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.