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Videos and setlist of David Lee Roth’s first full show in five years
After five years, Van Halen vocalist David Lee Roth is touring again and performed his first full show on May 3. The concert was part of the M3 Festival, held at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, Maryland. An interesting addition to his solo band was a group of backing vocalists who really helped to make the live experience better.
Curiously, David Lee Roth didn’t perform songs from his solo career, the 15 songs setlist had only tracks he recorded with Van Halen.
Videos and setlist of David Lee Roth’s first full show in five years
- Panama
- Drop Dead Legs
- You Really Got Me
- Unchained
- Dance The Night Away
- Runnin’ With The Devil
- Mean Street
- Atomic Punk
- And The Cradle Will Rock..,
- Jamie’s Cryin’
- I’m The One
- Everybody Wants Some!!
- Romeo Delight
- Hot For Teacher
- Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love
- Jump
Diamond Dave will also perform in Saratoga, California next September 12. He is part of the line-up of Mountain Winery’s 67th Summer Concert Series.
It’s curious that Roth picked only Van Halen songs for his setlist since the drummer Alex Van Halen revealed that Roth initially accepted to be part of a tribute show for Eddie Van Halen but then got mad when he was told they would mention and show pictures of Eddie during the show as a tribute.
“The thing that broke the camel’s back, and I can be honest about this now was I said, ‘Dave, at some point, we have to have a very overt — not a bowing — but an acknowledgment of Ed in the gig. If you look at how Queen does it, they show old footage.’ And the moment I said we gotta acknowledge Ed, Dave fuckin’ popped a fuse.… The vitriol that came out was unbelievable.”
According to Alex, Roth found the idea very offensive, for reasons he can’t comprehend.
“I’m from the street. You talk to me like that, motherfucker, I’m gonna beat your fucking brains out. You got it?’ And I mean that. And that’s how it ended. It’s just, my God. It’s like I didn’t know him anymore. I have nothing but the utmost respect for his work ethic and all that. But, Dave, you gotta work as a community, motherfucker. It’s not you alone anymore.”
“It’s too bad on one hand, but it’s fine on the other (that it didn’t happen). Because now, in retrospect, playing the old songs is not really paying tribute to anybody. That’s just like a jukebox, in my opinion.… To find a replacement for Ed? It’s just not the same,” he told Rolling Stone.
