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Van Halen 2012-06-03 Coliseum Arena Oakland, CA

Van Halen
Coliseum Arena
Oakland, California
June 3, 2012

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Quality: B++

 Unchained
 Runnin’ With The Devil
 She’s The Woman
 The Full Bug
 Tattoo
 Everybody Wants Some!!
 Somebody Get Me A Doctor
 Chinatown
 Hear About It Later
 (Oh) Pretty Woman
 Drum Solo

 You Really Got Me
 The Trouble With Never
 Dance The Night Away
 I’ll Wait
 And The Cradle Will Rock… (w/'Smoke on the Water' riff)
 Hot For Teacher
 Women In Love
 Beautiful Girls
 Ice Cream Man
 Panama
 Eruption/Cathedral/Guitar Solo
 Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love
 Jump

Notes: Van Halen returning to the venue where it recorded the famous 1981 videos. Pretty good show overall, seems like the band enjoys getting out there and playing. Roth's voice was a lot better than the last time I saw them in D.C., but is still a little funky. Roth's schtick is a bit odd throughout the night, from the weird stories, baton twirling, dogs, poses,etc;  the dude has lost a few marbles along the way. But the band is tight and Eddie is great, right behind Jimi as the best ever. He did flub a few notes, most notably the intro to "Women in Love" but overall he is a marvel, still most exciting guitar player out there. Hard to miss him if he is in town especially with Roth at the mic with the classic material.

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