Getting excited for VH tonight, but secretly hoping for a train wreck so I finally have a good story to tell
At the arena
At the Merch. booth w/ $10 bumper stickers
At the seats and couldn't be higher up in the arena. Marley is on now
There are two rather large VH blimps circling the inside of the arena
Soon
The blimps have left
Lights off here they come
You Really Got Me
Sounds good
I'm The One
Wolfs good but I miss Mike
Gratuitous pause for love
Now Runnin’ With The Devil
Crowd singing Runnin’ With The Devil louder than VH. Crazy. Next up, Dave talking…I can't remember the name but the lyric is “bringing whiskey to the party tonight...” (It was Romeo Delight )
Ed's playing a Peavey not Fender
Dave on harmonica (and or bull horn) Somebody Get Me A Doctor
Beautiful Girls
Dave's strutting but they're basically just standing there
Dance The Night Away
Dave’s humping a top hat
…And there’s pot
Ed and Wolf kiss. Atomic Punk
Wolfs walking the crowd loop
Everybody Wants Some
Ed and Dave in a motorcycle noise contest (Mouth vs. Guitar)
So This Is Love
My phone died, borrowing the wife’s
Mean Streets
Next song...Oh, Pretty Woman
Alex’s drum solo
Pretty good drum solo actually (it was the best one I’ve heard him play to be honest)Next song...Unchained
I'll Wait...the “mentalotomy” song…sorry inside joke
Dave’s on the loop
Ed’s got a Black and White (VH Striped) Fender with 2007 where 5150 would be
…And The Cradle Will Rock
Ed’s got a new Black and White with some Red (VH Striped) Fender
Smoke On The Water guitar out into Hot For Teacher
I just watched my wife head bang...who is this woman???!!!
Ed’s back to a Peavey
Dave walks the crowd loop again
Little Dreamer
Little Guitars
Ed has “Frankenstein” (most likely a Fender relic copy)
Jamie’s Cryin’
Dave still likes to shake his ass
Dave talks
Dave talks some more
Dave is pickin around on an acoustic talking about an ice cream truck...any ideas?
Yup...
Ice Cream Man
Panama
EVH guitar solo
(Women In Love intro variant) 316 variant
Noodling
There are 8 double headed 5150 III stacks on stage...4 right & 4 left...Eruption variant
Guitar feedback
He went down for a minute…thought he might have broke that hip, but he’s ok :)
Cathedral variant
Eruption tapping variant
The hip thing was a joke by the way
Done and into Ain't Talkin’ ‘Bout Love
Dave does sound good, even this far into the show
Looks like the last song
Ed, Wolf, Dave and Alex bow
1984 & a big ass disco ball
Dave and a big red flag...dunno about that...into Jump
Dave and Eddie hi-five to a keyboard song...ironic don’t ya think?
Dave does swordplay with a mic stand
Dave rides the big inflatable mic into the sunset...confetti and exit stage left
That's all folks
Van Halen’s opening night in Charlotte, NC is now history :)
It’s hot, very hot… and we are never getting out of here by the wayThe following was posted after the show:
Sat on a bench with the wife after the show, as we weren't getting out of the garage anytime soon, and dissected the show.For what it was, she felt it was really good where as I feel it was pretty good. I don't think it could ever have lived up to they hype.
Still, for an opening night and given the circumstances...it was a great show. For the triumphant return of the MIGHTY MIGHTY VAN HALEN…it was a pretty good show.
However, if they make it further on down the tour schedule...it should be awesome, without a doubt. They were still kind of feeling it out tonight.
So…that’s it folks, my live Twitter posted directly from inside the Charlotte Bobcats Arena in Charlotte, NC on 09/27/07…The opening night of Van Halen’s 2007 World Tour.
