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Tonight: Van Halen




Rock legends Van Halen come to the First Niagara Center tonight.  Yes, Van Halen… not Van Hagar or, *shudder* Van Cherone… the real deal, one-of-a-kind, Van Halen.

Buffalo marks the twelfth stop on the tour and so far the reviews have been overwhelmingly positive.  Most critics have gone as far as saying that this is the best Van Halen has sounded since they ruled the music world in the early 1980’s.  This tour is in support of the newly released A Different Kind of Truth.  As of this writing, I have only listened to the album once.  It didn’t blow me away, but it was unmistakable Van Halen and I will be sure to give it another go this afternoon while I’m preparing for the show.  Something of note: so far, the tour has not gone with a cookie-cutter setlist (nor have they played any songs from the post-David Lee Roth era, sorry “Right Now” fans).  My research has found that each set has reserved space for three or four songs out of a pool of twelve (or more?) classics and deep cuts.

Funk godfathers, Kool & The Gang will be opening the show this evening.  Everybody knows "Celebration" and "Ladies Night", but chances are you also know "Hollywood Swinging" and "Jungle Boogie" as well (who hasn't seen Pulp Fiction, really?).

The show starts at 7:30PM and tickets are priced at $77/$147.

This is sure to be a memorable evening and, as a guitarist, I am very much looking forward to seeing what EVH pulls out of his bag of tricks tonight.

Everybody wants some, I want some too. Whoa! Hey hey! Owwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!




Drew Kline
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Just Announced: Van Halen (with David Lee Roth) in Buffalo!!!



Van Halen used to be fun. Before the bickering, and lawsuits, and Sammy Hagar, and bad albums, and TMZ drama, they were STUPID fun; like clowns, and balloons and confetti and air guitar solo fun. (ok, I'll stop saying fun). David Lee Roth was the ringleader of that circus and when he left, lets just say that was the day us partiers stopped paying attention. Sure, the band soldiered on with Sammy Hagar, and, yes, he was good in his own right, but it's kind of apples and oranges. You can't compare an ape throwing shit to a wine and cheese party. Some of us just love the dumber things in life. Recently it was announced that the band would be touring with the classic lineup again (minus bass player Michael Anthony). On March 09, 2012 the band will find their way to First Niagara Center, for, argueably, a hefty sum of money. It's the first time they've played Buffalo in quite some time and the first time they've played this city with Roth since the early '80's.

I have no expectations. But if the below video is enough to inspire i'm willing to take the ride and pretend I'm 12 years old again. Van Halen forever.



jon krol
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