Van Halen coming to Houston

hey Hilltopper, i'd be interested in that one seat (ticket) that your friend is willing to sell. Contact me at siamesedreamer@sbcglobal.net and hopefully I can get in touch with him and work something out. Thanks.

 

I just left him a voice mail and emailed him your email address.

 

i could have gotten a $150 ticket for the dallas show, but man, that is alot of money. even the upper level seats were $80.

aside from festival-type stuff, the most ive ever paid is $90 for prince in 2004 and those were 12th row seats AND your ticket got you his latest cd too.

 

I got 2 upper deck 4th row, I am ready for it. How long did it take to sell out?

 

I cannot believe I'm going to see Van Halen tonight in SA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Work is extremely difficult to deal with right now.

Must...stay...focused...

 

I paid my $170 for Houston on Monday. My wife will never let me forget about this one...

 

Hell ya, I'll be there in San Antonio tonight too. Leaving Austin around 4P to avoid the I-35 traffic. This show is going to kick ass. Here's the setlist from the San Jose show.

01. You Really Got Me
02. I'm the One
03. Runnin' With the Devil
04. Romeo Delight
05. Somebody Get Me a Doctor
06. Beautiful Girls
07. Dance the Night Away
08. Atomic Punk
09. Everybody Wants Some
10. So This Is Love?
11. Mean Street
12. Pretty Woman
13. Drum Solo
14. Unchained
15. I'll Wait
16. And the Cradle Will Rock
17. Hot for Teacher
18. Little Dreamer
19. Little Guitars
20. Jamie's Cryin'
21. Ice Cream Man
22. Panama
23. Guitar Solo (incl. "Women in Love" intro, "Cathedral", "Eruption")
24. Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love
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25. 1984
26. Jump

 

I'm going tonight too, last minute thing.

 

Some old faces are headed down from Austin for the show.

 

So what did everyone think?

I thought musically, they delivered. Everything sounded great, including DLR when he felt like singing.

Stage presence was pretty bad all-around. Use the whole stage, fellas. EVH stood in the same spot all night and DLR looked like he needed a cane despite the fact that he appears to be on HGH. He was probably a little more goofy than cool. Of course Wolfgang isn't even worth mentioning in this department.

Verdict: Thumbs up but not worth the price. Pretty much what I expected.

 

I've got tickets to the 2nd show in Dallas coming in March. However, they were a gift and I'm just way past the point of being entertained by an all 70s/80s nostalgia hits show of VH. I wish I cared...but I don't. I'm sure it will be a decent show...those feelings aside. I'm thinking about passing on it.

 

From last night:

 

Didn't EVH have his hip replaced?

EVH's son is a real tub and he is only in high school.

 

Give me initials.

I might email you for phone #s.

 

Damn, Wolfgang has a face full of pimples! Bless his heart....

 

No, he is just turning into a wolf.

 

Did you take these pictures? They came out great!

 

Can't take credit for that!

They're from here:

http://blogs.mysanantonio.com/weblogs/happens/2008/01/van_halen_still_running_with_t.html

 

Last night's show was amazing. There was a badass drum solo by Alex, and later on in the show Eddie played a ridiculous medley. It was f'n sick. Lots of energy from David Lee, who hadn't aged a bit it seemed like. Loved the encore with "Jump".

The only thing I didn't like was David Lee telling some long-winded incomprehensible story leading up to "Ice Cream Man".