Sunday, October 21, 2007
Review
Adam Graham / Detroit News Pop Music Writer
Van Halen's concert at Joe Louis Arena Saturday night was everything a rock and roll show should be: Raucous, randy and a whole lot of fun.
That it came from Van Halen, reunited for the first time in more than two decades with original lead singer David Lee Roth, was even more miraculous: If these guys are still able to sound this good together, why haven't they been tearing up America's roadways for the last 20 years?
Maybe they needed the time away from each other to once again find their center. But by Saturday night, 12 shows into a reunion tour many thought would never happen, they had indeed found it, and gave a hard-rockin' Detroit crowd of 13,000 -- including actress (and Eddie Van Halen's ex-wife) Valerie Bertinelli, a surprise guest in the crowd -- a show they won't soon forget.
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