

Last night... COMPLETE opposite. THIS was the show I had dreamed of seeing. I lucked out and got a seat in the pod at 4:30 day of show for face value... $147 Apparently the VIPs didn't sell out and they released a few inside the pod for face value... I wasn't prepared for that and left my camera at home... got cell pics which are blurry as hell.

I only saw one flaw in Eddie's playing at the end of Little Guitars... other than that he looked fresh, sober, and his playing was spot on almost all night.

Dave was a different man than in KC... spoke to us A LOT.... he and Ed were having a great time. Being 6th row center in the pod.... the show of a lifetime. 20+ years I waited for THAT show (I thought KC was good until last night)... and to luck into the pod seats.... frickin' unbelievable.

[RedEye]

http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2620&u_sid=10250596

Review: Fans jump for Van Halen classics
BY NIZ PROSKOCIL
WORLD-HERALD STAFF WRITER

There was a whole lot of wailing and hailing going on at Monday's Van Halen concert.



About 10,000 people turned out to see David Lee Roth, left, Alex Van Halen and shirtless Eddie Van Halen perform at Qwest Center Omaha on Monday. A twirling, preening and strutting David Lee Roth, 53, rejoined Van Halen for this tour after leaving the band in 1985.
Rock fans cheered guitar god Eddie Van Halen as he made his six-string wail. And they hailed the return of flamboyant frontman David Lee Roth, who split from the group in 1985.

To many fans, the real Van Halen will always be the one with Diamond Dave front and center. Seeing Eddie and Dave happily sharing a stage was something many thought would never happen.

Nearly 10,000 fans came out to the Qwest Center Omaha to celebrate the triumphant return of Van Halen's fun-loving original lead singer.

Wearing a top hat, tight leather pants, sparkling matador jacket and his signature big grin, Roth won over the crowd the moment he emerged onstage around 8:30 p.m.

The roar from the audience didn't let up for the next two hours as the band resurrected more than two dozen Roth-era classics, starting with a cover of the Kinks' "You Really Got Me" and ending with one of Van Halen's biggest hits, "Jump."

Throughout the show, the band seemed exhilarated and happy to be playing their early hits with Roth after decades apart. The 53-year-old singer maneuvered the stage with plenty of mike-stand twirling, strutting, preening and roundhouse kicks.

At one point in the show, Roth yelled, "This is the most (expletive) fun show we've had on the whole tour."

As much as he got the crowd pumped, a toned and shirtless Eddie was the star of the show. Fans went crazy for his guitar solos and cheered whenever close-ups of his fretwork filled a gigantic video screen that spanned the width of the stage.

Alex Van Halen got his turn in the spotlight with an intense, stick-blurring drum solo that generated thunderous approval.

In the ultimate take-your-kid-to-work day, Eddie's son, Wolfgang, has been playing bass and singing backing vocals on tour. No, he's not Michael Anthony, but for a 16-year-old, Wolfie's skills were just fine. His stage presence, though, needs a little work.

The band was tight as they barreled through a set list that included "Jamie's Cryin'," "Panama," "Hot For Teacher," "Somebody Get Me a Doctor," "Dance the Night Away," "I'll Wait," "Everybody Wants Some" and "Beautiful Girls," among others.

The show also featured a handful of less familiar songs, including "Atomic Punk" and "Mean Streets."

After ripping through the night's third song, "Runnin' With the Devil," Roth acknowledged the near-perfect reunion by saying the lineup was "three-quarters original and one-quarter inevitable."

But none of that seemed to matter to the audience, which came to see and hear a band deliver the goods just like old times.

[VAiN]

Good stuff.. the VH train keeps-a-rollin!

[Knuclebones03]

Fu**in Fantastic