To start off Kool And The Gang was pretty sweet, 12 Black Guys in all crispy white clothes playing classic tunes was a great opener for Van Halen (A lot better than Ky-Mani Marley, 4 years ago.) Kool and the Gang don’t have many hits so it made them fit perfect into a scheduled time slot so they could play all the big important hits. Once Van Halen took the stage it w…as a monster of hit songs and a few of their new songs. Being that it was at the Palace I feel the sound was exceptional for the location (at least from a 2nd Row point of view) My 2nd row experience was pretty awesome from fan to band, but not so much from fan to fan. People did not like the fact that I am 6’4” and were giving me a hard time, security wouldn’t let me leave my seat to go up to the barricade with the rest of the row. The set list was pretty good, I don’t think that I would have added any other songs because they filled my requirements with the songs desired. ON A TECHNICAL NOTE, I feel the band was playing too slow, like as slow as the original recording, which I don’t believe was ever ‘their thang’ (maybe could have fit in more songs?) Also David Lee Roth could have done without the headset mic to produce better sound and “Show”. OVERALL I had the best time of my life! I was as close as I could ever ask for and I wouldn’t take back a min of it!
