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Met up with my good buddy, Chris. We gawk at the marquee to see the name Van Halen in lights. Step into the Garden and what's the first thing we hear? Fucking Dreams blasting as we check out the shirts. What the?? Got me the grey motorcycle one. Go to our kick ass seats. Kool and the Gang tore shit up for 40 minutes. Hollywood Swingin and Jungle Boogie smoked. I walked up to the front after they were done to try to find Momshell to no avail. Went back to row 19 seat 6, sat down andwatched the simple yet classy stage come to life. I'm 6 ft tall. Some guy every bit of 6 ft 5" plops right in front of me. Go figure. No cat walk. Dance floor's been Swiffered. Let's go...
(Oddly, the amazing search light intro used forever is sacked)
You Really Got Me
Runnin' with the Devil
She's The Woman
Romeo Delight (blazing)
Tattoo (Ed broke out a Charvel guitar / giant balloons descend from top section)
Everybody Wants Some
Somebody Get Me A Doctor
Chinatown (Dave was a bit goofy here)
Hear About It Later (I can die now)
Pretty Woman
Drum solo
Unchained
Trouble With Never (headset mike cuts out. Bye bye headset)
Dance The Night Away (Dave's new vocal styling works tonight)
I'll wait (Ed breaks out a different Charvel)
Hot For Teacher
Women In Love
Girl Gone Bad (I can die again)
Beautiful Girls
Ice Cream Man
Panama
Solo
Ain't Talkin Bout Love (song ends "you wanna hear 1 more?" They never leave the stage)
Jump (confetti. house lights. GTFO!)
Started at 8:55. Ended at 10:45
Dave most definitely found his '07-'08 voice somewhere during the 3 day rest. Unwavering, powerful, in time and on key. Holy shit did he bring it tonight. He had his harmonies ironed out with Wolf, especially in GGB. Dave did many jumps throughout the night that were breathe taking reminders of just how tremendous a showman he is and has always been. Wolfs bass playing was thunderous and fluid. Occasionally, his fills and song endings were like guitar runs, but that worked just fine. Ed was out of this world. I really don't know what to say about him that hasn't been said yet. It truly is hard to believe how spectacular his game is right now. Alex was his usual stoic yet exuberant self, replacing power playing with finesse. Much more to be said but I'm flying high and exhausted at the same time. One thing I can attest to is this: To say a You-Tube clip gives you a decent impression of an actual show experience is to say a bread crumb on your kitchen floor is enough to know how delicious last nights Italian dinner was. Good night everyone and I hope you all get to see them!
Met up with my good buddy, Chris. We gawk at the marquee to see the name Van Halen in lights. Step into the Garden and what's the first thing we hear? Fucking Dreams blasting as we check out the shirts. What the?? Got me the grey motorcycle one. Go to our kick ass seats. Kool and the Gang tore shit up for 40 minutes. Hollywood Swingin and Jungle Boogie smoked. I walked up to the front after they were done to try to find Momshell to no avail. Went back to row 19 seat 6, sat down andwatched the simple yet classy stage come to life. I'm 6 ft tall. Some guy every bit of 6 ft 5" plops right in front of me. Go figure. No cat walk. Dance floor's been Swiffered. Let's go...
(Oddly, the amazing search light intro used forever is sacked)
You Really Got Me
Runnin' with the Devil
She's The Woman
Romeo Delight (blazing)
Tattoo (Ed broke out a Charvel guitar / giant balloons descend from top section)
Everybody Wants Some
Somebody Get Me A Doctor
Chinatown (Dave was a bit goofy here)
Hear About It Later (I can die now)
Pretty Woman
Drum solo
Unchained
Trouble With Never (headset mike cuts out. Bye bye headset)
Dance The Night Away (Dave's new vocal styling works tonight)
I'll wait (Ed breaks out a different Charvel)
Hot For Teacher
Women In Love
Girl Gone Bad (I can die again)
Beautiful Girls
Ice Cream Man
Panama
Solo
Ain't Talkin Bout Love (song ends "you wanna hear 1 more?" They never leave the stage)
Jump (confetti. house lights. GTFO!)
Started at 8:55. Ended at 10:45
Dave most definitely found his '07-'08 voice somewhere during the 3 day rest. Unwavering, powerful, in time and on key. Holy shit did he bring it tonight. He had his harmonies ironed out with Wolf, especially in GGB. Dave did many jumps throughout the night that were breathe taking reminders of just how tremendous a showman he is and has always been. Wolfs bass playing was thunderous and fluid. Occasionally, his fills and song endings were like guitar runs, but that worked just fine. Ed was out of this world. I really don't know what to say about him that hasn't been said yet. It truly is hard to believe how spectacular his game is right now. Alex was his usual stoic yet exuberant self, replacing power playing with finesse. Much more to be said but I'm flying high and exhausted at the same time. One thing I can attest to is this: To say a You-Tube clip gives you a decent impression of an actual show experience is to say a bread crumb on your kitchen floor is enough to know how delicious last nights Italian dinner was. Good night everyone and I hope you all get to see them!
Ice cream Blondie Blushes. 
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