LAMONT’S MUSIC NOTES-JULY 16, 2019…IT WAS 31 YEARS AGO AND “THE MONSTERS OF ROCK” TOUR HIT CANDLESTICK. THE LINE UP FEATURED VAN HALEN, SCORPIONS, METALLICA, DOKKEN, and KINGDOM COME.
THE TOUR WAS PUT TOGETHER BY VAN HALEN IN SUPPORT OF THE ALBUM OU812, AND HIT 23 CITIES. THE TOUR PLAYED TO OVER 2 MILLION PEOPLE, AND INCLUDED OVER 970 TONS OF EQUIPMENT THAT TRAVELLED WITH THE SHOW. VAN HALEN HEADLINED, AND PLAYED FOR 2 HOURS AND 20 MINS EVERY NIGHT. THEY WERE THE ONLY BAND THAT PLAYED AFTER SUNSET ON THE TOUR. THE SCORPIONS WERE ALLOTTED 90 MINUTES A NIGHT, AND METALLICA PLAYED FOR SLIGHTLY OVER 60 MINUTES.
HERE’S VAN HALEN’S SETLIST:
Summer Nights
There’s Only One Way to Rock
Panama
Bass Solo
Runnin’ With the Devil
Why Can’t This Be Love
Mine All Mine
Drum Solo
You Really Got Me
Sucker in a 3 Piece
When It’s Love
Eagles Fly
I Can’t Drive 55
Best of Both Worlds
Guitar Solo
Black and Blue
Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love
Encore:
A.F.U. (Naturally Wired)
Rock and Roll
HERE’S THE SCORPIONS SETLIST:
Blackout
Big City Nights
Every Minute Every Day
Rhythm of Love
Bad Boys Running Wild
Make It Real
Coast to Coast
Still Loving You
Don’t Stop at the Top
Can’t Live Without You
Coming Home
The Zoo
No One Like You
Rock You Like a Hurricane
Dynamite
HERE’S METALLICA’S SETLIST:
Taped intro-The Ecstasy of Gold
Creeping Death
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
Harvester of Sorrow
Whiplash
Fade to Black
Seek & Destroy
Master of Puppets
Encore:
Last Caress
Am I Evil
Battery
(with “Damage Inc.” intro)
THIS DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THE TOUR IS THE GREATEST, JUST TO SEE A YOUNG LARS ULRICH ( HE LOOKS LIKE A KID IN THIS VIDEO)
HERE’S AN MTV SPECIAL COVERING THE EVENT
POSTER AVAILABLE@WOLFGANG’S https://www.wolfgangs.com/posters/van-halen/poster/CAN880716.html
