Author: Logan Rocker

Billy Idol’s journey began in Stanmore, Middlesex, England, and later he spent formative years in Bromley, Kent. Idol, whose birth name is William Michael Albert Broad, first cut his musical teeth in the punk-rock explosion of the late 1970s as a member of the band Generation X. After several successful singles like “King Rocker” and “Dancing with Myself,” the band ultimately disbanded in 1981, setting the stage for Idol’s ambitious solo career.

Idol relocated to New York City, seeking a broader stage for his charismatic image and energetic performance style. His early solo efforts were marked by a significant collaboration with guitarist Steve Stevens, whose distinctive riffs and virtuosity complemented Idol’s snarling, rebellious vocal delivery. Idol’s self-titled debut album, Billy Idol (1982), set the tone for his career with breakout hits like “White Wedding” and “Hot in the City,” both of which established him as an MTV mainstay, thanks to their memorable music videos.

The commercial apex of Idol’s career arrived with his second studio album, Rebel Yell (1983). Powered by the electrifying title track, along with other iconic songs like “Eyes Without a Face,” “Flesh for Fantasy,” and “Catch My Fall,” Rebel Yell elevated Idol to international stardom. The album achieved double platinum status in the United States and cemented Idol’s image as an iconic rock rebel—complete with trademark platinum hair, punk-inspired attire, and unmistakable sneer.

Billy Idol’s continued momentum carried into the late 1980s with his 1986 release, Whiplash Smile, generating popular singles such as “To Be a Lover” and “Sweet Sixteen.” Idol’s compilation Vital Idol (1987) further solidified his chart dominance, particularly through its dance remix of “Mony Mony,” which soared to number one on the Billboard Hot 100. The subsequent album, Charmed Life (1990), produced yet another enduring hit with “Cradle of Love,” which peaked at number two and received extensive airplay, driven largely by its edgy and provocative music video.

Throughout his prolific career, Idol has released eight studio albums, multiple compilations, and several EPs. He has achieved three Grammy nominations, notably earning recognition in the Best Male Rock Vocal Performance category for “Rebel Yell,” “To Be a Lover,” and “Cradle of Love.” Though he has yet to win a Grammy, Idol’s iconic status and influence on rock music are undisputed. His music has repeatedly charted in the top ten worldwide, making him one of rock’s most recognizable and enduring figures.

Billy Idol is beloved in the music industry primarily for his dynamic stage presence, unapologetic attitude, and his ability to fuse punk sensibilities with pop accessibility. His blend of rebellion, sexuality, and catchy melodies allowed him to transcend genre limitations, capturing a diverse audience from punk purists to mainstream rock fans. Idol’s dedication to visual artistry—particularly his early embrace of music video culture—has secured him a lasting legacy as an influential figure during the rise of MTV and beyond.

Outside of music, Idol has pursued various creative endeavors, including acting roles and appearances in film and television. Notably, his cameo appearance in the film The Wedding Singer (1998) introduced him to new generations of fans. Idol has also authored an autobiography, Dancing with Myself, detailing his turbulent life, career struggles, and numerous triumphs, further showcasing his talents beyond music. With decades in the spotlight and an undiminished passion for performing, Billy Idol continues to exemplify the spirit of rock and roll rebellion, resonating across generations.

Complete List Of Billy Idol Songs From A to Z

1. All Summer Single – Whiplash Smile – 1986
2. Auld Lang Syne – Happy Holidays – 2006
3. Baby Put Your Clothes Back On – The Roadside EP – 2021
4. Beyond Belief – Whiplash Smile – 1986
5. Bitter Pill – Cyberpunk – 1993
6. Bitter Pill – Kings & Queens of the Underground – 2014
7. Bitter Taste – The Roadside EP – 2021
8. Blue Christmas – Happy Holidays – 2006
9. Blue Highway – Rebel Yell – 1983
10. Body Snatcher – Devil’s Playground – 2005
11. Brooklyn Bridge – Kings & Queens of the Underground – 2014
12. Buried Alive – Devil’s Playground – 2005
13. Burning Down the House – Don’t Stop – 1981
14. Cage – Devil’s Playground – 2005
15. Can’t Break Me Down – Kings & Queens of the Underground – 2014
16. Charm – Charmed Life – 1990
17. Cherie – Generation X – 1979
18. Christmas Love – Happy Holidays – 2006
19. Come On, Come On – Billy Idol – 1982
20. Coming Home – Kings & Queens of the Underground – 2014
21. Concrete Kingdom – Charmed Life – 1990
22. Crank Call – Rebel Yell – 1983
23. Cradle of Love – Charmed Life – 1990
24. Cry – Kings & Queens of the Underground – 2014
25. Cyberpunk – Cyberpunk – 1993
26. Dancing With Myself – Billy Idol – 1982
27. Daytime Drama – Rebel Yell – 1983
28. Devil’s Playground – Devil’s Playground – 2005
29. Do Not Stand in the Shadows – Rebel Yell – 1983
30. Don’t Need a Gun – Whiplash Smile – 1986
31. Don’t Stop – Don’t Stop – 1981
32. Drug Addiction – Generation X – 1979
33. Endless Sleep – Charmed Life – 1990
34. Evil Eye – Devil’s Playground – 2005
35. Eyes Wide Shut – Kings & Queens of the Underground – 2014
36. Eyes Without a Face – Rebel Yell – 1983
37. Fatal Charm – Whiplash Smile – 1986
38. Flesh for Fantasy – Rebel Yell – 1983
39. Fright Night – Vital Idol – 1985
40. Frosty the Snowman – Happy Holidays – 2006
41. Generation X – Generation X – 1979
42. Ghost in My Guitar – Kings & Queens of the Underground – 2014
43. Ghostriders in the Sky – Don’t Stop – 1981
44. God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen – Happy Holidays – 2006
45. Happy Holiday – Happy Holidays – 2006
46. Here Comes Santa Claus – Happy Holidays – 2006
47. Heroin – Cyberpunk – 1993
48. Hollywood Promises – Kings & Queens of the Underground – 2014 (Bonus track)
49. Hot in the City – Billy Idol – 1982
50. I Need More – Generation X – 1979
51. I’m Not a Junkie – Devil’s Playground – 2005
52. It’s So Cruel – Billy Idol – 1982
53. (It’s) So Cruel – Rebel Yell – 1983
54. Jingle Bell Rock – Happy Holidays – 2006
55. Kings & Queens of the Underground – Kings & Queens of the Underground – 2014
56. Kiss Me Deadly – Generation X – 1979
57. LA Woman – Charmed Life – 1990
58. Lady Do or Die – Devil’s Playground – 2005
59. La La Rules the World – Cyberpunk – 1993
60. Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! – Happy Holidays – 2006
61. License to Thrill – Charmed Life – 1990
62. Love and Glory – Kings & Queens of the Underground – 2014
63. Love Calling – Billy Idol – 1982
64. Love Labours On – Kings & Queens of the Underground – 2014
65. Love Unchained – Charmed Life – 1990
66. The Loveless – Charmed Life – 1990
67. Man for All Seasons – Whiplash Smile – 1986
68. Mark of Caine – Charmed Life – 1990
69. Merry Christmas Baby – Happy Holidays – 2006
70. Mony Mony – Don’t Stop – 1981
71. Motorbikin’ – Cyberpunk – 1993
72. Neuromancer – Cyberpunk – 1993
73. New Future Weapon – Devil’s Playground – 2005
74. Nobody’s Business – Billy Idol – 1982
75. Nothing to Fear – Kings & Queens of the Underground – 2014
76. O Christmas Tree – Happy Holidays – 2006
77. One Breath Away – Kings & Queens of the Underground – 2014
78. One Night, One Chance – Whiplash Smile – 1986
79. Peace Frog – VH1 Storytellers – 2002
80. Plastic Jesus – Devil’s Playground – 2005
81. Power to the Music – Devil’s Playground – 2005
82. Prodigal Blues – Charmed Life – 1990
83. Postcards from the Past – Kings & Queens of the Underground – 2014
84. Pumping on Steel – Charmed Life – 1990
85. Ready Steady Go – Generation X – 1979
86. Rebel Yell – Rebel Yell – 1983
87. The Right Way – Charmed Life – 1990
88. Rita Hayworth – The Roadside EP – 2021
89. Run Rudolph Run – Happy Holidays – 2006
90. Running with the Boss Sound – Generation X – 1979
91. Santa Claus Is Back in Town – Happy Holidays – 2006
92. Save Me Now – Kings & Queens of the Underground – 2014
93. Scream – Devil’s Playground – 2005
94. Shock to the System – Cyberpunk – 1993
95. Shooting Stars – Billy Idol – 1982
96. Shotgun Solution – Generation X – 1979
97. Silver Bells – Happy Holidays – 2006
98. Silent Night – Happy Holidays – 2006
99. Skateboard – Cyberpunk – 1993
100. Slash & Burn – Cyberpunk – 1993
101. Soul Standing By – Whiplash Smile – 1986
102. Speed – Cyberpunk – 1993
103. Suburbs – Generation X – 1979
104. Summer Running – Charmed Life – 1990
105. Supercharged – Charmed Life – 1990
106. Sweet Sixteen – Billy Idol – 1982
107. Sweet Sixteen – Whiplash Smile – 1986
108. The Dead Next Door – Rebel Yell – 1983
109. The Loveless – Cyberpunk – 1993
110. The Right Way – Devil’s Playground – 2005
111. Then the Night Comes – Cyberpunk – 1993
112. Thy Will Be Done – Generation X – 1979
113. To Be a Lover – Whiplash Smile – 1986
114. Tomorrow People – Cyberpunk – 1993
115. Trouble with the Sweet Stuff – Charmed Life – 1990
116. U Don’t Have to Kiss Me Like That – The Roadside EP – 2021
117. Venus – Cyberpunk – 1993
118. Wasteland – Cyberpunk – 1993
119. Whiskey and Pills – Kings & Queens of the Underground – 2014
120. White Christmas – Happy Holidays – 2006
121. White Wedding – Billy Idol – 1982
122. Who’s Laughing Now – Billy Idol – 1982
123. Wild Child – Devil’s Playground – 2005
124. Winter Wonderland – Happy Holidays – 2006
125. Worlds Forgotten Boy – Whiplash Smile – 1986
126. Your Generation – Generation X – 1979

Albums

Generation X (1979): 10 songs

Don’t Stop EP (1981): 4 songs

Billy Idol (1982): 10 songs

Rebel Yell (1983): 9 songs

Whiplash Smile (1986): 10 songs

Charmed Life (1990): 11 songs

Cyberpunk (1993): 12 songs

Devil’s Playground (2005): 13 songs

Happy Holidays (2006): 17 songs

Kings & Queens of the Underground (2014): 12 songs (including bonus track)

The Roadside EP (2021): 4 songs

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Fleetwood Mac’s legendary journey began in London in 1967, when guitarist Peter Green, drummer Mick Fleetwood, and bassist John McVie united their musical visions to create a blues-rock band deeply rooted in traditional American blues. Initially named “Peter Green’s Fleetwood Mac,” the group rapidly gained recognition through dynamic live performances and authentic blues sensibilities. Their early singles, notably “Black Magic Woman,” later popularized by Santana, and “Albatross,” which soared to number one in the UK charts, established them firmly in the British blues scene.

Throughout the late 1960s and early 1970s, Fleetwood Mac endured multiple lineup shifts, notably with the departure of Green and the brief presence of guitarist Bob Welch. The band’s sound evolved significantly during this period, drifting from its blues origins toward a more melodic rock style. In 1975, the addition of American musicians Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks propelled Fleetwood Mac into an unprecedented era of commercial success and creative vitality. This refreshed lineup released their self-titled album, Fleetwood Mac (1975), introducing hit singles like “Rhiannon,” “Over My Head,” and “Say You Love Me,” marking their commercial breakthrough in the United States.

The follow-up, 1977’s Rumours, became the definitive album of Fleetwood Mac’s career. Driven by intricate interpersonal relationships and emotional tensions among band members, Rumours yielded massive hits including “Go Your Own Way,” “Dreams,” “Don’t Stop,” and “The Chain.” The album dominated charts worldwide, spending 31 weeks atop the Billboard 200 in the U.S., eventually earning a Grammy Award for Album of the Year in 1978. To date, Rumours has sold over 40 million copies globally, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time.

Fleetwood Mac’s ambitious streak continued with the experimental double album Tusk (1979), notable for its bold departure from the accessible style of Rumours. Although it received mixed reviews initially, Tusk later gained critical appreciation for its artistic courage, further solidifying the band’s legacy as innovators. Subsequent albums like Mirage (1982), featuring hits such as “Hold Me” and “Gypsy,” and Tango in the Night (1987), driven by chart-toppers “Little Lies” and “Everywhere,” reinforced Fleetwood Mac’s reputation as consistent hitmakers capable of adapting to shifting musical landscapes.

In recognition of their significant cultural impact, Fleetwood Mac has garnered multiple prestigious accolades. In 1998, the core lineup—Fleetwood, McVie, Buckingham, Nicks, and Christine McVie—was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Their enduring influence also earned them a Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music. Beyond awards, Fleetwood Mac’s distinctive combination of heartfelt songwriting, intricate harmonies, and relatable themes has cemented their widespread adoration among generations of listeners.

Outside of their considerable musical achievements, Fleetwood Mac’s members have often championed charitable causes and social activism. Stevie Nicks, particularly vocal about women’s rights, has supported organizations combating domestic violence and advocating for veterans. Mick Fleetwood and John McVie have engaged in various environmental and wildlife conservation initiatives, reflecting their personal passions beyond the stage.

With a discography encompassing 18 studio albums, numerous live recordings, and countless compilations, Fleetwood Mac remains an enduring symbol of creative resilience and musical innovation. Their remarkable ability to navigate internal turmoil and reinvent themselves artistically has deeply endeared them to fans worldwide. Whether through their timeless anthems, their deeply human storytelling, or their unwavering authenticity, Fleetwood Mac has secured an unrivaled legacy in popular music.

Complete List Of Fleetwood Mac Songs From A to Z

1. Affairs of the Heart – Behind the Mask – 1990
2. All Over Again – Time – 1995
3. Although the Sun Is Shining – Then Play On – 1969
4. Angel – Heroes Are Hard to Find – 1974
5. Angel – Tusk – 1979
6. Bad Loser – Heroes Are Hard to Find – 1974
7. Bare Trees – Bare Trees – 1972
8. Beautiful Child – Tusk – 1979
9. Before the Beginning – Then Play On – 1969
10. Behind the Mask – Behind the Mask – 1990
11. Believe Me – Mystery to Me – 1973
12. Bermuda Triangle – Heroes Are Hard to Find – 1974
13. Big Love – Tango in the Night – 1987
14. Bleed to Love Her – Say You Will – 2003
15. Blood on the Floor – Kiln House – 1970
16. Blow by Blow – Time – 1995
17. Blue Letter – Fleetwood Mac – 1975
18. Book of Love – Mirage – 1982
19. Book of Miracles – Tango in the Night – 1987
20. Born Enchanter – Heroes Are Hard to Find – 1974
21. Bright Fire – Penguin – 1973
22. Brown Eyes – Tusk – 1979
23. Buddy’s Song – Kiln House – 1970
24. Can’t Go Back – Mirage – 1982
25. Caroline – Tango in the Night – 1987
26. Caught in the Rain – Penguin – 1973
27. Child of Mine – Bare Trees – 1972
28. Closing My Eyes – Then Play On – 1969
29. Cold Black Night – Fleetwood Mac – 1968
30. Come – Say You Will – 2003
31. Come a Little Bit Closer – Heroes Are Hard to Find – 1974
32. Coming Home – Mr. Wonderful – 1968
33. Coming Home – Heroes Are Hard to Find – 1974
34. Coming Your Way – Then Play On – 1969
35. Crystal – Fleetwood Mac – 1975
36. Danny’s Chant – Bare Trees – 1972
37. Destiny Rules – Say You Will – 2003
38. Did You Ever Love Me – Penguin – 1973
39. Dissatisfied – Penguin – 1973
40. Do You Know – Behind the Mask – 1990
41. Doctor Brown – Mr. Wonderful – 1968
42. Don’t Stop – Rumours – 1977
43. Down Endless Street – Tango in the Night – 1987
44. Dragonfly – Kiln House – 1970
45. Dreamin’ the Dream – Time – 1995
46. Dreams – Rumours – 1977
47. Dust – Bare Trees – 1972
48. Dust My Broom – Mr. Wonderful – 1968
49. Earl Gray – Kiln House – 1970
50. Empire State – Mirage – 1982
51. Emerald Eyes – Mystery to Me – 1973
52. Evenin’ Boogie – Mr. Wonderful – 1968
53. Everybody Finds Out – Say You Will – 2003
54. Everywhere – Tango in the Night – 1987
55. Eyes of the World – Mirage – 1982
56. Family Man – Tango in the Night – 1987
57. Fighting for Madge – Then Play On – 1969
58. For Your Love – Mystery to Me – 1973
59. For Your Love (Mono promo edit) – Mystery to Me – 1973
60. Forever – Mystery to Me – 1973
61. Freedom – Behind the Mask – 1990
62. Future Games – Future Games – 1971
63. Go Your Own Way – Rumours – 1977
64. Gold Dust Woman – Rumours – 1977
65. Goodbye Baby – Say You Will – 2003
66. Good Things (Come to Those Who Wait) – Mystery to Me – 1973
67. Got to Move – Fleetwood Mac – 1968
68. Gypsy – Mirage – 1982
69. Hard Feelings – Behind the Mask – 1990
70. Hellhound on My Trail – Fleetwood Mac – 1968
71. Heroes Are Hard to Find – Heroes Are Hard to Find – 1974
72. Heroes Are Hard to Find (single version) – Heroes Are Hard to Find – 1974
73. Hi Ho Silver – Kiln House – 1970
74. Hold Me – Mirage – 1982
75. Hollywood (Some Other Kind of Town) – Time – 1995
76. Honey Hi – Tusk – 1979
77. Homeward Bound – Bare Trees – 1972
78. Homeward Bound (Live) – Bare Trees – 1972
79. Hypnotized – Mystery to Me – 1973
80. I Do – Time – 1995
81. I Don’t Want to Know – Rumours – 1977
82. I Got It in for You – Time – 1995
83. I Know I’m Not Wrong – Tusk – 1979
84. I Loved Another Woman – Fleetwood Mac – 1968
85. I Wonder Why – Time – 1995
86. I’m So Afraid – Fleetwood Mac – 1975
87. (I’m a) Road Runner – Penguin – 1973
88. Illume (9-11) – Say You Will – 2003
89. In the Back of My Mind – Behind the Mask – 1990
90. I’ve Lost My Baby – Mr. Wonderful – 1968
91. If You Be My Baby – Mr. Wonderful – 1968
92. Isn’t It Midnight – Tango in the Night – 1987
93. Isn’t it Midnight (alternate mix) – Tango in the Night – 1987
94. Jewel Eyed Judy – Kiln House – 1970
95. Jewel Eyed Judy (Single Version) – Kiln House – 1970
96. Juliet – Tango in the Night – 1987
97. Just Crazy Love – Mystery to Me – 1973
98. Keep On Going – Mystery to Me – 1973
99. Landslide – Fleetwood Mac – 1975
100. Lay It All Down – Future Games – 1971
101. Lay It All Down (Alternate Version) – Future Games – 1971
102. Lazy Poker Blues – Mr. Wonderful – 1968
103. Like Crying – Then Play On – 1969
104. Little Lies – Tango in the Night – 1987
105. Little Lies (Extended Version) – Time – 1995
106. Looking for Somebody – Fleetwood Mac – 1968
107. Long Grey Mare – Fleetwood Mac – 1968
108. Love in Store – Mirage – 1982
109. Love Is Dangerous – Behind the Mask – 1990
110. Love Minus Zero/No Limit – Say You Will – 2003
111. Love That Burns – Mr. Wonderful – 1968
112. Merry Go Round – Fleetwood Mac – 1968
113. Miles Away – Mystery to Me – 1973
114. Miranda – Say You Will – 2003
115. Mission Bell – Kiln House – 1970
116. Monday Morning – Fleetwood Mac – 1975
117. Morning Rain – Future Games – 1971
118. Murrow Turning Over in His Grave – Say You Will – 2003
119. My Baby’s Good to Me – Fleetwood Mac – 1968
120. My Dream – Then Play On – 1969
121. My Heart Beat Like a Hammer – Fleetwood Mac – 1968
122. Mystified – Tango in the Night – 1987
123. Mystified (alternate version) – Tango in the Night – 1987
124. Mystified (instrumental demo) – Tango in the Night – 1987
125. Need Your Love Tonight – Mr. Wonderful – 1968
126. Never Forget – Tusk – 1979
127. Never Going Back Again – Rumours – 1977
128. Never Make Me Cry – Tusk – 1979
129. Night Watch – Penguin – 1973
130. Nights in Estoril – Time – 1995
131. No Place to Go – Fleetwood Mac – 1968
132. Not Make Believe – Say You Will – 2003
133. Not That Funny – Tusk – 1979
134. Nothing Without You – Time – 1995
135. Oh Daddy – Rumours – 1977
136. Oh Diane – Mirage – 1982
137. One Sunny Day – Then Play On – 1969
138. One Together – Kiln House – 1970
139. Only Over You – Mirage – 1982
140. Ooh My Love – Tango in the Night – 1987
141. Over & Over – Tusk – 1979
142. Over My Head – Fleetwood Mac – 1975
143. Peacekeeper – Say You Will – 2003
144. Peacekeeper (Live from Sessions@AOL) – Say You Will – 2003
145. Prove Your Love – Heroes Are Hard to Find – 1974
146. Purple Dancer – Kiln House – 1970
147. Rattlesnake Shake – Then Play On – 1969
148. Red Rover – Say You Will – 2003
149. Remember Me – Penguin – 1973
150. Revelation – Penguin – 1973
151. Rhiannon – Fleetwood Mac – 1975
152. Ricky – Tango in the Night – 1987
153. Rollin’ Man – Mr. Wonderful – 1968
154. Running Through the Garden – Say You Will – 2003
155. Safe Harbour – Heroes Are Hard to Find – 1974
156. Sands of Time – Future Games – 1971
157. Sands of Time (Single Version) – Future Games – 1971
158. Sara – Tusk – 1979
159. Save Me – Behind the Mask – 1990
160. Save Me a Place – Tusk – 1979
161. Say Goodbye – Say You Will – 2003
162. Say You Love Me – Fleetwood Mac – 1975
163. Say You Will – Say You Will – 2003
164. Say You Will (Live from Sessions@AOL) – Say You Will – 2003
165. Searching for Madge – Then Play On – 1969
166. Second Hand News – Rumours – 1977
167. Sentimental Lady – Bare Trees – 1972
168. Sentimental Lady (Single Version) – Bare Trees – 1972
169. Seven Wonders – Tango in the Night – 1987
170. Seven Wonders (early version) – Tango in the Night – 1987
171. Shake Your Moneymaker – Fleetwood Mac – 1968
172. She’s Changing Me – Heroes Are Hard to Find – 1974
173. Show Me a Smile – Future Games – 1971
174. Show Me a Smile (Alternate Version) – Future Games – 1971
175. Show-Biz Blues – Then Play On – 1969
176. Silver Girl – Say You Will – 2003
177. Silver Heels – Heroes Are Hard to Find – 1974
178. Sisters of the Moon – Tusk – 1979
179. Skies the Limit – Behind the Mask – 1990
180. Smile at You – Say You Will – 2003
181. Somebody – Mystery to Me – 1973
182. Sometimes – Future Games – 1971
183. Sometimes (Alternate Version) – Future Games – 1971
184. Songbird – Rumours – 1977
185. Sooner or Later – Time – 1995
186. Spare Me a Little of Your Love – Bare Trees – 1972
187. Special Kind of Love – Tango in the Night – 1987
188. Stand on the Rock – Behind the Mask – 1990
189. Station Man – Kiln House – 1970
190. Station Man (Single Version) – Kiln House – 1970
191. Steal Your Heart Away – Say You Will – 2003
192. Stone – Future Games – 1971
193. Stop Messin’ Round – Mr. Wonderful – 1968
194. Storms – Tusk – 1979
195. Straight Back – Mirage – 1982
196. Sugar Daddy – Fleetwood Mac – 1975
197. Sunny Side of Heaven – Bare Trees – 1972
198. Talkin’ to My Heart – Time – 1995
199. Tango in the Night – Tango in the Night – 1987
200. Tango in the Night (demo) – Tango in the Night – 1987
201. Tell Me All the Things You Do – Kiln House – 1970
202. That’s All for Everyone – Tusk – 1979
203. That’s Alright – Mirage – 1982
204. That’s Enough for Me 
205. That’s Enough for Me – Tusk – 1979
206. The Chain – Rumours – 1977
207. The City – Mystery to Me – 1973
208. The Derelict – Penguin – 1973
209. The Ghost – Bare Trees – 1972
210. The Ledge – Tusk – 1979
211. The Second Time – Behind the Mask – 1990
212. The Way I Feel – Mystery to Me – 1973
213. The World Keep on Turning – Fleetwood Mac – 1968
214. These Strange Times – Time – 1995
215. Think About Me – Tusk – 1979
216. This Is the Rock – Kiln House – 1970
217. Thoughts on a Grey Day – Bare Trees – 1972
218. Thrown Down – Say You Will – 2003
219. Trinity (Mono Version) – Bare Trees – 1972
220. Trying So Hard to Forget – Mr. Wonderful – 1968
221. Tusk – Tusk – 1979
222. Underway – Then Play On – 1969
223. Walk a Thin Line – Tusk – 1979
224. Warm Ways – Fleetwood Mac – 1975
225. Welcome to the Room… Sara – Tango in the Night – 1987
226. What a Shame – Future Games – 1971
227. What a Shame (Unedited) – Future Games – 1971
228. What Makes You Think You’re the One – Tusk – 1979
229. What’s the World Coming To? – Say You Will – 2003
230. When It Comes to Love – Behind the Mask – 1990
231. When I See You Again – Tango in the Night – 1987
232. When the Sun Goes Down – Behind the Mask – 1990
233. When You Say – Then Play On – 1969
234. Where We Belong – Tango in the Night – 1987
235. Why – Mystery to Me – 1973
236. Winds of Change – Time – 1995
237. Wish You Were Here – Mirage – 1982
238. Without You – Then Play On – 1969
239. Woman of 1000 Years – Future Games – 1971
240. World Turning – Fleetwood Mac – 1975
241. You and I, Part II – Tango in the Night – 1987
242. You and I, Part II (full version) – Tango in the Night – 1987
243. You Make Loving Fun – Rumours – 1977

Albums

Fleetwood Mac (1968): 12 songs

Mr. Wonderful (1968): 12 songs

Then Play On (1969): 14 songs

Kiln House (1970): 14 songs

Future Games (1971): 14 songs

Bare Trees (1972): 13 songs

Penguin (1973): 9 songs

Mystery to Me (1973): 14 songs

Heroes Are Hard to Find (1974): 12 songs

Fleetwood Mac (1975): 11 songs

Rumours (1977): 11 songs

Tusk (1979): 20 songs

Mirage (1982): 12 songs

Tango in the Night (1987): 25 songs

Behind the Mask (1990): 13 songs

Time (1995): 15 songs

Say You Will (2003): 21 songs

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Marking three decades together, Mogwai have transformed a difficult period into a blazing post-rock extravaganza. The Bad Fire finds them in fine form and taking unexpected inspiration from King Crimson and Jan Hammer – with, perhaps, Pink Floyd to be added in the future.

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In 1995, when Stuart Braithwaite, Dominic Aitchison and Martin Bulloch formed a band in Glasgow, nobody could have had any inkling that a group playing mostly instrumental post-rock would make it to the top of the UK charts with As The Love Continues in 2021. Mogwai’s success is as surprising as it is heartwarming – and proof that independently-minded artists can prosper by sticking to their musical principles.

The band have had a good run from almost the beginning, charting from the off with 1997’s Mogwai Young Team, while their homespun label Rock Action has proved durable,boasting an ever-expanding roster that includes Kathryn Joseph, Arab Strap and Bdrmm. How does Braithwaite feel about the fact that Mogwai are still here, and seemingly going from strength to strength?

“Oh, I’m definitely proud,” he says. “I’m proud that we’re still making music, and I’m proud that people still want to hear the music we’re making. I’m pretty chuffed about it.”

One imagines a No.1 album at the start of their career would have been downright dangerous, given their propensity for hedonism. “It would have been, yeah,” he agrees. “I don’t think we would have lasted too long after that. It’s probably quite good that it happened when we were well into our 40s.”

How did it feel to have the best-selling album in Britain, keeping pop artists like Dua Lipa and Ariana Grande at bay – for a week, at least? “It was lovely. The only unfortunate thing was that it happened during the pandemic, and we couldn’t do a big celebratory tour. But we eventually managed to get out and play the songs. I think the kind of support and warmth we received around that time gave us a lot of confidence going into this record.”

He means The Bad Fire, Mogwai’s remarkable 11th album, which hasn’t been without tribulation. Barry Burns, their auxiliary multi-instrumentalist who’s been with the group since 1998, was put through the wringer when his daughter became seriously ill just as they started planning the record in early 2024. Thankfully, she’s responded well to treatment and has been on the up since then.

While that brought a dark complexion to proceedings, it also consolidated the unit in their creative endeavours. The Bad Fire is as emphatic and dynamic as you might expect, with plenty of peaks and troughs and surprises, too. Mogwai, it seems, were surprised themselves when the significance of the title of the album – a Scottish schoolyard expression for Hell – eventually dawned on them.

I think we only realised the title’s relevance in retrospect. We just thought it was funny

“I think we only realised its relevance in retrospect,” says Braithwaite. “We just thought the title was funny. And then we’re like: ‘Oh, that’s actually kind of heavy.’ It was a hard time; but it just felt really nice to be able to all get together and make some music after not being able to be together, and knowing that Barry was going through a really awful time with his family. It kind of made the recording feel even more special than usual.”

The group worked with the American producer John Congleton, whose credits include St Vincent, Swans and Sparks, to name but three. “He’s an absolute workaholic,” says Braithwaite. “He’s probably made 20 records since he made this one. I met him and I got on well with him, and he’s also made some records that we really like, like All Mirrors by Angel Olsen, and he’s done records with our friends Explosions In The Sky.”

Congleton flew into Glasgow for the recording. “It was the first time we’ve ever had a producer come to Scotland. It was a good experience. John had a ‘let’s just smash out some takes’ energy, which I like.”

While that might suggest there are rough edges to The Bad Fire, it’s polished in a poppy way in places, such as lead track God Gets You Back, while Hammer Room is ambitious and even proggy, with notes reaching into infinity, sounding almost virtuosic at times. “It’s definitely unusual. It’s very busy for a Mogwai song,” says Braithwaite.

Another, Pale Vegan Hip Pain, reminds Prog of Jan Hammer’s Crockett’s Theme, which Braithwaite takes well. “I love Crockett’s Theme! That’s actually the tune Kenny, our sound guy, always checks the PA with.” As for the unusual title: “My wife was at the doctor for a sore head. She looked over the desk and saw that ‘pale vegan hip pain’ were the only words written on the doctor’s notes.”

Barry uses different equipment for every record, which helps change the sound up. I’m a bit too lazy for that

Thirty years into their career, Mogwai are still evolving. “I don’t think we would like to just keep making the same record. We always try to do something new. Barry uses completely different equipment for every record, which helps change the sound up. I’m probably a bit too lazy for that, but I like to have some new toys and do something different. There’s definitely some songs that wouldn’t get on any other records.”

Which ones? Braithwaite mentions the axe-wielding Lion Rumpus, God Gets You Back and the brilliantly-titled Fanzine Made Of Flesh. The latter aches with pathos, with lyrics sung through a vocoder such as, ‘My heart breaks with every beat’ and, ‘See the stars and know they’re dead by now’ that hint at turmoil. Arpeggios drift into space like cosmic escalators as perspective is sought in the most trying of times.

It’s perhaps not surprising that Mogwai have a concomitant career as soundtrack composers, with their cinematic music scoring momentous big- and small-screen pictures like Mark Cousins’ Atomic: Living In Dread And Promise. Mogwai played it in Hiroshima, which Braithwaite describes as “probably the most intense experience I’ve ever had with a band.” Then there’s the recent true crime miniseries, Black Bird. “It’s always the cheery stuff with us!”

Across the Channel, there was the soundtrack to the lauded TV drama Les Revenants in 2012, and most famously, Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait from 2006, an arty on-field portrait of French footballing genius Zinédine Zidane where the camera follows him around for an entire match. A fine concept, slightly let down by the fact he had a lacklustre game. “I think that’s why he got sent off,” chuckles Braithwaite. “Just so there was something to remember.”

Hawkwind are a really important band… the glue between punk rock, prog rock and krautrock

Mogwai have always had their heads in the clouds, with a style of music that’s perfect for accompanying the viewing of great expanses or staring longingly into the empyrean and wondering what’s out there. Braithwaite’s late father made astronomical telescopes, which makes Prog wonder if that had an influence on the music?

“One hundred per cent,” he agrees. “I grew up around astronomers and sci-fi people. I’m not a big label person, but one of the few labels that I’m totally comfortable with is ‘space rock,’ because I can’t think of a band described that way that I don’t like. It’s a kind of music that connects us with the universe.”

Are Mogwai secret Hawkwind fans, then? “I love Hawkwind!” he confirms. “They’re a really important band, aren’t they? They’re the glue between punk rock, prog rock and krautrock. Dave Brock did the liner notes for Neu! back in 1972, and then there’s Lemmy, who’s a punk-rock icon.”

Braithwaite’s 2022 memoir Spaceships Over Glasgow recounts his time as a fan of The Cure and Sonic Youth. He recalls the tribalism of the 1980s and 1990s that seemed so important to him at the time. These allegiances often led to arguments and even some scrapes. Now, however, that pursuit of post-punk authenticity seems to have fallen by the wayside in an internet-dominated world.

“Nothing matters any more,” he reflects. “The concept of cool and uncool is completely gone. Which is good and bad, you know? It’s bad when people are unashamedly listening to Rick Astley. You’ve got to draw a line somewhere!”

The guitar part in Lion Rumpus is me trying to play like Fripp. If Fripp was pretending he couldn’t play

The punk-rock doctrinaire of old has even come around to the idea that what he does isn’t a million miles away from progressive rock. “We’re prog curious,” he declares with a laugh. His wife, the singer Elisabeth Elektra, has helped lead him there.

“I went to see Roger Waters last year, mainly because my wife is a Pink Floyd fan, and I loved it so much. I even bought The Dark Side Of The Moon. I’d never listened to it until three months ago. The music fans I grew up with all thought Pink Floyd disappeared after Syd Barrett left – but I’m realising that there’s some good stuff after that.”

And that’s not all: he’s also become obsessed with King Crimson, turned onto the band by Toby Amies’ In The Court Of The Crimson King – King Crimson At 50 documentary. “I’m working my way through all of the records, which are just so good. I think the guitar part in Lion Rumpus is me trying to deconstruct Robert Fripp’s guitar solo from [Eno’s] Baby’s On Fire. It’s me trying to play like Fripp. If Fripp was pretending he couldn’t play!”

Braithwaite and his wife took part in a sonic experiment as Covid restrictions began to lift in 2021. They and some stir-crazy musicians they’d met online embarked on a ferry to the Outer Hebrides to record at the Black Bay Studio on the Isle Of Lewis. The unanticipated result was a brand-new band, Silver Moth, with a critically-lauded debut album Black Bay.

Braithwaite said at the time the project had unleashed his “inner prog.” Did that experience influence the new Mogwai recording at all? “It may have done,” he considers, “because there definitely was a prog element to that. I really enjoyed making that record, and I really enjoyed going on the tour as well. It was nice remembering those experiences of fear when you’re first in a band.

“We’re definitely going to make another record. We’ll be back in the wilderness [of Lewis] again. The guy that recorded us [inhouse engineer/owner Pete Fletcher] is a really nice bloke as well, so it’ll be good to spend more time with him again.”

Iron Maiden guitarist Adrian Smith has named his favourite of the band’s songs.

During a recent interview with Sonic Perspectives, the 68-year-old names Wrathchild from 1981 album Killers as his pick for Maiden’s standout achievement. He does admit, however, that the Paul Di’Anno-era anthem is “awkward” to perform.

“One of my favourites has always been Wrathchild,” says Smith (via Ultimate Guitar). “That’s a great one. It’s not a great one to play, weirdly. It’s kind of awkward to play. That riff is kind of awkward. But I like the song. I do love the song.”

Smith joined Maiden just before the recording of Killers, replacing Dennis Stratton. The album was the last of two featuring Di’Anno, who was dismissed in 1981 and replaced by current frontman Bruce Dickinson. Di’Anno died last year at the age of 66.

Smith has become one of Maiden’s longest-serving members (his absence from the lineup between 1990 and 1998 notwithstanding) and also performs backing vocals in the band. Elsewhere in the Sonic Perspectives chat, he talks about his friendship with fellow long-standing Maiden guitar player Dave Murray, whom he’s known since his teens.

“When I was 15 years old, back in London, I met Dave Murray,” he remembers. “We became best buddies because no one else in our neighbourhood at that time was into Deep Purple and Free. We were crazy about it. We had long hair already. All the other kids were into soul music, and all the other kids wanted to do was get cars, get married and all that. Nothing wrong with that. But we wanted guitars, to be in a band. That was it.”

He continues: “I mean, we were just obsessed with it. Dave could play the guitar already, and I wanted to be in a band with him. I said, ‘Well, I’ll have a go at singing.’ So, that’s how I started. I sang and learned guitar as I went along, and I did that right up until I joined Maiden. I was fronting a band and singing, and I paid my dues in the pubs and clubs, singing through shitty PAs, no monitors, singing myself raw, and loved every minute of it.”

Maiden will tour Europe this summer, playing the first leg of their Run For Your Lives shows. The band will perform material from their first nine albums, from 1980’s Iron Maiden to 1992’s Fear Of The Dark, to celebrate their 50th anniversary. See details of all announced dates below.

Run For Your Lives will be Maiden’s first tour since 1982 without drummer Nicko McBrain. Though he’s still officially part of the band, McBrain retired from the live stage late last year. He suffered a mini-stroke in January 2023 that affected his playing.

Iron Maiden 2025 tour dates:

May 27: Budapest Aréna, Hungary *
May 28: Budapest Aréna, Hungary *
May 31: Prague Letnany Airport, Czech Republic *
Jun 01: Bratislava TIPOS Arena, Slovakia *
Jun 05: Trondheim Rocks, Norway ≠
Jun 07: Stavanger SR-Bank Arena, Norway *
Jun 09: Copenhagen Royal Arena, Denmark *
Jun 12: Stockholm 3Arena, Sweden *
Jun 13: Stockholm 3Arena, Sweden *
Jun 16: Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Finland *
Jun 19: Dessel Graspop Metal Meeting, Belgium≠

Jun 21: Birmingham Utilita Arena, UK ^
Jun 22: Manchester Co-op Live, UK ^
Jun 25: Dublin Malahide Castle, Ireland *^
Jun 28: London Stadium, UK *^
Jun 30: Glasgow OVO Hydro, UK ^

Jul 03: Belfort Eurockéennes, France ≠
Jul 05: Madrid Estadio Cívitas Metropolitano, Spain **
Jul 06: Lisbon MEO Arena, Portugal **
Jul 09: Zurich Hallenstadion, Switzerland **
Jul 11: Gelsenkirchen Veltins-Arena, Germany **
Jul 13: Padova Stadio Euganeo, Italy **
Jul 15: Bremen Bürgerweide, Germany **
Jul 17: Vienna Ernst Happel Stadium, Austria **
Jul 19: Paris Paris La Défense Arena, France **
Jul 20: Paris Paris La Défense Arena, France **
Jul 23: Arnhem GelreDome, Netherlands **
Jul 25: Frankfurt Deutsche Bank Park, Germany **
Jul 26: Stuttgart Cannstatter Wasen, Germany **
Jul 29: Berlin Waldbühne, Germany **
Jul 30: Berlin Waldbühne, Germany **
Aug 02: Warsaw PGE Narodowy, Poland **

* = Halestorm support
^ = The Raven Age support
** = Avatar support
≠ = Festival date

Director James Mangold’s celebrated Bob Dylan biopic A Complete Unknown starring Timothée Chalamet in the lead role is set to land on Hulu and Disney+ on March 27.

The Searchlight Pictures’ movie has been adapted from Elijah Wald’s 2015 book Dylan Goes Electric!: Newport, Seeger, Dylan, and the Night That Split The Sixties and focuses on Dylan’s career in the early to mid-60s and his transition from a young folk artist into a cultural icon.

The film stars Monica Barbaro as Joan Baez, Scoot McNairy as Woody Guthrie, Edward Norton as Pete Seeger, Elle Fanning as Sylvie Russo and Boyd Holbrook as Johnny Cash.

How to watch A Complete Unknown

If you want to watch A Complete Unknown, head over to either Hulu or Disney+ from March 27, search for the documentary and you’re all set.

A Hulu subscription with ads costs $9.99 per month, while the ad-free option is priced at $18.99. You can also pick up a sub with Hulu and Disney+ for $10.99 per month, or go for the Max Bundle featuring Hulu, Disney+ and Max for $16.99 a month.

In the UK, a Disney+ monthly sub with ads costs £4.99 a month, while you can get the standard package for £8.99 a month. A Premium subscription costs £12.99 per month and that ups the resolution to 4K UHD & HDR.

How to watch A Complete Unknown from anywhere

If you’re outside the US or the UK on holiday or traveling with work and want to watch A Complete Unknown as soon as it airs on March 27, don’t worry, as you’ll still be able to watch wherever you are with the use of a VPN.

Virtual Private Networks are used to change the location of your IP address, enabling you to watch any show outside of a streaming territory. NordVPN is our service of choice and it’s currently available at a great price and with a 30-day money-back guarantee.

How to use a VPN

1. Install a VPN. As we’ve mentioned above, NordVPN is Louder’s current favourite.

2. Choose the location you wish to connect to in the VPN. If you’re currently outside the US or UK on holiday and want to watch A Complete Unknown, just select ‘US’ or ‘UK’ from the list.

3. Turn the volume up and relax. You’re all set to watch Timothée Chalamet and Elle Fanning in the Dylan biopic.

Scott has spent 35 years in newspapers, magazines and online as an editor, production editor, sub-editor, designer, writer and reviewer. Scott joined our news desk in the summer of 2014 before moving into e-commerce in 2020. Scott keeps Louder’s buyer’s guides up to date, writes about the best deals for music fans, keeps on top of the latest tech releases and reviews headphones, speakers, earplugs and more for Louder. Over the last 10 years, Scott has written more than 11,000 articles across Louder, Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Prog. He’s previously written for publications including IGN, Sunday Mirror, Daily Record and The Herald, covering everything from daily news and weekly features, to tech reviews, video games, travel and whisky. Scott’s favourite bands are Fields Of The Nephilim, The Cure, New Model Army, All About Eve, The Mission, Cocteau Twins, Drab Majesty, The Tragically Hip, Marillion and Rush.

Powerwolf will play the biggest UK show of their career at Wembley Arena in 2026.

The German power metal sex cult church thing will play London’s 12,500-capacity venue on March 7, 2026, with support from Hammerfall and Wind Rose. £1 from every ticket sold will be donated to the Live Trust, a charity that raises funds for live music in the UK.

Tickets go on general sale at 10am UK time on March 28.

Keyboardist Falk Maria Schlegel comments: “London, are you ready to howl with us? We will come back to your beautiful city! On March 7, 2026, we will bring our metal mass to the legendary Wembley Arena for a night of pure, unrelenting power! Get ready for an unforgettable night! I invite you all to a show that will shake Wembley to its foundations!”

Powerwolf, formed in Saarbrücken in 2003, put out their 10th album Wake Up The Wicked in 2024. The release was promoted with a European arena tour, also featuring support from Hammerfall and Wind Rose. Metal Hammer interviewed the bands before a show at the Schleyer-Halle in Stuttgart, where Schlegel revealed the inspirations behind Powerwolf’s famously theatrical performances.

“My biggest influence has always been Bruce Dickinson, his onstage acting,” he said. “When I was a kid and my parents left the house, I’d turn up [Iron Maiden’s] Live After Death album and sing like Bruce in the mirror with a hairbrush!”

The keyboardist added that the band started ‘blowing up’ in Europe in 2011. “At that point, it felt like people were just falling in love with this new style of heavy metal music that both bands were doing, everything just felt like it was getting bigger,” he explained. “We’d turn up to places we’d played before and get twice as many people coming along.”

In 2025, Powerwolf will tour South and Central America, then play a European festival tour in the summer. They’re also booked to play US festivals Louder Than Life and Aftershock in September and October. See all dates and details via their website.

There’s a candid strategy to the Darkness‘ albums that can be misconstrued as simplistic or, under worst circumstances, campy to casual observers. But they’re neither, despite the outside appearances. The British band, which exploded to prominence with their 2003 debut Permission to Land, finely tune their 1970s-inspired, glam-coated hard rock for maximum impact. There’s nothing simple about their methods.

Still, the knowing wink behind Justin Hawkins’ classic rock moves is quick to spot after 22 years. The cover of the Darkness’ last album, 2021’s Motorheart, featured what can only be referred to as phallic-shaped mechanical creatures sprouting from a cosmic netherworld that was tied to a song about having sex with robots. It’s as if Roger Dean’s artwork turned pornographic instead of into fantasy.

Similar amusing touches are all over the band’s eighth album, Dreams on Toast, from its peculiar title to the opening track, “Rock and Roll Party Cowboy,” which somehow manages to encompass the exact hellbent-for-a-good-time attitude its name conveys. Yet they also reveal a heart beating beneath the spangled jumpsuits and soaring falsetto: “There goes thе best seven years of my life / There goes a girl who only saw me, not my influence or my wealth / There goes the only human being I have ever loved more than I hate myself,” Hawkins sings in the deceivingly peppy “I Hate Myself.”

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If Motorheart could be framed as a semi-concept album about relationships in the modern age, Dreams on Toast bears no overriding theme other than have a good time and try to get out alive; if you can’t, that’s cool, too. The album’s 33 minutes whiz by, with power pop, metal and even some galloping country (“Hot on My Tail,” “Cold Hearted Woman”) tossed into the fidgety mix.

It’s easy to name touchstones in the Darkness’ music, from “Rock and Roll Party Cowboy” and “Mortal Dread”‘s AC/DC boogie to the Beatles-via-Queen bounce of “The Longest Kiss” to “Walking Through Fire,” a love letter to the Darkness themselves. (“Our next long player is coming out soon / I’ll be honest, I’m under the moon / We’re only doing this cause it’s fun / Don’t even think my mum bought the last one,” Hawkins admits over opening acoustic guitars that escort one of the Darkness’ best songs.) But more than two decades from their debut, Dreams on Toast proves the band is still charting a path of its own making.

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From their barnstorming 1978 days as an opening act to their final shows as homecoming rock legends in 2015, Van Halen‘s set lists changed a lot over their touring career.

Here’s a chronological breakdown of the average set lists from each of Van Halen’s 15 major tours, showing which songs were added from the group’s 12 studio albums for each new tour, and which were taken out of rotation.

Of course, Van Halen’s song choices often depending on who was their lead singer at the time of each tour. When Sammy Hagar took over for David Lee Roth in 1986, he was careful to lean more heavily on his own work with the band instead of filling half the show with Roth-era classics.

Upon his return to the group in 2007, Roth drew an even clearer line in the sand, never singing a single Hagar-era song during any of the group’s three final tours. As for Gary Cherone? In his brief time as the group’s frontman he was an equal opportunity singer.

With data from SetList.fm, here’s a look at how Van Halen’s set lists evolved between 1978 and 2015.

It should be noted that each entry below is focused on the average set lists for each tour – sometimes Van Halen would switch things up for a show or two, or for a portion of the tour. It’s also a bit hard to track instrumental songs such as “Eruption” and “Cathedral,” which start out getting their own spot on the set list but were eventually subsumed into Eddie Van Halen‘s nightly guitar solo showcase.

1978 World Tour

After years of honing their performance and songwriting skills on the club scene, Van Halen exploded onto the rock world at large with their self-titled 1978 debut album.

The group capitalized by performing a staggering 174 shows that year, opening for – and often stealing the spotlight from – everybody from Journey to Ted Nugent to the Rolling Stones. Although they understandably focused on material from their first album, they would occasionally sneak in “Somebody Get Me a Doctor,” which wound up on their second album.

Typical 1978 World Tour Set List

1. “On Fire”
2. “I’m the One”
3. Bass Solo
4. “Runnin’ With the Devil”
5. “Atomic Punk”
6. Drum Solo
7. “Little Dreamer”
8. “Feel Your Love Tonight”
9. “Ain’t Talkin’ ’bout Love”
10. Guitar Solo
11. “You Really Got Me” (Kinks cover)
12. “Ice Cream Man” (John Brim cover)

Songs per album:
Van Halen: 9

Read More: How Van Halen Conquered the World With Just 10 Shows

1979 ‘World Vacation’ Tour

Van Halen kept the pedal to the metal in 1979, releasing Van Halen II just thirteen months after their debut, taking advantage of the large backlog of original material they had assembled before signing a record deal.

They were full-time arena headliners already, a change which allowed them to add a heavy dose of songs from the new album while keeping most of the songs from their previous tour, and even adding Van Halen‘s “Jamie’s Cryin'” into permanent rotation.

Typical World Vacation Tour Set List:
(new songs in bold)

1. “Light Up the Sky” (from 1979’s Van Halen II)
2. “Somebody Get Me a Doctor”  (from Van Halen II)
3. Drum Solo
4. “Runnin’ With the Devil” (from Van Halen)
5. “Dance the Night Away” (from Van Halen II)
6. “Beautiful Girls” (from Van Halen II)
7. “On Fire” (from Van Halen)
8. Bass Solo
9. “You’re No Good” (Dee Dee Warwick cover, from Van Halen II)
10. “Jamie’s Cryin'” (from Van Halen)
11. “Feel Your Love Tonight” (from Van Halen)
12. “Outta Love Again” (from Van Halen II)
13. “Ice Cream Man” (from Van Halen)
14. “Ain’t Talkin’ ’bout Love” (from Van Halen)
15. Guitar Solo
16. “You Really Got Me” (from Van Halen)
17. “Bottoms Up!” (from Van Halen II)

Songs per album:
Van Halen II: 8
Van Halen: 6

1980 ‘World Invasion’ Tour

Even though 1980’s Women and Children First, was dominated by newly-written material, Van Halen turned it around even faster than they did their second album, releasing their third album just a year and three days after Van Halen II.

New songs such as “Everybody Wants Some!!” and “And the Cradle Will Rock…” were more dynamic and perfectly designed for the arena-sized audiences the band was now drawing.

They hit the road for the 130-date ‘World Invasion’ tour, adding five songs from Women and Children First and a cover of Jimmy Reed’s “Bright Lights, Big City,” while dropping previous tour staples such as Van Halen II‘s “Somebody Get Me a Doctor,” “Beautiful Girls” and “You’re No Good” along with Van Halen‘s “Feel Your Love Tonight.”

Typical ‘World Invasion’ Set List:

1. “Romeo Delight” (from 1980’s Women and Children First)
2. “Bottoms Up!” (from Van Halen II)
3. Drum Solo
4. “Runnin’ With the Devil” (from Van Halen)
5. “Tora! Tora! / Loss of Control” (from Women and Children First)
6. “Take Your Whiskey Home” (from Women and Children First)
7. “Dance the Night Away” (from Van Halen II)
8. “Women in Love…” (from Van Halen II)
9. “Jamie’s Cryin'” (from Van Halen)
10. “Bright Lights, Big City” (Jimmy Reed cover)
11. “Everybody Wants Some!!”  (from Women and Children First)
12. “And the Cradle Will Rock…”  (from Women and Children First)
13. “On Fire” (from Van Halen)
14. Guitar Solo
15. “Ain’t Talkin’ ’bout Love” (from Van Halen)
16. “Ice Cream Man” (from Van Halen)
17. “You Really Got Me” (from Van Halen)

Songs per album:
Van Halen – 6
Women and Children First – 5
Van Halen II – 3

1981 ‘Fair Warning’ Tour

Van Halen kept up their breakneck recording pace, dropping 1981’s Fair Warning just 13 months after Women and Children First. The dark and aggressive record found Eddie Van Halen asserting himself more in the songwriting process, the first steps in a tug of war that would eventually lead to David Lee Roth leaving the band.

They slowed down on the road just a bit, with 1981 being the first time in four years that the group hadn’t played at least 117 shows. With less pop influence than previous albums, Fair Warning didn’t reach the commercial heights of its predecessors, but tracks like “Mean Street” and particularly “Unchained” became fan favorites almost overnight.

Van Halen‘s “On Fire” returned to its early days show-opening spot, with “Ain’t Talkin’ ’bout Love” took over closing duties, and “Feel Your Love Tonight” returned to the set. To make way for a half-dozen Fair Warning songs, “Bottoms Up!,” “Loss of Control,” “Take Your Whiskey Home,” “Women in Love” and most shockingly, “…And the Cradle Will Rock” were removed from the set lists.

The audio from Van Halen’s June 11th show in Oakland, California was reportedly recorded in full, but has yet to be released. In fact, somehow Van Halen neglected to release a live album during Roth’s first tenure with the group. Video of three songs from the Oakland shows were released by the band and can be seen below.

Typical ‘Fair Warning’ Set List:

1. “On Fire” (from Van Halen)
2. “Sinner’s Swing” (from 1981’s Fair Warning)
3. Drum Solo
4. “Hear About it Later” (from Fair Warning)
5. “So This is Love?” (from Fair Warning)
6. “Jamie’s Cryin'” (from Van Halen)
7. Bass Solo
8. “Runnin’ With the Devil” (from Van Halen)
9. “Dance the Night Away” (from Van Halen II)
10. “Sunday Afternoon in the Park” (from Fair Warning)
11. “Romeo Delight” (from Women and Children First)
12. “Everybody Wants Some!!” (from Women and Children First)
13. “Ice Cream Man” (from Van Halen)
14. “Mean Street” (from Fair Warning)
15. Guitar Solo
16. “Feel Your Love Tonight” (from Van Halen)
17. “You Really Got Me” (from Van Halen)
18. “Unchained” (from Fair Warning)
19. “Ain’t Talkin’ ’bout Love” (from Van Halen)

Songs per album:
Van Halen: 7
Fair Warning: 6
Women and Children First: 2
Van Halen II: 1

1982-83 ‘Hide Your Sheep’ Tour

In need of some time off the road and away from the recording studio, Van Halen agreed to release a stand-alone cover of Roy Orbison’s ‘Oh, Pretty Woman” in return for a break from the grueling schedule of their last four years.

But when the song was an unexpectedly large hit, their label pressured them to get a corresponding album together. They reluctantly did so by cobbling together a bunch of covers, instrumentals and revamping old unreleased songs such as “Hang ‘Em High.” Although Eddie Van Halen was very unhappy about all the covers – consider this a loss for him in that tug of war – Diver Down ended up a surprisingly excellent and cohesive record.

The band hit the road again in July of 1982, staying on the road for just shy of 100 dates this time, including their infamously off-the-rails US Festival performance. A whopping nine songs from Diver Down were added to the set list but that number is a bit deceiving, as “Cathedral,” “Intruder” and their a Capella cover of “Happy Trails” are all very brief.

“Bottoms Up!” also made its way back into the set list, teaming up with the Diver Down songs to push out “On Fire,” “Sinner’s Swing,” Hear About it Later,” “So This is Love?,” “Sunday Afternoon in the Park,” “Mean Street” (leaving “Unchained” as the only Fair Warning song to make it to the next tour) and “Feel Your Love Tonight.”

Typical ‘Hide Your Sheep’ Set List:

1. “Romeo Delight” (from Women and Children First)
2. “Unchained” (from Fair Warning)
3. Drum Solo
4. “Runnin’ With the Devil” (from Van Halen)
5. “The Full Bug” (from 1982’s Diver Down)
6. “Jamie’s Cryin'” (from Van Halen)
7. “Little Guitars” (from Diver Down)
8. “Where Have All the Good Times Gone” (Kinks cover, from Diver Down)
9. Bass Solo
10. “Hang ‘Em High” (from Diver Down)
11. “Cathedral” (from Diver Down)
12. “Secrets” (from Diver Down)
13. “Dance the Night Away” (from Van Halen II)
14. “Everybody Wants Some!!” (from Women and Children First)
15. “Somebody Get Me a Doctor” (from Van Halen II)
16. “Ice Cream Man” (from Van Halen)
17. “Intruder” (from Diver Down)
18. “Oh, Pretty Woman” (Roy Orbison cover, from Diver Down)
19. Guitar Solo
20. “Ain’t Talkin’ ’bout Love” (from Van Halen)
21. “Bottoms Up!” (from Van Halen II)
22. “You Really Got Me” (from Van Halen)
23. “Happy Trails” (Roy Rogers cover, from Diver Down)

Songs per album:
Diver Down: 9
Van Halen: 5
Van Halen II: 3
Women and Children First: 2
Fair Warning: 1

1984 ‘1984’ Tour

Still smarting from being forced to fill Diver Down with cover songs, Eddie Van Halen built a recording studio at his own house and demanded more creative control on the next Van Halen album, 1984. He overcame the objections of David Lee Roth and others in the camp to include two keyboard-heavy singles on the record, and was proven correct when “Jump” became the band’s first and only No. 1 single.

The tour’s typical set list included seven of the nine songs from 1984. To make room, six of the nine Diver Down tracks were removed from the show, leaving just “Cathedral,” “Little Guitars” and “Oh, Pretty Woman.”

Van Halen’s “On Fire” was also brought back, helping to push out longtime staples such as “Dance the Night Away” and “Ice Cream Man.”

Six short years after they exploded onto the worldwide touring scene, the original lineup of Van Halen played their last-ever concert together on Sept. 2, 1984 in Nuremberg, Germany.

Typical ‘1984’ Set List

1. “Unchained” (from Fair Warning)
2. “Hot for Teacher” (from 1984’s 1984)
3. Drum Solo
4. “On Fire” (from Van Halen)
5. “Runnin’ With the Devil” (from Van Halen)
6. “Little Guitars” (from Diver Down)
7. “Cathedral” (from Diver Down)
8. “House of Pain” (from 1984)
9. Bass Solo
10. “Jamie’s Cryin'” (from Van Halen)
11. “I’ll Wait” (from 1984)
12. “Everybody Wants Some!!” (from Women and Children First)
13. “Girl Gone Bad” (from 1984)
14. “1984” (from 1984)
15. “Jump” (from 1984)
16. Guitar Solo
17. “Oh, Pretty Woman” (from Diver Down)
18. “Panama” (from 1984)
19. “You Really Got Me” (from Van Halen)
20. “Ain’t Talkin’ ’bout Love” (from Van Halen)

Songs per album:
1984: 7
Van Halen: 5
Diver Down: 3
Fair Warning: 1
Women and Children First: 1
Van Halen II: 0

1986 ‘5150’ Tour

After shocking the world by splitting up with David Lee Roth at the height of their collective powers, Van Halen turned to Sammy Hagar, fresh off his “I Can’t Drive 55” success and capable of selling out arenas as a solo act, as their new frontman for 1986’s 5150 album.

Determined to carve out a new identity for their new lineup, the group resisted making music videos – which had been a big factor in 1984‘s success – and wiped all but four Roth-era songs from their set lists.

The show instead featured eight of the nine tracks from 5150, two each from Van Halen and 1984, and a pair from Hagar’s solo career: “I Can’t Drive 55” and Standing Hampton‘s “There’s Only One Way to Rock,” during which Hagar gamely engaged in a guitar duel with Eddie Van Halen.

Hagar mostly declined to sing the band’s recent hit single “Jump,” instead bringing up a fan or local celebrity to do the honors. A cover of Led Zeppelin‘s ‘Rock and Roll,” which Hagar and Van Halen played together while announcing their union at Live Aid, typically closed out the show.

This became the first Van Halen tour to be chronicled on home video, as a slightly condensed version of their New Haven, CT show was released as Live Without a Net.

Typical ‘5150’ Tour Set List:

1. “You Really Got Me” (from Van Halen)
2. “There’s Only One Way to Rock” (from Hagar’s Standing Hampton)
3. “Summer Nights” (from 5150)
4. “Get Up” (from 5150)
5. Drum Solo
6. “Dreams” (from 5150)
7. “5150” (from 5150)
8. Bass Solo
9. “Panama” (from 1984)
10. “Best of Both Worlds” (from 5150)
11. “Love Walks In” (from 5150)
12. “Good Enough” (from 5150)
13. Guitar Solo
14. “I Can’t Drive 55” (from Hagar’s VOA)
15. “Ain’t Talkin’ ’bout Love” (from Van Halen)
16. “Why Can’t This Be Love” (from 5150)
17. “Jump” (from 1984)
18. “Rock and Roll” (Led Zeppelin cover)

Songs per album:
5150 – 8
1984 – 2
Van Halen – 2
VOA – 1
Standing Hampton – 1

1988-1989 ‘OU812’ Tour

After a brief break to allow Sammy Hagar to record the contractually-mandated farewell solo album I Never Said Goodbye for his former label (with help from Eddie Van Halen on bass) Van Halen got to work on what might be their most diverse album ever.

1988’s OU812 saw the band dive even deeper into keyboard pop, as well as pushing their boundaries in other ways, such as the country-tinged “Finish What Ya Started” and the prog / jazz / fusion influenced “Mine All Mine.”

The group stretched out their set lists a bit longer than on the 5150 tour, keeping four songs from 5150 to go along with six from OU812, adding “Runnin’ With the Devil” from the Roth Years and “When Eagles Fly” from Hagar’s latest solo album. “Jump” also vanished from the set lists.

This would also be the last time Eddie Van Halen played live keyboards on stage. For their next four tours they hired Alan Fitzgerald of Montrose and Night Ranger fame to perform the keyboard parts off stage, and in 2004 they switched to using pre-recorded tapes of Eddie Van Halen’s playing.

The band’s Feb. 1, 1989 show in Tokyo was pro-shot and is widely available on the internet.

Typical ‘OU812’ Tour Set List:

1. “A.F.U. (Naturally Wired)” (from OU812)
2. “There’s Only One Way to Rock” (from Hagar’s Standing Hampton)
3. “Summer Nights” (from 5150)
4. “Panama” (from 1984)
5. Bass Solo
6. “Runnin’ With the Devil” (from Van Halen)
7. “Why Can’t This Be Love” (from 5150)
8. “Mine All Mine” (from OU812)
9. Drum Solo
10. “Finish What Ya Started” (from OU812)
11. “5150” (from 5150)
12. “Cabo Wabo” (from OU812)
13. “When It’s Love” (from OU812)
14. “Eagles Fly” (From 1987’s I Never Said Goodbye by Sammy Hagar)
15. “I Can’t Drive 55” (from Hagar’s VOA)
16. “Best of Both Worlds” (from 5150)
17. Guitar Solo
18. “Black and Blue” (from OU812)
19. “Ain’t Talkin’ ’bout Love” (from Van Halen)
20. “You Really Got Me” (from Van Halen)
21. “Rock and Roll” (Led Zeppelin cover)

Songs per album:
OU812 – 6
5150 – 4
Van Halen – 3
1984 – 2
VOA – 1
Standing Hampton – 1
I Never Said Goodbye – 1

1991-1992 ‘For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge’ Tour

After three increasingly diverse and pop-friendly albums, Van Halen made a return to straight-ahead guitar-based hard rock on 1991’s charmingly titled For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge.

Only the surprise hit single “Right Now” – which used a traditional piano, not keyboards – strayed from this wall of guitars formula. The group’s live show changed accordingly, with keyboards relegated to an off-stage role.

Over 20 years into their worldwide touring career, Van Halen was still anything but a nostalgia act, as they put six songs from their new album into the set, cutting back a couple each from 5150 and OU812. Otherwise, the set followed the same basic shape as their previous two tours with Hagar – three of his solo songs, three from the Roth days.

This was the first Van Halen tour to be chronicled on an honest-to-goodness live album, the 1993 double-record set Live: Right Here Right Now. A full-length home video companion was also released.

The live album featured a whopping 24 tracks, including all but one F.U.C.K. song and a cover of the Who‘s “Won’t Get Fooled Again.”

Typical ‘For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge’ Tour Set List:

1. “Poundcake” (from 1991’s For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge)
2. “Judgement Day” (from 1991’s For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge)
3. “Runaround” (from 1991’s For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge)
4. “When It’s Love” (from OU812)
5. “There’s Only One Way to Rock” (from Hagar’s Standing Hampton)
6. Bass Solo
7. “Pleasure Dome” (instrumental) (from 1991’s For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge)
8. Drum Solo
9. “A.F.U. (Naturally Wired)” (from OU812)
10. “Panama” (from 1984)
11. “Why Can’t This Be Love” (from 5150)
12. “Finish What You Started” (from OU812)
13. “Eagles Fly” (from Hagar’s I Never Said Goodbye)
14. Guitar Solo
15. “You Really Got Me” (from Van Halen)
16. “I Can’t Drive 55” (from VOA)
17. “Best of Both Worlds” (from 5150)
18. “The Dream is Over” (from 1991’s For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge)
19. “Jump” (from 1984)
20. “Top of the World” (from 1991’s For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge)

Songs per album:
For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge – 6
OU812 – 3
5150 – 2
1984 – 2
Van Halen – 1
VOA – 1
Standing Hampton – 1

1993 ‘Right Here Right Now’ Tour

On their first-ever tour in support of a live album instead of a new studio effort, Van Halen didn’t have any new material to freshen up the set list.

So they switched things around using their back catalog, bringing back songs that had dropped from the show in recent years and giving “Right Now” (which was only played 35 times on their last tour) a full-time slot.

Hagar’s “I Can’t Drive 55” and “Eagles Fly” were dropped from the set list in favor of another I Never Said Goodbye song, “Give to Live.” He also went deeper into the Roth-era catalog by singing both “Jump” and “Unchained.” Most nights the group closed out the show with a cover of Neil Young‘s instant classic “Rockin’ in the Free World.”

Typical ‘Right Here Right Now’ Set List:

1. “Mine All Mine” (from OU812)
2. “Poundcake” (from For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge)
3. Judgement Day” (from For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge)
4. “Why Can’t This Be Love” (from 5150)
5. “Runaround” (from For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge)
6. “Panama” (from 1984)
7. Bass Solo
8. “Pleasure Dome” (instrumental) (from For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge)
9. Drum Solo
10. “Dreams” (from 5150)
11. “Right Now” (from For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge)
12. “Finish What You Started” (from OU812)
13. “Top of the World” (from For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge)
14. “Give to Live” (from Hagar’s I Never Said Goodbye)
15. “Best of Both Worlds” (from 5150)
16. “Eagles Fly” (from Hagar’s I Never Said Goodbye)
17. “There’s Only One Way to Rock” (from Hagar’s Standing Hampton)
18. Guitar Solo
19. “Unchained” (from Fair Warning)
20. “Ain’t Talkin’ ’bout Love” (from Van Halen)
21. “Jump” (from 1984)
22. “You Really Got Me” (from Van Halen)
23. “Rockin’ in the Free World” (Neil Young cover)

Songs per album:
For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge – 6
OU812 – 2
5150 – 3
1984 – 2
Van Halen – 1
Fair Warning – 1
I Never Said Goodbye – 1
Standing Hampton – 1

1995 ‘Balance’ Tour

Van Halen ran into stormy seas on their fourth and final studio album with Sammy Hagar. Personality conflicts and the arrival of grunge weighed heavily on the disjointed Balance, which nonetheless roared to the top of the charts.

With Eddie Van Halen dealing with a hip injury and his drumming brother Alex in a neck brace, the group’s shows in support of the album became known as the “ambulance tour.”

There was more variety in the set lists than on previous tours. Although it’s not listed in the average set list below, “There’s Only One Way to Rock” was played at about two-thirds of the show, and Balance‘s lead single “Don’t Tell Me (What Love Can Do)” was played at about half. (You can see the full tour stats here.)

As had become tradition, six songs from the new Balance album worked their way into the set list, edging out everything from OU812 and all but the biggest hit singles from 5150.

Two August 1995 shows from Toronto were filmed and released via Pay-Per-View in December of that same year, although the show has yet to be made legally available on home video yet.

Typical ‘Balance’ Tour Set List:

1. “The Seventh Seal” (from 1995’s Balance)
2. “Big Fat Money” (from Balance)
3. “Runaround” (from For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge)
4. “Top of the World” (from For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge)
5. “Amsterdam” (from Balance)
6. Bass Solo
7. “Aftershock” (from Balance)
8. “Why Can’t This Be Love” (from 5150)
9. Drum Solo
10. “Can’t Stop Lovin’ You” (from Balance)
11. “Feelin'” (from Balance)
12. “Ain’t Talkin’ ’bout Love” (from Van Halen)
13. “Right Now” (from For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge)
14. “You Really Got Me” (from Van Halen)
15. “Eagles Fly” (from Hagar’s I Never Said Goodbye)
16. Guitar Solo
17. “Jump” (from 1984)
18. “Dreams” (from 5150)
19. “Panama” (from 1984)

Songs per album:
Balance – 6
For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge – 3
5150 – 2
Van Halen – 2
1984 – 2
I Never Said Goodbye – 1
OU812 – 0

1998 ‘III’ Tour

For the second (but certainly not last) time in their career, Van Halen parted ways with another lead singer after the Balance tour, replacing Hagar with longtime Extreme vocalist Gary Cherone on 1998’s much-maligned III.

However you feel about that record, Cherone’s arrival gave Van Halen a singer who was eager to tackle songs from both previous eras of the band’s career. So in addition to the five songs they played from III on an average night, the group also dug out long-lost Roth-era gems such as “Mean Street” and “Dance the Night Away.”

The biggest hits of the Hagar years were also included. In a odd footnote, Cherone not Hagar became the first to sing “Humans Being” from the Twister soundtrack live with the group, since it came out after the Balance tour.

Michael Anthony also got a new way to shine on this tour, replacing his normal bass solo spotlight by taking lead vocals for Van Halen II‘s “Somebody Get Me a Doctor.”

The band’s April 20th show in Sydney Australia was professionally filmed and aired live on MTV. So if there’s ever a Van Halen III box set, maybe that will be included.

Cherone was dismissed from the band after a brief attempt to record a second album together, and none of the III songs have ever graced a Van Halen set list again.

Typical ‘III’ Tour Set List

1. “Unchained” (from Fair Warning)
2. “Without You” (From 1998’s Van Halen III) 
3. “One I Want” (From 1998’s Van Halen III) 
4. “Mean Street” (from Fair Warning)
5. “When It’s Love” (from OU812)
6. “Fire in the Hole” (From 1998’s Van Halen III) 
7. “Why Can’t This Be Love” (from 5150)
8. “Romeo Delight” (from Women and Children First)
9. Drum Solo
10. “Dance the Night Away” (From Van Halen II)
11. “Humans Being” (from the Twister soundtrack)
12. “Somebody Get Me a Doctor” (from Van Halen II)
13. “Year to the Day” (From 1998’s Van Halen III) 
14. Guitar Solo
15. “Right Now” (from For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge)
16. “Ain’t Talkin’ ’bout Love” (from Van Halen)
17. “Josephina” (From 1998’s Van Halen III) 
18. “Panama” (from 1984)
19. “Jump” (from 1984)

Songs per album:
Van Halen III: 5
1984: 2
Fair Warning: 2
Van Halen II: 2
Women and Children First: 1
For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge: 1
OU812: 1
5150: 1
Van Halen: 1
Twister Soundtrack: 1

Summer 2004 Tour

Did you ever get back together with your ex and then quickly remember why you broke up? That seems to be what happened on Van Halen’s summer 2004 tour, as Hagar returned to a tour that was plagued by personal disputes and Van Halen’s substance abuse battle.

The tour featured the heaviest dose of Roth-era Van Halen of any Hagar-fronted tour, with the once-banished “Jump” now serving as each night’s opening track. Anthony stayed on his “Doctor” duties, while most of Hagar’s solo songs were performed during his nightly solo acoustic segment – no more guitar duels.

Oh yeah and they also played all three songs from the new The Best of Both Worlds compilation album, which frankly are best forgotten.

After the tour-closing Nov. 19, 2004 marked several important (and somewhat sad) milestones. It was the last time Hagar would ever sing with the group, the last time they performed any songs from his era live and also the last time bassist Michael Anthony would ever play live with the band.

Typical Summer 2004 Set List

1. “Jump” (from 1984)
2. “Runaround” (from For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge)
3. “Humans Being” (from Twister Soundtrack)
4. “Up for Breakfast” (from The Best of Both Worlds)
5. Bass Solo
6. “Somebody Get Me a Doctor” (from Van Halen II)
7. “Poundcake” (from For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge)
8. “It’s About Time” (from The Best of Both Worlds)
9. Drum Solo
10. “Top of the World” (from For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge)
11. “Unchained” (from Fair Warning)
12. “Why Can’t This Be Love” (from 5150)
13. “Eagles Fly” (from Hagar’s I Never Said Goodbye)
14. “Deeper Kinda Love” (from Hagar’s Ten 13)
15. “The Seventh Seal” (from Balance)
16. “Best of Both Worlds” (from 5150)
17. Guitar Solo
18. “Dreams” (from 5150)
19. “Ain’t Talkin’ ’bout Love” (from Van Halen)
20. “Right Now” (from For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge)
21. You Really Got Me” (from Van Halen)
22. “Panama” (from 1984)
23. “When It’s Love” (from OU812)

Songs per album:
For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge – 4
The Best of Both Worlds – 3
5150 – 3
Van Halen – 2
1984 – 2
I Never Said Goodbye – 1
Ten 13 – 1
Van Halen II – 1
OU812 – 1
Fair Warning – 1
Twister Soundtrack: 1
Balance – 1

2007-2008 North American Tour

After 27 years apart, Van Halen reunited with original frontman David Lee Roth for a long-awaited and much-rumored reunion tour.

It seems Eddie Van Halen’s primary motivation for this tour was the chance to play live with his son Wolfgang, who took over for Michael Anthony on bass. (There was also some animosity over Anthony joining Hagar’s tours during Van Halen’s long stretches of inactivity.)

The foursome didn’t record a new album prior to the tour, but that hardly mattered as they had six classic album’s worth of songs, many of which hadn’t been performed live since Roth’s departure.

The group played at least two songs from each of their Roth-era album, paying extra attention their their 1978 debut, which dominated the proceedings with eight tracks (plus “Eruption,” which had long ago switched from being listed separately on the set lists to being the basis of Eddie’s nightly guitar solos.)

Obviously all trace of the Hagar years was erased, and Wolfgang had no interest in performing a bass solo, leaving extra room for his father and uncle to show off their individual talents.

Typical 2007-2008 Set List:

1. “You Really Got Me” (from Van Halen)
2. “I’m the One” (from Van Halen)
3. “Runnin’ With the Devil” (from Van Halen)
4. “Romeo Delight” (from Women and Children First)
5. “Somebody Get Me a Doctor” (from Van Halen II)
6. “Beautiful Girls” (from Van Halen II)
7. “Dance the Night Away” (from Van Halen II)
8. “Atomic Punk” (from Van Halen)
9. “Everybody Wants Some!!” (from Women and Children First)
10. “So This is Love?” (from Fair Warning)
11. “Mean Street” (from Fair Warning)
12. “Oh, Pretty Woman” (from Diver Down)
13. Drum Solo
14. “Unchained” (from Fair Warning)
15. “I’ll Wait” (from 1984)
16. “And the Cradle Will Rock…” (from Women and Children First)
17. “Hot for Teacher” (from 1984)
18. “Little Dreamer” (from Van Halen)
19. “Little Guitars” (from Diver Down)
20. “Jamie’s Cryin'” (from Van Halen)
21. “Ice Cream Man” (from Van Halen)
22. “Panama” (from 1984)
23. Guitar Solo
24. “Ain’t Talkin’ ’bout Love” (from Van Halen)
25. “1984” (from 1984)
26. “Jump” (from 1984)

Songs per album:
Van Halen: 8
1984: 5
Fair Warning: 3
Women and Children First: 3
Van Halen II: 3
Diver Down: 2

2012-2013 ‘A Different Kind of Truth’ Tour

Want to hear a wild stat? Van Halen’s 2012-2013 tour marked the first time in 18 years that Van Halen began a tour with the same singer who had performed on their last tour.

This time out they were promoting their first new studio album in 14 years, and the first to feature Roth in 28 years. Four songs from A Different Kind of Truth made it into the set list, including “She’s the Woman,” a reworked track from the band’s earliest days.

The rest of the show featured the most even distribution of tracks from each of the group’s first six albums ever, with 1984 and Van Halen getting four and every other album except Diver Down getting at least two.

This was also finally, finally the first Roth-era Van Halen tour to be represented with a live album, although Tokyo Dome: Live in Concert doesn’t seem to live up to the excitement and excellence most of us heard on that tour.

Typical ‘A Different Kind of Truth’ Tour Set List:

1. “Unchained” (from Fair Warning)
2. “Runnin’ With the Devil” (from Van Halen)
3. “She’s the Woman” (from 2012’s A Different Kind of Truth)
4. “Tattoo” (from 2012’s A Different Kind of Truth)
5. “Romeo Delight” (from Women and Children First)
6. “Everybody Wants Some!!” (from Women and Children First)
7. “Somebody Get Me a Doctor” (from Van Halen II)
8. “China Town” (from 2012’s A Different Kind of Truth)
9. “Hear About it Later” (from Fair Warning)
10. “Oh, Pretty Woman” (from Diver Down)
11. “You Really Got Me” (from Van Halen)
12. Drum Solo
13. “The Trouble With Never” (from 2012’s A Different Kind of Truth)
14. “Dance the Night Away” (from Van Halen II)
15. “I’ll Wait” (from 1984)
16. “And the Cradle Will Rock…” (from Women and Children First)
17. “Hot for Teacher” (from 1984)
18. “Women in Love…” (from Van Halen II)
19. “Beautiful Girls” (from Van Halen II)
20. “Ice Cream Man” (from Van Halen)
21. “Panama” (from 1984)
22. Guitar Solo
23. “Ain’t Talkin’ ’bout Love” (from Van Halen)
24. “Jump” (from 1984)

Songs per album:
1984: 4
Van Halen: 4
Van Halen II: 4
A Different Kind of Truth: 4
Women and Children First: 3
Fair Warning: 2
Diver Down: 1

Van Halen 2015 North American Tour

Van Halen dug deep into their catalog for their third straight tour with Roth, adding a half-dozen rarely or even never-played songs into their nightly set lists. This including using Van Halen II’s “Light Up the Sky” as an opener, while also breaking out 1984‘s “Drop Dead Legs,” Diver Down‘s “Little Guitars” and Fair Warning‘s “Dirty Movies.”

The tour concluded with two October 2015 shows at the Hollywood Bowl in the band’s hometown of Los Angeles. During the first of them Roth paid an impromptu onstage tribute to Eddie Van Halen, telling him, “The best years of my life; the high points of all my life – onstage with you, homeboy.”

It turned out to be a farewell. While the band had been discussing a “kitchen sink” tour featuring Roth, Hagar and Cherone all together, Eddie Van Halen began battling a series of serious health issues in 2019 and died on October 6, 2020, bringing an end to his namesake band and one of the most impressive touring careers in rock history.

Typical Van Halen 2015 North American Tour Set List:

1. “Light Up the Sky” (from Van Halen II)
2. “Runnin’ With the Devil” (from Van Halen)
3. “Romeo Delight” (from Women and Children First)
4. “Everybody Wants Some!!” (from Women and Children First)
5. “Drop Dead Legs” (from 1984)
6. “Feel Your Love Tonight” (from Van Halen)
7. “Somebody Get Me a Doctor” (from Van Halen II)
8. “She’s the Woman” (from 2012’s A Different Kind of Truth)
9. “China Town” (from 2012’s A Different Kind of Truth)
10. “I’ll Wait” (from 1984)
11. Drum Solo
12. “Little Guitars” (from Diver Down)
13. “Dance the Night Away” (from Van Halen II)
14. “Beautiful Girls” (from Van Halen II)
15. “Women in Love…” (from Van Halen II)
16. “Hot for Teacher” (from 1984)
17. “In a Simple Rhyme” (from Women and Children First)
18. “Dirty Movies” (from Fair Warning)
19. “Ice Cream Man” (from Van Halen)
20. “Unchained” (from Fair Warning)
21. “Ain’t Talkin’ ’bout Love” (from Van Halen)
22. Guitar Solo
23. “You Really Got Me” (from Van Halen)
24. “Panama” (from 1984)
25. “Jump” (from 1984)

Songs per album:
1984: 5
Van Halen II: 5
Van Halen: 5
Women and Children First: 3
Fair Warning: 2
A Different Kind of Truth: 2
Diver Down: 1