Van Halen - 2015-09-13 - Tampa, FL (AUD/FLAC)

(Audience FLAC)

Mid-Florida Credit Union Amphitheatre at the Florida State Fairgrounds

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Roland CS-10EM binaural omnis (center section, about 10 rows back, slightly off center to Eddie's side) > Tascam DR-05 (80 Hz low cut, recording at 24-48) > FinalCD 0.17 (convert to 16 bit, 44.1 kHz - sharp filter, 100 Hz transition; shaped TPDF dither).

01. Light Up the Sky
02. Runnin' With the Devil
03. Romeo Delight
04. Everybody Wants Some!!
05. Drop Dead Legs >
06. Feel Your Love Tonight
07. Somebody Get Me A Doctor
08. She's The Woman
09. Chinatown
10. I'll Wait
11. Drum Solo
12. Little Guitars
13. Dance The Night Away
14. Beautiful Girls
15. Women In Love
16. Hot For Teacher
17. In A Simple Rhyme / Growth
18. "Dirty Movies"
19. James Brown banter
20. Ice Cream Man
21. Unchained >
22. Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love
23. Guitar Solo
24. You Really Got Me
25. Panama
26. Jump

Living in Europe, I never had the chance to see VH with Dave, and I have a weird feeling about this current tour, so I finally took the plunge and flew over to Florida to see them. Hated the price tag, and the jet lag, but finally, finally I got to see VH the way they are supposed to be seen. And what can I say: Dave is definitely the greatest front man I've ever seen, and I've seen Mick Jagger, Liam Gallagher, Steven Tyler, Eddie Vedder, Roger Daltrey and Bono. Haven't seen Jim Morrison, he might have been even better!

All four were awesome. Wolfgang is a great bass player, and, in my opinion, his voice and his dad's voice blend in an almost Eagles-like way that Eddie's and Michael Anthony's certainly never did. I was surprised that Eddie did a new bit towards the end of his guitar solo, so if you usually skip the guitar solos, you might want to check out the one from this tour.

And one more thing I have to say: "I'll Wait" - what a great live song! I've always liked that song, but it wasn't really on my A list, and I wouldn't have minded if it was not on the setlist. It turned out to be one of the highlights of the show for me, totally unexpected. That keyboard track is so powerful when it's bouncing around the venue at full volume, and Eddie playing along on guitar is so great. As were the vocals.