Van Halen, DC

The Fall Tour rolls on...

On tap for November 1, Van Halen at the Verizon Center in Washington, DC.

The Donk and I meet up and come down to DC for the VH show. For me it's handy to park and walk about 2 blocks to the arena. Saves money and parking is very secure. All in all a great show, and I'm glad we made it to this and the show last month in Philly.

The setlist was the same, but I had become more familiar with the set since seeing them, so I recognized a couple of songs I didn't know. Building up to this show Donk informed me at there was a disaster of a gig a couple of days before in KC, MO. From my point of view, this show was fine and the band seemed tighter then the month previous.

The plan was to grab dinner at Legal Seafood, but the place was packed! We waited a while, hoping a spot would open, no dice. We ended up grabbing arena food.

Since we've seen the show already (the Donk actually took in both shows in Philly), we made up a game, "Daughter or Girlfriend". Since this was a heavily geezer show, there seemed to be a bunch of older guys with younger girls. It was up to us to determine if it was the guys daughter or girlfriend. The next part of the game was to find a female at the show, not a daughter, under the age of 30. This proved very difficult. I guess it's just part of growing older...
Sitting next to me was a 40-something (maybe 50?) chick . We chatted a bit. She started out the conversation with saying, "...I need a beer!" And I'm thinking, "Well I ain't gonna buy you one!" She asked, "So when did you see Van Halen last? I saw them in 1984!" I told her, last month. It just wasn't clicking. But all in all, a good show.

Van Halen!!

And a continuous busy week, it's time for another reunion, this time, VAN HALEN!!!
On October 1, the Donk and I got a pair in Philly this time out, and it was a very enjoyable evening. They did all of the classics, and I was very happy with the show. I didn't get any pictures. There are some stock pictures below, and here is the setlist:
You Really Got Me
I'm The One
Runnin' With The Devil
Romeo Delight
Somebody Get Me A Doctor
Beautiful Girls
Dance The Night Away
Atomic Punk
Everybody Wants Some
So This Is Love
Mean Street
Pretty Woman
Drum Solo
Unchained
I'll Wait
...And The Cradle Will Rock
Hot For Teacher
Little Dreamer
Little Guitars
Jamie's Cryin'
Ice Cream Man
Panama
Guitar Solo
Ain't Talkin''Bout Love
1984
Jump


Unlike Springsteen, this is the set for the whole tour. To this point, nothing has changed. But for the first time seeing it, much fun was had.

Today's musical stuff...

Today was a preview of the 2007 Fall Tour. My day in chronologic order (mostly).

Van Halen in DC

I work about a block away from the arena in DC, the Verizon Center. So when I got work that Van Halen was playing here, I decided to go to the arena and try for tickets. i arrived about 9:40am, tickets go on sale at 10:00am. There weren't many people there and I got in line. The whole process was ver orderly and there were 3 ticket windows selling tickets. Very organized! But 5 minutes into tickets being on sale, the only seats comng up were 400 level seats. THESE SUCK!

I had Donkey on the cell phone. He had the same thing happening to him. He threw them back a few times. Finally, some 100 level seats. Donkey got them. I had similar seats at the window, but his were a little better. I go back to work.

At this point, I am wondering why the rotten tickets so shortly after going on sale? I went to the Ticket Master page. And I noticed that there is a new set of tabs (see image below).

BID ON AUCTION?! WTF?
If tickets weren't expensive enough, this put them over the top. Now they charge a SUPER premium for seats in an auction.

New Springsteen! Radio Nowhere

I got over the whole VH dibacole and now I get an MP3 file with the upcoming Springsteen release, Radio Nowhere. For your listening pleasure, click on the MP3 player over on the sidebar.

My thoughts; I like it! It's no Born to Run, but it's a lot better then the Ghost of Tom Joad! Give it a listen (click in the object on the bar on the right), and leave a comment with what you think.

Fall tour, 2007

The Fall Tour is starting to shape up. So far it looks like it will be a Van Halen show and some Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band shows! Somewhere in there, I will become a father, but in the mean time, I'll stick with the touring bands. And for reference, a picture of each act.



Bruce is touring with a new album, supposedly the last with the full E-Street band. VH is touring, well, because they need the dough! In the picture it is, Alex Van Halen, David Lee Roth, Eddie Van Halen, and Eddie's son Wolfgang (Wolfie) Van Halen who will be playing bass on the tour. It should be fun!
As for one of the geekier things, scoll down the side of my blog and you can see the countdown clock to the new Springsteen CD, Magic.