Van Halen 1978-1984 Archive

10/25/1981 – Orlando, FL @ Tangerine Bowl (Photos)

Van Halen ended their 1981 Fair Warning tour with 2 shows opening for The Rolling Stones (10/24 and 10/25/1981). This is...

1981 – “Mean Street” Italian TV Performance

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1981 – “So This Is Love?” (Dinosaur video) Italy TV RAI 1

June 6, 2021 -- WOW!!! This is huge!!! Just unearthed for the first time ever by Van Halen Italia Fan Club. ...

1981 – Belgian TV “Unchained” & “Hear About It Later”

Van Halen lip-sync 'Hear About It Later' on the Belgian TV show 'Generation 80' in 1981. (Post date is loose guess).

1981 – German TV “Unchained”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld2URWiinfQ Van Halen on German TV show lip sync performance of "Unchained" (*Post date is a loose guess)

1981 – Spanish TV (Aplauso)

12/26/1981 is the air date of this show. Likely filmed on 11/14/1981 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuzw1ATcZBE

1981 – French TV (Studio 3)

*Post date a loose guesstimate. Van Halen did a promo tour thru Europe after the Fair Warning Tour ended (mid-November 1981)

1/30/1982 – “Pretty Woman” @ San Remo Festival Italy

Van Halen TV performance in Italy at the Sanremo Music Festival. Info seems like they filmed this on 1/30/1982 and it aired around 3/16/1982. Broadcaster Rai...

1982 Interview: Rockline David Lee Roth, Alex Van Halen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-Zm7M3Gbok&feature=emb_title

1982 – Diver Down (album)

Released: Apr. 14, 1982 Source: Wikipedia The album cover artwork displays the "diver down" flag used in many US jurisdictions (which indicates aSCUBA diver is currently submerged in the area). Asked about...

1982 – "Pretty Woman" (Music Video)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWQRDI7mTyw&feature=emb_title Post date is a loose estimate Van Halen‘s cover of Roy Orbison’s ‘Oh Pretty Woman’ seemed innocent enough, but...

1982 – Hollywood, CA @ Roxy Theater (Eddie w Allan Holdsworth)

A great meeting of musical style, Eddie's guitar struts and screams like some sort of deranged playboy while Holdsworth glides through the musical ether...

1982 Tour Dates – Hide Your Sheep Tour

Start Date: Jul 14, 1982 - End Date: May 29, 1983Locations: North America, South America The tour kicked off July...

1982 – Greensboro, NC @ Greensboro Coliseum

Van Halen live on July 16, 1982 at the Greensboro Coliseum.  This is the first recorded bootleg of the 1982 Diver Down / Hide...

1982 – Phone Interview Eddie Van Halen with Jas Obrecht

July 30, 1982 - a couple weeks into the tour for Diver Down, Eddie talks to Jas Obrecht for Guitar Player Magazine. Ed talks...

1982 – Interview: Rockline David Lee Roth, Alex Van Halen, Michael Anthony

David, Alex and Michael interview, taking fan calls in 1982 on Rockline https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_ffy6AAcjA&feature=emb_title