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Trading Sites

Some of the sites above offer forums where people can either discuss bootlegs, or publish torrent files. Those sites include EasyTree, JamToThis, VHTrading, and RothArmy.

Articles

Only one way for Van Halen to rock: As one By Edna Gundersen, USA TODAY (Posted 6/8/2004)
Van Halen by Mike Gee
Corgan and Van Halen: Billy Interviews Eddie [part 1]
DLR Interview by Keith Phipps
'Diamond' David Lee Roth by Frank Meyer

Tour Dates

Here's a partial list. Audio and video lists are more thorough. A list of known bootlegs.

1974-Feb. 1978 "Club Days"

1974 "Cherokee Demos"
W.Hollywood 11/74
Pasadena High School 2/75 + 4/75 fragments
Pasadena 6/12/75 (date uncertain, the show where "In For The Kill" was played)
Pasadena 6/13/75 ("Pasadena Hilton" title)
Norwalk, CA 5/9/76
Pasadena 5/30/76
Hollywood 6/29/76 (mislabeled 6/1/76)
San Bernardino, CA 9/18/76
Pasadena 2/18/77
Hollywood 6/10/77 two sets
Valencia, CA 10/77 ("Magic Mountain 1977")
Pasadena 10/15/77
10/26-10/27/77 25 song demo
W. Hollywood 12/31/77 two sets
W. Hollywood, CA 2/25/78 two sets

1978 "First World Tour"

Philadelphia 3/24/78
New York 3/25/78
New York 4/28/78
Amsterdam 5/6/78
Paris 5/10/78
Glasgow, Scotland 5/18/78
Newcastle, England 5/21/78
Lewisham, England 5/27/78
London 6/1/78 (Aud + SB)
London 6/10/78 (Master Aud liberated 4/04)
Tokyo 6/17/78
Tokyo 6/19/78
Tokyo 6/22/78
Nagoya 6/24/78
Osaka 6/25/78
Osaka 6/27/78
Long Beach, CA 7/16/78
Oklahoma City 8/6/78
Philadelphia 8/29/78
Niagara, NY 9/8/78
Fresno 9/22/78
Anaheim 9/23/78
Offenbach, Germany 10/11/78
Ludwigshafen, Germany 10/14/78
Cambrai, France 10/20/78
London 10/22/78
Nashville 11/19/78

1979 "World Vacation" Tour

Fresno 3/25/79
Los Angeles 4/8/79
Vancouver 4/18/79
Seattle 4/19/79
Detroit 5/1/79
Boston 5/14/79 (video fragment)
Rochester 5/18/79 (Aud + 3 videos)
Little Rock, AR 6/8/79
Brussels 6/14/79
Amsterdam 6/15/79
Lyon, France 6/21/79
Newcastle, England 6/26/79
London 6/28/79
London 6/29/79
Lakeland, FL 7/8/79
Houston 7/11/79
Asbury Park, NJ 8/11/79
Milwaukee 8/21/79
Kyoto, Japan 9/3/79
Osaka, Japan 9/10/79
Tokyo 9/13/79
Los Angeles 10/7/79

1980 "World Invasion" Tour

Women and Children First Demos
Spokane, WA 3/24/80
Milwaukee 4/14/80
Detroit 4/27/80
Largo, MD 5/1/80 (Aud + SB)
Buffalo, NY 5/5/80
Philadelphia 5/9/80
Geleen, Holland 5/26/80
Manchester, England 6/19/80
Leicester, England 6/20/80
London 6/23/80
London 6/24/80
Toronto 7/18/80
Baltimore 7/22/80
Uniondale, NY 7/27/80
Fort Myers, FL 8/8/80
Hollywood, FL 8/9/80
Albuquerque, NM 9/10/80
Salt Lake City 10/6/80
Oakland 10/9/80

1981 "Fair Warning" Tour

Providence, RI 5/15/81
Seattle 6/6/81
Oakland 6/11/81
Oakland 6/13/81 (3 videos)
Los Angeles 6/19/81
Los Angeles 6/20/81
Los Angeles 6/21/81
Detroit 7/4/81
Chicago 7/10/81 (Aud + video snippet)
Chicago 7/11/81 (video snippet)
New York 7/17/81
Uniondale, NY 7/18/81
Philadelphia 7/20/81
Philadelphia 7/21/81
Boston 7/25/81
Largo, MD 7/28/81
Largo, MD 7/29/81
Cleveland 8/2/81
Montreal 8/5/81
Atlanta 8/22/81
Greensboro 8/25/81
Cincinnati 8/29/81
Birmingham, AL 8/31/81
Memphis 9/2/81 (Video)
Phoenix 9/28/81
El Paso, TX 10/7/81

1982-83 "Hide Your Sheep" Tour

Pasadena, CA 6/27/82 "Diver Down Tour Rehearsals"
Greensboro, NC 7/16/82
Charlotte 7/17/82
Birmingham, AL 7/22/82
Louisville, KY 7/30/82
Madison, WI 8/11/82
Detroit 8/13/82
Detroit 8/14/82
Chicago 8/19/82
Seattle 9/2/82
Fresno 9/5/82
Los Angeles 9/10/82
San Francisco 9/14/82
San Francisco 9/15/82
New Haven, CT 10/7/82
New York 10/8/82
Syracuse 10/9/82
Largo, MD 10/11/82 (Aud--first night, DIFFERENT from the video)
Largo, MD 10/12/82 (Aud + Video)
Philadelphia 10/19/82
Philadelphia 10/20/82
Worcester, MA 10/25/82
Toronto 10/26/82
Montreal 10/27/82
Uniondale, NY 11/13/82 (Aud + partial video)
East Rutherford, NJ 11/14/82
East Rutherford, NJ 11/15/82
Dallas 11/18/82 (Aud + SB)
Dallas 11/19/82
Baton Rouge, LA 11/26/82
Hollywood, FL 12/10/82
Caracas, Venezuela 1/16/83 (SB? + video)
Sao Paulo, Brazil 1/21/83 (video)
Montevideo, Uruguay 2/5/83 (SB + partial video)
Buenos Aires, Argentina 2/11/83 (video)
Devore, CA 5/29/83 (multiple aud sources + video)

1984 World Tour

Hollywood, FL 1/21/84
Lakeland, FL 1/22/84
Birmingham, AL 1/29/84
Charlotte 2/1/84
Greensboro, NC 2/3/84
Roanoke, VA 2/4/84
Knoxville, TN 2/10/84
Charlotte 2/14/84
Augusta, GA 2/19/84
Pittsburgh 3/7/84
Chicago 3/13/84
Worcester, MA 3/16/84
Providence 3/18/84
Philadelphia 3/20/84
Philadelphia 3/21/84
Buffalo 3/22/84
New Haven, CT 3/24/84
New York 3/30/84
New York 3/31/84
East Rutherford, NJ 4/2/84
East Rutherford, NJ 4/3/84
Detroit 4/5/84
Detroit 4/6/84
Toronto 4/17/84
Montreal 4/19/84 (video)
Quebec City 4/21/84
Winnipeg 4/25/84
Calgary 4/27/84
Reno, NV 5/7/84
San Francisco 5/9/84
San Francisco 5/10/84
San Francisco 5/11/84
Los Angeles 5/13/84
Los Angeles 5/14/84
Las Vegas 5/15/84 (40 min. video)
Phoenix 5/17/84
San Diego 5/20/84
San Diego 5/21/84
Denver 6/2/84
Peoria, IL 6/29/84
Madison, WI 7/3/84
Indianapolis 7/5/84
Indianapolis 7/6/84
Evansville, IN 7/7/84
Austin, TX 7/10/84
Dallas 7/16/84
Leicestershire, England 8/18/84
Stockholm 8/25/84
Winterhur, Switzerland 8/31/84
Karlsruhe, Germany 9/1/84
Nuremburg, Germany 9/2/84

Bootlegs worth getting

By ffoner

Gazzarri's Dance Contest
Demo Daze
GWB Deluxe
Pasadena Hilton
Strike While the Iron's Hot (needs to be compared to what Lou just torrented)
Complete Zero
Covers Band from Pasadena
EVH: Guitar Man
Magic Mountain
Nightmare Before Halloween
Suspicious Performance
This is Joe
Texas II Step
Home Ground
Full Moon, Fair Warning
Hung 'em High in Seattle (not sure if a lower gen source exists)
Floor 'em at the Forum
Dallas Diver
Where Did All the Good Times Go?
Sundown in San Diego
Van Halen Rapes Stockholm

By TopJimmy78

All of the above and

Live And loud
Bright Lights, Big largo
Martial Law
Scorin At The Forum

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