Van_Halen_World_Invasion_Tour

Van Halen World Invasion Tour

Van Halen World Invasion Tour

1980 concert tour by Van Halen


The World Invasion Tour was a concert tour by hard rock band Van Halen in support of their third studio album, Women and Children First.

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Background

The tour was dubbed the "Party 'til You Die Tour" by the band.[1] The tour is notable for being the first time the band played keyboards live during their shows, which would later play a role on the band's next three studio albums. The band skipped Japan on the tour, focused on playing in other smaller cities in North America, with a month of performances in Europe.[2] Unlike the previous tours, this tour had ended up more successful.[3] During the performance in Cincinnati, Roth was accused of inciting others to violate the fire code when he told the crowd to "light 'em up!", urging them to smoke with the audience lighting both matches and lighters during the song "Light Up the Sky". He was written up and later charged for violating fire codes.[4] He would later break his nose during a television appearance in Italy when he did his famous leap, hitting a light fixture.[5]

During the tour, the band had carried 50 tons of equipment, and 850,000 watts of lighting which Alex Van Halen stated would be in the Guinness Book of World Records.[6] The extensive stage itself featured a plane of multi-colored lights, choreographed with each song performed, with multi-platform stage to the right side where Eddie Van Halen would perform a guitar solo with seven lights pointing at him from behind to create a silhouette effect.[7] Before every show, Van Halen demanded that in their dressing rooms that they'd have two pounds of M&M's with all the brown ones removed.[8]

Set list

Tour dates

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Box office score data

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Personnel


References

Citations

  1. Tolinski 2021.
  2. Gulla 2009, p. 215.
  3. "Lit matches, hot water". Spokane, Washington: The Spokesman-Review. April 26, 1980. p. 5. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
  4. "Van Halen's Singer Breaks Nose in Leap". Reading, Pennsylvania: Reading Eagle. June 8, 1980. p. 80. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  5. Greer, Jonathan (August 11, 1980). "Big equipment and "Best Rock Guitarist" make up that big Van Halen sound". St. Petersburg Times. p. 2D. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
  6. Yagle, Timothy (June 5, 1980). "Van Halen: Hard rock that won't go away". Ann Arbor, Michigan: The Michigan Daily. p. 6. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
  7. Harrington, Richard (September 20, 1980). "Bands' demands are stranger than fiction". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. p. 6-C. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
  8. "Van Halen Tour Dates". Archived from the original on 2007-08-24. Retrieved 2007-09-01.
  9. Panter, Horace (2009). Ska'd for Life: A Personal Journey with The Specials. London: Pan Macmillan. p. 197. ISBN 9780330508216.
  10. "Top Box Office". Billboard. Vol. 92, no. 31. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. August 2, 1980. p. 36. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  11. "Top Box Office". Billboard. Vol. 92, no. 32. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. August 9, 1980. p. 34. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  12. "Top Box Office". Billboard. Vol. 92, no. 32. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. August 16, 1980. p. 27. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  13. "Top Box Office". Billboard. Vol. 92, no. 38. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. September 20, 1980. p. 57. ISSN 0006-2510.
  14. "Top Box Office". Billboard. Vol. 92, no. 40. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. October 4, 1980. p. 37. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  15. "Top Box Office". Billboard. Vol. 92, no. 43. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. October 25, 1980. p. 30. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved March 15, 2022.

General sources

  • Gulla, Bob (2009). Guitar Gods: The 25 Players Who Made Rock History. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. ISBN 9780313358067.
  • Tolinski, Brad; Gill, Chris (2021). Eruption: Conversations with Eddie Van Halen (First ed.). New York, New York: Hachette Books. ISBN 9780306826672.
  • Christopher, Michael (2021). Van Halen: The Eruption and the Aftershock. Lanham, Maryland: Backbeat. ISBN 9781493062102.

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