Some of the highlights included some of Roth's story telling, the beginning of "Ice Cream Man" (featuring Roth on acoustic guitar) and Eddie's continued guitar domination. It was great to hear all the classic Van Halen songs with the right guy singing. Roth comes out on stage and acts like he never would want to do anything else. To me, he's the ultimate rock star. He's not the greatest singer, but he has amazing presence and is a real showman. For a guy who's 53 he really didn't show it at all. He also slipped in some Who and Cream lyrics to a couple of songs.

Over the last few years, many concerts don't seem to focus on the musicianship. I actually was glad to see a lot of guitar solos, including one lengthy one and a lengthy drum solo. Both extensive solos were refreshing as most newer bands don't have a guitar solo much longer that 5-10 seconds. I'd like so see more concerts where bands try to show off their musicianship. I don't care about long solos but let me see that you can really play.

In summary, the show was well worth seeing. I'm so glad Roth has reunited with Van Halen and I might try and see them again in LA or Anaheim. In my opinion it's not that big of a deal that original bassist Michael Anthony isn't with the band as the stars are Roth and Eddie.

It was quite loud and Roth loves dropping the F-bomb quite a bit. Another negative is that Roth forgot some lyrics and paused too much, letting the backup vocals through. I also don't understand why Eddie Van Halen decided to not wear a shirt through the whole show. Nobody's perfect but it was great to see a show where the expectations are surpassed.

Set list from 11/25/07

01. You Really Got Me
02. I'm the One
03. Runnin' With the Devil
04. Romeo Delight
05. Somebody Get Me a Doctor
06. Beautiful Girls
07. Dance the Night Away
08. Atomic Punk
09. Everybody Wants Some
10. So This Is Love?
11. Mean Street
12. Pretty Woman
13. Drum Solo
14. Unchained
15. I'll Wait
16. And the Cradle Will Rock
17. Hot for Teacher
18. Little Dreamer
19. Little Guitars
20. Jamie's Cryin'
21. Ice Cream Man
22. Panama
23. Guitar Solo
24. Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love

ENCORE:
25. 1984
26. Jump