2011 summer stadium tour

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Cheap Trick would certainly not disappoint me, but if you gave me a vote, these guys would get it....

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[Green Manalishi]

While you are at it, give Patty Smyth a phone call and see if she wants to get Scandal back together again.

Hang on . Let's not forget - she wants nothing to do with any white rock bands . She said so herself .

[ThrillsNSpills]

Might as well get Disco Tex back together.

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[chefcraig]

Hang on . Let's not forget - she wants nothing to do with any white rock bands . She said so herself .

Hows about a link to that little nugget of information? Not doubting you, I'd just like to read (or hear) about that for myself.

[Green Manalishi]

Saw her say it on one of those VH-1 shows about the '80's , or Women In Rock , or possibly a metal/hard rock Top 100 type episode. I can't remember exactly , but I swear to God himself , in reference to being asked to join Van Halen , she replied " Why would I want to join a white rock band ? " Undoubtedly , someone around here had to have seen that . Trust me , it has always stuck in my crawlspace . It was at least 5 years ago .

[chefcraig]

That really is odd, but it proves that you sometimes have to take what these entertainers have to say with a grain of salt. About 3 years ago, she had gotten Scandal back together to record an EP, then she announced they were making an album. As of this writing, neither has materialized.

[bueno bob]

Well...a summer stadium tour would definitely be a step in the right direction, and it would certainly interest me more than the indoor winter greatest hits tour did. All they have to do is address the bass player situation and God Himself could open for them and still be blown off the stage...well, as long as Ed stayed sober and had more "on" nights, anyway.

[Va Beach VH Fan]

Folks, stadiums are loonnnnng gone from Van Halen's existence....

Now, had Roth stayed in the band, they were on the verge of stadiums in the mid to late '80's.....

But that dog ain't huntin' no more...

[FORD]

Fuck stadiums. I'd rather see Van Halen at The Gorge than Qwest Field any day.

[Jesus Christ]

All they have to do is address the bass player situation and God Himself could open for them and still be blown off the stage...well, as long as Ed stayed sober and had more "on" nights, anyway.

What if God Himself was the bass player? Or at least Son of God Myself?

[Big Troubles]

Jesus Christ!

[Big Troubles]

Fuck stadiums. I'd rather see Van Halen at The Gorge than Qwest Field any day.

yup. id go one step further and say, Id rather my local bar. Holds 300.

[FORD]

Holy shit. Jesus really DOES play bass!!

[Seshmeister]

yup. id go one step further and say, Id rather my local bar. Holds 300.

Ideal is 2000-3000. I have no interest in watching rock music in a stadium and arenas are patchy at best.

If nothing else a ten minute walk for a piss is becoming more and more problematic for the Van Halen audience demographically speaking.

I missed Unchained at the last tour because a drum solo just isn't enough time in some of these arenas.

[sadaist]

A stadium show is not for the sound quality of the show or the stage visuals. A stadium show is merely for the event of it all. It is truly something special when 65,000+ people are singing along Dance, Dance, Dance the night away when Dave holds out the mic. Not saying they could pull it off without a stellar album & a couple great openers...and "actual" publicity. But stadium shows are fun just for the magnitude.

1996 they could have done a summer full of stadiums. As usual, the sisters pissed away another golden opportunity. Whoda thunk they were capable?


How many of you would set your flux capacitor to US Fest 83? That fucker had over 300,000. Talk about an event for the ages.