So it's Vegas again...

[Seshmeister]

An interesting coincidence pointed out on our Facebook page today is that 20 years ago tonight David Lee Roth played the House of Blues in Las Vegas. I'm not sure he'll mention that but he should - managing to maintain that level 20 years through your 40s to 60s is a huge achievement in his job.

His guitarist on that night was Bart Walsh...

[vaijuju]

FRom setlist FM


You Really Got Me
Big Train
Unchained
Just Like Paradise
Atomic Punk
Dance the Night Away
Mean Street
California Girls
Tobacco Road
Jamie's Cryin'
Beautiful Girls
Panama
Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love
Encore:
Just a Gigolo
Jump

YRGM

Unchained

Just Like Paradise

DTNA

[vaijuju]

Big Train

Atomic Punk

[Jetstream]

His voice is rough but he did alright on "Big Train"... will say this, he has a great guitarist and the backing vocals are spot on

[vaijuju]

yeah ! it's a first real show since 4 Years ! Dave as usual will better show after show ..perhaps better than 2015 tour !

[Seshmeister]

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/david-lee-roth-vegas-opening-night-set-list/

David Lee Roth mixed Van Halen classics with a unique brand of storytelling at his first full solo concert in 13 years tonight in Las Vegas.

The 65-year-old Roth was energetic, enthusiastic and engaging throughout, understandably skipping most of the acrobatics and dancing of previous tours. Sometimes he also missed notes, cues or occasionally, entire verses - most notably on "California Girls," during which he broke out his now-famous "I forgot the fucking words" apology.

The fifteen song set featured 10 classics from the Van Halen years, 5 songs (largely covers) from his solo albums, and at least a half a dozen extended stories about his life and career.

During these interludes, which found his band backing him with instrumental versions of songs such as Lou Reed's "Walk on the Wild Side" and Sly and the Family Stone's "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Again)," Roth revealed - among many other things - that the J-Pop group Rampage from Exile Tribe had recently cut a big check to license an upcoming cover version of "Jump." He also explained how eyebrows made dogs more lovable than cats: "Who knows what the fuck they're thinking?"

Al Estrada from the Van Halen tribute band Eruption handled lead guitar duty, alongside rhythm guitarist Frankie Lindri, bassist Ryan Wheeler, keyboardist Danny Wagner and drummer Mike Mussleman.

The singer's last full-length solo concert took place on Nov. 7, 2006. The following September he returned to Van Halen for his first tour with the band in 23 years. With Eddie Van Halen's son Wolfgang replacing original bassist Michael Anthony, the group embarked on two more tours and released one studio album, 2012's A Different Kind of Truth, over the next decade.

In late 2018 the singer strongly hinted that Van Halen would tour for the first time in four years in the summer of 2019, but those plans never materialized. Unconfirmed reports suggested that Eddie Van Halen was battling health issues. Upon announcing his solo return to the stage last September, Roth said, "I’m not sure what’s happening with Ed, but [he’s] probably not gonna answer the bell this time. It’s not my place to guess."

In addition to eight more confirmed Las Vegas shows this January and March, Roth was recently announced as the opening act for the upcoming North American legs of Kiss' End of the Road farewell tour. Their first show together takes place Feb. 1 in Manchester, New Hampshire.

Read More: David Lee Roth Kicks Off Vegas Residency: Set List, Photos, Video | https://ultimateclassicrock.com/davi...edium=referral

[Seshmeister]

[Seshmeister]

[jasonA]

Big Train is a curious addition to the set. Ill bet it's the first track to get dropped when the setlist changes.

[bluemustard]

Going through the youtubes now. Beautiful girls sounds pretty good with backing vox.

[bluemustard]

beautiful girls,just a gigilo,big train and tobacco road were the best vocals imho
more show tunes and covers and van halen stuff in his vocal range. The string on the mic is weird. The shoestrings on his pants n stuff hahaha

[bluemustard]

the prerecorded backing vox is cool lol guitarplayer nails it too (it sounds prerecorded the vox..or am i wrong?)
pananma is pretty ok too.

[Vinnie Velvet]

From what I've heard so far, Dave sounded great on Gigilo, Jamie's Cryn' and a few others. Better than 2015.

He is what he is at this point. I imagine he sounds fine live rather than watching youtube clips.

The band is really good - especially the guitar players. I dont think there are prerecorded backing vox - but who knows.

Drummer was ok - but hes no Bissonette or Ray Luzier.

[Seshmeister]

the prerecorded backing vox is cool lol guitarplayer nails it too (it sounds prerecorded the vox..or am i wrong?)
pananma is pretty ok too.

Yeah the backing vocals sound suspiciously perfect to me and I agree the guitarist is doing a great job.

I see a lot of negativity online about these videos but I bet it was much better in the room than on YouTube and everything apart from Dave's vocals on some of the songs is good.

The verses on DTNA grate so much that you are still smarting from them and forget to notice how well Beautiful Girls or Tobacco Road are working.

[Kristy]

Did my goddamnest to try to listen to Roth's dismal podcast while it lasted. Asshat could not stay on a subject for more than 22 seconds. Now ask yourself what fool would want to see something like that live in a plastic shithole like Vegas?

Face it, your guitar god is slowly dying of cancer, your homoerotic singer lacks any talent and your life has gone absolutely nowhere in the past 40 years.

Good news it there is some new scam going around where "on-line therapist" are willing to listen to your Van Halen disappointment stories for a rather hefty fee. Give them a call or text or what the fuck ever.

Life can get better without Van Halen. You just need to let go.