Van Halen - 2012-06-03 - Oakland, CA (AUD/FLAC)

(Audience FLAC)

Coliseum Arena

Zoom H2

Quality: B++
CD1
01 - Unchained
02 - Runnin’ With The Devil
03 - She’s The Woman
04 - The Full Bug
05 - Tattoo
06 - Everybody Wants Some!!
07 - Somebody Get Me A Doctor
08 - Chinatown
09 - Hear About It Later
10 - (Oh) Pretty Woman
11 - Drum Solo

CD2
01 - You Really Got Me
02 - The Trouble With Never
03 - Dance The Night Away
04 - I’ll Wait
05 - And The Cradle Will Rock… (w/'Smoke on the Water' riff)
06 - Hot For Teacher
07 - Women In Love
08 - Beautiful Girls
09 - Ice Cream Man
10 - Panama
11 - Eruption/Cathedral/Guitar Solo
12 - Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love
13 - 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.