Footage of Eddie Van Halen's final show with Van Halen is now available to watch on YouTube. The 21-song set – which includes a fiery guitar solo from the late guitar hero – was uploaded to the platform by user Greg L, who matched footage taken of the event from multiple angles with audio from the soundboard.
The concert took place on October 4, 2015, and was the second of two shows Van Halen played at the Hollywood Bowl to conclude their summer tour that year. The tour was their third since reuniting with frontman David Lee Roth in 2007.
Check out the concert's full setlist below:
- Light Up The Sky
- Runnin’ With The Devil
- Romeo Delight
- Everybody Wants Some!!
- Drop Dead Legs
- Feel Your Love Tonight
- Somebody Get Me A Doctor
- She’s The Woman
- I’ll Wait
- Little Guitars
- Dance The Night Away
- Beautiful Girls
- Women In Love…
- Hot For Teacher
- Dirty Movies
- Ice Cream Man (John Brim cover)
- Unchained
- Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love
- You Really Got Me (The Kinks cover)
- Panama
- Jump
The video has been viewed over 45,000 times since being uploaded on October 14. You can watch it in full below.
Eddie Van Halen tragically died on October 6 following a long battle with throat cancer. His passing prompted an outpouring of grief from all corners of the guitar community, including from Steve Vai, who penned a heartfelt open letter on his personal relationship with EVH, and John Mayer, who referred to him as "one of the driving forces in my needing to pick up a guitar."
Get The Pick Newsletter
All the latest guitar news, interviews, lessons, reviews, deals and more, direct to your inbox!
Thank you for reading 5 articles this month**
Join now for unlimited access
US pricing $3.99 per month or $39.00 per year
UK pricing £2.99 per month or £29.00 per year
Europe pricing €3.49 per month or €34.00 per year
*Read 5 free articles per month without a subscription
Sam was Staff Writer at GuitarWorld.com from 2019 to 2023, and also created content for Total Guitar, Guitarist and Guitar Player. He has well over 15 years of guitar playing under his belt, as well as a degree in Music Technology (Mixing and Mastering). He's a metalhead through and through, but has a thorough appreciation for all genres of music. In his spare time, Sam creates point-of-view guitar lesson videos on YouTube under the name Sightline Guitar.
“We’re doing my first-ever gig with Nirvana on SNL. What I didn’t know was there was a discussion about my guitar like, ‘No, we can’t let him on stage’”: Pat Smear’s first Nirvana appearance almost didn’t happen – because of his guitar
“I wasn’t gifted with enormous speed on the guitar. There were years when I thought I could get that if I practiced enough. It wasn’t ever really going to happen”: David Gilmour explains the origins of his lauded ‘feel’ playing technique