Van Halen "Girl Gone Bad" in Detroit, February 20th, 2012

Van Halen plays Girl Gone Bad for the first time since 1984. From The Palace Of Auburn Hills 2/20/12. Thanks to arcme262 for the audio.

[@bloodin8]

One of the best and most underrated VH songs ever. Still done so well.

[@777zippy777]

You can tell Eddie practiced his ass off for this tour. It really shows here. A few years ago he would have struggled with these songs. Nice to see him clean and sober.

[@daveg4236]

This would not have been on the setlist

[@blasty5150]

The fact that Eddie can still play this shit is AMAZING!!!!!

[@stevieray7149]

Eddie wrote this tune in a closet while on tour humming the notes into a tape recorder so he would wake up Valerie. There is no way this dude is forgetting how to play it.

[@tl46]

2012, 1984 (obviously), 1978. for me, it doesn't matter. they/ve always been, always will be the coolest band on the planet.

[@damachine3]

RIP EVH I saw you in concert many times. Thank you.

[@jou812]

Like wise Monster's Of Rock 1988 first time Arrowhead Stadium Kansas City, Scorpions, Dokken, Metallica, Kingdom Come. Plus four more times KICK ASS Always

[@DougErapps]

EVH is the greatest rock guitarist of all time. He's back! He sounds as great as he ever has! I could fucking cry! (happy tears, of course) Thanks for posting, dude!

[@gregwinter8503]

Just looking through VH videos and see your reply. I’m an EVH fanatic of course as well as guitar player/gear collector. You are an amazing guitar player too! I’ve seen a bunch of your gear videos. The Bogner stuff...think it was the Helios video. Phenomenal stuff, Doug! But yes....I agree with you that EVH is the GOAT.

[@ChainedGraboid]

Is it just me or did Dave realize how good Eddie played that intro, that he even sounded like it was 1984 for a minute!?

[@kinkinmyslinky967]

One of the best Dave era songs. This album In its entirety was a pinnacle in Ed’s playing. The Holdsworth Force is strong with this one.

[@kennygriff24]

Anyone who complains that they need Michael Anthony back is missing the point. I love Mikey but Wolfie is a very formidable base player. And yeah he can't sign back ups like Mikey but the new album and subsequent tour never would have happened without Wolfie. He is one of the few things still driving Eddie.

[@cavlovc1]

Fantastic! This song alone is worth the price of admission.

[@AllenGarberGuitarFun]

This tour and this song represent the return of Eddie's playing after the wrist bone spur surgery. He hadn't played this well since 1986.

[@yucastrike]

I watch this video regularly. Now it has a different feel to it. What an amazing guitar player Eddie was. Big fan of him since I was a kid. Hard to believe he’s not with us. He will be missed, but his music and performances will live. \m/\m/ RIP

[@DRUMTOY2002]

One of my top 10 favorite VH tunes...AWESOME post!!!

[@TotalSinging]

well this was back in February - by March he'd given up the headset mic and went back to a handheld mic and his stage performance got much better. The headset mic was an idea that just didn't work - and luckily Dave realized it. Once he got the handheld mic back all the stage moves returned and the shows got better.

[@PDXguitarfreak]

As a fan of 30 years, I'm more excited about this tour than the last one because Ed sounds much better for sure. It's funny to hear people complain about Wolfie... yeah, sure he's not Mike (I do miss Mike's under-recognized backup vox), but he sounds (and looks) much more confident now then he did last tour - he's grown up. From the looks of him, he'd probably kick most of his naysayer's asses haha.

[@mi39471]

Eddie was such an amazing musician. Most of us are already blown away by what he did. I hate to bring this up, but imagine what he could have done if he never touched alcohol? That said, I understand that alcohol might be the reason we even know about him, because he drank to deal with his anxiety and to overcome his inhibitions. I’ve read him saying that alcohol might have given him that boost to play some of the crazy stuff an otherwise conventionally-educated guitarist would have never attempted. I guess it was the elephant that was fated to live in the room with him. We’re lucky to have witnessed him. RIP EVH

[@billjames7495]

I saw Van Halen back in the early 80s when I was in high school, on both the Fair Warning and then the Diver Down tours. They were amazing back in the 70's and 80's with DLR. I never went to see them when David Lee Roth came back to the band in the 2000's. I prefer to have that memory of them in their youth frozen in my mind forever....

[@Taylor-hu2no]

You’re dead on, man. But here we are anyway.

[@thelawnmowertapes]

Best energy since 82' Great Chemistry this time around Thanks for putting this up!

[@jayou812a]

wow!Wolfie does a great job at bass.

[@shaindaman13]

Wolfie is actually a very good bassist. Then again, his last name is Van Halen. He covers the old Michael Anthony background vocals exceptionally well also.

[@MrColinhay]

Diamond sounds great!! Doing the kicks and his signature moves. This BAND IS TIGHT!!! WOLFIE HAS GOOD BACKING VOCALS CAN'T BELEIVE HOW GOOD HE SOUNDS!

[@daveg4236]

Backing track is Mikey. It's known. Even Mike has talked about it

[@kylemundy2024]

Honestly an incredible performance. Wow.

[@metrakos]

great job on the vid bro! You are doing us fans a great service. Peace

[@mr198221]

To me, it seems like these guys appreciate each other more, and realize what they accomplished back in the day, and how much it means to us, their fans.........

[@MrColinhay]

This is Old School Van Halen. Diamond rocks at the mic does his schtick. Does kicks, Eddie kicks ass! Al is on fire. I also have to say that Wolfy sounds just like Mike. His voice is great!, If I listened to this without seeing Wolf, I would think it was Mike.

[@primeDecomposition]

Lol, pretty cool how Ed still remembers that solo so well after nearly 30 years. He nailed it with ease. His playing may of never evolved past 1985, but he still has his chops. Poor Roth, he looks and moves like my friend's little old Jewish uncle at this point. Hard rock is usually a young man's game; it must be hard to try to pull this off every night on a 55+ yr old body that's seen a lot or wear and tear.

[@Iknowthelaw13]

Really? I mean, unless your friend's little old Jewish uncle can jump into the air and extend his leg over his head, I don't see what your talking about.

[@Lioninthenight]

Yeah, Eddie wasn't quite 'Eddie" during the 2007-2008 tour. Now in 2012, he definitely has his guitar chops back.

[@jacksonKing27]

love that their throwing in old songs they dont play. fuckin sweet

[@vain5150]

This is incredible! Thank you for sharing!!

[@tophe95]

This is awesome! Thank you for the vid.

[@frompower2popmetal]

glad they are doing this song I hope they dont take it out of the setlist before I get to see them down here in tampa

[@McHale72]

Wow, the audio on this is fantastic. Thanks for posting.

[@HarpoSpoke]

Wolf is his own man now. He has the chops to play with anyone now.

[@sgtboz9730]

I miss the old DLR. Dude was Alpha back then. Early 80s? Greatest front man ever. Brought the party everytime.

[@GeorgeZimmermen]

Top 5 most underrated Dave songs

[@jasonaug]

@grantfisher Thanks. I also got Hot For Teacher and China Town. Some of it is pretty blurry since I had to max out the zoom and have no manual control of settings on this camera.

[@dietrich1972]

YES YES YES YES YES OMG one of if not the most rocked out song ever from the GREATEST ROCK DISC EVER MADE 1984. Would love to see them add House Of Pain to the set and keep them both in the rest of the tour. NICE

[@LavaMan60]

This is so FREAKIN' AWESOME!

[@untamedheartt]

wolfie is kicking ass man!!!!!!!! yeah

[@pdcdesign9632]

Who cares about DLR, VH is about guitar music and Eddie still has it. This is one of my favorite tunes.

[@ndangelo84]

Keep this in the set for Feb 28 in NYC!!!

[@solarwind1985]

Eddie really is playing his best ever, the band sounds great. Eddie is really on top of his game, he is still the god he once was you can hear it.

[@MerrittJeff1970]

This is kick ass!!!!!!!!!

[@alessio79carlini]

Cazzo sono commosso! Ci mancherai grande Eddy. RIP.

[@dimebagsixx]

@tonezillap90 agreed(drop dead legs) love that song ,just always always sounds like summer to me!!

[@Maidenhead67]

I grew up on Dave's antics oh man he was the best front man for a Rock band band but his singing days are over

[@TheMercyBand]

Sounds so good in this video!

[@untamedheartt]

awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@ekojar3047]

This may may be a hot take, but I think Wolfgang is far better at guitar than on bass. I don't want to say he was born to play guitar, but he was born to play guitar!! Haha. I can tell he wants to do more but then he remembers wait, I'm on bass, I gotta dial it back a bit. I know he can shred some scales all over this song and to me it's the hardest van halen song to learn because of the timing and wild structure. It's very easy to mess up or get lost on this song. You gotta be tight. And they was tight. I can't wait to hear some new Mammoth. Wolf is so damn talented. R.I.P EVH 🙏 ☝️ remember to keep playing, or he's coming after you ❤

[@gammer789]

VH please keep doing stuff like this throughout the tour!

[@fpsshocker]

Dave said that is the most perfecting ending in rock & roll. I support his mouth.

[@redrobin9938]

I thank Dave's right... The best ending in rock n roll....

[@wolliamcrift]

It's the headset mic! Watch the later shows and see, with a handheld he's suddenly so much more in control... of those weird things his hands do when he doesn't have it...

[@tonezillap90]

@meanstreetman22 YES!! i agree 1000% "Drop Dead Legs" has always been my favorite 4 Eddie's playing thruout!! heavy jazz influence on it!!!!

[@frompower2popmetal]

@AetroyayorteA hey guy I've seen Dave several times and he headlined a festival date shortly after the tour w/Hagar and I almost did'nt believe it but he actually came out and sang most of the VH material note for note and really put on a great performance that had us going "wow I cant believe he is able to do that"

[@sharlowsgarage]

yes sir, Atlanta, GA

[@deathmetaldouglas69]

That's funny because the new album has bass playing that blow's Mike Anthony's playing away. Mike's playing in Chickenfoot is a lot better than it was on 1984 and every VH album that followed but compared to what Wolf layed down on the new album it's not nearly as good. The Whole Truth has one amazing song after another where as Chickenfoot is half filler and half killer. Wolf plays bass like he owns it and his songwriting/arrangement skills are badass. He saved VH!

[@aldomania]

So rad!

[@raiderbri]

@RodrigoCFD Seeing them in Chicago tonite and Wolfie is what he is, but they do miss Mikey.....and Eddie looks happy and healthy!

[@DrRockerful]

Amazing! Come to Brasil guys!!! Remember 1983?

[@RodrigoCFD]

Holy shit, Eddie is in really good shape!! I'm quite happy for seeing this. I must say I miss Michael Anthony, though...

[@JohnnyBeane]

WOW!

[@cefiromusica]

killer song

[@ShanTheMan73]

Well said my man!

[@saxenas]

Girl gone bad and mean street show the genius side of Van Halen

[@untamedheartt]

not bad for a guy who suffered a heart attack during the 2007-2008 tour your in my prayers dave GOD in heaven make dave STRONG so he can blow everyone away!!!! AMEN again! let's show dave some love people thx :(

[@Dfturcott]

changing the lyrics to fit auburn hills into the song. im sure he does it elsewhere but it was still cool.

[@hiterss]

Greatt!! Now we just need HEAR ABOUT IT LATER, HOUSE OF PAIN , LIGHT UP THE SKY ,TAKE YOUR WHISKEY HOME AND LOSS OF CONTROL

[@Keyshawnsucks]

>>>Bass player must be using oil of olay he looks so young again Keep it up Mike you look mahvalis. That's NOT Michael Anthony! Man, what the Hell are YOU smokin'?! That's Wolfgang Van Halen...Eddie and Valerie Bertinelli's son. Shaking my head in stunned disbelief.............

[@WeirdestGuy29]

Two "dislikes"? I guess Sammy and Mike have KZbin accounts...

[@PDXguitarfreak]

..one other thing, with all of his goofy moves, Dave looks like some crazy dude you would see on a street corner, trippin' on something hahaha. And the hair - yeah, it's time to shave that. Oh well, it's still great to see him with the band again and having fun. =VH= is still my fave band after

[@bandit7498]

I'll disagree with you on one part. Steven Tyler somehow or another has maintained his vocals over the years. but very few can. What's important here is Eddie is playing his ass off and they sound great live. I've got May 22nd tickets in Kansas City. Can't wait!!!

[@fatShowPony]

Great song, great that they are doing it live again. Sounded good to me but does miss Mikes vocals. Big time. Like a lot of their other material. But like a good cake without the icing I'll still eat it.

[@Celmer77]

@hiterss they played hear about it later last night!

[@trs4ever]

Dave needs a mic. Eddie killed it! He has gotten better!

[@olus.]

Wish they could do Light Up The Sky, it's so awesome

[@shootonface]

eddie is.....was...and will always be the anchor......

[@edbausm]

Hot damn, Eddie killed it on this song,,,,is it 1984 again...I can't wait for the Tulsa, show

[@wolliamcrift]

Ah, but is he not merely playing the fool, Jonny Strouch? I put to you this: "Wisdom ceases to be wisdom when it becomes too proud to weep, too grave to laugh, and too selfish to seek other than itself." Double D, Diamond David Lee doesn't give a fuck, he's prepared to laugh at himself and put it on the line, always has done, I respect that. Still at points I'm like "Aaah, my eyes!!" but he's always done that too! Haha!

[@sharlowsgarage]

Dave used to rule the stage back in the 80's. Now he acts like he doesn't know what to do.

[@tymellon937]

Actually, I just saw Robert Plant a few months ago and the Stones less than a year ago and the both KILLED. I'm a HUGE DLR fan and I'm glad he is with VH and is making new music, but I wouldn't recommend using Jagger or Plant as bad examples of front men at any time. Especially comparing them to DLR in this video...

[@larockerrr]

Since we have a "obscure song request" list going here, I will throw in my 2 cents to hear "Hang 'em High"!!!!!!!!

[@ScottithGames]

@rockinblackchick To see Roth doing Zumba or whatever you call his stage performance now, while wearing a headset (something only pop stars like Madonna and Justin Bieber do) and mushmouthing (i.e. singing w/o any passion whatsoever) and changing lyrics to classic songs like GGB (my fav VH tune of all)... that I don't need to see, and certainly not pay to see. VH was always a killer band live. Now they're just a product of the studio :(

[@TLGZOID]

AMAZING AMAZING!!! now if they would play IN A SIMPLE RHYME

[@sp3ci4lkpo]

@bones9965 Yes. Many, many circles. Mike couldn't play half the stuff Wolf plays on A Different Kind of Truth. And that's the truth.

[@tluckbrown]

Eddie rarely plays cover leads live. He's nailin' 'em in this video. Goin' to see them on the 19th. Can't wait.

[@SpiritKnob]

DLR sounds ok - bit rough around the edges, but he's working his arse off on this tour, and he's given us a great album alongside the VH clan, so who cares if he fucks up?

[@guitargod666able]

@AetroyayorteA i like when people say dave can't sing anymore he couldn't sing from the start lol dave has never sang all the lyrics it's about the vibe

[@sbrave]

@DarbyB yes indeed, but the kid has gotten better. I imagine he's been getting traning.

[@Thekeon3]

Brilliant!!! Soooooo Happy!!! Girl Gone Bad ,LIVE? Give your lives to Jesus because this is proof that the world is ending ,as we know it,soon.

[@sharlowsgarage]

cool

[@blasty5150]

Tough one to recreate vocally, but Wolf was up there, Dave was Dave. Still the Best. VH.

[@marclivingood]

wolfgang is awsoume

[@hiterss]

@hiterss Hear about it later just got scratch :D

[@tparnelli]

Further proof here that they need Michael Anthony back...Wolf sounds horrible on the bg vocals!

[@bossnfrank]

U r clueless and obviously a Sammy/MA fan. The kid sounds amazing. I could play clips from all over youtube w MA that don't sound nearly as good as Wolfy does here. And don't even get me started on his bass playing. Wolfy plays circles around poor little Mikey.

[@tparnelli]

Look, the kid has talent but when it comes to vocal harmonies he isn't even in the same galaxy as MA. He sounds like a lil choir boy here on the harmonies & has the stage presence of a tree stump...its a joke. It's pointless to even try to debate you because you think this crap here sounds good. Have you heard his harmonies on Running with the Devil from the live Tokyo album? Laughable at best.

[@bossnfrank]

tparnelli You're comparing his live stuff to MA's studio voice. Go listen to MA in live recordings from the last 15-20 years. He doesn't sound the same live as he does on album (like 90% of singers on earth). MA basically just screams half the time live. He sounded horrible singing Somebody Get Me a Doctor on the Cherone tour. He isn't the perfect pitch vocalist that all of his fanclub makes him out to be. On album yes. Live? No. Go listen to Wolfy on Light Up the Sky sound check. He sounds great and he sounds great here. You guys just have your agenda with missing Mikey so much you're all kidding yourselves to thinking he meant a lot more to VH than he ever really did. In the end MA is a really nice guy who was very replaceable.

[@bossnfrank]

Do me a favor and point me to some youtube live clips where MA sounds really good LIVE......not in the studio. I could sound good in the studio. Because I've listened to 100's of clips on here and MA doesn't sound any better than Wolfy on any of them. From '78 to '15.

[@jhop5150]

@BuddahMonk79 No, I was LOSING MY MIND!!!!! But I was in the very top row hahaha

[@lungfixer]

Great tune, but really sad to see DLR prance around the stage like an effeminate mummy.

[@ThatMothersdayman]

Someone buy Wolfy a new shirt! He's worn that same outfit in literally every show on the tour so far!

[@rogermelly8194]

Fuck me, Eddie is on fire

[@bandit7498]

Can't agree with you on Tyler. But Dave was never a vocal monster anyway. I was a rock star and personality. I think Dave sounds fine for what he does. I also think he sounds like his old self on the new album.