Van Halen kicked off their 2012 tour Saturday night in Louisville, Kentucky.
Out in support of the band’s new album, “A Different Kind Of Truth,” Van Halen put in a “vintage performance,” according to Jeffrey Lee Puckett of the Louisville Courier-Journal.
“The night belonged to Eddie,” writes Puckett. “Eddie Van Halen, the guitar-shredding heart of the band’s sound, was in peak form. His right hand was like a jackhammer all night as he showed utter command of his instrument, with no apparent ill effects from a 2009 surgery on his left hand. This was crucial, because while the band’s best material stands alone as seriously good, voraciously hard rock, Eddie’s guitar is Van Halen.”
To read more – including the night’s set list – see the Courier-Journal review here.
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“A Different Kind Of Truth” sold 187,000 copies in its first week; it debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Rock Albums chart and #2 on the Billboard 200.
Van Halen Van Halen – You Really Got Me / Runnin’ With The Devil
KFC Yum! Center – Louisville, KY – February 18, 2012
Van Halen – You Really Got Me (alternate angle)
KFC Yum! Center – Louisville, KY – February 18, 2012
Van Halen – Tattoo
KFC Yum! Center – Louisville, KY – February 18, 2012
Van Halen – Everybody Wants Some!!
KFC Yum! Center – Louisville, KY – February 18, 2012
Van Halen – Everybody Wants Some!! (alternate angle)
KFC Yum! Center – Louisville, KY – February 18, 2012
Van Halen – Alex drum solo / Unchained
KFC Yum! Center – Louisville, KY – February 18, 2012
Van Halen – Hot For Teacher
KFC Yum! Center – Louisville, KY – February 18, 2012
Van Halen – Women In Love
KFC Yum! Center – Louisville, KY – February 18, 2012
Van Halen – Beautiful Girls
KFC Yum! Center – Louisville, KY – February 18, 2012
Van Halen - Panama (partial)
KFC Yum! Center – Louisville, KY – February 18, 2012
Van Halen - Eddie Van Halen solo
KFC Yum! Center – Louisville, KY – February 18, 2012
Van Halen – Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love
KFC Yum! Center – Louisville, KY – February 18, 2012
Van Halen – Jump
KFC Yum! Center – Louisville, KY – February 18, 2012
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