Official Van Halen 2012 Tour Setlist Thread

[Antman]

I would love for them to drop YRGM, Jump, Panama as standards. From the last tour, if I had to drop a few they would be I'm the One, Pretty Woman, Atomic Punk. You know they're gonna drop some of those for new songs. I hope they throw in some gems like On Fire, Outta Love Again, Light Up the Sky. As long as they mix it up a little.

[VH78-84]

The show will probably open up with a song off the new album like Tattoo! You know they will play a bunch of stuff off the new album to promote it with older hits like Panama and Jump sprinkled in!

[fryingdutchman]

Just for shits and giggles, I stumbled across this while looking for ticket info. for the Atlantic City show...

This is from some dumbass website called "cheapatlanticcity.com"

"Look for these fan favorite Van Halen songs as apart of the AC set list: Dreams, Poundcake, Without You, Without You, When It’s Love, Humans Being, Fire in the Hole, One I want, Jump, Right Now to name a few. "

Can you believe that shit? Some people just need to be kept away from the internet. I'd love to meet the fucking moron who put that shit on their webpage.

[fryingdutchman]

They should throw in ME WISE MAGIC live as a surprise, just once for shits and giggles!

My thought exactly....it would be awesome to hear that live.

But unfortunately I think only the true hardcore fans like us would dig it. The appeal simply isn't broad enough.

Would also love Drop Dead Legs.

[VanHalenI]

Van Halen should drop You Really Got Me, Runnin' With The Devil, Jamie's Crying, Dance The night away,, Beautiful Girls and Ill Wait.. I can handle pretty woman or Somebody get me a doc...

[Sensible Shoes]

Sadly, I want to see all the stuff that's been double guitar tracked and is pretty much impossible to do.

[VanHalenI]

unless Dave learns everything on backing guitar.. that's be cool Diamond wearing his tight pants and jumpin' around.. yeah.. that was 1984...

[fourthcoming]

The more I listen to the tune....the more I'm thinking BULLETHEAD should kick off the show.....that fuckin tune is menacing!!!! It's in your face....we're back and we're not messing around VH

[VanCanHalen]

Love to hear She's the woman or Blood and Fire as the opener, if pulling from the back catalog unchained baby, minus dave jumping from the drum riser, dont need to lose him early in the tour

[1971Quarter]

"Romeo Delight", "Hang 'Em High", and "Drop Dead Legs" ... please please please please please please please please please please ...

[VH Drummer]

Trying to be realistic here. My gut tells me they'll keep YRGM as the opener as much as I don't like it.

1. You Really Got Me
2. Runnin' with the Devil
3. Tattoo
4. You're No Good
5. Somebody Get Me a Doctor
6. She's the Woman
7. Dance the Night Away
8. Blood and Fire
9. You and Your Blues
10. Everybody Wants Some!!
11. China Town (or As Is)
-Drum Solo-
12. Jamie's Cryin'
13. So This Is Love?
14. Stay Frosty / Dave story time
15. Beautiful Girls
16. Mean Street
17. Romeo Delight
-Guitar Solo-
18. The Trouble with Never
19. Panama
20. Hot For Teacher
--Encore--
21. Jump
22. Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love
23. Unchained

[ROTH ADDICT]

This is what I would like to see..

EVERYBODY WANTS SOME
BULLETHEAD
TATTOO
PANAMA
DOA
YOU REALLY GOT ME
SHES THE WOMAN
DANCE THE NIGHT AWAY
MEAN STREET
HOT FOR TEACHER
DRUM SOLO
CHINA TOWN
STAY FROSTY
INTRUDER/PRETTY WOMAN
GUITAR SOLO
SOMEBODY GET ME A DOCTOR
RUNNIN WITH THE DEVIL
ACCOUSTIC SET-(SPANISH FLY, COULD THIS BE MAGIC, ICE CREAM MAN SNIPPET)
TAKE YOUR WHISKEY HOME
JUMP
ENCORE-
UNCHAINED
BOTTOMS UP
HAPPY TRAILS
AINT TALKIN BOUT LOVE

[Diamondjimi]

odd enough. Back in the day VH was a couple of tours away from starting the show with a drum solo...
(The joke is for everyone familiar with their old set lists)

[DLR'sCock]

Tour set list

Let's be realistic, of course the set list is pretty much put together, but it would great to bring out a few classic deep cuts that they have not played in some time.........

If the set is maybe 24 tunes or so, it would be great to get three or four old deep cuts in there, plus of course say four or five new tunes......and I know that they played a short set at the LA Forum, but hopefully that isn't the full set list.

The hits are going to be there and we all know what we want to hear and not hear........

Four songs I would love to see introduced into the set are Hear About it Later, Drop Dead Legs, In a Simple Rhyme, and The Full Bug.

Songs off the new album I would love to hear live are Blood and Fire, As Is, Honeybabysweetiedoll, You and Your Blues, and China Town.......

[Seshmeister]

2012 Tour Set List Speculation

I think it's a fair assumption that the band would want to try out any new songs from the set list at one of the three warm up gigs so that means that there will be 5 new songs.

She’s The Woman
Tattoo
China Town
Blood & Fire
The Trouble with Never

In fact if you assume they would want to play every song on the setlist at some point previously before the tour and that this show will be as long as the last then that gives you a set of

You Really Got Me
Runnin’ With The Devil
She’s The Woman
Somebody Get Me A Doctor
Tattoo
Everybody Wants Some!!
The Trouble with Never
Beautiful Girls
Ice Cream Man
China Town
Dance The Night Away
Hot For Teacher
Blood & Fire
Eddie’s Guitar Solo
Panama
Jump

plus around 7 or 8 from the following list

I’m The One
Romeo Delight
Atomic Punk
So This is Love?
Mean Street
Pretty Woman
Alex Van Halen drum solo
I’ll Wait
And the Cradle Will Rock
Little Dreamer
Little Guitars
Jamie’s Cryin’

So my guess is (in no particular order)

You Really Got Me
Runnin’ With The Devil
She’s The Woman
Somebody Get Me A Doctor
Tattoo
Alex Van Halen drum solo
Everybody Wants Some!!
The Trouble with Never
Beautiful Girls
Ice Cream Man
China Town
Dance The Night Away
Hot For Teacher
Blood & Fire
Romeo Delight
Atomic Punk
So This is Love?
Mean Street
Pretty Woman
Alex Van Halen drum solo
And the Cradle Will Rock
Little Dreamer
Eddie’s Guitar Solo
Panama
Jump


Just to be clear this isn't the setlist I want and I have no inside information.

It's just my best guess but I would be surprised if I am more than a few songs out.